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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 mNMTinW lUll Tit M Ml/A AT 1 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 (Continued on Last Page) 4 A BIG-TOWN NEWSPAPER BOOSTING FOR A BIGGER TOWN The Job Printing and Advertising with which YOU support it is the Strength to make it Boost • • ■0. J ®he £ea&ei>®ritmne 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 - 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 - 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 , ’ LlliP . IMlVerS C(ir I O Miami , . , E l()rid(t - 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 ______,, • ' ' 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 - 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. - 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 Mil mmm iii " r ' - f? |5 % § \ ,-;v i 'M A ( > tP| s l A* £1; o 8 ; mm I ' m i J j i*I ' 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 • /If NpffVO ‘ h CJlUVCll Sheriff J Z A 1 “T".w \ 8 °" g wifi " ,th n Dr * 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. /lYIj 1 II ft' A II 9 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 (Continued on Last Page) (Eight Pages) 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. \ 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 J r / V rvi/l " M3 f| 1 I Lf C O 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. > A 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 (Continued on Last Page)