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Volume XXXVII. Number 32.
MOSQUITOES CAN
BE DESTROYED
All Vessels That Contain Water
Should be Removed And Lime
Scattered Under Houses
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The mosquito nuisance can be easi
' ly abated by taking the proper pre¬
cautions. Remove all tin cans, bot¬
tles, broken vessels, or anything that
contains water and they will not.
have a breeding place left. This'is
what everybody should do right now
in order that the pests will be des¬
troyed. The following rules have been
adopted at Memphis, Tenn., and
should be observed in every town and
village and country home as the mos
quito often causes illness which can
easily be prevented.
Leave nothing in your yard that
can catch and hold rain water.
Inspect your yard once each week
to see that no exposed water con¬
tainers are present.
If for any reason you must have
water on your premises, exposed to*
mosquitoes, then treat its surface
once a week with a small quantity of
kerosene or oil, or keep several min¬
nows alive in the water.
Get your neighbors to control mos
quito breeding in their back yards. I
Learn how to find mosquito breed¬
ing places, how not to miss seeing
them and send to your State Board
of health for free literature on mos¬
quito control.
School of Commerce
Opened On Monday
The Georgia-Carolina School of
Commerce opened Monday morning in
the Harris Building with twenty-five
pupils. The day school has fourteen
and the night school eleven, and
many others have signified their in¬
tention of enrolling at a later date.
Mr. H. D. Wall, representative of
the school, whi has been active in j
the establishment here stated that j
he was well pleased with the pros- i
pects ing. Associated of the success with of Mr. the Wall undertak- in the j
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opening of the school was Mr. W. M.
Perry, Miss McLain and Miss Doro
thy Bartley. Miss Bartley will be
general instructor and will be pleas
ed to have any <vho are interested
cal! to see her.
The enrollment to date is as fol
l° ws:
Mr* Claude DuPree; Miss Anna
Lee Wheeler; M.ss Vi Loula White;
Mr. Marvis Baldwin; Mr. Z. T. Wil
hams; Miss Lucy Mae Joyner; Miss
Mildred Jones; Miss Susie Culpepper;
Miss Josie Jones; Miss Margaret
Whiting; Miss Ethel Smisson; Miss
\ iriyn Gassett; Mr. ay A. a r> B. A Young; 7
Mr ,, W,Il,rd T1T . fl , Pearson; r> Mr. Mack -a r , Bry- T)
ant; Mr. S C. Posey; Mr. J. D. Da
v,s; Mrs. M. Tharpe; Miss Imogene
Ray; Miss Runa Moody; Mr. C. P.
Yonk; Miss Katherine Henry; Miss
Ruby Harper; Miss Frances Price;
and Mr. Thelmon Bryant.
SCHEDULE CHANGE
IS DISFAVORED
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With the proposed change in the
schedule of the Perry brach division
of the Central of/Georgia railroad,
assigned for a hearing before the
Georgia Public Service Commission
at session August 11th, it is under
stood that there will be a great deal
of opposition, especially along the in¬
termediate points where passenger
and express shipments are handled.
Wholesale houses and individual
parties in Fort Valley are bitterly op¬
posed to the change in schedule as
the proposed change it is understood,
will place the departure of the morn¬
ing train from Fort Valley at 9 o’¬
clock, arriving in Perry at 9:40 (which
will be 10:40 a. m. Perry’s time, E.
T.). On its return trip will arrive at j
Fort Valley to make connections
with No. 8 out of Albany.
This matter is to be brought up at 1
the regular weekly meeting of the
Perry Civitan club in Perry Thurs
day night, as reported by the presi
dent, Col. S. A. Dunn, and efforts
are to be taken in a co-operative way
to defeat the change in the schedule,
The people of Perry are strictly
against this issue and a hard fight is
expected when the matter is to be
heard before the Georgia Public
Service Commission August 11th.
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,-tiring the World war, and has received many decorations for his gallantry
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ADDRESS PREPARED BY WILLIAM JENNINGS
BRYAN JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH
(EDITOR’S NOTE: By request
The Leader-Tribune will publish
the address on evolution and the
Bible, prepared by William Jen¬
nings Bryan just before his
death on Sunday, July 26. This
lengthy address will be publish¬
ed in installment over a period
of several weeks. The first in¬
stallment follows.)
>• May it please the court and gen¬
tlemen of the.jury:
“Demosthenes ,the greatest of an¬
cient orators, in his ‘oration on the
crow T n,’ the most famous of his
speeches, began by supplicating the
favor of all the gods and goddesses
() f (j reece jf ( j n a case w hich invol
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vg( j on j y own f ame an( ] fate, he
justified in petitioning the hea- 1
then gods of his country surely '
we ues’
who deal with the momGntous j SS
invo]ve(1 in this cag6) may weI1 pray
to the ru]er of the universe for wis . j
Join ^ g U j de us ; n performance ,
of ouf gevera) parts jn this historic
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our cause that circumstances |
comjnitted the trial to a com _
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, veomanrv y ^. of the state ' ‘ \ The book
issue , in . this trial . , contains on its . j '
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h h„ serenity of the country. 1
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of those who ; come into .
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contact with , the , earth, who, , liv-,
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near to nature, worship natures] .
and who, dealing with the myriad
of earth and air, seek to
fgom revelation about the Bi
wonder-working ? God. I admire
stern virtues, ’ the vigilance ... and ,
patriotism . . of the , class from .
the jury is drawn, and am re
of the lines of Scotland’s
bard, which, when changed
slightly, describe your country’s
in you:
O Scotia, my dear, my native soil!
For whom my warmest wish .to
Heaven is sent,
may they hardy sons of rustic
toil 1
Be blest with health, and peace,
and sweet content.
oh, may Heav’n their simple
lives present I
From Luxury’s contagion, wea k
and vile!
how’er crowns and coronets be
rent,
A virtuous populace may rise the
while
And stand, a wall of fire, around
their much-loved isle.”
“Let us now separate the issues
the misrepresentationsf inten- I
or unintentional, that have ob
both the letter and the pur
of the law. This is not an inter
with freedom of conscience. A
can think as he pleases and
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1925.
worship God as he likes, or refuse to
worship God at all. He can believe
in the Bible or discard it; he can ac¬
cept Christ or reject Him. This law
places no obligations or restraints
upon him. And so with freedom of
speech, he can, so long as he acts as
an individual, say anything he likes
on any subject. This law does not vio¬
late any rights guaranteed by any
constitution to any individual. It deals
with the defendant, not as an indi
vidual, but as an employee, an offi
cial or public servant, paid by the
state, and therefore under instruction
from the state.
The right of the state to control j
the public schools is affirmed Oregon in the j
recent decision in the case,
which declares that the state can di
rect what shall be taught and also 1
the teaching of anything “man- j
ifestly inimical to the public wel
" The above decision goes even ]
only and has declares the right that to the guard paernt the 1 j
welfare of the child, but
in duty bound to guard it. That
fits this case exactly The
had a right to pass th.s law,
the law represents the determina
of the parents to guard the re
welfare of their children. ■
„ I( It need , h nardly n hp oe added added tnat that this tnis
did not nave its origin nr ;~; n in i n historv nistory.
,, not lryine a„ y form of
on anybody. The majority is
trying to establish a religion or
teach it—it is trying to protect it
f f rom the effort of an insolent
to force irreligion upon the
- ren untler under the guise 01 of teaching
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Must ,, , Build „ - schools c . i
<< Christians must, in every state cf
union, build their own colleges in
justice that atheists, agnostics |
to teach Christianity; it is only
unbelievers should build then iv ■
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colleges ,, if they ,, want to teach
own religious views or attack
religious views of others. i
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The statute is brief and free from
It prohibits the teaching,
the public schools, of ‘any theory
denies the story of divine crea
as taught in the Bible,’ and
'instead, that man descended
a lower order of animals.’ The
sentence sets forth the purpose
f those who passed the law. evolution They j
the teaching of any
that disputes the Bible record
man’s creation and, to make sure
they there place shall their be no misunderstand-j interpreta
own
on their language and specifi
forbid the teaching of any theo
that makes man a descendant of
lower form of life. |
“The evidence shows that defend
taught, in his own language as
as from a book outlining the
that man descended from low
forms of life. Howard Morgan’s
gives us a definition of
that will become known
the world as this case is
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ROE GREEN , JR.
PAINFULLY HURT
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Green received
a phone message Tuesday night, that
Roe, who has been for the past two
weeks at Borden-Wheeler Springs
with his grandmother, Mrs. J. A.
Wood, had the misfortune to fall from
a swing, fracturing his skull.
The message stated that he only
fell a few feet, but struck a block
of wood, which caused the trouble.
He was rushed to Atlanta to the
Georgia Baptist Hospital and Mr. and
Mrs. Green left immediately to join
him in Atlanta.
Messages from Mr. and Mrs. Green
state that his condition is not so se¬
rious as it was first thought to be,
and that the physicians say unless
some complication should set up, he
will be alright soon; although there
was a slight fracture. t
Fort Valley friends were deeply
concerned and are happy to know that
the accident is not considered serious.
Mr. and Mrs. Green are still in At¬
lanta.
Miss Pearl Edwards
Speaks to W. M. S.
The regular business of the W. M.
S. of the Methodist church, which
was held Monday afternoon in the
church parlors was featured by a
talk given by Miss Pearl Edwards,
who is in training at Scarrett Col¬
lege at Nashville, Tenn. Miss Ed¬
wards spoke in an informal way, tell¬
ing of the school, its work and needs
and of the Belle Bennett memorial.
She also led an interesting devotional
in the opening service.
Miss Edwards is a sister of Messrs
Houser and Russell Edwards and the
church and community here feel a
special pride and interest in her en
deavors as she prepares herself for
a ] a rger service in the Kingdom work,
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Miss Roberta Howard and Mrs.
Mattie Flournoy left Monday night
for Savannah, where they sailed
Tuesday on S. S. City of Montgomery
for New York City to spend a month
with Mr. Flournoy Howard,
M,r. and Mrs. Felton Taylor are
on a visit to points in Florida.
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EVOLUTION
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When comets first began to run
In quaint ellipses round the sun,
There fell upon this earthly ball
molecule so very small,
Its size 1 can not f guess,
But know it was than minus less
B, pin. how much I rot tell
^>r ,t would rattle in the shell
Of any seed. But it had size
And countless embryonic eyes,
And tails ophidian, serpent-like,
For perch and parrot, rabbit, pike,
And megatherium, then unborn
Anoplotherium, , . unicorn,
And . , pterodactyl , , , once did dwell
Enclosed in protoplasmic cell. t
Now when she fell she quickly sank
Through mosses tangled, verdure rank ;
Ah! no; for these had never grown
In any land or any zone, j
Ihrough terra firma down she-went ;
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Till her projectile force wps spent,
as some quiet, sober sage,
Sat just above th’ azoic age.
this she said: “Hoc opus est,
I will evolve my biggest best.”
The rocks were rent for miles around
And owlets screamed above the ground
But I forget; the owls were not;
had they been upon that spot,
venture this, I never bet, I
would have been a screaming yet.
all she did I need not write; •
there evolved the trilobite.
ichthyesaur—O how I wish
could have seen that lizard fish!
stocked the world from pole to pole I
dinotherium mollusk, mole;
the ape, and donkey who’ll
ages pass become a mule,
by gradations easy quite
the scale to man upright
tell the truth, I must admit
made, at least, a happy hit,
should have added one more stroke
never let that donkey poke
head from out that wondrous cell
our grand-sires were said to
dwell.
1884. —W. C. CARTER.
Meade Memorial Being Completed
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_ The memorial to Gen. George Gordon Meade, hero of Gettysburg, which
t>as stood 40 per cent completed In the Botanical gardens In Washington for
hear two years, is being completed. The memorial Is being erected by the
state of Pennsylvania, but has stood incomplete for lack of funds. Now the state
lias allowed the $250,000 necessary, and work has again started.
Another Attraction
For Fort
Along with other recent
in the business section of
Edwards Brothers have
erecting a very
sign in front of their
The general dimensions of the
16 feet high and 5 feet
is constructed of 26 guage
sheet steel built on an
frame.
The faces of the sign are cut
letters are constructed of
glass with raised channel.
The color scheme is dark M
back ground, with white
with gold channel, and
with hand wrought scroll
on each corner. Thirty
bulbs are used to furnish
will be attached to an electric
time clock inside the store
off and on the sign automatical
Edwards Brothers are also
to put on an
door advertising campaign
a large road sign
into the city and
wording that “Fort Valley is
of the Peach Blossom Festival.”
Mr. Louis Rigdon, who is in charge
the advertising for Edwards Bro¬
was in the office of The Lead¬
recently and was well
with the results obtained in
advertising in The Leader
which he stated was the
asset in making their Spring
Summer business the best in the
of the firm.
Mrs. L. L. Brown, Misses Frances
Cornelia Brown are spending
time in North Carolina.
There will be preaching at Provi
church Sunday at 3 p. m., by
T. H. Thomson.
Listening In On Marshallville
By RUTH MONCRIEF
Miss Bernard Battle entertained
friends with a rook party on
Saturday morning.
Miss Ida may Timberlake gave her
School class a picnic at the
Club on Tuesday.
Mrs. C. J. Goodwin, Mrs. Philips
Miss Louise Philips spent
in Macon,
Mrs. J. O. Persons has gone to
Florida.
Mr. Tom Brown, and Mr. L. B.
went to Miami Tuesday.
Mrs. Durward Ware and children,
Toomsboro, are visiting Mr. and
G. A. Ware on East Main street,
Mrs. J. M. Ware, Mrs. George
and Hiley Pharr are visiting in
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom. Taylor, Mr.
Martin, Dr. D. B. Frederick and
Dykes, have returned from Flor¬
where they spent the week.
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KIWANIS CLUB
MEETS FRIDAY
International Convention Report Will
Be Made By Sanders Harris
Friday, August 7th, will be the
first meeting of the Kiwanis Club
after being adjourned for two months.
Sanders Harris will take up most of
the time telling about his trip to St.
Paul in June as the official delegate
of this club to the International Con
vention. More than 10,000 delegates
met in St. Paul representing Kiwanis
(clubs from the United States and
Canada and Sanders Harris has
some very wonderful stories to tell
of how he afid the Georgia peaches
j which were sent up by several mem
bers of this club were received. Mem
bers of the club are looking forward
to this first meeting to see how
many will be present, so that the
work of the club may be gotten un¬
der way without delay. Several mat¬
ters of importance are waiting action
by the club and it is hoped that every
member who is in town will make a
special effort to be present. The pro¬
gram is in charge of Louis L. Brown,
Jr., David Crandall, and Senator Joe
Davidson.
On the following Friday, August
14th, the club will have as its guest
Mr. W. B. McKinstry, Comptroller of
the Central of Georgia Railway, who
comes at the invitation of the club to
talk about railroads and their prob¬
lems and how they are handled for
the best interest of the public. The
program will be in charge of J. E.
Lee, W. R. Edwards and F. W. With
oft.
Miss Virginia and Rose Robinson,
of Atlanta, returned home Tuesday
after spending a few days with Mrs.
Joe Davidson.
Mrs. F. J. Frederick and Mrs. J.
M. Ware are spending some time at
Franklin, North Carolina.
Miss Mary Niles, who has been
j visiting her brother, Dr. G. M. Niles
of Atlanta, has returned home.
Miss Dora Dunwoody, with her lit
tie granddaughter, Dorothy McMa
nus, is spending the week with Mrs.
Dunwoody’s brother, Mr. H. M. Har
grove.
Miss Adella Ware, who has been
visiting in Blakely for several weeks,
has returned home,
Miss Rambo from Blakely is visit
ing Miss Adella Ware. Several par
ties have been given in her honor.
ji Ir and Mr s Harmon Frederick
! have returned home after spending
the week in Florida.
Dr. Jake Haslam and Mr. Adam
Haslam are in Florida this week.
Petichland Journal
37 years old—only newspa¬
per in the heart of one of
America's richest diversified
agricultural sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
PEACHES FROM
GA. CARRY WELL
Mr. Julius Glass shipped by express
a crate of peaches to a kinsman in
Los Angeles, California, the crate
leaving here on Thursday and was
delivered the next Wednesday, hav¬
ing been delayed one day on account
of having the wrong address.
Mr. Glass says the peaches arrived
in fine shape, only four out of the
crate being decayed, which proves
that Georgia peaches will ship any
where.
This fruit was grown by B. R.
Marshall and presented to Mr. Glass
to ship as a test of the carrying
qualities.
Mr. Brown Wimberly, who has a
farm at Henderson, has just returned
from Europe and states that he car¬
ried a crate of peaches with him to>
London, did not put them on cold
storage and that they kept perfectly,
A College Holding
To Christian Faith
A. L. Luce refers to The Leader
Tribune a very interesting booklet
which tells of the o ganization and
plans of the University of China,
chartered under the Laws of the
state of Tennessee, which has been
the scene of the recent sensational
evolution case.
The secretary of this university,
Chas. W. Rankin, has had some try¬
ing experiences in China. He was are
attorney of Memphis, Tenn., and felt
a call to the mission field. He was
sent in 1912 to the largest Methodist
university in the Orient, the Soochow
University, where he had charge of
the Law department for a number of
years. He finally made an emphatic
Protestant missions of China and *
protest against “Modernism” in the
was so outspoken about it that he
was dismissed. He has a large num¬
ber of supporters in this country how¬
ever, and this new school, the Uni¬
versity of China, is the result of his
able efforts, “to take to China the
old-time religion of Jesus Christ.” He
is now returning to China to estab¬
lish the university. There is much
significance in the university’s “char¬
ter doctrinal standards,” as follows:
In all of the “several schools or agencies
of the university the instruction given shall
always be required to be strictly in accord
with and in conformity to the following prin¬
ciples of the Christian faith, viz:
“1. The supernatural inspiration and
thorough trustworthiness of the Holy Scrip¬
tures.
“2. That there is but one God, everlasting^
of infinite power, wisdom and goodness, the
Maker and Preserver of all things, and that
in unity of this Godhead, there are three
persons of one substance, po\yer, and eterni»
ty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
“3. The Personality, Sovereignty and
providence of God the Father.
“4. The pre-existent Deity of Jesus Christ;
His Virgin Birth; His sacrificial, substitu¬
tionary, atonement through His death for
the sins of the whole world; His Bodily
Resurrection from the dead; His ascension
into heaven*; and His second coming.
“6. The personality, Deity, and work of
the Holy Spirit.
“6. That man was created in the image
of God.
“7. The doctrine of the race’s fall in
Adam, and redemption in Christ.
“8. The universal necessity of regenera
tion.
“9. The doctrines of Justification by faith,,
a conscious salvation and a Holy life.
“10. The doctrines of the General Judg¬
ment ; of the resurrection of the body with
everlasting life for believers; and of ever¬
lasting punishment for unbelievers who have
had opportunity to hear the Gospel,—God
dealing justly, according to His infinite wis¬
mercy and love, with those who have
never had opportunity to hear the message
His Word.”
The by-laws of the University of' China
(Charter, University of China, pp. 1-2)
that directors and instructors before
upon their duties, and annually
shall subscribe to belief in the
Charter Doctrinal Standards. (This
is not effective as to Chinese or
teachers where it is not practicable to
Christians or to have missionary work¬
REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN
Attention is called to the fact that
permanent registration books are
open, and all qualified persons
informed that they may register
Hon. T. E. Tharpe, Tax Collec¬
Byron, Georgia, or in book kept
the office of the ordinary.
If you wish to vote in the special
to be held Sept 16th, 1925,
should register right away.
M. C. MOSLEY, Ordinary.