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Volume XXXVII. Number 41.
ORGANIZATION IS COMPLETED TO
BUILDING OF NEW HOTEL IN FORT
CONTRACT
WITH
FOR QUICK
Committee of Eight Men
^ With Full Authority To Push
Project Ahead
At a mass meeting last
night in the court house, attended
a large nuttber of representative
izens, a committee of eight men
appointed with instructions to
ceed with plans for the erection
, a sixty-room hotel in Fort
This committee was invested
full and final authority to
plans, let the contract and
the project. The committee is
posed of Glenmore Green,
A. J. Evans, E. T. Murray, J.
Woolf oik, C. E. Martin, J. D.
C. T. Eberhardt and C. L.
Mr. Shepard is a member ex
as chairman of the original
launching the movement, and was
elected chairman of the friass
^.ing last l-riday night. The definite
^action was taken upon motion
Vj° bn H. Jones. He, with L. L. Brown,
Jr., and E. L. Duke, were named as
the nominating committee and re
ported the standing committee as
adopted.
Architect Engaged
C. M. Kimball, an architect of At
lanta, Ga., and Jackson, Miss., has
been engaged by the committee to
submit plans for the new hotel, which
promises to be one of handsome pro
i portions and modern construction.
Mr. Kimball had appeared before the
Kiwanis Club earlier in the day and
his plans had been endorsed by that
body with recommendations, on mo
tion of Judge A. C. Riley, that the
matter take the course which it fol
lowed at the mass meeting Friday
night. C. L. Shepard, chairman of
the Kiwanis committee that launch
ed the project, made his report along
the lines later adopted by the stand -
ing s committee. The original Kiwanis
committee was composed __ . of Ty,f„ Mr.
Shepard, Glenmore Green, A. J.
A Evans, Ralph Newton, J. W. Wool
folk, F. O. Miller and E. T. Murray.
Under the plan adopted, the new
hotel will have sixty rooms and will
cost $135,000.00. Fort Valley people
j^ill subscribe for stock to that
amount and the hotel will be leased
to a responsible operator for ten
years with a guarantee of net re
turns of eight per cent. The operator
will furnish the hotel and pay all
taxes and cost of upkeep.
Mr. Kimball, the architect employ¬
ed for the job, is associated with
J. M. Spain of Atlanta and Jackson,
Miss. They are hotel architects of
splendid reputation, having built the
new Hotel Gordon in Albany and oth¬
er big hotels in the South.
Evangelistic Clubs
Conduct Meetings
Members of -the Fort Valley
T^arshallville Men’s
clubs conducted services last Sunday
at the Byron Methodist church and
at Jordan’s Chapel, Rev. jE. B. Sut
ton, the pastor, being away in revi
val services. Good congregations
heard the visitors and the meetings
were interesting and helpful.
Death of Mrs. Brown
Mrs. T. H. Brown, of Powersville,
£ a., died there Monday morning at
o’clock. Mrs. Brown was 54 years
ol< d and well known in the community
where she lived. She leaves her hus
band, T. H. Brown, two brothers, E.
D. Avera, of Byron; V. R. Hartley, of
Fort Valley, and one sister, Mrs. D.
J. Walker, of Byron. The deceased
K a member of the Byron Metho
church.
Funeral services were held from
the grave at the Walker Cemetery
Tuesday at 3 o’clock, the Rev. M^.
l E. B. Sutton, of the Byron Methodist
* church, officiating. Interment was in
the family lot.
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The Library Auxiliary had the
first meeting of its new year on
Wednesday, September 30th.
meeting was held at the home
Mrs. A. J. Evans, who is the new
president for the Auxiliary.
j The meeting was well attended, and
bbe member came prepared to launch
a program f or ^e y ear that would
be of great benefit to the Thomas
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p ub , ic Ljbrary The first of these ef _
forts resulted in the benefit Rook
party which was given Wednesday by
the Auxiliary. The members are anx
j j 0 us that greater interest be taken
j n the Library, and that all will co
operate to this end.
BAPTIST ASS’N
MEETS OCT. 13
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A ,ar ^ e attendance is expected for
the annual sesslon of t]le Rehoboth
Baptist association, to be held Oct.
' J 3 - 1 ' 4 at the Houston Factory church,
in Houston county. Moderator R. L.
Blvins wiU P reside over all sessions
, of the gathering.
1 An address by L - D - Newton, edi
tor of the Christian Index, is on
program, 6 ’ which follows:
Tuesday
I 10 a. m. Opening devotion. Modera¬
tor R. L. Bivins. Enrollment; election
of officers; recognition of new pas¬
tors, visitors and special interests;
j order of business: report of executive
; committee; report of treasurer; com¬
mittee announcements; miscellaneous
business.
I 11:30 a. m. Introductory sermon,
Rev. H. H. Connell, Bellevue; alter
nate, Rev. Z. E. Barron, (Baxley).
2:00 p. m. Song and devotion, Pas¬
tor E. B. Autrey, Roberta. Report on
conventional (home and foreign) mis
sions, f by Chairman S. J. Baker, Ma
con. Discussion. Report on B. W. M.
U. work; discussion. B. Y. P. U. work,
Rev. A. C. Baker. Report on Sunday
schools, Field Secretary Gainer E.
Bryan in charge. Discussion. Miscol
ianeous business. Adjournment.
Preaching may be arranged at night
by request of local church.
Wednesday
9:30 a. m. Opening devotional, Pas
tor B. E. Donehoo, Marshallville.
9:50 a. m. Report of committee on
state and associational mkStops, by
! Chairman Dr. William Russell Owen ,
Macon; discussion. The Christian In
j dex, evangelism and enlistment; ad
dresses by Editor L. D. Newton and
Dr. Aquila Chamlee.
12 m. Missionary sermon, Dr. J. H.
Barber, Macon; alternate, Rev. L. B.
Harvey, Forsyth. Adjournment for
dinner.
2 p. m. Devotion, Rev. D. A. How
ard, Fort Valley.
i - educational
2;20 p _ m Report on
' missions by Chairman Fred E. Smith,
Montezuma. Discussion. Address by
Dr A Chamlee.
^ 3 p m Repor t on social missions
1 ( orp hans home, hospital and minis
I terial relief) by Chairman Dr. J. H.
Barber, Macon. Discussion.
3.40 p m Committee report on di
gest 0 f letters, Chairman H. H. Mos
ley. Report of finance
; Chairman N. A. Powers. Report of
j committee on nominations, Chairman
! L. B. Harvey. Miscellaneous business,
j Final announcements, “Blest be the
Tie that Binds.” Adjournment.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 , 1925.
KiIranians To Erect
Beautiful Signs
Four Highways
Through the vision and work
Mayor R. D. Hale, Glenmore Green
and others, beautiful signs advertis¬
ing Fort Valley and Peach county
will be erected on the four main high¬
ways near this city. These signs will
extend greetings to visitors and in
vite them to return quickly to this
paradise of plenty. They will set
forth some of the principal dvantagos
of the city and county.
1 The signs will be erected on iron
posts set in concrete foundations and
will extend across the roads at *
suitable height. The idea, launched by
Mayor Hale, was adopted by the Ki
wanis Club at its meeting last Fri¬
day, with the co-operation of the
municipal and county governments.
J. E. Davidson and F. R. Crandall
presented a fine program for the
Kiwanis luncheon last week, the
main feature of which was an
dress by Hon. John B. Guerry of
Montezuma. Mr. Guerry emphasized
the great benefits to be gained in
paving Peach county roads and said
that Macon county proposed to vote
bonds and tie up with Peach in the
paving program.
Sam A. Nunn, of Perry, was a
guest. He, Mr. Guerry and C. L.
Shepard, representing the three old
time warring sections, led in a gen¬
eral love feast and pledge of co-oper¬ !
ation in the friendly promotion of
mutual development and prosperity. |
The Kiwanis Club authorized a com- \
mittee previously appointed to press
Fort Valley’s invitation for the 1926 ,
convention of the Georgia Press As
sociation during any months except
February and March, June and July,
it being physically impossible to care
for the convention during those
months on account of the Peach Blos
Festival and the congestion of
peach season.
The ladies of the U. D. C. delight
ed the Kiwanians with a lovely
luncheon.
Miss Ruth Evans on
Staff at Reunion
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Americus, Ga.—Oct. 5.—General
Joe Day Stewart, commander of the
western brigade United Confederate
Veterans, has named his official staff i
who wiI1 attend the Alban y reunion
October 14-15.
They are: Mrs. C. P. Davis, Ameri
cust, matron of honor; Miss Ira Gate
wood, Amerieus, maid of onor; Miss
Nannelee Ellerbee, Albany, Miss
Mrs. B. F. Smith, Albany, chaperon;
Miss Ruth Evans, Fort Valley, spon
sor. I
Honorary members of the staff, all
residents of Albany, are named by!
General Stewart as follows: Mrs. W.
^ Hallman, matron; Miss Julia i
Stiles, Miss Ruth Harris, :
sponsor;
Misg Elgie Dana and M i ss Mary Lee
c on i t , y> 0 f honor, and jy[ r( .
Gordon Reynolds, chaperone.
,» Sheri.f f Catches
Pigeon Blalock
Sheriff George D. Anderson left
Monday of last week and returned !
the following ,
Thursday from Sharon, I
Pa., with Pigeon Blalock, colored, who i
is charged with assault with intent
to murder. It is alleged that he shot ;
at Sheriff Pierce of Houston county
at Davis Hill church one Sunday sev
eral weeks ago when the Sheriff
went there to clearn the highway dur
ing a celebration. Sheriff Anderson
says that the Pennsylvania police,
when asked for Blalock, said “we’ll
give you a carload of ’em if you’ll
take ’em home.”
Sheriff Anderson and his deputies
have torn up several moonshine stills
lately, one of which they found last
Friday night about five miles east
of the city.
Germans Expelled From Poland
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the treaty of Versailles, expelled nil
'*«#» & the Germans from Polish territory
|yi Hint formerly had belonged to Ger¬
< many there wns great distress nmong
the many thousands of exiles because
% As Berlin had not made adequate ar¬
& ; \ wm rangements for their core. The pic¬
I * ture shows a few of the refugees in
SI their temporary camp.
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NEW PASTOR ON
SUNDAY NIGHT
Various churches of the city join¬
ed with the Presbyterian church in
union services Sunday night by way
of giving a warm welcome to the
new pastor, Rev. Jas. M. McGirt. Oc¬
cupying the pulpit with Mr. McGirt
were Rev. D. A. Howard, pastor of
the Baptist church, Rev. T. H. Thom¬
son, pastor of the Methodist church,
and Rev. E. J. Saywell, pastor of
the Episcopal church. Special music
was furnished by a quartet composed
of Messrs. Withoft, Hale, Allen and
p or( |
Mr. McGirt was formerly assistant
pastor of the First, - Presbyterian
church of Macon. He is at home now
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. O.
M. Houser on Church street.
j? y ACC Fit 4 THIN
LOCAL BOOSTER
Under the heading, “Highway No.
7 Is Now Good,” an article contribut¬
ed by one of The Leader-Tribune’s
friends was published in the news
columns last week. This article said
in part that the road from Fort Val¬
ley to Perry around by the Miami
Valley Fruit Farm “doubled the dis¬
tance to Perry. Immediately after
publication, The Leader-Tribune was \
assured upon good authority that this
an unfair and unreasonable mis
representation of the distance by Mi
ami Valley Fruit Farm as compared
with Route 7 and that the Miami
route is only about a mile further.
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C. E . Martill RetUrUS
From Bunkers Ass’n
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C. E. Martin, vice president of the
Citizens'Bank of Fort Valley, presi - 1
dent of the Georgia Bankers Associa
tion and otherwise distinguished in
state ami national banking bodies, re
hriday night from Atlantic
City where he had attended the an¬
convention of the American
Bankers Association. Mr. Martin is
gratified with the note of op¬
timism which he found evident
the nation’s leading financiers. j
PEACH TREE HEARS |
ITS SECOND CROP i
DURING ONE YEAR
Atlanta, Oct. 7,-Another of Dame !
freaks came to light Tues- j
when ripe peaches from a tree i
bore a full crop of normal
peaches in June were brought
The Constitution building by J. T.
of 15 Sutherland drive.
Mr. Stone discovered the peaches
big f ormer bome ; n Green county.
he place is now occupied by Mrs.
en McCommon, ’ who said that the
econ( ] crop 0 f pe aches were borne
without a second blooming. They ap
e aref i 0 n the trees about the first
f Augast and were ripe Sunday. The
was under the normal size, how
and lacked the flavor of earlier
Talk is cheap unless you are doing
talking.
NEW A TTR
IN FORT
Fort Valley Horse Shoe Pitchers
Better Known As Barn Yard J
Golf, Formed
A nice three ring court has
completed by J. F. Troutman
by his filling station, electric
so that games can be played
nights as well as day. Horse
pitching—a great sport for both old
and young, and an enjoyment
those who don’t play, to see the
games going on. Everybody is invited
to use the grounds at any time.
However, the club members are not
to be deprived at any time. Any
can become a member for life
paying one dollar and no further
dues are assessed. Those who have
already signed up as members are as
follows: Judge M. C. Mosley, Dr. A.
J. Titus, Gus Wouvis, J. M. Allen,
J. K. King, T. S. Harris, L. E. Hous¬
ton, Jno. B. Vance. Geo. B. Culpepper,
Jr., D. B. Moss, Frank Titus, Billie
Wood, W. R. Berry, Col. Herbert Vin
ing, D. W. Wells, J. E. Broadrick,
B. H. Fincher, John H. Jones, W. H.
Hopkins, A. L. Luce and L. M. Byrd,
Any one desiring to become a mem¬
ber should see Dr. A. J. Titus and
get in for some of the big tourna
ments that are to soon be sta g ed
here ’ No P erson can enter the con '
tests except paid up members. Every
body is invited to the court, as Mr.
Troutman has made it a beautiful
recreation spot. Come and see some
real games going on. Any ladies de
siring to become members and taking
part will not be charged any fees, but
can enter contests if they are regis¬
tered as club members. All games
are to be played under the rules of
the National, Standard Horse Shoe
Association officially adopted by
the world’s greatest pitchers.
Womans Club ~ I PluilS ~~
lialloive mi /I ? Oil i. jUrniVUl • |
The Woman’s Club will sponsor
the annual Hallowe’en Carnival the
last of October, the exact date not
having been set as yet.
The Carnival furnishes pure,
wholesome fun for the young people
as well as the older ones of the city,
providing amusement, which is nec
essary for all well rounded charac
and encourages by the mingling
of home folks, loyalty to home and
town.
Further announcement will be made
later as to the plans.
ISCsW \ LIU J rlDU TRUCK * llUWV
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0ur cit y dads are setting the pac
in progress for Fort Valley. Among
other high marks of progress was the
purchase last Thursday night of an
American-LaFranee No. 75, three
combination motor fire truck. This
is one of the biggest and most modern
fi re trucks now made. The old motor
fire truck will be kept in service, too,
tbus Fort Valley will have
thorough fire protection, according to
d - B. Everette, chiei of the fire de
partment.
(Eight Pages) $1.50 Per Year in Advance.
MRS.EDGAR DUKE
MADE PRESIDENT
OF WOMAN’S CLUB
The Fort Valley Woman’s Club
j held the first meeting of the new
! club year at the home of Mrs. W. J.
Braswell Tuesday afternoon with a
large number of the membership and
severa ] visitors present.
Mrs. W. J. Braswell, vice-president,
was in the chair presiding over the
j opening session and the election of a
president.
| Mrs. Braswell, in her opening re¬
marks called attention to the fact that
the club was organized twenty-one
y ears a g 0 alK j ma de mention of some
of the noteworthy and outstanding ac
tivities that had been fostered by
the Club, which was first known as
j the History Club, since changing the |
name to the Woman’s Club.
I This club was the organization |
! that launched the libraxy movement, i
j the result of which is the Thomas
j Library, which has meant so much | ,
to the city. j
I Mrs. Braswell called attention to
the fact that from the beginning wo¬
man had been among the leaders in
I the uplifting and constructive affairs
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j , of the world and that as the Woman’s |
I club goes, so goes Fort Valley. An
other outstanding achievement of the | i
club was the organization the which! past:
summer of the Junior Club,
is expected to be one of the leading
organizations of the city.
: Mrs. Edgar Duke was unanimous
]y c ] losen President to succeed Mrs.
j M . Green, who resigned from the
pres j<ieney on account of taking up
ber residence j n Florida for the win
ter.
I Mrs. Duke in a few well chosen re¬
marks thanked the membership for
the honor and confidence reposed in
her, pledging her best efforts in the
support of the Club and its work. J
j The officers of the club are: Mrs.
Edgar L. Duke, president; Mrs. W.
J. Braswell, vice president; Mrs.
Chester Wilson, secretary; Mrs. Rob -1
ert Hale, treasurer; Mrs. Frank!
Vance, critic; Miss Wilma Orr, par-'
liamentarian. l
The chairmen of the standing com
m ittees are Program Committee, Mrs.
Frank Miller; music, Mrs. Frank
Fincher; press, Mrs. C. N. Rountree;
civic committee, Mrs. A. M. Solomon;
legislation, Mrs. H. P. Sanchez; child
' Mrs. Edwin Martin,
welfare,
Reports from standing committees
were heard, several business affairs
were dispensed with, after which
the meeting was turned over to
Mrs. Walter Allen, program chairman
^ or bbe day ’ wbo P resented a most
interesting program as follows:
Roll Call—Facts of Club Interest.
• Vocal Solo—Mrs. Glenmore Green.
Two Readings—Miss Evelyn Duke.
Piano Solo—Miss Frances Brown.
Reading Miss Carrye Dodds. ;
The club then adjourned and en
joyed a social hour during which a
pretty and delicious salad course
with iced drinks was served,
Admitted To Practice
--
Louis L. Brown, Jr., of Fort Valley,
was among the attorneys admitted to
prac tive law in the federal court
wben R convened in Macon last Mon
day.
Peachland Journal
37 years old—only newspa
per in the heart of one of
America’s richest diversified
agricultural sections.
RALPH NEWTON
MADE CHAIRMAN
OF 1926 FESTIVAL
Business Man and Educator of State
Wide Prominence Is
Generalissimo
At a mass meeting at the Peach
County Court House last Friday
night, Ralph Newton was elected
General Chairman of the 1926 Peach
Blossom Festival.
This is the earliest that a chairman
has ever been elected. Mr. Newton has
agreed to serve. The choice of Mr.
Newton is meeting with the heartiest
approval and plans will begin at once
to put on the great flower show for
the coming blossom season.
This position has been held in the
past by Col. Leighton Shepard, who
with the assistance of the whole
community has made the festival fa¬
mous around the world.
The festival association is going
to push plans rapidly in preparation
for the fifth celebration next March.
For this reason, the neral chair
man was selected far in advance so
that other committees could be lined
up and the working machinery put in
motion for the plans for the next
festival.
The people of the peach belt are
going to make the festival next year
bigger than ever, according to tenta¬
tive plans under way. The place for
staging the big show is already well
equipped with seats and other para¬
phernalia for the event and this will
not be an added cost of the produc¬
tion next spring.
Mr. Newton is a graduate of Mer¬
cer University, was once president of
the Georgia Educational Association,,
and has been prominently identified
in other ways with Georgia’s educa¬
tional interests. He was superintend¬
ent of the Brunswick Schools for a
number of years and for 12 years
Superintendent j of the Fort Valley
Schools, having resigned that post'
here to engage in business. He is
county school superintendent, this of¬
fice having been pressed upon hinn
when Peach county was created.
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There will be services at Providence
church, this county, Sunday at 3 p.
m Rev x H Thomson, pastor of the
j oca | Methodist church, will fill 'the
pulpit.
MRS. W. H. PARKS
Mrs. W. H. Parks, of Reynolds, Ga.*,
was found in a dying condition in
bed Thursday morning of last week
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Stancel Johnson, on Miller street.
She was 68 years of age and seem¬
ed in perfect health on retiring the
night before; members of the family
hearing heavy breathing from her
room, hastened to her bedside and
she was unconscious, dying before
medical aid could be summoned.
Funeral services were held Friday
morning at ten o’clock at New Hope
cemetery at Reynolds.
She is survived by two sqns, Her
man and Kieth Parks, of Reynolds,
and four daughters, Mrs. Julia Odom
of Montezuma, Mrs. Gene Powell, of
Reynolds; Mrs. John Johnson, of Ma
con > and ^ rs - Stancel Johnson, of
Fort Valley.
Former Mayor Riley Here
A. C. Riley, Jr., former mayor of
Fort Valley who is now residing in
Miami, Fla., arrived Wednesday to
vigjt hig fatheri Judge A C . RjIey ,
an ,j j s receiving a hearty greeting
among hig hogt of old homefolks and,
friends.
COTTON J
Fort Valley had received 2,359
bales of cotton for the 1925 season
up to Thursday morning. Peach coun
ty’s ginning prior to Sept. 16th, ac
cording to the government report,
3,122 bales.