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Volume XXXVII. Number 24.
Elherla Should Peaches
Receive Final Treatment
The Elbertas have now reached the correct stage for the final
application of spray or dust for the control of curculio and brown
rot, and peach growers are advised to treat them between June 11-
17 with four pounds of arsenate of lead and 32-32-200 self-boiled
lime-sulphur, or 80-5-15 dust. A special effort should be made to
thoroughly cover every peach on the trees at this time, as it is
desirable to produce a residue on them that will remain there until
harvest. Hileys should have received the final treatment week be¬
v fore last, and Georgia Belles last week.
The long dry period materially curbed brown-rot and curculio,
and the fruit has been carrying in an excellent condition. Recent
rains will, however, undoubtedly increase attacks from pests. The
new generation of curculio beetles will be emerging from the soil
in Middle Georgia peach orchards during the next several weeks
when the curculio population will be greatly increased. This new
generation of beetles can be successfully controlled if the last sprays
have been applied at the times specified. Growers are also advised
to continue the frequent use of the extension disk under the spread
of the trees to destroy curculio pupae that have not yet matured.
GOVERNMENT AND STATE LABORATORY,
Issued June 10, 1025. Fort Valley, Georgia.
Sanders Harris To
Attend lnternafl
Kiwanis Meeting ft
T. Sanders Harris will leave on
Friday of next week—June 19th—to
attend the ninth Kiwanis Internation¬
al convention in Saint Paul, Minneso¬
ta, June 22-25. He w'as chosen as
delegate by the Kiwanis Club of Fort
Valley some time ago, with John II
Jones as alternate.
Mr. Harris will have the honor of
representing one of the most lively,
progressive Kiwanis clubs in the
world, for the Kiwanis Club of Fort
Valley maintains a high standard of
active interest in movements that are
worth while.
Mr. Harris will carry with him a
quantity of distinctive advertising
matter for conveying the breath of
this wonderful agricultural section’s
attractive life to the thousands of
representative men who will gather
in Saint Paul from various parts of
the world.
r Campaign Launched For The Purpose Of
Building Bridge Across The Flint River
irfiach and I aylor Counties .
Combining Their Efforts ,
Ton ai ds T h i s I m
portant Project
(From The Butler Herald)
A number of citizens of Butler and
Reynolds were dinner guests of the
. Fort Valley Kiwanis Club Friday,
when, besides a number of other im
portarit business matters brought
the attention of the Club, the
posed bridge across Flint river, con
necting Peach and Taylor
was discussed at considerable length,
all discussions being favorable to the
proposition. More definite action in
the matter, however, was taken in
the appointment of a committee 0 f
prominent Fort Valley gentlemen to
act jointly with the committee from
Taylor county in mapping out plans
for immediate action in obtaining a
survey of a suitable location for the
bridge and an approximate cost of
construction.
The two committees frqm the ad
joining counties held their joint ses
sion in the Peach county court room
following the adjournment of the
Kiwanis Club meeting. The meeting
was duly organized by the election of
%on W. E. Steed, chairman and Edi
John H. Jones, .
tor secretary.
The discussions of this meeting
were in effect a continuation of those
at the Kiwanis Club dinner, both be
ing intensely interesting and highly
favorable to the construction of the
bridge.
The resolution offered by Col. C. L.
Sheppard requesting the , . .
commission
ers of Tavlor and Peach counties to
make formal , request to the , State
Highway^Commissioners to have the
Aurvey made at once empowering the
survey committee to take such
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNT Y, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 11)25.
RETORTS FIRST
! COTTON
Miller Mathews reported the
cotton bloom of the season on
nesduy. He says he has 125 acres
mighty good cotton from which
expects to begin picking by August
He is using poison on Brother
VVeevil and will keep after the
in this way, realizing that the
ference between a cotton crop
and a good profit therefrom is
slant work with poison against
weevil.
Peach Prices In
East Are Steady
Prices for Georgia peaches in the
lager marketing points were still
quoted to be good with 0’s Red Birds
bringing from $3 to $6, according to
size and condition; 6's Early Rose
from $4 to $6; 6’s Arps from $2 to
$3.25; 6’s Carmens from $2.50 to $4- 1
Os early Carmen from $2.50 to $4.
[steps as seemed wisest and best m
bringing to the attention and solid it
i mg the influence of the Statte High
j way Board to include in their 1926
j appropriation a sum sufficient to pay
the State’s part in the cost of con¬
struction of the bridge matching the
[two counties’ part of fifty per cent
°* cos *-- ^ he resolution by Mr.
Sheppard was unanimously adopted,
whtn the meeting adjourned subject
^e call of the chairman,
^ the enthusiasm that gripped
ever V one attending the Kiwanis
ner as we ^ as ®R members of the
committee over the bridge proposi- ;
I fmu any indication of final results
b^f-Te is assured and that at no
ver F distant date.
The bridge across Flint river two
miles east of Reynolds will in the
course of natural events establish
another and very important State
Highway through Taylor county and j
e a direct route between Macon and
Columbus following the Central of
Georgia railroad all the way. From
Geneva to Columbus there is no [
highway in the State in finer condi- ^
tion than this, and this is equally true
of the highway between Fort Valley '
and Macon. The gap between Geneva
and Fort Valley, via Junction City, ;
Howard, Butler and Reynolds is very
essential to the State at large. The;
quicker this is done the quicker will
come the development of this section
and the better it will be for the tra”
eling public. i
* In passing it affords us pleasure to
say for the Kiwanis Club of Fort Vai
ley that it has more pep to the
square men and , Going , . more to ad
vertise . Fort „ valley to the ,, world ,,
as
well as bringing things to pass in its
. , , . , , >
own interest, both m business and
civic affairs, than any other organi
zation within our knowledge in the
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Christening of the giant twin-motored transport plane at Bowling field, inaugurating the new airplane
service between New York and Yorktown, Va. Miss Elizabeth Owens, daughter of Clarence J. Owens, director
eral of the Yorktown forum, is standing on a chair, from which she christened the ship.
\ HALF HOLIDAY
! | JOYFUL EVENT
THURSDAY
j
Many of the merchants of
j Valley joined last Thursday
j noon in closing their doors for a
j ' holiday holiday. It is Thursdays understood will that the
on
through June, July and August.
merchants who signed the
to this effect are:
J. L. Long.
Georgia Grocery Co.
Singletary Cash Market.
Lee’s Department Store.
John Vance.
R. & P. Ten Cent Store.
A. & P. Tea Co.
W. E. Butler.
H. II. Bartlett.
W. C. Lankford.
L. W. Rogers Co.
Nash Market.
W. R. Berry.
S. Arenson.
R. S. Braswell, Jr.
Rubin Goldman.
T. J. Hallman.
J. T. Berry.
E. R. Oates.
Mrs. R. M. Hargrove.
R. M. Hargrove.
Mrs. R. C. Arnold.
U. L. Vincent.
Goodware Shoe Shop.
II. T. Wilder.
II. Moskovitz.
Frank Morse.
Perry Hardie Pressing Club.
S. Halprin.
W. R. Anderson.
Edwards Bros.
The Miller Co.
How would you like to be young
an,i start a11 over > ljU y in £ furniture
un the installment pian !
THOMAS CALLS LIBRARY FOR
PROUD SUPPORT CITIZENS
The Thomas Library Association
0 f Fort Valley observes its annual
Book Day on the 16th of this month.
In the observance of this day a chal
lenge is given to every citizen of
Fort Valley and to every ^>ne who
uses the library. It is needless to
dwell on the worthiness of the cause
for no doubt every one of us appre
dates the value and the necessity of
the library.
Fort Valley is proud of its Thomas
Library, which has done so much on
so little. From the donation of a pri
vate library by Dr.- and Mrs. Thomas
it has grown to a library with vol
umes in circulation. However, we
must not be satisfied with this if the
horary . to for the , need
is progress
of books , and , contributions . is .
a ne
cessity. . The ........... civic pride of Fort Val
ley demands that we have a larger 6
circulation . , . of „ . books, that the library ,
be up to date and equal to
demands of the town. For this
to come true the library needs the
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THE MAN FROM
GEORGIA
On the old walnut pulpit of
First Presbyterian Church in
ta rests a great bible that w
brought from England early in the
nineteenth century. It is bound with
leather, heavily embossed with gilt
and for a hundred years the
of the First Presbyterian church have
turned its yellowing leaves and found
in it’ the texts to give to their con
gregations.
Because it was made to read in the
days when oil lamps were the only
light at evening services, the print
is large and the first letter of a new
chapter is an ornamented capital '
There could not be a more fascinat¬
ing volume with which a small boy
could practice newly acquired know¬
ledge of reading.
Tommy made this discovery, ac¬
cording to the reminiscence of an old
member of the church who recalls
that one day Mrs. Wilson hunted high
and low for her young son. He was
not in the yard or the barn loft or
playing baseball with the boys on
the lot back of the church. Finally
she happened to go into the church.
There was Tommy standing on a
chair behind the pulpit, leaning over
the great book, tracing the words
with a grimy little forefinger and
singing them out over the empty
pews as he deciphered them. IIis
manner was a vague imitation of his
father, and, despite the fact that
Tommy was disobedient, his mother
smiled. Investigation revealed that he
had been “Preaching” in the church
on a number of occasions—also that
the leaves of the great bible had been
torn in a number of places. Mrs.
Wilson recommended the family bible
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help of every citizen of the town, so
when someone comes to you on next
: Tuesday asking that you help en
large the library will you not be
ready to contribute?
jf there is a book in your own li
brary for which you have no special '
association will you not give this !
book to the library? In this way you
no t on jy help the library but you will
p .j ve someone the pleasure of reading
this book of yours. Perhaps though j '
y 0U have not a book which you want
to give and still this cause appeals,
then the '■Library Association will
welcome your gift of money. j
;
qq o- ( . aus( , no K0 licitin ^) 1C
growth and , development , , . of the li
, brary • of , the chief , . - interests . , . of „
is „„ one
the ,, people , of Fort Valley, and , we
agsuref j ^at the 16th of June i
will be a Red Letter day m the his- •
: ‘
0 -rum * e ^° ,Tlas Library. The aim
* s high, but Fort Valley wiss res- !
pond, and the goal will be reached,
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THREE STILLS
ARE
Sheriff G. D. Anderson,
panied by Special Deputies B.
field and J. W. Joyner, did
j shiners much damage 1 last
They destroyed three still plants.
One still and about 300 gallons
niasli were destroyed near Big
( |ian creek; a big still stand about
, i _2 m il e further on was demolished;
an d another stand with a quantity of
nia sh met the same treatment near
the Houston county line in the Mossy
creek neighborhood. No
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were found,
Miss Louise McCowen returned
home Monday after receiving her
diploma at G. S. C. W., Milledgeville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCowen and
Mrs. J. F. English attended the
graduation exercises at G. S. C. W.,
Milledgeville, last Monday.
Harry Stilwell Eduards and the
Stone Mountain Memorial Coin
By S. M. MATHEWS, Local Chairman
To those Georgians who are appre¬
ciative of the work of Mr. Edwards in
the Literary World, it is doubtless of
interest to note his connection
the present drive.
This present plan of selling memo¬
rial coins was the product of his fore¬
sight and his diligent efforts. Ever
since October , 1923, he has been con¬
sistently working to put the plan
across. He has made several trips to
Washington, worked out the details
of the plan, and, among other things,
talked the matter over with President
Coolidge. It was not an easy matter
to put the bill through Congress—
not on account of any sectional op¬
position, but on account of the fact
that all coinage bills are sent to the
Director of the Mint for endorse¬
ment, and the director, or the Assist¬
ant Director who was in charge dur¬
ing the Director’s absence, i
was op¬
posed to memorial coins. It was only ,
upon the understanding that cash j
be paid for the coins that this
was overcome, and it is the
of the writer from
State Officials of this campaign that
^ ess these coins are sold, they will
called in from the Federal Re
Banks on January J, 1926, and
be re-melted and re-coined.
Edwards certainly had no sel
ends to serve in this work. He
it on account of his devotion to
South and his belief in the
His true portrayal of South
life in his short stories indicates
he is perfectly familiar with the
of the South and the traditions
the South, and that he knows the
of the people of this, his native
He is doubtless the leading lit
figure of Georgia today, hav
attained national recognition as
writer of short stories.
PEACHLAND
JOURNAL
3(> years old—only
newspaper in heart
of one of America’s
richest diversified
agricultural sections.
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$1.50 Per Y'ear in Advance.
ItANKS CITY OF
RECEIVE COINS
FOR MEMORIAL
The first consignments of Confede¬
rate Memorial Half Dollars, minted
by the United States Government as
a “tribute to the valor of the Soldier
of the South,” which are to be si¬
multaneously released throughout the
nation on July 3rd, have been re
ceived by the Fort Valley banks.
“Citizens of Fort Valley now have
the opportunity of making sure of
obtaining some of these coveted Me¬
morial coins on their national dis
| tribution July 3rd,” said C. E. Martin,
j vice-president Fort Valley, by of the immediately Citizens Bank of
pur
; chasing coin certificates, redeemable
for the actual half dollars on July 3.
I “As less than two million of the
i Memorial coins are available to the
entire South at this time, the Sou¬
thern Bankers Committee, arranging
details of their distribution, has al¬
located only a limited number to each:
city and county in the various South¬
ern states. Once these quotas are ex¬
hausted no further coins are obtain¬
able. • ’
“The issuance of there commemo¬
rative coins by the N onal Govern¬
ment is an event of a at significance
to the south,” sai : E. T. Murray,
cashier of the Ban of Fort Valley*
“It is a gesture of .endliness on the
part of the natr . to which the
South will spontaneously respond.
“Not only do these coins have a
I ln,i:h sentimental value through thia
na *-* ona ^ recognition of our Southern
heroes, but they also possess an addi
tl ° nal worth, since the modest pre
I mlum at the whlch the coins are soltl
goes to com P letion of the great!
;
i monumen *' to ^ ie Confederacy being
carved at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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I SING SUNDAY
! COURT HOUSE
A good old fashioned singing I
event will he a feature of wor- !
ship next Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock in the Peach county
court house. The public is cor¬
dially invited to join in this sing¬
ing.
To quote Mr. Edwards from a let
ter written to Mr. Hollins Randolph,
President of the Stone Mountain As
sociation:
“Stone Mountain has become not
only a memorial to the holy dead of
the South, but a pledge to the living,
to unborn Americans, that the mem
orics of war shall no longer divide
them in bitterness. The American
people have written their epitaphs
on the living rock with the silver of
our mountains, while the eagle, sym¬
bol of courage and liberty, stands
guard above all. And this, too, is
epochal.”
Harry Stilwell Edwards has un
selfishly devoted a lot of time and ef¬
fort to give to the people of Georgia
an everlasting monument. It is a
tribute to the South, but the monu~
ment is to stand in Georgia, and we
must not forget this.
^ ou can buy these certificates at
e *fber bank in Fort Valley. It is tho
duty of every person man, woman,
arK * child, in Peach County to do his
or * ler P art - T be members of the lo
ca * committee are devoting their
time and efforts toward selling these
coins, and it will be a great help if
the citizens of this County will go
to Eiem instead of having them coma
to F° u - Remember this is not chari
ty. It is your privilege as inhabitants
the South to which this coin, in
*tself, and this great monument on
Stone Mountain, in itseh, pays tri
bute.
The following chairmen, with their
respective committees, have certifi
cates for sale: Mrs. John Brown, Mrs
Ben Fincher, Mrs. C. E. Martin, Mrs.
Robert Hale, Mr. John Vance, Mr.
Ed Murray, Mr. Tom Flournoy, S. M.
Mathews.