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WE ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE 4 $ Volume No. XXXVI, ^ .umber 14. Executive Committee will Meet Friday Afternoon To Plan Festival Permanence With D. C. Strother as a committee including Green, J. W. Woolfolk, A. J. .3. E. Davidson and C. L. has been appointed to work out details for closing up the affairs this year’s Peach Blossom with instructions to report back at meeting of the Festival Committee tomorrow (Friday) noon at to o’clock in the corner store room of the building This was the result of a of the executive committee day morning when General C. L. Shepard made a report of financial situation following Fourth Annual Festival on 19 and 20. It is earnestly requested that ery member of the executive mittee be present Friday for discussion and consideration matters of utmost importance. committee on-Wednesday was enthusiastic about plans for year’s festival. At an early date mass meeting Peach county will be called to elect a chairman and make definite plans continue the Peach Blossom val. Arrangements are now being ed forward whereby all women’s of the city may be enabled to use house on the pageant grounds general clubhouse purposes. It is derstood that a well known scape gardener has offered his ices free of charge to beautify grounds. FULTON FACTS” ON THF FESTIVAL “Fulton Facts, ’ ’ a trade of Atlanta, attaches significance the Peach Blossom Festival. It says “Spring Time—Repair Time. •Peach Blossom Festival’ at Fort ley this month heralds the and warns us to send out the cry OUT ■ readers to be prepared for busy summer business that is store. All authorities are agreed this summer is going to be a breaker* At this time our is directed particularly to the tors of Ice Plants and Canneries. vour plants in shape now! When have plenty y of time to make Jr carefully . and , properly. , An . „„„„„ ounce preparedness is worth a pound shut-down any old time. And, remem ber we have everything you need the way of supplies from a nipple boiler. Command us. IT “Fulton Facts’ also responded the electric contact of T. F. noy, publicity chairman of the tival, in the following paragraph the “Veritas” column: “As 1 write these lines my Mr. T. F. Flournoy o’ the Fort Knittin’ Mills, Fort Valley, Ga., wrote the ex-ecu-tives an’ ‘hired help to pull up stakes an' come down Fort Valley for the ’Annual Blossom Festival’ to be held at Valley March 19th an’ 20th.” A FEATHER IN THE CAP OF SENATOR HARRIS The Greensboro Herald-Journal, oav< 1 tod friend of Senator W m. Harris, v til be pleased to learn Senator Harris was instrumental ■attracting the attention of the tional Geographic Magazine to Peach Blossom Festival, about Edit, r 'Williams says: “The National Geographic sent special photographer to film Peach Blossom Festival at Fort ley, and thev are to -cme out in ' OI’:- . It will be several months they appear, The festival was ceded by all who saw it to be fectly beautiful and a great LINCOLN HAS PEACHES, TOO Lincoln Journal: The fruit trees Lincoln are all abloom. Our fjhtished Fort Valley' Peach Festival hasn’t got much on even in pretty girls to have pictures made sitting up in a tree in full spring dress. ®he tribune Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest- RiLEY PASSES AWAY Mrs. Lula Frederick Riley, wife Judge A. C. Riley, died at her on College street early Saturday morning after a brief illness. Riley was one of Fort Valley’s : beloved and women was in civic and church life of the city, I Although she had been ill for several days her death as a shock to her family and a wide circle of friends. j Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the residence. Rev. T. H. Thomson, pastor of the Method¬ ist church officiated, assisted by Rev. D. A. Howard, pastor of the Baptist church. Interment was at Oaklawn i Cemetery. Besides her husband she is survi. ed by two daughters, Mrs. Henry Durr of Miami and Miss Gena Riley of Fort Valley; two sons, A. C. Ri¬ ley, Jr., and Howard Riley of Miami. Mrs. Riley was a sister of Mrs. J. E. Hays, past president of the Geor¬ gia Federation of women’s clubs and Mrs. Oscar McKenzie of Montezuma; Messrs. Felder and Jules Frederick of Marshallville and Col. D. A. Fred¬ erick, U. S. A. of Washington, D. C. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent by friends from all over the state. R. 3. BRASWELL. JH, OPENS STORE IN SUPPLY BUILDING j R. S. Braswell, Jr., has bought father’s interest in the store former j ly operated on South Macon street and is moving the stock of goods into the attractive Slappey building on Main street. He states that he will be open for business in the new 1 place within a day or two and by next week will have everything ar ' ranged to make his formal announce ment of the important change. EDITOR’S GUESTS AT FESTIVAL Houston Home Journal: The Geor pin editors were guests of the Peach Blossom Festival Association last Friday with John H. Jones, editor of U the Fort Valley Leader-Tribune, act ing as official host. The editors were I rved a sumptuous barbecue and oe j cupied box seats at the pageant and military performances. Editor Jones through his paper contributed large ly to the success of the Fourth nua! Peach Blossom Festival. He has the distinction of issuing a ment to his weekly paper, the maeagzine edition of its kind ever published by a weekly paper in the State. We extend congratulations to Editor Tones on, this publication. Southern Bell Assumes the Ownership of the Fruit Belt The Southern Bell Telephone Com¬ pany assumed ownership ar.d opera¬ tion of the system of the Fruit Belt Telephone Company in Fort Valley and Peach county on Wednesday, April 1. Already large extensions and improvements are under way and Southern Bell officials visiting Fort Valley state that they are going to try to do even more than maintain the high standard of service which was established by the FFuit Belt under the management of Max L. James and John M. Cook, Jr. It is a regrettable fact that John Cook is going to be transferred to Atlanta. Officials state that Mr. Cook is worthy of a higher position j : n Atlanta. W. H. M. Weaver, of Ma¬ con, district manager, will have high FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925. s £ What This x > tfi Country Needs a x X X I What this country needs is not a new birth of freedom, hut the old fashioned $2.00 lower berth. X What this country needs isn’t more liberty, but le&s people X who take liberties with our liberty. X What this country needs is not a job for every man, but a j real man for every job. % What this country needs isn’t to get more taxes from the i : X people, but for the people to get more from the taxes. I What this country needs is not more miles of territory, but J miles to the gallon. i more \ What this country needs is more tractors and less detrac- ' tors. What this country needs isn’t more young men making speed, but more young men planting seeds. i What this country needs is more paint on the old places and less paint on the young faces. I What this country needs isn’t a lower rate of interest on j s higher in work. i money, but a interest I What this country needs is to follow the footsteps of the I fathers instead of the footsteps of the dancing master. i \ of Trade, Tifton, i (From Tifton Board ■ Ga.) i > isaraiRfiaiHaiaafi^ Mir atHn UH liU liBIl i l f itiBBtfi llitlilfiil W i lH M. E- CHURCH CONFERENCE Church Conference will be held at the Methodist church Sunday morn¬ ing, at which a vote will he taken on the pending plan of unification and delegates elected to the ensuing Dis¬ trict conference. The. meeting will be of more than local interest be cause of the issue before American Methodism. The church is t„ eight delegates. The d.rtnct ference will convene ,n East Macon church, May 19, Rev. W. h. Smith presiding elder, presiding. Plans have been perfected for re vival . to begin at the Meth- , services odist church the second Sunday in April. The pastor wil’ do the preach ing and Mr. M. L. Liisey, of Macon, will direct the singing. Mr. Lifsey had years of experience in this line of work and comes to Fort Val ley thoroughly equipped to lead the music. INSPIRING (Waycross Journal-Herald) One of the most inspiring results we have ever read is that of the ! Coastal Highway election. j votes .were cast for Highway bonds and only 143 against. An indication the inspiration of this election to j other people was the unanimous de eision of the Kiwanis Club of Way cross to send telegrams of congratu i lation to the Kiwanis Clubs in Bruns wick and in Savannah, for their fine, work in helping this vote to be fa j vorable. ]y efficient men on the job in the work here. Mr. Weaver, by the way, put in Fort Valley’s first long-dis¬ tance call in 1896, the first long dis¬ tance telephone being located in W. f. Wright’s drug store, now known as Anderson Drug Co., and that 'phone was operated by Dr. C. B. Anderson. q. G. Beck, Georgia manager of the Southern Bell, who was here Saturday, stated that he had his fjrst long distance telephone conversation from Fort Valley to Atlanta in 1898. J. 0. Curran, of Atlanta offices, E. B. Emray, of Macon, district plant chief, and A. T. Ross, an attache in Mr. Weaver’s Macon offices, were also in Fort Valley Friday and Sat¬ urday. FIRE DESIROUS HALL FI. VALLEY R. The main chapel building of Fort Valley High and School, an Episcopal institution negroes, was completely destroyed fire last ' Saturday morn against'the in it In f buttle 1 beyond the city building ^ lack of water supply , burned to the ground success j on 0 f startling cauge(1 by tbe tremendous heat slate and concrete containing Explosions of a large quantity slate stored in the basement especially loud. A defective flue was thought be the cause of the fire. The loss about $30,000, partially covered insurance. While, practically all portant records were saved, only part of the furniture and were rescued. More than fifty dents j and faculty members who in the upper story of the lost all of their clothing and ment. The building, a three story structure, contained six class & chapel £ nd fifteen dormitory p. A. Hunt, principal of the ftnd b j g asP j K t an ts quickly worked ( j p) , f)Ut ^ con f us j on anc j wor ^ waR proceeding smoothly large difficulties on Monday. people of the community are all assistance possible, and for the principal extends sincere __ GOSH’ AND WE DON’T EVEN OWN A PEACH TREE Washington News-Reporter: the reports in the newspapers, ny Jones’ peach blossom festival the bwgPRt thing pulled in in a Ion- long time, Johnny is prince of a good fellow and along with the rest of the of the state press, extend to him congratulations and felicitations on this most aesthetic event. HURRAH FOR BUTLER Buf ier Herald: The cities and which furnished police protection Fort Valiev during the Peach val last week came in for a share thanks and praise by the festival f’cials. None rendered more service than did Butler’s chief of police, Mr. W. A. nor appreciated the favors than did he. WAR ON MOSQUITOES AND FLIES BY KIWANIS CLUB JOHN ALLEN DECEIVES MODE FtSIIVAL PDAlSE John Allen, one of the “old ables*’ in the work of staging Peach blossom Festival, has received a let ter from Miss Frances Webb, of Dub lin, calling the Fou ual Festi val a “wonderful success,” and say ing in part: “I certainly had a derful time. It was All a big success. Am enclosing what 1 wrote about it in my column of the Dublin Couner Herald.” The article is as follows: “The Peach Blossom Festival held in Fort Valley Thursday and Friday of this week was a grand success from every point of view. Those in charge deserve much credit and com¬ mendation for their splendid work. “Everybody in the entire comrau nit y seemed to be in thorough pathy and co-operation was the key note to the wonderful success these people make each year of their peach celebration. “The surrounding towns are all there to help, and the floats sent were most exquisite creations. “The float from Montezuma which won the first prize, one hundred dol lars, ould have been a prize winner at the Mardi Gras. No expense had been spared to make it indeed a thing of rare beauty. II The pageant held in the wonder¬ ful arena built for these yea’b fes¬ tivals, was filled with eager ro¬ tors, and no one was disappointed, for this part of the festival wa“ marvel¬ ous, ‘The Trail of Pink PetaU’ will he long remembered by the many thousands who enjoyed the ebjirr ,:ng hospitality of tb“ people of Port Val¬ ley. The gracious hospitality of each and every one will be long remem¬ bered by every visitor, each one of whom is deeply appreciative of the many courtesies r?cni-:d barbecue was 'an enormous * . itself Delicious . meals . dispensed during the entire day. and ^ ests were were served “J most 1 skillfully 7 with the best of everything in way °* barbecue. “ The entire state should be proud of the fact that the Festival has at tained nationwide notoriety. Automo¬ biles from Massachusetts, Indianana Illinois, Nebraska, were filled with passengers who came all the ay to witness the event, “FRANCES WEBB.” REQUEST of auto dr« ' McMillan, second assistant chief of the fire department, requests all automobile drivers of the city to strictly observe the ordinance which prohibits any automobile from fol i lowing within one block of the fire | truck. Last Friday the truck was de -1 i laved by congestion of traffic caused ^ . , “keme^Iort ... .• j i ^ ^ a^v ™ m!Ich " ! I time m try.ng to get to the ^ fire. r Mr. ; McMillan states that he will make cases against any and all persons violating the ordinance in the future. 1 FORT VALLEY IS MOT GUILTY BROTHER RUSSELL Cedartown Standard: And they do say that Johnny Jones’ Show in Fort j Valley last week was the biggest kind <>f a success, ■ Central Georgia Peaches Should 1 Now Receive Second Treatment | Hiley peaches have now reached the right stage in their development to receive the second application of. spray or dust, and peach growers j are advised to treat that variety im- 1 ; ’ mediately. The second application is made when about seventy-five per cent of the dried calyces or “shucks” have been pushed from the small ! , peaches, and it is one of the most i important sprays for the control of + !• e curculio or peach fruit “worm, ii this spray is not applied on time mnnv curculio eggs wil! undoubted¬ ly be deposited in the little peaches i as they are exposed from the shucks, and this will result in a heavy April and May drop. I The spine materials should be used for the second application as were used for the first: namely, four pounds of powdered arsenate of lead to each 200 gallons of water plus the milk of lime from twelve pounds of unslaked lime or sixteen pound of hydrated lime. Tf dust is used 0-5-95 . is recommended, however, the reg- 1 ular 80-5-15 may he used j grower desires. 1 Elbcrtas, Georgia Belles, and Hales are also ready for the second appli- | cation, and these varieties should ho i treated in the order named immedi -1 i ately upon the completion of the Hi- J ley acreage. Uneeda Carmen, Early Rose, Queen of Dixie, Mayflower, and the other early varieties should have, received the first spray the lat ter part of the last week. These vari eties will not be ready for the second application until the latter part next week. Pome growers have again failed to give the fruit the first treatment at the recommended time, and a have gone so far as to omit the first spray altogether. No assurance can h” given these grov.ers that the < 1 will 1 ;factorily controlled on (heir properly this, year when in dications point to a heavier than normal infestation, and they are ca v. in ''T ■ ' ' ^ ”bc p > care ' ' " 1 then* spraying program, Thp ^rculio,-brownrote, scab can be aati-iactonly eontroJod only vei v definite times in their life historv, '' nd altering the recommended ules in am- way will certainly not give the maximum protection against these pests. Timely -'praying with stif fieiept spraying equipment to handle the acreage in a few days is strongly urgeu. 1 Oovernment and State Laboratory, Fort Valley, Georgia. Issued April 1, 1925. peachland JOURNAL 37 year* old- nly newspa- X, per in the heart of one of America’* richest diversified gricultural section*. (Ten Pages) j Following an impressive statement front President E. T. Murray at last , Friday’s Kiwanis luncheon, a motion by Ralph Newton that a representa¬ tive of the State Board of Health be invited to appear before the club on April 10th was carried with enthusi It is understood that the in vitation has been accepted and some highly significant steps may result in the form of war upon the fly and tlfe mosquito in Fort Valley, It was announced tnat ladies’ night: would be a fine event of tomorrow (Friday) evening at 7:30 o’clock. The statement that John Allen would give one of the famous Allen’s home cured hams to a lady met with hearty ap¬ plause. Other handsome prizes will be given. Mayor R. D. Hale, L. L. Brown, Jr., and E. G. Clark were appointed as a committee on finance, with John H. Jones, Glenmore Green, J. E. Bled soe , Samuel Mathews and F. W. With () fp as a committee to prepare adver tising matter for a pubE ity cam paign throughout the country in the Brazie cars which were on exhibi tion here recently. Sam Mathews conducted the spe c j a ] program of the day, an out ( standing feature of which was an ad dress by W. L. Houser. Mr. Houser’ spoke in powerful terms of the need for law observance and exemplary habits among citizens who hold plac¬ es of public trust and are conspicu¬ ous in the work of churches and oth er organizations. Visit Oglethorpe Club President E. T. Murray, J. D. Ken¬ drick, W. G. Brisendine, T. A. Mc¬ Cord, A. M. Solomop. C. Hall, T. F. Flournoy and John H. Jones went over to Oglethorpe Thursday night to attend the charter presentation of the new Kiwanis Club there. Dr Chas. A. Greer and his Oglethorpe club staged a brilliant entertainment, features of which were addresses by Governor W. W. Mundy of the Geor¬ gia district and Congressman Chas. R. Crisp. Ashby McCord and Corne ijyg Hall put << pep ’ * into the meet i ing will/ rousing song leadership, j while Tom Flournoy helped to keep Fort Valley on the map with the ecTK-balancirig; trick staged several weeks ago by, Judge H. A, } Mat h ews a t a Kiwanis ladies’ night. DEBATORS OUT OF LUCK Fort Valley High School debaters were out of luck last Fridav when thev debated the question “Resolved: That Georgia Should Issue Bonds for Building Good Roads as an Aid for the Public Schools and for More Ad¬ equate Buildings for the University of Georgia, which is State Wide in Its Scope.” Miss Ruth Smith and Doddridge Houser represented Fort Valley ar¬ guing the affirmative side. The judges were Professors Mac¬ Donald, of Lanier, McKee, of An ericus, and Kent of Dublin. At Eastman, at the same time, Miss Miriam Edwards and William Allen represented Fort Valley ar¬ guing the ngeative side and were de¬ feated. Preliminary Contest A preliminary contest in declama¬ tion, music and reading will be held next Friday night at the auditorium i t 0 decide on the team to represent F„rt Valley at Vidalia April 23 and 04 . A BRANDED PEACH! Covington News: Fort Valley cov¬ ered herself with glory in the “Trail of Pink Petals last week. All we re gret is not getting to see Editor Johnny Jones and the rest of the Georgia Peaches who participated in the festival. Gone are the days when we got summers out of a suit. ! re nr-.- a 1 - ;,ny lies told i..y bccar: ’: 111 1 . of: ounds l;:.- poor use. A fool seeks the pot. of gold at the end of the rainbow while his wise I brothers seek the rainbo. 1 is hard he both truthful and It to penal; r. i „ -XT, $1.50 Per Year in Advance mm