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Volume No. XXXXVI, Number 6.
Miss Oak Arrives; Work On Festival Hits Full Stride
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Sale
Directed by
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As chairman of the committee
tale of tickets to the Pageant
vented during the Fourth
Peach Blossom Festival, we
o announce that we are now
reservations, and suggest to all
wish seats that same be paid for
reserved a» promptly as possible.
All citizens of Fort Valley especial
ly are urged to lecure their (eats
for a two-fold purpose, viz., to ob
lain choice seats for their personal
friends and guests who wi ill attend
he Festival, and also to provide the
tommittee with immediate funds for
doing necessary work in preparation
‘or the Festival. A considerable iwm
ber of seats have already been taken
and indications point to the sale of
every seat on both days.
Assignments of sections is made in
the order in which the seats are pur
chased. Prices $1.00 for adults and
50 cents for children under twelve.
There will also be a limited number
of box seats for sale at $2.50 per
•eat.
J. E. LEE and JNO. B. VANCE
Joint Chairmen Ticket Committee
Miss Pauline Oak arrived Tuesday
r.ight from Maine to again direct the
'outstanding feature, the pageant, of
the Peach Blossom Festival. She is
meeting with a cordial reception
among the many friends made during
previous associations with the Festi¬
val here, and rehearsals for the pag¬
eant will begin quickly.
It is said that the pageant of the
Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festi¬
val will surpass by far, in artistic
charm and the romantic interest of
the glorious peach, even last year's
pageant, which reflected such nation-
PEACH COUNTY’S FIRST
COURT RELB III FORT
' VALLEY LAST MONDAY
The first court held in Peach coun
ty was that on Monday morning
when the Court of Ordinary was call
ed to order by Sheriff Geo. D.
derson, with Ordinary M. C.
ley presiding.
The court was opened by prayer
led by Rev. David Albert Howard,
pastor of the First Baptist church of
Fort Valiev
The first case called was a peti¬
tion of I. N. Royal, to probate the
will of his sister, Miss Dora Royal,
deceased. This will was duly proven
in common form and an order passed,
admitting the will to record, in com
nAli form and letters testamentary
to issue.
The second case called on the dock¬
et was the case of the will of W. R.
Brown, deceased. This will was of
fered for probate in common form
and a prayer was contained in the
petition for letters testamentary. The
will was admitted to record in com
mon form, but letters testamentary
refused. A caveat was interposed to
the probate of the will by Messrs.
Houser and Mathews, attorneys of
Fort Valley, as representing Law
rence Brown, an heir at law of W.
R. Brown, the only son of Nathaniel
Brown, brother of W. R. Brown. C.
L. Shepard represents the*
ers of the will. The case will be tried
at a later term of court.
Most washings, these days, are all
w^'l and a back yard wide.
The radio has brought many
things out of a clear sky.
Have you paid your
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
Pouring In
Seats
and
wide admiration for* the genius
Miss Oak and the heroic talents
the people of Fort Valley and
County. It is a significant fact,
the way, that all of Peach county
responding with enthusiasm,
to pour itself, every bit of its
and energy, into making this
Festival all that is being
under the indications of much
elaborate ambitions and plans.
At last Friday’s '-meeting of
Executive Committee
was made of the personnel of
OUS committees, the heads ot
made reports ami
covering all; requirements for
great project, from practical
ments for feeding the thousands
visitors all the way through to
a discriminating and refined
of entertainment in every respect.
W. T. Anderson, editor of the Ma
con Daily Telegraph, was present
the meeting, with Malcolm D.
worth, managing editor of the
graph. Mr. Anderson, always a
paper man of big caliber in his
tion to public service for Georgia
her various sections, is placing
Telegraph and its every resource
ly and freely at the command of
Peach Blossom Festival
The Foundation Committee
ing Finance,—of which D. C.
er is able chairman, is devoting
completely to making the Festival
armor-clad venture from which
i result a permanent plant and
that will make the Festival an
ing institution, but every step is
en with emphasis upon the fact
the Festival must bear no mark
commercialism or an enterprise
pecuniary gain to Fort Valley.
iMINISTERIAL ASS’N IS
ORGANIZED, REV. T. H,
The preachers of Fort Valley
perfected the organization of a
1 isterial association, with Rev. T. H.
Thomson president and Rev. D. A.
Howard, secretary.
The four churches of the city are
i represented in this organization.
Meetings will be held each month on
Mondays after the first Sunday.
I Monday The ‘n^' 8 * meeting was held
at the residence of Rev. D.
A. Howard.
I Bishop Candler, of Atlanta, will
fill the pulnit at the Methodist church
cn Feb. 22.
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The friends and acquaintances of
Mr. F. 0. Miller will be gratified
knew that he is convalescing from his
recent illness.
They will be glad to see him at his
place of business and on the
again soon, as he has been sadly
missed while a “shut-in 1 ' at home.
MARSHALLVILLE SCHOOL
I ISSUES “GOLD AND
^ “The Gold and Black” is the
at the masthead of an attractive,
Marshallville , ,, ... high ... school, , , it . ...
is a
ly creditable paper, reflecting
did ability on the part of the
dents and generous interest and
operation among the people of
shallville and neighboring
ties.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1925.
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1 Clean Up and Paint Up!
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H Hear This, Ye People—Think! Act!!
r Come on, let’s put things in order. Our whole city can and should be
<*4 made as clean and orderly as its cleanest home. Then we will have a
. safer, happier, healthier city.
Ambition in its highest conception is to dream big dreams and make
[ them come true. The splendid ambition to have a city clean and beauti¬
ful is to become reality by the co-operation of all the people. Cl
soon a
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Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor, and
with the hearty approval of many far-seeing and zealous citizens, we
hereby proclaim the week of
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FEBRUARY fet, 1925
M the Opening Week of a Continuous
CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP CAMPAIGN
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Away with the rubbish piles! Banish the plague a
spots! Clean up streets and alleys! Cut the weeds,
mow the lawns and trim the hedges! Repair and
paint every building that needs it.
We need this thorough cleaning and renovation.
m Cleanliness, Thrift and It is the sensible thing to do—for the health, safe¬
Civic Pride the Essen¬ ty, thrift, pride and happiness of all our people.
tials for Homes and It is everybody’s job. Every man, woman and
a Towns Beautiful. slackers. child will be expected to help. Let there be no
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R. D. HALE, Mayor
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Endorsed by Civic Committee, Woman’s Club, Mrs. A. M. Solomon, Chairman
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DEPOT!
CITY LAST OF
A deputy collector will be in Fort
Valley, at the court house, Friday and
Saturday of this week to assist tax
payers, without cost, in
their income tax returns for 1924, a;
cording to information receive^
The Leader-Tribune from J. T. Rose,
collector of internal revenue.
DEATH OF MR. SEMMES
Friends in Fort Valley of Mrs. W.
B. Semmes of Mobile, Ala., will be
sorry to learn of the death of her
husband, in Mobile, on Tuesday, Jan.
3.
Mr. Semmes was general passen¬
ger traffic agent of the S. and L.
Railway, where he was quite popular.
Mrs. Semmas is well known here,
j having been a frequent visitor to her
^^r, the late Mrs. George H. Slap
i pev. ’ and her cousin, Mrs. Ed Fagan.
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j Miss lone DuPree has been confin
j e( j t 0 her home for ten days with se
cold. We hope to see her out
again very soon,
Have you paid your subscription ?
MARTIN AT BANK MEET
C. E. Martin, of the Citizens Bank
of Fort Valley, attended a meeting
of the executive committee of the
Country Bankers’ Association, of
which he is vice president, in Atlanta
on Tuesday, when it was decided that
the 1925 convention of this assoeia
j tion would be held in Savannah on
10, 11 and 12.
WRIGHT & SOLOMON RECEIVE
CALIFORNIA MATERIAL HERE
I Wright & Solomon have shipped
in from far away California a car¬
load of sawn crate material for as¬
paragus. they hought this material
from a San Francisco broker after
having sent many letters throughout
the country and having failed to get
a satisfactory competitive price on
the particular materia! desried from
anybody east of the Mississippi riv
er.
Too many people pass a good thing
up, instead of passing it alondg. I
The more questions a fellow takes ;
the trouble to ask, the more he is
able to answer.
Even after you’re out of school it ^
is important that you make the grade,
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MILLER IS TRUSTEE
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Macon, Feb. 5.—Frank O. Miller,
of Fort Valley, past grand master
the Grand Lodges of Free arid
cepted Masons of Georgia, has sue
ceeded Thomas J. Carling as a
ber of the board of trustees of
Masonic Orphans’ Home. Mr.
ing tendered his resignation to the
board two months ago, but it was
not accepted until yesterday. Mr.
Miller’s election followed.
Mr. Carling told the board that
the press of business affairs made his
resignation imperative. He has serv¬
ed for eighteen years. He pledged his
co-operation to the board whenever
possible.
Mr. Miller is one of the most prom¬
inent Masons in the state of Georgia.
He has extensive business connec¬
tions.
The wise man knows the type of
his personality and directs his con¬
duct in conformity with it.
There is no fool like an old fool
except a young fool,
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a rule, only people who get
pleasure out of their work accomplish
much.
(Eight Pages) $1.50 Per Year in Advance.
fSPlENUlfl gflflMEPEUPLEFUH AHTIULES PEABHHLUSSUM WRITTEN BY
QFESTIVM [[IITIUN IN BflMPETlNl}
iFflH THIP Tfl NEW YUHK IN APHIL
j Enough extraordinarily good ma
terial to fill a number of big special
editions has been contributed by
gifted people of Peach and adjoin
i ing counties for tfie approaching
Peach Blossom Festival Edition ot
The Leader-Tribune. Articles, pho
tographs, drawings, etc., have pour¬
ed in upon us. Notwithstanding- iur
rule limiting the origin of such mat¬
ter to Peach, Crawford, Houston and
Macon counties, some folks in dis
i tant cities have plunged into the
contest, but the prizes, including the
free trip to New York in April, must
go to the home people to whom the
field was confined.
As we stated in the rules publish¬
ed with announcement of prizes in
our issue of January 22, announce¬
ment of prize winners will be made
simultaneously with publication of
the articles in the special edition ear¬
ly in March. In the meantime, judges
will be selected soon—the naming of
the judges having been left open of
course in order that no person might
be deprived of the privileges of com¬
peting—and the work of judging con¬
tributions will begin. It follows nat¬
urally that no contributor will be a
judge, lust as no nerson should have
j been deprived of the privilege of
competing bv selection as a judge.
Articles will be accented bv the
the entire list of prizes offered. The
trip to New York will go to the con¬
tributor of the heot of nil article*?.
Those promises will he fulfilled to the
| letter, along with all other promises
' in connection with the nualitv and
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W. T. Anderson Offers Full and
Free Support of Daily Telegraph
In Undertakings of Fort Valley
W. T. Anderson, president and ed
itor of the Macon Daily Telegraph,
member of the State Highway
mission, and one ot the
leaders in the affairs of Georgia,
fered fully and freely all agencies of
the Telegraph in any and all civic
undertakings originating in Fort
ley, with special reference to the nu
trition kitchen project for the local
public school system fostered by the
Woman’s Club of Fort Valley, Ki
wanis Club civic objectives and the
Peach Blossom Festival, when he and
I Malcolm D. Ainsworth, managing ed
itor, appeared before the Kiwanis
Club last Friday. An educational
program was carried out and the nu¬
trition kitchen project vas presented
and adopted by the'members
Mr. Anderson, speaking as the
resentacr.e nf the Telegraph, iffered
the co-opeiation of the Macon morn
ing newspaper in the campaign for
proper eating and declared that the
Telegraph will offer loving cups to
the various teachers and students
contributing the most valuable as¬
sistance to undernourished and un¬
derprivileged children. The Teleg''>ph
is fostering the same kind of von,
in the schools of Macon and Mr. A ri
derson asserted that the paper will
extend its scope to embrace the edu
rational institutions of Fort Valley.
After the saner eating undertaking
was urged by Mrs. Edwin Martin,
chairman of the child felfare com¬
mittee of the Fort Valley Woman’s
Hub. and Miss Carolyn Cravey, of
the domestic science department of
the local school system, Mr. Anderson
voiced his approval of it. He declared
that true education really begins with
PEACHLAND JOURNAL
36 years old—only newspa¬
per in heart of one of
America’s richest diversified
agricultural sections.
scope of the edition, regardless of
cost or loss on the part of The Lead
or-Tribune.
BUSINESS MEN RESPONDING
LIBERALLY IN ADVERTISING
Many business men of Fort Valley
are co-operating in a splendid, loyal
manner with orders for advertising
in the Festival Edition, which offers
one of the best advertising oppor¬
tunities ever presented here. Follow¬
ing is a list of those wh<- had placed
orders up to today at noon:
Fort Valley Coca-Cola Bottling Co*
J. W. Woolfolk & Co.
Fort Valley Lumber Co.
Valley Milling Co.
Gallaher-Hale Grocery Co.
Crandall-Campbell Co.
Georgia Basket & Lumber Co.
Anthoine Machine Shop.
H. V. Kell Co.
Hotel Winona.
Mrs. M. T. Wise.
Fort Valley Cafe.
R. S. Braswell & Son.
Anderson Drug Co.
Emmett Houser.
Judge M. C. Mosley.
City Bakery.
Copeland’s Pharmacy.
John Vance.
Eberhardt Machine Works.
Bank of Fort Valley.
Citizens Bank of Fort Valley.
Almon Implement Co.
Franklin Theatre.
Fort Valley Motor Co.
Lee’s Department Store.
Wheelers Pharmacy.
L. W. Rogers Co.
the stomach and that physical devel
opment is one of the most important}
factors in mental training,
Special emphasis was laid by the|
Macon editor on the fact that Geor*
jrj a products are not to be found in
Georgia. He urged that Georgia peo
p] e should consume products of theii*
own state and merchants should
handle Georgia grown merchandise,
such as fruits, vegetables and canned
goods, preserves, etc., and stress the
sale of these rather than commodities*
coming from California, Florida and
other producing states.
When it was announced that cori
siderable advertising space is to be
devoted to the Peach Blossom Festi
val, Mr. Anderson offered to co-op
crate in any way. He announced that
all possible efforts will be made to
give wide advertising to the event
and that any assistance that can be
given by the Telegraph will be furn
Lhed freely.
The services of Mr. Ainsworth also
were offered to the festival commit¬
tee. He asserted his readiness to
serve in an advisory or active ca¬
pacity subject to the desires of the
festival organization. The Telegraph’s
organiaztion was also placed at the
^ disposal of the committee by the
| managing editor.
The educational program was put
| on at noon at Kiwanis Hall and about
■
| sixty-five guests were present. Mrs.
j Martin made an appeal to the mem
i hers for support of the nutrition
kitchen. She called attention to the
kitchen that is being operated ih
Americus and declared that it is one
of the best in the state. Aft^r her
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