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Volume XXXVII. Number 30.
Dawn of New
GROWERS’ CO-OPERATION
INTELLIGENT MARKETING
SOLUTION IT IS
Twin Oaks Fruit Farm was the
scene again Wednesday of John H.
yAllen’s the officials annual barbecue in honor of
of the Central of Geor
gia Railroad, the Southern railway,
the Atlantic Ice & Coal Company, the
American Fruit Growers Express and
other agencies through which the
‘■largest peach shipping station in
the world” moves its fascinating fruit
to the doors of America.
President L. A. Downs, of the Cen
tral railroad, and other high officials
and large peach growers from both
distant and nearby points came on
special trains and by motor to en
joy this, the annual good-fellowship
party for which Mr. Allen has won
tj) lieitations and fame.
The conspicuous feature of this
year’s post-peach-crop party at Twin
Oaks was the overflowing sentiment
of faith in the present dawning of
a new day in agricultural develop¬
ment for the peach belt through a
new and better understanding and
method of co-operation among all
interests, from bankers through
transportation systems and the sys- j
terns of growers and marketing
agencies—and the outstanding fact
that the planters have awakened to
the truth that “the Lord helps those
who help themselves, 1 and, while
standing by the main strategic point
of their peach orchards, are expand¬
er ing and enlarging upon diversified
■farming interests. !
It was accepted by all who spoke
'as a most gratifying fact that the
million-dollar expressions of faith on
the parts of the Central of Georgia
railroad and the Atlantic Ice & Coal
Company—the building of the largest
re-icing plant in Georgia and the
doubling of track facilities between
Fort Valley and Macon during the :
last year—have been followed by a
successful and profitable handling of
the 1925 peach crop.
Then, as if a magic hand were
leading their minds, the represents
tives of all interests in the peach
(felt agreed that such tremendous ex
pressions of faith followed by such
happily logical results should give us
courage to turn our eyes with even
more unanimity to the front and
solv'i those problems which yet re
main in establishing the peach coun
try as a permanently successful fruit
producing industry. Yet realizing the j
difficult problems in the way of prac-j
tical canning and marketing of peach ;
by-products in competition with the
ji FORT VALLEY IS WINNER OF
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Fort Valley started off the second
half of the schedule in the Peach
Belt Golf Association by winning
from the Hawkinsville team bn the
local course last Thursday by a score
of 10 to 5. Two new lady players,
Miss Ruth Evans and Mrs. Lipford,
were yin the team for the locals and
both turned in excellent scores. W. R.
Edwards broke the course record in
this match when he played the first
nine holes, including the dog leg, in
35. He beat John Blunt, Hawkins
ville’s best player, several up on
each nine holes. Oliver Snapp easily
won from J. F. Coney while Abe
Moskovitz won from S. A. Way on
the first nine, and squared the sec¬
ond. Dr. W. L. Nance squared J.
A. Frazier on the second nine and
Iosif; the first nine.
The Fort Valley team is now
rounding into form £ind should put
up a strong bid for the cup in the
second half. Fitzgerald won the cup
in the first half. Fort Valley goes to
Fitzgerald next Thursday for the
second match of the second half, and
a very close score is anticipated. On
July 3§, Fort Valley will be enter¬
taining the Fitzgerald team on the
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
massive agencies of California, it was
recognized as of vital importance
we exert ourselves to find some
of thus protecting the peach crop
from waste,
The speeches were shot through
an( | through with the courageous
spirit of A. J. Evans in his utterances,
“ a rny 0 f hope,” if we will “stand by
0 ur guns.”
J. H. Baird acted as toastmaster
at the barbecue. He first introduced
j udg0 A , C Riley who in his charac
teristic philosophical style pumped
happiness and smiles into the hearts
0 f the guests,
H. D. Pollard, general manager of
the Central railroad, followed Judge
Riley with congratulations to the
people of this section of Georgia upon
their niarks of progress during the
i as j- year.
W. T. Anderson, president and edi¬
tor of the Macon Daily Telegraph,
after remarking that Macon con
sumes more peaches per capita than
any other city in the United States,”
expressed the belief that the prob
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Visiting Pastor at
Open Air Services
L. S. Ashley, pastor of the First
Christian church at McPherson, Kan¬
sas, is visiting in Fort Valley and
conducted the open air service at the
k ‘ rst Baptist church here Sunday
Mr. Ashley married Miss Mary i
a popular Fort Valley young
and with, his wife, little
and sister, Miss Minnie
of Marshall, Missouri, are
relatives here,
Mr. Ashley is loud in his praises
Georgia and this section, where
most delicious of all fruits—the
grown. Mr. Ashley brought
splendid message to a large and
congregation assembled
the church lawn where an impro
altar, choir loft and seats had
provided for service during the
evenings. The theme that held
attention of the audience center
around the words from Matthew’s
“What have ye done more
others.” A male quartett, with
choir and orchestra music, un
the direction of F. W. Withoft,
of music added to the inter¬
of the service. I
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local course. Come out and give . the 7~ |
team your support. They will need it. |
While Fort Valley was beating
Hawkinsville, TT , . ... the ,, Montezuma , club , ,
was taking Fitzgerald into camp by
a 10 to 7 score in Montezuma. Monte-1
zuma is a new club in the Associa-1
tion, they having taken the place left j
vacant by the resignation of Ameri- half.!
cus at the close of the first i
Montezuma made a good showing
against the strong Fitzgerald Valley-I team.
The results of the Fort
Hawkinsville match were Hawkinsville as follows: j j
Fort Valley
W. R. Edwards 3 John Blunt b
Oliver Snapp 3 J. F. Coney 0
Abe Moskovitz 2 S A Way 0
Dr. W. L. Nance 0 J. A. Frazier 2
Ruth Evans 2 Mrs. Mason 0
Mrs Lipford 0 Nancy Blunt 3
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The standing of the teams as of
July Fort 16 Valley is as follows: 10 j
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Montezuma 10 |
Fitzgerald .. 7
Hawkinsville 5 :
OLIVER SNAPP, Sec’y-Treas.
Peach Belt Golf Association,
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1023.
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room for modern improvements. The bridge was ninety-nine years old and the scene of many a lovers’ tryst.
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Fort Valley Peach
Takes N. C. Honor
Cup At Asheville
Miss Mary Hale, a former school
teacher in Fort Valley and now a
teacher in the Atlanta schools, wired
Mayor R. D. Hale and John Vance
last week for a program of the
Peach Blossom Festival and a crate
of peaches for staging a Georgia
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OIJR MELONS ABF
WANTED IN , FA R
A A Tf7 W AY 4\r MON MMslUTrr 1 AN A A „
The Southern Brokerage Com¬
pany received this telegram Mon¬
day, showing that the watermel¬
ons of this section are highly de¬
sirable:
Butte, Mont., July 20, 1925
Southern Brokerage Co.,
Fort Valley, Ga.
Quote watermelons under refrige¬ |
ration. Round variety preferred.
Hurry answer.
C. H. Robinson Co.
Comrnercial School
For City Planned
Alton H. Perry, president, 0. Mc
Lane, vice-president, and H. D. Wall,!
general representative, of the Geor- j
gia-Carolina School of Commerce, of |
Brunswick, Ga., and Goldsboro, N. C.,,
in Fort Valley during the last
few days to arrange for the opening
of a college of commerce in this city, i
were given a cordial reception
their launching of a campaign to 1
the people of this sect ion in
onpn : n „ ,.c su „u „ va i ua M e insti
Flsewhere r-isewnere in in this tnis paper paper will win
found thejr announceme nt of
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nAA - New T _ Road , -, Maps
For the Winona Hotel i
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The Leader-Tribune presses have'
completed a run of 50,000 new '
maps showing the “shortest a nd\
route to Florida via Fort Val-1
over the Dixie highway, “16
shorter than any other route,!
on the Dixie or National
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150 new road signs also are being
by Manager Emory H. Cop
Mr. Coppedge, with his fath
G. T. Coppedge, recently bought
Hotel Barnesville and are making
improvements in both that hos-1
and the Hotel Winona here.
first two floors of the Winona
been remodeled early in the
the third floor is now being
with new paint and wall |
and the installation of addition
baths. |
3034 CARLOTS IS
1923 SHIPMENT
THIS TERRITORY
Watermelon Movement Is Getting
Under Way—Seventeen Cars
Have Gone from Fort Valley
3,034 cars of peaches had been
shipped from the Fort Valley terri
tory up to Wednesday night, accord
ing to C. H. Sammons, local freight
agent.
2,746 carloads had been moved U P
t0 the Wednesday night preceding,
making the movement for the last
week 288 cars ’
The peach movement here is about
completed. Only one car had been
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YEAR BOOK OF
WOMAN’S CLUB
The program committee of the Wo
s Club has just issued to the
attractive club year books,'
outlines for the programs from
through May.
Mrs. F. O. Miller is chairman of
committee and associated with
in the arrangement of the club
are Mrs. E. L. Duke and
Wilma Orr. |
The programs for the next club j
will not be a continuous study, I
each will cover a topic within
Chairmen for each program
been provided, who are privi
to add to the topic.
The first club meeting of the new
ear he held with Mrs. Neltie
on October sixth and Mrs.
Allen will have charge of
program, the subject being “Our
Aims and Ambitions.
Among some of the interesting top
for stu dy as arranged by the
are “Georgia—the place!
occupies and the place, she , should , , ,
Citizenship, Our Town, Mus
Art, The Home and The Clothes
Wear.”
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Appropriation t nnrttnriff SUtil
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The Weekly Press of Georgia is
heartily to the pleas for
and better county fairs in the
Gordon S. Chapman, President
the Georgia Association of Fairs,
have introduced in the Georgia
this week a Bill appro
$50,000.00 through the State
of Agriculture for County
Only about thirty counties in
will hold fairs this fall and
Chapman states that five years
the number was nearly double
amount.
A number of County fairs have
abandoned in the State due to
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Supply Sunday for
Baptist Pastor on
Month’s
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Howard
children left Tuesday morning
Augusta. Mrs. Howard’s
was not satisfactory and she has
turned to the hospital for
treatment.
j i t j s t he custom for the
church to extend to their pastor
i 1 vacation during the month of
ust, so when it was found
f or Mrs. Howard to return to the
hospital the church in conference
Sunday morning, granted Mr. How
ard his vacation to begin immedi
ately> which wou)d not make it nec _
essary for h im to return to Fort
Valley for the service next Sunday,
The regular Sunday services will
be held. Supply will be made for Mr
Howard.
COL. DARRAH
ISDISTINGUISHED
VI SI FOB TO CITY
Colonel Thomas W. Darrah, chief
of staff of the 4th Corps Area U.
S . Army and Mrs. Darrah motored
down from Atlanta and spent Friday
w jt k Mr. and Mrs. J. Dawson Ken
dr ick. Colonel and Mrs. Darrah were
very appreciative of the hospitality
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PEACHLAND
JOURNAL
36 years old—only
newspaper in heart
of one of America’s
richest diversified
agricultural sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
A. J. EVANS GOES
TO HANDLE CROP
AT CORNELIA, GA.
J Before Leaving Expresses Gratifies*
I tion in Co-operative Spirit of
Handling Crop Here.
A. J. Evans, the peach king,” is
j leaving this week with some of his
expert organization for Cornelia, Ga.,
to take care of his extensive opera
tions in the North Georgia peach
; crop. Before leaving, in an address
at the annual barbecue given by John
,
■ H. Allen at Twin Oaks, Mr. Evans
expressed warm satisfaction over the
fact that “there has been this year
I the best handling of the Georgia
peach crop I ever have seen.”
i ‘Yet, 1 said Mr. Evans, “we have a.
long, rugged road before us. The«
consuming markets will take only so
; many peaches. The whole question is
j one of marketing. We must organize,.
I or co-operate, in such a way as to
| guarantee that our p' aches will ar
rive at the consumin : points when,
and as, those point will consume
them. The main ] ^position is for
us to stand by our guns. I don’t be¬
lieve God has any use for a quitter. M
Mr. Evans paid high tribute to the
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WRECKED CAR IN
OTHER COUNTY
This morning’s Macon Telepgrapbi
carried a story of the wrecking of a
tourists ’ car which leaves the lm
pression that the Peach county offi
clals had been in their at
tent,on to safet v s, £ nals in road
-
constructlon ’ Thk * ls an error - The ac ‘
cldpnt occurred in Houston county,
Ev,dently the erroneous report came
lrom the fact that sher 'ff Geo. D.
Anderson went to the scene of the
™ rock ’ which the news re P ort in th ®
j Telegraph describes as follows:
“Travelling with his three children,
the oldest being seven years, V. A.
Neport, of Detroit, struck a pile of
r Jck near the end of the pavement in
| Peach county, last night and practi
i tally wrecked his automobile.
I “The tourist was on his way home
I from Florida where his wife had just
die± In tke car were tkree children,
j I the “The youngest oldest an boy 18-months-old bruised baby- wherk
was
he was thrown out of the car by the,
impact with the stone pile, E. W..
Stapleton, of Asheville, North Caro
ii na> wko was dr i v ing a short dis¬
tance behind the wrecked car stated
that there were no lights on the rock
pile. The rocks were to be used in
the construction of a
Miss Joe Royal.
Mrs. A. L. Luce.
Dr. R. C. Smisson.
C. C. Richardson, Byron.
W. J. Cheek.
J. G. Avera.
Miss Nettie Marshall.
Mrs. S. C. Floyd.
Mrs. Geo. W. Mathews, Sr.
J. J. Glass.
A. E. Arrowsmith.
W. R. FuHer, Hazard, Ky.
J. D. Fagan.
L. P. Singleton.
F. T. Houser, Tampa, Fla.
G. V. Braddock.
Mrs. J. H. Edwards.
E. L. Luneeford.
T. J. Mathews.
Mrs. W. Peddicord.
A. M. Luneeford.
J. H. Baird.
F. S. Murray, West Palm Beach,, j
I. F. Murph, Marshallville.
J. A. Jones.
J. H. Webster, Homestead, Fla. I ;
R. II. Vinson.
B. T. Marshall.
J. O. Scarborough.
Frank Harrison.
C. Hall.