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W E ARE r BUILDING A CITY HERE L 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 ®he tribune 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 (Continued on Last Page) New York- Yorktown Air-Line in Operation s A bP HP A'"* m li ffll i A V- ■ V ' AS /. n £ V X i:A: a ■ a ; ■ .-£*____ V : >. ■M , a lid i zm 3 A $4 * Gyf. j m ® V £ : •4 * v/ I® •!' I m A 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 i 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 (Continued on Last Page) 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, (Twelve Pages) 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 ■ 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. ■ $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. | 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.