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Volume XXXV11. Number 37.
WILL URGE INVITATION FOR
1926 GEORGIA PRESS MEET
TO BE HELD IN FORT VALLEY
DELEGATION OF
CITIZENS WILL
ASK CONVENTION
Invitation Extended Last Year and
P Emphasized at Peach Blossom
Festival
Fort .... Valley will ... . mvita
press ner
tion ,. to , the , Georgia __ . _ Press Association . . ..
to , hold its annual . convention ..
in
September » A of 1926 in . this A . . city. .. Plans
towards . this . . end , were launched , , . , .
Friday . . when, , statement , . •
upon a irom
John T . H. tT Jones, r editor ... of r r.-, 1 lie Leader- r ,
Tribune, _ Ralph T > i i Newton made a mo- „
tion that . the Kiwanis ... Club add , j its -.
formally „ to . the invitation .. ..
voice
request all ,, other civic ..... bodies to , do ,
.... likewise, and , Judge T i H. A. . Mathews v , ,,
made . a motion .. that « , President i» • , , L. ,> 1. r
f Murray appoint . , a comnntteo ... to . go
with Mr. Jones to the Georgia press
convention in West Point during the
week of September 21st for the pur¬
pose of elaborating upon the invita¬
tion an dthe attractions of Fort t a!
t •ley and Peach county. Both motions
were carried unanimously and Presi
dent Murray appointed on the com¬
mittee Mayor R. D. Hale, Judge A.
Newton and C. .
C. Riley, Ralph
Shepard, the latter, as chairman of
the Fourth Annual Peach Blossom
Festival, having urged the invitation
when many Georgia editors were
guests of the Festival Association
last Spring.
* It goes without saying that an ac
ceptance of this invitation will assure
L Georgia editors of one of the most
^ charming and interesting convention
visits within the history of their as
sociation. Their conventions, by the
way, now embrace distinctive fea
tures, some of America’s most dis¬
tinguished figures being on their
programs from year to year.
Report on Hotel
C. L. Shepard, chairman of the
committee on a new hotel, stated at
last week’s Kiwanis luncheon that a
definite report would be ready for
this week’s meeting on Friday if
possible.
Plans for Paved Roads
Judge M. C. Mosley and President
Murray explained that they had con
ferred on Thursday with Chairman
John N. Holder, of the State High
M$ry Commission, with a view to
wards paving main highways through
Peach county. Mr. Holder had stated
that if Peach county would vote a
bond issue and get ready to match
state and federal funds, on a basis
of oi 1-4 i 9 county. cou y, 1-4 state and 1-2 fed
funds, could be started ,
eral erai iunus, pav p ng »
next spring, not later than May
The paving program would be pur
sued as state and federal funds
came available. Judge Mosley ex
pressed t e opinion a wi (
funds coming to the county from the
gasoline tax now estimate a a jou
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two or ^t^ree^miUs^^addiHon
pay interest . . on and , retire ,. the ,
bonds. C. L. Shepard made a motion
that a mass meeting be held on
following Monday morning upon
c#s of superior court for the
hour, and the motion was adopted.
Mass Meeting.
The mass meeting was held
at noon, with Judge Mosley
ing Action was taken asking
present grand jury to investigate
matter as to paving roads and
recommendations.
C. Hall was asked to tell of
progress of the Fort Valley
Company, and his remarks
laluable greeted with much interest in
enterprise. A
composed of W. G. Brisendine, T.
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon a nd Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
I Burial in ^ oodburv
For Mrs. Clias'. S. Reid
Mrs. Charles S. Reid, prominent
resident of Woodbury, Ga., died Mon¬
day at a private sanatorium in At¬
lanta, where she had been under
treatment.
She leaves her husband, three
daughters, Mrs. David C. LeBey, of
Atlanta; Mrs. Andrew F. Gill, of
Woodbury; ‘ her mother, Mrs. F. C.
'Strother, of Atlanta; . two sisters,
Mrs. L. W. Meakm, of £ Atlanta; Mrs.
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Fair Dodd, of Atlanta; lour .. , brothers, .,
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G. J. Strother, of Ridge 0 Spring, . 0 S. 0 G.;
J. M. Strother, ’ of Woodbury, Ga.; W.
A. Strother, J’ of Perry, ’ Ga., and D. C.
Strother, of Fort A Valley, Ga.
Funeral , , . held ..
services were in
W oodbury, where the _ body taken .
J was
Monday afternoon. * Interment was m ,
( ! Woodbury, * with If. M. Patterson & !
Son in charge.
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(WARWICKS VISIT OI.I)
FRIENDS THIS WEEK
p ev ani j Mrs. Loy Warwick, of i
. Va!dostaj have been delighting their
[many friends here with a visit this j
| week. Their son, Mr. Paul Warwick, >
I 1 well i known joined newspaper them here man the of visit. At- j
anta , for !
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PROPHETIC
j The stars gone down shall rise again
j ^ From their distant goal returning,
And shed new light on the sons of
I men
On that blessed day in the morning.
Inscribe “The Dawn” on your vessel’s
prow,
For the wrathful winds are veering,
. And the restless tide is changing now,
And the murky sky is clearing,
And man has dreams of the sinless
j life,
And oft, in vision lifted,
Explores fair fields with beauty rife
As the clouds are being rifted.
“The lame shall leap, and the blind
shall see,
AnJ the Cross> with its wondrous
j story,
, g n gj r( j the world, and the nations free
I In the morning of Christ’s glory.
—W. C. CARTER.
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! Flournoy, C. Hall and B. H. Fincher
was appointed to report back this
week on practical plans for co-op
erating with the realty company in
giving attention to tourists and ad
vertising . . Fort Valley and , Peach ,) ,
county
i In this connection, a suggestion
from C E Martin that an appeal be
, made to all citizens^to be as cou -
oous an a n ' 1 “ ■
possible met with warm approval.
| i Comply, was jr, hid - ,u b n the°Avera vdinmlt
i purchased
grounds , site, ., composed in of rvr. 70
! camp
acres, was placing shower baths and
a laundry there, with all desired fa
cilities for the convenience of tour
' ists, and was refurnishing the Avera
home for the entertainment of
tourists.
Judge Mosley called attention to
the new grade crossing law, stating
i that signs would be placed at rail
road crossings over the state by Jan
uary 1, 1926, showing safe and un
safe crossings. On safe crossings
under the law no stop of automobiles
and other vehicles will be required
but they must slow down to six
' miles hour. Where crossings
per are
marked unsafe all autos and other
j vehicles must come to a full stop.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 10, 1925.
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illustration shows an advanced en
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French ure using with great effect.
Preparing Children For School
Mothers and fathers who have children of school age will be interested
in the following article, written by Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon general
of the United States Public Health Service, for the Newspaper Enterprise !
Association:
“It is safe to say that all parents are particularly anxious concerning
the wellfare of their children about to enter school and are anxious that
they should succeed in their* studies and obtain the full benefit to be de
rived from school attendance.
'Their clothing, books and equipment which are prepared constitute
only a small portion of the equipment necessary for the child at school. I
“It is of equal if not of greater importance that parents should recog
nize the necessity for a child’s being physically prepared to undergo the
change of environment from the home to the classroom, for when this change
comes conditions are met which frequently reveal physical defects previous
ly unrecognized by parents.
“There are many mothers and fathers who still do no< realize that
a pupil in poor health will not be able to cope with his studies. Poor
health often handicaps a boy or girl in school, retards progress and finally
causes the pupil to fall behind in his work.
“Even the child himself does not know the true cause of his back
wardness. He becomes discouraged. It is, therefore, highly important that
all parents should ascertain the state of their children’s health and take i
steps to have any physical defects corrected.
“Do not delay until someone else descovers their defects after they
have fallen behind in their work.
Take your children to the family physician before the school term
begins and subject them to a thorough physical examination.
“Remember that slight defects often become greater after a child en¬
ters school and faults that are not corrected during school age often re¬
main uncorrected during the years of life that follow and may result in
deficiency and incompetency in the work which is essential for self-support.
POOR VISION
One of the most serious causes of failure on the part of students is
defective vision.
“Medical inspections have revealed the fact that a large percent of
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school children have eye troubles. 1
t. In many of these cases where the eye trouble is the basic cause of l
retardation in learning the adjustment of proper glasses has permitted! |
such children to resume their places in the classroom; all too frequently,
however, the discovery of defective vision has not been made until the
child has fallen behind in his work.
“Medical examination prior to the opening of the school term and the ;
discovery of defective ..... vision and its correction will ... often prevent failure ,
uiBcuveiy
the part of , the , child , his studies and . consequent ... discouragement, „„
| on in
heari js also very irn p„ rt ant. Defective hearing may often
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! of diseased tonsils or adenoids.
(<Parentg should watch their children and should observe how they
breathe ^ea Mouth breathing indicates an abnormal condition of the nose
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“Remember that adenoids and tonsils are disposed to infectious diseases
*nd shouW * therefore receive immeidate attention bya competent physi
cian. Adenoids and diseased tonsils cause falling * behind m school work.
Watch Teetll
j “The supervision and correction of the condition of the child’s teeth are
also of extreme importance,
In most of our large citie stoday medical investigators make thorough
examinations of all public school children at the beginning of the school
! year. This should be the case in every school in the country.
; “If it is not the case with the school which your children are about
to enter, if no medical inspeeion is carried on in that school, you have
scarcely done your duty as a parent unless you have taken your child to
a doctor for a physical examination before the beginning of the new school
year.
Competent medical inspection . of , children , .. , at ...... the beginning of t
your
the school year is one of the most important preparations which all par
ents should make.
“The blame for dullness and slow progress in studies, found among
many childrep in schools where medical examination does not form a part
; of the routine procedure may be judged to rest squarely on the parent
I rather than on the child.”
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EXHIIUTION OF !
GOLF BY STARS I
IN CITY FRIDAY
Harry Duff, Idle Hour Club
professional, H. O. Hunter, club
champion, Steve Solomon and
Morris Michael, all Macon golf
stars, will play in an exhibition
match at the Fort Valley Golf
Club Friday afternoon. A large
gallery probably will enjoy this
exhibition.
The freedom of the press doesn’t
create half as much comment as the
freedom of the dress. > |
Hay crop is put at almost a bil¬
lion hales. Wish you could burn the
stuff in a flivver.
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Clopine Clippings
Mr. Thomas Cheek will leave
Thursday to attend school at Ga.
Tech.
Change in schedule on the Perry
train which went in effect September
6th on the morning trains places the
arrival of the down going train in
Clopine at 7:15 o’clock and 8:10 on
j tg re t ur n trip from Perry, arriving
1 in Fort Valley at 8:40 to make con
nect j on w jth No. 8 from Albany at
;3Q 0>clock No Ganges in the even
ing schedulea
Master Louie Frank Cheek and lit
Miss Louise Anderson are two of
a,, young 'school kids’ ’to begin their
first year at school in Fort Valley.
T i friends of Mr. I.
who finished the University
Kentucky last year and
summer school there this summer, are
interested to learn that he has ac
a position as principal of
M ann High School, of Mann, West
Virginia, viigmm.
j cheek is serving on the
j, rand j ur y j n p or t Valley this week,
Approximately 2 dozen “hedge row
stills and several large “modern
stills” have been recently torn up by
Sheriff Anderson and Deputy Robert
Tuggle in this vicinity,
Several operators arc reported do
mg . an enormous U mountain dew”
business just across on the Houston
cQunty Hne Thja matter has bpen re
ported to sheriff Pierce of Perry, and
results are expected.
Rain fell in this section Tuesday
night after a drouth of approximately
65 days.
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SCHOOLS ARE
CROWDED AS
TERM BEGINS
Fall Term Began With Ex¬
ercises Monday Morning
STRIKING NEED
FOR NEW SCHOOL
BUILDING SEEN
Auditorium Packed Monday Morning
—Fino Prospects for Success¬
ful School Year.
The fall term of Fort Valley pub¬
lic schools began Monday morning
with such crowds of children in at
tendance that new desks must be
provided and room for them arrang
c( ] j n gome way in the present build
; ings.
With this exception, most satisfac
tory conditions marked the beginning i
of the 1925-26 school season. The
Education and Superintend- '
Board of
ent J. Ff Lambert have organized a
splendid corps of teachers and the
prospects are for a highly successful
^ year in spite of the discom
forts and inconveniences of inade
quate school buildings.
The crying need for erection of the
new high school building which has
been planned is being felt more and
more by Fort Valley citizens. This
was emphasized at the opening exer
cises on Monday morning when the
auditorium was packed to its utmost
limits of standing room
The opening attendance was 695.
On Thursday the enrollment had
reached 710, considerably larger than
the enrollment at the end of the first
month last year, with five more in
the senior class than were in the
graduating class last season.
In the opening exercises Superin¬
tendent Lambert expressed clear sat¬
isfaction with the organization which
had been made for the year’s work
and invited the hearty co-operation
of all pupils, teachers and parents.
Rev. David Albert Howard conducted
the devotional exercises and talks
were made by Rev. Thos. H. Thomson
and John H. Jones.
New Prohi Force
To Use Captured
Liquor fli'hilie<
Washingtn, Sept. 9.—The 24 new
prohibition enforcement districts will
be completely “motorized” with con¬
fiscated automobiles to expedite dry
agents’ efforts in running down boot¬
leggers.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Andrews, dry czar, intends to equip
each of the districts with at least 25
automobiles, seized from bootleggers,
which have been reconditioned and
put in tiptop shape.
Seized motor boats will be assigned
to Detroit and Florida coastal dis
tric ts.
Andrews is expected to start his
first concentrated drive against boot
leggers September 15 when he re¬
turns from a vacation in Vermont.
He already has sent orders to his lieu¬
tenants to begin closing in on rum
merchants and indicated that unless
good results are recorded further
changes will be made.
The action of Fred C. Baird, ad¬
ministrator of the Pittsburgh district,
who dismissed his divisional chief,
Gus J. Simons, and 30 agents for “in
| subordination," has the hearty ap
] j of Andrews, according to As
i gistant Prohibition Commissioner
James E. Jones.
An .average of 19,375 Americans
went abroad during the months of
June, July and August.
Peachland Journal
37 years old—only newspa¬
per in the heart of one ef
America’s richest diversified
agricultural sections.
$1.50 l’er Year in Advance.
COURT DOING
BUSINESS IN
QUICK ORDER
Legal Battle Is Staged in
Brown Will Case
GRAND JURY IS
GRINDING AWAY
WITH DISPATCH
Search Warrants Sworn Out by Grand
Jury Followed by Sheriff’s
Raids Wednesday.
The September term of Peach
Superior Court convened Monday
morning with Judge Malcolm Jones
the bench. Judge Jones delivered
a brief charge, mentioning the ad¬
visability of an examination of county
jail conditions with the remark that
a county could not be expected to
come into existence with a jail all
ready but that the matter should be
given attention at once, ue suggested
the grand jury g-< iown to busi
ness with action and ; it words, and
he set the example in his short, prac
tieal charge,
A. J. Evans was elected foreman of
the grand jury with W. E. Mathews
as bailiff. A striking evidence of the*
serious attention being given to its;
work was the swearing out of search
warrants by the grand jury itself on
Sheriff Anderson raided a
number of places Wednesday, finding
Small quantities of liquor in all hut
one.
The Brown will case was begum
Tuesday afternoon with an imposing
array of legal talent and was still in
course of trial when The Leader-Tri
bune went to press Thursday.
Boy Injured In
Fall From Train
Falling from the second section of
thg Dixje Flyel% ' sout hbound, Thurs
day night> Jesse Oliver, 10, was
found unconsc j ous beside the track
early Friday, and carried to a Macot*
hospital, where he was found to be
su ffering fro iff a severe seal]) wound.
The youth was missed by his mo
Mrs. Elbert Oliver, at Byron,
Ga., and on her appeal railroad au¬
thorities immediately instituted a
search of the entire train and then of
the right-of-way between Macon and
Byron. He was found near Barnes
ville.
His injuries are not expected to
prove fatal.
SING SUNDAY i
There will be singing at Dorothy
Baptist church Sunday, September 13
at two o’clock in the afternoon. All
singers and the public invited.
I arainount Week , tj„„„ licit
j Program
Giving Fine
The Franklin Theatre is showing
an unusually attractive program of
moving pictures this, Paramount
Week, which is being observed
throughout the country in presenting
some of the biggest features of the
] ce l e brated Paramount films.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
R ev J. W. Smith will preach at the
.
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
a (, eleven o’clock,
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
You are cordially invited to attend
these services.
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Miss Katie McArdle of Columbus,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
I Troutman.