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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
Published every Thursday
JOHN H. JONES
Editor and Owner
' At a Man Thinketh in Hit
So It Ha. • *
Official Organ of Peach County
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1925.
A live man should not tie himself
l ll business that is dying from dry
rot, and mindly does not.
Now along comes another bird
feast, thanks to Senator Joe David¬
son, ami life is a cataleptic trance.
The successful man hates ruts
i • aton paths. He is always on the
h Vuu’t for Mui'idliing tie s
General Chairman Leighton Shop
ard is setting a pace in the Fourth
Annual IVm->- Blossom Festival
it going to make the balance of us
have In adopt the motto of the rah
hit: “Not to sit VU> and sit, but to
I ,n UP AND GIT!”
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In ye olden days he that, sat down
timm a red-hot stove rose again,
in these modern days the chief
in business and international
tics seems to he hanging on to
1-vricKs.
The good will of a man who is not
i good as his word and has not a
will to make fair decisions and stand
by them is about as valuable to
neighbor or a business as a polecat.
Yet men often go bankrupt on
find, who are like Talleyrand, of
whom 'Bulam de Slue! said. “11 >
so double fared that when you sick
him behind he laughs in front.”
Man went raving into Leighton
Shepard's office. “Has the City gone
crazy?” he yelled. “See where they’re
gonna build a two-hundred thousand
dollar water tower!” Not the first
time a man ever read the newspaper
wrong, although anybody ought to
L able to tell the difference iie
t ..-en a “gallon" and n “dollar.”
But many a fellow lias gone blind
v.'th the dollar on the mind.
-At the rate reservations are cum
'•ng in for the Fourth Annual Peach
BVssohi Festival in blocks of 100 to
150, and one city talking about re
erving a whole section—we home
folks t> "‘" W bu - v reservations
quickly if we want to entertain any
‘t omb or provide for any of our
own people. Two mighty good
"Johns,” John Vance and John Lee,
will manage ticket sales and reset*
vatimv.
This editor was delighted last
Thursday with a visit from old La
Grange friends. Judge Forest John¬
son, ordinary of Troup county, Dr.
Frank Ridley and "Dad” Taylor. It
is sad to relate that the bad roads
which had resulted from the worse
weather had worn a hole in their
gasoline tank and they had to make
the remainder of their trip into
South Georgia for a hunting party
by railway.
We reget very much that we missed
a visit from our good friend, Joel
Mann Martin, former editor of The
1 eader-Tribune. when he called dur¬
ing a short stop in Fort Valley last
Friday. AAe would love to talk with
hint and hear his happy description
<>f how good it feels to get away from
tr.e nerve-wrecking problems of steel¬
ing this paper. Fact is, if we ever can
vatch hint here we're going to force
him, at the point of a cannon al¬
ready hid among our wilderness of
office effects, into a steel cage that
"Tom Anthoine is building for the
jpurpose, in order that we may enjoy
a conversation with him whenever
we may choose and also have him
around to tell us the difference be¬
tween a stick of candy and a stick
(vf dynamite.
WHICH DO YOU WANT?
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Alient 1
the forthcoming annual Peach Fes
tival in Fort Valley we wish to ask
Editor john Jones, of The
Tribune a question: Will peaches
cream be served, or will it be
end honey?”
TOURIST BULLETIN
It is suid th; t many tourists
ing through Fort Valley are
crowding the hotels ut times.
suggestion comes for a
board in front of the court
i (Austin theater building) on
may he posted the names and
dresses of people in town who
looms with which to
the overflow of tourists. This,
the tour - ls , camp grounds which
be-inK in Avcra’s grove, would be
valuable asset to the city in
care of these pussing boosters.
DON'T MUZZLE-LOAD THE
PEACH
Macon will have a fair in 1925,
cording to this morning’s
Immediate plan* fora Peach
fair next fall are now in order.
old-fashioned muzzle loading
made a big noise, tore a wide
and packed a man-size kick, hut
these days the community that
■ ahead is the one which
multiplies and intensifies its t
without letting itself get down at
heels with a single vision craze. Iri
cldentally, thut. Chamber of
merce ought to be thrown into
action. Who’s got the thimble?
OUR POET LAUREATE
Governor Walker haH o
designated that beloved
Muse of poetry and song, Frank
1 Stanton, “Poet Laureate of
as
gia.” This is the first time this
or has been conferred by a
state, No more appropriate
could he given any son of the
for Mr. Stanton’s thousands of \
have carried sunshine into the
of many more thousands of
lie has received letters of
tion front men and women all
the world. Some of bis poems,
to music, are classics in
sentiment and have found an etidur
I ing place in the love of
Georgia will he forever proud of
gift of Frank L. Stanton.
THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT
PUBLISHED.
We find this meaty editorial paui
graph in the Gin-dele Dispatch:
Expression is ,the watchword
the independent press in all
aities. Suppression does much
harm than frank, fair, truthful
pressimi. But with all that, there
things that should not be printed
the newspaper, no matter how
or small the community- no
how large or small the publication.
What is said by the Dispatch
worthy of all consideration, not
ly by newspaper publishers, but
the publih at large.
It is true that suppression fre
qucntly does more harm than frank
fair, truthful, expression, and yet it
is equally true that “there are
that should not he printed in
newspaper, no matter how large
small the community—no matter how
large or small the publication.”
Kvery newspaper publisher of e\
perience has learned that there is as
much care to he exercised in deter
mining wifat to keep out of the paper
L as in wlmt shall l)0 published. This
I roblem wha t to publish and
j what „ot to publish is one
with whi , hthl , editor of a newspaper
is constantly confronted. If he is
conscientious and fatr . he . will ... . be
erned , each , , instance . bv .
in ease or
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what he believes to , be i for the best ,
interest of the community and so
ciety at large; bid it matters not
how considerate and conscientious he
may be, there will always be those
who will be unfair and unkind
enough to question his motives.
—Albany Herald.
BECAUSE OF TEN
W.ycroa. Journ.LHer.ld: When the
Lord was planning the destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah and when Ab
raham was pleading for their safe
ty, Abraham began to remind the
Lord of the value of real men.
First he said: “If there be fifty
righteous men in the city wilt Thou
it?”
The Lord said, “Yes,” knowing,
that nucleus af fifty righteous l
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would grow.
Then Abraham decreased the mini
from fifty to forty, then to, ;
then to twenty, and finally to
E-en at the last named the Lord
to withhold the threatened.
if but ten righteous men
be found in the city. What a
to the value of a few men.
Yet such scenes are being enacted
our eyes today.
We have seen a city asleep, its
closed to the needs of its fu¬
And then in this city we have
a few men catch a vision of a
working organized city, arid
seen these few men eommuni-
. ht LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1925.
Wucm a TOWN
lo UNirt-D
The Albany Herald has written
editorial that bulges with so
sound logic for the building of a
town that we are going to
aU - it to Fort Valley. Thus we
li»h it, substituting our
name ior that of A'.iany.
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What town doesn’t want to
What town, no matter what
size or condition, is not
10 he u more vigorously
community?
What town docs not enter
(each year with hopes that it
establish new records for
for business expansion, for a
|ening trade territory, for the
of new citizens?
j Certainly a town desires to
I How, then, can it best assure
growth?
j How can it make its dream
true?
,
j There must he, primarily,
sort of sound foundation for
enduring prosperity, not only
towns but of business
states and nations.
However, there is hardly a
tin South, ami tlnn i <<i
^“tnly where the no section existing of conditions South do
afford ample basis for prosperity.
Southwest Georgia, in
* R Hivi«hly endowed by nature,
is on ‘‘ of thl ‘ ri ‘’ h <’xt »gricultural
gions of the entire South, and
where is it possible to produce
greater variety of profitable crop
The section has been hampered
years past by its unprogres.-dve
ing system, but that is beinc
revolutionized. M Ole profitable
are being raised every year, nr
thousands of farms have been
on a basis of crop
which insures their prosperity mile.
HI hut the r.w, i rnu-ua! cui-dilitu
conditions which arc not
to exist in any of the years
For ,h ” ,ime hi >» P»“ ed
!*•"»• of Snu,h Geor *‘ a de P e
,,Pn f f,,r ‘ he,r pro, P er,ty on one
or even two or three crops.
Fort Valley is a eity that Inis
a steady growth in recent years, and
now rests on a sound basis of
j 1 , perity. for stronger But it and has splendid rapid
more
How can that growth be assured?
There is no magic wand to he
waved over the community to
suddenly double in population
have the volume of its trade
l’Upled. 1 here is no magical
to he invoked that will bring in
lions of foreign capital for invest
ment in manufacturing and industrial
enterprises and business blocks.
Hut there is something available
| which is an admirable substitute for
I a fairy wand.
j There is nothing magical about it.
yet it is more powerful, more versa
tile, more dependable, more miracle
working than any of the supernatu
ral influences with dreamers long
command.
I J*‘s 1 l ntinit’ is UNITY. with which 1*
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' allt '> - or any other town, can utilize
lls """ llsoull, ' s sUt ^
a to lU,uo,uo e\ei\ obstacle to its
KT< ’ wth and fim ’ development.
1 " ,s somethin * without "'hich tto
l ''' mmu,,ltv has ever tak en full
1 Vantag0 ' ,f ,ts opportunities, has nev
>'f reached the goal it might have
(gained. »
1 . \ et what marvelous things it lc hue nas
accomplished!
, If all . the . interests >in Fort Valiev
auey
will ... unite .. m the support of those
1an< * activities which are
for the good of Fort Valley; if every I
citizen will realize that it is as much
his privilege and duty as it is the
privilege and duty of others to ad
nee community interests; ,f every j
” an '''' , '‘‘ a,lze that ' vbat hl>l ' >s th(
hW| ’" hl >'' aad h's business, and j
malu bis taith by his works,
,, U1 ,oa fonvald
" !’ to
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, Krow th )
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I he town u has not yet hit its full !
stride, and is not going to hit it till
its citizens realize that the spirit
,
of a town that is to realize i^s ambi- !
tions must be, All for One, and One
for All. !
Fort Valley deserves .that sort of
spirit in its citizen body. !
Let’s have it in 1925. In no other
way can the splendid opportunities
whu . . , h 1,0 ,h , t,atl , , b tuil , „ ,
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rate their enthusiasm and spirit un
to others until the city awoke from
its slumbers anil began to move for
We have seen a Chamber of Com
begin to decline, begin to neg-|
its financial payments and reach
threshold of dissolution.
And then we have seen a few mon,
at . by the determination that
ire
should ;
city have a Chamber of 1 i
set the entire organiza
afire, and set it again to work- 1 i
and functioning.
We have seen a civic club th-eat-
Peach Blossom Festival.Edition
will be A Work Of Art
The Leader-Tribune's Peach Blos
som Festival Edition to appear soon
will be a distinctive work of art. It
will be about Saturday Evening Post
nze, on special peach-color paper,
with beautiful cover design in colors
i This edition will qualify The Lead
' (r-Tribune in its relation to the
peach Blossom Festival as every pro
prossivc newspaper qualifies in the
great achievements of the city and
section in which it is published. With
| out that sort of newspaper service
no section has ever reached the fid 1
accomplishment of its ideals and en
joyed the complete benefit- thereof,
’ whether it be Atlanta’s grand opera
or California’s “sun-kist” fruit and
so called “climate. • *
An important secondary part of
the purpose cf this edition is to at
tract a more friendly interest and
spirit of co-operation among the
group of counties in the peach belt,
: The edition will be a high point in
1 the campaign which The Leader
Tribunt has been conducting t >
< stablish the great character arid per
■ imalfty, of Peach County as a dis
tinguished factor in the happy rela
tions and progressive spirit of this
section of the grand old Empire
State.
Once upon a time a man made a
large bet that a daily newspaper
which this editor launched would not
last thirty days, merely because
somebody else had failed before him.
That daily paper, after years of stal
wart service, is flourishing in the
love and appreciation of a mighty
fine people. But this editor is not a
| betting man. Another time, this ed
itor spent about five thousand dol
lars in performing a service in a pub
iication which today, in a way of im¬
portant refcords, distinguishes th-:
county to which it was given from
any other county in America, The
temporary cost was great but th,.
rewards were far greater.
i LOOKING AHEAD
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j The man who looks ahead is wise
in heart and hands and head
| feet;
lie knows the Source of his
| Can not be found in base retreat.
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“My business is,” he says, “to climb.
He can not fail who does his best;
Secure is he from time to time
Of heaven and its endless rest.
3.
There's no reward and no renown
To him who loiters on the way;
Above him is the fadeless crown,
Beneath him vessels wrecked for
aye.
4.
Looking Ahead he wiser grows,
' Lives in accord with heaven's plan;
Pays ev’ry debt to friends, to foes,
¬ Dies loyal to the Son of man.
VV. C. CARTER.
FORT VALLEY AN ON EMORY
DEBATING TEAM FOR 1925
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Atlanta, Ga., January 27. —Debat
,, rs w )io will represent Kmorv in her
intercollegiate debates this N.‘a. year have
b eon announced In Prof. Good
v ,, ar , chairman of the debate coun
jj,. They were chosen on the basis
of try-outs held during the past
week, . i in • which . . , more than 50 . men
entered. . i
In her first debate , , of , the ., year,
w ith .t Davidson ,, ., College, ,, Emory ,, won
a unanimous decision. The other var
debates scheduled are with South¬
ern Methodist University, at Dallas,
Tex.; Duke University, at Durham,
N. (ft, University of Mississippi, at
Emorv, and Michigan Agricultural
Coll at Kmorv . The last name d)
be Emory's first debate with a
northern schoo |.
Members of the teams are as foi
lows: Varsity—Charles W. Allen,
Calhoun; Henv >' Hulloek. Tampa; D.|
A. Loekmiller, Athens. Tenn.; H. A .
ened with extinction with the majo- 1
city of its members careless of their
And then we have seen less than |
faithful determined members ;
together and fight together un
the club was pulled out of its
and set on its feet again, J j
And It what lesson is the that lessor, if for , stick us? „ to' j :
is a we
unto if which we refuse we have to look pledged back J
having our hands to the plough,
win for ourselves the gratifica
of being part of the salvation
a movement or an organization i
than part of its destruction.
Because of the lack of ten Sodom
m , Gomorrah were destroyed.
Because of , vou - a,ld , a few
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’ if you but be faithful I
and organizations and
can be saved. i
Handsome Trophy Offered by
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if anybody thinks this is boasting,
he may keep on thinking until hi
brain burns out. It is simply a state
merit to indicate to our readers’ corn
mon sense that we’re just proud
enough, or fool enough, to make The
Leader-Tribune what we said we
were going to make of it when we
came here, when we stated in a talk
on a public occasion that this paper
would never be caught resting
ly in a quiet nest, hut would prefer
to be “downed on the wing, • • and
, if it ever were to blow up it would
be such a newspaper explosion
would jar the whole state, and there
would he “red hair scattered from
Pike’s Peak to Palestine.”
Now forgive the personal depart
ures. But we realize that we have
made some extravagant promises as
to the quality of our Peach Blossom
Festival Edition—some that are dif¬
ficult for you to believe without p-.ec
edent. We merely want to make you
understand, dear folks, that we have
been wild enough to make precedents,
and we’re wild enough now to make
'of this Peach Blossom Festival Edi
tion, and The Leader-Tribune in its
powerful civic action on every occa
sion, what we think The Leader-Trib¬
une should be—not merely what
somebody else would make of it.
We don’t want you to make any
bets, for we are opposed to taking
chances on anything except the pub
He appreciation which, we have ob
served, nearly always rewards th»
man who has courage enough to get
nu t 0 f the rut and stake hi- every
fiber of ability and ounce of enor
(rv on his clear vision of public
: . n( ) service. We hope you will ignore
whatever doubt you may have as to
i the representations we make of
coming Peach Blossom Festival
*' orl anc ^ j°' n us in a merry party of
“do-it-or-bust!”
JOHN 11. JONES, Publisher.
Mathews, Fort Valley; J. C). Max
well, Rome; G. H. Miller, Dukes,
Fla.; George Morgan, Pulaski, Tenn.;
It. W. McDuffie, Louisville, Ky.;
George K. Smith, Carrollton; II.
Atlanta; .1. H. Then-ell,
Atlanta, and Ralph Williams, Griffin.
Varsity Alternates—Ed I.. Ad¬
ams, Warrenton; A. W. Bickley,
Huntsville; Joe Bone, Richmond, Mo.;
T. F. Bowden, McDonough; J. T.
Bram ' h ’ Atlanta; Rufus Camp, Toc
W. T. Gayle, Atlanta, and
Frank Pippin, Round Oak.
There will also be three freshmen
debates held at Emory with Mercer,
Tech and Oglethorpe. The following
first year men will represent Emory:
W. P. Alstno, Atlanta; F. W. Car¬
penter. Nelson; W. E. Cox, Emory
University; C. I). Edwards, Atlanta;
Glenn Elliott, Royston; John Glen,
Sautee; W. W. Hamilton, Browns¬
ville. Tenn.; I.. VV. Little, Brunswick:
Willard G. Patton, Savannajt; Glenn
Rainey, Atlanta; A. J. Rufty, Atlan¬
ta, and Sanford Smith, Carrollton.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
J. W. Smith, Minister.
There will be preaching next Sab
' ' ' paster a’ 11:00 A. M.
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Ml ‘ rn *'h: .Subject. ’Things that Ac
” pany Justlf,catlons -”
h ‘‘ evi>n ' PS Ser ’ CP v ’ " be evan ‘
‘ V" ahara " t< ''
ounday ' School ;.nd Bible Class at
A. , ftl.
A , cordial , welcome for all.
WHAT MY NEIGHBOR SAYS
of Interest to Fort Valley Folks.
When one has had the misfortune
suffer from backache, headaches,
urinary disorders and oth¬
kidney ills—and has found relief
all this sickness and suffering,
person’s advice is of untold val
to f rit , n ds and neighbors. The fol
case is only one of many thou
but it is that 0 f a Fort Valley
Who could ask for a
xample.
J. C. Hartley, retired cotton mer-1
111 Knoxville St., says: “My
acted irregularly and the se
were unnatural. My back
weak, lame, and sore and there
as a fobbing 1eu * s.ooped ache across I got my such kid
a
. back 1
in my could hardly
. Frien ds high , v rec om
Doan’s Fills so I procured
me at Wright’s Drug Store. Doan’s
me.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
ask for a kidney remedy—get
Pills—the same that Mr. Hart¬
had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs.,
N. Y.
Advertisement.
to _ Peach , County „
my friends,
indeed .
Peaches and Creant, and save us
the seed.
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This magnificent sterling silver vase, together with $200 in rash. Is of |
fereil by the Georgia League of Women Voters to the Georgia town showfn !
the largest proportional increase in actual voters in the 1925 elections ovei
the last yjjar In which elections of like kind took place. Margaret, the
young daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Hodgson of Atlanta, the voter's priz
mascot, is standing beside the vase. The vase and the $200 is to he know:
as “The Voters’ Prize," and will be offered annually. The $200 is to Is
spent for civic purposes in the winning town, the exact purpose to be d*
cided by the local committee Details for entering the contest may he ha-'
by w-Titing the organization department, Georgia League of Women Voters.
130 Lull water Road. Atlanta, Ga. A self-addressed stamped envelope must
he enclosed. The vase wili he on exhibit for the first time at the League
of Women Voters' Convention. January 29 to 31, in Rome.
E. A. M HAN COUNCIL NO. 49
Special assembly of E. A. McHan
Council No. 49. Royal and Select
Master , Friday evening, February
6, instead of Friday, January 30, as
announced. AH Companions and Can-
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around with relentless regularity.
• • A Checking Account with
us
won’t relieve you of the necessity
of paying your bills, but it will
insure you against paying a bill
twice.
» More than that, a Checking Ac¬
count with this representative
bank will establish your status and
credit more effectively than an
hour’s talk. t
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CITIZENS BANK OF FORT VALLEY
CAPITAL & SURPLUS $150,000.00
OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT
TODAY
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didates urged to be present. Special
team from Macon headed by Grand
Recorded E. A. McHan will be pres
ent.
\Y. -A. AAOOD, Illustrious Master
E. M. q MMONS, Recorder.