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'We Are Building a City Here'
ARE YOU
JjELPINGTO BUILD
" A CITY HERE?
Volume XXXVII. Number 35.
Population of Fort Valley Reaches About Six Thousand
f HOTEL,
I AND
IIS PROGRAM
Murray Says Capitalist Will
Build Hotel Here
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1 CITIZENS DONATE
g! 1 A a SLA , , Jr. I ADLE A n r u Lit / l I t
I Committee Appointed by President
Murray To Confer With Capital¬
I N ist On Proposed Deal
Negotiations are now under way
I for the building of a handsome new
i h®*el of modern style and large ca
I paeity in Fort Valley. Following T.*Mur- a
statement from President E.
h ray before the Kiwanis Club last Fri
day, a committee was appointed to
\ press quick action to assure the new
[ «iterprise. This committee is com- !
of C. L. Shepard, chairman,,
f Grenmore Green, A. J. Evans, Ralph
Newton, J. W. Woolfolk. F. O Miller
and and E E. T T. Murrav Murray. i
t President Murray stated to the club
that now is the time to stop dreaming
down dreams to and real seeing action in visions carrying and out get j
a i
program of development the three
main objectives of which should be | i
a new hotel, paved roads and a cham
of commerce. With reference to
the new hotel, he declared that
a bona fide propos.tion from
man to build a large hotel
here without a penny of Fort Valley
money if the people of this
W0Uld onydonate l0t f f thl j e "'
“Thw is the most formidable
opportunity in the history of our
city,” said Mr. Murray, “and if we
1 fail to accept it we should make no
I more claims , . to . a real , progressive .
1 spirit.” Members of the club
I enthusiastic in their interest. No
■.thing else would contribute as
Ito the further success of the town,”
[# eud A ‘. J ’ EvanS ' ° thera apoke In
|imphatic 1 Which the terms committee of approval, was appointed after .
|with •j with instruction# the man to to whom hold a Mr. conference Murray ,
Shad referred and report back a defi
Inite proposition for closing the deal \
at the next meeting of the club on !
Friday of this week.
The matter of paving Peach
roads was discussed ftt. length by
Various members. Mr. Murray stated
that he had been engaged for several
months in laj’ihg plans with civic
of other towns along the Dixie
for a co-operative paviiig ’
Two projects were eon
sidered — that of EcheconheC te
Thomasville and that of HfirweSvitle
to Fort Valley and on dowf, the route J
I The Echeconnee^thomasville f&r plan •
Was the one first attention, ac
cording to the sentiment of many
member#, in order that the largest |
number of people in Peach county
might derive the greatest benefit#
quickly, j
It Was decided to send a committee
to meet with representatives of Other <
i towns at Oglethorpe at an eftr'ly date
to fix Upon a definite ^-operative [
paving program. j
There were numerous visitors at
luncheon. Among them was Mr.
Robinson, t>f the American Automo¬
bile Association, who told of the work
now being dohe by his organization
t» attract the attention of tourists
? this seelion.
Tribute to E. G. Clark
High tribute whs paid to E. G.
fclark, until recently secretary-treas
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4 A BIG-TOWN NEWSPAPER BOOSTING FOR A BIGGER TOWN
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon a nd Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
ll »rry Duff Stars
Game Played on Fort Valley Course
By Four of Macon's Leading
Golf Stars
The team which played here last
Frida y consisted of Harry Duff, Idle
IIour club professional, H. O. Hun
ter, club champion, Steve Solomon
and Morris Michael, two other prom
ment golfers, all of Macon.
A large gallery consisting mostly
of local club members were present.
The *? ame was ver y close and g x «t
ing throughout the entire 18 holes,
Duff and Solomon winning thc» match
by the small margin of 1 up.
Harry Duff played a very consist
en * £ ame > making the lirst nine holes
* n ! )ar wb ' cb is the first time it
bas ever been accomplished.
^ teve Solomon displayed great
skdl ' n tbe art Putting, making
ordy one putt on lour teen of the
e *ghteen holes. He also made one
the longest ^ives of the game, this
bela e on the do K‘ le e- the most diffi
cult hole on the course.
«. O. Hunter and Morris Michael
P P g « „ o! an(1
. ed ^
urn s v J
Duff and s omon . a
C0me _ back on (he last ' nine boIes '
' J Ze ’/ u ll 1 r lie! playL 1
the ei g h nth
Se which
entire-length t of fairw- v
^ f<m gent ' m0 nt are coming J
on Frida g „ ’ for anotht
- exhjbition
me and a t that tim ,
pxpect t<) set a course reconJ
^ wj)| ho)d for to come .
I | The public is cordially invited to
att<>nd thjg game
^ The condition of the local course
was complimented very highly by the
visiting . . . golfers.
Rev. Jas. M. McGirt At
Presbyterian Sunday
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Rev - Jas - M - McGirt, assistant pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
of Macon, preached at the Presbyte
nan churc h ^ere last Sunday morning
and was given a cordial reception.
LAST THURSDAY CLOSING OF
STORES FOR SUMMER
Thursday afternoon will be the last
afternoon that local business
will observe the Thursday afternoon
closing period for the summer
son.
D hhs become a custom for
many of the business! house's to give
their employes each Thursday after
noon during July and August as a
rest and recreation period.
Beginning wi»*i September all
stores will be Ojjen all day Thursdays,
LAST U-N'iON PRAYER MEETING
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The last of the Union mid-week
services will be held Wednes
day at the Baptist chur<|h. The
union services are held during the
summer months and the fellowship
of the different congregations is up
lifting and enjoyable.
After Sept. 1st each church will
hold the mid-week service,
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE
Mrs. W. A. Wooddall has given the
contract to Convert her large resi
dense on corner of Miller and Central
avenue, recently occupied by the Cul
peppers, into a four apartment house
to F. E. Titus and work will begin
there right away.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 27, 1925.
SURPRISE
NEXT
IS
The 1920 census gave Fort Val¬
ley a population of 3,223. Uncle
Sam’s next census is going to al¬
most “drop dead” when it collides
with the new population of Fort
Valley, which is certain to show
more than a growth of 100 per
cent.
Senator J. E. Davidson, just back
f rom the legislature, states that the
bill extending the city limits a half
mi i e was pasged . Thus Fort Valley
obtains that which is of herself a
part, some of the most thickly popu
lated parts of the city having been
outside of the old, small limits of 3-4
mile each way from the old water
tower. Now the limits extend 1 1-4
mile each way from the water tower,
taking in about ns many people u
were within the old limits, and Fort
population should be today ‘
about 6,000.
0ther bi „ h - h ^ Davidson Z
succeeded !!!!!, n passing passing were were the the c city
3Ct t0 ' K> V ° ted on ln Peat ' h
county on September 16, a Fort
Va ley consolidated school district bill
f nd one flxlng tbu salary of the S0 ‘
lieitor of , superior court in Peach
county at $1,200 if the city court is
0r $1 ’ 8 °° ‘ f the dty C ° Urt
lS not rat,fled ,
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LlliP . IMlVerS C(ir
I O Miami , . , E l()rid(t
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Fort Valley is putting it all over
1 Florida-yea, even unto the utter
j most golden pinnacles thereof, Miami.
| When Fort Valley goes to receiv
telegrams for delivery of Fords
to Miami, then we are ready to stand
up on our hind legs and tell the pop
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A. L. Luce, of the Fort Valley Mo-1
tor Co,, received a telegram Monday
from E _ G ^ former]y of ^
| Valley, to deliver a Ford runabout to
Miami. Mr. Luce hopped in said Ford
runabout and about this time is run .
ning about Mianli wonder ing why’n
Sam Hill don't they show a little life
down there. /
Finp Tomatops
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One of the prettiest pictured the
editor 0 f The Leader-Tribune has
lately, notwithstanding “all th'
beaches are full of peaches”--run
ning far behind Fort Valley—was the
basket of rich-red tomatoes with
which paradise was made to been low
over us last Friday, marking the oe
casion of a visit from our especially
good friend, W. G. Southall. These
tomatoes were not onlt! masterful art
—they were examples of the Master’s
perfect art in nature, unblemished
and weighing about half a pound each.
We are delighted to say that we can’t
prove it new. But Mr. Southall said
that front three rows, in spite of the
drought, he had already sold 520
pounds at fancy prices and expected
to hell 40 or 50 pounds more.
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DEATH IN ACCIDENT
James Bradshaw, age 21 years,
Mill street, Fort Valley, met death in
an automobile accident near Taylor’s
Mill last Saturday. Funeral services
were held Sunday at Dorothy Bap¬
tist church.
I Mr. Jeff Hallman is on a motor
trip through Tennessee. |
May Sell Russian Crown Jewels
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' The diplomatic representatives ln Moscow were Invited- by the Soviet
government to n private showing of the crown jewels of the former czar of
Russia, the collection | 8 considered the richest ln the world, and It is under
stood that the Soviet Is contemplating its sale.
A t <- Klmriff
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/If NpffVO ‘ h CJlUVCll
Sheriff J Z A 1 “T".w \ 8 °" g wifi " ,th n Dr
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M M. L. Hickson, went down to Perry p
Sunday to see ab ° ab a negro prisoner
who was sick in jail there. While in
the sister city, Sheriff Pierce came
in with the report that he had been
to Davis church, at the county line
on the Fort Valley-Perry road, to
about a bi * boisterous “gathering”
there A ne K™ had challenged
with several P ist «> sh ots from behind
^ paling ’ He had the
flre and believed the negA, wounded,
Sheriff Anderson, says; that upon the
return of himself and Dr. Hickson
he found suah a of negroes
Dims church that the road was ,m
passable - and he had to get out am,
n, -g*'oes from the road before
* <' ar cauld through A keen
Sealch lh bel " K made for the militant
negro wh(> tricd to sb oot at the Hous
sheriff from across the Peach
county line.
Rilpy and Strothpr
Ha up Rpachpd Homp
Judge A. C. Riley and D. C, Stro¬
ther returned to Fort Valley Monday
after three weeks’ absence on a visit
to Rattle Creek, Mich. They arc now
sapping about like three-year-olds—
not to say that they were not doing
the same before they left! Judge Ri¬
ley reports that the evidence Con¬
clusively shows Fort Valley to be
the finest church-going town in the
‘world. “I Battle Creek, where there
were 45,000 people,” he said, “Mr.
Strother and I attended union Ser
vices of the churches one Sunday at
which there were only about 300 peo- :
.
pie in attendance.’
I
Flood of Tourists i
Jno. F. TroutYnan reports that, be¬
tween five and ten o’clock one morn¬
ing last week, he counted 110 tourist
cars bound for Florida. Twenty-seven
states Were represented. It is noted,
however, that a good many tourists ;
^re returning from Florida. I
A A man in . Kansas je City can lay 36,*■ op !
non 000 bricks k • v a day. j Go out and arw , read
this to vnnr hens.
/
Have you ever been to New York.
A monkey frightened people oft
Fifth avenue. How did they know it
was a monkey?
The silver lining to flivver air
planes becoming common, is reckless
drivers won’t last long.
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ARE US IURED IN
MILL DISAS1 Ell
When cold water was turned into a
; 60-horsepower boiler that had gone
dry at the H. E. Talton cotton gin at
Kathleen - Ga , Saturday there was an
.
; explosion that wrecked the gin, lulled
negro, P^ohMy fatally injured
°"e whlte man - and sll ^ htly ln J ured
four negroes.
I A score of other person had narrow
'-capes, for the boiler was carried
through the roof of the gm house,
| I f J e to «J ^r « e gm. T The h7«re^ fire that foUow
, together wSonl with bale bae'ofnew of new
cott n
j ® l <a< '
,
a mjur .
J-M h arr, 50, farmer, and operator
of the 70 -saw cotton ginnery; burned
,
by steam over the entire body except
the back and head; right foot broken.
He was carried to Oglethorpe Private
Infirmary in Macon.
Jesse Thomas, negro, burned about
the back of head.
Eugene Womack, negro.
Steve Radford, negro.
Negro Operator Killed |
People who accompained Mr. I'arr
tH Oglethorpe Private Infirmary in
Macon, stated that the negro had dis
covered that the boiler was dry and
realizing the danger if he turned cold
water into the boiler, he stepped out- 1
sld e the building and reaching his
( band through the wall he got hold of
the valve and turned the water-on, ap
parently believing that he was play
’ n £ sa ' e when taking that precau
tionary step.
When the rush of cold water hit
the dry, hot flues, both ends of the
boiler gave way and the whole boiler
was torn loose from its fastenings
and soared skyward being carried
about 200 yards.
Explosion’s Force Powerful
The explosion had such force that
it blew out the window glass in the !
ljlroa(] station) distance from :
r . som e
the scene. It also damaged other
property. Banks, th6 ftegro who .urn j
hurled i . backwards , , j 1
.
" on the water, was
into a big vat ten by fifteen feet and
eli?ht i„i. feGt , , d , P ’ , b ' • g 1 k d ‘ V ‘
Hj s body was no t recovered from the
vat until after the fire which follow*
ed the explosion had burned itself Out,
In front of the cotton gin at the
time of the explosion were nearly a
score of trucks and teams, waiting
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711 Bales Cotton
Received; Cars
Of Melons
711 hales of cotton had been
received in Fort Valley up to
Wednesday morning, while 435
bales had been shipped. 465 cars
of watermelons had been shipped,
with heavy shipments nearing an
end, yet with prospects of a few
cars daily for several days to
come.
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MEETING ON
HOTEL
S. E. Odom, prominent real es¬
tate operator of Macon, met with
the committee on a new hotel in
Fort Valley for about two hours
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Odom is
the man to whom President Mur¬
ray referred in launching hotel
plans at the Kiwanis Club last
Friday.
President E. T. Murray, of the Ki
wanis Club, speaking Wednesday
morning of the meeting of the * hotel
committee with Ml , odom 0 Tues .
day afternoon) stated that every
member of the committee> after the
conference with Mr> odom> had a
fjrm determination to see the hotel
- ect through to completion The
.
conference with Mr. Odom was very
satisfactory, said Mr. Murray. Tenta
tiye of a gite was made and
Mj . 0(|()m wju gubmit a final> con .
^ proposition to the committee
at another conference next Tuesday,
„ Even jf wc do not aceept M r. Odom’s
Proportion,” said Mr. Murray, “the
committee __ and eyery member was
pre sent and firm in this conviction- 7~
is determined to build a new hotel.’
lYIFFRIVIR? l PI LAI\S A 7 VW
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L/)I HI HR k
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—In the face of
state-wide opposition to an extra leg
islative session—talk of which was
started Monday when the $4,600,000
Confederate scrip bill was severely
criticised—-Governor Clifford Walker
anno unced Tuesday that he would
pro babIy sign the measure and adopt
KOme p ] an to test out legality of the
scrip for payment of past due pen
sions which the bill seeks to author
ize .
«j am thinking of advertising the
ent i re issue for sale, to see if any
bank will bid on it as a whole at a
reaS onable rate of interest,” the gov
ernor sa j d- “j n this way, I will find
out definitely whether the business
world will regard the scrip issue un
der tb j g b ju ag wor t b one hundred
cents on the dollar and I will also
save many of the old soldiers from
a probable loss which tihey would
sustain in trying to cash the script
individually.”
Governor Walker expects to finish
reading and signing the mass of bills
passed during the closing days of the
legislatU re by Thursday. He has not
yet f 0U nd any legislation which ap .
nnoro Pears Lq to call can "for tor exercise exercise of oi the tne veto veto
nower he stated *
Mrs ’ Harry Dix0rt of Richland, Ca.,
was the guest Of Mrs. Luther Farmer
this week.
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Life’s so funny. At Saratoga
Springs a woman had a man arrested
for stealing her money before she
could bet it on the races.
Peachland Journal
37 years old—only newspa¬
per in (he heart of one of
America’s richest diversified
agricultural sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
GEORGIA TAX
REFORM LAWS
MEET DEFEAT
Inheritance Tax Repeal Is
Only Measure To Pass
ADJOU RNMENT
LEGISLATURE ON
SUNDAYMORNING
Classification Tax Measure Is Last
To Go Down in Defeat Be¬
fore Adjournment
Atlanta, Aug. 24.—Danger of are
extra session of the legislature, at
which the governor would have in¬
sisted on passage of tax reform leg¬
islation was averted at 3:55 o’clock
,
| Sunday morning when 1 compromise
j report on the appropi ons bill was
I accepted by house ; i senate and
; both bodies then adjourned. Adjoum-
1 ment left the classification tax
act
defeated, appropriation for the mar
ket bureau cut from $100,000 to $75,
legislation passed.
000 and practically no tax reform
In addition to the classification,
tax, supporters of the tax reform
program had strongly advocated an
income tax for the state. This meas¬
ure was lost largely as a result of
the failure of the backers of this,
movement to agree on any one bill..
Will Wind Up Business
Unfinished business of the Georgia
general assembly will be wound up
this week by a number of officials
and members of committees who are
authorized to remain over for seven
days. Checking up of records, work
>ng uj> the last day’s journal and final
disposition of all other pending mat¬
ters Wijl be the program of the week.
Among those authorized by act of
the general assembly to remain over
are: the president of the senate and
his secretary, the speaker of the
house, and his secretary, the seerc
tary of the senate and the clerk of
the house, members of the auditing
and engrossing committees, the post
mistress of the house and others.
Solons Homeward Bound
Sunday saw the great majority of
the weary legislators checking out for
their homes over the state. Very few*
remained over until today,
It was a happy hour in the legis
lature about 4 o’clock Sunday morn
house tossed the sponge into the ring
ing when both the senate and the
and decided to agree on the second
conference committee’s report on the
appropriations bill. And when the
necessary formality of notifying the
governor of sine die adjournment had
been complied with, and the chairmen
of both houses swung their gavels for
the last resounding tap, tumult broke
loose as the realization dawned that
the legislators were free of their law¬
making labors for two years.
Last hour scenes around the capi
tol before adjournment were spirited
and dull by turns. The negro porters,
long since wishing to be home and in
bed, crawled off into the antecham
and there a drowsy law maker snor
bers and caught ten winks, while here
ed in his seat to the merriment of
h abou( hj Toward ,11 the last,
.
the senate , burst during , .
into song a
and sang to a fiddle and banjo
accom paniment for half an hour be
fore a message from the house called
members back to business. '
Name Committees Soon
President J. Howard Ennis, of the
senate, and Speaker Cecil Neill, of
the house, are expected to name two
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