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8 Fort Valley County Site of Peach County World’s : : : Shipping Largest Station Peach Where Agriculture insures its own success by its diversified products, among other principal crops of which are WATERMELONS, PECANS, ASPARAGUS, SPINACH, TURNIPS, POTATOES, PEANUTS, VELVET BEANS, SUGAR CANE, PEAS, WHEAT, CORN and COTTON; HOGS and CATTLE. Many large industrial plants. WE ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE. This Peach County paradise invites you. :: " " :: ANNUAL MOVEMENT OF PEACHES FROM FORT VALLEY, 1909-1921. 1909 .......................... 625 ears 1910 ..........................1,523 cars 1911 .......................... 395 ears 1912 ..........................1,079 cars 1913 .......................... 531 cars 1914 ..........................1,379 cars 1915 ..........................1,265 cars 1916 ..........................1,091 cars 1917 ..........................1,692 cars 1918 ..........................2,263 cars 1919 ..........................2,319 cars 1920 ..........................1,081 cars 1921 ..........................2,796 cars 1922 ..........................1,618 cars 1923 ..........................2,006 cars 1924 ..........................2,880 cars (Also 175 cars canned peaches.) ANNUAL MOVEMENT WATER MELONS. 1922 238 cars 1923 271 cars 1924 862 cars CARLOAD MOVEMENTS DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS EVERY MONTH IN YEAR. During 1924-25 diversified products have reached such great proportions that various large money-products have been shipped in car-load lots EVERY MONTH AROUND THE CALENDAR! A partial list of the continuous carload shipments is as follows; January and February, Spinach and Turnips March and April..............Asparagus May, June and July..... ..... Peaches August ................ Watermelons September and October. . . ......Cotton November and 'December, Hogs and Potatoes Carload shipments of various other products are made from month to month. With the level, fertile lands that com¬ pose the farming sections adjacent to Fort Valley, nothing is impossible of at¬ tainment in agricultural and horticultural fields. The same applies with ‘‘the cow, the sow, the hen. • ’ The government maintains a well equip¬ ped laboratory here for peach investiga¬ tions and experiments in the entire south¬ east. Experts in their line make a con¬ tinuous study in entomological and patho¬ logical research. Their results are cheer¬ fully tendered the peach growers of the district. FORT VALLEY. Location, Population, Etc. Fort Valley is located near the geograph¬ ical center of Georgia on the Dixie High¬ way, Central of Georgia and Southern Tail ways. It is the capital of Peach County, of finest Anglo-Saxon citizenship, born, bred and laboring through many years realized to¬ wards a high ideal which has been in tho flourishing ‘‘County with a Soul.” Fort Valley is on a plateau 548 feet above the sea level, has excellent, pure water from four artesian wells, good nat¬ ural drainage to both Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, and sewerage system. Fort Valley has two trunk-line and one branch-line railways, with 24 passenger and 28 freight trains daily. The tourist travel through Fort Valley, on the Dixie Highway, is enormous. Splendid accommodations are offered them here, from camp grounds to hotel facilities. Fort Valley’s normal population, ac¬ cording to the census of 1920, was 3,226; peach season population about 7,000. A school census estimate now shows a normal population of 4,000. Paved streets, a beautiful white way and other marks of the modern, pro¬ gressive city excite tho admiration of visitors to Fort Valley. AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICUL¬ TURAL. Fort Valley is the center of the great Georgia peach belt. It is the largest peach shipping station in the world. About one-third of Georgia's peach shipments are billed from this point. Three thousand and fifty-five carloads, iu- THE LEADER-TRIBUNE eluding 175 cars of canned peaches, were billed from this point during the 1924 season. There are more than 6,000,000 peach trees about 60,000 acres of orchards—in the Fort Valley territory. Fort Valley is a state distributing point for nearly all manufacturers of orchard machinery and supplies. Fort Valley is one of the largest pea markets in the United States. Other leading products of this section are cotton, watermelons, asparagus, spin¬ ach, potatoes, turnips, pecans, wheat, oats, hay, corn, sugar cane, peanuts, velvet beans, hogs and cattle. COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. Wholesale Groceries ................ 2 Brokerage Concerns (orchard and farm implements and supplies) ......... 7 Modern Oil and Gasoline Service Sta¬ tions ............................. 9 Banks — combined resources, $1,500, 000.00 ............................ 2 Auto Accessories .................... 4 Garages ............................ 5 Hotels ............................. 3 Undertakers and Embalmers ........ 1 General Insurance Agents ........... 5 Coal and Wood Yards................ 2 Opera Houses ...................... 1 Motion Picture Shows .............. 1 Cotton Warehouses .................. 3 Telephone Companies (one of the most up-to-date systems in the South).... 1 Retail Stores—over ................. 100 l>ry Goods ..................... 13 General ........................ 15 Grocery ........................ 28 Men’s Furnishings ............. 9 Tailoring ....................... 5 Meats .......................... 6 Jewelry ........................ 3 Pressing Establishments ......... 6 Furniture ...................... 2 Barber Shops ................... 3 Plumbing and Electrical Shops . . 4 Millinery ....................... 6 Bakeries........................ 1 Drugs .......................... 4 Soda Founts, Cigars ............. 5 Candies and Cigars ............. 6 Restaurants .................... 4 Hardware ...................... 6 Farm Implements ............... 5 Shoe Repairing ................. 3 Variety (5c and 10c, locally owned) ....................... 3 Photo Studios .................. 1 Blacksmith Shops ............... 4 Laundries ...................... I Sales Stables o ................... Dairies ......................... 2 INDUSTRIAL PLANTS. Weekly Payroll Manufacturing Enterprises ............... $15,000.00 Number Employees.......... 1,250 Canning Factories .......... 6 Crate Factories 9 ............ Variety Works ............. 2 Machine Shops 9 .............. Lumber Manufacturing Plants 3 Flour and Grist Mills (largest custom 2 flour mill in Georgia) ............... I Cotton Mills ......................... Knitting Mills ....................... 1 Ice Manufacturing Plants ............ 2 (Largest Single-Unit Re-icing Plant in the South.) Cotton Gins 2 Cotton Seed Oil and Fertilizer Plants.. 1 Spray Material and Insecticide Plants.. 2 Electric Light and Water Plant (munic¬ ipal) .............................. 1 Newspapers .......................... 1 Bottling Plants ...................... 1 SCHOOLS. Modern eleven-grade consolidated pub¬ lic school, on the Southern accredited list, 24 teachers, 800 pupils, main brick build¬ ing of 13 rooms, including large auditorium built in 1912 at a cost of $50,000.00, two primary buildings of four rooms each, in¬ door basket-ball court, play grounds. The Fort Valley High and Industrial School for negroes is an institution of high value. 4* ■ -87 i /• • M 'Jf Ml ¥ /*j , ..*•. # *i /’'■I t u iL& ;* aj . ; <4 v A it * •if Ay ‘•LIKE THE SWELL OF SOME SWEET TUNE.” Mildred. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dawson Kendrick, of Fort Valley, Shows How Georgia Peaches Grow. CHURCHES. Methodist ...... 1 Baptist ......... 1 Presbyterian .... I Episcopal ....... 1 Primitive Baptist 1 All churches have regular pastors and sefvices. PEACH COUNTY GOVERNMENT. The system of government in new Peach County is organized for modern efficiency with greatest economy, It is in perfect harmony with the celebrated 4 4 Peach County Program, t J launched at a mass meeting of citizens with the institution of the new county on January 1, 1925, looking towards the quick realization of plans for everything that is best for the happiness and prosperity of her people. Judges Superior Court—H. A. Mathews and Malcolm D. Jones. Ordinary—M. C. Mosley. Clerk Superior Court—Emmett Houser. Representative—J. E. Davidson. Sheriff—Geo. D. Anderson. County Superintendent of Schools— Ralph Newton. Tax Collector—T. E. Tharpe. Tax Receiver—C. N. Rountree. Treasurer—C. E. Martin. Coroner—W. II. Hafer. County Surveyor—T. F. Flournoy. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. Mayor—R. D. Hale. Mayor Pro Tem—W. G. Brisendine. Aldermen—C. B. Almon, W. G. Brisen¬ dine, J. D. Duke, B. H. Fincher, J. A. Houser, W. M. Wright. Clerk and Treasurer—N. W. Jordan. Chief of Police—Hal Vaughan. Fire Department—J. L. Everett, Chief. Modern motor chemical engine and hose wagon. City Attorney—C. L. Shepard. Board of Education—W. L. Houser, Chairman; L. Carter, Secretary-Treasurer; A. J. Evans, A. C. Riley, Glenmore Green, M. S. Brown. Superintendent of Schools—J. F. Lam bert. Electric Light and Water Plant— Commissioners; H. M. Copeland, Chair¬ man; J. M. Green, C. L. Shepard, R. D. Hale. Superintendent Plant—J. G. Bostwick. Superintendent Construction — T. A. Jones. CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS. Fort Valley and Peach County Chamber of Commerce—.Judge A. C. Riley, Presi¬ dent; J. D. Kendrick, Secretary. Kiwanis Club—E. T. Murray, President; E. G. Clark, Secretary. Fort Valley Advertising Club—F. O. Miller, President; R. D. Hale, Secretary. Fort Valley Community Service—Mrs. Etta Carithcrs Houston, Secretary. Civic-Committee Chamber of Commerce —D. C. Strother, Chairman. Civic Improvement Committee Woman’s Club—Mrs. A. M. Solomon, Chairman. Woman’s Auxiliary, Thomas Public Library—Mrs. A. J. Evans, President; Miss A Gena Riley, Secretary and Librarian. American Legion—A. L. Luce, Adjutant; M. 8. Bazemore, Commander. American Legion Auxiliary—Mrs. F. W. Withoft, President. WOMEN’S CLUBS. Fort Valley Woman’s Club—Mrs. J. M. Green, President. United Daughters of the Confederacy— Mrs. T. R. Ousley, President. Daughters of the American Revolution— Governor Treutlen Chapter, Mrs. B. H. Fincher, Regent. Fort Valley Chapter, Mrs. A. A. Wil¬ liams, Regent. MEN’S SECRET ORDERS. Masons (Blue Lodge, Chapter, and Com mandery), Woodmen of the World. Georgia’s tobacco crop of 34,000 acres in 1924 yielded 30,024,502 pounds and sold at an average of 21.82 cents per pound, bringing $6,551,650.86. The yield averaged 883 pounds per acre. This is practically a new activity for Georgia on a large scale, and if plans of those interested in grow¬ ing the weed are carried out for 1925 and assuming the average price and yield of 1924 as ft basis, this crop should pro¬ duce over $12,000,00^0. Georgia’s 1924 cotton crop intensive was over and one million bales, due to proper cultivation. Georgia probably used more calcium arsenate in her fight on the boll weevil than all the other southern states combined. Producing of cotton will always be the greatest factor in Georgia’s agricultural income. Georgia led the entire United States in watermelon production in 1924, producing 38.8 per cent, of the entire commercial watermelon crop, bringing to farmers $3, 092,000 from 16,103 cars. *