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"We Are Building: a City Here"
ARE YOU
HELPING TO BUILD
i A CITY HERE?
Volume XXXVII. Number 34. FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 20, 1925. (Eight Pages) $1.50 Per Year in Advance.
WYATT AND M’KINSTRY IN
FINE ADDRESSES THRILL
fort ValleyAN s
LaGrange
!in Powerful
For Wilson e
W. B. McKinstry of Central
Tells of Georgia's Wonderful
i Era of Progress
Two addresses of unusual
stance and appeal were delivered
fore the Kiwanis Club last Friday
L. B. Wyatt, distinguished
and legislator from LaGrange,
W. B. McKinstry, comptroller of
Central of Georgia Railway
Mr. Wyatt, introduced by
Newton, proceeded at once into
eloquent call to Georgians,
ly those of the baby county of
who have a splendid opportunity
show the Empire State the
and vision of her people, to
t/t million dollars for Woodrow Wil¬
son College at Valdosta in order that
the ten million dollars offered b r v
great capitalists of the East and
North may be realized to give
South Georgia the greatest higher
f educational institution in the world.
These capitalists / have challenged
Georgians, said Mr. Wyatt, by saying
that they will give ten million dol
lars to the building of the college as
a memorial to Woodrow Wilson, if
Georgians will only show their high
vision and interest by giving a mil¬
lion dollars.
Peach county's quota is only about
a dollar for each white person in the
county, according to a statement to
Jl The Leader-Tribune Thursday morn
ing by C. L. Shepard, a member of
j* the state executive committee in the
■ campaign. Mr. Shepard and others,
following: . ,, . Mr. Wyatt s address, , , were
J
Confident that Peach countians could
not close their eyes to this wonderful
opportunity to show Georgia that she
did ... not make *, a mistake . , , in . the
tion of the baby county but that this
county could be relied upon to
herself conspicuous in every high
progressive movement , for . the , ad- 3
▼ancement of the state.
Mr. Shepard states that the call
for subscriptions to the fund will be
P made in a week or ten days.
Several Visitors
There were several other visitors
present at the meeting, among whom
Tljfrpe William E. Stewart, assistant
general freight agent of the Central
Railway of Macon, Mr. Bidez, Cen
tral accountant of Macon, and Super-
Bureau of Information for the Empire State of the South
* Georgia Association
of Commercial Secretaries
Success is measured by our achievements
West Point, Ga. August 17, 1925.
Mr. E. T. Murray, President,
Kiwanis Club,
Fort Valley, Ga.
Dear Mr. Murray:
> Having read an article in your local paper in which you ex¬
press your opinion relative to the need of a Chamber of Commerce,
I am taking this opportunity to write and place before you some
facts which may interest the members of your organization and
yourself.
At the semi-annual meeting of Georgia Assn, of Commercial
Secretaries held in Atlanta last Friday, a resolution was adopted,
which in part reads as follows: The members of this association
shall cast about seeking cities in the state without a Chamber of
Commerce or Board of Trade, and when found, this association shall
offer its services and co-operation in perfecting such an organiza¬
tion in any city desiring assistance.
A in organization number of capable executives
We have our a
■who would be glad to assist you in organizing a Chamber of Com¬
merce, and we feel confident that through this organization you j
could find a secretary of recognized ability.
If we can serve you in any way, do not hesitate to command us.
Very truly yours,
Georgia Association of Commercial Secretaries,
J. T. Whelden, Sec.-Treas.
P. S. I am pleased to note that the editor of your newspaper liked
. my article enough to publish it in his newspaper.
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon a nd Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
at
MELONS
356 cars of watermelons had
been shipped from the Fort Val¬
ley territory up to Thursday
morning. About forty cars a day
are being shipped this week. The
showing promises to be better
than had been anticipated rccent
ly.
intemient J. F. Lambert of the
Valley public schools.
President Murray appointed
special committee to confer with
committee in Albany this week
the matter of attracting more
jsts. This committee was composed
\y. G. Brisendine, chairman, W.
Edwards, E. H. Coppedge and
der s Harris.
Plans are being made to get
to real business on several matters
vda | importance at the
meeting tomorrow (Friday) at
I McKinstry Reveals Wonderful
Resources of Georgia
. The address of Mr. McKinstry will
s P eak for ltse!f m reproduction be
, ,ow
I - Jt ls onP which every thinking
Eaprgian should read and appreciate.
,f there ls 11 Pessimist to be found.
a car e f ul study ol this address should
transform him into a very serious
i worker to realize his share of the
opportunities, both potential and eon
crete, which challenge him on every
hand in his own Empire State of
t * K ’ South. Mr. McKinstry s address
t°" ows -
.
, w, " h tn “ xnr ' ,f, “ mv appreciation of you
!"' _ aili r '!'■•■ Ki«an,- u .i,
f ,. w word9 thB , wi n be of interest to yon.
[ I have been viaitmi? Fort Valley at fre-
1 1"™ 4 intervals for'many yeHw >n<! have
been interested in watching th" wonderful
i development , s which . . . , has taken . place . here. .
J h ave seen the development of the peach
industry as a commercial proposition almost
; rrnm its infancy ami have watched it ,;rmv
from a few cars each year to the groat in
j ^ has becomc (n reCBnt yiar8
n been my privilege to visit nearly
every state in the Union and 1 have seen
1 something of the country from Maine to Cal
l , ifornia and back again to Georgia, and I can
re you that nowhere have i B een any
p i af . P that surpasses the Fort Valley territory
j in the of productiveness climate and the of its hitfh soil, character healthful- cf
ness
citizenship. W'here else . in ... thm count-t
its
could you find so many men who starioti
life with little or nothin*? and have suc¬
ceeded financially as a roseit of their own
efforts ? I can remember very well when
many of the leading men of this county
were struggling to get a start in business.
and I am proud of the fact that they have
succeeded far beyond th^ir expectations. The
people of Fort Valley have no reason to be
envious of any other place, aB they now
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DEATH OF MR.
JOHN M. COOK
j p r ; ellds 0 f Mr j 0 ] ln M Cook> j r<(
one _ t j me res i den t superintendent of
tho j oca j telephone exchange, were
K ri eved to hear of the death of his
f a ther, John M. Cook, a citizen of
’
p ort Valley. Mr. Cook passed away
on Thursday, August 13th, at 2 p. m.
at his home on East Main street .
His sickness was short and in spite
• of expert medical attendance and
| nurs j n pr k j s spirit took? its last long
| journey to a better land. Mr. Cook
was ;d) out seventy-five years of age
, and a u 0 f k j s jjf c ] )ad p e en given to
j his profession of Civil Engineering,
| during which time he had taken part
j n some G f South's greatest de
i velopments. Mr. Cook is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Jno. M. Cook, of
Aewanee, Tenn., his son, John, Jr.,
a prominent telephone engineer of
Atlanta, and Mrs. Cook, Jr.
The funeral was held from St. An
drew’s church on Friday at 11 a. m.,
the vestrymen of St. Andrew’s being
the pall bearers, the simple burial
service of the Episcopal church be
; ng read j n tke church and at the
Oaklawn ,, , , cemetery , by the ,,
1 grave ” in '
i Rector, Rev. E.- J. Saywell, assisted
i by the regular choir.
Messrs. Jones and Blewster of the
undertaking department of the Geor¬
gia-Agricultural Works carried out
their part in their usual kind and
considerate way.
Louis L. Brown, Jr.,
Weds Mi ss Valeria Posey
The marriage of Louis L. Brown,
Jr., to Miss Valeria Posey on Thurs¬
day morning, August 20th, at ten o’¬
clock at the home of the bride’s par¬
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Posey, at
Central, S. C., is of most cordial in¬
terest to their many friends here.
The marriage was quietly solem¬
nized, only the immediate family and
friends being present.
Immediately following the wedding
ceremony, the young couple left for
I a wedding trip to points in Massa
| chusetts and New York State.
Mrs. Brown is remembered here
quite pleasantly by many; having
been a popular member of the school
faculty for three months, resigning
on account of the illness of her mo
ther.
She is a young woman of much
charm graduate of personality of Agnes Scott and intellect, college of is J
a
the class of 1922. She will be warm
ly welcomed to Fort Valley as the
bride of Louis Brown, one of the
city’s choicest and most popular j
young men in the business and social [
circles.
After the wedding trip they will
return to Fort Valley and will be at
home with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Brown,
Sr., on Church street.
BOASTS OF LARGGEST MELON
Mr. R. L. Marchman boasts of the
largest watermelon grown in this
section which is a Thurmond Gray
and whighs 68 pounds. This melon
is on display at the Citizens Bank
where it has been admired by many.
Peach County
Digest Completed
The 1925 Peach county
first of the new county has been
completed and sent to Atlanta to the
Comptroller General’s office for ap
proval by the State tax commissioner,
Accordingf to the figures as com¬
piled by C. N. Rountree, tax
er for the county, the consolidated
returns of the taxable properly in
the county is $3,058,733.00.
This, the first digest of the Peach
county values, is particularly inter¬
esting.
There can be no comparison *n as to
the total gain or loss valuations
on account of the division of the
county last year.
Total polls returned are 2,093, of
which number 1,020 are negro men,
while the 1073 include the white
men and women.
The acreage returned in Peach is
95,292 at a valuation of $1,085,072.
City property values are $1,096,801.
Intangibles are returned at $44,746.
Bank returns $147,148. Stocks, $150,-
818. Automobiles $118,303. Manufac¬
turing corporations, exclusive of the
Atlantic Ice and Coal corporation,
which was included in city properly
return values amounting to $110,400.
Household and kitches furniture,
$142,835; horses and mules $89,365:
Cows, $9,122; hogs $5,083; Goats,
$35; jewelry $5,313;Dogs, $387; while
property not herein mentioned j
amounts to $8,435, making the con- !
solidated returns for whites and |
blacks $3,058,733.
If these figures are accepted as a
fair valuation by the State from the
county, tax receiver C. N. Rountree
will have the books ready by the
first of November for individuals to
make their payment of state and
county tax for 1925.
Geo. Slappey Home
. ;•., rge H Slappey returned last
Friday _ .. from - ten-days . V motor w trip . | n
a
through Tennessee, North Carolina,
and South Carolina. He says that
Peach county has been blessed with
weather for her crops, as compared
with the balance of the country lie
f aWj and that Peach is the garden j
spo t 0 f the entire southeastern
states.
FORT VALLEY GROWS
Mr. Cornelius Hall is having erect- '
ed a lovely residence out west 0 £
p or t Valley, facing the golf course,
Several new residences have re¬
cently been built on Oakland Heights
an d Sunset Park. Fort Valley’s sub¬
urban divisions are growing right
along.
Quality Printing O’
Good every time or we make It «rood.
■
And, ‘by the sweat of the brow," i
we are boosting for you all the time. 1
I
The Leader-Tribune
Telephone 119.
i W oolf oik Bail ding n
i Damaged By Fire
A fire which was discovered Sun
day morning at two o’clock in the
roof over Spiller’s restaurant damag
ed the Woolfolk building to the ex
tent of $500, or more according to
: estimates of insurance men.
The fire caught from the metal
stove pipe of the restaurant cook
stove which passes through the wood
work from the outside of the huild
ing to the tile roof.
The sprinkling system installed in
building held the blaze in check
until the fire department arrived.
\ hole was made in the tile roof,
enabling the firemen to reach the
blaze and extinguish it with the water
host,
Mr. J. D. Kendrik’s office was con¬
siderably damaged by water, and the
A. and I’. Tea store was also slightly
damaged by water. The loss was fully
covered by insurance.
Loss By Fire
Mr. George English, who lives two
miles west of Fort Valley, had the
jy^j^fortune to lose his barn and
muc j-) f eed stuff by fire early Wed
nesday morning.
Mr. Englisn states that the intense
heat and drouth caused a combustion
in a large pile of raw cotton in his
barn. He was standing near and
heard the explosion.
The barn contained 75 bushels of
corn, 400 bundles of oats, a lot of fod¬
der and other feed stuff.
This was a complete loss, as there
was no insurance on the building or
the contents. Mr. English estimates
his loss at more than $2,000.
Damage Suits Filed
Two large suits were filed against
the Central Railroad here K^terday
through Attorney J George 6 B. Culpep- 1 1
> ,er ’ Jr ” when Mrs - Rosey Caldwell,
of Atlanta > asked for $50,000 for in¬
juries received when her Chevrolet
car was wrecked in Fort Valley on
July 1 by an engine on the downtown
crossing.
M. G. Caldwell filed suit for $25,
000 for injury and loss in the same
accident.
The Caldwells, after crossing one
section of the tracks, started across
another, the backing engine and box
car caught them, the box car striking
the Chevrolet car in which they were
riding.
Peach Inn
Mrs. Stewart McCarty of Zenith,
will operate a tourist hotel at Lee
Pope. J. W. Pearson’s Peach packing
hotel will be used as the Leep Pope
Tourist Hotel. Mrs. McCarty oporat
ed the hotel for Mr. Pearson during 1
peach season and those who were ;
there predict much success for the ;
“Peach Inn. i
Queer that people with insomnia j
never thought of getting a job as 1
nightwatchmen.
WITH SPLENDID CORPS OF
TEACHERS CITY’S SCHOOLS
READY TO OPEN SEPT. 7TH
CHILD IS HURT
IN AUTO
Carolyn r , Wadsworth, —,
j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
worth, was severely injured
day afternon when the car in
she was riding with her mother
lided with a truck of the H. V.
Wholesale Grocery store, driven by
j negro The employe gir of dashed the company.
was through
| windshield of her mother’s car
I suffered a 5-inch cut on the chin
1 another sever gash on the ear. Mrs.
| Wadsworth was probably
mjured and susta.ned a bruised knee.
Reports from mother and child this
(Thursday) morning are that both
are up and doing as well as could
be expected.
A. J. EVANS SPEAKER
AT KIWANIS
_
(Northeast Georgian, Cornelia, Ga.)
Mr. A. J. Evans, the peach king of
Fort Valley, was the principal speak
er at the noon luncheon of the Ki¬
wanis club last Tuesday. Mr. Evans
stated that the best country in the
world is right where we are. He said
that we must have faith in our sec
tion, faith in our town, and faith in
ourselves. Mr. A. E. Fuller of Miami,
another guest also spoke and said in
words to the effect that all we need
. to talk Northeast Georgia.
is
Mr. Ross Hill, of Fort Pierce, Flj.,
i and Mr. Otto Brenner of Kansas
; were also guests of Kiwanis.
I A number of local Kiwanis are i m
i terested in securm K a county farm
! a £ ent tor Habersham. In a few weeks
tho club wil1 0CCU P y its own rooms
in the Ritchie building which is be¬
ing repaired and furniture installed
i. for their service. The Kiwanis Club
is taking advantage of every oppor
tunity to build up Cornelia and this
section.
F. O. Miller Returns
F. O. Miller, accompanied by Mrs.
Miller and Mrs. Neltie Miller, have
returned from a delightful trip
through the West. Mr. Miller was
one of the distinguished figures in
Masonry at a convention. In a kind
thought of The Leader-Tribune he
remembered us with a post card from
Yellowstone Park saying: “Have been
on the go for about three weeks.
From here to Pike’s Peak and then
home. Having a fine trip.”
BOY’S CONDITIION BETTER
News from the bedside of little Roe
Greene, Jr., who is in an Atlanta hos¬
pital recovering from an injury re
ceived when he fell from a hommock
at Borden Wheeler Springs and frac¬
tured his skull is encouraging. Mrs.
J. M. Greene, mother of the injured
child, is with him.
THE HOME TOWN PAPER
When the evenin’ meal is over an’ the dishes put away,
An’ you settle down to store your mind with happenin’s of the day,
Comes a peaceful feelin’ o’er you, brushin’ from your face a frown,
As you scan the weekly paper from you ol’ home town.
It tells you all about who’s sick an’ those wh ocome an’ go,
Likewise the cornin’ vendue at the farm of Jabez Stowe.
The burnin’ of the Cider Mill belongin’ to “Hub” .Brown,
Get’s a write-up in the paper from your ol’ home town.
There ain’t an entertainment or a meetin’ where they pray,
But what I know about it though I’m livin’ far away.
If the chicken-pox is ragin’ or the mumps is goin’ roun’
I peruse it in the paper from my ol’ home town.
I read the mornin’ papers and the evenin’ papers, too,
An’ I sometimes pick a novel up an’ sorter skip it through;
But when I want some pabulum, which nowhere else is foun’
I unwrap the little paper from my ol’ home town.
They say our good an’ bad deeds are recorded up on high,
So that God cart classify us when it comes our time to die.
If that he true, I know a man who’s going to wear a crown—
He’s the gent.who runs the paper in my ol’ home town.
JOHN KELL), (In The Chicago Tribune.)
Peachland Journal
37 years old—only newspa¬
per in the heart of one of
America's richest diversified
agricultural sections.
]c Superintendent . . J. /
.
' Lambert Announces
„ III .. I List t TeacIiei'S
I
School Kiddies’ Eyes Begining to
Sparkle With Approach of
Fall Term Opening
The Fort Valley Public Schools
will open for the fall session on Mon¬
day, September 7th at 8:30, as an
nounced by J. F. Lambert, Supt,
The book room will be open for
j the rental o£ books on Thursday, Fri
I day and Saturday previous to open
j ing d . iy
Parents are reques ted to see that
the pupila secure their certificates
and supplies before opening day.
| Children entering school for the
j first time are reqyired to be vacci
nated if they have not ••.'■ready been
j sch vaccinated, o1 without as no chih : nay enter
H ° having ' ; ' scn P^rly
■ vaccinated.
, | Some changes hav :>een made in
j the faculty during the summer
I months and a revised list of the fac¬
ulty is as follows:
i
Grammar School
First Grade—Miss Mattie Luck,
Fairburn, Ga.
! First Grade—Miss Willie B. Mos
' ey ’ J ak * n > Ga.
Second Grade—Miss Bessie Greer,
. Columbus, Ga.
! Second Grade—Miss Mildred Yoe
mans, Dawson, Ga.
i Third Grade—Miss Mary Yoemans,.
1 Dawson, Ga.
I Third Grade—Miss Loretta Spar¬
row, Hawkinsville, Ga.
Fourth Grade-—Miss Annie Belle
Etheridge, Shellman, Ga.
Fourth Grade—Miss Lula Ree Eth¬
eridge, Shellman, Ga.
Fifth Grade—Miss Marion Horne,
Boston, Ga.
Fifth Grade—Mrs. Nell Dover,
Montezuma, Ga.
Junior High School Faculty
Miss Bessie Anderson, Fort Valley,
Miss Louise Powell, Dublin, Ga.
Miss Ruby Harris, Fort Valley.
Miss Mabel Griffin. Hampton, Ga.
High School Faculty
T. H. Smith, Principal.
Mathematics—Miss Elma Trippe,
Dublin, Ga.
History—Miss Sar.imie Davis, Ala
bama.
English—Miss May Allen King, At¬
lanta.
French and Civics—Miss Zepb
Pate, Unadilla, Ga.
Latin—Miss Marguerite O’Sheals,
Sylvesta, Ga.
Piano—Miss Ruby McConnell, Ad¬
rian, Ga.
Piano and Voice—Miss Dorothy
Lancaster, Ocala, Fla.
Reading and Expression—Miss Car
rye Dodds, Hopewell, Ala.
Home Economics — Miss Carrie
Cravey, Senoia, Ga.