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» WE ARE BUILDING A CITY <> HERE Volume No. XXXVI, Number 8. Excursion Trains and Special Rates Given Festival Dill online crMiTfiD nfir uiddic iiiuvnTnrnP InAnT UI HtHb blVt IN SETTIKG STAGE FDR BIG Receiving rich measures of ♦ ration from every source in with which they have made (bus far, General Chairman C Shepard and all members of Peach Blossom Festival are confident that every hope he realized in the beauty and popularity of the annual event to be staged in Yaliey on Thursday and March 19th and 20th. Railroads Pledge Every Service Desired Officials of various railroads in Fort Valley Monday and were hearty in assur..nces of ery service desired by the Association. Those present were J. Beam, assistant general agent, and C. B. Rhodes, division •senger agent of the Southern way System; F. J. Robinson, al passenger agent, W. W. division passenger agent, and W. Stewart, assistant general agent of the Central of Railway. They offer everything the val Association wants in the way excursion trains and special rates both days of the Festival. trains will be run on both and Friday from Atlanta, Macon, lumbus and Albany. The fares will be: Atlanta, $2.50, $1.50; Columbus, $2.00; $2.00; proportionate rates from termediate points; one and fares for round trip from other gia points not covered above. Elaborate Entries Float* A number of entries already have been made for more tdaborate floats than even those which made last year’s Festival so conspicuous in this way. The Central of Georgia Railway has entered a float of spec¬ tacular interest. The Coca-Cola Bot¬ tling Company will have a float each day bearing sixteen lovely young la¬ dies. The Atlanta Chamber of Com¬ merce plans a^beautiful float again \ this year. Among other floats al¬ ready entered are two from New York state, one each for the Roch¬ ester Rex Company, of Rochester, and the Niagara Sprayer Co., of Middleport, for which the Campbell Fruit & Supply Company, of Fort Valley, are dealers. The Floats Committee is anxious for other entries as quickly as pos¬ sible, and urge those who plan en¬ tries to notify some member at once. One of the fine features of co-op¬ eration which is being given from gfar will be a special show window of M. Rich & Bros. Company to be devoted soon to advertising the Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Fes¬ tival. Senator Harris Helps A striking feather in the Publicity 'Committee’s cap is the announcement that Senator Wm. J. Harris has in¬ terested the National Geographic PJagazine in sending one of its spe tial correspondents to cover the Fes¬ tival during both days and write an article and secure photographs for publication in that famous magazine. There are broad expressions of ap¬ preciation for the interest of both Senator Harris and Mr. Grosvenor, , f the National Geographic, i*i this matter. King and Queen and Royal Court Plans. Miss Ruth Evans, the beautiful Fort Valley girl who was chosen by a majority of votes over all the oth er contestants in the election for Blossom queenship^of P estival the fourth at a mass arfnual meeting Peach of Peach county citizens Thursday p^flt, spent Friday in Macon She ( ■ as accompanied to the Central City by her mother, Mrs. Albert J. Evans, ihe selection of Miss Evans as, , queen of the Blossom Festival and Samuel Mathews as king of the great > ®he Jeafrer-Sribune Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. event is meeting with heartiest proval and pleasure by p>*,'p!' of this section, where they ».'!> so lightfully known, The queen has many friends the State, having graduated three years ago from Agnes Scott College, where she made a splendid j record, later attending Columbia Un¬ iversity, where she mastered in Eng lish, and traveling abroad in Euro¬ pean lands last year. She is the e f -t f . Ab ... , ~ . J T ’ Ev f ns P rom ‘ > nen for years in Georg,a s peach in IZ Va e yS ™ tstand - ng Mtizen citizen. Th The queens . father f was ° rn i” 01 a ls * >a " 11 * mg . leading . merchants of the little Peach City in his childhood days. Her mother was the beautiful Miss Willie Belle Baisden, of Americus, and is a sister of Mrs. Sam Hayes, of that city, and related to others there. Win* Many Honor* There could not have been a finer choice for the royalty ofthe Bios som Festival, the families of the two honored ones being citizens of this place for years, giving of their best to the upbuilding of this thriving community. „ $jss Evans in her high school won many honors, among which was the winning of first place in ex pression in the Twelfth District and representing this district in the State high school meet in Athens. The king and queen will chose the royal court, fifty in number, and an nouncement of their choice will be made in a few days. They received the honors conferred upon them with gracious appreciation, taking no part whatever in the contest for their election. Fort Valley feels a distinct pride in her representative king and queen and feels that the little peach city and Peach county are represented by , its choicest young people. It is a matter of much interest to Fort Valleyans and those interested! in’ the fourth Blossom Festival and the staging of the beautiful pageant, The Trail of Pink Petals, that Miss Charlie Matthews, the popular high school dancer who was chosen for | the leading part in the pageant Miss Peach, was the only one of her class | past in the month Foyt who Valley high school highest! the J made to the mark to be made in every study and in deportment. She is one of the brighest girls ever reared in the city and has a grace and charm that is rare and attractive. Author Unable to Attend Fort Valley friends of Mrs. Helen Topping Miller, of Macon, Georgia’s famous author whose fame as a short | story writer is nation-wide, regret 1 that an engagement in New York City at the time of the Peach Blos¬ som Festival will prevent her atten¬ dance upon the festival affair. Mrs. Miller writes that she thinks there could could be no more fascinating j material for a story than that of Georgia peach blossoms and Georgia girls. There will be a number of disting u ’ s hed personages present at the ,urt h festival and reservations for ^h e entertainment of guests are be¬ ing made. Many tourists en route North and Eeast from Florida are | Hanning to reach Fort Valley in time | for the festival. I Coronation to Be Event. Auspicious among the happenings of the two Peach Blossom Festival days, March 19th and 20th, will be i the coronation of the king and queen. ' These coronation exercises will place at Fincher Memorial Park,! the heart of the city, sometimes spoken of as Fort Valley’s five The coach in which the king queen will ride will be gorgeous (Continued on back page) FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY,GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925. BLOW GIVEN iBiTi0NS 0F GITlf IN CONGRESS THREAT Congressman W. W. Larsen, whose comment on House Bill 11,791, deal¬ ing with the construction of public building;, f(.r post office purpvses, was published in The Laedet-Tribune recently, writes the following disap¬ pointing news in a letter received .this week: I “My dear Mr. Jones: ' “With further reference to House Bill 11,791, relating to appropriation foi construction of public buildings to be used for post offices, etc., I regret to advise that the measure recently passed the Houser under a suspension of rules. This means that the bin was not °P™ for a »y amend ment, and for its passage it required the vote of two-thirds of the mem bers present. , “ T h e bill is now before the Sen ate an d if it receives the favorable consideration of that body , and the j approval of the President, it will be come a law. i “Should this bill become a law, I fear it will be a long time before , your city, or any other in the Twelfth District, obtains a federal building. It is freely predicted that no building will be authorized in a' city of less than 25,000—especially in the South—except perhaps in a ( few instances where sites have al ready been purchased. I voted [against the bill and exceedingly re-i tha iikiti ww d- i y f law. “With kind regards, I am I “Very truly vours, •W. W LARSEN.” SERIES OF USES I OF BIBLE CHIUS The series of messages on Bible characters given by Rev. D. A. How ard at the Baptist Church each Sun-’ day evening contain lessons of prac tical help for young people. Taking a Biblical character for the basis of study Mr. Howard points out char to be emulated or faults 10 be avoided. Joseph—“A Young Man Who Couid Not Be Held Down” the subject last Sunday night. These special messages will continue i f °r several weeks. -—_ MACON STORES TO GIVE HOLIDAY TO CLERKS A member of the pageant commit was informed Wednesday by the of Dannenberg Co., Macon. they were planning to enter a! in the festival parade and also issue instructions to the man- * of each department to allow force the privilege of attend the festival by giving half of -he a vacaUo i each day. The committee was also informed Mrs. Dannenberg of New Y or k of Macon, had written theb make reservations for several la who were coming with her trt the festival. The management of the Union Goods Co., Burden-Smith Co., J. P. Allen Co., all of MaCon, also expressed their intentions fallowing their employes the privi of attending the festival. This fine spirit of co-operation being manifested on all sides and are that the festival will the largest attendance ever had. I Wonderful values in three best of Pajama Checks, 17 l-2c, and 25c yd. Special Saturday Monday at Braswell’s. [ If you want to ease the conscience ye editor keep your subscription in advance. Then when you off, Xve can print the high obituary without qualms, j When it comes to getting the anti to Nome the airplane was sec- to choice to the dog teams. KI1NIS HEAR 11 CHARMING ‘25 Rev. Charles Love, celebrated Southern humorist, will come down from Macon to entertain Fort Valley Kiwanians at their luncheon with of his side-splitting addresses. Miss Pauline Oak, director of the pageant for the Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival to occur March 19th and 20th, gave the Kiwanis Club of Valley a fascinating description of the pageant being planned this year, at its luncheon meeting last Friday. Miss Oak impressed the Kiwanians yith her word pictures what promises to excel by far achievements of local talent, festival pageants. She made it clear that the 1925 pageant will be a beautiful historical romance, making a golden thread of the won derful life of Miss Peach, from her four ehousand years ogo fro ve „ture four thousand years ago from China through many nations of the globe until at last she found her throne in the garden spot of Georgia. The King and Queen of the Festival, Sam’l M. Mathews and Miss Ruth Evans, will be crowned in the morning of the first day, P 1 L " c<J dmg the pageant, and will i •eign over the entire event. They, with court, will make their entrance to the throne in the stadium, and this mark the beginning of the pag ean t, which will embrace remarkable | features.little"secret camel—will indicate the inno-| to be introduced and the , grandeur to be reached in production. Kiwanians unanimously pledge hcartv tany sunnort suppoi to io miss Miss Oak uat{ and sml Pageant committee, of which W. Brisendine i„ able Cb l Shepard i.,reduced Kltot and Queen Ruth amid an out of applause which came near the roof. 1 he King and Queen shorl - addresses to the A lot of fun was had by ail. M„ Shepard also introduced H. M. nlit h, division superintendent of the Railway Express Co., with words of warm appreciation for j co ;°Peration given by Mr. Smith I his company to the Festival in years \ Mr - Snlith gave assur tba t it would be a distinct u > co-operate fully again year - His company again will magnificent horses for the President E. T. Murray introduced new members Sam Mathews, M. C. Mosley, George B. Cul e PPer. Jr., Luther Byrd and Emory Sanders Harris made a report for attendance committee, present K plans for participation in the Ki anis National Attendance contest, w hk’h gold Kiwanis pins will be to winners, tot be paid for by President Murray called attention the fund for advertising Georgia has been started by W. T. An president and editor o f the Telegraph, to which A. J. Ev¬ I ; has subscribed $500.00. Rev. D. A. Howard conducted the j program for the day, the feature of which was Miss outline of pageant plans. C. I Shepard made the program a com source address of Festival inspiration | an in which expressed appreciation for the response [ the people, here and in other sec-; especially in Macon, to the , of the association. He stated . 9 everything in the 1925 be on a higher, finer, bigger than ever before. The program was crowned when the new Kiwanis! composed of Mayor R. D. C. L. Farmer, John M. Cook, and T. A'. McCord, was intro bv Mr. Howard and sang \\ *ith > harmony “Roll Dem j ■ and “I’ve Been Working on j j Railroad.” This quartet promises add a rich store of pleasure antll to the club. In fact, they threat i. FIRST SUPERIOR T0 0N WEDNESDAY IN MARCH The first superior court of Peach county which meets on the first Wednesday in March is creating un¬ usual interest not because there are any special cases on, but because it jthe 1 ' rst superior court to be held j * n the new county of Peach. The first week will be devoted to civil cases I an d the second week to criminal cas es - The jury commissioners of Peach county: namely, Messrs. E. M. Fa gan, W. 1). Tharpe, A1 W. Tabor, W. E. Greene, O. C. Bateman, and B. Fincher met in the office of Em met Houser, clerk of the superior court of Peach County, and made out the jury list as follows: Grand Jury J. K. King, D. C. Strother, G. A. Fagan, J. D. Duke, J. D. Beeland, W. S. Gassett, J. D. Fagan, St., R. D. Hale, W. D. Murray, J. A. L. Wilson, A. M Solomon, R. E. Jones, R. G. Blewster, G. G. Adams, J. L. Brown, W. E. Vinson, W. L. Houser, H. T. Hancock, G. D. Hartley, G. H. Finch er, C. H. Matthews, Z. Hays, G. W. Mathews, Jr., E. G. Fagan, W. T. Pearson J. If. Edwards, Jasper Har dis'on, E. M. Sammons, G. V. Brad dock, J. D. Kendrick. Traverse Jury Fir*t Week. J°i ner » F. E. Titus, O. G. Ro ^ aild ’ Norton, Smith Howard, c * Sledge, S; u. BasStfeft,''A 1 . Euce ’ J° e Sullivan, E. M. Whiting, i , Withoft, II. V. Duke, Clifton 1 Keys O. E. Pearson, B. F. Smisson M. B. Hays, J. E. Bledsoe, Lee D Wiio™ V' lson J r F Lowe i John t i A a Houser, tt 'i ’ ’ - > - F * d * Mujiay, John H. Lowe, B. C. ( I ’ J 7 ’ M M ’ Jones > J - „ H. Allen, ... H.11, W. S. Conn.ll, J, L. £»$ % ' ' J‘" n ’ ' ' ' v ' ’ ra re ®”’ \ ’ ' ' * " . ’ ' 1 ’ ' ’ c “ ae ’ * o', ’ L f f W ' «° la I " d ’ A A P p Sh "' le f> 1 * A ‘ , f kTmLI Jr., J. D. Hinton. Traverse Jurors Second Week E. L. Lester, Eugene Braddock, W. Milhurn, Clarence Adkins, C. N. S. W. Hardison. L. P. W. R. Berry, C. H. Avera, M. Wright, E. L. Duke, S. S. Pete Wouvis, A. Russel F. A. Vance, B. F. Smisson, | C. Holt, H. J. Peavy, R. A. Hi B. D. English, I.. M Byrd, Char Walker, E. H. Coppedge, E. B. W. F. Culpepper, T. S. Har- i T. H. T. Brown, P. Greene, N. A. A. Bush, R. Jones, H. D. | W. Robinson, W. L. Snow, S. Y. j W. J. Cheek, J. O. Scarbo- j E. L. Avera, W. O. Hartley, j H. Vinson, J. T. Duffel], J. W. J. C. Avera, H. C. Wallace, R. Taylor, H. T. Wilder, C. H. Pra B. F. Jones, E. Bruce Walton, R. Edwards W. Felton Taylor, A. Vinson, F. E. Cosey, W. J. R. S. Braswell, Sr., Willis Campbell, T. A. Jones, Hugh A. J. C. Melvin, B. T. Marsh Paul Young. MATER1AL FOR PAGEANT COSTUMES 1 he . material for the costumes for festival of the is expected to arrive Wilson the j week. Mrs. Chester j hjive charge of it at festival over the Green-Miller Mrs. Wilson will be on duty from to 12 in the mornings and from 3 5 in the afternoons of next week. Monday she will probably be all day. The chairman of each 0U P is asked to get in touch with in order that arrangements can; made for appointments for each *-h e monopoly in music held so far Leighton Shepard, Mose Solomon, Strother and Bill Brisendine in celebrated endurance champion- 0 r P of “ ‘Round Her Neck She a Yeller Ribbon.” (Ten Pages) R. STRIPLING SUGGESTS SECTION OF HOUSTON COUNTY GANG FOR PEACH To the Editors of Leader-Tribune and Houston Home Journal: Since the beginning of civilization there has been a strife of emulation between individuals and all political subdivision of the earth, more espe¬ cially is this true where both parties sides are of equal strength; this been very noticeable in cases of cities of about equal size in (he same state and towns in the same county. This rule applies, as we all know, very forcibly to Hous¬ ton county, as we have had one of the most heated and continued polit¬ ical strifes lor and against the estab¬ lishment of Peach county ever re¬ corded upon the pages of civilized history. The writer, being one of the opponents to the creation of Peach county, being born and reared in the central part of Houston county had learned to love the people as a whole of the county; knew the boun dary lines, and knowing Houston county contained some of the very best people of the world, naturally wanted them to continue as one and an inseparable family. However, how great my desire and others to continue to live in the same Houston family, we have been separated by county lines only in the creation of Peach county, ajjd the good and lov¬ ing people who lived on each side we were before, ancl our love , s , ou e y a means 01 eac ° er su /' t as eVtl WI * l n ?, n a to anyone regardless of the stand toe took, or where he The writer . understands , , ,, there was . V“ch on the cart of the ad « tori™ of three sections; also to her (Peach county’s) pro rata rt of Houston county’s indebted This agreement has been lived to on the part of Peach county ^ a -ice M VISITS FORT VALLEY The congregation of St. Andrew’s wishes to announce the com of Mr. Leon C. Palmer, B. D., secretary of the Brotherhood St. Andrews, Province of Se who will on the afternoon of 2Gth, Thursday, at 3:30 I. M. the United ) oung I copies of Fort Valley cl'.uivh . At night at 7:30 P. M. Mr Palmer >1' Ki ve another address to the of all the churches at which 1110 be will stress the need of a of tne relig’ous life among especially young men. The pas¬ 0 * the city an.! all Bible classes, men’s Even distic club are es¬ invited to be present. Mr. Palmer is a acluate of the j of ! '1 » T Sewatteo, and oi Theological Dc- j of the University. He wat eight years general secretary of ,, , c , , c , , . . and , five ,. years general , super of the South Carolina Sun School Association, and has giv special lectures at the Uni of Alabama,, the Alabama I Institute and the Se Summer Training School. , TO OBSERVE MONDAY WSHINoWS BIRTHDAY I George Washington s birthday on Sunday, Feb. 22 yie of Fort Valley will observe Feb. 23, as a holiday in hon- i of the event, Have You Paid Your Subscription PEACHLAND JOURNAL 36 year* old—only newspa¬ per in heart of one of America’* richeit divenified agricultural section*. $1.50 Per Year in Advance. so far as the writer knows and this is right; but in fairness and justice 1 ask if it would not be doing unto your brother as you would have him do unto you for we people of Hous¬ ton county to tender to our good friends and neighbors of Peach coun¬ ty one section of our chain gang? They have at least paid for it and I for one am ready and more than willing to do this because I leel it t < » be just, honest, honorable and right, and honesty never hurts anyone. Wo do not need but two sections of the gang and we cannot sell the other* to any great advantagie, and if we could, is it not right to give it to Peach county? 1 for one (intend it is. One of Peach county’ most pub¬ lic highways has been impassable for some time on account of the heavy rains and no gang to repair same, causing a great inconvenience to both Peach and Houston county; citizens. The Peach County section has had but little work from the Houston county chaingang for some Naturally the roads are not in condition and I, for one, who Peach county, move that we one section of our chaingang Peach county with the very best brotherly love and feeling, and all, each and everyone, stand tdy to do all in our power to help other in every way possible. The above is written after due and consideration, without the: solicitation upon the part anyone, and in the face of any from either side I hold above to be based upon the solid of honesty and justice; conscientiously believing in the outcome we will be proud have acted thus. Sincerely, J. R. STRIPLING, Kathleen, Ga, Feb. 13th, 1925. BISHOP W. A CANDLER Bishop Warren A. Candler ,of At¬ lanta, senior bishop hf the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will fill the. pulpit at the Methodist church, this city, Sunday morning and evening. The distinguished churchman needs no introduction to any Georgia con¬ He is one of the outstand¬ ing figures of his denomination and many is considered the greatest living product of American Method¬ ism. For many years he Was promi¬ nently identified with the education¬ interests of the church, going from presidency of Emory college to episcopacy and, later, being chan¬ of Emory university. He has close personal friends here will extend him a cordial wel In the morning he will discuss pending plan for the unification the two great branches of the church iir America, and in evening will preach a gospel mes Ihe public is cordially invited attend the services. STRIPLING VISITS CITY G. L. Stripling, who moved from Valley to Miami. Fla., a few ago, has been delighting his friends here with a visit dur¬ the past week. Mr. Stripling says is alive, ail right, but his de¬ of conditions there, like description of all others, shows that the net results in and sound prosperity are in this section of Georgia. His hope Mr. Stripling will move’ among his own folks very soon.. See counter of 36-in. Percales also Gingham* 19c vd. Saturday Monday at Braswell’s.