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Professional Directory Claude M. Houser Samuel M. Mathews HOUSER & MATHEWS p ATTORNEYS AT LAW Practice in all the State and Federal Courts Loans made upon City Property on monthly payment plan and regular loans upon farm property. TVoolfolk Bldg. Phone 107 Fort Valley, Ga. C. L. SHEPARD ATTORNEY AT LAW Woolfolk Building Phone 31 Fort Valley, Ga. .Practice in all the State and Federal Courts Loans on Realty * Louis L. Brown Louis L. Brown, Jr. BROWN & BROWN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Wright Building. Phone 9 Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in all the State and Federal Courts Loans on Realty Negotiated GEO. B. CULPEPPER, JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW Citizens Bank Building Phone 374 Fort Valley, Ga. DR. W. L. NANCE DENTIST Miss Florence Taylor, Assistant Citizens Bank Building Fort Valley, Ga. Phones: Office 82; Residence 115. DR. W. H. HAFER DENTIST Office over Copeland’s Pharmacy. Fort Valley, Ga. ’PHONES Residence 50-J. Office 14-J. We Insure Everything Insurable KENDRICK INSURANCE AGENCY Woolfolk Fort Valley Phone Bldg. Ga. 58-J. UiT i MiBaai i MM i imaraBfiiTiuznf i iiEizizjziaiiiiaiHii^^ S a ! is I ! £ 1 THE LEADER-TRIBUNE CO. £ £ a I I £ £ a a a Envelope Enclosures Are £ £ £ £ £ £ a s Economical Advertising £ a £ £ £ a £ £ £ £ £ We Want to tell Merchants and Manufacturers of one good way to reach a great £ £ ft £ £ many people for but little money. Envelope Stuffers, sent with your Bills during £ £ % £ the month and also with your monthly statements, that tell of some unusual Ser¬ £ £ £ £ vice or of Bargains in Merchandise, often start a customer toward more purchases. £ i £ £ Envelope Enclosures are economical advertising pieces and cost very little to £ £ s print. They require no postage. Have your office assistants enclose them with Si £ £ letters, bills and statements, and note the results. £ £ £ OUR JOB DEPARTMENT Si £ £ £ will help you plan a series of these Advertising Pieces that should prove an ex¬ Sfc Vi £ A l J £ cellent investment. Call on us at any time. £ * £ £ £ £ £ £ £ PHONE 119 THE LEADER-TRIBUNE Fort Georgia Valley, m £ £ s % I'*■ I S THE FAULT FINDER AND “KNOCKER • • (Atlanta Constitution) Every now and then somebody hops us and inquires “What’s the matter with Georgia?” And as a rule, he in quires in a tone of voice accompanied by a facial expression that indicates he thinks something mighty bad is the matter with Georgia. And then there is another class of citizen who informs us regularly and with fierce and gloomy imphasis that . what’s really the matter is [much rotten politics.” The Legisla ture is a bum; officials are molly coddles and weaklings; city councils don’t know the difference between $7.15 and $9.25; our school teachers are incompetents; our boards of con trol of one sort and another rascally politicians. It is worst sort of bunk! There isn’t anything . particularly . . . ,, the xl matter” .. „ with ... Georgia—there X. may , be something ... the matter .. with ... few r Georgians. ~ 0 So far - The some as Atlanta . xl . Georgian is concerned, , it ,, ' verily . believes .. the . worst , pest , . the m state , today , , and , x1 the greatest , . handi- , to and . prosperity the xl can progress is fellow - who , always , is . complaining, , . . whining, ... snarling, criticizing .... and , abusing! ... There is too much of that going on in Georgia—too much fault-finding; too much a disposition to regard men in authority and high and responsible places in the light of knaves and cheapstakes. Politics isn’t any “rottener Georgia than it is in other states— there is good reason to suspect that it may not be so rotten as it is in some. Anyway, politics wasn’t born rotten in Georgia. If it has grown rotten, it is because we have permit ted it to. It may be true, as an ob servant rural Georgian once observ¬ ed that politics in this state “don’t smell like no joranium;” but, rela¬ tively speaking, it is what we make it. And when we criticize the “poli¬ ticians” of the state and what they have brought upon us, we really are criticizing ourselves. There is too much criticism all around the board. How much better it would be if men would use their energy search¬ ing out and digging out the good that THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA„ THURSDAY, AULTS'" 6, 1925. is in others! Big men and little men alike are guilty of the foolish vice of aimless criticism. A great genius like Carlyle was weak enugh to point to Huxley, t wonderful the scientist, and describe him as a fool. Ruskin called Darwin “a dim comet, wagging its tail of phosphorescent nothing against the j criticism, steadfast stars. • • Ingeniously worded , but trivial and inaccurate. For a comet is not, so far as we know > made U P of “phosphorescent It may supply the very ; force ’ the life - that feeds the solar I systems, and it does not “wag its tail a *? ainst the steadfast stars,” forj a eomet ' s tail doesn,t wa » and the stars are not steadfast—every one of them moves with incredible speed and ever y one of them flies and van i ishes in turn ; 1 Wouldn t it be more profitable,; 'sane and descent to engage ** in friend ly encouragement the . time , that , ® we ‘ waste A m bitter criticism? ... . The . big . monkeys . x that . x gather xl herds, the m _ baboons , and , the , macaque spend , all their , . time chattering, . xx barking, , . . criti . . each , other. And ; . when . cizmg a man >. begins to criticize ... , he teel „ . , him- . can self drawing , . down , the ,. skin , . on , his . forehead, „ „ . the way a monkey , does , when , he criticizes . x . . another xl monkey. , , , Just try an experiment now. Think of somebody whom you do not like and say: “I hate that man; he is a villain.” As you say these words you have an animal look in your face. On the other hand> if you say to your _ self of the same man, “Poor fellow, he has had a harder time than I in his place, I probably should not do as well as he does; I wish I could help him,” a thought of that kind produces a very different effect in your own mind—it gives you a feel- j j nf » 0 f expansion, of decency and cheerfulness, This earth has progressed toward civilization just as fast as the aver- j age man’s love for his fellow men has increased. Love of others makes heroes of war and of peace. There is, of course, such a thing as useful) criticism. It’s the criticism which CONSTRUCTIVE. And it is not crit icism in the usual sense of the word. It takes a kind form, it mixes friend¬ ly praise with equally friendly sug¬ gestion for improvement. PLANS MADE FOR IMPROVING Three grades of seed, elite, t° red > and certified will be the dards under which the Georgia Improvement Association will t ^ ic seed °f * ts members on the ket * n the future. This action was taken at a meeting of the . Association , , , held , ,, and furthermore, all seed ^ed sell by members their products of the under a tag which carries the guarantee as to the purity and minatlon of the seed. This is said be one of the most distinctly s t p P s taken in seed marketing in st ate, and hereafter purchasers seed from members of the Crop provement Association are given guarantee as to quality. . » • • ATLANTA AND WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY \ \ * * THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALABAMA • • GEORGIA RAILROAD ■ • • • * The West Point Route operates thru Pullman X ears • between New York, Washington, Montgomery and New !! \ Orleans. \ • • < • • Tourist all the from Washington to San !! car way > Francisco. !! ■ \ Also dining car .parlor car and observation car ac- \ \ commodations on certain trains. ;; • Close connections at New Orleans for the West. ;; The Georgia Railroad offers the most direct service ■ > to South and North Carolina points via Augusta, includ- ;; ■ \ ing thru Pullman sleepers. ■ Use the “OLD RELIABLE. yp \ Ask Ticket Agent for information to rates, > any as < • routes, etc., or write to the undersigned. We will be glad ■ ! \ assist in possible. ' to you every way ■ J. P. BILLUPS General Passenger Agent ■ ■ Atlanta, Ga. ■ ■ ■ « Field inspection work is done reg¬ ularly by authorized representatives of the Association and germination tests are made in the laboratory when the seed are gathered. Reports from community pure seed associations showed that even though sales of seed were somewhat smnll last season, most of the mem¬ bers have recognized the benefits of growing varieties of high grade. Where the varieties of cotton with good staple have been adopted, the markets have shown a noticeable im¬ provement. T. B. Thornton of Hartwell, is president of the Crop Improvement Association, and R. R. Childs of Athens is secretary. Life is largely a matter of going ; some place, coming back or staying where you are. IN MEMORY ROBERT HANCOCK - | It is not given to us to know the mysteries of God for on October 8, 1001, Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hancock, came to bless the home. Then in his 21st year, the prime of life, he was sorely afflicted and suffered for three years, when on July 26th the Master said, “It is enough, come up higher where suf¬ fering ceases and time shall be no more. During his affliction he was at home four times and was sick only a few hours when the summons came. Funeral services were conducted by fyhece QcemBceezesfilokP* REDUCED / ROUND TRIP) FARES r 1 r u / n A \ pr 7> 4 y v y/ k i r\ _s / J - /] *o ■> Way” c 7fie;f$ght Rev. J. R. Hunt at the family lot fit Perry, on Tuesday at 4:00 p. m., July 28th. Sleep on! Bleep on! dear Robert, oh Could we speak thee into life, Would we? No, a thousand time*, no! You are safe from all evil and strife, Awaiting the judgment day, When the Master shall separata Thee with Him to stay Within the Pearly Gate. MRS. MATTIE K. SMITH, The word progressive covers a mul* titude of ambiguities.