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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1925
Fort Valley—the coming Metropo¬
lis of Middle Georgia!
Here is a city of beauty.
Here is a city of progressive spirit.
Here is a city of extraordinary
achievement.
Here is a city where men labor
and love in an everlasting purpose.
Here is a city of harmony and hap
piness which shine high above every
(sporadic impulse of selfishness.
Here is a city that conquers through
character and a common heart throb
for mutual benefits, in a COUNTY
WITH A SOUL, where white ribbons
of pavement soon will bind her para¬
dise of peaches into an irresistible
bouquet of greeting for the traveler.
Build or bust!
As a fiction writer said last week,
who said the sky was the limit? It
is just the starting place for
Valley and Peach county. Beat that,
buddy, if you can.
The Press Trip
Ye editor arrived Monday
to be greeted with a rapturous kiss
from bis beautiful buttermilk, after
a week’s trip with the Georgia Press
Association through North Georgia.
Whon Tallulah Falls goes dry
Peach county cows will yet be going
good. There is a wonderful view
the glory and grandeur of God in
Tallulah Falls hut it isn’t worth leav
ing <>ur grand and glorius buttermilk
for a week. Two weeks of such
donment would ruin us.
The only salvation from another
excursion of the kind lies in the prom
ise of Editor Louie Morris, of Hart-^
well, to form a Buttermilk Club next
year and take along a refrigerator
car of that nectar of the gods. revelation.!
But it was a trip of
West Point, LaGrange, Tallulah Falls
and other points opened the eyes of
the editors to the wonders and re- ]
sources of Georgia. There is some- t
thing of genuine interest and value to
be told of North Georgia which we
hope to present next week in a se
rious manner, and in which we are
sure our readers will be interested.
Gosh. Jim Nevin!
Wo thought the Georgia Press As¬
sociation, in its lightning-like race
down valleys and up mountains, over
hills and dales, keeping forty kanga¬
roo jumps ahead of time itself, had
broken all records Inst week. But
Jim Nevin, editor of the Atlanta
Georgian, before getting his seat
warm upon his return to Atlanta,
gives the journalistic tribe another
Star to shoot at. He says: |
Lieutenant Alvord Williams’ ac¬
complishment of 302.3 miles an hour
has been called the fastest that man
has ever traveled. !
• • But how about twice as fast, or
Y50 miles an hour? *
4* According to a statement issued
by the American Nature Association,
you are traveling that fast all the
time, as the sun accompanied by the
planets is forging ahead at the rate
of twelve and a half miles per second.
This the heavenly bodies have been
doing since time began.
"There have been no collisions or
mishaps so far. ,
.. It is impossible to realize the ;
speed and the distances of the heaven- !
ly bodies. It would take seventy
thousand years for the sun to reach ’
Alpha Centauri, the nearest star. at|
its present rate, provided that star
stood -ti
• > bo great are the heavenly cl.s-1
tances that we can not reckon them
in miles, but in light years. A light
year is the distance traveled by a
beam of light in a year.
• • We think 302.3 miles an hour is
very fast. That is because we think
as men.
Wc agree with W. J, Braswell
if any man would spend as much on
beautifying his home and yard as
spends on a trip to Florida he
n’t dreatfi of leaving home.
Ernest Camp, new president of
Georgia Press Association, has been
appointed publicity director for the
Stone Mountain Memorial Coin
vest Campaign. He is a man of no¬
ble vision who will be able to lead
Georgians into the full inspiration
of this glorious cause.
Value Georgia drops
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 26.—To the
editor of The Savannah Press, Sir—
I have been much interested in your
editorial referring to the value of
the crops in Georgia.
The crops in Georgia in 1924 had
an estimated value of $263,000,000
and in 1923 of $236,000,000. As
baceo, peaches, watermelons and cot
ton produce approximately 50 per
cent of the total crop values in
gia, I believe the value of the crops
in Georgia this year will be very
close to $270,000,000.
Estimated crop values, Georgia: .
_____ 1924 1923 ____
Tobacco $ 8,299,466 $ 3,483,470
Peaches 8,425,420 8,659,200
Watermelons 2,795,625 1,639,000
Cotton 112,000,000 94,117,760
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$131,520,511 $107,899,430
All other
crops _ 131,565,385 128,278,360
Estimated
total
crop values $263,085,896 $236,177,790
I am sir,
W. B. McKINSTRY.
Origin of “Dixie *■
(Will F. Clark in N. Y. World)
Although linked inseparably with
the South and intertwined with the
history, song, story and legend of
the land of cotton, few realize “Dixie
s not u g ou them song. It never was
j n t, ende( i to be, was not written by
a Southerner, nor by one with Sou¬
thern tendencies. “Dixie” was born
in New York City, a creature of,
emergency. It was the work of a
single day, and a rainy one at that,
was thrown together for a “walk
about,” or closing march for a mins
troupe then playing in Meehan
Hall, Broadway and Park Place,
opened Bryant the Brothers 1859-60 Minstrels Sept. had 14, j l
season
1859, and at the close of the first'
week Jerry Bryant, one of the own-,
ers of the company, decided the clos
ing number of the show was too
Daniel Decatur Emmett, the
father of black face minstrelsy, was
a member of the company. Bryant
told him he wanted “a hoorah ‘walk- 1
around,’ something to make a noise
with, and bring it here for rehearsal
morning.” That was Satur-.
day, Sept. 17. The next day, Sunday,
Emmett, in his room in his hotel in
Barclay street, ground out “Dixie.” |
Emmett was then 45 and had been
traveling with circuses and shows
since he was 10. The winters in the
North in those days were severe, and
players who had toured the South
were wont to remark about the pleas
ant climate of the South and “wish
they were in Dixie”. As the rain j
pelted the window-panes in Emmett’s
he striving hard to formu- 1
was
late an “opener” for his song. Des- 1
the rain, a negro passing down
street, caught Emmett’s eye. 1
negro was singing. In a flash “I
I was in Dixie’ came to Em
By noon lie had three verses
The chorus was
II by 3 o’clock, the final verses by
That evening Emmett composed
music. i
Bryant liked “Dixie,” and the song
put on for the first time Monday
Sept. 19. Twenty curtain calls
that New York liked the'
song." Within one week the
the truck driver and the
were whistling it throughout
York and Brooklyn. Emmett was
$500 for the copyright, an im
sum for such rights in those
and a New York publisher had
Dixie • • in sheet form before the holi
The new song occupied a place
honor on the pianos and melodedns
the homes of the elitij and music
The South did not hear the
... 1Qrn
when Bi i ly N OWCO mbe- of the Buck
j >s g erena '<iers, was going South
th tlmt m instrel organization he
j ned the rights to sing "Dixie” on I
u is recor( jed he paid Emmett
5 for tbc r j g ht. |
Newcombe took New-Orleans by
with “Dixie.” Its fame spread
that when the management of
j\lardi Gras was looking for a j
march number it appropri
“Dixie.” This action gave Em-1
song the stamp of approval in
South. It spread from the levee ,
'
the cotton and cane fields—from
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1925.
NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK , OCTOBER 4-10
I
Seldom does the editorial
"scoop" the news columns. This
an exception. A tremendous
occurred today. Property valued
$1,400,744.44 was wiped out and
persons lost their lives by fire.
destruction proceeded
through 24 hours; every hour
115.00—every minute $1,018.59
every second $16.97 was wiped out.
This is another way of stating
( the .National Board of Fire
, writers, the highest authority on
subject, tells us—namely, that
national annual fire-loss is
782.
What this means may be
hended from a few comparisons.
production of gold and
is $103,119,741—less than
of our annual fire-loss. As a
produced wealth of
in our 1922 corn crop; but we
more than 28 per cent of that
by fire. Our 1922 cotton crop
ed to $1,192,461,000; our fire-loss
,44 per cent of that sum. In 1923
paid our Government internal
nues, excluding income an
! ance taxes, totaling $309,015,050. We
wasted by fire that same year more
than half again as much as Uncle
Sam collected in these revenues.
What is the cause of this loss?
Fire department chiefs, insurance ac
tuaries and other experts tell us that
75 per cent of our fires are partly
wholly preventable, the results of
one form or another of carelessness,
Carelessness certainly is to be de
nounced. But it is a delusion to think
that the time ever will come when
it will not be necessary to forestall
the results of carelessness.
In this state and ten others ^ de
fective chimneys and flues” are the
most prolific causes of fires. If the
chimneys and flues were constructed
properly the fires would not occur,
or if the construction around them
ON /1 V I I> AVIN (jr
Editor Fort Valley Leader-Tribune,
Fort Valley, Ga.
Dear sir . Qld Ben Tillman of South
Carolina some years ago, while ad
dressing the U. S. Senate, was in
terrup ted and was asked "what he
wa8 discussing,” and he replied, “the
genera l cussidness of the situation.”
That is my prerogative this morning.
j am re Iiably informed that an
election is to be called shortly
t he purpose of issuing bonds to pave
Dixie Highway through Peach
C0U nty. I think I speak the sentiment
0 f Powersville and the Lake
in this project, in stating
we are j n favor of paved roads,
bu [ we think we should have some
what road should be paved. I
informed that it is the fixed pur
0 f the State Highway Board to
the upper road on the edge of
(j ie t . 0 unty by Matthew’s store on
Byron, instead of coming through
the geographical center
f t be county, which to our untutored
j 1K j ; s a grave injustice, everything
i se be j n( , equal,
In going from Powersville to Fort
as you descend
down Devil’s dip, if you will look
ahead you can see the water
in Fort Valley. This road
be straightened from here
the creek. By so doing you would
two hills, ancf would make
highway via Powersville the
negro cabins to the planters’
The South had appropriat
it 80 wholesoully that, when the
War broke, it was the anthem of
Confederacy and led the South
to battle.
Although a child of New York and
a time pampered and petted,
was turned from the doors
New York when the South adopted
From 1861 to 1865 “Dixie” was
in the city of its birth. It
so unpopular that Bryant
were forbidden to sing it.
that attempted to play it any
in the North were hooted and
and sometimes stoned. So
musicians were roughly hand!
tlmt “Dixie” passed from the li
of bands and orchestras, and I
was not until the late seventies
it was welcome to return. |
Several writers have tried to link
with the plantation owned by
Di -xy in the early days of Man
On that plantation the slaves
so well treated that it was said
always yearned to return to
Emmett, however, denied he
ever heard of the Dixy estate,
the Dixy slaves. He was thinking
the Southland when he composed
Emmett was born in Mount Vern-
i had been fire-protected the
would have been less severe.
For the fundamental cause of
bustion is combustibility. And
way to forestall the results of
lessness is to build fire-safe. We
either admit that “we build to
or accept the challenge of the
slogan, "Build Fire-Safe.”
It is possible £or the
home-builder to accept this
The development of modern
materials makes it possible for
the most modest home to be
fire-safe. For instance,
gypsum wallboard may be used
paper or fibre wallboards. A
place of highly inflammable
' proof sheating of non-metallic
[al backiing may be used as sheating wood or
to protect the
j ding lath of the frame. substituted A fireproof for
sum may be
j der-like wood lath.
These are only examples of the
protection offered the home-biulder
by the modern materials manufac
j turer. Gypsum is only one of the sev
jeral be used non-metallic to minerals and protect that may the
^ encase
wooden parts of a building. Portland
cement concrete, asbestos, slate, ter
ra cotta, lime and other mineral com
positions also make it possible to
build fire-safe—economically.
This is the lesson of National Fire
Prevention week. The National Con
ference on Home Building, which met
recently in Chicago, went on record
as “according preference to fire-re
sistant methods and materials in the
construction of American homes and
dwellings.” What the experts advise,
the public can adopt. “Build
g a f e » no t only means a reduction of
^ $535 372>782 annua] fipe ., it
mPans fundamental and economical
insurance to the life and property
of evry home-builder.
° n ’ ^ ’ ^ T ° r ^ ern Parentage,
shorter route.
There will be no more railroad
j < r °ssings through Powersville, than
i the upper road -
| The roa<1 f ™ m Powersville could
lravcrse the Eastern side of the rail
road n11 the way int0 B vron - leaving
-
only one crossing and that at Powers
v ‘ de and l* 1 * 3 u PP er roa( l paved,
the re will be only one crossing and
tbat ' n ® yroa '
1 think jt is conceeded by all who
are Gimiliar with the two roads that
j !^ ^ ewer owersv bdb ‘ de * bas (as tbere best w * d road n °t be dirt, a
bd * °* any consequence from Powers
vdb> t0 Byron) and a shorter route
d ^ be P roc edure I have outlined is
followed.
The citizens of Powersville and
Lake View don’t travel the upper
road once a year.
There are other considerations too
numerous to mention. As commercial
tributaries to Fort Valley, Powers¬
ville and Lake View are in the fore¬
front.
We are of an altruistic disposition
but we need not be expected to con¬
tribute all the enthusiasm and funds
to build jails, court houses and pave
roads - and n °t receive any of the
benefit '
] We bonds are unalterably to roads opposed t‘l to the is
sumg pave un
road t0 be paved is designated, and
that road niust be via Powersville.
^ be radroad officials I understand,
are contemplating straightening the
from Echeconnee to Fort Val
ley and in case they should, there
would be two railroad crossings on
the upper road, and non via Powers
ville.
The Lake View section is too
close to the National Highway to be
come enthused over a bond issue,
which means higher taxes, unless
they are given some consideration.
It behooves Fort Valley to see that
the interest of Powersville and Lake
View are not disregarded in the mat
ter.
Yours respectfully,
H. W. CARTER.
Powersville, Ga.,
Sept. 23, 1925.
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SENATOR GEORGE URGES
SUPPORT WILSON COLLEGE
(Continued from Page One)
and women in this country and ’
throughout the world is focused on !
us when we take the responsibility j
of building a college in his name. It I
would be particularly unfortunate to
invite the attention of the admirers i
of Wilson everywhere and then dis¬
appoint their hopes by failing in the j
enterprise that we have started.
“We might have attempted other
undertakings of a local nature and
failed without harming ourselves, but I
every man who loves his state knows
there is placed upon Georgia an ob-
ligation which we must not fail
meet. This venture is more than
local responsibility; the people
this country are looking to see
we shall do with it. Georgia
afford to disappoint the hopes
j confidence inspired by her act.”
j Other speakers included Steve
Mitchell of Tifton, L. L.
of Valdosta, and Allen J.
president of the temporary board
college trustees, and G. E.
of Albany.
| which As brought a result together of the fifty
men
women from throughout South
gia, the campaign for funds will
launched in that section of the
on October 5th. The territory
Newnan to Florida and from
gerald to the Alabama border will
included and activities will be
ed at Columbus, Albany,
1 Cordele, Ashburn and Vienna.
in the month, similar campaigns
1 be held in southeast Georgia.
f'REBYTERIANS OF STATE
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(Continued from Page One)
sions, home missions, Sunday
work, Christian education and
terial relief and stewardship.
| Rev. Roswell C. Long the
secretary of the Assembly’s
ship Committee with headquarters
1 Chattanooga, Tennessee will
the synod in behalf of the four
ecutive committees and the
agencies of the church, presenting an
appeal for a united budget for the
whole church and showing the in
tegral and close relationship of all
departments of the churches work aj
they function through the Presbyte
rian Progressive- Program, the for
ward movement of the southern pres¬
byterian church.
The synod of Georgia is composed
seven presbyteries, Athens, At
Savannah 'f"ta, Augusta, and Southwest Cherpkee, Georgia, Macon, and
has a tota] membership of 31)446
ministered to by 147 ministers and
1093 ruling elders. The synod has a
total of 258 churches.
Oct. 16 Press Day
At S'Eastern Fair
Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 28.—Friday, Oc¬
tober 16, has been designated as press
day at the 10th annual Southeastern
Fair which will be held in Atlanta
October 8 to 17 in the greatest fair
ever attempted in the Southern
States, according to R. M. Striplin,
secretary.
Preparations are being made to
care for a record breaking crowd
during the 10 days showing and an
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place of business so as to make fire less hazardous. Encourage v
youi neighbors to do likewise. Thus you will lead to lower cost
of insurance. T
But at best. Fire is a danger that always lurks around vou.
Insuianee is a necessary and valuable investment against loss and
grief.
BE SI RE of your Insurance. Be sure it is placed in one of
the twenty world s leading Fire Insurance Companies which we
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS RESOURCES OVER
1150,000.00 li.ooo.ooo.«a
4% Quarterly on Savings 5% Time Deposits
a
unusually good program has been
mapped out for each day during the
f air with a special program for press
dav ’ Friday ’ October 16. Every news
pap er man jn the southern gtates
will be invited to the Southeastern
Fair and will be honor guest of the
I Fair officials on Press Day Friday,
' October 16. Every newspaper man is
I urged to register at fair offices and
I receive a badge of welcome which
will entitle him to special privileges
on the fair grounds.
There will be many new and inter¬
esting features of the 1925 program
which is almost completed including
i grand opening exereise Thurs¬
a on
day, October 8, three days of auto
racing, three days of society horse
showing, three days session of the
12th annual dog show, three days
singing by the members of the South
eastern Singing Convention, Rubin
and Cherry Shows, fireworks across
the lake six nights during the last
week and many other regular fair
features in each of the exhibit build¬
ings each day.
The Georgia State Wide Spelling
Bee which will be held October 10
determine Georgia’s Champion
Speller is attracting considerable at¬
and the winner will receive
$100 cash prize. There will be 10
cash prizes awarded.
17 Vessels Lost In Tornado
Berlin, Sept. 30.—Seventeen sailing
with their crews, are report¬
to have been sunk and three big
steamers are mis'sing as a
of a tornado which has been
the Black Sea in the last
days.
Dispatches from Constantinople
serious loss of life due to the