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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
Published every Thur»d»y
JOHN H. JONES
Editor and Owner
“A» a Man Thinketh in Hi«
So !• He. »»
Official Organ of Peach County.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925.
“Hughes asserts America is
,,f European net,” suys the
Constitution. But the net still
A DANGEROUS BILL
“Knowing the interest of
and other patrons of the Fort
post office, in legislation
ing the erection of post office
mgs, Congressman W. W.
of this district writeB to the
of The Leader-Tribune, enclosing
copy of House Bill No. 11791,
provide for the construction of
tain public buildings, and for
purposes.”
This bill is dangerous. It has
reported favorably by the
on Public Buildings and Grounds
if enacted into law will
change the plan which has
in this country for a long time
garding the construction of
buildings, especially those used
post offices, in that it
authorize the Secretary of
Treasury, and the Postmaster
eral, to select sites, determine char
acter, and arrange for the
tion of such buildings throughout
United States. Members of
are in better position to
where such buildings should be
ed, their character, etc., both as
cards the wishes and interest of
public, than are the heads of
departments, especially when we
siderthat if such authority were
en them i,t would be exercised by
bo rd in ate employees of the
ments, and not by the head
themselves.
We heartily commend
man Larsen on his position on 1 his
bill. He states that “while I
there are some objections which may
be urged to the present system, I am
sure 'there are many more serious
ones to be urged to the propose!
scheme. 1 understand the proposed
measure will receive the considers
tion of the House at an early date
perhaps the early part of next week
—but regarding the matter as I do
at this time. 1 am not inclined to
support it. ’
PEACH BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Columbu* Enquirer-Sun: Editor
John H. Jones, of the Fort Valley
Leader-Tribune, gives us to under
stand that during the big peach festi
val in Fort Valley next month eith
er “peaches and cream" or “peach
and honey will be served; in fact,
we are led 10 believe that if a fel
low insists he will be served with
both. Which means that the festival
this year will be more largely
ed than any festival of the kind Fort
Valley has ever sponsored.
Cleveland Courier: Johnny Jones,
editor of the Fort Valley Leader
Tribune, is now planning for a Peach
Blossom Festival Edition, Johnny
,
has just exactly what it takes to get
out such an edition and The Courier
is looking forward with great cap
erness to the arrival of this issue of
The Leader-Tribune.
DR PIERCE ON THE CAPITOL
1 OF PEACH
Dr. A. M. Pierce, editor of the
"Wesleyan Christian Advocate, writ¬
ing in his issue on January 30th,
says:
“The capitol of Peach county was
the objective of my journey when I
left Atlanta last Saturday. The great
peach industry of the surrounding
section has carried the name of Fort
Valley into the far corners of our
country. Their annual peach festival
has attained wide fame and reached
large proportions. It brings a gala
day and presents a great spectacle.
“With unusual pleasure I anticipat¬
ed this trip. My college class-mate
Rev. T. H. Thomson, is pastor there.
J was associated with him more close
ly, perhaps, than with any other
of my class. We ate together,
in adjoining rooms, nodded over
'lime lessons, attended church
er, and were graduated from
same platform. On two occasions,
has been gracious enough to
me to be with him in protracted
ings. Association with him
brings pleasure. The hospitality
his home leaves nothing to be
On this occasion, however, 1
that pleasure because his
who is making a fine record at
leyan, was wrestling with a case
flu.
“There was another reason why
was glad to go. One of my
lives there. The exigencies of
prevent my seeing her often.
occasion offers, 1 grasp it gladly.
“The congregation at Fort
is among the best in the South
gia Conference. They made a
record in the Centenary
Other worthy achievements are
their credit. It was a pleasure to
ship with them twice on the
There seems good prospects that
Wesleyan will make weekly
to all of their homes for the
year.
“Bro. Thomson has made a
beginning. That means that he
make a better ending, for he is
kind of man who grows on a
gation. All of his wares are not
the window. He is one of the
efficient pastors in his
and one of their finest
ters.”
A. M. PIERCE.
SAVING
By the end of 1925, there will
something like twenty-two
of dollars on deposit in the
instiutions in the United States.
It is a tidy sum, and the oest
about it is that it represents a steady
growth for years. (In good years
and bad years and indifferent
the savings of the people of the
United States have increased. They
have more than doubled since 1912.
It is a gratifying phase of the
economic life of the country, for
shows not only thut wo can save
that we are saving—that the
egg gets bigger from year to year.
1 he habit of saving really is more
important than the money itself
that’s salted down, for men and
women who have learned how to
save can save again if their nest
eggs are swept away. And it is the
thrift habit of millions that gives
j strength to a nation, as well as the
hundreds of millions or billions they
have ! n the bank.
Some interesting figures from a
recent publication by the American
Bankers Association are given by
the Macon News as follows
Thrift Week gives a timely inter
est to some figures re.:.'i tly publish-
1 t .,l by the American Pankers V icia-
1 ion, showing the it .me. iso in (he
number >id volume f savings ac
; counts, : j also in the amount of
1 during
inuaranie in force, the past
years. r r e figure a;j follows:
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Number of Total Bank
1 Year Depositors Savings
] 912 12,584,31 fi $ 8,425,275,000
1913 14,295,931 8.820.192.000
j 1914 11,385,734 8.728.536.000
.1915 16,084,587 8 7 ( )I 523
191 fi 10,344,770 9 478 068 000
1917 10,631,586 1 1115 790 000
1918 10,637,760 1 1 589 373 000
1919 18,176,251 12 456 460 000
1920 20,915,612 14 67'’ 178 000
1921 26,573,870 1 (i 618 595 000
1922 30,323,320 17.331.479.000
192.3 85,42 17 19.567.953.000
1924 38,867,994 20.873.562.000 |
The increase of the number of I
people holding insurance is 1912! even
move striking. At the end of
the total value of insurance policies
in the United States was $15,555 -
901,1 71; in 1922, a decade later,
which included the war. it reached
$50,290,710,180, an increase of more
than 30 ' or cent. Of this vast
amount two-thirds are investments
by wage earners, of whom the num
her is estimated at about 25,000,
000 . I
Il is but another sign of the gen¬
eral participation in prosperity and
the increased tendency to practice
thrift.—Albany Herald.
SOME FORD HISTORY
The fact that truth is stranger
than fiction is we 11 illustrated by I
some of the business ventures
have aided in making America fam
ous as the foremost commercial na
tion of the world. There is some¬
thing fairylike in the record of the
rise of certain business firms and of
none of them is this more striking
ly true than of the corporation of
which Henry Ford is the head. The
following is a bit of inside history
of that organization which has be
come one of the leading business
firms of history:
The list of original stockholders in |
the Ford Motor Company, with the
amount of stock subscribed by each,
was as follows:
Henry Ford $25,500
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE. FORT VALLEY. GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925.
Fort Valley's
Fine Water
The sanitary department of
Georgia .State Board of Health
a report which reflects to the
another of the superior advanta
of living in Fort Valley. This
holds her place among Georgia
at the head of the list in
of water supply,
“Excellent”—absolutory A-l—is
mark given Fort Valley water.
vith the high
I oiks do not' expect to find in the sit
nation of Fort Valley—and
high standard of public service
! all avenues which influence
conditions, make Fort Valley a
dld P lace ln which to L1VE
is more essential, and nothing
prove of such distinct advantage,
| the growth and happiness of a
Thus, “we are building a city here.’
Alex Y. Malcomson
John S. Gray .
0 h n F. Dodge .
Horace E. Dodge
Horace II. Rackham .
Albert Strelow ... .
| John W. Anderson
C. H. Bennett .
j James v. C. Frey Couzens .
.
J. Woodhall
Miss R. V. Couzens
Of this sum only $28,000 was
in cash. Ford put in his car for
and let Malcomson have
worth of stock for guaranteeing
000 worth of bills. The Dodges
no cash, but agreed to furnish
terials for the amount of their
Most of the others put in , notes, ir
whole or in part.
Strelow sold out for $25,000
Couzens in order to invest in a
mine in British Columbia. Had
stuck, his stock today could be
for $50,000,000. The gold mine
a failure.
Malcomson sold to Ford for
000. His stock, it is estimated,
today be worth $250,000,000.
Bennett, Woodhall and Frey
out soon after Malcomson.
and Frey each received $25 000 fot
their stock from Kor d and
Ford bought Woodhall’s stock
$5,000.
I Miss R. V. Couzens, sister of
I Couzens took
out $355,000 from
investment of $100.
Jas. Couzens took out
The Gray estate sold its stock
1 $20,250,000, after drawing
| of $10,335,075.
The investment of Rackham and
| . , C8ch
!
th< „™ \ 7 ’ 4d '’’ 75 °'
™ r> 0 «£e brothers took out a to
tal of 634,871,500,
These flKUres are authentic, having
* )een ^ rom the books of the
* ord Motor Company at the request
L. Benson, author of “The
Nt ‘ w Henr >' Ford ” Monroe Advcr
ti-ser.
LIBRARIAN REPORTS
A report from Miss Gena Riley, li¬
brarian, for the Thomas Library
was a most gratifying feature of the
, Jltnuary the library Aux
iliary which assembled at the home
' tho residen t, Mrs. A. J. Evans,
0T P on
afternoon of Jan. 28th. The rec
ord ^ ol quarter showed a hun
dred P er cent increase in books lent,
aad a large number of borrowers add¬
ed to the list, which is conclusive evi¬
dence of the growing usefulness of
the library.
In commemoration of the 166th
anniversary of the birth of Robert
E >urns - Mrs. John A. Houser, chair
for the afternoon presented an
inspirational study of the universally
b'ved Scotchman. Of his poetry, Mrs.
H° US<M ' mentioned that Emerson once
said i “ The winds whispered it, the
trees whistled it, and the corn and
flax rustled it until it beFpme the
property and solace of mankind.”
Rev. J. VV. Smith, who because of
his Scotch ancestry, was preeminent¬
ly fitted to speak 011 Burns, was then
introduced “for,” the chairman stat¬
ed, “next to his ain God and ain coun
trie, the Scotchman loves Bobbie
1 urns." ,
Mr. Smith, in he beginning of his
lemarks, told of the parentage, birth,
early life, told of the paretitageSL
life, and the severe hardships
of the poet. He characterized (he
of Burns as being filled with
inspiration and sympathy. In it all,
masculine strength and feminine ten
derness is found to a marked degree.
Of the place which Burns holds in
Scotch history. Mr. Smith said in con
elusion. "It is said that the man who
see farther than others can give
the world vision, that the man who
ran stand steadier than others can
forgets himself in doing good for
it character, and that he who
himself in doing good for
can give it religion. It cannot
said that Bobbie Burns gave char
or religion to the world; but
Woman’s Club
On The Job
While Fort Valley and
County are wrestling with the
tude of first progressive
along new lines and some good,
tical pi ejects like the Chamber
Commerce are being crowded out
fb.drolling ambitions in new
and the exigencies of traditional
quirements and established
tions in the community life,
some of us are being so much
sorbed in the brilliance of our
pirations to plant our proud feet
on the alluring peaks of
it is refreshing to have
c impelled to sober reflection
the manner in which others are
ly holding faith with the
tals of the civic structure.
It is good to have patience
cultivate the valleys from whVh
rich stores of nourishment come
build, not halos and fame, but
men and women and the pure,
human relations and ideals
which no halo, no fame can be
during.
They do say that “cleanliness
next to godliness;” and we know
an immaculate appearance is a
of charm and uplift. But there
such a thing as the appalling
sepulcher,” and real beauty is
than skin deep, of either man or
community.
Thus we marvel happily over
significance of the steadfast way in
which the Woman's Club of Fort
ley is devoting itself to the
mentals in . * building a city
While many of us talk of the
of pageantry in a surpassing
Blossom Festival, they call us to
tion in a “clean-up, paint-up * • cam
paign in order that our thousands
visitors may go away talking, not al¬
together about the wonders of
festival show, but, with more
some •ffect upon the outside
praising the cleanliness and
of the community in which the
val’s wonders were produced.
Even more, we marvel, and
ourselves to task, when we
that the Woman’s Club is
to, and never faltering in, its
establ'shed purpose of nurturing the
“Soul of the community,” which
Ralph Newton, m a recent address,
lifted up before us as our supreme
asset and source of lasting
and sound success. The Woman’s
Club, through its Child Welfare
mittee, of which Mrs. C. E. Martin
is chairman, is pressing forward with
a campaign through the public 1
schools , , for - “saner eating.” „
I*ind the community in which folks
have been happiest during most years
and you will find the community
which has not merely done great,
spectacular things, but the cornmu
nity which has let no blazinr: am'oi
turn e ’er interfere with its c! >;• > at
tention to those so called little
things” little in their return of per
sonal limelioht but supremely great
in tiioir vital relations to physical
ai: i mental health, spiritual n irture.
modesty, refinement—in short char¬
acter—the SOUL of that community.
In this way such a community,
when people come to praise its spec¬
tacular high-lights, may speak in a
still, small voice that will carry into
far regions, saying: “We are proud
of this thing which draws your praise,
but we find our real joy and neigh
borly love in a consciousness of hav¬
ing kept bright the little lamps ot
true refinement, humane service and
human consideration that warm our
hearts and make pure the warmth of
our firesides.”
I.et none of us f; il to give our ut
most co-operation to the Woman’s
Club in these precious undertakings,
two vital features of which now are
the “clean-up, paint-up” campaign
and the educational program for
saner eating.
vision, especially to his own country¬
men.
In his day, the spirit of patriotism
was ebbing away in Scotland and th"
fires of heroism were burning dim
ly; but his spirited songs, given to
his people in their own simple lang
uage, fanned into an unquenchable
flame the smoldering embers of lie
roistn and devotion to their country.”
Mrs. W. S. White concluded the
program by singing two of the most
beautiful Scotch ballads, “Flow Gent
ly Sweet Aftin” and “Annie Laurie.”
WANTED —For Peach Blossom Fes¬
tival 500 hogs for barbecue pur
poses. Will pay market price. Glen
more Green, Purchasing Agent.
2-5-4p-tf.
25 dozen best grade 10c handker
chiefs for men and women, sale price
5c each. R. S. Braswell* Son. I
'Twould be interesting to know
how many New Year resolutions are
still being kept.
MY FINGERPRINTS
1.
Not a word my wife had spoken,
Save one heaven given pray’r;
For her holy heart was broken
By My Fingerprints placed
2.
There maliciously 1 placed them.
And as demons fierce they stare;
Centuries can not erase them,
Fingerprints that I placed there.
3.
Mordant are my garments gory,
Tortured am I with despair.
Pity me! Thou Lord of glory.
For My Fingerprints are there.
4.
Faithful was she, noble woman;
Still My Fingerprints are there.
I disloyal and inhuman—
Savior, hear a felon’s pray’r.
W. C. CARTER.
WANTED —For Peach Blossom Fes
tival 500 hogs for barbecue
poses. Will pay market price. Glen
more Green, Purchasing Agent.
2-5-4p-tf.
Anything that is worth doing at
all is worth doing the best you know
how.
SHERIFF’S SALE
Will be sold before the Court
House Door within the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in March,
1925, the pillowing described pr op
erty, towit:
That lot in the City of Fort Valley
in the Ninth District of, originally
Houston County now, Peach County,
Georgia, fronting South on Preston
Street, also known as Church Street,
and bounded as follows: North by
Flournoy lot, South by said street.
East by Sam Gardner lot and West
by the parsonage lot of the C. M. E.
Church, same being the lot deeded
by H. A. Mathews to Mark Miller on
November 1st, 1917, as evidenced by
deed of record in office of Clerk of
Superior Court of Houston County.
Said lot being the residence of Lee
O’Neal and Beulah O’Neal. Levied
on to satisfy a fi. fa. from the City
Court of Houston County in favor of
Isaac Miller vs. Lee O’Neal and Beu¬
lah O'Neal. Tenant in possession no¬
tified.
This Feb. 5, 1925.
GEO. D. ANDERSON.
Sheriff.
Houser & Mathews, Att.vs. Isaac
Miller.
GEORGIA, PEACH COUNTY.
,, Mrs. Tula P. „ Kendrick ... and , William
B. „ Reeves _ , having . applied , as Execu
tors f or probate in solemn form of
the j ast yyju atl( j Testament of W. R.
BROWN, late of said county, de
cease d, the heirs at law of said W. R.
BROWN are hereby required to ap
pe ar at the Court of Ordinary of said
County on the First Monday in
March> 1925 , next, when said appli
cation for pro bate will be heard,
I Witness the Honorable M. C. Mos
ley, Ordinary of said County. This
February 2nd, 19 25.
M. H. DuPree,
Clerk Court of Ordinary.
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LEADERSHIP
The man who is not getting every cent
is <»
and per cent, of value from his dollars
handicapped in his competition with those
‘J who are.
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are getting a service, counsel and assistance
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Capital and Surplus $150,000.00 +
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SHERIFF'S SALE
GEORGIA, PEACH COUNTY.
Will be sold before the door of the
Court House of Peach County be¬
tween the legal hours of sale on the
first Tuesday in March, 1925, to the
highest bidder for cash the follow¬
ing described property, tewit:
An undivided one-third (1-3) in
tcve.-t in and to all that certain tract,
lot or parcel of land situate, lying
and being in the State of Georgia,
County of Peach, and in the City of
Fort Valley therein, fronting East
70 feet, more or less, on Anderson
Avenue^ and running back with uni¬
form width a distance of 240 feet,
more or less, bounded on the North
by lands of A. J. Houser, East by
Anderson Avenue, South by the lands
of J. D. Duke and West by a ditch.
Said property levied upon and sold
j a* the property of Mrs. L. P. .(ones,
j to satisfy an execution issued on the
0«'d day of October, 1924, by T. R.
Bennett, Superintendent of Banks,
j in favor of The Exchange Bank of
j F Hrt Valley versus Mrs. L. P. Jones,
f**r the principal sum of Three Hun
died Dollars ($300.00), besides in
terest and costs.
Written notice of levy given Mrs.
S. II. Hall, tenant in no.-session.
Also, at the same time and place
the following described property, to
,v it
An undivided one-third (1-3) in¬
terest in and to all that certain tract,
let or parcel of land situate, lying
end being in the State of Georgia,
County of Peach, and in the City of
Fort Valley therein, fronting East
70 feet, more or less, on Andersoa
Avenue and running back with uni¬
form width a distance of 240 feet,
more or less, bounded on the North
by lands of A. J. Houser, East by
Anderson Avenue, South by the lands
of J. D. Duke and West by a ditch.
Said property levied upon and sold
as the property of Mrs. Lena F. Jack
son to satisfy an execution issued
on the 3rd day of October, 1924, by
T. R. Bennett, Superintendent of
Banks, in favor of The Exchange
Bank of Fort Valley versus Mrs.
Lena F. Jackson, for the principal
sum of Three Hundred Dollars
1 r> the th District of Peach County
($300.00), besides interest and costs.
Written notice of levy given Mrs.
S. H. Hall, tenant in possession.
This February 4th, 192 - I .
GEO. D. ANDERSON,
Sheriff, Peach County, Georgia.
2-5-4t.
Counter of 32-inch best Dress
Ginghams, 36-inch Percales, dark and
light patterns, sale price 19e yd. Rale
closes Saturday, Feb. 7th. R. S. Bras¬
well & Son.