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WE ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE Volume No. XXXVI, Number 9. BRIGHT WEATHER, CHEERFUL SPIRITS AND HARD WORK FOR FESTIVAL BRING NATION-WIDE PRAISE America’s Eves Turnine Bright skies, light hearts in the song of happy work day night, and a great tide of sweeping down upon Fort from all parts of America! Fourth Annual Peach Blossom val on March 19th and 20th is ing proportions of grandeur and beauty. Indications that every prediction so far as to attendance will be exceeded by thousands. The Festival will not be a two-day affair, according to wrong impression gathered by people. It will be a great event two days, each day presenting complete Festival program. The day, March 19th, will present Festival in its entirety. The day, March 20th, will be a of the first day’s program, ing every feature of the first program, embracing every pageant, military drills, parade floats, barbecue and all. Every visitor to the Peach som Festival on either day will ness all features of the Festival. is desired that this fact should emphasized all over the country, order that nobody may be into thinking that he must spend days here to avoid missing any the great event. Visitors may come the morning of either day and turn home in the evening with whole wonderful experience. A barbe cue dinner will be served on days. With the growth by tens thousands in the number of F no,; val visitors to be fed. a charge will be made for the This action has been urged Fort Valley from all parts of ountry by people who realized for a -mall city to feel sixtv to hundred thousand folks, in to carrying the great burden of ing the pageant and — entertain ment, would be impossible endangering the permanent of the Festival as a priceless tution of the South and * Round-trip railroad rates on both days from all parts Georgia will be the lowest ever i ffered by the railroads foi a uav event, according to C. H. mons, agent Murray V* ires Andy Gump E. T. Murray, president of the wanis Club of Fo’t Valley, has Sydney Smith, Andy Gamp and ■ at T-alm Beach, Fla., inviting to attend the Festival. W. T. son , editor of the Macon a business associate of Andy has written a letter also inviting to be a guest on March 19-20th. Murray’s invitation asks Andy to the principal speaker of the sjon. Tickets On Sale *John Lee and John Vance, men on sales of tickets, have now on sale at their stores. They going fast, and those who desire will do well to hurry. Peacock Feather* Wanted Mrs. Pierce Greene makes the gent request that all persons have peacock feathers notify her once. They are needed very much the pageant and will im giver, care. P Invitations Available , John Baird, chairman, whrio P'ittee is being congratulated the artistic: loveliness if the 1925 vitations. states that they irniv he < tained by the ry iblic at Mrs. M. Wise's stor'. C ^eland’s Anderson Drug Co., ar.< V hacler Pharmacy. Pvblic’ty A.cbievements ^Hhairman T. F. Flournov and . publicity committee are getting velous publicity for the They have developed several * She Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. I MOTION PICTURE Of FESTIVAL IN Through the courtesy of C. H Sammons, agent of the Central Georgia railway, motion pictures the 1923 Peach Blossom were shown at the Grand House-in Macon to a packed cn Monday night. About one thousand employes officers of the Centra! of were in attendance at their efficiency meeting. Mr. S. L. Chandler, asst, gen mgr of Savannah, made a talk before picture was shown telling all the Festival and inviting the to be present. The picture brought forth some very favorable comments. MOTOR COMPANY'S MOVIES The Fort Valley Motor Company motion picture advertising wagon has been visiting a number of school houses lately and putting on entertainments. On last Tuesday about one hundred and fifty people gathered at Zenith. The following Friday pietim a were shown at the ( enterv he sen-'cl louse. On one or two occasions the pro¬ gram has been given under the aus¬ pices of the Parent-Teacher’s Associ ation. Early in the winter this asso ciation secured the services of the Fort Valley Motor Company’s picture entertainment and charged a small admission. Between $15.00 . ,. . , p „ WaS a 6t ° 1 ' ' itdsur>. Mr. Luce says that the entertain ment can be secured for other places in the county upon request. About one week’s notice should be given. BURGLAR IN CLPELANO’S Dr. H. M. Copeland reports that when his drug store was closed Mon day night a “sneak thief’’ evidently had hid himself in the stock room,, and the next morning disclosed the fact that the burglar had robbed the cash register and had made an ama teur s attempt to get into the safe. Only a few dollars loss was sustained. No damage was done to the store. The intruder let himself out through the back door. LECTURER VISITS CITY The lecture at St. Andrew’s church Thursday evening at 7:30 will be of interest to all. Mr Pa , mer wiu bring new ideas and methods of Sunday school, Bible ^^ evange]istic and ] avmen ’ 8 work . in generab aK hc made a study of th< | congregations viewpoint ... j religious endeavor. All young people’s societies are {asked to assemble at St. Andrew’s a t 3.go p -.y Thursday and share with C) . - , , 1 1 ■ j league the good things that Mr. er will say. ideas which have got powerful ?-cults. TS , far-reaching effect j “ then' a Ivertiaing r after i I licit}', including extermely generous i space in the weekly newspapers of Georgia, is being given in abundance. No woman was ever known to com¬ mit suicide on her way to buy a new hat. FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY.GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1925. f ™ SIM. 11 ™ 1 “ ■ Steve A. Bassett, who world have been 65 years of age on March 7, died at his home here late Sunday night after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Bassett was the owner of many acres of Houston county land and ; much real estate in Fort Valley, He was a member of the Congrega tional Church, founded and built by h ’ s fat!ler many years age. His wife died a few years ago. She was before her marriage Miss Maud Brown. Four children survive. They are Miss Lucy Bassett, Ralph, Noble and Steve Bassett, of this city. There is I one sister, Miss Frances Bassett and i three brothers, Gus, and Sid Bassett, of Fort Valley and Charlie Bassett, of Minneapolis. The funeral service was arranged by Mr. Henry Henry Harris and Mr ’ A. J. Evans. Rev. J. W. Smith, of the ,, Presbyterian ,, . . church, , , officiated. The pallbearers included 0. M. .. Houser, If. T , r\ D. Bartlett, t> >. , i J. — T— F. t Low - ;,, . It. S. ,, ,, Braswell, „ „ Sr., John , , Pearson ,, and John Vance. Many beautiful floral offerings were received. In¬ terment was in Oaklawn cemetery. I SUPERIOR COURT HERE WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK Peach county will experience her fir.-t term of Superior Court next week. The court will convene on Wednesday, March 4th. The first week will be devoted to civil cases | - and tbe second week to criminal cas ! eR - 1 he jury list was published ir. L wee h » Leader-Tribune, Much terest naturally centers in t us, the new county’s first term of Superior Court. The court room is on the second floor of what was known formerly as the Austin theater ing, on Main street. VALLEY MIS CLUB Rev. Charles Lane, of nation-wide reputation as a genius in the art of story tern..* .... - science of mak ing hundreds laugh where only a few laughed before, captured the Kiwan is Club of Fort Valley ' - snappy address last Friday. His address, while overflowing with refined wit, brought a glowing message of in spiration in the Kiwanis ideals. The Kiwanis program at its lunch- j eon tomorrow (Friday) at noon wil! be devoted to educational affairs. It is being arranged by J. D. Kendrick, jC- E. Martin and Max L. James, I DEMONSTRATION | The Fort Valley of the Motor newly Company’s j demonstration p - & disc harrow on Tuesday !something which has set , peach growers to talking. They say this harrow is just the thing that has been needed for a long time. The j demonstration was on J. A. L. son’s farm, and that cordial gentle j man added gracious hospitality to the always pleasing attentions of A. ! lj Luce, of the Fort Valley Motor 1 . | r >mpany, and his organization. Ladies of the Woman’s Club serve ! ' a delightful plate lunch at noon. Dr : Oliver I. Snapp and others cf the government laboratories were pres ent and made talks on the qusetions of progress in peach culture. 8ISH0P MUR UNIFICATION SUNDAY To congregations that taxed the capacity of the large auditorium of ^ 1U Methodist church. Bishop ren A - Candler, of Atlanta, spoke here Sunday, tor mpny years the Tiishop ^ ias been a conspicuous figure in the activities of Southern Meth odism alld is now > > n years of serv hie, the oldest effective nan in the episcopacy of either jiranch of the church. i In the forenoon he, spoke on the plan of unification adopted by the general conferences if the North cm and Southern churches and now handed down to the Annual Confer enees of the respective churches for ratification. As « knjwn, the bish op is opposed to the plan and in the morning discourse set, forth his rea sons for „ thisattitude ... .... , in . a , logical . , and , convincing manner, j i ,, Selecting , ,. text , . that ... portion I as a * r the Lords intercessory . j prayer re corded , , in ■ John , , 17-21, ., |<- showed that it . not physical ufti but unity was -e I of the spirit for whiih the Master prayed, and the thougit was stressed that the bringing tog#Umr of great numbers in an ecclesiastical organi¬ zation would avail nothing i, the ab¬ sence of this essentia| spiritual uni tv. gji 1^*- • - The ti.rae thing- up« -l which, he dwelt particularly were legalized ov¬ erlapping, the status of the negro and the matter of property rights under the proposed plan. There nothing in the plan, he showed, to prevent in the futur(! the bi U l d ingr of altar against aItal .. New ences may not be organized without the consent of the General Confer ence hut the Northern church now has conferences in practically all southern states and may continue its WO rk in these at will. Speaking of property, the bishop said that, if the |dan ; a adopted, the M. E. Churcli, South, will cease to exist and its holdings will automatically pass into the new organiaztion. True, proper ty will he held, as now, by local trus jtees , but . these .. trustees t will find „ that : the Genera] Conference fixes the law’s and limitations under which they act. ; The discussion of the question was entirely free from personalities and | those who differed with the speaker could find nothing objectionable in his utterances. At the evening service the message was evangelistic. “Knowing God ’ was the theme, which was handled in Bishop Candler’s masterful manner. Neither science nor philosophy can bring us to the Father, he stated, We come to know him through Jesus Christ. The sermon closed with an ap peal to seek and konw God. WANTED—For Peach Blossom Fes tival, 500 hogs for barbecue pur¬ poses. WW1 pay market price. Glen more Green, purchasing agent. •3* <« Every City Owes Every Child J A SAFE PLACE TO 4> * PLAY | . | I Clilidren not in a playgroc nd may be chasing balls in the path of a ^, ■■ heavy truck. If you cannot give them play grounds, you can give t! . • them closed streets in which play. * J ] to f ♦ •i- Twenty thousand children were killed in all kinds of accidents in T ' tie United States during 1923. 4* Mriny of these died,while playing, t ^ ’j, j Public PL-'. ^rouruls help Yo leep children off ihe streets, malttry 4* automobile driving easier and safer. ^ % | ( .. A * * * TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO BE CAREFUL 1 W. A. Wooddall, one of Fort Val citizens, died at the home of his i daughter, Mrs. Ben Roe Marshall, if. ( b is city Wednesday night at ten minutes to twelve o’clock. Wooddall had been sick a long time, being in a hospital in Atlanta ^veral months for treatment, but b j s condition improved somewhat and Lo came to Fort Valley where ha ■ l<i be his old friends. Soon wou among „fter reaching here be gradually 1 grew worse and his ijf e bad bee . despaired of for several weeks. j L Mr. Wooddall was often ... referred . , 1 as Captnin W ooddall and for manv >cars ^ was conductor on the pa ... S6nger tra , , from Fort Valley to Ai , anta m , had friends bv tbe hun _ dped , and was known for his kindl i a)uj he , ful irjt doing dail favors for his many friends and acquain . tances. He was a member of the Fort Val ley Baptist church and was promi¬ nently identified with many organi¬ sations, being a director in the Citi¬ zens , Bank here. During recent months he has had real estate offices in Atlanta, be¬ ing the owner of much real estate in that city and in other places. He is survived hy his wife, Mrs. W. A. Wooddall, of this city, hi daughter. Mrs, jtmi Roe Marshall and i tie grandson, William Marshal). Hit i mother, Mrs. M. H. Wooddall, of Fairburn, also survives and there are | two brothers and three sisters liv¬ ing, namely: Messrs. F. M. and J. M. I Wooddall, ol Atlanta; Mrs. H. 11. McClure, of Fairburn; Mrs. E. L. Col lins ’ of Acworth; Mrs. S. E. Marsten, of. Augusta. Mr. Wooddah was fifty-eight years »*f ’-ge at th.* June of his death and Fort Valley claimed him as a citizen for the larger part of his life, he hav *ng spent the noonday and the latter years of his earthly life here. I The funeral service will take piace at the Baptist church at 1 :30 o'clock Friday afternoon and the interment will he in Oaklawn Cemetery. The funeral serv,cc wil1 bc conducted by I his pastor, the Reverend David } ert Howard, Fort Valley and community feel a distinct loss in the passing of this good man and loyal and patriotic citizen, and The Leader-Tribune joins with a host of friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved loved ones toward whom he was always so ten¬ der and dutiful in his relations. GOODRICH INJURED Mr. Fred -M. Goodrich was pain¬ fully, though not seriously, hurt when he fell from a twenty-foot scaf¬ fold on last Monday afternoon. Many a good cause is hurt by the excess of its nominal friends. It is the only warlike power of i civilized people that can give peace to the world. (Eight Page.). $1.50 Per Year in Advance. flunilC [Ml mLm CV fXHIRiTII tAtli0MiU “ IS 13 FESTI1 EOT Tllt ‘ choir of St. Paul’s church, Ma c «n, Ga., Mr. Howard V. Williams, j he director, here Mrs. Tuesday Davis, evening, organist, March on 3,d - and wil1 render a service ol sacred songs at the Methodist church. I he service will start at t :30 promptly and all interested in listei ing to the harmonies as offered by this trained volunteer band of are extended a cordial invitation to be present. The congregation of St. Andrew’s church t*ake this means of than king all who have helped them in any way to bring this choir to Fort Y’alley and they are especially grateful to Rev. Mr. Thomson and his devoted con¬ gregation for their generosity and love shown by giving the use of their organ and temple of worship for this occasion. I FOOT VALLEY DEFEATS VIDALIA In a fast game on Monday night the Fort Valley quintet was victor, ous over the Vidalia five. At the ena of the game the score stood 39 to 15. Nichols headed the scoring lists for the victors with 16 points with Braddock second with 9 points. The ilne up was as follows: Fort Valley Vidalia Nichols 18 R F McBride 3 Pearson 6 L F Coleman 4 Braddock 9 C Coursan 6 Green 6 R G Rabun 2 Murray LG Morris Vidalia has been beaten only twice this year and the lot has fallen to Fort Valley both times. Fort Valley has put out one of the most promising teams of this sei ’ ion. The record for this year stands with 2 2 victories and only five defeats one of this being on the local court. The local five have piled up the enormous score of 744 to oppon¬ ents 527. The team has been entered in two tournaments this year and Lids to be a strong contender for the cup in both, SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY BYRON A large gathering of Sunday school workers assembled at the Byron Baptist church Sunday after noon in answer to call of Vice Presi den A. G. Rape, of the Third Reho both Sunday School District Dele ga tions from Hattie, Bonaire, Huynos ville, Benevolence and Hardison attended and took part in the making reports of special work they had been doing the past stressing especially the need teacher training courses. C. V. Hr of Byron, and J. L. of Benevolence, reported teaching force and attendance doubled since recent courses had taught in their * ch,,oUs *>y „ Gainer h. Bryan. Other ' VM ' e WiUiam T ’ Bridges, Garvin, Garner E -Bryan, Mrs. Garvin, and Rev. W. H. addi-U feature to the the j--rcsc tat:on by Rev. C. (: e i i' i Bifnti: ’ eh, cf I 1 ruui-se diplo Mr. and Mrs. r-f.,. la ion. "U i F. E. Co zey, Mr.--. w W. Peavy ’ Mrs. TT. M. C}?i.-;hoJm, Mr. am E. H. Holland, Miss Fi-a R. L. Duke and A. J. Seals, course taught by Field dec.-, Bryan the last week in .Janu- I PEACHLAND JOURNAL 36 years old—only newspa¬ per in heart of one of America’s richest diversified agricultural sections. The famous exhibition drill de¬ tachment of the Sixth United States Cavalry anu the Sixtt Cavalry mount¬ ed band v ill he magnificent features on each day’s program of the Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival, March 19th and 20th. J. D. Kendrick '-- J Tf. M. Cope¬ land, with the entire entertainment committee, are being congratulated upon their success i.i securing this outstanding feature of the Festival through Mr. Kendrick’s bre or, Co\ Wm. J. Kendrick, finance officer of the Fourth corps area, T\ S. army, from his Atlanta header iters. Col¬ onel Kendrick was born a Fort Val His interest and Cat of other army officers in co-operating with the Festival Association arouses high appreciation in this section. The drill detachment with its cel¬ ebrated trained horses will give ex¬ hibitions in fancy riding and drills with saddles and bare back. Some of their very fine jumping horses wi'l do various sensationa. stunts, jump¬ ing over an automobile, herse over hjrse, through hoops of fire, etc. The Sixth Cavalry mounted band will head the float parade each day and will play during the exhibitions of the drill attachment. Both the band and the drill detachment, with their horses will go into camp near the pageant grounds. The Sixth Cavalry is one of the most famous cavalry regiments in the United States army. It has seen si rvice all over the world through many years, and has w’on battling honors in the Indian wars of wester » states, the Spanish-Ameriean war. the China P>oxer war, Philippine wars, the World war and various I ether great military campaigns of Uncle Sam. It is now\ stationed at, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. j CURED MEAT SHOW All plans for the ninth annual home cured meat show and demon¬ stration mass meeting to he held at the Fort Valley H. & I. school Mar. 5 and 6, are being pushed and the prospects are that this show and meeting will far surpass all previous ones. The 500 hickory smoked hams and 100 pure bred chickens, put on by the eighteen community clubs of the county, will make one of the great¬ est, most attractive and inspiring shows of its kind ever witnessed. Features of the rneteing will be reports, addresses and demonstra¬ tions by presidents of community clubs, representative farmers, gov eminent experts, (ducato.-s- and bankers on how I made money the past year, home, fm-.n, school, and community improve ment, insects, live stock, poultry, gardening and other important topics ami subjects. This will make the meeting one of the most profitable and inspiring ev held. Dr. Geo. W. Carver, scien tist and specialist on the peanut po~ tato, and pecan, of Tuskegee Inst.. Mr. W. T. Anderson, of th, Ma ctm Telegraph, will address the farm e .j and citizens. r The " free barbecue —16 hops and 40 hens furnished bv community clubs- will feed the 500 farmers and visitors in attendance. NEW JEWELRY STORE J. G. Webb is a new jewc ler in Fort Valley. He opened an attractive store on Thursday in the Braswell building. On the whole, we shall ail go up down together.