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From One Generation to
A. K. Hurulerd u one f. t*ui( known flower breeder* in the
ttxnui Hu work nnth ylududt at Ooshen, hutiana, near where, hie
pioneer. nil forebearr ■ tiled nearly a hundred yearn ayo har. caused
many In plate him <m a i>a r with Irut her Burbank and other wonder ■
worker t. Mr Kundtrd from the observation of more, than forty
yearn ha eon eluded ihtii flower t and flaj>i‘er: are subject to mue.h
the name natural lawn.
By A. E. Kunderd
ITS UK takes the hisralt
"You said u mouth
"Well, let’s ankle on."
! don't frequent
liainge# or corner
r tUfh to have learned whether
tke slang language up to date
Ittflt. My last thorough
Vltl, ilang was of the "23 ttfeiddoo
tp*jrlo<5 Even that wasn’t the tnevlta
He currency of conversation, when
pit familiar back about 190'
Flappers, Janes, skirts, dolls, frills
gueh, ! learn are some of the
used 1o describe the young ladles
today Sheiks, cavemen, parlor
•ake-eatcre these are names for
young gentlemen. Breeding is
thing at which, a young bond
man ha; told me, “it la to laugh'
Trial marriage*, divorcee, expert
mental Matings, love nests, and the
rest of it sound like quotations from
the censored portions of what was
purmitted Id In road In ray younger
days. Yet the newspapers tell me
that they arc ordinary occurrences of
life in 1925
Prefers Flower*
I am a breeder of flowers. I love
beauty and grace, and f nave found
that flower except for refinements of
type and color, are pretty much the
nine yesterday, today and tomorrow
I suspect that, right down underneath,
the same thing Ih true of these flap
pers and sheiks, bnt It is harder to
credit than 1 b the same theory about
flowers. Confronted with a choice be¬
tween flowers and flappers, or bulbs
end bandits, 1 hope I may bn excused
if I retreat to the flowers and bulbs!
There are several similarities be
tween breeding flowers and breeding
flumans. In the breeding of flowers It
t> the unusual and noticeable charac
AerJstlcs of them that strike the eye of
4he connoisseur and lead him to study
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FOR RENT—Desirable home, central
location See E T Murray, Bank
Fort Valley. 4-24-tf.
FOR SALE—Practically new,
standard make piano, phone 385.
/ 5-7-1 tp
WANTED—Someone to represent the
Original J. R. Watkins Co., in Fort
Valley. You can supply daily neces
sities to regular customers and
• make $35 to $50 a week easily
Write J. R. Watkins Company,
Dept. J-l, Memphis, Tenn. 5-7-4tp
FOR SALE—One medium size re¬
frigerator, in good condition. Louis
Singleton, R. 3. 5-7-1t
FOR SALE — Ten bushel select
speckle field peas. Apply W. L.
Brandenburg, Manager Franklin
Theatre 5-7-lt
LOST—Bar pin of pearls and sap¬
phires, small diamond in center.
Finder notify Mrs. Edwin Martin.
6-5-lt.
WANTED— Young gentleman wants
room and hoard. Prefer private
room. Communicate with C. B. Me
C-ook, at Leader-Tribune office.
*»___.. rarasite VIP Killing r- rish l
. Pond , Washington , .
111 at
Beattie.—A parasite, new to the
United States, lias killed thirty-five
fish of the teni li variety In a pond at
the Unlversiti of Washington, accord¬
ing to Professor .lolin Guberlet of the
Institution's zoology department, who
was studying the organism here. "The
parasite causes a film to form over
the victim’s body and the fish dies
within two weeks. The tench has
been the only variety attacked ut pres
ent.” said Professor ,
Guberlet.
Read the advert -"ments in this is¬
sue. They arc helpful.
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Thr writtf in a field of his be¬
loved gladioli., making notes on them
progress and behaviour such as
formed the basis for his present dis¬
cussion of good breeding.
and experiment. So in confronting
the human race l have naturally fas¬
tened upon what is, to me, at any
rate, He most exotic flavor. That is
updoubtciily the flavor of flapperism.
Another reason is a definite feeling
of alarm If ( permitted -my gladioli
to run as wild as some of the young
persons upon whom Ibe race’s future
depends are allowed to run, there
would h< no new or admirable varia¬
tions for me to present to the public
each year ’Hie fixation of types
would become- impossible and the pres¬
ervation of named varieties, with his¬
tories and accomplishments to their
credit, would he unthinkable. '
Consider the Lily— Twice
Of course the entire world is not
going, nor has it gone, to the dogs,
but it would be exceedingly profitable
for some of our modern youths to g<*
Evans Wins Verdict
A. J. Evans yesterday was award¬
ed judgment in Federal Court in Ma
con of $181.5(i against the S. Abdelnour
Company of Fail River, Mass., a
fruit commission organization. The
jury deliberated from 1 o’clock Tues
day afternoon until shortly after
noor yesterday before reaching the
verdict. Damages of $3,333.51 were
asked for alleged irregularities re
suiting from commission deals con
earning lO^cars of peaches sent the
Eastern firm in 1920.
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“Little Miss Jack”
A powerful and interesting drama
will be staged on Thursday, May 14,
8:00 p. m. at Byron school auditorium
by the Juni<lr and Senior students.
The play will last about two hours,
intersperaed with musical selections,
Cast of Characters.
Maggie, a girl of the Bowery
Helen Gassett.
I Jimmie, with no taste for “woik”—
Cliff Holtzclaw.
Julia Trevors, who has been a mo
ther to Jack—Catherine Vinson.
■ Jacqueline, Little Miss Jack—Mil
dred Lamar.
Doctor Carlyle, a successful physi
eian—Fred Tharpe.
Paul Sanborn, his assistant—Allen
Hardison.
Neena, the doctor’s adopted daugh
fer—Frances Holland.
Aunt Kathie, the Doctor’s sister—
Olga Israel.
Rider, a social hanger-on—Gresh
am Aultman.
Drake, a justice of he peace—Jim
mie Marshall.
Jones, of the police—Truman Hol-»
land.
Admission: Adults 25c; Children
15c.
GEORGIA. PEACH COUNTY
Will b, sold before the door of the Court
House of Peach County to the highest bid
<ilT b>r cnih ' '"tween the legal hours of sale
dMcriLd f aTO^tyt' 1 to-wrt: JUn ° f " n ” w "* s
All that e r.ain tract. tot or parcel of
inml. situated, lyinir amt being in the state
of Georgi J of Peach and in the city
> ,f , .. tort Valley ,, therein, . fronting forty feet
on Marshalivilie road and running hack for
a diwtnce Of one hundred feet, more or less,
aid lot being ihe one deeded to Carrie Lou
Mt" n b> v. i„ urown.
Mi iiin i VI d upon and to be sold to
atisfy an execution from’ 828th. G. m. jus
*••>«« Hou (on County in favor of V. l.
ro . n vs. Carrie Lou Henderson.
Luv i d on by M. L Shuils Special Con
.jib.t and turned over to me for sale.
G. D. ANDERSON.
Sheriff "each County, Ga.
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11 woman is said to be in re
V o . ut an t be against her hus
JUli "ho lost control of her some
- go.
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA„ THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1925.
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to the gladiolus, the peony and the
roRe for a few lessons in wisdom. It
would pay them better than the study
they seem to have given to the lily
of the fields, which Is a wild flower,
and which, as the ,Savior said, neither
toils nor spins it may be clothed
in greater glory than Solomon, as I've
no doubt many modern flappers are.
but ft does not breed improved varie
ties Nor do those who get, married
on a bet, at the end of a jazzy motor
ride, amid the scents of circulating
pocket-flasks.
Flowers Like Humans
Without preaching a sermon 1
should like to pass along a little of
the information that I have acqnired
(luring forty years devoted to the
breeding of gladioli and to efforts to
originate new types. In all that time
there have resulted from my work
only two distinct originations, as to
forms or types; one a flower wi !i a
ruffled edged petal and one a flower
with a lacinated or fringed edged
petal. But they have added beauty to
CON V EN TION G EORGIA - F LOR ID A
UNION SINGERS ASSOCIATION
Valdosta, May 0.—Much in
terest is being shown in Valdosta in
the approaching Convention of the
Georgia-Florida Union Singers Asso
ciation which meets in- this city on
the third Sunday, and Saturday be
fore, in May each year. This conven
tion, though only two years old this
year, has grown to be a reul full siz
ed Convention.
■ Mr. J. W. Lanier, of Valdosta, who
has been president since its organiza¬
tion, is very much encouraged over
the reports he is receiving from great
singers all over Georgia ana Florida
and from other states. He already has
assurance from singers in five states
that they will be present this year.
This is already one of the largest
Conventions of the south and Valdos
ta is proud of the fact that this city
has been selected as the permanent
home of the Convention. The other
officers of the Convention are Prof.
W. J. Royal, Mystic, Ga., Vice- Pres¬
ident; Prof. W. Henry Griffin, Ala
pha, Ga., Secretary. The Executive
Committee which is composed of the
officers and twelve others are scat
tered throughout Middle and South
Georgia arid Florida, thereby assur
ing widespread interest in the wel
fare of hte Association.
President J. W. Lanier states that
arrangements are already made and
homes are secured to take care of all
visiting singers and all singers every¬
where are cordially invited to par
take of the hospitality of Valdosta
attend this convention on the
third Sunday and Saturday before, in
May this year.
TOBACCO HIT BY DROUTH
Americus, Ga., May 5.—Consider
anxiety is being experienced here
Sumter County’s first ex
in tobacco growing upon a
scale. Leslie farmers who
months ago employed a to
' H expert to assist in producing
first crop, state young plants
transplanted into the fields now
d ... - vlng ,n niany '"stances through
of moisture.
The prevailing unpredecented
is believed responsible for this
... and according to W. T. An
cashier of the Bank of Leslie
there cannot hope to secure
good stand of tobacco unless rain
here within a brief time.
H. A. Cliett, county farm demon
agent, who is co-operating
the experiment, is also aroused at
cnntinu'ng drouth, and today ex
the fear that considerable
would be lost by tobacco farm¬
unless the drouth is soon broken. i
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the world and brought joy to the
hearts of millions of flower lovers.
My success iti bringing them into
existence is not, however, what t want
to emphasize. Rather is it my inten¬
tion to call attention to the length of
time that was needed to do just two
tilings with a particular kind of flower
—a flower that lives through twenty
generations while a human being Is
living through one. and which accord¬
ingly shows improvements quicker
than a human being does.
Artificial Maturity
In the first place my flowers were
not speeded up to an artificial maturi¬
ty. If they had been, the flowers that
came after would have been poor and
weak and wisened. They were given
time to grow, with the leisurely and
beneficent action of the sun. the
Stock* One of Oldest
Forms of Punishment
The stocks at W’rnxhall recalls one
of the oldest forms of punishment of
drunkards, disorderly persons, and
other offenders against the law. The
chief merit of the punishment was
tiiat It was cheap, no expense being
incurred by the parish. Every village
was required by the taw of 140T. to
provide stocks, and these as a rule
were placed just outside the church,
as being the most prominent situation,
Up and down tiie Midlands the old
stocks are still to he met with. In
London tlieir use was discontinued
nearly a century ago, but in the prov
Inces they were cot abandoned until
some years later, says the London
i Ihronlcle. far as Birmingham is
concerned, tbe last person placed In
the stocks was in 1844, the punish
ment taking place in the yard of the
old public offices In Moor street.
Tt is recorded (that nt Stratford-on
Avon as late as 1868 a man who had
taken too much malt liquor was put
in the stocks, but does not seem to
have been at all abashed by his public
degradation, for when an inquisitive
person inquired how he liked being
''where lie was he replied: "I beant
the first rnnn as ever were In the
stocks, so I don’t care a fardin about
it.” Biblical students need not he re
minded that Jeremiah, the prophet.
was placed in the stocks by Pnshur.
and Paul and Silas would qeem to
have suffered much the same kind of
treatment at the hands of tlie Jailer
at Philippi.
Much Work Involved
in Making Dictionary
The dictionary, together with the
textbook, Is largely responsible for
the uniformity of pronunciation in the
United States and the general adop¬
tion ut a similar system of spelling
than that which is utsed In England.
Such words as “labor” and "color,”
spoiled with a “u" In the second syl
table t» England, ure examples of the
newer method.
The business of making a dictionary
is a stupendous task. A dictionary is
n record and arrangement of all the
words of n language, current and obso¬
lete, together with all their meanings
and uses. In addition, a dictionary is
a historical record of words,
The lexicographer—for that is the
name given to a Ilian who , compiles __,, a
dictionary—must indicate the origin of
wor d * (> far us it can be deter
mined, and the changes which have
come about In Its meaning through the
passing of the years, If a word has
died out, he must tell when It hap
pelted,
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Farmers engaged in tobacco cul
not be discouraged, however,
are putting forth renewed energy
the transplanting of young plants,
being moistened as they are
in the fields.
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A field of gladioli at Goshen, Indiana, showing the careful discipline
and care that are used in raising the flowers. Mr. Kunderd's idea of the
corresponding care of human breeding, is expressed in the cartoon at
the left.
■ which have become known all over
the world for their size, beadty
varieties, were not produced by a hit
or-miss mating of kinds that bad noth
ing to contribute to each cher. Inf• ■
rior varieties were not crossed with
superior- 'ones in moments of casual
abandon, because th*-y seemed to
make a temporary plea ant impression
on each other. Study and thought
were given to the subject, the condi
lions under which they had to live
were kn .vn, the influences that en
aided them to serve their own benefi
cent purpose the world were pro
••Ided. The mating of flowers is the
wee-ting of kings and queens. Only
ill- i stated for each o^her are used
for handing on types to posterity.
Torn from the flowers again to the
world human beings. How much
test sense is shown as a rule! What
'* laPk " f pro ** ,rUon Is exhibited by
the marriages that are made and un
made in a space of time that once was
only loag Properly to begin a
courtship. Are human beings married
because they have mutual characteris¬
tics that it would be useful and
able to pass on to the next genera
'ion? Of course in many cases they
“ re ’ * n ^ )e sreat majority in the
cases of those wtl ° are fusing this
P° 8t war decade to be known as an
age of jazz and joy what is it that
determines matings?
Marry in Haste
It is, I suspect, a mutual love for
dancing, or motoring, or a mutual
stimulating effect of the air and the j !
nourishment that comes from good I
soil. They bad informed care to stim¬
ulate their good qualities anti to pro¬
tect them from the pests and disease*
that might have rotted th< m to the j |
core. inteUi-|
Children and youths need .is
gent care, as quiet and leisurely an
opportunity for growth as do flowers.
Are they protected against pests and |
disease hy being permitted to smoke
at fourteen years of age, and to ruu
about in promiscuous abandon by the j
age of sixteen? Is a flower more pre- i
clous than a human being, capable of!
greater inspiration when brought to
i normal maturity, or more subject to
decay when exposed to noxious influ¬
ences? I think not.
In the second place, my flowers,
ff We Have No Real Bananas
While the banana is eaten in great
numbers and made the subject of song,
loud and vociferous, the statement is
made that we do not know what bu¬
n,lnHS ar <‘ until we have hud the experi¬
ence of eating them In the lands where
■ which
they ure grown. Those we In
this country are familiar with are
grown In Costa Rica, Jamaica and
countries in tropical America, but they
are picked for shipment long before
they have ripened anti before they have
taken on their best flavor. Efforts
have been made to grow tbe fruit In
California, Louisiana and other warm
sections of this country, hut the ut
tempts have lieen generally unsuccess
ful, for the tree will not stand the tem
perature approaching frost, The ef
forts have never been commercially
successful. In the East Indies bananas
are grown that are a foot long and
two indies in thickness, hut it is im
possible to ship tiiese.—Relioboth Sun
day Herald,
Youth and Middle Age
Youth Is the time tor action—middle
age for thought. In youth, red-handed,
red-ankh d, with songs and shoutings,
we gather in the grapes; In middle age.
under our own tig tree or In quiet gos¬
sip with a friend, we drink the wine
free of all turbid lees. Youth is a
lyrical poet—middie uge Is a quiet es¬
sayist, fond of recounting experiences,
and of appending a moral to every In¬
cident. In youth the world is strange
and unfamiliar, novel and exciting;
everything wears the face and garb
of a stranger; in middle age the world
Is covered over with reminiscences as
with a garment, it Is made homely
with usage, it is made sacred with
graves
In selecting a car or choosing a
wife always examine the paint.
Ouch! Rub Backache,
Stiffness, Lumbago
Rub Pain from back with small i
trial bottle of old
“St. Jacobs Oil. a
Back hurt you? Can’t straighten
up without feeling sudden pains,
sharp aches and twinges ? Now listen I
That’s lumbago, sciatica or maybe
from a strain, and you’ll get relief the
moment you rub your back with sooth¬
ing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil.” i
Nothing else takes out soreness, lame¬
ness and stiffness so qulfckly. You
simply rub it on your back and out
comes the pain. It is harmless and
doesn't bum the skin.
Limber up I Don’t suffer! Get a
small trial bottle of old, honest “St.
Jacobs Oil” from any drug store, and
after using it just once, you’ll forget
that you ever had backache, lumbago
or sciatica, because your back will
never hurt or cause any more misery.
It never disappoints and has been rec¬
ommended for 60 years.
| distaste for cymvenlion or tradition
brings many a young couple Into *
j the justly named bonds of matri
mony.” They come together as rebels,
an, being rebels they are soon parted
J j The adjoining flowerbed is more at
tra. uve t in the one in which tttey
■ happon to be, and in many cases it'is
. wonder Married in haste on whim
j or for superficial caserns eaeh one of
the sobered pair recognizes too late—
or too early a~s the case may be—that,
his proper mate is someone else. Na
ture, when given a chance to express
itself without interference, is the best
instructor in eugenics. Couples whose
qualities are alike and will mutually
strengthen each other, are usually at
traded to each other under normal
conditio*,- though not in the excite
ment of the dance-floor, in the hywavs
that lead to blind pies, or under the
glamor that cast by the ownership
of a peedy motor-car for a stalled
one).
The Sunlight of Wisdom
I would sum up the observations of
an elderly man with a paraphrase of
the Biblical Injunction: Consider not
only the lilies of the field, but the
improved varieties of rose, apple,
peony or gladiolus that hav». been pro
duced by civilized wisdom and the pa
tience of nature. As flowers need the
sunlight of God’s outdoors, the youth
of the human species needs the sun¬
light of wisdom and the slow, quiet
nourishment of Nature in her normal
moods.
DAVIS ROAD HEADS MEET
Memphis, Tenn., May 6.—The Jeff
Davis highway association will hold
convention here on May 26, it was
announced today. This is the first
convention of the organization in two
Cheating ____ students
feel proud that
have discovered smart tricks by
which they can bunco the teachers
prevent their instructors .‘ from
th „ x m prepar( . e for succfi ccis.. „ s
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Workmen recognize its quality
C OMPARED there is a toughness with roll that goods distinguishes of equal weight Carey
Mica-Kote Roofing. This is due to the quality in the
felt itself and to the greater amount of asphalt
saturant which it absorbs.
Samples and prices gladly furnished.
F OUT VALLEY LUMBER COMPANY
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FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
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Mr. Abe Moskovitz was the guest
of friends in Griffin last Sunday.
HSlll^S Cfltflffh
m Iy36u1C111G m m m m is a Combined
* Treatment,both
*° ca ant * internal, and has been success¬
ful in the treatment of Catarrh for ovo
forty years. Sold by all druggists.
F. J. CHENEY &. CO.. Toledo, Ohio
SULPHUR CLEARS
A PIMPLY SKIN
Apply Sulphur as Told When'
Your Skin Breaks Out
Any breaking out of the skin on face,
neck, arms or body is overcome quick
est by applying Mentho-Sulphur. The
pimples seem to dry right up and go '•
away, declares a noted skm specialist.
Nothing has ever been found to take
the place of sulphur as a pimple re
mover It is harmless and inexpensive.
Just ask any druggist for a small jar
of Rowles Mentho-Sulphur and use it
like cold cream. *