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t WE ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE Volume No. XXXVI, Number 10. OUTLINE OF PROGRAM FOURTH ANNUAL PEACH BLOSSOM FESTIVAL, MARCH 19th AND 20th, 1925 Each Day’s Program In Itself; The Program On day, March 20th, Will Identical With That On Thursday March, 19 9:45 A. M. Coronation Ceremonies, crowning of King and Queen at Fincher Memorial Park. 0:15 A. M. Float Parade led by Mounted 6th Cavalry Hand, from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Parade forms on Ev¬ erett Square and goes through all principal streets to Pageant Grounds. 11:15 A. M. Free Exhibition Drills, by Special Drill Detach¬ ment of C- Troop, 6th U. S. Cavalry. Old Fashioned Georgia Barbecue Dinner. The Barbecue will be ready to serve by 9:30 A. M. and continuous service can be had at all times. This will prevent confusion and will give every¬ body an opportunity to be served without crowd¬ ing. 2:00 P. M. PAGEANT—“The Trail of Pink Petals. M 8:00 P. M. Special Exhibition Drills, simulating actual war¬ fare, night attacks, fancy riding. Roman riding, Cossack riding, high and broad .jumping. Special pyrotechnic signals will be used, star shells, etc. ]NFORMATION POINTERS F*>R VISITORS (a) Music will be furnished by Ihe Sixth Cavalry Band Mounted, by the 29th Infantry Band of Fort Benning, Ga., by the Fort Benning* orches ira known as the “Nine Twenty-Miners,” and by the Central of Georgia Railway Company’s Shopmen’s Band and other musical organizations. . (b) The King and Queen will ride in a carriage of Louis XVI period drawn by six horses furnished by the American Railway Express Company, beautifully caparisoned with silver mounted harness. (c) The Float Parade is expected to far surpass anything of its kind e v er attempted. (d) Fancy Riding and Drills. (C) Genuine old fashioned Georgia barbecue served hot from ti e pits. Ready to serve at 9:30 A. M. and continuous service, to prevent rush and confusion. (f) The Pageant .most colorful and inspiring event of its kind ever staged in the world; 1,500 characters in costume, representing nearly ev¬ ery country in the world. (g) Special trains from Atlanta, Columbus, Albany and Macon both days, with excursion rates from .these points, also special rates from all other points in Georgia. Stop-over privileges on all tourist tickets, for all | trains passing through Fort Valley. On account of limited, hotel accommo dations it is advisable for visitors from a distance to plan to stop in Macon , pr Atlanta and take special train to see the Pageant. All entertainment at Fort Valley is free, except Barbecue which is served al 50c per plate, Pageant Tickets, which are $1.00 for adults an el 50c for children under 12 years, and ni ight exhibition Drill of Cavalry for which a charge of 50c will be made. A limited number of box seats are available for the Pageant at $2.50 each and $1.00 each for the night en tertainment. ONLY IHE WORLD *010« PM BLOSSOM KML By B. A. HIBROW > In a conspicuous place at the busy bustling depot in Fort Valley, Ga., mammoth sign has been erected. letters resplendent in red and announce to the tourists on all trains as well as to those who travel by tomobiie, “Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival, Fort Valley the world.” That particular sign is the handiwork, or rather the brain work,, of E. T. Murray, president the Kiwanis Club, which organization sponsors the Festival. At the Kiwanis meeting, the erection of the sign. Mr. Ralph Newton, prominent educator, ed to said sign in no.uncertain terms, . . Mr. President,” he said in sion, “that sign does- not the spirit of Fort Valley. It is narrow, and selfish and cial and it should be removed, fellow Kiwanians, I submit the tion to”you. How do you suppose inhabitants of Mars, Saturn and piter feel when they see that world is invited and they are ed. >» The president requested the ® he Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon a nd Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. 1 president, Glenmore Green, to. take the chair while he explained his P”- sition. j Back and forth the argument was tossed until it seemed that the club was as hopelessly deadlocked as were the Smith-McAdoo forces at the re Democratic Convention, At this juncture Tom Flournoy, 1 chairman of the publicity ior the fes tival, clarified the situation. Mr. Flournoy stated that in his opinion lthe discussion was entirely unneces jsary, jealous,” “Our heavenly he said, neighbors “for, accord- are not ing to the best astronomers the Great Wall in China is the only object vis ible on the Earth from Mars and the other planets. Another year we will surely keep this in mind when erect¬ ing our sign. But inasmuch as this is true.” Mr. Flournoy continued > “I move that for 1925 the sign re main as it is.” The vote was taken, bang crashed the gavel. “The ayes have it for this year.” the president announced, “on ly the world will be invited tothe Blossom Festival.” * FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 1925. SpleniSid Musical Pf °g ram Quite a number of music lovers joyed the splendid program ed by the choir of St. Paul’s Macon, Ga., on Tuesday evening the Methodist church. The service started at 7:30 with number of old hymns and with invitation for the congregation join in the singing. After the i musical numbers were given by choir which thrilled the hearers. music of the organ was delightful. Everyone is indeed grateful to Saywell of St. Andrew’s church also Mr. Williams, the director, Davis, organist and the entire hand singers. We hope they will come again. | (From the Montezuma Georgian) The citizens of Montezuma and this community are looking forward to -and making plans to attend the fourth Peach Blossom Festival to be held in Fort Valley on March 19-20. The Peach Blossom Festival has been each year a very beautiful and interesting affair and according to j Mr. Shepard, president of the Peach I ! Blossom Festival, promises to be the b es t an d most beautiful ever given. The people of this section should appreciate to the fullest the effort, thought and finances which make the festival a success as the Peach Blos¬ som Festivals have played a great part in putting this section of the state “on the map,” attracting more people from every state in the Union other than any other one thing. The pageants are as beautiful as the blossoms themselves an d Miss " Pauline Oak, of Maine, who has di¬ rected each one is planning for this fourth festival a more beautifui pag¬ eant than ever before with one thou sand people participating in same. | Floats will enter the parade eon test from cities all over the state, The sponsoring of a float to enter the contest was decided at the Kiwan-1 is luncheon I hursday It will be re¬ membered that the Kiwanis Club sponsored the float sent from Monte¬ zuma to the festival last year, which won first prize. The ladies of our city have the originality and our city claims a bevy of pretty girls, which combination premises that Montezu- j ma’s float will be one of the attrac¬ tive features of the festival this year. A state-wide meeting - of Baptist ministers and laymen in Atlanta on March 18 and 19 is attracting Bap lists from ail over the state. Among 0 f sta te speakers will be Dr. John White, pastor of the First Baptist hurch of Anderson, S. C., and presi en t 0 f Anderson College for Wom en. Dr. M. E. Dodd, pastor of the rs t Baptist church, Shreveport, Lr., | chairman of the 1925 program Southern Baptist Convention and leader of the Baptists of the South. Dr. Charles E. Burts, of Nashville. director of the 1925 mission y work of the Southern Baptist | and Dr. J. T. Henderson, I f Knoxville, work Tenn., of'the who is Southern head of j laymen’s ■ convention, Among the Georgia men on the ; are Judge E. C. Collins, Ma- ! Judge Roscoc Luke, of the court | appeals; Dr. J. F. Sammons, Rome, j P. Nichols, of Griffin, F. S. Eth-1 i of Atlanta, Dr. A. C. Cree. Dr. W. R. Owen of Macon, Dr. T. B. Rise of Greensboro. Ben M. Thomson, of Madison,! of Georgia laymen, will * FIRST PEACH COUNiY ............. Interest of the week centered ! the opening of the first term of rior court on Monday. Judge II. Mathews called the first session order at 10 o’clock. The session ened with prayer by Rev. 1). A. ard. The grand jury was ■ by electing John L. Brown i Judge Mathews charged the I jury, emphasizing particularly the sponsibility that rests on the jury in getting the new county ganized. Resolutions were presented pressing to Mr. George Slappey appreciation of his patriotic act furnishing offices and the theater-building for a court house the new county free of charge one year. A few minor matter': were by verdicts. Court then adjourned until day when someuninor cases will up. I The grand jury is still in ! and the criminal business will be posed of during the w«ek : March 9. The adoption of the Ellis Law and employment of a health officer for Peach county endorsed by a vote of the Club of Fort Valley last Friday. action on the part of the county been asked several weeks when Judge A. C, Riley had ed the operation of .the law and f unct j ons 0 f such a health officer, Geo. B. Culpepper, Jr., delivered short, inspiring address on Is My Attitude Towards Kiwanis and What Does Kiwanis Mean to He gave a clear, impressive tation of the spirit of Kiwanis its ideals in the improvement of in dividual members and the service these members, working shoulder to shoulder with unselfish motives the good of the community. Another speaker was Mr. Woofter, of the State College of Agriculture, on poultry raising. “If there were fifty to one hundred hens on every farm in Peach county, you could ship a ear load of poultry every two weeks, with splendid profit to the farmers of this section,’ he said. T. F. Flournoy, chairman of the program committee, announced that an ext''an miliary feature would be presented, at the meeting for this wee’:. Friday at. noon Every member is urged to be present and learn of this feature, which of firs a great op for constructive work. WEEK OF PRAYER BEING HELD AT BAPTIST CHURCH The Woman’s Missionary Society the Baptist Church are observing week for their Annual Week of for Missions. The program f, 'om 2 to 3 o’clock and being by the circles of the W. M. S. —For Peach Blosspm Fes tival, 500 hogs for barbecue pur 0Kes - Will pay market price. Glen¬ Green, purchasing agent. 52t. at the sessions. A local com¬ of laymen will arrange for The sessions will be at the Baptist 1 abernacle. Gallaher Hale Ships Gallaher- Hale Grocery is shipping cream for the people this territory without any charge the service. Shipments can be twice each week, although once week is all that is necessary now. Columbus Creamery Company, whom shipments are made, pays premium. The Gallaher-Hale pany is rendering a valuable in this way. Two shipments already have i made for Mrs. Alice Crandall. j company is also the Columbus C er .V Company s agent for | and eggs, PEACH BEL! TOURNEY Marshallville, Ga., March 3. pj n al plans for the Peach Belt Ball Tournament which is to here Thursday afternoon and through Saturday night are made, and preparations for taining the visiting teams are under way. Under the direction of E. A. superintendent of the schools and coach of the Cotton States pion five, ,. the T Peach , , r» Belt i-i tourney -n officially . ,, get . under , way early , ™, day afternoon, with twelve teams vieing for honors. Although many teams entering the tournament here are conceded to be of the fastest variety, Marshallville and Montezuma, having already won crowns, are expected to render most of the opposition in the fight for sur¬ vival. The other ten teams in the meet, however, present a formidable array of* basketball talent, and it looks now as if some of the most thrilling cage games of the season will probably take place! on the Mar¬ shallville court during the Peach Belt tourney. Other outfits, eliminated in ous tournaments, will no doubt en deavor to stage a comeback in the meet here. Fort Valley, runner-up in the Middle Georgia tournament, is expected to put a strenuous fight for the crown, while Moleha, boast j ing a season have been in which lost, only will three games prove a formidable foe, not to men¬ tion the strong Vienna, LaGrange an< ! Perry quintets. Visiting teams are expected to get here early tomorrow, where they will find the entire city at their disposal. Citizens of Marshallville are spar ing no time nor effort to make the Peach Belfc meet one of the most successful and interesting from every standpoint that has been held this y eal - j DR. T. W, AYERS TO BE AT I Mr. W. Ayers, a medical mis sionary to Hwang-Hfien, China, and one of the most interesting speakers in the Baptist Missionary Work will speak at the Baptist Church at the prayer meting hour on next Wed¬ nesday. March 11. It will be a rare treat, to have Dr. Ayers with us and everyone is cordially invited to hear him speak on this occasion. j TWO FIRES RECENTLY • I ! The fire department upheld its fine record when it was called to extinguish a small blaze at the resi¬ dence of G. L. Thames on Knoxville street last Thursday. The roof was slightly damaged. Also on last Mon¬ day when it quenched a sma" fir: •> J the residence of Geo. W. John'-On on Persons s'-eet. (Eight Pages). $1.50 Per Year in Advance. ' Cavalry Drill And Band j I Brilliant Feature Of The 1 Peach Blossom Festival j 1 Captain Rann Lawrence, com¬ manding Troop C. Sixth U. S. Cav¬ alry, stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., was in town Monday, confer¬ ring with J. D. Kendrick and Dr. H. M. Copeland, making final arrange ments for a camp site for the detach men of cavalry and the Sixth Cav¬ alry Band which will participate in the Peach Blossom Festival. This special drill detachment and the sixth cavalry band will arrive Wednesday morning, March 18th, in a special train from Fort Oglethorpe, and will go into camp near the Pageant grounds. The band will head the parade and the detachment will also take part in the parade.Immediately after the pa rade they will give an exhibition drill, simulating actual practices in mounted warfare with pistols and sabers. Also fancy drill, Cossack and P° man riding, and unusual jumping, such as a horse over a table with men | SPatt l a t the table, hor?i over an automobile, a horse over a piano, and over a human harrier of men kneel ing with drawn rifle: h ever their j heads. Each night these , drills will be ' lurther elaborated, ’ and night attack s > nlu l a ted, with star shells and pyro , j technic signals such as are used war, and an effort will be made capture the King and Queen, j In all these exhibitions 3 commands J | will be given with bugles s. This is a I most unusual feature. It will be a wonderful opportunity I Death of Wm. 1. Andersen Wednesday afternoon at two o’ clock, the body of Sergeant William J ; Anderson was interred by Masonic rites in Oaklawn Cemetery. Sergeant Anderson was forty-two years old arid had spent the major portion of * n the United States army, having retired from active service a h°ut eighteen months ago. Fo months past he had been in health and was receiving treat mont at the government hospital in Augusta where he died on the after¬ noon of March 3. (Continued on page four) The Festival Association is getting so many requests for rooms from visitors who expect to be here for the Pageant, that .1 will be impossible to accommodate the crowd at the hotels. If you can possibly ti o’- care of one or more v to Wed nos¬ day, Thrusday or Friday night, telephone M-. Coppedge at the Wi¬ nona Hotel phone 84—and list vour rooms with him. These visitors do not expect free entertainment, but are com¬ ing prepared to pay for what they get. Let’s make them go a way from the Festival with a good impression of Fort Valley and her hospitality. Get your spare room ready and 'phone Mr. Coppedge without delay so that when applications are made he cun send some one to you. When you ’phone in, tell Mr. Coppedge how many you can care for, how many rooms you have for this purpose, and whether or not you will furni h breakfast, and how much per person or per room you will charge. UOMATIM Vi .iWMObf.lKnCC'CL J PEACHLAND JOURNAL 36 year* old—only newspa¬ per in heart of one of America’s richest diversified agricultural sections. for those unaccustomed to our cav¬ alry to see the men in action. Moss of the men in this detachment are from middle and eastern Tennessee and central and north Georgia. Ver ;■ few of them could ride when they entered the service, and the results of their training is manifest. Each man has his own horse, as¬ signed to him when he enters the service, and this horse is 1 as long as the horse and man stay \i service. he horses are purchase i all over the U. S. by the remov section of the quartermaster’s cor , but come mostly from Port Ro a], Va., and Fort Reno, Nev. A great revival in the breeding of fine horses has re¬ cently taken place through the ef¬ forts of the army in getting tho¬ roughbred sires in the different sec¬ tions of the country devoted to horse raising and most of the horses are high grade stock. The jumping hors¬ es are mostly thoroughbreds. John, the most noted of the detachment, is about seventeen years old and has set the records for spectacular jump¬ ing. This particular feature “ of the Pageant was obtained at consider¬ able cost to the management, hut the item was not considered in their ef to make this the greatest festi ever presented. It will be a won opportunity for those who lira at a distance from our regular army postsj to see this special drill detach and to learn something of the work they do. 24 HUGE LICENSES Marriage licenses issued during January and February in the new county of Peach numbered seven white and seventeen colored. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the many friends who so lovingly ministered to our dear husband and frit be’' during his last illness and death. And for the beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. W. A. Wooddall. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Marshall.