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Volume No. XXXVII, Number 18.
PRELIMINARY
CONTESTS 01
HIGH
The preliminaries in athletic, liter
ary and domestic science events were
held last Friday afternoon and night
at the high school.
Fifteen high school girls and boys
were selected to represent Fort Val
ley at the 12th district meet, which
is to be held in Vidalia on next Thurs
day and Friday, April 23 and 2-1.
Coach Smith has some wonderful
material for athletic events and ex
pects to bring back the honors on
their return from the meet.
All the participants are given work
outs daily, and Coach Smith will put
them through strenuous practice dur
ing the next few days.
Wesley Green, Fort Valley’s fastest
man in the recent Middle Georgia
Basketball Tournament, will lead
the way in high and broad jump.
Three girls and one boy will
sent the local school at the meet in
literary events.
These contestants expect to follow 1
up the general opinion of the. other
schools throughout the 12th district
that places the “Green and Gold’’ on
the top, that they are proud to hail
from the “Peach City,” The home
the Peach Blossom Festival.
Fort Valley representatives are.
100 yard dash, Quentin Gassett; 220
yard dash, Quentin Gassett; 440 yard
dash,, Wiley Green; shot put, Jack
Vining; high jump, Wesley Greer:
broad jump, W’esley Green; hurdles,
Royce Bartlett; pole vaulting, Royce
Bartlett.
Literary Representatives
The winners in music, recitation,
declamation and domestic science are:
Recitation, first Miriam Edwards’
stcond, Evelyn Duke; third, Jeannette
Nichols; declamation first, Samuel
Jones; second, Floyd Oarithers; third,
Harris Hafer; music, first Marjorie
Brown; second Millard Mosley; third,
Helen Dasherjdomestic science, f irst,
Charlie Matthews; second Sadie Stem
bridge; third, Adelaide Tornlirxo.i
and Mary Vinson tied.
EXERCISES CARNEGIE
LIBRARY DEDICATION'
_
The handsome Carnegie Library ik at
the Fort Valley High and Industrial
School has been completed and is be
ine admired very much. The follow
ing invitation i. . being . sent out: , <r The
is
trustees and principal of the Fort Val
►icy High and Industrial School in¬
vite you and your friends to attend
the dedication exercises of the
negie library, Fort Valley, Georgia
April nineteenth and twentieth, Nine¬
teen Hundred Twenty-five.”
H. & I. EXERCISES
i
Special exercises will be held by the
Fort Valley High and Industrial
School at the C. M. E. church Sunday j
afternoon at three o’clock. Siifre the J
burning of the chapel it is necessary I
to use the church, which offers ample j
comfortable accommodations.
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Much Truth in Few Words
The rest of ’-our days depend upon
J|*i rest of your nights.—Good Hard¬
ware.
Peach Orchards Now Harboring Many Curculios
On account of the mild winter of
1924-25. the morality of adult curc.u
lios in hibernation has been very low.
Hibernation tests show that the
sprip.g emergence of the beetles this
year has been heavier than any spring
since 1921. Sixty five per cent of the
beetles placed in Bermuda grass hi
bernating quarters last fall have a!
ready emerged this spring. Growers
are "reporting heavy infestations, as
indicated by the large number of a
dult curculios caught by commercial
jarring. Curculio < I stings” are nui iV
ermis in many orchards. These facts
s:. «feld prompt growers to act accord
ingly in an effort to handle in time
the heavy curculio infestation’
now occurs in most orchards.
There has been some letting up
with the spraying program this year.
In some cases the first application has
gea&er-®ribunej
Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
! <'« 3 rcromhie Speaks
On Heallh Program
For Summer Months
I
The Kiwanis Club of Fort Valley
had as guests at its luncheon last Fri
[ day Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, head of
the State Health Department, and Dr.
IC. L. Ridley, health officer of the
city of Macon. These experts in health
regulations and the control of disease
made their hearers sit up with keen
j attention by their pictures of dead
j aloose ly disease by the germs millions which may the be l< t
upon com
munity if prompt war is not made up
jon the fly and the mosquito. They
pointed out the numerous breeding
places for these .death-dealing insects
which exist around homes and busi- j
ness places and which may be des
troyed by a little effort. Their remarks
followed a conference with Mayor R.
D. Hale, the chairman of the city j
sanitary department and other offi
Friday morning. It 1
on was urg
ed as of vital importance that gar- |
bage be handled with greatest care, i
every home, restaurant and place’
handling garbage being required by I
city ordinance to have a metal, cover-1
ed garbage can, and it was sir'd to,
be that
regulated for sanitation, along with
[ilaces where live stock is kept.
i It was delared that food supplies
should he inspected thoroughly and
condemned when unwholesome. These
things, the health officers said, would
\ save many lives and give children a
j better chance to into healthy, able
.uen and women with goon minds.
Dr. Abercrombie offered to nave a
careful survey made of the co.-.nnuni
[ ty with recommendations tor health
work if the community would prom-
1 ise to exert itself in co-operative ef
forts. The offer was accepted and the
survey will be made at once. Ralph
Newton’s motion that a pledge of ut
most co-operation be given to Dr. Ab
ercrombie was carried y .
To Promote Boy Scouts
; President Murray called the club’s
I
attention to the approaching Boys ,
i Week, April 20-May 3, to be observ
ed throughout the country. The Boy
Scout movement was praised Cin this
connection and it was decided to get
behind the movement and help the
Boy Scouts of Fort Valley to become
more fully organized and active. A
comm i ttee composed of Wru. Wright,
E jM whitjng an() Geo> w Mal.hews,
Jf wag appointed to wcrk out Rn
appropriate . . , observn ,
program rar • ‘
^ ovs >
On motion of W. G. Bnsondine ■>
collection „ .. was taken , , for , victims ... f t . a
fire on Thursday night. $41 was giv
en and C. Hall offered free use of a
house on the golf links for the peo
pie who were without a home.
The high school quartet added much
pleasure to the occasion with some
splendid songs.
Honor .
at university
For Quentin Davidson
Quentin Wavidson, of Fort Valley, *
honored again the Uni- ’
has been at
versify of Georgia with election to the
Senior Round Table. He is a son of
Senator J. E. Davidson, and was
elected to the Junior Cabinet last
year.
been omitted, while in other* the Cec¬
ommended schedule has been altered,
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A word of warning is therefore
sounded on 6t-ount of those u»*w ise
procedures in view of the m< sent cur¬
culio infestation as reveal ed .iv the
above facts. Hileys and . .her laV-r
varieties will be ready for c>>e third
application by the middle of next
week, A sulphur fungicide should be
,used in that application, and in eases
where the first application has been
!omitted arsenate of lead should be
'used in the third spray. Peach growers
in Middle Georgia are urged to give
their spraying program and supple
! mentary curculio control measures
more serious and careful considc-ra
i tion.
| Government and State Laboratory,
I Fort Valley, Georgia.
Issued April 10, 1925.
FORT YAI.1.KY. PEACH COUNTY. GEORGIA. THCRSD^Y, APRIL 18. 1*125.
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bank officials grouped about 250,000 memorial half dollars which were especially coined by authorization of the gov
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Ready for Third
Spray Treatment
Hi ley peaches in Middle
1 are now ready for the third
ttion of spray or dust, and
are advised to start treating that
riety immediately. This application
is applied about two weeks hefore the
fruit enters the stone hardening
aand is primarily for the control
and is primarily for the control of
Georgia Belles, and Hales are also
rea<ly f ° r th ° thir<1 appiicati ° n ’ an<1
thos e variet.es should be treated im
, mediately the completion of the
upon
H,ley acreage. The early var.et.es
Should he g.ven the third treatment
the laUor '‘art of next week.
, Self-boiled lime-sulphur, 32-32-200,
K ou < )e use(1 alone tor this spray
>ng, unless the first application for the
rcuIl « was in which case
! foar of powdered arsenate of
Teadsboobl be usedwith theseH-boil
cl ^ lime-sulphur. If the first two
I«Prays have been applied at the rec
time no arsenate of lead is
necessary in the third application. If
dust is used instead of the liquid the
80-5-15 formula is recommended for
this ,. . application,
In view of the fact that the late
varieties will not be treated again un¬
til four weeks before the fruit ripens
a special effort should be made to
do a thorough job in putting on the
third spray or dust.
Government and State Laboratory,
Fort Valley, Ga.
Issued April 15, 1925. :
DEATH OF MRS. CARTER
BRINGS SADNESS HERE
Mrs. W. C. Carter of Powersville, i
nearly 80 years old died at her home
Friday night at 7 o’clock.
Mrs. Carter was a woman of rare
grace and culture, was much much
beloved by all who knew her. She had
been in declining health for the past
year and death was not nexepect
ed.
The funeral service was held in
Fort Valley Saturday afternoon at
4 o’clock, interment at Oak Lawn
cemetery.
D. A. Howard, pastor of the First
Baptist church conducted the service.
Besides her husband, W. C. Carter,
she is Survived by two sons and three
daughters, Henry Carter of Powers- 1
ville Cecil Carter of Shilo, Mrs. H.
G. Brunson, Cocoa, Fla., Mrs. Willis
Bowen, Srnithville and Mrs. W. 11 .
Jones^J’ort Valley.
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HOWARD A. . BOND • I
TAKES HIS LIFE!
Roberta, Ga., April 10.—Howard A.
Bond, 47, well known business man,
shot himself in the right tern rile at 7
o’clock this morning while aior.e in
his room. He died at 11:30 o’clock.
BANKERSTO
SEE SCENES
OF FESTIVAL
Macon, April 12._Scenes from the
Peach Blossom Festival recently held
at Fort Valley will be re-enacted be
fore the Georgia Bankers’ Association
j n connection with the annual dinner
to be held at the Hotel Dempsey
the opening night of the convention,
Thursday, April 23, it Wcaine known
yesterday. The convention wi]] contin- |
1H . here through April 25.
Charles E. Martin, vice president
()f U)e citizens Bank of Fort Va , leVi
an( , ( . hairman of the executive C om
mittee> of lhe association, who is to
pregide Kt lht , annua , dinner , arrang
this f eature .
ge]ect Greek and P6rsian sceneg in
connec y on vvn h the history of the
devclopment of Uu . peaf h es , togeth
fer with the dances given in tho8(!
gcenes ajJ stagw , „„ the pageant ficld
at Port Valley, will be repeated.
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NEW MERCHANT HERE
B. Goldman, of Macon, has leased
W. It. Brown store room on Main
street and will open a new mercantile
here on May first.
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placed in operation in The Leader-Tribune plant this week. It sets
a large variety of the latest and most tatractive type faces and plac¬
es The Leader-Tribune at the very front in the printing business. It
also places us heavily in debt for a number of years. But “Your Home
Paper” is very serious about giving you service of which you may be
proud. Pay up ye subscription TODAY and help us to win the bat¬
tle of progress. ,
Making Fort Valley
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The telephone offices in Fort Val
ley are undergoing a great enlarge
men in equipment, so that they look
like a storm had struck them. The
Southern Bell, which recently aequir
station into a toll center. Four
station into a toll center. Four new
boards are being installed.
This toll center will go into oper
a tion. on May 15th, when telephone
patrons here will be relieved of the
“checking” of long distance calls
through MaCon ‘ LonK distanC ° Calls
will be placed from here directly to
Atlanta and other opitns, while this
city will be a toll center through
ry, Marshallville and other nearby
towns will be cnecned. In the mean
time, patrons are asked to be pati¬
with any delays or irregularities
may result from the confusion
incident to the extensive changes be¬
ing made in the local plant.
Ask postmaster about changes
in postal rales, especially on post
cards, which went into effect Wed¬
nesday, 15th.
Amerieus ami Fort Valley are
members of the newly organized
sociation. Other clubs may be
later. Weekly match games
teams representing each of the
have been arranged for 1 he
the first .match being scheduled
May 7 when Amerieus meets
gerald at Fitzgerald, and Fort
meets Hawkinsville at Hawkmsvi'le.
The season Will be divided into two
halves, the winners playing for a fro
phy at the end of the season.
Officers of the association are W.
A. Mason, Hawkinsville, president.;
L. L. Griner, Fitzgerald, vice nresi
»itl. I. C. Thier. ..f Amerieus »n,l
Emory Wilcox of Fitzgerald, consti¬
tute the board of directors.
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE—FIRST
HALF
May 7—Amerieus vs. Fitzgerald at
Fitzgerald.
Fort Valley vs. Hawkinsville at
Hawkinsville.
May 14- Hawkinsville vs. Ameri¬
eus at Amerieus.
May 21- Hawkinsville vs. Fitz¬
gerald.
Amerieus vs. Fort Valley at Fort
Valley.
I MAY 28— Fitzgerald vs. Amerieus
at Amerieus.
; Hawkinsville vs. Fort Valley at
Fort Valley.
JUNE 4—Amerieus vs. Hawkins¬
ville at Hawkinsville.
Fort Valley vs. Fitzgerald at Filz
Igerald.
. JUNE 11—Fitzgerald vs. Hawkins¬
ville at Hawkinsville.
Fort Valley vs. Amerieus at Ameri
cus.
I (Continued on Society Page)
(Eight Pages)
Interest Is Growing
n
hi Revival Services
At Methodist
The evangelistic services which
gan at the Methodist church last
day will continue, it is
through the coming week. The
ing is growing in interest,
tions are good and the outlook for
realervival is encouraging. Rev. W.
Smith, presiding elder of the
district, filled the pulpit Sunday
ening. Since then the pastor, Rev.
H. Thomson, has preached daily,
morning and evening. The sermons
of the pastor have been plain gospel
messages, carrying conviction and
finding their way to responsive
hearts.
An interesting ami helpful feature
of the service is the congregational
singing directed by Mr. M. L. Lifsey
of Macon. Mr. Lifsey, who is regu¬
larly in the work as singer and young
people’s evangelist, has made a fine
impression and those who attend the
worship have thoroghly enjoyed his
contribution to the campaign and have
responded to his leadership, lie is or
ganizing the young people too and the
singing of the junior choir is an in
spiration. But Mr. Lifsey is not only
ja | recognized musical director, ability and he is each a soloist night
of
the meetin ^ has delighted the
gation with his messages in song.
j rea] It is planned to make next Sunday
a letter day in the local church.
The pastor will preach morning and
evening and in the afternoon at an
hour to he announced Mr. Lifsey will
conduct a special service for children
young people. Other feature
services will be announced from time
to time.
| The members of the other churches
j n the city are attending the meetings
and giving the Methodists the en
couragement of their presence, pray
ers a,ui co-operation. The public is
cordially invited to the services at
10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
I For Sunday the morning worship
will me at 11, the regular hour.
Reach Hell Coif
iss'n Organized ;
Start Play Soon
Representatives of four Middle
Georgia towns met at the Hawkins
ville Country Club, Hawkinsville, Ga.,
last week and perfected the organ¬
ization of a golf league known as the
Peach Belt Golf Association. The golf
clubs of Hawkinsville, Fitzgerald,
Gray Is Re-elected ,
Judge L. P .Gray was re elected
I Justice of the Peace of Fort Valley
j election. Militia District received No. 1813 in Tuesday’s
He 20f, votes. M. J,.
Sheats was given 174 votes. .J. W.
| Joyner and B. R. Barfield were elected
constables.
HAIIOlil) HOUSER
REPORTED IMPROVING
The many fiends of Mr. Raiford
•Houser will he pleased to know that
he is improving at the Middle Geor¬
gia Sanitarium, where he went sever¬
al weeks ago for an operation.
■ Mr. Houser’s friends have been
constantly by his bedside, and are de¬
lighted to know that he will soon re¬
turn home.
i NURSERYMAN VISITOR
j Orlando Harrison, of the Harrison
Nurseries at Berlin, Md., has been
among old friends in Fort Valley this
week. Mr. Harrison had not visited
the eity in about five years and was
warm in his admiration of the many
improvements and splendid progress
shown here.
Mrs. T. V. Fagan of Macon spent
Thursday in Fort Valley with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Fagan made their home
here for a number of years and their
numerous friends are always glad
to welcome them back.
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SEW ER RONDS
ARE CARRIED
|J y JJ f ^ VOTE
Only one of the 398 votes cast iii
last I" iday’s election for the issuance
of $30,000 sanitary sewer bonds was
against the bond issue.
The bonds will be sold to extend the
sewer system into Oakland Heights,
a new residential section on the east
side of the city, and parts of West
End.
Thus is registered the solid, pro
gressive spirit of Fort Valley in ear
eying forward the new Peach County
^Program,
MEMORIAL DAY
EXERCISES AT
men school
Memorial Day Exercises will be
held at the high school auditorium
Monday afternoon, April ‘.'7th, at
1:30 o’clock, Mrs. John A. Houser,
president of the Memori: associa
tion, presiding over the ft ' ’Wing pro
gram:
j Invocation, Rev. I). A Howard,
Song, Daughters of Confederacy
Quartet.
Introduction of Speaker, Col. C. L,
. Shepard. r
Address, Dr. Walter Anthony.
>S° n g. High School,
Benediction, Rev. T. H. Thomson.
MRS. C. L. SHEPARD,
*^ cc Y Memorial Association,
Dinner for Veterans
Mrs. T. R. Ousley, president of the
Chas. D. Anderson Chapter, U. D. C.’s
will be hostess at a dinner which will
he given by the chapter to the Con¬
federate veterans of Peach county at
the Kiwanis Hall on Monday, April
twenty-seventh, at Twelve o’clock.
I The following committees have been
appointed:
General Chairman, Mrs. Pierce
Greene; assistant chairman, Mrs. I. L,
BY own.
Invitation: Mrs. C. II. Sammons,
Mrs. J. E. Broadrick.
Reception: Miss Culpepper, Mrs,
Orr.
Soldiers’ Graves: Mrs. Will Tharpe,
Mrs. Henry Branham.
Decorating Auditorium: Mrs. J.
F. Troutman, Mrs. Mattie Carpenter,
Mrs. Ed Eubanks.
Lemonade: Mrs. Ben Anderson,
Mrs. W. C. Fagan, Mrs. S. W. Hick¬
son, Jr.
Coffee: Mrs. C. H. Matthews, Mrs,
M. S. Bazemore.
Decorating Hall: Miss Wilma Orr,
Mrs. Laurence Houston, Miss Susie
Green.
Table Cloths: Mrs. E. G. Thomas,
Mrs. J. W. Woolf oik.