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W E ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE Volume XXXVII. Number 28. Walker Asks New State Tax Law s and Bonds for Education LIMITED INCOME A N I) CLASSIFIED SYSTEM IS URGED Bond Issue of $10,000,000 to $15,000, 000 for Campaign of Education Expansion Atlanta, July 8.—A classification tax, an income tax limited in the con¬ stitution to 5 per cent, and a bond issue of from $10,000,000 to $15,000, 000 for buildings and equipment for a campaign of education expansion were urged by Governor Clifford Walker Tuesday when he delivered his message to the House and Senate of General Assembly in joint ses¬ sion. The Governor declared that the present system of taxation in Geor¬ gia has absolutely broken down. The state is faced with the need of ad¬ ditional money, and with a demand for a more equitable distribution of the burden of taxation. » There would be little difficulty in passing a classification tax, he de¬ dared, since it is an obvious need. But he said there was opposition to an income tax, and challenged its opponents to suggest a better means to raise funds badly needed by the state. “I pledge you my aid in se¬ curing adoption of any conservative substitute plan which any opponent of the income tax will suggest, if the Comptroller General and the State Auditor will certify that in their opinion the substitute plan will ac tually bring into the state treasury $3,000,000 annually of new taxes up on the invisible and intangible prop erty,” the Governor declared. SING SUNDAY There will be community singing at the Franklin Theatre Sunday af¬ ternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The public is invited. No Houston Superior Court for Next Week The July term of Houston County superior court, scheduled to convene next Monday, will be adjourned to a later date, and possibly to the regu lar term, which will convene on the first Monday in October, according to Judge H. A. Mathews. This post pontment is occasioned, said Judge Mathews, by the fact that the move¬ ment of peaches will be heaviest about that time. THE LADY WITH A PIPE London-—Miss Adelle Baker, who is painting “The Crucifixion for a Stepney church, smokes a pipe while Ahe works. LOADING OF MIXED CARLOADS OF CRATES AND BUSHEL BASKETS By F. C. 1L1FF, Enginner Freight Container Bureau It jnay sometimes happen that in order to move a car of peaches that the shipper fnids it necessary to load part of the load crates and part bushel baskets. It is not recommended that this practice be followed out, but in cases of emergency the load should be stowed as follows: Load crates in the car first at the end or ends of car according to the number of crates to be loaded. Then brace the crates against shifting by means of a gate or by means of 2 by 4’s placed across car at the center of each layer of crates and block back of a short piece of 2 by 4 Then load baskets in the same manner as is or dinarily followed ,that is, start along one side of car with one row, com pleting it three high; then stow ond rov? and so on until four rows are completed, three high. Then with the last two rows and them out together. Keep the baskets sitting A ®he Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon a nd Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY it, 1925. Highlights on Governor's Message o Highlights on the message of Governor Clifford Walker delivered Tuesday to the Leg¬ islature in joint session are: 1. A classification tax to pro¬ vide that wild lands and pas tures should bear a lower rate of taxation than improved lands and properties. 2. An income tax limited in the Constitution to 5 per cent to reach intangibles. 3. A bond issue of from $10, 000,000 to $15,000,000 for build¬ ing an equipment, as a founda¬ tion for a 50-50 equalization fund, for consolidated schools in the remote sections of the counties, and for buildings and equipments for higher educa¬ tional institutions which will place them on a par in physical plant and facilities to train boys and girls with those of Geor¬ gia’s sister states. Bobby Jones Here Bobby Jones, celebarted young golfer of Atlanta, who holds the na tional amateur championship, passed through Fort Valley Saturday with Stuart P. Murray. They were guests for awhile of their old friend, E. T. Murray, cashier of the Bank of Fort Valley. Mr. Jones finds time enough from golf to be a champion, too, in the real estate game in Florida, where he and his father have branches of their Atlanta office. The Mississippi River In Lake Itasca I was born Before the dawn of human life; I saw the first Edenic morn Ere Adam talked with Eve his wife. If years make age, then I am old, Old as the stars and glowing sun; For centuries unknown, untold, I’ve kept God’s word, Run, river, i run.” ’Tis not my place to stop and look, Or ask the distance to the sea; God bade me, “Run, dear little brook, You bear a blessing, child, from me. " And when the Savior shall appear To crown His children ’neath the sun, 1 All things renew in the New Year, I know He’ll bless His little one. —W. C. CARTER. Miss Geraldine Trippe is spending a while with relatives in Atlanta. , and flat and keep the cover hoops ’ in contact at all times. Baskets ed with the cover hoop of one ket resting in contact with hoop basket will result in a loose load ' destination due to the fact that cover hoop is stiff and rigid the basket hoop is flexible. On (other hand, when both cover are in contact, the load cannot or give, and will arrive at tion without shifting or damage, ! It is good policy, in order to ' the ring facing of pack to serve ten the cover down between handles by means of hooks or fastening devices that come ed to baskets. ; Another good method is to load crates three high and then load baskets on top of the crates one layer. If there are not enough kets to make a complete layer a 2 by 4 across them at the j hoop and block in front with a length of 2 by 4 nailed to side of car. Wire Pictures of Destruction of Santa Barbara, California ■ H *3* -i WHl isiis *1 §1 iiii A I I P________ nr ;? (I i i 1*1 I lift iii h i . A' ™ ifr.’y iv” if a 1 5si :1- ... r ■ 4* f m 1 M 0 Pi! 'M ’. .-■•v-a;:::: ■ 1 ■'» { 'Kim v ;■ I ! * v is A Ti i I a i ! r Ft ........ | * % ? t *5? •«*. ■ Here Is a clew on State street, Santa Barbara, Cal., taken just after the disastrous earthquake and transmitted by the wires of the American Telegraph and Telephone company. Mrs. A. A. Edgar e> Is Called Into Beyond The news of the death of Mrs. A. i A. Edgar, nee Connie Harvey, who j passed away Tuesday at Asheville. N. C., was learned with deep regret . ! in Fort Valley, where she has a num¬ ber of friends and relatives. j ' Mrs. Edgar was reared in Fort Valley and -was a graduate of the Fort Valley high school, later gradu¬ ating at the State Normal. She was married in July, 1924, to A. A. Edgar, and has since made her home in Asheville, N. C. ! j j The body was bought to Fort Val I ley Wednesday evening to the home of Mrs. conducted C. G. Gray. at the Funeral Baptist services church j were this morning at 10:30 clock, Rev. , o D. A. Howard officiating. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery. The pall bearers, who were class mates of Connie were Sam Mathews, Louis Brown, Harris McArthur, San ders Harris, Myles Green, and Willis Campbell. LOCALS WIN GOOD GAME That was an unusually good game of baseball which John Vance and others arranged here for last Thurs¬ day afternoon, when Fort Valley de¬ feated the West End Ramblers of Atlanta by a score of 7 to 3. Some I of the Atlanta team was late arriv ing but when the game finally got to going it amply repaid those who had waited patiently. Stapleton, of Macon, who pitched for Fort Valley, did the remarkable stunt of giving up only four hits while, at the bat thret times, he got a three-base hit, sacri¬ ficed the second time and at last lambasted the ball for a home run ’ Fort Valley“s own Edgar (Fats) Mathews, son of Miller Mathews whs is all-prep catcher for the G. M. A team, gave a splendid exhibition in Thursday’s game for the old home j town. LIONS KILL FIRE VICTIMS Cairo More than thirty villagers made homeless’ by fire at Rahmania j were killed by lions. QUIT TINKERING WITH TAX IS ARNOLD’S PLEA Atlanta, July 8.—Taking issue with Governor Walker’s plan for revising the tax system of Georgia, Reuben R. Arnold, prominent Atlanta law yer, in an address on taxation deliv¬ ered Wednesday at the weekly lunch¬ eon forum in the Chamber of merce building, advocated the repeal of the state inheritance tax law, adoption of a constitutional amend ment prohibiting the imposition of an income tax in Georgia, and urged that no classification tax be at this time, “Georgia is in good shape and will steadily improve if we quit tinkering w j^j, our ^ ax i aW s,” Mr. Arnold as ser f e ,j j speaking before an audience that included a number of legislators. Governor Walker, in his address the Georgia legislature Tuesday, ad voeated the substitution of cation and income tax laws for the present ad valorem system under equalization plan. He urged also a bond issue of $10,000,000 to 000,000 be issued to provide for educational system of the state. Condemns Income „ Tax. “The most disastrous tax of all an income tax,” declared Mr. Arnold. “It is a tax not only on property and the income therefrom, but it is a tax on energy, on thrift, on talent, on frugality, on productiveness. It is the greatest blow to industry which can be given any country. “ A man owns a building and gets an income of ? 10 - 000 a year from lt The federal government taxes —e. The State comes along and taxes tbe building an a so e ln - come. If the building is located m city, the owner has to pay taxes the city. The county taxes it and, it is located in a school district, * s t axe d again. “Of late years, all the states been abandoning income taxes as as possible. They seem to have ognized that it is a federal and that states ought not to it. In the last four years, but state has adopted the income i while twelve have ejected it and thirteen of the forty-eight . still impose it. r» (Sixteen Pages) Open Air Services Take Patriotic Vein At Baptist Church An inspirational and unusual ob servance of the Fourth of July sea son was that last Sunday night when the Baptist congregation gathered 1 on the spacious church lawn, which I was softly lighted, and in music and word and prayer with a solemn grat itude paid tribute to the heroes of the past and noted the blessings that ( have come as a great heritage to the people of today, j The service was arranged and con¬ ducted by the pastor, the Reverend David Albert Howard. On the impro- 1 vised altar the choir sat and render e d special music of a Christian and patriotic nature. Mr. Tomanek play «d the violin and Horace Rundell i furnished the piano music. There were a number of orchestral instru ments and a male quartette sang l the Old Ground.” \“Tenting on Camp The remarks of Mr. Howard were especially appropriate and uplifting ( he set forth the glories of the Stars and Stripes and noted the blessings of the day. In conclusion he urged his hearers to solemnly re gard the warfare they must wage against unrighteousness as their pa _ triotic an<1 Christian obligation. His sermon centered around the text, or righteousness exalteth a ^j orlj but s j n j s a reproach to any peo pie. Among those out of town attending the funeral of Mrs. A. A. Edgar were Mr ’ and Mrs ’ R ’ J ' Edgar - B ’ D ’ Ed ' gar and Miss M <> ntrelle May of Bir mingham, Ala., Mr. Van Harvey, Mrs. J. D. Anchors, R. G. Hooks, Mr. and Mrs. Lauren Smith, Miss Sophia Jones, Mr. J. B. Farrant, of Atlanta. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! A North Georgia woman advertised for the thief who had stolen a few of her chickens to come and get the balance of them. He did. Advertising gets results! All right, we’ll see— Beloved subscriber, we are hereby advertising for you to PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION to THE LEADER-TRIBUNE. If you ever have prayed for rain, you will understand just how serious we are in calling you to our aid right now. PE AVAIL AND JOURNAL 36 years old—only newspaper in heart of one of America’s richest diversified agricultural sections. $1.50 Per Year in Advance. PEACH SHIPMENT 1972 CARS HERE THRU WEDNESDAY 1,972 carlots of peaches had moved from the Fort Valley territory dur¬ ing the season, up to Wednesday night, according to C. H. Sammons, local freight agent. 472 cars had been shipped during the previous week up to Wednesday night, as compared with 529 cars dur¬ ing the previous week. Shipments on the first three days of this week were 74 Monday, 108 Tuesday and 99 Wednesday. The Elberta crop is moving in fine condition and the market is reported firm, especially on large stock. 170 cars had been placed Wednes¬ day night and were being placed Thursday morning for loading in the Fort Valley Section. The total Georgia peach movement for the season through Tuesday was. 6,352 cars, or over 3,000 more than had been shipped through the same date in 1924, when 3,153 cars had been moved. The mov ■ sent this sea¬ son, when the crop lias been very early, exceeds the m ments in 1923 and 1922 by about ..,500 cars. COPPEDGES BUY IN BARNESVILLE E. T. Coppedge and Son have bought the Hotel Barnesville, at Barnesville, Ga., it is announced here by Emory H. Coppedge, manager of the Hotel Winona. The Barnesville hotel will be improved largely. SANDERSVILLE WOMAN IS DELIGHTED WITH CITY Mrs. C. B. Chapman of Sanders ville, Ga., accompanied by her grand daughter, Miss Mary Jeanne Chap¬ man, has been spending several days with her daughter, Mrs. H. N. Mc Michael on Church street. Mrs. Chap¬ man was formerly of Union Springs, Ala., and is a member of one of the oldest and most intellectual families of the fertile Prairie section of our sister state. She is very favorably impressed with Fort Valley and has made several trips to the peach or¬ chards and packing plants, which are interesting sights to all visitors. She is particularly impressed with the cordiality and neighborly kindness of the people of our growing city and predicts a brilliant future for the capital of Peach county, as her citi¬ zens show a disposition at all times to advance the material interests and prosperity of the greatest peach cen¬ ter in the world. The Thomas Library seems to be a very busy place now-a-days. Miss Riley, librarian, announces that 1067 books were lonaed during the month of june. Also 50 new Juvenile books have just been received from the Georgia Library Association. Mrs. Mattie L. Skellie and Mr. Al bert Skellie will occupy the Dr. Hafer home on Persons street. They are former residents of Fort Valley and are receiving a cordial welcome upon their return from near Montezuma. WANTS TWENTY-EIGHTH WIFE Cairo—Khamis Mohammed et Ara bi, a customs guard, has divorced his 27th wife and is now looking for the 28th. He has more than fifty chil¬ dren. PROHIBITIONISTS AHOY! Wilden, Eng.—William Carter aged 104 smokes an ounce of tobacco week¬ ly and drinks a pint of beer daily.