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©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.