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WE ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE f Volume No. XXXVI, Number 12. FORT VALLEY HOSPITALITY THROWS ITS ARMS AROUND FESTIVAL VISITORS U The Trail of Pink Petals” Surges Into Song It remains now only for some sweet singer of the Southland to interpret into clear song the music which swells the souls of the tens of thousands of people who, by motor and excursion trains from all parts of the country, are catching the glot 01 s vision of the panoply of pink in which Mother Nature is deco¬ rating the Peach Country for new conquest in art as well •:? in¬ dustry. With the dawn of Thursday, the first of the two Festival days, music and poetry electrified the air. All of the masterful genius in the guiding hands of General Chairman C- Leighton Shepard, all of the marvelous talent of Miss Pauline Oak, di¬ rector of the pageant, and all of the great outpouring of glad toil and exultant enterprise of the thousands of Peach countians who have helped, from principal chairmen to tiny tots, joined the matchless myriad of peach blossoms in the happiness of a dream come true. It is the first full breath of Springtime in her perfect glory; it is blossom time! It is the time when Fort Valley’s hospitality is in full bloom and she yields her all, the pure depths of her desire to charm and to make happy, to the multitudes whose good words of approval are the richest rewards to be desired. Wednesday night brought brightness in Fort Valley. Everything was complete. No human hands, blessed with humble, yearning desire, and in turn given something more than mere human inspiration and ability to work, could have wished for a more perfect approach to pleasing readiness for the Festival. Final dress rehearsals had brought an astounding revelation of the wonderful possibilities for the pageant, Cavalry drills, band concerts and other features of the program for each day, Committees on every phase of the Festival program, from coronation of King Samuel and Queen Ruth ,n the morning through the galaxy of elaborate entertainment, including a barbecue feast for from forty to eighty thousand people, into the sham battles of pyrotechnic displays of the night, had made finest possible prepa¬ ration. The city was in glad attire to march forth in all its splendor on i Thursday morning. The Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival has come, the feast is here. It is the prayer of Fort Valley that its wholesome joy, its inspira¬ tion, its significance for good may endure long after the curtain has fallen. An Inspired Message Unfolds With the Peach Blossom 1 Using the orchard of pink for a temple, with the blue sky for a dome and the singing of the birds of springtime as a choir, the Reverend David Albert Howard, pastor of the Baptist church, imaginatively car¬ ried his congregation Sunday to the blossom of the peach for the spirit¬ ual truths he would impart. The message was most timely and a beautiful symbol of the truths un¬ folded as the minister let the peach blossom be the preacher with the in¬ spired message. The five pink petals were used to to symbolize the life and its four sides— mental, physical, social, and spiritual—and the point emphasized was that the child of God is intended to be a “symetrical being,” develop¬ ing in all these ways to a perfected it The “naturalness” of the blos in its beauty was emphasized as the minister pointed out the beau ty of sincerity, frankness and loveli¬ ness free from cosmetic and pre¬ tense. Then the peach blossom was spoken of as "distinctive” and “indi¬ vidual,” some blossoms unfolding at one time and some at another, to set forth the individual task that is in¬ cluded in the Great Eternal Plan for each man and woman, each boy and girl. Stressing these qualities the pointed out the fact that the peach blossom did not grow into its perfection and beauty overnight, as it were, but through hours of darkness and days of sunshine and of shadow, so the Christian is to grow in grace and the beauty and sweetness of life step by step—a gradual growth. The pink blossom was cy” ^jjsed of fruitfulness to symbolize and the the “prophe¬ “possi¬ bility of service.” The minister stated ®he Jeafrer-Sxibune Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon a nd Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY,GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1921. The Government and State atory of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Dr. Oliver I Snapp director, at Fort Valley, has issued a 1925 spraying and dusting ,schedule for Georgia peaches, as fol lows: j First Application When 75 per cent of the petals (pink part of flower) have fallen— one pound powdered arsenate of lead, plus lime water from three pounds of stone lime, to each 50 gal Ions of water, Second Application When calyces or “shucks '> are shedding, or when small peaches arc exposed—one pound powdered arse nate of lead, plus lime water from three pounds of stone lime, to each 50 gallons of water, Third Application Two weeks aftdr the second appli ’ cation, about four weeks after the or petals have been shed—self-boiled lime-sulphur, 8-8-50, alone. (No ar senate of lead in this application). Fourth Application Four weeks before each variety is due to ripen—One pound powdered i arenate of lead to each 50 gallons of ; 8-8-50 self-boiled lime-sulphur. Early Varieties—These should be sprayed three times. Use the materi als recommended for the 1st, 2nd, and 4th applications above, applying them at the time as noted above. For j added protection against brown rot, ! self-boiled lime-sulphur should also be used in the second application on the early varieties. i Direction* for Preparing the Spray Material* The 8-8-50 self-boiled lime-sulphur (Continued on back page) 1 'that not every blossom becomes at last a luscious peach but the possibili ty of becoming such lies within the heart of the blossom as it lies within the existence of every earthly life. Closing the beautiful message of the morning the idea was advanced that unless the blossom of the peach had yielded itself to the Divine fluences about it there would never have been the perfected beauty of the flower and to illustrate this point Mr. Howard cited the lives of Moses, David Livingston, Christ, and the mothers of men and the soldiers of a nation, in the yielding of them selves to those things which tended to the accomplishment of their life given tasks. Beautifully he spoke of the mois ture of meditation,” the “warmth of prayer,” the “whispering of the Spir¬ it” as of the winds of which has been said, .. No man knows from whence they come nor whither they go. Listening to this great spiritual les¬ son taught by the lovely peach blos¬ som at the time when the peach blos¬ som is claiming the attention of a nation made its truth most timely and effective and one was reminded of the poem of “The Lilly” which might be applied to the blossom of the peach as: “Oh, Peach Blossom, row on row, ■ Will you tell me how you grow? Did the fairies spin your dress? Did the sun your leaves caress? Did the raindrops fall on you Gently as the falling dew? And your rosy tintedness From some sunset came, I guess? I’ll lay my ear close to your heart If you the secret will impart. What is it, you say, you grow? But how, you do not know. .. •NS.V v II rlilliif'”™ ^9 r\ (I 1 ,t w | i «s;v. t. » * ■** V * St ' mm : h Y COLONEL WILLIAM J. KEN DRICK, a native of Fort Valley, finance officer of the Fourth Corps area, U. S. Army, who was instrumental in aiding his broth¬ er, J. Dawson Kendrick, and Dr. H. M. Copeland, of the Festival Entertainment committee, in se¬ curing the Sixth Cavalry Drill De¬ tachment and Mounted Band as spectacular features of the Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival program. SCHEDULE FOB DUSTING J|||[) SPRAYING PEACH KIINIS CLUB OF AT LAST FRIDAY’S MEET With an attendance of seventy-one live wires, including an imposing ar¬ ray of high Kiwanis officials from various parts of the country, the Ki¬ wanis Club of Fort Valley broke all records in enthusiasm and genuine I interest at last Friday’s luncheon. Among the distinguisned guests were: W. A. Dozier, of Jackson, Lieu¬ tenant Governor of the Central Di¬ vision of Georgia; O. A. Pound, Pres¬ ident of the Kiwanis Club of Jack son; Mr. Griest, special representa¬ tive from Kiwanis International at Chicago; Wilbur Collins, President of the Macon Club; F. J. Frederick, President of the new Kiwanis Club 1 of Marshallville; also S. A. Nunn,! President of the Civitan Club of Per-1 ry. With President E. T. Murray, of the local club, this made present four active presidents and the lieutenant governor, two past presidents, Mr. Dozier of Jackson and Ralph .toft of Fort Valley, three; one past district secretary, Alan jDonnell of Macon, and a president, to say nothing of distinguished men, one of whom, Hon. Charlie Garrett, solicitor of the Macon Circuit Superior Court, was introduced by the week’s program committee, A. M. Solomon, F. W. Withoft and A. L. Norris, and de¬ livered one of the finest addresses the Kiwanians had heard in a long, long time. Other speeches were made by Lieu¬ tenant Governor Dozier, President O. A. Pound of Jackson, District Or¬ ganizer Griest, President Frederick of Marshallville, President Collins of Macon and President Nunn of the Perry Civitans. Ralph o,i U Newton 1 . told , ,, of , the trip Which T. F. Flournoy, Mayor R. Hale, Geo. W. Mathews, Jr., J. Woolfolk and himself had made to Marshallville on the night before for the organization of the new club at that place. He brought a glowing re port of prospects for one of Geor gia’s best clubs in Marshallville. The Officers and directors of the new j i (. ui wue onoi guests at h inlays meeting and were introduced as fol ’ • I President, F. J. Frederick; Vice President C. J. Goodwin; Secretary, S. B. Goodwin; Treasurer, T. S. Tay | lor; District Trustee, L. B. Rumph; | [ Directors, B. B. Murpli, E. C. Bryan, VV. H. Lee, I). C. Rumph, Dr. D. B. I Frederick, F. B. Murph \nd II. A. - Murph. This club’s organization was sponsore d by the clubs of Montezuma | aJ]( j Oglethorpe The meeting for this week was eliminated on account of the Peach Blossom Festival, but another ro us ing meeting is anticipated for Fri¬ day, March 27th—next week. At this time delegates to the international convention will be chosen. Ladies’ night will occur on Fri¬ day, April 3rd. F. O. Miller, who had been absent from several meetings on account of illness, was given a hearty reception as his smiling face again made its appearance. On motion of Judge A. C. Riley, a rising vote of thanks was extended to John H. Jones, editor of The Lead er-Tribune, for the excellent repre sentation ofthe Georgia peach and five Peach Blossom Festival made by the Festival Edition of his publication, on peach color paper. President Mur¬ ray called attention to the fact that this marked the introduction of the idea of peach color paper with its attractive significance for the peach (Eight Pages) * Y.: m -1 ■ ; i? if ■s; ■ MAYOR R. D. HALE, of Fort Valley, who voices for the munici¬ pal government a warm welcome to the thousands of visitors to the Capitol of Peach County, on “The Trail of Pink Petals. ion no | Hileys are now ready for the application of spray or dust, and I peach growers in Middle Georgia are |advised -o star, spraying this variety immediately with four pounds of powdered arsenate of leao to 200 gal ions of water plus the milk of lime 'from 12 pounds of unslaked lime or : 10 pounds of hydrated lime. If dust is used instead of the liquid the 0-5 05 formula is recommended, howev er, the 80-5-15 may be used if the grower desires. Elbertas wnI be read V for the by next Monday, ’ March .,,., , ,, L , T , , , f , ’ th ? t t T u m “* ( naK Lpon the completion . of the Elbertas ie other varieties should receive the ‘ ^ eatraent >" the Ene following Y aS or ’ (vY. "Y'-Y- 1 YYo al Y i' °!’ lAe e ’ , Jn '’ r ’ l " ( ‘ ° n , C>1 0 . eal ^ t ‘ u ‘ l i | order that the fjrst spray or dust can be a p p ii e( j w hen about three-fourths °* , tbe peta , , or P ,n . h , Part , of „ the , s flower have fallen. Ihe warm weather of last week eaused many adult curculio.: to leave th e*r hibernation quarters. Our hiber j J ,at,on experiment, sbo that by the 1 :‘ tte r of last week nian >’ curcu - lios , had left Bermuda grass and pine needle hibernating quarters, and they had started to leave from dried forest foliage, etc. If arsenate of lead is used when the petals are fall-1 ing it will be possible to kill many ; of these beetles as they feed on the I peach calyces immdiately upon ap¬ pearing from hibernation, and before l they deposit any eggs. Cron pros¬ pects are good, and a special effort should be made to finish a high qua¬ lity crop this year by spraying oi dusting thoroughly with the recom mended materials at the right time. Government and State Laboratory, Fort Valley, Georgia. Issued March 18, 1925. NOTICE The Pilgrims Road to Heaven a j Vision Book on the i * ible of 14 J pag¬ es written from the Closet forty days behind closed doors. Will be mailed to any address for 50 cents. Please send money order and book will be mailed to you at once. Rev. T. L. ^ ornett, 623, Chestnut St.. Atlanta, Ga. 3-19-1 t,;J. PEACHLAND JOURNAL 36 year* old—only newspaper in heart of one of America's richest diversified agricultural s e c tions. $1.50 Per Year in Advance, sum u. s. enu In Command of Captain Renn Law* rence. Morning Drills 11:15 Cossack riding around) at gallop taking four, 2-foot jumps, Butler and McQuiston. ll:18 Roman riding around tha grounds taking 4, 2-foot jumps. Ste¬ phens and Thorne. 11:20 Pyramids riding around the grounds at gallop tali.r.g 4, 2-fooB jumps. Stephens, S lied, Porter¬ field, Ratliffe, Clark. Smith. 11:22 Place jumps in arena. 11:25 Jump table, men, piano, au¬ to, horse, fire: Lawrence, Clark, Will mms, Ratliff Scheidner, Clanton, Holland, Napier, Saltees, Brown, Bonds, Webb. 11:50 Remove jumps, extinguish! fire. 11:50 Exhibition drill. Night Drills 7:30 Cossack squad at drill. 7:35 Roman squad at drill. i. 7:40 Pyramids at gallop and over jumps same as A. M. 7:45 Pistol and saber exhibitions bursting baloons, sticking dummies. 7:55 Place jumps. 7:57 Jumping same as A. M. 8:20 Remove jumps, etc. 8:25 Exhibition drill. 8:35 Night Attack. By bugle signal utilizing all ealla in C. D. R. of 1916, band playing be. tween eacb movement in time cor res Ponding to review walk, trot, anc| £ a “°P The Central of Gerogia railway makes goal again in producing one of the most effective advertising features in connection with the new peach season - A beautiful eight-page peach in colors, full of "meat” int representing the celebrated Gorgial pt ‘ ach ' handsomely lithographed br Brandau-Craig-Dickerson Co., makes its appearance. ........ We thank both Val McKay, of the lithographers, and C. H. Sammons, local agent of the Cen c0 p; cs , Mr. McKay states that he will hava on display during the week a beau tiful lot of lithographing of especial interest to peach growers and ship¬ pers. This display will be in a show window of the press headquarters which T. F. Flournoy has established " Nain street. GREAT iCE PI ANT i OPEN TO VISITORS j In cordial acceptance of a sug¬ gestion from The Leader-Tribune a few days ago, the great ice plant : —the largest single-unit re-icing ; plant in the South—of the Atlan¬ tic Ice and Coal Company, which has just been completed as a mast¬ erful construction accomplishment of the Foundation Company, will j be open for inspection on the part j of visitors at the Peach Blossom ! Festival on Thursday and Friday, 1 It will prove very inviting, form¬ ing as it does an imposing back¬ ground for the pagaent grounds.