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(Ehr trahrr - Hritiunr
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
Published every Thursday
JOHN H. JONES
Editor and Owner
« i A* a Man Thinkcth in Hia Heart,
So I* He.
Official Organ o f I'l-aeh County, City
of Fort Valley and Western Divi¬
sion of the Southern District of
Georgia Federal Court.
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Ga., under the act of March
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THURSDAY, APRIL, 2, 1925,
WE GIVE
IT UP
Overwhelmed! Hopeleaa! The
Leader-Tribune started nut to re¬
produce editorial comment from
variou* newspaper* on tbe Fourth
Annual Peach Blossom Festival
Before we got well started the
flood wai too great for us It can’t
be done. The deluge is unprece¬
dented, as indicated on various
pages of today's paper and recent
issues. To those many papers
whose kind editorial praiae of the
Festival it beyond our capacity
to put into type and get into our
columns we express the everlast
ing appreciation of Fort Valley
and Peach county.
•WHAT THIS COUNTRY
NEEDS”—
Is the title over a group of para¬
graphs with punch being distributed
by the Tilton Board of Trade. Dr.
H. M. Copeland, chairman of our
Water and Light Board—one of the
best in the world!—hands these para¬
graphs to The Leader-Tribune and
agrees that Fort Valley ought to
have a chamber of commerce or
board of trade on the job every min¬
ute in the year, generating and prop,
agating the doctrine of practical
progress. Everybody in Fort Valley
probably is agreed on this matter
but merely a casual agreement
doesn’t get us anywhere. It is folly
for u community to do great things
and rest content with the flowers of
praise. We noeu a lot more of organ¬
ized, dynamic action in following up
our outbursts of brilliance with reg¬
ular, every-day RESULTS. We don’t
mean following up for just a day or
a season; we mean following up un¬
til the COWS COME HOME!
MRS. A. C. RILEY
The Leader-Tribune joins in the
universal sorrow of the community
over the death of Mrs. A. C. Riley.
Likewise our sympathy for that de¬
voted husband and priceless Chris
lian citizen, Judge Riley, and the
ily is deep and sincere. Judge and
Mrs. Riley were among the first to
extend the warm hands of greeting
to this editor when he came to
Valley. They were the first to give
us a positive, cordial welcome in
church. By the complete, abiding
esteem of the whole community of
which we have been witness we know
that this was only significant of the
rich harmony and devotion to serv¬
ice of two lives that as one “went
about doing good.”
Georgia Publisher: The Peach Fes
lival edition of the Fort Valley Lead¬
er-Tribune was a splendid ouhliea
tion. Editor Jones is certainly keep
ing the Leader-Tribune up to a high
' standard, would this. but then He we knew Johnn- j
do is one of the besi
editors in the State. |
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Cairo Messenger: The Fort Valley :
Leader-Tribune’s Peach Blossom Fes
tival supplement was in keeping with j
the occasion itself—unique and inter-j
eS
Tlfton Gazette: One of the Tifton
ites taking in the peach festival at
‘ Fort Valley last week that he
says as
saw the fine floats from other towns
passing in the parade, he just felt
like Tifton should have been there
with a float, too. Maybe we will, next j
time. iMIl
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CHALLENGING
DEFEAT
"A man may be down but he’s nev¬
er out!”
That is the motto of the Salvation
Army. When that conviction burns in
a mun ’s soul, by the grace of God,
,ie can know no defeat. The future
forever his open road. Collapse
mjalth, financial disaster, domestic
grief, the oily tongues of scandal
mongers and the ferocious onslaughts
of community dictators can frame
for him no Waterloo. He may be
come crippled, darkness may fall
around him, but his heart yet re¬
sponds to the Stiil Small Voiee and
his eyes are yet lifted with a broad
vision for the certain dawn. To him
shall come real friend t and ultimate
triumph. You can’t kill his indomi¬
table soul with all of the accumulat¬
ed stones of the ages and the scribes
a nd pharisees shall quail before the
good that grows in him, sometimes
late but never too late. That kind o f
man never becomes too bad for the
gentle hand of Christian succor which
is always ready to deal kindly with
his bruises and lead him, not knock
him, into the light and the l ight. That
is the doctrine of the Salvation Ar
my.
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As with the man, so with the com¬
munity; it may be down but it's
NEVER OUT1 With piat conviction
its spirit can know no defeat—it
CHALLENGES DEFEAT with a
faith in God and an irrepressible en¬
ergy of citizenship before which no
obstacle can stand. Misfortune of any
kind, whether moral relaxation or
depression in commerce, agriculture
or industry, is but a spur to greater
effort. THE FUTURE IS ITS OPEN
ROAD! Its lamp burns bright with
the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen. It
does not hesitate to place eggs under
the hen for fear they will not hatch.
The soul of such a community movei
ONWARD to quicken its escape from
whatever darkness may fall. It does
not lie supinely upon its back and
resign itself to LUCK. Neither does
it wait with cold, haughty confi¬
dence for some miracle from the
skies, it knows that “the Lord helps
hose who help themselves. »»
FIGHTS! And a little success is not
its goal, but rather each degree of
success excites a higher desire for
further conquest and each blessing
makes more intense its consciousness
of responsibility to God to build
more stately mansions upon that
blessing. You can’t “get the gout • •
of that kind of community and all
of the tynockers shall drop their ham¬
mers and take to the tall timber be¬
fore the prosperity that grows there¬
in, sometimes late but,never too late.
And its neighboring communities
shall arise and call it blessed. Its glo¬
ry shall not flare for a day and die
but shall burn through the years “as
brightly in a gypsy camp as in a
palace hall.” That is community
Calhoun Time*: Fort Valley’s
Peach Festival was a jr-r-rand and
K-a-l-orious success. Weather fine,
attendance up to expectations, and
the “gate’ $5,000 more than last
vear.
Walton Tribune: The annual Reach
Festival at Fort Valley was a grati
Lv>»g success and attracted thousands
of people from the state and every
section of the country. We cougratu
having a hand in the promo
t ’ on Ug eVent.
Early County News: Approximate
kv 50,000 people, attended the fourth
annual Peach Festival at Fort Valley
0,1 Thursday and Friday of the past
week. It was a gorgeous spectacle,
particularly the pageant, “The Trail
of Pink Petals." Fort Valley, in the
center of the peach belt, has made a
name for herself as well as for the
State of Georgia. The last Peach
Blossom Festival was pronounced to
be the most brilliant and beautiful
of any thus far. Plans ere already
being made for the one next year.
Butler Herald: Johnny Jones and
his charming wife added laurels to
tlleir (-row n on Friday last when they
leaped abundant attention upon
newspaper folk attending the Peach
Festival at Fort Valiev, the South’s
most wonderfully brilliant out-door ex
hibition ‘ Courtesies were also extend
by Col. C. L. Shepard, chairman
< f the Festival Committee, and f nrm
er state Senator, Hon. Joe Davidson.
The day was one of the most delight¬
fully spent by representatives of the
press present in the history of theii
coming together on any occasion.
These and many others proved in no
unmistakable terms theirOlearty ap
preciation for tbe publictiy that has
been given the Festival by the nows
,
papers of the State.
fHE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, CA., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925.
wealth—the mission of the commu¬
nity soul.
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We sometimes sympathize with the
man who hasn’t any sins to confess.
He misses the real joy of being a
Christian, of getting into the thick of
the fight against all hell, of falling
upon his face before the Mercy Seat
and feeling the kindly touch of God.
lie remains always a pillar, never be
comes an evangel, a tongue of fire.
We aspect we sympathize with him
more than he sympathizes with us,
That is his trouble. He loses the
sweet consciousness of human un¬
derstanding and the throb of love
uid charity.
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Some communities never suffer
calamity. They can’t say with Lanier,
<> As the marsh hen secretly builds on
the watery sod, so will I build
me a nest on the greatness of God.’
They, like the eagle or vulture, look
down upon the world from mountain
peaks, merely “seeking whom they
may devour.” It is not theirs to sing
in the valleys, among the vineyards,
and look with feai not love upon
the cursed beasts and birds of prey,
They are awe-inspiring, not beauti
ful. Misfortune never galvanizes
them into superhuman effort. The
world is simply theirs to look down
upon from cold isolation. They lose
the refined exaltation of CHAL
LENGING DEFEAT and feasting
upon two blades of grass where fam
ine went before.
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Now, gentle reader, if we have
been so fortunate as to suggest to
you, as a red-blooded citizen, your
only way in which to help GLORIFY
YOUR COMMUNITY, we will con
fess that we have been rambling in
our thoughts around the term, “chal
lenged defeat,” from the following
editorial appearing under the head
ing “ADVERTISING GEORGIA,” in
the Atlanta Journal:
“The announcement that prizes
amounting to twenty thousand dol¬
lars have been offered for suggestions
of the product best suited to manu
facture in Florida brings to mind
that this is precisely the sum which
enterprising Georgians are trying
raise for a similar service to their
own state. It is the desire to place on
exhibition in New York, at the
Southern Exposition, the resources
and products of Georgia, and to
publish to the world its advantages
and attractions to homeseekers. The
money has been slow in coming, hut
it is coming.
“Capital was induced to go to
I' londa by the couiage and enter¬
prise of Floridians . It was drawn
there by the genius of the people
who set their sights high and chal¬
lenged defeat. Now the flow of im¬
migration and capital increases, arm
is taken care of by the momentum
that has been set up. Florida
not possess a natural attraction to
day that it did not have long years
ago, when its fortunes were at their
lowest ebb; and, what is more im¬
portant to Georgians, is that it has
I today not one-half the natural wealth
am! resources of their own state,
“Do we, too, need to offer a prize
to set the world talking and think
ing about Georgia? If so, let us not
do things on a small scale. And, first
of all, let us see to it that Georgia
is well represented at the Southern
exposition in New York."
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MORAL: The motto of Fort Val
ley and Peach county must be that
of the rnbbit, .* Not to sit up and sit,
but to git up and git!” Without a
Chamber of Commerce we are hid¬
ing our light under a bushel.
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FOR SALE —We have a nice supply
of selected Whatley and Hastings
corn. R. Flournoy. 2-26-tf.
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TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF
MRS. A. C. RILEY
j j By The Woman’s Club
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\ TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1925
All must come to know sooner or
later that life is a great complex of
sunshine arid shadow, rest arid toil,
peace and turmoil, pleasure and pain,
and joy and sorrow, and so, in the
midst of the pleasures and activities
of the Fort Valley Woman’s Club,
there has come th n shadow of sorrow
in toe death cf our beloved ex-presi
dent and co-worker and friend, Mrs.
A. C. Riley,
Mrs. Riley was made president of
this club in 1907, the second presi
Jent in its history, and her sweet and
unassuming manner and splendid
leadership and co-operation, have
marked its activities during the years
that have followed,
Mankind loves to dwell upon the
thought that is conveyed in the poem
» Let Me Livv , m the House by the
sitlt , of the R()a(1 and B( , a Friend to
Marl( .> but> as on( , thinks of the
| Hweet j ife ot this departed friend, it
js easy ^ think that abe , as it were,
.. lived in a fi ower garden beside the
,. oa( j and was friend to every passer
by> » and tbe fi owe rs that she con
tributed to the joy and blessing of
others were not only the fragrant
red rose, the smiling daffodil, the
mo dest violet and the ever-green and
f r8( , ran t tea-olive, but, it was her
j oy> a ) so< to contribute the flowers
0 f kindliness, sympathy, loyalty, en
couragement and love, and the frag
rance „f these shall live as long as
]jf e sba ll last,
Now, in the beautiful spring-time
when everything is taking on new
life, when leaf is fresh and green and
bv ,ds are blossoming, we shall think
of our dear friend, Mrs. Riley, as en¬
tering into that “abundant life’
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FOR SALE —Petty’s Improved Toole
Cotton seed. $1.00 per bushel. C.
Z. McArthur, City, 3-19-3tp.
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FOR SALE — Whatley's Improved
seed corn from Field’s selected
seed. $3.00 per bu. C. Z. McArthur,
City. 3-19-3tp.
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j pQ R SALE_WE HAVE A NICE
g UP pLY OF SELECTED
LEY AND HASTINGS SEED CORN
K. FLOURNOY. 2-26-tf.
FOR SALE—6 room house on East
Main street. Reasonable payment
and terms. J. W. Woolfolk, City.
4-2-2t.
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p 0 R RENT-—3 rooms and kitchen
j ette, couple desired. 207 Persons
street.
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FOR SALE—National Cash Register,
. good as new. Apply Leader-Trib
j une. 4-2-1t
FOR RENT— 3 rooms with modern
j improvements. Also tomato plants
for sale. G. VV. Thames, Phone 142.
3-26-2tpd.
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FOR RENT •3 unfurnished rooms.
Mrs. Mollie Jones, 209 College St.,
City. 4-2-2t.
FOR RENT— Pasture for COWS. One
1 dollar per month. R. S. Jones, city.
3-26-2tpd.
FOR RENT—Housekeeping
and garage. Mrs. Fred Hall, An
derson Avenue, City. 4-2-tf
LOST—A Cameo brooch
19th, on pageant grounds or down
town. Advise care Leader-Tribune.
4-2-ltpd
LOST A Cameo brooch Thursday,
1 19th, on pageant grounds or down
town. Advise care Leader-Tribune.
WANTED— Several good, fresh milch
COWS . W. J. Braswell. Phone 131,
or 3302. City. 3-5-tf
\V ANTED—Two salesladies and one
salesman— somebody that is will
ing to work and learn the business.
R. S. Braswell, Jr., 4-2-i
NEW BUNGALOW FOR
Am beginning the building of a
six-room bungalow in Oakland
Heights. Will be something quite at
tractive, good materia! and workman
ship. Will sell at a reasonable price
on easy terms. Roland A. Hiley.
4-2-2tpd
CAUTION TO ALL DRUG AND
HARDWARE STORES
Terry’s WateTproff Cement only
costs $2.00 per dozen. You get it
of J. B. Riley of Macrn, Ga. You
sell it at 25 cents per bottle. It mends
which is promised in the Book she
read and loved as a blessing in the
great, eternal home.
s* She resteth now. No more breast
Heaves with its weary breath;
Pain sits no longer on the brow
Where lies the calm of death.
Sunk to her rest like tired child,
She lies in slumber deep,
Soft folded in the arms of Him
Who “giveth His beloved sleep. • •
"Nay, doth she rest? No, day nor
night
She resteth not from praise;
Her spirit, wing’d with rapture,
knows
No more earth’s weary ways;
But ever toward the Infinite
Her flight on, upward, does she
keep,
For He gives active tirelessness
Who ‘giveth His beloved sleep. * Jl
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“I cannot say, and I will not say
That she is dead. She is just away!
With a cheery smile and a wave of
the hand
She has wandered into an unknown
land
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since she lingers
there,
And you, oh you, who the wildest
yearn |
For the old-time step and the glad
return j
Think of her faring on, as dear 1
In the love of There, as the love of
Here.
Think of her still as the same, 1 say,
She is not dead, she is just away."
anything in the home and when any
article is properly mended with Ter
ry’s Waterproof you can’t bake, soak
or boil it aloose. This makes it far
better than any glue. Cal! on the
drug and hardware stores of Fort
Valley for it. When you try a bottle
if not satisfied after using bring it
hack to the store that sold it and
your money hark, as every bottle is
guaranteed by the Factory and J. J.
Webb of Norcross, Ga., agent.
(3-26-3t-p)
A picture of health requires a
happy frame of mind.
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gorgeously trimmed or dependent on
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WHAT MY NEIGHBOR SAYS
la of Interest to Fort Valley Folks.
When one has had the misfortune
suffer from backache, headaches,
urinary disorders and other
kidney ills—and has found relief
from ail this sickness and suffering,
person's advice is of untold val¬
ue to friends and neighbors. The fol¬
case is only one of many thou¬
but it is that of a Fort Valley
resident. Who could ask for a better
example?
J. C. Hartley, retired cotton mer
chant. 111 Knoxville St., says:
kidneys acted irregularly and the se-
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cretions were unnatural. My back
was weak, lame and sore and there
as a throbbing ache across my kid
neys. When I stooped I got such a
cramp in my back I could hardly
straighten. Friends highly recom¬
mended Doan's Pills so I procured
some at Wright’s Drug Store. Doan’s
relieved me. •>
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
s j mp i y nR ’ K for a kidney remedy—
get Doan’s Pills—the some that Mr.
Hartley had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Adv.