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Volume XXXVII. Number 20.
First Car Peaches Being Shipped From Fort
.FARMERS ARE URGED TO
SAVE 1925 COTTON CROP •
FROM THE BOLL
* Calcium Arsenate
Peddler ( Mr Here
To Sell it
DISASTROUS COTTON
YEAR WOULD HAVE TERRI¬
BLE EFFECT, GEORGIA
BANKERS ASSERT
With the coining of a calcium a
nate car to Fort Valley on
and Friday, operated by the
Board of Entomology over the
of Georgia Railway, to sell
4 arsenate to farmers at cost. so
they may be prepared to battle
the boll weevil, several leading
ness institutions of the city offer
full-page appeal in today’s
Tribune to the farmers of the
t : ounty section for war on King
ton’s most deadly enemv.
Calling upon farmers'and
ers of Georgia to do everything
their power, through use of
arsenate, to save the 1925 cotton
from ravages of the boll weevil,
Georgia Bankers’ association, in
recent state convention, adopted
lutions in which members warn
eulturalists of the state that
infestation will be greater this
than ever before.
The association declares that
lire oi the cotton crop this year
^ worse economic and social
in the state than ever, and pledge
self, “collectively and individually
to bring to bear every influence
means to prevent destruction by
boll weevil of the cotton crop
1925 and of future years.
It is pointed out that calcium ar¬
senate has been found to be an im¬
portant factor in combating the wee¬
vil by years of research. It also is
stated that the mild winter of 1924-25
necessarily means that weevils will
emerge from hibernation earlier and
in greater number this year than ever
• before. Texas is pointed to as an ex¬
ample of the futility of believing that
the weevil will ever entirely disap¬
pear, it being stated that the weevil
first appeared in that state 30 years
•0go and still is there.
The association sets out that no
.farmer and no land owner should
"up his prix T ate opinion against
mature judgment of experts.
The resolutions in full, follows:
Where&fc, the cotton boll weevil has, dar¬
ing recent years inflicted untold losses upon
the agricultural and business interests of
Georgia, and brought hardship and suffering
upon the people of the state, not only in the
rural districts, but also in every village, town
and city, and,
Whereas after years of research, investi
gation and experiment on the part of the
ablest men, working under the authority of
the national government, the state govern¬
ment, the agricultural colleges, and many
other agencies, the conclusion has been
reached that the use of calcium arsenate as
a poison, is an important factor in combating
the weevil, and,
Whereas, by reason of the unusual Reveri
tv of the winter ot 1923-24 and of the ver y
hvC weather in the summer of 1924, the dam
age by the weevil wan much less serious than
in former years, leading many people to hope
and some to believe that the depredations of
the weevil were on the wane, and,
Whereas, the marked increase of cotton
production in 1924 over 1923 .a an incentive
to land owners all over the state to plan for
and Plant for a larger crop this year, as
shown by the early and thorough preparation
gomg on in every county, and.
Whereat, the winter just closed has been
the mildest for many years, bein,? at no time
cold enough to do the slighest damage to
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T/,v i ax equalizers C*11/fdiners of oi
Peach Begin Work
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The Board of Tax Equalizers, ap
pointed by Judge Mosley for Peach
county went to work Wednesday
moaning reviewing the tax returns of
the county submitted by Tax Receiver
C. N. Rountree.. This board is compos
ed of W. C. Fagan, G. W. Thames and
- T. C. Lowe. The creation of Peach
•4 county will cause more detail work on
account of the different estimates of
property value.
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
I ’1TZGERALD
PLAYING IN
CITY TOD
Fitzgerald plays Fort Valley
I this (Thursday) afternoon on the
local golf course, at 2:30 o'clock,
in the second match of the Peach
1 Belt Golf Tournament. The pub¬
j lic is cordially invited to witness
I the match, according to Presi¬
dent \V. G. Brisendine.
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Dr. Oliver I. Snapp, secretary
the Peach Belt League, reports
Hawkinsville won the match in
ity last Thurs(iay over Fort
| by a score of 15 to 2. The
j reason f° r ' del eat, it is
' was the larRe K;ll,ery of love,y la
! <!ies who followed them diverting
eyes of W - L ’ Nance - R - S Br * swell
Jr., Dr. Snapp and W. G.
i lrom lhe bali - Mrs - Nehie MiUer
I Miss Audrey Fagan were the
Paying for Fort ValIey -
Really, the principal reason for
was lack of familiarity
the Hawkinsville course. The
I on the home course today is
! to bring more gratifying results,
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Merchants “
!To Close ^
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The merchants of Fort Valley
are developing plans for closing
on Thursday afternoons durnig
the months of June, July and
August. It is understood that in
Macon, Montezuma and other
nearby towns the merchants are
adopting this plan with the view
that no business will be lost on
Thursday afternoons and the rest
and recreation will add greatly to
the efficiency of clerks and vol¬
ume of business on the week¬
ends.
District Conference
The District Conference of the
! Macon district, South Georgia Meth
Conference, will convene in
East Macon church next Tuesday at
9 a. m., Eastern time. Rev. W. F.
Smith, presiding elder, will preside.
The Conference is of more than
f usual interest by reason of the fact
that lay dfclegat6S to the ensuing .
nuai Conference will be elected, who
will vote on the question of unifica
tion with the M. E. Church. The sen
timent in the Macon district seems to
be against the proposed plan of Union
though some of the leading laymen
and pastors favor it.
The local Methodist church will be
represented in the district meeting
by the pastor, Rev. T. H. Thomson,
Revs. G. B. Culpepper and C. H.
Harbuck, local preachers, Col. C. L.
Shepard, ’ recording steward, ’ A. L.
, fo]
Charge lay , _
lowing delegates: G. P. Greene, Jno.
g Vance, W. L. Houser, Mrs. W. S.
white Mrs r. g. Braswell, Mrs. C.
H. Matthews, , J. D. Kendrick, And .
Gep. M. Johnson. The alternates
Geo. B. Culpepper, Jr., I. O. Miller,
K M waiting a IM Mrs. w w. a. p vr,,_ ssor
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ton.
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j CAPT. BOYKIN GOMES BRANCH
outi.r TO FT VAI allli / EY uiya.y .ytt
(citizens HawkiMV lile, Ga., May n.-The
of Hawkinsville, learn with
'deep regret that Capfc, F. A. Boykin,
who has been conductor on the Sou
thern rcacl) between Hawkinsville and
Cochran has been transferred to the
Fort ValIey Branch ’
, Capt. Boykin to Hawkinsville
j came
several years ago, and during his stay
here has made a host of friends who
regret to see him leave. He is sue
, ceeded by Mr. W. R. Dodge,
FORT VAI.LEY, PEA^H COl'NTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, May IS, 3925.
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IMPROVEMENTS
I v N «, RAILROADS ■ s jww is / i i w,
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Along with the announcement
Perry is to have a new railroad
to be known as the Perry and South
eastern Railway Company, running
from Perry to Clinehfield, a station
on the G. S. & F., officials here of
jthe Central of Georgia going Railway Com
pany state they are to put the
Perry brach division of their line in
excellent condition, both for passen¬
ger and freight service/
j It is understood that the laying of
rails and replenishing the old road
bed on the Hawkinsville and
railroad east of Perry has already be
gun. The distance from Perry to
Clinehfield, which the road will ex
tend is approximately eight miles in
length and is to be operated inde
pendently by citizens of Perry and
Houston County.
in building this road, it will
pletely revolutionize the freight in-
1 dustry and further development of
! Perry and its immediate vicinity.
The roail will connect with the C.
of Ga. in Perry and with the G. S. &
>• South’s in ciinchfieid-the largest home plant—two of the of
cement
1 the largest and most progressive rail¬
road lines in the state or the South¬
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east.
j Local C. of Ga., officials state that
they have received approximately
'appropriations amounting to around
850,000 in making improvements on
> the Perry branch division.
( It was only recently that the rail¬
road officials found it necessary to
P lace Iar « e engines on this line t0
» a " dle the iacrease * n ^e.ght sh>p
on^natmg in Perry and inter
mediae points.
Woolfolk and Evans, who ship from
Perry, and Duke Brothers, who load
at C1 °P ine > are the largest shippers j
of peaches, watermelons and aspara
m Houston and Peach counties. (
Improvements are going on in the,
Perry yards and at CJopme and Myr- I
tie, by extending the side tracks to,
ham „ e the large peach and watermel- .
which , .
on crops are m view.
Larger rails are to be placed from
Fort Valley to Perry, also better. I
passenger service , is . to , be assured, ,
was on j y recently that, com
p] 1 a j nts reac hed the railroad commis
icn Atlanta that , passenger train .
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service on this line was unusually
below the average. Due to the
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never leaving on the sped
fied time > passengers are known t0
had t0 wait thPee hours aftef
the time schedu,ed t0 g0 to Perry **
traln ‘
However, since additional engines
have been placed in the 'local yards
here to handle the local freight move¬
ments, passenger train service to
perry is to be greatly improved and
to have regular schedules as on main
!>nes.
j The woman who says all men are
alige should marry the man who says
k e understands women. — Toledo
Blade.
(A) VI NI E i\ C E M /i T
EXERCISES ,7 rs r, OF /c »'i
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Hon. A. P. Persons To Deliver Liter
ary Address on Evening of
the 29th.
Prof. J. F. Lambert informs The
Leader-Tribune of the events of the
1925 commencement exercises of Ft.
Valley public schools, marking the
close of one of the most fruitful sea
sons in their history. The events are
as.follows: 1
Friday evening, Mai) 15, at 7:30 o’
clock, Miss Beatrice McConnell’s mu
recital.
Thursday morning. May 21, 8:30 o’
dock, Senior class day exercises.
Friday evening, May 22, 7:30 o’
dock, operetta given by the pupils of
mi ss Florence Smith.
Tuesday evening, May 20, 74,30 o’-j
'dock, recital by Miss Marjorie Brown
Miss Smith’s music class and Miss
Miriam Edwards of Miss English’s
expression class
Wednesday, May 27, Home Econom
ics display.
Friday morning. May 29, 9 o’clock,
Seventh grade graduation exercises.
Friday evening. May 29, 7:30 o’
clock, Senior class graduation exer
cises. Hon A. P. Persons, of Talbot
ton, Ga„ will deliver lhe literary ad
dress, |
ADDS
LOVELY TEA ROOM
Copeland's Pharmacy is having the
rein • of its sotre remodeled in hand
some style for a tea room which will
be opened soon This tae room is ex-.
. [
pected to attract wide attention and
draw much trade to Fort Valley. It,
W ill he under the direction of Mrs.
Myles Green.
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Rgv G(>() M(jt f tews Hurl
£ Turns Over
Rev. Geo. W. Mathews was found
UnCOnSClOUS on We > , a j about ten
miles OUt from Afchbtirn last Weanes
ohe arm broken and was i
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Mr. Mainews , , had nat. been win visiting vjotting rela- J
herfe an(j )eft about noon Wed
ncs( i ay for Ashburn. It is believed
t lnaL j, a t his car turned 1 over on a curve
in the road. The car was only slightly
injured, <
Mayfield, Ky„ May 13.—A distinct
earth tremor lasting half a minute
, vas felt in ^ ayfield at 6 /dock this
morning. Windows and dishes rattled
and a slight rumbling noi.,o acorn
panied the disturbance, '
Quality Printin a a
Good emy time or we tttake it good.
And, “by the sweat of the brow,”
we are boosting for 'you all the time.
The Leader-Tribune
Telephone 119.
| KIWAN1S PEACH ‘STICKER' CLUB’S
HITS BULL’S-EYE
Marshallville (Tub Receives Charter
at Brilliant Meet Thursday
“EAT GEORGIA PEACHES— All
the time," striking words crowned
with a beautiful peach, make the sub
stance of a beautiful four-color stick
er 1 3-4 x 2 1-4 inches in size which
is commanding wide attention and
i will perform a mighty service in
awakening the desire of the world for
the luscious Georgia peach. ( These
stickers are made from a design by
Miss Christine Evans. President E. T.
;Murray and T. F. Flournoy of the
Kiwanis Club of Fort Valley are dis
( tributing the stickers to be used on
letter heads and in all correspondence.
[upon They are being heartily "Congratulated
1 the brilliant idea.
j It is stickers expected will that distributed a million by of
these be
jjune placed 1st. Mr. thousands Flournoy already ot them lias in
many
Fort Valley and elsewhere. Mr. Mur
ray I ),ace<1 nearly 50,000 of them in
Macon alone on Monday afternoon.
They will be placed among various
'civic Organizations, manufacturers,
chambers of commerce, wholesalers
and large mercantile establishments
j throughout America. They are thousand, sold at
actual cost— only $2.00 per
Recess June and July
At at meeting of the Kiwanis board
))f directors Monday it was decided
1 to follow the custom of previous
years and recess the club during the
peach season, June and July, resum
j n p meetings on the first Friday in
August.
Ladies’ Night May 22.
An elaborate ladies’ night program
will be presented on Friday night,
May 22, this date being selected in
p ] ace 0 f the one on the regular
u l e which would fall on the first
Friday of the recess season. A num -1
her of officers and members of the
Civitan Club of Perry and the Kiwanis
Club of Marshallville, with then
wives, will be invited guests.
charter for Marshallville
A number of Fort Valley Kiwan
; an s enjoyed the elegant program
which marked the presentation of its
to the new club in Marshall
jjj e ] as t Thursday night. With T. F
Flournoy as interlocutor, a special
ature made typical American wit—
height of the ridiculous—in the
of an impromptu minstrel act,
C. Hall, Ashby McCord, E, M.
and John H. Jones as imag¬
blackface, Irish and Jewish
They escaped with their
There are conflicting reports ts
whether the noise was laughtei oi
Marshanvjlle club bids fair to a
The one ^ oiuit th( . most « wid e-awake, pro
Kiwanis units in the sU.e
officers are:
F. J. Frederick, president; C. J.
vice-president; T. S. Taylor,
vice-president; S. B. Goodwin sec¬
treasurer; L. B. Rumph, dis
trustee.
Directors: F. B. Murph, E. C. Bry
B. B. P,umx)h, W. H. Lee and 11. A.
, and H. A.
C. Rumph, W. H. Lee
Active members: F. P Baldwin, M.
Bell, E. C Bryan, J. H. Coffee, A.
^Frederick' E. ^.Frederick, Frederick, i.
Frederick Dr. D, B. S.
Frederick’ S B Goodwin, C. J.
J G Griffin, G. F. Gam- M.|
’ a’ H Haslam ’ J. G. Howell,
Jr j j 0BC8 j_ f,
^ 1 }I “ j L e> H A . Lee, ^ Jr., *
’ g r ’ s 0 Monk( A
, f , B Murph> B B , Murpb,
^ Murph, H. M. McKenzie, S. J.
Dr. G. W. Nelson, D. C.
Rumph, L. B. Rumph, S. C. Rumpb,
W. H. Rice, R. H, Richard, E. L.
Sammons, W M. Slappey, F. A.
Slade, P. K. Timberlake, Fred Virden,
Prof. E. A. Wight, T. S. Taylor. J. C.
Taylor.
Honorary members: Rev. W. <1.
Lovett, Rev. B. E. Donehoo and E, B.
(Eight Pages.)
Several Crates Shipped to
NewYork Monday; Car Was
Being Loaded Yesterday
R. L. Marehman and the Evans-Clark Company began loading a
car ol peaches on Thursday for the first car-load shipment of the season.
I his is much ahead of last year’s first shipments.
A car ot Mayflowers was loaded from the orchards of V. A. Stew¬
art at Byron on Wednesday.
Several crates of Mayflowers were shipped by express to New
A ork on Monday. II. C. Hance, with orchards 3 1-2 miles north of the city,
who has brought Sn the first crate during the last five years, expressed two
o New York, while the Evans-Clark Company also expressed a crate.
to that point.
The fruit is said to be exceptionally fine for the early shipments.
Other reports of express shipments Monday were from ('. M. Bartlett, of
Butler, and E. E. Joiner, at Powersville.
Moderate rains during the week have brought considerable relief
the minds of growers.
COURT
With Judge Malcolm Tc Jones pre¬
a special term of Peach coun¬
superior court will convene Monday
at nine o’clock for the hear
of cases surrounding the W. C.
estate, of which Judge A. C.
and D. C. Strother are execu¬
The appearance docket of the
term also will be called.
Anderson Is
Uninvited Guest At
Big Mullet t Supper
Sheriff Anderson was calmly called
the rescue of a colored “hostess
0 was entertaining several of
with a Saturday night Mullet
near Norwood Springs last
night.
It was nearing the mid-night hour
en passersby were disturbed by the
trowd of dark,es along the
side, and profanity being used
an exees, and having plenty of
accompanied with the “con¬
weapon,” fun was in great
When almost by the twin¬
of an eye, Sheriff Anderson and
of his deputies and Robert
Constable of the Myrtle
District, arrived on the scene.
Approximately 200 negroes, both
the feminine and masculine sex,
into the woods and peach
carrying with them their
of a week’s wages.
Several pistols were found after the
scattered in every direction, and
neighbor reported finding one Sun¬
morning.
Sheriff Anderson gathered several
of “booze” and less than a half
negro men—violators of teh Vol¬
Act, and “toting concealed
and escorted them to the
County jail in Fort Valley.
It was “dad’s” night before Mo¬
Day.
F. W . Withoft
Goes To Convention
^ R W Withoft left this week
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Memphis, Tenn., where she will
the Southern Baptist Conven
- From Memphis she will go to
and the West, where she will
fo « about five weeks, traveling in
interest of the Southern Baptist
Missionary Boarxl, conducting
study classed in different as
Telephones In Rooms
Manager Emory Coppedge of the
Hotel states that the instal
of telephones in every room of
popular hostelry has been about
for operation with a spec
switchboard in his offices. This
prove of great value to visitors
do business here during the peach
and gives Winona guests the
telephone service as that enjoy¬
in the hotels of larger cities.
Peachland Journal
37 year* old nly newspa
per in the heart of one of
America's richest diversified
agricultural sections.
$1.30 Per Year in Advance.
FIRST PL ANT
OF KIND IN
SOUTH HERE
Realizing the great need of, and
opportunity for, a calcium arsenate
manufacturing plant in the South, J.
W. Woolfolk & Company are now
erecting such a plant in Fort Valley,
on the grounds of their present loca¬
tion. This will give to Fort Valley the
outstanding distinction of having the
only plant for the manufacture of
calcium arsenate and lead arsenate in
the South, which will keep in the
South a part of the eight million dol¬
lars which heretofore has been going
to other regions for these products.
W. J. Liipfert will supervise the!
manufacture _____ of all insecticides for
company, having moved here
f roni Baltimore, Md., where he was
one 0 f the leading experts in this la¬
dustry. Mr. Liipfert and his family
| are at home in the residence original
) y owne( j by William M. Wright.
Death Claims Mrs.
Margaret C. Martin
Mrs. Margaret C. Martin, a beloved
woman among countless friends
this section of Georgia,
passed into the great beyond at the
ripe age of 75 years, at the home
her daughter, Mrs. F. G. Catchings
in Atlanta, Tuesday afternoon at 2
o’clock,
Mrs. Martin was before her mar¬
riage Miss Margaret Mann. She was
born and reared at Perry. After her
marriage to Edwin Martin, Sr., her
home was for several years at Jack¬
sonville, Fla.
Since the death of her husband,
which occurred during the yellow fe¬
ver epidemic in Jacksonville, she has
lived at Perry and with her daughter
in Atlanta.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Martin had
a fall which injured her hip. Since
that time she has been steadily de¬
clining in health until she passed
away on Tuesday.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Martin
is survived by two sons, Joel Mann
Martin, of Atlanta, and C. E. Martin
of Fort Valley, a sister, Mrs. C. E.
Gilbert of Perry, and several grand
children. 4
The body was carried to Perry for
interment . Funeral services were con
dncted by Rev, Davenpoft, Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock,
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Sunday School Picnic
The Sunday schools of Fort Val¬
ley enjojyed an ideal day for their an
nua j p i cn i c a t Houser’s Mill last Fri
day E L Lester has the various fea
tures 0 f Houser’s Mill in splendid con
d jtjon. An exceptionally fme feast
wafl gerved for the picnic d ; r . n er
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QUAKE IN CAIRO
Cairo, 111, May 13.—A slight earth
tremor, which caused no damage, was
I felt here about 6 o’clock this morning.