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“We Are Building a City Here*' a- ARE YOU 4 HELPINGTOBUILD ' 'A & CITY HERE? 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. ®he geafcer-Sritmn^ Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS Look at the date next to your name on this paper, or on the wrapper in which it came to you. Watch for a statement of the amount you are due on subscrip¬ tion. If your subscription has ex¬ pired, PLEASE PAY UP TODAY. Don’t put it off. One delay leads to another; and that makes it hard on The Leader-Jribune. THANKS! 1 F irst Meet in O tr of j Lihrfir AllxiHarV V », ‘. . /i,)-,). V Ol I (‘((/" / 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 ' 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 - 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 ! 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 ■h *• 4 E& & .. & f. film mm P r' m ii * to ' ¥ >VN ski '-V' ; m. ■v : i ■V ^ ' "coy •: Iplp ■i: * ..V lAWk When Poland, In accordance with 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. \ r ( xlxlhtli I Ylxij C Li Itlx i II V 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. - C. E . Martill RetUrUS From Bunkers Ass’n - 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 - 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 ( 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. Slinda y SerVICeS t __ rODldGBCC C ^tlUrCIt- I I I 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.