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Volume XXXVII, Number 17.
APRIL, 26-MAY 3 IS BOYS’
WEEK IN FORT
Mayor's Proclamation Calls on
Fort Vaileyans to Join in
Important Event
4 All men’s and women’s civic
izations, along with county and
i .cipal officials, will join in
much benefit for the
from Boys’ Week, April 26 to
3. Especial interest will be taken
the Boy Scout movement during
wepk ' which be e ins Sunday.
will be made to promote the
■ f Boy Scouts in Fort Valley.
atent h. T. Murray of the
( lub has appointed a special
tee composed of Wm. Wright, E.
Whiting and Geo. W. Mathews, Jr.,
work out a lively program for
important event.
Business men of the city
a highly significant and
interest in Boys’ Week through
advertising columns of The
'Tribune.
Mayor’s Proclamation
Mayor R. D. Hale has issued a
tarnation for Boys’ Week in which
/ ays:
"It is important
meaning of Boys’ Week. The boys
today are the citizens of
they will make the Fort Valley,
# county and America of the
There can be no better mark of
high character of a community
I the response of her men and women
an occasion of this kind, for we
not build a city without first
ing good, healthy, intelligent men
refined character and broad
The Boy Scouts offer one of our
opportunities for achievement
this line. Let us give ourselves
to the high purpose of supporting
• ncouraging the Boy Scouts, in a
rect personal way, realizing that
^t.nould I roper place in the community’s
be made one of geat value
powerful service in all public
S on them B r ok era ge
Com pany Das Moved
With a growth in business requiring
larger quarters, the Southern Brok
erage Company has moved a few
doors down South Macon street into
spacious rooms next below the Galla
her-Grocery Company.
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Make Tax Returns
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Peach county citizens should give
prompt attention to making tax re
turns to Tax Receiver C. N. Rountree
very quickly, . , , as the time in which
return.s can be made without penalty
expires next Thursday, April 30.
WOMEN VOTERS
Now Is the Tittle to Return Your Poll
* Tax of One Dollar
As the poll tax is a state tax, and
as the Georgia law requires all state
and county taxes to be returned
tween the first of February and first
of May, any woman who wishes to vote
must go to the office of the Tax Re
ceiver, Mr. C. N. Rountree, and state
that she is a voter and will pay the
one dollar poll tax when it is due,
which Js between October 1st and De
c-ember 19th.
If you wish to vote, do not trust
this matter to anyone else. See to it
yourself.
All persons past 60 years of age
are exempt from poll tax and may
vote by registering in the same man
ner in which others register.
Don’t fail to return your poll tax
before May first!
Mrs. A. A. Williams,
president League of Women Voters.
Interesting Lectures
Rev. Thomas P. Bovd delivered a
series of interesting lectures on Great¬
er Human Efficiency at St. Andrew's
church <m Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursdalf of last week. Rev. E. J. Say
well, pastor, was warmly congratu¬
lated upon securing these lectures for
Fi.|ct Valley.
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
Series Meetings at
Methodist Church
Will Close
The revival services which
been in progress at the
| chureh the past ten days or two
will come to a close next Sunday.
that day the pastor will preach at
j usual hours morning and evening,
m. L. Lifsey, the evangelistic singer
j <|ren will conduct and a special service for
jafternoon. young people at 3:30 in
No service .• will he
Saturday.
The meeting has accom plisl led
great deal of good, not only in the
j church in which it has been held, but
in the community. Congregations and
j the have interest manifested by the people
been gratifying and encouraging.
The singing .directed by Mr. Lifsey,
has been thoroughly enjoyed and has
featured the entire campaign. He has
L.J so conducted several services for
^children, particularly in which line of work he is
I gifted. He has made many
friends during his stay in the city
( wh*> hope that he may find it possible
to come this way again soon.
i The pastor and the membership of
the church make grateful aeknowl
of their appreciation of the
courtesy extended by the pastors and
members of the other churehe s of
the city. They have entered heartily
lnto the enterprise and helped to make
,
’*■ a success. Those who have applied
lor wembership during the meeting
j be received at an hour to be an
nounced.
Negro Decapitated
! fly R’tvay Damp C ff r
Allen Crowfield, of Three Notch,
Ala., colored man working on the fill
near the new ice plant, was struck i in
I afternoon and his head nearly*.
was
severed from the body, causing death
quickly, according to information
the operation of a dump car Tuesday
reaching The Leader-Tribune. Thi IS oc
curred near the house of Rev Lee
O’Neal, colored, who was found Tuei K
day morning, while the coroner’s in¬
quest was being held over the latter.
Colored Pastor Is
| Found Dead in Bed
Rev. Lee O’Neal, pastor of the eol- 1
(
ored Methodist chueh, was found dead
in bed Tuesday morning. Dr. W. H
Hafer, coroner, conducted an inquest
Tuesday, and the jurv’s verdict was
that tfte’ preacher had died from nat
ural causes.
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nlormanon Miered r On
(-itizens Traillinv Camps j
i
| Mrs. A. A. Williams, regent of Se
:quoia [furnished Chapter D. A. R., has been
with information about cit- ,
military training camps to be
j conducted by the U. S. Government in
July and holds blanks which may be
I obtained by young men between (he
(ages of 17 ami 24 for application for
formal advice as to how to enter these
j camps, a!) necessary expenses paid
j by the Government. Young men of
j f ort \ alley and Peach county who are
j interested are invited to communicate
I with Mrs. Williams. I
! 7IARTIN TOASTMASTER
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! Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Martin went up
| to Macon today for the annual conven¬
tion of the Georgia Bankers’ Asso¬
ciation. Mr. IWartin, who is chairman
of the executive council will be mast
er of ceremonies at the annual dinner
on Thursday night.
, Mrs. Martin will be the guest of i
,
:Mrs. T. J. Stewart for some time.
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| SPECIAL HOME SERVICE |
! There will he a special Home Service
[ on Friday morning at 10:30 at the
Methodist church. “Old-time Songs”
will be sung, flowers provided for ev- !
erybody, with short, appropriate tes- j
timenies. If you love home, cornel
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FOUT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2.7, 1925.
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CEORCE F
PEABODY VISITS
CITY ON sins DAY
Speaks at Exercises for Dedi
cation of 11. & I. Car¬
negie Library.
George Foster Peabody, L. L. H
millionaire philanthropist, now a cele¬
brated citizen of New York hut a na¬
Georgian who is just now before
the eyes of Georgians because of his
million-dollar development at Warn
Springs and his activities in behalf
of the University of Georgia and oth
er institutions, was in Fort VaLey
Sunday and spoke in the
at exe’ -0 ’ 868 held in the colored Meth
odist church in connection with tin
dedication of the Carnegie library at
the Fort Valley High and Industrial
In talking with The Leader
editor he gave a fascinating
of alertness of mind and
health and vigor which any
man might envy and a sharp
in all affairs related to hu
* upHft ' ' An<l he j
Rev. Dr. Robert Patton, managing
of the American Church In
for Negroes, a corporation of
Episcopal church, also spoke at
exercises and at the formal ded
of the library on Monday. The
Valley H. & L, with nine other
schools in Southern states,
under the direction of Dr. Patton.
A. J. F,vans, ^ a trustee of the school
‘ re ’ was an °fher speaker on Sunday
He, with several citizens
rpoke at the dedication on Mon
’ c<immended ^ be wor k which is
"‘ n K done so well under the direc
fTincmal H. A. Hunt.
Bishop Mike!I Dedicates I
Bishop Mikcll conducted the dedi
ceemonies at the school Monday
There were a number of well
educators anil church men
various parts o f the state who
The program was enjoyed by
a number of white men jand
of the city.
Thosc v who attended
these exer
found the new Carnegie library
building of handsome architecture ’
in a splendid manne and of
arrangements on ail floors. It
said by some that Principal Hunt
got $1.75 value out of every dol
put into the building."
The Carnegie fund for the library
was $25,000. Dr. Peabody
$15,000 as an endowment fund,
which about $1,000 will be real
d annually for maintenance and
of books.
The manual training I
building , an¬
handsome building nearing com¬
will be dedicated later.
Early Ease o: ricnetins !
The earliest known jnsiance of pick¬ |
during a strike is that of jour
tailors of Boston, who, on Ac
[ )st 1849, patroled som employ
t' premwg to provm non anion ;
!-,-ers tram petting jobs- there. j
Festival Features
At Hankers ’ Meet
Fort Vaileyans attending the annu¬
al luncheon of the Georgia Bankers’
Association at which C. E. Martin
will preside, included Mr. and Mrs.
Martin, Mr. Ed Murray, Mr. B. 11.
Fincher, Miss Charlie Matthews, Mrs.
Ruth Whiting Smith, Mr. C. Hall and
R. S. Braswell, Jr.
i A feature of the entertainment that
is of much interest to the people here
is the enterpretive dances to be given
by Miss Charlie Matthews and also the
Spansih dance by Miss Matthews and
Mr. C. Hall and the Greek dances by
Miss Matthews and R .S. Braswell, .Jr.
DISTRICT FEDERATION
Mrs. J. M. Green, President of the
Fort Valley Woman's Club has been
* lngna „ ’ )y t nort l by ... be, eleCted
VlC 1 res,dent . !° of “ the ^ tb " g D,st, i( t
i e ' '
P °f ‘" , f €ratl0n ,s Green Club t?uve <>f Ge0rgilL the response to
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thc Words of we,come to th< ‘ visiti, T’
club women at the District Convention
in Cochran alst week. Others from the
F’ort Valley Club attended the Con
vention were Mrs. W. J. Braswell,
Mrs. Moses Soloman, Mrs. G. H.
ews.
The Woman’s Club of Fort Valley
has the distinction of having five of
; its membership acting chairmen in
the district department.
Mrs.W. J. Braswell, deligate, gave
the annual report from the Fort Val
] e y Woman’s Club, which showed that
the ulcbhas accomplished more dur
i n g. the past club year than in any
previous year since it was federated. 1
the club is stronger than it lias ever
been, not only in organization and
numbers, but in wide spread influence ,
far beyond the bounds of club life.
It can truly be said that the club work
has assumed an important in Fort
Fort Valley’s progress,
Following the plans of thc general
Federation. to bring youth into the
club work, looking to the carrying to
completion and success the things that
have been begun, a Junior Club has
been organized, sponsored by the Wo
man ’ s Club,
It is impossible for any woman to
become an active member of the Fed
of Women’s Clubs without
having her vision broadened and her
kno V ludg(; deepened thereby
The keynote of the 12th district
in Cochran was “advertise Geor¬
and along this line of though a
was adopted to enter a float
the parade at the next Georgia
Blossom Festival at Fort Val
il’* a ('oed Wnr Id Then
J >e worl’ I k - like it - all made new
ef I wakes c in de inurnin' and finds
n dollar n rn.v pocket whal I didn’t
know I had.—Br’er Williams.
Modern Ages of Man
At thirty; Ambition. At forty:
Rich. At fifty: Sana tori u m.—San
Francisco Chronicle.
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NANCE CAPTAIN
LOCAL GOLFERS
IN TOURNAMENT
At a meeting of the Fort Valley
i Golf Club in the offices of President
I W ,G. Brisendine Monday night, Dr.
I Nance was elected captain of
the Fort Valley team in the approach
| ing tournament of the Peach Belt!
I Golf Association composed of Haw-j
j kinsville, Fitzgerald, Americus and
Fort Valley clubs,
! All players are • requested to play i
ten games and turn in their scores for
handicaps. Two ladies will be select- 1
ed on the Fort Valley team to play in
the ladies’ foursome. Four men will
be chosen for tournament play. The
tournament will open on May 7th, Fort
Valley playing at Hawkinsville and
KitegOTalu at Americas.
President Brisendine states that the
local course is being reconstructed and
will greet the tournament with ex¬
tensive improvements.
Annual Meeting of |
I ll (> Woman’s CUlh j
I
The annual business meeting of thc
Woman’s Club was held Tuesday with
Mrs. Cornelius Hall. j
Mrs. J. M. Green, president, presid
ed over the meeting, chairman of
standing committees making reports
for Hie year. •
Mrs. Chester Wilson, secretary,
read the annual report, which had been
compiled for the district convention,
which A few was changes held at Cochran. made in the Jj
were
Constitution and bylaws, whereby the
membership will be enlarged and pro
vision was made for a number of as-
8 <’<’< a te members.
The nominations for officers for
l,1( ‘ ensuTiig year were made. Mrs.
Frank Fincher took thc chair and
presided over the election of thc fol
‘'living officers: .■
/’resident, r , Mrs. J. , M. ,, Green; , vice
president, Mrs. W. .1. Braswell; secre-t
Gary, Mrs. Chester Wilson; treasurer,
Mrs. R. D. Hale; critic, Mrs. Frank
Vance; parliamentarian, Miss Wilma
Orr.
Chairmen of standing committees,
who with the officers, compose the ,
* ,
executive board are Mrs. E. L. Duke,
Mrs. C. ^ N. Rountree, Mrs. A. a M. nr Sol- n , ,
onion, Mrs. F. W. Withoft, Mrs. Edwin
Martin, Miss Katie May Williams.
Membership is conferred by the board, j
whom written application is made
through the secretary, with the en- j
dorsemenn of a member of the club.
Authority to discuss all matters of
importance to the club and make rec
to the body is dele¬
gated to the board of directors.
Friends here of Mr. Jim Harris
with him in the loss of his
Mrs. Dellie Stephens, who
at her Texas home recently.
(Eight I’ii ges)
IKIWANIANS PROMOTE BOYS’
WEEK and A DVERTISING CITY T
Train II recked Last
Week; Two
The mixed passenger and
train on the Fort Valley-Perry
of the Central of Georgia railway
derailed near Myrtle late last Friday
afternoon. The locomotive and
freight cars were derailed.
Joseph Evans, of Macon, engineer
on the train ,was seriously injured.
Several ribs were broken and one.
punctured his lung. He was brought
to Fort Valley and hurried to the
Macon hospital on a fast freight train,
He is reported as resting well with
splendid hope of recovery unless
pneumonia complications arise.
I James Mathews, negro fireman, of
[Fort Valley, suffered less serious in
juries. He also was carried to the Ma
con hospital for attention.
Pick 11 p and Destroy
All the Peach Dr ops
In most orchards the small peaches
that are now falling are heavily in
fested with curculio larvae, or worms.
This fact indicates that many adult
are present in Middle Geor
gia peach orchards, as was expected
on account of the very mild winter of
The curculio mortality last
winter was lower than it has been
tor several years. Growers are, there
* ore > advised to start immediately to
P’ ck U P ad small peaches that fall
P re maturely, in drder to reduce the
cureulio population in the orchards
before and during the peach harvest.
Tn somc of tbe years the majority of
lbe worms in the Georgia Belles and
Elbertas at harvest are second general
worms, the eggs of which were
d(1 os,ted by adults that resulted
. the peaches
rom worrrls ,n dropped |
' 11 ^ pild and May. It these drops are
picked up and destroyed the num
hers of the second brood of i
worms
wld be material!y reduced, by prevent
,
ma|l>y worms °f Hie first brood
from reaching the adult stage. Fur- j
thermore, the number of adults that I
^ er hibernation to attack the 1926
will also be materially reduced.
Experiments conducted by this lab
show that three collections of
peaches will eliminate about
per cent of all curculio worms that
during the season in peach drops.
< ‘ rKt collection should be made
a week after the small peaches
to fall, and the other two at in
of five or six days. A special
should be made to collect first
he smallest peaches that drop, as the
drops are the most like- l
ones
to contain curculio worms. All drops 1
be destroyed as soon as they
collected ,by burying in a trench
to 24 inches below the surface of
soil. A layer of quicklime should
placed over the drops before filling
n w jth soil. The worms can be des- (
by boiling the drops, if this can l
conveniently done. Burning drops
not proved so very satisfactory.
0j) account of the extent o{ the cur .
]i 0 infestation in Middle Georgia j
is necessary for peach growers to ■
up and destroy peach drops, in
to the various spraying or
applications, if the insect is
be kept under satisfactory control.!
are also , advised , . . to . ,, the
use
disc under the spread of I
trees as frequently as possible
May 1 and July 1, to prevent
pupae in the soil from reach¬
the adult, or beetle, stage.
Deta,]ed ’"formation on spraying,
’ and other methods of peacb
and disease control can be ob
. , , by applying , . to . thc Government
State Laboratory, Fort Valley,)
“DEMOCRATS” WIN j
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Atlanta, April 22.—The so-called
party won a complete vic
in the political set-to of the Em
University elections this week. The
elected will serve throughout
coming year, going into office in
The new officers of the Liberal Arts
are: J. Q. Maxwell, of Rome,
R. L. Fagan, of Fort Valley, Ga.;
Atlanta, Ga.; and J. W
of Barnesville, Ga.
Peachland Journal
37 years old—only newspa
per in the heart of one of
America's richest diversified
agricultural sections.
$1.70 Per Year in Advance.
I The Kiwauis Club of Fort Valley, in
its weekly meeting last Friday, showed
vital interest in Hoys’ Week, which
will be observed throughout the coun
try during the period of April 26 tit
May 3. Wm. M. Wright, E. M. Whit
hig and Geo. W. Mathews, Jr., have
been named as a committee to prepare
a special program to draw definite
results from the occasion.
National Advertising
Mayor R. I). Hale and his commit
t ee have completed arrangements
with the Brazie Advertising Cars to
represent Fort Valley and Peach
county in the tours of its cars through
America this summer. This advertising
campaign is underwritten and planned
i by the Kiwanis Club, with the gen
elous assistance of other progressive
citizens, John II. Jones and a special
; committee have prepared folders for
[use in the campaign. These folders set
tor the exceptional opportunities for
I good, industrious settlers in this city
and county. They invite requests for
further information to be addressed
to any of several leading county and
municipal officials or the h :ui of any
of the various civic org aizations.
T. F. Flournoy, just b.„ k from New
York, told the Kiwanis ( lub i m an in
spirational way of his attendance at
a meeting of the New York Kiwanis
Club in the Hotel McAlpin on the pre
ceding week. Mr. Flournoy directed
the program for the day, introducing
J. F. Smith, plant chief of the Macon
division of the Southern Bell Tele
phone Company, which is now operat
ing the Fort Valley telephone system.
Mr. Smith, who is directing large im
provements in the local plant, gave
assurances of every effort to maintain
the service which this city has en
joyed in the past.
Wilbur Lawrence , of Macon, well
known amateur comedian, entertained
the club with an inimtable joke*
The meeting for this week will be
to public at'fais and Boy’s
Week.
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Mllldl M( i ( > tUlg OJ
rpj t tie ff/ ff OlllOJl •> S (j r'1 liltl I
The regular meeting of the Wo
Club will be held Tuesday aft
at three thirty, the hour hav
been changed from three ot three
Mrs. Steve A. Bassett will be host¬
be chairman for the afterHHR
to the club and Mrs. Cornelius
will be chairman for the after
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BANK HOLIDAY I
The banks of Fort Valley will he
0,1 Monday, April 27, in ob
ervance of Memorial Day. Monday
as a holiday on this occasion
Memorial Day comes on Sun
a y» Hie 26th.
Stilwell Edwards
\7* 1SltS '« 0,1 ^ntlav u i
Harry Stilwell Edwards, of Macon,
in American literature
for many years an active spirit,
Southern culture, was in Fort Val¬
Monday. Mr. Edwards is at pres
touring ...... America the interest
in
thc Stone Mountain memorial coins
be placed on sale soon.
B. A. HARTLEY CALLED BY I
DEATH
B. A. Hartley, aged 72, died at 3:15
at his home on Miller street,
morning, April 23, after a
illness.
He was born and reared in Craw¬
county and was well known in
section. 1
He is survived by his wife, one son,
Hartley; four sisters, Mrs.
Arnold, of Macon, Georgia, Mrs.
Giles, Mrs. Lucy Dossey, Mrs.
Sanders, all of Fort Valley,
one brother, J. Frank Hartley of.
.
Funeral and interment will be at
Chapel at 10:30 o’clock Fri¬
morning. I
Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Schrayer of
Ga., are visiting Mrs.
father and mother, Mr,
Mrs. R. E. Gassett.