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Volume No. XXXVI, Number 13.
Avalanche of Praise for Peach Blossom Festival Sweeps Over
it Gorgeous Event;”
Other Superlative
Heard from Coast to
hort Valley’s Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival passed int 0
history tonight as the greatest celebration of its kind ever held in Geor¬
gia. It was a gorgeous veent, brilliantly executed, under the directorship
of Miss Pauline Oak.” This, from a long, conspicuous story in the New
York Packer, is an example of the high, glowing comment on the 1925
festival appearing in other newspapers, magazines and periodicals in New
V ork and throughout America. Other quotations in The Leader-Tribune of
last week, as well as today's issue, merely scratch the surface of the great
flood or praise for Fort Valley and the Festival which is sweeping over
the country. An attempt to interpret the spirit of praise which swells thou¬
sands of letters coming into Fort Valley from people who attended the
Festival would be hopeless. All we can do, all the people of the Peach coun¬
ty section can do, is to welcome the ecstacy of this praise as a blessed
restorative from the wear and tear of the almost superhuman task of stag¬
ing such a triumph. It is good.
Already plans are surging for the Fifth Annual Peach Blossom Festival
Vn 1926 ami the completion of organization of the Festival Association as
a permanent institution. Not yet, however, has enough order been worked
out of last week's event and its net results to say definitely just what those
plans will be, although some very substantial ideas have been advanced. It
is better that announcement of permanent plans should follow more ma
ture consideration. But the fact stands that General Chairman C. L. Shep¬
ard and his lieutenants appear to be utterly absorbed with the conviction
that the success of this year’s Festival offers the foundation upon which
the institution may be made permanent as an annual event of fame through¬
out the world for many years to come.
MONTEZUMA FLOAT WINS FIRST PRIZE
For the third time in as many years the Montezuma float won first
prize in the Festival. The prize was $100.00. The Central of Georgia Rail¬
road took second prize, Thomaston third, and Albany favorable mention.
The Montebuma float, which represented a Greek fountain, done elabo¬
rately in white and peach blow pink, was designed and decorated by a com¬
mittee of women. The Central of Gorgia float, which as a passenger coach
done in peach colors, was the work of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miller, of Okla¬
homa City, Okla.
The Thomaston float was not designed for beauty, but was perhaps the
cleverest in the entire parade. It depicted a crate of Georgia Peaches with
a bulging lid. Through a crevice at the top, on either side were twelve,
. pretty girls smiling. The Albany float, rich creation in russet and dull
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gold, publishing the town as the pecan center of the world, attracted much
comment.
The float committee was composed of R. V. Muldoon, of New York, C.
A. Turney, of New York; Lawrence Godwin, of Orlando, Fla.; and Mr. and
Mrs. Burt Crebbin, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Every feature of the Festival was a brilliant success, from the coro¬
nation of King Samuel and Queen Ruth all the way through each day
float parade, barbecue, “The Trail of Pink Petals” pageant, Sixth Caval¬
ry drills—everything was a dazzling spectacle for the many thousands of
visitors who poured into Fort Valley in spite of threatening weather The
co-operation of various cities and organizations from afar added wonder¬
fully to this success. The bands from Fort Oglethorpe, Camp Benning, the
Central of Georgia Railway shops in Macon and Tech High School made
the skies reverberate with good music throughout the festivities. Excellent
order was maintained, in which the police departments of Atlanta, Macon
and Columbus gave splendid assistance to Chief Vaughn and the local
force.
To this paper, the one appalling disappointment is that we have not
the capacity to give page upon page to a description of the heroic manner
in which each and every man, woman and child of Fort Valley and Peach
county did his part, large or small, in the magnificent event.
FAME OF FORI VALLEY
The Associated Press broadcasted
the folloing to all parts of the coun¬
try last week:
■. Fort Valley, where the Peach
Blossom Festival is now being held,
is perhaps the most famed center of
the peach growing industry in Geor¬
gia and occupies many historic mem¬
ories associated with Indian warfare
in the pioneer days. The town is ele¬
vated 170 feet above College Hill,
in Macon, and is said to be the high¬
est point across the country from the
Atlantic to the Gulf. Many thou¬
sands of Georgians and persons from
all parts of the country attend the
elaborately staged pageant every
’'
year.
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MAIL SUPPLEMENT
AS SOUVENIR
Every subscriber to The Leader-Tribune is invited to send the
handsome supplement with which he is presented in today’s paper
to somebody away from Peach County, as a souvenir of the Fourth
Annual Peach Blossom Festival an! to further disclose to the world
the wonders and attractions of this garden spot. We have received
many requests for this supplement from distant states. It evidently
hits the bull’s-eye. Ride with us, baloved subscriber, on the FIRING
LINE.
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
SUCCESS OF WEBSTERS
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The many friends here of Mr. and
Mrs. Julian H. Webster will be in¬
terested in news of the splendid suc
cess of the Websters at Homestead,
FloriJa, to which place they moved
from Fort Valley in the summer of ;
1923. Mr. Webster is of the i
manager
Homestead Telephone Company and
is also interested with his brother,
F. H. Webster, of Miami, in exten¬
sion developments of Avarado pears.
They have a large tract of land in
the Redlands district on the main
highway from Homestead to Miami
and have extensive orchards which
are just coming into bearing.
A recent edition of the Homestead
Enterprise carried a long story about
the Rotary Club of that place, of
which Mr. Webster is president, and
in which Mr. Webster was given
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DAY ORATOR
Mrt. John A. Houser and Mr.
C. L. Shepard, president and
secretary of the Memorial asso¬
ciation, announce that Dr. Wal¬
ter Anthony of Macon will be
the speaker for the Memorial
day exercises to be held on Mon¬
day afternoon, April twi nty-sev
enth.
GEBHEN BOYS ORGANIZE
I was born in Louisiana, principal¬
ly reared in Texas, but have lived in
Georgia two years and by choice.
I have traveled in many stages and
viewed the beauties of the mountains
in the Carolinas and the oranges and
0 thed scenery in Florida, the grape
vineyards in other statss, but Geor-|
j,j a ), as them all beat for beauty m i
^e peaches, and the most wonderful
scenery is in and around Fort Valley,
the county town of the new baby
county.
it was my pleasure, and a great
one, too, to be in Fort Valley for the
Peach Blossom Festival March 19th
and 20th. I will say to the world and
that’s talking to a lot of people, that
it is beyond doubt the most wonder
ful and unique of any occasion I have
ever attended and a hint to the wise
is sufficient—you better not miss it
another year.
It is educational, entertaining and
elevating as well as very interesting.
People, if you love peaches, come
to Georgia to get them. Either kind
—they’re here. None sweeter and
none better.
In company with my partner, J. M
Allen, of your city, going over thi
country known as the Vaughan Hap¬
py Two, representing Jas. D. Vaugh¬
ans song book business, I want you
to know at Fort Valley, we are
boosting you and for your annual
Peach Blossom Festival, the great¬
est occasion of its kind in “captivity.
Now organize a County Singing
Convention to meet about twice a
year at your Capitol city and soon
you’ll take the lead in that as well
as with your different kinds of
peaches. We re ready to help y iu.
A. B. SEBREN.
Atlanta, Ga.
WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET
WITH MRS. JOHN ALLEN
The regular meeting of the Wo¬
man’s club will be held on next Tues¬
day, March 31, at 3 o’clock, with
Mrs. John Allen.
glowing credit in the fine work he is
doing in the development of his sec¬
Another prominent story in the
edition told of the gifted leadership
of Mrs. Webster as president of the
Woman’s Club cf Homestea 1.
MEET AT OGLETHORPE
President E. T. Murray, J. D. Ken
drick, C. Hall T. F. Flournoy, L. L.
Brown, Jr., A. J. Evans, John H.
Jones and others of the Fort Valley
Kiwanis Club, will go to Oglethorpe
Thursday night to attend the charter
presentation of the new Kiwanis
Club of that place.
Fort Valley Kiwanians will meet
at their regular weekly luncheon at
noon tomorrow (Friday). Last
week’s meeting gave away to the
Peach Blossom Festival. Delegates
to the international convention will
be elected this week, so every mem¬
ber should be present if at all pos¬
sible.
Ladies’ night will occur on Friday
of next week—April 3.
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THE PEACH LEGEND
By Garland Ashcraft
In The Macon Telegraph
All too frequently in their haste
chronicle the jumble of events in¬
cident to an affair like the Peach
Festival at Fort Valley re¬
miss the essence of the thing
If it really has an “essence,’’
if there really is a deeper signifi¬
cance which possesses more than the
quality of the day’s news,
task of pointing it out, defining
and evaluating it is usually left to
an editorial writer with a~ more ex¬
pen, but possibly with less
of what in fact did hap¬
Not more than twenty-five per
of the crowds that were in Fort
Valley during the two days attended
Pageant, The Trail of Pink Pet¬
als. They milled through the streets
colored canes, spent their
money for balloons and whistles and
water, saw the ossified woman
the three-headed calf, consumed
pounds more or less digestible
meat, drank some more pop
and went home. For all the publicity
the press has given the festival and
pageant, it is patent that 95 per
of the Georgia population has
yet grasped the significance of
2,000 men, women and children
Fort Valley are trying to say to
Those who have not heard the
of the peach as Miss Pauline
Oak, author and director of
Peach Blossom pageant, has told
have not only missed two hours of
class entertainment—in other
rds a good show—but also have
to fall in line with Georgia’s
community effort made ar¬
in the Fort Valley pageant.
As a dramatic spectacle, one sees
magnificent a thing as The Trail
Pink Petals but once in a lifetime.
a thing of beauty—and many vis
(Continued on society page)
BYRON FRIDAY MORNING
C. H. Jackson, 67, former member
i Legislature
of the from Houston
County, dropped dead Friday in the
Farmers’ Bank at Byron, of which
he was vice president.
The veteran banker was endeavor
ing to operate the combination of the
big safe when he fell over. There
was no one in the bank at the time,
except Mrs. J. H. Lowe.
Mr. Jackson was a member of the
Methodist church, and prominent in
Masonry, having gone through both
the Yorkrite and Scottish Rite de¬
grees. He also was a Shriner.
He is survived by one son, II.
Clinton Jackson; three sisters, Miss
Sally Jackson, of Byron; Mrs. T. S.
Viseher, of Decatur; and Mrs. Will
Maynard, of Macon.
Funeral sen ices w'ere held fron,
his home at Byron, Ga., Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Pcv. E. B.
Sutton, pastor of the Byron Moeth
odist church, conducted the services. |
Interment was in the family lot in [
the Byron cemetery with Masonic
ceremony. The funeral was largely,)
attended and the body laid to res^>
amidst many beautiful floral offer¬
ings.
J. 1. LONG OPENS STORE
J. L. Long has bought the middle
store of the group of R. S. Braswell
& Son on South Macon street and
will open for business about April
5th with an entirely new line of dry
goods, shoes and notions. Mr. Long
formerly operated a store next door
to his new place for about ten years.
He is well known as an enterprising,
able merchant, and promises to do a
large business.
Come Again
Editors
Fort Valley enjoyed entertaining
a p ar ty 0 f Georgia newspaper
at the Peach Blossom Festival
Friday, when they were guests at
barbecue dinner, the pageant and
other features of the day. They got
taste of the spirit which will be
shown in entertaining 4he Georgia
Press Association at its convention
in 192G if they accept the Fort Val¬
ley invitation which General Chair¬
man C. L. Shepard emphasized in his
radio broadcasting announcement
Friday afternoon at the pageant. The
Publicity Committees wasas-j
in entertaining these guests
the ever-loving and always
lovable “Joe” Davidson. Come often,
Fort Valley belongs to you.
(Eight Pages)
PEACH PEST IS
The first aesil offensive
the crop pests of the Southland
been launched and heavy
have been inflicted on the
the boll weevil and the bug
of the peach belt.
Commandants of the flying
iy rs, the Huff-Deland Crop
Corporation, announced
satisfaction with their first
drive against the crop ravagers.
The rusting, which in the next
years is expected to spread all
the South, began Monday on
big peach orchard owned by
McKenzie, at Montezuma.
thousand trees there will be freed
disease by the poison strewn
the airplane operated by Pilot
iel E. Tobin, under personal
sion of Lieut. H. R. Harris.
All of the peach dusting to.be
this year by the Huff-Deland
poration will be confined almost
clusively to orchards in the
ty of Montezuma and Fort Valley.
All of the dusting is under
vation by Dr. Oliver 1 Snapp, of
Valley, Federal Peach entomologist,
and considered the world’s
peach authority.
A telegram from him commending
the Huff-Deland demonstrations was
sent to the company Monday. It
reads:
“Recent Tallulah work demon¬
strated practicability of dusting peach
trees by airplane. Distribution of
peach dust as uniform and satisfac¬
tory as that from ground machines.
Expecting considerable acreage of
peaches to be treated in Middle Geor
gia by airplane this season. Our sta¬
tion expects to promote this method,
which offers great possibilities. n
The peach dust contains sulphur,
arsenate of lead and hydrate of lime.
NEW WINONA CLERK
John A. Curley, of Augusta, is
now with the Hotel Winona and is
dispensing cordial hospitality that ad¬
mirably matches that of Manager
Coppedge.
Burlesque On Peach Pageant IS
Staged by Kiwanians of Macon
(From Macon Telegraph)
‘Bring froth the throne
Peruna rules the day,
And Bromo-Seltzer
Keeps headaches away!”
If any of the Kiwanis Club lunch
ers or the visiting Civitans from
Perry who were guests of the Macon
Kiwanians yesterday were obligeu to
have stitches taken in their sides
after the meeting in the Dempsey
they can charge the doctor bills up
to S. L. Orr and Alan MacDonell,
who got up the take-off on the Peach
Blossom Festival which was served
with the potato pie at the luncheon ’
The title of the thing was Trail
the Peach Brandy Peddlers, and it
would have proven a city-wide scan
would have proven a city-wide scan
dal had the stenographers of the sev¬
eral participants seen their bosses
in their respective roles. P. T. An¬
derson read the lines.
Peruna, godden of fermentation,
was enthroned amid cheers in th '
person of Henry Martin, and the Ob ¬
ion and the Potato and the Cabbage
and the Egg Plant and the Peach
danced before her.
Veiled Destiny Appears
Veiled Destiny appeared disclos¬
ing Gen. Walter A. Harris with a
black net over his face:
“The stave is set! Let all imbib¬
ers now draw near who seel:
“Peruna’s flavor;
“Veiled Destiny will bye and bye
revoai
“The future of a 1 .! who eat this
meal!”
PEACHLAND
JOURNAL
37 yea ra old >nly newtpa
per in the heart of one of
America’s richest diversified
gricultural sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
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FORMED IN FOOT VALLE!
To make funds of the Federal In¬
termediate Credit Bank, of Colum¬
bia, S. C., available for this section
what will be known as the “Farmers’'
Agricultural Credit Association” has
been organized in Fort Valley with
offices on the second floor of the
Woolfolk building for the present.
The officers are:
L. L. Brown, president.
J. W. Woolfolk, vice-president.
C. E. Martin, treasurer.
D. F. Carter, secretary.
H. C. Arnold, president of the Fed¬
eral Land Bank and the Federal In¬
termediate Credit Bank, of Colum¬
bia, S. C., while in Fort Valley
as a guest of C. E. Marti for the
Peach Blossom Festival i. t week,
met with the directors the new
credit association and v .ired then,
of the co-operation and support ot.
the Federal Intermediate Credit
Bank. He was enthusiastic in praise
of the fine showing made by farmers
and their farms of this section. Hc
stated that, although the report is
abroad that the farmers of the peach
belt are suffering depression follow¬
ing the 1924 season, he found the
farmers here in better condition,
their farms better kept and more ad -
vanced, and work and improvements
progressing a’ong broader lines thar
he had observed anywhere else in
the country. “It is a superior section
and people,” he said.
The Farmers’ Agricultural Cred¬
it Association is intended to fill the
need of financing farms, filling iri
between commercial banks and lane
banks. The purpose is to lend money
to farmers, in connection with the
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
making the latter's funds available
for our farmers at 6% per cent in¬
terest, loans to be for not less than
six months and not more than nine
months. Officers of the credit asso
ciation say that they are anxious to
nut out as much money among our
farmers as it is possible to find elig
ible for loans under the Federal In¬
termediate Credit Bank.
(The menu, by the .vay, included
fish of some kind, potato pie, Wal¬
dorf salad and corn a.u soup—cor
lect rame unknown,)
Mr. Orr and Mr. MacDonel! gam
boled in colorful gowns before Pe¬
runa as the Onion, Potato, Cabbage
and Egg Planf. Queen Peruna took
a bite of each fruit and hurled it at.
the head of the giver, with woman
like precision, and some of the au
[ dience had to dodge,
Peach Gallops In
i The Peach galloped in in pink,
; waving a jug of alleged peach bran
| «ly Chief (Nota Thomson!), Bene J. Lane Mullally and
; and jiggered in
| Lawrence Bernd’s inimitable style
| before the queen. One draught sent
her majesty spralwing on the floor.
And finally the Peach was married,
i not to Fort Valley but to Mr. Perry,
i who was none other than Sam Nunn,
of that Fort Valley suburb, while the
minister terminated the ceremony
with.
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
“If the Kluxers don’t get you, vile
liquor must.”
The audience threw v.-edded nap
and some miscellaneous silver
ware at the bride and groom while
the hotel manager peeped through
the door in dismay, and the waiters
found safety in flight.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: A news ar
similar to that above appeared
in yesterday’s Macon News.)