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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. / ®he bunei 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 (Continued on Last Page) T Are Favorite Pets ri hjS. 7”"3 m m 0K m. p Vx, -V ft -fr lit I ; V f S m ;! •. ■ Pm f«3 fi m >■' m (gr p M * N SSi ■>' ■ & 1 H ■U \ fj 111 is 1 / •: » 1 A Mil £ . <V ( * ! i ; > -f . ■ ■ I'ij i ! ! ■ : ft ^§11 ■w* <*L H t : : : 1 vS si •: v v. ■ T', V 5 V U: wmmi si I I % M X. fp j XWr.. :-*V V \ ,y fCy A group of society girls of Dayton, Tenn., with the pet monkeys they all Of the not the real thing, hut they the ruling fad carry. course, monkeys are are In the town of the evolution case. Vi •' 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.