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— . IT* V — llipaucr - UaHuUU? 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 N. E. A. feature .Service Advertisers’ Cut Service Entered us second-ela * mat ter the post office at Fort Valley, Ua., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Prices (Payable in Advance) 1 Year *1 '* ............ 6 Months ......... !' j ........ 3 Months....... * * Advertising Kates: litlc per Column Inch ir per Word Legal Advertisement* Strictly Ca.I. in Advance 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!” ________________ 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 ‘ 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 a 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. * * * 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* ' ' 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 ~ , Krow th ) ' 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 , „ , ' * ° >' 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 t 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. a “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 j 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 - ’ if you but be faithful I and organizations and can be saved. i Handsome Trophy Offered by i League of Women Voters 1 | j : jm * : • m dm '•■k-v <|ij : ft y V' . r 0 ft? ' IS •i ■S' w 1< I? . : ; m t W: ■' ■ * % : ’ % ; : v * *«! > A . T "fS?. - •;>->• J;' ] % § ift I i £ 1 ' ■ ■-.ft m. I ; ■A v fS , (\ W: I m m i ,V: i j / m :! i: m n. L te¬ m !• a. k'tsi.v j A-SdS'l i s ; Wm | ", ;>• • ': : ‘ K mt ■*v : ; | 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. . .00 I M. 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. ■ 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- v V t * f. + v *’* | f There's No Escaping X * ! < < Bill paying it a duty that cornea 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 Come in today and benefit • through our service. + t ‘ J * * * * v X ♦ * ! CITIZENS BANK OF FORT VALLEY CAPITAL & SURPLUS $150,000.00 OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT TODAY % 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.