Newspaper Page Text
©hr IGraiirr - Srilnutr
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
ESTABLISHED 1888
PUBLISHED EVERY TIJUKHDAY
JOHN II. JONES
Editor and Owner
"As a Mmi Thinkelh in Hi« Hurt, So Is Hr,
Official Oman of Peach County. City of fort
Valiev and W>*l»rn Division of the
.Southern Diafriet of Georgia
Federal Court*
N. E. A. Feature Service
AdvertUcra' Cut Service
Entered hr h**coim1-Hhmh mutter at the poet
office tit Fort Valley, Ga., under the
net of March .‘1. 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICKS
(PiiyuWe in Advance) si .60
1 Year .... S'j.vr.
€ Months . $0.40
$ Months
ADVERTISING RATES
80c per Column Inch
Ir p*-r Word
LeK»l Advertisements Strictly Cash In Advance
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925.
The Reverence
of Youth
By William Russell Owen
w HATBVEK pIm- one may »ay of the
W?«* ,n which wc* find ourdcl'ps
se pk’inif rtesllr.y, there will be none to
glorify it by calling it a reverent affe.
Yet Ha Youth in reverent. Never haa been
born a generation but that its Youth waa
reverent always.
It in Youth with its U*t charm that
rushes into flippancy, Young men begin
life with all of if a nobilities terming. Tho
hidden accrete of nature are approached
with feet covered with sandals of wool—
aoft and gentle ia the touch of the hand
upon the myateriea of tha discernible.
Here is Peter, the rugged, and John,
the gentle; Peter, the Impulsive, and John,
the inspired : they rush to the empty tomb
of J«wb to seek the truth about the
riften Ixird. Old A«c ru*hee. neramblinK. un
hwiitant. irreverently into the sepulchre,
but says the narrative of John, the young¬
er"He hhw the linen clothes lying: yet
went he not In.” Reverent Youth hesi¬
tates in the presence of the holy and true.
Old Age grows callous furrows in the
brain, along which slip impertinent and
facile folly.
Thu* Youth is the time when every
pulse heat carrie* with ita throb the
quiver of the Universe?; when every star
at night it* a window looking into the
face of infinity, and every ^act that
riB*** before the mind of Youth ia a rosy
day dawn which beckons Youth to walk
in sober flights of imagination a« a
daily companion of God, the one Big
Idea in all his thoughts.
This issue of The Leader
Tribune went 1« press slightly
•earlier in order that Ihe superin¬
tendent of our mechanical depart¬
ment, l\lr. George C. Toole, Jr.,
might attend his own wedding in
Milledgeville.
-
Good-bye summer, good-bye, good
bye! Good-bye. Here’s your
what’s your hurry? All right; have
Beat.
-
When a community goes to
ing abbut its sanitary
look out! That is something in which
*‘very town and community must ever
lastingly make buttle.
It would take a considerable force
to properly enforce the right speed
regulations in and around Fort Val
ley, but the life of one little child
on an outlying street is worth con¬
siderable.
Hurrah! Pat Griffin, of legisla¬
tive fame, is hack in his editorial
chair on the Bainbridgo Post- Search
light. We want to know if Pat found
anything up there to beat our fire
eating negro.
We sympathize with LaGrange and
other Georgia cities that are suffer
ing fearfully for lack of water. We
of Fort Valley do not properly ap
preciate the blessing that is ours in
a plentiful supply of pure artesian
water.
It takes a mighty long time for
some folks, but sooner or later all of
them find out that nothing can excel
the happiness of a Sunday right here
at home. Whether it be Sunday school
church, visiting friends, reading, an
automobile ride—whatever you may
choose, it is best by far at home.
What good, sound argument can
you present for or against the pro¬
posed city court for Peach
Out with it. Lots of us don't want
to be merely “fer” or “agin” a thing
when we go to vote; we want to vote
intelligently on the actual merits of
the question.
Catfish vs. Mosquito. That’s a
contest which has been put on down
in Valdosta. The authorities there
have bought a large number of small
catfish from the famous Banks pond
at Milltown and will distribute them
to owners of open wells in the citv.
It is an unusual remedy, and the re
suit will be awaited with interest,
There is no complaint—and seldom is
—of mosquitoes in Dawson. They are
not permitted to thrive here.—Daw¬
son News.
AUGUST
Of August, named for the Roman Emporer, Augustus, one of the
greatest rulers that ever lived, a poet has said:
n Augustus being rich arrayed
In garments all of gold down to the ground.”
It is a month of gold and purple—something royal about it, as
the sun against the yellowing harvest fields, and everywhere the sheen
of golden rod and of purple grapes ripening on the vine casts a golden
glory all about.
One of the warmest months, usually the stillest, its heat is of the
sweltering variety—-hence August is proverbially vacation month.
To many of us it means pleasant change of scene and restful, health¬
ful hours spent apart from the usual routine of life’s duties—
To others of us no leisure hours nor journeys are in store, so August
becomes one of the busiest months of the year, a testing time of our pow¬
ers of endurance nnd serenity of disposition as the yield of the gardens,
orchards and fields are being conserved for winter use.
But no matter what the problems or responsibilities that come in
lieu of the August holiday, we can both play and rest in the home environ¬
ment. Routine is needful and essential in the well ordered business of
living, but well planned breaks in the routine of daily life make for longer
life, greater efficiency, and greater joy in the doing of daily tasks and
the happier understanding of our neighbor’s viewpoint, which sweetens
daily intercourse.
Rest and relaxation, spent in some form of enjoyment, imbues one
with that freedom from worry which makes for the poise that brings
peace of mind in its wake.
While thinking of vacations, how many know that many banking
institutions of the country, in line with their Christmas savings club idea,
are inaugurating save-to-travel clubs—with vacations carefully planned by
experts, at prices ranging from $50.00 upwards. {
It is real fascinating to even read the illustrated pamphlets issued
in this connection as they present the plans for a journey, which the save
to-travel clubs claim to turn from a dream to a certainty.
In all the calendar there is no more important month in history than
August.
It saw the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B. C.
It was in August, 1492, that Columbus sailed from Spain on his first
voyage of discovery to the new world, and in August, 1502, that he first
landed on the American continent.
In August 1620, the Pilgrims sailed from England on the Mayflower,
and Hendrix Hudson first entered Hudson Bay.
The Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist in August, 1806; Fulton’s
Clermont made its trial trip in August, 1807; the United States and Spain
signed peace proposals in August, 1898, and the principal old world na¬
tions, engaging in the recent European conflict, declared war in August, 1914.
Women were granted suffrage in the United States in August, 1920.
A Great Belief
We don't hold with radicalism, and
the only thing of which we are in
tolerant is intolerance, but the only
man worth living is the man whose
mind expands, whose heart throbs,
whose soul thrills with some Great
Belief. !
Any Great Belief, if it is nurtured
in love, brings a man into closer re- ;
lation with God’s humanity and all
of the multitude of great beliefs that
form the eternal dawn towards which
this humanity moves from the pur-1
suing darkness. .
To believe! Fpith! I
With faith in any one great, good
thing a man cannot he far from'faith
in all great, good things. With such 1
faith he has opened the door through
which Truth may come, not with ar
mor and spear, but in the pure-white
robes of love and with the olive
branch of reason.
A Great Belief In some good thing
sings Hate to sleep, fills Envy with
shame and stands forever as a com
tier at the door of Truth. I
When you stand at the door through
which Truth comes you may touch
robes of love. |
A Great Belief! Faith in some
good thing! Lead on, lead on,'
Truth and Love. i
Former Senator J. E. Davidson, the
j veteran legislator from Peach county,
j may well receive congratulations
throughout the state upon the fact
that the one piece of tax legislation
for which he was a pioneer advocate—
the hill to repeal the state inheritance
j tax—survived the flying storm and “Unclfe came
j through with colors. works while
Joe” goes up there and
j others do the talking, and when oth
i ers wake up the morning after and
^ catch their breath they usually
that he has brought home the bacon.
SPARKS FROM EDITOR
WILLIAMS OF GREENSBORO
Have faith in Georgia—it’s a grand
old state.
Save today, and you will not have
to slave tomorrow.
We are not worrying about Sunday
dancing at the summer resorts. In
fact, we can’t dance at any old time.
Georgia farm lands will never be
any cheaper than they are now. In
five years or less they will double
in value.
j ! Georgia $ s getting in the nation’s
eye, and a fine-, substantial old boom
is soon to start here-abouts. Our peo
pie should keep awake and get on
the boom wagon.
Hon. J. J. Brown will never be gov
ernor. In fact, it is our opinion that
he will have to fight hard—very hard
—to hold what he has.
DOES THIS CONCERN YOU?
A town never has anything to do
in a public way is on the way to the
cemetery. Any citizen who does no
thing for his town is helping to dig
its grave. A man that '.'usses’ the
town furnishes the coffin. The man
who is so selfish as to have no time
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925.
BY
MRS. C. N. ROUNTREE
from his business to give to his
town’s affairs is making the shroud.
The man who will not advertise is
driving the hearse. The man who is
always pulling back from the public
enterprises throws bouquets on the
grave. The man who is so stingy as
to be howling hard times preaches
the funeral, sings the doxology. And
thus the town lies buried from all
the sorrow of the world.”—Hawkins
v ille Dispatch,
A HABIT THAT RAYS
Florida hasn’t half the natural re- \
sources that Georgia has, but she is
getting many times the advertising
that our state is receiving. There is
one thing you can say of Florida
people that is not true of Georgia
Every citizen of the state is a booster.
They do not stand back and let the
newspaper do all the advertising;
make it an individual proposition
every man makes it his business
tell the world about Florida.
Georgia people get this
this state will draw the atten
of the world as our neighbor
done. We have ft great deal more
the way of natural advantages to
the world about than Florida, hut |
must dress up a bit so that we j !
sell for what we are worth in
eyes of tiie world._Thomaston !
1 HAIR PINS STILL USEFUL
; Bobbed hair has not emancipated
the hairpin. It is still a slave to
' man-kind even if it is no longer em
ployed to keep milady’s locks from
going awry. We are advised that wo
men still find the following uses for
hair pins:
I Cleaning a comb.
! Buttoning her shoes
1
.
P‘ nln 8 c
Buttoning gloves.
Punching holes.
Cleaning finger nails.
As a book mark.
Substitute for a hat pin.
Lifting lid of powder box.
Picking a locked door.
As a safety pin.
As a toothpick.
As a key ring.
As a lamp trimmer.
For repelling assault.
Husbands use it as a pipe cleaner.
—Savannah Press.
TREATING TQURISTS WITH
COURTESY
Many towns are offering special
courtesies to strangers within their
gates. Atlanta, Savannah and other
cities have taken up the idea very
carefully. It means simply that the
tourist, no matter where he comes
from or whence he goes, is shown a
little attention.
He is approached by a gentleman
and given first a warm greeting,
ed if he desires anything special and
if he proves inquisitive told the
things of interest about the town,
Then he is given the key to the.
told to use a courtesy card presented
him as an entree into any store he
may visit as well as the right to
park in any street at any time and
for any legth of time.
They claim that it makes a very
lasting impression. The claim can be
proven for there in nohody that shies
at courtesy of that kind even if he
does not desire to take advantage of
it. It leaves a good taste in his
mouth, especially after he has tack
' ed a D* w folks that don’t know any
I t hing about the roads and are
grouchy in telling what they do know,
—Thomasville Times.
Insurance
The United States pays three thou¬
sand five hundred million dollars
each year for insurance, for the pro¬
tection of life and property.
Fire insurance policies in this
country alone amount to more than
one hundred and eighteen billions,
Life insurance amounts to sixty-four
billions and fifty million people, near¬
ly half the population, are protected.
As regards the fire insurance, one
half the gigantic sums paid out
could be saved, if common sense pre¬
cautions were observed. This country
BURNS UP its money in more ways
than one. Fire losses in July alone
amounted to more than thirty mil¬
lion, the total in seven months was
$227,169,300.—Atlanta Georgian.'
Georgia Yams
Not a great deal has been said in
Georgia this year about the sweet
potato crop. The most picturesque
thing of the year—and in many ways
the most important thing—has been
the cultivating and marketing of the
tobacco crop.
Nevertheless and notwithstanding,
Georgia yam potatoes of a sound
quality—and there is no reason why
they should not all be of that quali- j
ty—are bringing $1.50 a bushel right
along, and there is money in them at
$1.50 a bushel, too! |
When the people of this nation dis
cover generally just what a fine,
healthful, toothsome morsel a Geor- J
gia yellow yam is, the sweet potato
crop is going to be a far more im
portant thing than it has been here
tofore!—Atlanta Georgian.
I acation Figures
That sad time of the year has ar¬
rived which marks the return of
those who by means of vacation have
sought to escape and forget the de¬
mands of toil. Usually it is a matter
of no .small moment to again become
accustomed to the well worn groove
which vacation has taken us.
If we do not get anything else out j
;
of a vacation we acquire a new kind
of tiredness which is supposed to ,
shield us against the old weariness
which the daily grind had brought, j
It takes a wise man to spend his
vacation as it ought to be spent in
order to be worthy of the name, as
many exhausted and disappointed
seekers after a tireless land can testi
fy ' 11 even takes a man of I 1arts to
get off on a vacation ever y short
span of years - There art> those who
wouId claim that we very seldom
need to get any fur ‘ hl ’r from work.
than we cons tantly find ourselves to
ke ' connec t>on the following
figures are submitted from Farming
with no guarantee as to their ac
curacy or Hebraic origin:
,
A New A ork Jew's clerk asked him
1 f° r a ra ' se - The Jew said: “Why do
J l' ' n ou a want .v' car a : raise you work ? There 8 hours are 365 days day
a
and that is 122 days. There are -52 ^
Sundays in a year and you get them
°^> and leaves 70 days; there
are 14 holidays, which leaves you 54
days; you take an hour off for |
lunch, Wnich makes 14 days, which
leaves you 40 days; you get Satur-i
day afternoon off, which makes 26 '
days, which leaves you 1'4 days, and
I give you two week’s vacation each
year—when way?”—Monroe in h— Advertiser. do you work any- j
W ill Civilized Man Finally
Stop W alking?
Ever and anon is comment made in
these columns that civilized man,
with a frame designed by his Maker
for vigorous locomotion on foot, ac¬
tually walks so little that his physi¬
cal wellbeing is endangered. j
The doctors who make a business
■
studying human ills are saying
the same thing. They are giving
( warning that must function !
, man as
, nature designed him to function if he
' t0 en j°y (food health and live to
ri I 1e oW age- The San Francisco
Ghronicle contributes to the discus-,
sion these comments: i
The medical directors of one of
the great life insurance companies
aver that the modern people neglect
to walk. One of the doctors says that
the average o^f sedentary '
man occu
pation should walk in the open at
least three miles a day. But, unless
he happens to play golf, the ordinary
MY CREEK
Each rippling wave rich
brings,
And clothes my soul with
wings
For life’s appointed endless flight.
It is no mythic avatar
I follow, but the fadeless Star
That banishes the shades of night.
Upon My Creek, thrice placid
My soul reposes and I dream
Of reaching its prime Source
day.
I often pray, friend, as you do,
“Dear Lord, my failing strength
new,
And lead me in the shining Way.”
It is not strange My Creek
grow;
Its waters deep my soul o’erflow
Fed by the Fountain from above,
Dark clouds shall not my
dim,
Nor shall I parted be from Him,
My Lord and yours, the God of
—W. C. CARTER.
Old Friend of Mine
Old friend of mine, if you shall cross the
Before my bark lets go,
You watch for me upon the other side;
You watch and wait for him our Peerless
Guide,
If first you cross the tide.
Old friend of mine, if you ahall learn the way
Before I hear the call,
You whiaper through the misty mare aome day
The password that is beat for me to oay
if first you cross the tide.
01d fricnd of mine ' from battlements on high,
If yonder first you stand,
Wave back some message you may cheer us
by,
And spur us on to dare to do or die,
From battlements on high.
Old friend of mine, if you shall see the King,
Before I kiss his hand,
Waft l,a, ' k to me aom,! strain that th « e
sing,
Some note to still this longing wondering,
If first you see the King.
—Boston Transcript.
oliice man of these times will hardly
walk a city block.
“Walking is almost listed as a
hardship. Yet the doctor assures us
that walking stimulates the heart,
the organs of and
an invigorating effect upon the
whole body. The manner of walking
determines to a large extent its value
as an evercise. One should walk brisk¬
ly, vigorously and not in a leisurely
stroll if the greatest benefit is to be
derived.”
The sort of walking a man does in
the city may be better than none, but
j s f ar i ess beneficial than walking
in the country. Man makes pave
roents, hut God made the turf, and
man is designed to walk on the sur
faces that the Architect of the walker
had designed beforehand. Pavements
are unyielding, but the sod is springy,
and though there are shock-absorb
ers sin various portions of the human
frame, they are not designed to ac
commodate a fast-stepping man to
an unyielding cement sidewalk.
The average man thinks he must
ride wherever he goes. He and his
automobile are inseparable, and while
his shoes last longer than when he
walked more, the seat of his trous
er sand the citadel of his health are
material sufferers.—Albany Herald,
-
“The General Assembly knocked
off in time to go to church Sunday
morning, remarks the Savannah
Press,
Oh. Roy!
According to a dispatch from Bal
timore “a drive is under wav ir the ^
c i ty to make kissing safe.” We do
no t contemplate making a trip to Bal
timore real soon, and we hope that
efforts in this respect will not he
confined to the Maryland city.
Doubtless Editor Jerger of Thomas- j ^
ville, Editor Eve, of Americus, Edi¬
tor Jones, of Fort Valley, Editor
Shope, of Dalton, and of course, Bill
Biffem, of Savannah, and John Spen¬
cer, of Macon, will join us in the
hope. There certainly should be
greater safety in kissing. As it is ai
present there are circumstances in
which it would be positively danger-1
ous.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
FAT MORE DANGEROUS THAN
PLANE RIDE EXPERT ASSERTS
Chicago, August 25.—It is more i
dangerous to be fat than it is to
travel on an ocean liner, ride on a
ii r0 ad train or fly in an airplane, i
p a t j s killing off Americans at
a rate that specia , education is
thinks President Albert M.
of a leading life insurance
in convention here,
“The cabin of an ocean liner is the
place in the world, a railroad
is next and it is possible third j
soon be an airplane,” he told
COURTESY COURTESY COURTESY
/
Personality H
C£3 to
M
22 a
You’ll H
n
i
w Like M 2
j o
H
rj
i
| J
! H
I ✓ W
DC 2
r.
H
r x
r * /
H
a
r •». JJeeply this rooted in the personality qualities of n
Bank are all the you H
admire in an individual— strength, n
w courage, and service.
r k
< C f
EC Jts STRENGTH and COURAGE have H
53
o won the close friendship of its de¬ P7
cj 2
positors, as well as a reputation for
standing bv its depositors. H
n
O Jts SERVICE, shown in its willingness
< f
ce to go out of its way to help people, H
C is making new friends for it all the DC
w
time. 2
H
3
Citizens Bank wpMUiiS lEtUt.Uiiiiu 4 - Fort Valley^
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS fir n illli i j RESOURCES OVER
'
$ 150 , 000.00 $ 1 , 000 , 000.00
SERVICE SERVICE SERVICE SERVICE
(
-
Mayor of Macon And
Greeted At Golden
j Macon, August 25.—Although May
or an< * Mrs. Luther Williams arrang
ed no formal reception for their
golden wedding anniversary today,
hundreds of their friends called dur
^ the day and evening to extend
congratulations. The Williams home
> n North Highlands was filled with
flowers and gifts of friends. There
were congratulatory messages from
a11 parts of the United States and
fr °m England.
Sunday morning Mayor and Mrs.
Williams and all of the members of
their family residing here will attend
the early service at Christ Episcopal
church. Then there will be a family
reunion at the home of the mayor, the
nearest approach to a formal celebra
tion that has been planned in their
honor,
The mayor presided over the ses
sion of city council tonight, just as if
there was nothing out of the usual
in the event.
lady tells us she wishes all
men were in politics so they would
more P°Hte.
Another thing that seems to grow
shar P er more iits use, is the
bill of a mosquito.
NORMAN INSTITUTE A
$ 8 o?"a^os Crm ' SUMMER SCH00L
f
L. H. BROWNING, President,
Norman Park, Georgia.
v dealers A tall Black is durable—ask For Pencil a soft that for \
VELVET
% Write for trial sample
m American \ 220 V Makers Fifth VENUS Lead Avc., of Pencil PENCILS the NcwYork famous Co.
T 3 iui& SB
Velvet $
J. J. Brou n Denies
He Is Out O f Race
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26.—Commis
sioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown
| 1 uesday denied statements attributed
\ to k * m * n a speech delivered Monday
at Athens to the effect that he would
n °t run again for the office.
“I am not a candidate at present,”
• Mr. Brown said, “and if I follow my
personal inclinations I will not run
again for any office. However, I re¬
ser ve the right to run again if I
later desire.”
He indicated that his final decision
regarding running for re-election to
his present office depends upon “de¬
velopments.”
Commissioner Brown declared Tues#
day that he expected to speak in
every county in the state 'before
• corn-planting time” and it is believed
j that he will, by this tour of the state,
endeavor to offset the adverse eriti
eism leveled at his department during
recent session of the general as
sembly.
Lawyers haven’t much more sense
tkan w °men. They won’t hardly be
lieve you unless you are telling the
truth.