Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

WE ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE Volume XXXVII. Number 31. DEATH CALLS WM. J. AFTER 35 YEARS CRUSADE WHILE HE SLE EPS 4POPLEXY TAKES COMMONER IN GENTLE HAND Great Political and Religious Leader Died Suddenly While Taking N Afternoon Nap Dayton, Tenn., July 27.—The body of William Jennings Bryan, who died suddenly in sleep here late yesterday, -will move on a special railroad car from Dayton to Washington at 8:40 o'clock Wednesday morning, Mrs. Bryan announced through her friends today. Burial of the political and religious leader will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on Friday after¬ noon, Mrs. Bryan said. End Came Suddenly Dayton, Tenn., July 26—-William Jennings Bryan, three times presiden¬ tial nominee of the democratic party, and known the world over for his elo¬ quence, died here this afternoon. The end came while the geat com¬ moner was asleep and was attributed by physicians to apoplexy. He had re¬ tired to his room shortly after eating a large dinner to take a short rest ■ Mrs. Bryan sent the family chauf¬ | feur, Jim McCartney, ty wake him about 4:30 o’clock and it was learned I then that he was dead. | Dr. W. F. Thomason and Dr. A, C. | Broyles, who examined the body, ex -1 pressed the opinion Mr. Bryan had been dead between thirty-'find forty five minutes before they arrived. - r Mr. Bryan's death came on the eve of another crusade he had planned to ! carry before the American people a hattl'e against modernism. He re¬ turned to Dayton this morning after having made addresses yesterday at Jasper and Winchester, Tenn., and after having completed arrangements for t e ear j pu ication o t e i speech he was to have made in clos¬ ing the trial of John T. Scopes, who recently was found guilty of violat¬ ing Tennessee’s anti-evolution law. t Heart Appeared Excellent i Despite the strenuous program Mr. Bryan had been following as a mem ber of the prosecution staff in the Scopes case and as leader of the, fundamentalists, be appeared in ex cellent health. Shortly before Mr. Bryan entered his room to rest he told his wife he had never felt better in his life and ■was ready to go before the country j t-o wage his fight in behalf of fun¬ damentalism. - About 4:30 o , clock, , , , Mrs. Bryan said' •, i felt . , , her . husband , had slept long she enough, * so she sent the , chauffeur, .’ who also Was ,• his personal , attendant, .. , to wake him. McCartney shook Mr. > Brvan twice before he noticed the latter was not breathing. Andrews, The neighbor, physi-j i clans and A. B. a then were summoned hurriedly. | Wife Takes Shock Bravely Mrs. Bryan accepted the shock and remained calm. , bravely \ “I am happy that my husband died without suffering and in peace,” she said. the “You Spanish-American know he was war a colonel and since in j ; it was his wish to rest in Arlington,! we probably will place him there, M j she continued. “But no definite de eision will be reached until we hear from William Jennings, Jr,” #* MISS OLLIE MAE HERRING IP - Miss Oliie Mae HtrriVig, 17, died Ut the home of her 'Tster, Miss OP via Herring, of New Orleans, Sunday aft¬ ernoon. Mis* Herring was fv-.rmerly of Birmingnam, Ala., but wto;, making her horte with her S1 ster New ieans- The body was clCriried to Ma con for funeral and ‘Acerment. Sur e.nne h,r ... Wh,r. Herring, of Texaf, and one Miss Olivia Hprring, of New Orleans, She is also thV niece of Mrs. J. E. Wilson, H. A., C. A., and J. A. ‘of Macon and W. L. Bray of ValleY. J i L.\ ®he Jeafrer-®riUune Read by thousands of people In progressive PEACH, Houston^ Macon and Crawford Counties, where'Nature smiles her brightest. Will Rogers Thanks Slappey for Peaches George II. Slappey recently com¬ plimented Will Rogers, celebrated comedian, with a crate of his prize peaches. Under date of July 23, Mr. Rogers wrote from the New Amster¬ dam theatre, New York, thanking Mr. Slappey in these words: “I guess you think I am a fine peach eater for not answering you sooner. I misplaced your telegram, but certainly didn’t misplace your peaches. “Tennessee may raise monkeys, but Georgia certainly does raise peaches, “I want to thank you very much. If I ever raise anything on my farm in Oklahoma, I will send you some¬ thing. Up to now it has only raised cuckleburs. “Again I want to thank you. “Sincerely yours, “WILL ROGERS.” Fine Cotton Stalk and Squash Brought to City The Citizens Bank of Fort Valley has had on display a fine cotton stalk, full of mature bolls, brought in last week by E. W. Bowman, who lives about four miles out on the Roberta road. A remarkable squash, looking al most like a big pumpkin, also was brought in by Henry Hammock, who. has a farm on the same road. SPECIAL PROGRAM OF MUSIC SUNDAY NIGHT The choir of the Methodist church wall give a special musical program on Sunday evening at 8:00 o’clock, di re cted by Mrs. Frank Fincher. The pub i ic is cordially invited. Judge Emmett Houser Returns from Florida Hon. Emmett Houser, clerk of Su perior Court, has returned from a ^ r j p t0 Miami and other points in Florida. He he v cg^tainly is glad says g et back, away from all the wild negg ant j exaggerations of that boom state—to return to God’s own blessed country where values are sound and j golden opportunities are countless j and safe. He also visited old friends : in Brunswick, Ga., for a day or two. NORMAN INSTITUTE OPENS vt Norman n Park, t Gd., July f i o- it .—The m. i Norman Institute . , , I summer opened , „ this . . with good , at* , morning a tendance. . , ,, Many students . . . were ent from Florida, Georgia and Cuba. Prof. Geo. L. Worthy will be in charge. Coach Jake Morris is now playing ball with the Tallahassee team and I is making a splendid record. Many of I admirers went to Thomasville last week to see him pitch his team to r victory in a beautiful game over |-b e fast Thomasville team. The prospects are bright, "f or a rP . cord attendance during th e fall term, N ew equipment is beir> g added in the gj r i s ’ dormitory to take care of new students, Atten tion W. O. W .’s ^'tfre will be a big meeting night, August 6th , so come up . and be prepared for a fine time. ROBERT C. HANCOCK Robert C Hancock, 2 J. t who died Sunday in Milledgeville, Ga., was burned the Perry cemetery „ Tues w | day afternoon. Funeral e rom 1 ® r ® sl ence 0 ’ ’ T. h„„.k, Sr„ near Fort V.U.y at 4 p. m. j jj e jg survived by his parents, 1 broflr G urvis, Joe and J. T., and one sister, Miss Ellafare •cock. FORT VALLEY. PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1925. Last Battle Scene of the Great Commoner -VXjFWV V w '■+ W • . y. 1, ., v , ; s • ' •• 'H /■f i ■ 3 t ^^NARTjjs} * - ft HEADQUARTERS m ’ p i ! ii" * pm y< ^VF THE lONFUCT^NELUTHE N! fA5 i 1 s H m SCHOOL* § :>1 # « $ 'v . m $ s 1 I japTWE f \ ..ii ii 1 BpOKS pi . A# 6L *Si ! ■: Hr//v If v A 1 •; wiERl m SI i .% / t A, •- ' JOA-'* 1 * m V ■ ■:Ci * nro 7 .w 121 .iG iiii wifi’* Above is one of Ihe last pictures of William Jennings Bryan before his death last Sunday. With a passion for revealed religion and the inspiration and authority of the Bible against the hypothesis of evolution, he reached the zenith of his career of service to humanity just before the sun set upon his life in Dayton, Tenn., where he was easily the dominating figure of the Scopes evolution trial. The picture shows one of the Dayton bookshops, and IMr. Bryan opening his voluminous daily mail. K1WANIS MEETS CLUB ON AUGUST 7 FOLLOWING PEACH SEASON RECESS On F rklay of next week, August 7, promptly at twelve o’clock noon, the Klwanis Club of Fort Valley will hold its first meeting following the Peach season recess during June and July. Kiwanians are quite eager to resume their weekly luncheons, at they keep their community as sociations pulsing warmly and mam tain a better understanding of com munity affairs and needs. The Junior Woman’s Club will serve the luncheon next Friday and will continue serving the Kiwanians during the month of August. Sanders Harris, delegate to the recent Kiwanis convention in Saint Paul, Minn., will make his report. He Delightful Supper At Dorothy Kins J o Church on Friday ^ The Dorothy King Baptist church was the scene of an inspiring meet ing last Friday night, when the ladies of that church and Sunday school i served , a delightful , supper. T>__ Preceding ,. the ., supper short . talks „ were made by Rev. J. F. McDermid, pastor of the church, C. E. Wade, one of the leading members, Ralph ton anci Jones - rhfS . church , , , has made , hew a re markable record. , T Its , members , are af>re with ... an earnest desire to spread ‘ , community, , Un- 1 s 1,1 uence ln t1c /’ tl,e su P er ' nt< ‘ndency ol W. J, latnck, the Sunday school is splendid progress, Within, ten months the at tnactiyt: eburc'h building has been ®lFcted and ’fully paid (Or., They have preaching services regularly every Sunday, morning &hd night, SENATOR PALMOUR TS GUEST OF DAVIDSON Fortner State Senator Ernest mudr, now a representative in legislature and recognized as one of j the most influential members of tfiat ! body, was the week-end guest of Senator and Mrs. J. E. Davidson. i Connetlse 1 1 Leaves for rr Tour of r Advertising a i x- • j Manager Emory Coppedge, of the Hotel Winona, says he will leave 7d Chattanooga, 1 other noints to distribute a . rftataw tt f (Valley and his hotel which has cently come from The 1 He also will erect 150 presses. tiful new road signs along the Highway. j is enthusiastic about the many high lights which impressed him at the convention and has a thrilling story 1 to tell. His report promises to give the local Kiwanis Club a new am j broader vision of its wonderful op i portunities for service. President E. T. Murray urges that i every Kiwanian be in his seat at next | week’s meeting promptly at noon, as this meeting bids fair to be one of • the most interesting and enjoyable in the history of the club. There is considerable business of importance 1 to receive attention. . L. L. Brown, Jr., David Crandall and J. E. Davidson form the com mittee on entertainment. CARS MELONS HAVE LEFT FORT VALLEY The Fort Valley territory had ! shipped 46 cars of watermelons up to Wednesday night and 14 cars were being loaded Thursday morn-1 ing. i The shipment of peaches from this j territory had reached 3,103 cars up ' to Wednesday night, according to q. H. Sammons, local agent, and four cars were being loaded Thursday. It is possible that one or two , more cars will be loaded, which will close , the ,, peach season, - - - ()uf Trouble /.s’ Mental Not Financial (Americus Tirrles-ReeofUer) T^iere is nothing in the world the i Georgia e’xcept th-at { -matter with we ve talked hard tin>4\s complained and knocked until lots of folk would jhave you believe h’hat Georgia is ; I bankrupt, when /ust the Reverse is true. Our troulNes are mental, not fi ; nancial. We do not khow our own State. In a recent editorial the Albany j Herald sounds Km note to wft,cn I many of UK sa - ; araen: “We getting . tire seem ^ are o articles on tie 6 * Georgia newspapers cap tion, ‘What’s the Matter. With Geor £ ia ? There is nothing the matter 'with Georgia. There is not another state j n the union in which the ! who will work, especially if he ap b plieg himse if to agriculture, will be i surer of reward for his labor. Georgia ! is ail right for those who are willing to work, and those who are not com plaining. Show us one who is ^ ^ „ k|ng . whK ., M.tfr , with Georgia?’ and we’ll show you a s i ac )ier in the business or industrial beehive.” To prove the statement of the (Continued on Last Page) Bros. Peaches Boosted in Illinois Grover C. Helm & Co., of Bloom¬ ington, 111., has been advertising the Peaches of Duke Bros., Fort Valley, in a conspicuous way in northern newspapers. One advertisement, a clipping of which has been received here, reads: Peaches PEACHES Peaches j ‘We are receiving daily, car of 1 Duke Bros, famous Georgia Peaches. Please note these peaches are all ring packed and outweigh the average basket of peaches from four to six pounds. “We guarantee the quality of every bushel of Duke Bros, peaches you buy from your grocer, “The grocers are selling Duke Bros, Peaches very reasonable, taking into consideration the superior quality and ring pack.” Writing to Denney & Company at a copy of the advertisement and “This will show you the confidence we * lavo ' n l ,u k ( Brothers peaches, ^ everyone la >cen so ( on e o f t ese peac es as we ave, W0L1 ave el) 1 een ousan oars to have .7 gone around to the housewives . . of . the „ United •* u o* States. * <> AGRITEMS-x Entries , for the fairs this , . fall , ,, should be under preparation now to I . „ compete . with ... ,, the cheap , amusernen t s for interest and public attention, There are five million acres of I land ill north Georgia ideally adapted I to growing alfalfa. I An average of $182 worth of timber was sold from every farm m Georgia j as t year - Don’t forget to cull the poultry flock again early in August and get the producers separated from, the non-layers. More than $25,000,000 is lost to the ’ annually through forest fires, state „ , , | _ arm Pr03 * ram for Georgia,” by Dr. 1 i M. is just off the Andrew Soule, ! A ta] card addressed to the Division of Publications of the State College of Agriculture will bring a copV f ree . QUARTERLY CONFERENCE j The third Quarterly conference for | the P ’ ort Vailey charge will be held j at (-he Methodist church Friday even ing * at eight o'clock. This rqeeting, Tight, an ; no nced f or last Monday was tponed ” b y the presiding elder, ; w . p. Smith, who ... dentially detained. _ j When an auto '; balks in the middle of a mu(J hole j t s merely trying to replace the mule. (Eight Pages) PEACH COUNTY WILL VOTE ON PROPOSED CITY COURT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 School of Commerce Opens Next Monday The Fort Valley School of Com¬ merce will open on the second floor of the Harris building next Monday, August 3, at nine o’clock in the morn¬ ing, according to an announcement appearing in the advertising columns of this paper. This school, a branch of the Georgia-Carolina School of Commerce, is under the direction of O. McLane, vice president, and H. D. Wall, special representative. These men and their methods of business training are highly recommended. Thanks to Peach County Officials We take this medium of thanking you for your good and efficient work on the road leading toward the sixth district of Crawford county. We want you to know that all the citizens of the sixth district do heartily appre¬ ciate the good work you have done for us. If there is ever at any time anything we can do for the upbuild¬ ing of Peach county, just let us know ” wi " be wilh y “ Yours very truly, M. L. BLASINGAME, C. V. WALTON. July 27, 1925. Some people feel at home every¬ where except when they are at home, The hardest thing about living to a ripe old age is making your credit last. SOUTH GEORGIA, BOOMING WITH SIX ii .. MONEY CROPS,” FACES GREAT PROSPERITY - All that vast section of Georgia ly ing South of Macon is now demon¬ strating agricultural possibilities which are bound to open the eyes of the country to its great potential re souces and ultimately will make South Georgia more attractive to foreign investors than Florida, is the firm belief of Prince Webster, prom¬ inent Atlanta lawyer, who has just finished a tour of the farming sec¬ tions of that part of the state. Six successful crops now are maturing and fair prices are prevailing for all of them. In an interview furnished The Week after his return Mr. Webster declared that South Georgia is coni ing to the front at a remarkably rapid rate and that there is ccrf.iin to be a period of wonderful develop ment in that part of the state. “In South Georgia right now they are growing great cotton crops, bountiful crops of corn, amazing yields of tobacco and highly ^ piofi able yields of melons, peaches pecans,” he said. “These six crop . bringing South Georgia back - ^ rush and, having enjoyed f av . or!1 weather conditions, a spiri* ; 0 misitu pervades that who whi( . h jg nQt exce eded V /Jr dence shown, by the I ,^ or jj a peo j n their future. Mr. Webster tra many dreds of miles on bus trip. He said saw tobacco -growing in * the fields j high that it concealed the who werq -cutting it. He said cotton a’.id corn were in shape and that the quality of ’ this unusually grown year was j bet. an<1 brought good prices in the- yield Prospects for a great Pecans he found were bright. “A country that can produce ‘money crops’ in one season and grow them all equally as well if better than any other state,” he dared “is bound to be a country faces a magnificent prospect for ture development. “I believe Georgia offers today i greatest opportunity of any state onion for the foro.or who to become a successful ‘business farm¬ ' er’, he said. 'Although this remark able land wiU Produce all these crops it is still available for purchase at Peachland Journaf .37 years old—only newspov per in the heart of one off America’s richest diversified! agricultural sections. $1.50 Per Year in Advance. WILL VOTE ALSO FOR THE JUDGE AND SOLICITOR Matter of Salary for Solicitor Gen¬ eral of Superior Court in County Also Involved Governor Walker has affixed hi® signature ufjon the bill passed by the legislature permitting the people of Peach county lb decide by ballot; | as to whether they shall have a city court. The election on this important. * question will occur on Wednesday,, September 16. At that time every voter in Peach county will have the? privilege of casting his ballot for or against a city court, also for the? judge and solicitor of that court im ' it is created by the election. case \ Another matter to 1, decided is? ■ the salary of the solic' ;i • general of' Superior Court in th, county. It is i understood that hi. salary from < Peach county will be ' 000 if the city court is created, or ? 1,200 if the city court is not created. FITZGERALD * HERE TODAY crossing- l Fitzgerald golfers are clubs with Fort Valley golfers today in a match on the local course which is a part of the Peach Belt Golf As- ■ sociation’s tournament. Those who join the gallery doubtless will see a pretty game. , ridiculously low figures. I was amaz¬ ed when I learned that much of this land fs now available for investors at 4 remarkably low figures and I belie that Georgia is bound to be’- »efit from the movement of farmers from other states to this section w' . the of «its wonderful nen news r value becomes generally productive «nawh. rr The tobacco crop is r .omparatively a new crop in Georg' and experi ments have shown th ia tobacco in t’ at the quality of grown ,iis State is higher, in many cases t in the older tobae ,nnn that grown The land is co producting States. has bec<" ,resh for tobacco and not out in some other sect’ jiyic worn as Georgia one. The high grade of the hence tobacco brings a good prica.. the this crop has become one of r important crops in that sec* aany ,imi of the state. , Mr. Webster said other crops are jeing produced in South Georgia / wFiicLi soon will grow to such magm ^ tu( ] e j b at they will rank with the raa | jor crops. Among these are sugar cane, peanuts and various legumes. The peanuts and legumes besides producing valuable money yields also are being used to build up the soil. ? > That’s a real Empire in itself— that section of Georgia,” he said. “It’s growth is beneficial to the en¬ tire state because not so many years ago all of it was coveed with timber and was not used for agricultural purposes. Since the timber has been cut off remarkable progress has been j made in developing the land for farm ing purposes and I believe this year’s success will demonstrate to the farm | ers living in other sections of the 1 country the vast potential value of these farm lands. The agricultural development of | South Georgia comes as one step in the movement to broaden and expand Georgia into a greater state, agri¬ culturally , and industrially, in the opinion of Mr. Webster. “Whenever we bring Georgia back to her old place in agriculture and augment this agricultural develop¬ ment with an intelligently conducted campaign for more and greater in¬ dustries this old state will rank right, around the, leaders in general pros¬ perity,” he concluded. * :v