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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
ESTABLISHED ISSB
IM BI.IHHKI) EVERY THURSDAY
JOHN H. JONHS
Editor and Owner
a Man Thlnkrlh in Hi* Heart. So la lie.”
Official Organ of Peach < ounty. City of Furl
Vallc> nnd Wentern Divinion of the
Southern District of Georgia
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1925.
Build or hast!
Paved roads make easier loads.
We will now pick on the pecan. No,
this is not a hint, gentle reader.
Open your heart and pocketbook to
the Associated Charities.
It isn’t surprising that the Sena
tors beat the Pirates in the first
game of the World Seri*s Wednesday.
Senators often beat pirates.
It is said that Hell is paved with
good intentions, But this is Peach
county, the peach paradise of the
world.
Hurrah! Tom Anthoine has begun
tearing down the old water tower.
Now for the beauty spot which Ralph
Newton saw in his vision of recon¬
struction.
Germany wnnts the war blame‘lift¬
ed by the allies and Uncle Sam wants
the war debt lifted by those same
parties. Both ends are in a bad fix
while the middle sits tight.
Russia has gone back to liquor af¬
ter eleven years of prohibition and
vodka is now running freely in per¬
fect harmony with the usual type
of bolshevik freedom.
Now Long Allen will lead the Fort
Valley Horseshoe Pitchers’ Club in
thnt beautiful song: “I found a horse
shoe, I found a horseshoe, and when
I picked it up it was nailed down
to a mule!”
Butts county will celebrate its one
hundredth anniversary on October 29-
20th. But Editor J. Doyle Jones and
others like him are making old Butts
prance in progress like a three-year
old.
Billy Sutlive did a great thing for
Gcorgia and her newspaper progress
when he instituted the .Sutlive tro
phy. It is making many a newspaper
editor give more serious attention to
real community service.
Organized charity is bona fide
charity. You will save money and
help get real results in charity work
by giving adequate support to the
Associated Charities when you are
called upon next week.
It is pleasant to mingle with the j
newspaper fraternity and accept the
many courtesies extended during the
i
meetings of the Georgia Press Asso- |
elation, but it takes a fellow a day or
two after returning home to get in
good working condition.—Cuthbert
Leader.
Editor Tipton Coffee and his eham- hitch-!
pion family of newspaper men
ed their wagon to a star and made it
set a brilliant pace in their wonder- I
ful attentions to West Point’s guests 1
at the Georgia Press convention. You
can always count on the Coffees to
live up to the remarkable traditions
of West Point in hospitality and en¬
terprising spirit of progress.
The administration of Chas. D.
Rountree as president of the Georgia
Press Association will remain a high
light in the history of that organiza¬
tion. Mr. Rountree can now retire
from the strenuous task which he
made of the honor, enjoy more of
the comforts of his own work and
home and look with pride upon the
good record he has made. We are
proud of him.
-s.
Fort Valley always leads. She has
had her first frost this fall. It came
from the local ice plant and many of
our people are complaining that their
pocketbooks have been bit. It is pos¬
sible that the great demand for ice
in the drought stricken regions may
have brought this frost. Anyhow, this
editor doesn’t drink ice water. He
drinks buttermilk, that beautiful balm j
thut banishes all blame and the blues,
and he should worry. Tell it to the
ice man.
It is safe to say that Georgia edi
tors never spent a more interesting
and enjoyable day than that during
which they were in the hands of T.a
Grange, the celebrated City of Elms
and Roses, on their jaunt week be¬
fore last. Of extraordinary interest
was the new rug and carpet depart
ment of the Valley Mills, one of the
Callaway chain of textile manufac¬
turing plants. This department as an
experiment has led to organization
for the building of a great rug and
carpet mill there, soon to be com
pleted. It is the first of its kind in
the ■South. The Leader-Tribune ac
knowledges with thanks one of that
plant’s Valtex rugs which comes
with the compliments of our old
friend, W. L. Howard, manager of
the rug mills. It is a thing of beauty
and will prove an object of admira
tion for a long, long time.
Hot Dog! Where There’s Life
There’s Hope; Pass the
Buttermilk, Please
The Hartwell Sun is having some
thing to say about that grand and
glorious drink, buttermilk. When wo
see buttermilk” printed it makes us
take notice. We once had a partner
in business, who never let an issue
of the paper go to press without
carrying the word “buttermilk.” He
beat us out of about $5,000 and left.
Buttermilk has never looked good to
us since. Swainsboro Forest-Blade.
A Constructive Press
We should like very much to see
the Georgia Press Association unite
to a man on a constructive program
and then bat the ball. Not once in a
while, hut hat the ball every week,
every month and every year. Far
reaching results could be accomplish¬
ed in this way.—Jackson Progress
Argus.
Three Things Peach
County Needs —
A full-time county health officer.
A farm demonstration agent.
A chamber of commerce.
Self satisfaction never promoted
health, made better milk, chickens
and bank accounts nor built irnlus
tries, pay-rolls and trade for mer
chants,
lack W illi ants
Jack Williams, editor of the Way
cross Journal-Herald, was awarded
the Sutlive trophy for the most
meritorius work performed by any
Georgia newspaper during the last
year. The Georgia Press Association
would have had to search through
many states to have found a more
appropriate recipient of this distin
guished honor and even then we se
riously doubt if it could have been
done. It is a happy fact that this
logical selection led to such a prince¬
ly, popular personality as Jack Wil
liams.
Charity Humbugs
Give liberally to the Associated
Charities next week for the ensuing
year and then when beggars call on
you refer them to that institution.
Not all appeals for charity are
worthy- Sometimes the beggar is
merely n loafer and “bum.” Some
of them are able bodied and capable
of earnin » 11 livin « in re ^ ular * ork -
There are cases of this kind from
time to time in Fort Valley. They
impose upon your generosity. Mrs.
C. E. Martin, of the Associated Char
ities, and others will tell you of in
stances where beggars of sound
physical ability were given jobs here
and ver X quickly abandoned them for
the °P en road -
Support of the Associated Chaij- ^
ties will protect you from such im¬
position. The Associated Charities
investigates every case to establish
its merit. Each case is given specific
treatment according to its need,
whether it be food, clothing, medical
attention or work, and thus the ob¬
ject of charity is not permitted to
waste your money.
Community Distinction '
Fort Valley’s one best bet on high¬
way advertising lies in the construc¬
tion of a great, elaborate, illuminated
sign in the heart of town, where Main
street crosses the railroad tracks at
the station. Such a sign of magnifi¬
cent appeal in style and text, facing
both ways, would attract the admira¬
tion and interest of both the largest
number of all highway tourists and
thousands of railway tourists and
other travelers each week. Only one
thing could be better and that would
be an artistic little exhibit building
,
where the old water tower now
stands, in the midst of lovely little !
a i
park, making a permanent show of I
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1925.
■ Peach county’s wonderful products,
resources and advantages, with suit
jablc advertising matter of a dignified of the
nature held aloft to the eyes
passing world. That would be some
thing new, distinctive, impressive. It
would be an achievement of progres
sive genius and a mark of charming
' individuality and positive community
character,
Why Did God Make the
Mountains?
That question was raised by Mr.
Awkright in his magnificent address
before the Georgia Press Association
at the recent meeting at Tallulah
Falls, The brilliant speaker partially
answered the question' in suggesting
that the infinite God looked down
the abyss of time and made the
mountain and the stream tumbling
over its sides in order that the wheels
of progress might be turned and in
order that homes might be happier
in the comforts made possible by the
outpouring of the converted power.
Might we in our humble way add
that God when He made the moun
tains also had another purpose in
view. God breathed into those ma
jestic works a strength which he in
tends to be imparted to the individual.
jj 0 intends that he who comes from
the plains, is accustomed to calmer
an( j nl ore composed mental and phy
sical habits, should thrill at the
: mighty silent bodies, that his pulse
s hould quicken, that he should absorb
a p art () f their bigness and that he
should be inspired to thoughts as
lofty as the highest peak and as deep
as the deepest chasm and should be
moved to nobler works or words. In
’ brief God the mountains as one
uses
means of expressing and imparting
power to the human. This is another
reason why God made the mountains,
—Vienna News.
Colonel McIntosh
In the death of Colonel Henry M.
McIntosh, veteran editor of the Al
bany Herald, last Friday night Geor
gia and the South lost a mind which
shone with the highest ideals of our
Southland and America; a pen gently
wielded with powerful effect through
many years. James A. Hollomon, of
the Atlanta Constitution, approached
: the true significance of Colonel
Intosh’s career in calling him the
“Marse Henry of the Southeastern
At the time of his death Colonel
McIntosh was said to he the oldest
newspaper editor in the state in
point of both age and service, He
was horn in Thomas county ih 1852
and wen (_ Quitman in 1872, where
j ie began his newspaper career as a
orter on thp Bannt , r a week j y
j blication whk , h he later purchased.
n 1877 he sold the Banner -and moved
to Albany, where he became editor
of the Albany Advertiser, a weekly ’
which, three years later, became a
daily. In 1892 he founded the Albany
Herald, and from then until the time
of his death he was its editor and
owner.
“Colonel McIntosh made the Herald
one of the outstanding newspapers in
Georgia, says the Columbus Enquir
er-Sun. He was intelligent and honest
as a publisher and vigorous and fear
] ess as an editor, devoting his time
and talents to constructive work; and
his paper rapidly grew as rapidly in
popularity as it did in usefulness un
td k now ranks a s one of the lead
j n g dailies in Georgia. Colonel Me
Intosh was a man of high ideals and
lived up to them without
and while he never sought a contro- |
V ersy he never avoided one. It was
because of his ,admirable qualities
as W ell as bis indefatigable efforts
to contribute something of value to '
bis city, county, state and country
and that deserved he met with success the which distinguished crowned j
bis efforts.
In his death Georgia lias lost one
of its most useful citizens, as well
as one of its ablest editors—a man
who contributed much of value to the
upbuilding and advancement of his
section and state, and set a high
i
standard in his own profession. "
J. F. Jenkins Dies
Suddenly Wednesday
Ashburn, Ga., Oct. 7.—J. F. Jen¬
kins, 65 years old, for nineteen years
postmaster here, and a prominent
business man of Ashburn, died sud¬
denly at his home here this after¬
noon at 6 o’clock.
Death was due to an acute heart
attack, it is thought.
Mr. Jenkins was for some time con¬
nected with the Fort Valley Motor
Company as bookkeeper.
You can have a good time being
foolish if you act sensibly about it.
® ad l uck * s usually cussed for bad
luck while good luck is usually taken
for granted.
A DRIVE FOR ASSOCIATED
CHARITIES
! Since civilization first reigned on earth, it has fallen to the lot
j man to care for, ip some way, his more unfortunate brother. In other
God has implanted an instinct in the soul of man to care for the
and needy around him.
Fort Valley is no exception to this rule. There are almost daily
“to feed the hungry and clothe the naked; help pay hospital
bury the dead, etc.
There are little children in our town who need to be in school,
cannot for lack of clothing and funds.
It has been the policy of the Associated Charities to look
into the merits of each case as it comes before them, and if it is possible
help them to help themselves. "Not charity but a chance.” If they
j need help and cannot help themselves in any way we help them, If
lease is not worthy, we pass it up. Of course we have made mistakes,
I guess we will continue to make them, but we are striving to profit
past experiences,
f The Associated Charities is going to make one big drive with
hope that every man will respond so liberally and cheerfully—that once a
year will be the only call we will make for money.
; For the last few months with the treasury absolutely depleted, it has
been necessary after each call to get out and get up the money,
1 makes it doubly hard the workers. This should not be in town
on so a
I like Fort Valley and it isn’t organized charity. A worker hasn’t time
give the thought and attention she should to each case when she jias
| get out and spend so much of the time getting up funds. It lowers
| efficiency of the worker. So we appeal to our men and women to
j as liberally as you can when you are called upon. The Master said
1 as ye have done it unto the least of these, J?e have done it unto me.”
| ELIZA HILL MARTIN.
j Fort Valley Beautiful
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Daffodils and Tulips
“Daffodils that come before the swallow does and take the winds of
March with beauty”—and tulips that “for their moring sup of heavely
vintage, from the soil look up.
In your mind’s eye you are seeing again those gardens of Fort Valley
Which with the coming of Spring are such pictures of indescribable love
' liness, radiant they in the glory of these “harbingers of spring.”
so are
| For a constant sucession of colorful bloom, bulbs “little brown globes
j of symbolic hope, faith and hearty” are incomparable. With ane early plant
ing of a judiciou selection of them it is possible to have three months of
bloom of glorious flowers.
Daffodils, buttercups, jonquils and narcissus, are all of one family-
narcissus. Daffodil is but a synonym of narcissus. Due to an embargo that
goes into effect January first of next year, it is advisable to purchase
at once your narcissus bulbs. Later they will be hard to get and much
j multiplying hi * ht ‘ r in P rice will - make A few of generous each of display lhe best in a varieties very few with years, their habit of
a
.
I A list of narcissus containing a very good selection of each variety
j ine,udes: I ,H per white grandiflora, Poeticusornatus, < ampernelle, Odorous
P lenua > 0ran K c and Silver Phoenix, Golden Spur, Sir Watkins, Emperor,
Empress, and Laures Kosper and King Alfred.
A list of tulips containing a very good selection of each variety in
cludes: Pink Beaut y» Kaiser Kroon, Coleur Cardinal, White Hawk, Rising
f Sun, Sehoonnrd and Murilos of the early type. Moonlight, Picotee, Mrs.
Moon, Gesmeriana Spathulata and Pink and Yellow Inglescombe of the
cottage variety. Dom Pedro, Louis XIV, Panorama and Turenne of the
Breeder variety, and Farncombe Sanders, Clara Butt, La Condeur, Princess
Elizabeth and Adriadne of the Darwin type.
Now is the time for planting bulbs of all varieties—hyacinths, crocus,
snow drops, as well as tulips and daffodils. Any of them will do well
in any soil provided there is plenty of drainage and they are planted
early in the fall. This is necessary in order that they may make vigorous
ru ° l growth before spring. However, they will do best in a light loamy
garden soil and well rotted manure or bone meal worked ... into the soil be
fore P lantin K is advisable. They may be planted anywhere in beds in the
P ermanent border, in front of foundation plantings, in vacant corners of
the gardens, under the trees and in the grass. Plant them four or five inches
and four or five inches apart. Unless planted in grass cover the soil
with a mulch of leaves to prevent freezing and premature starting in
spring.
Plant your bulbs now and you will enjoy a winter of pleasurable an¬
ticipation, a spring of delightful surprises and years of recurrent beauty.
Plant your bulbs now and “though winter comes, spring will not be
far behind.
CIVIC COMMITTEE,
Gov. Treutlen Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
GEORGIANS ARE RALLYING TO .
THE CALL OF THE MEMORIAL
Georgians are afforded cause for
pride in the nation-wide interest man
ifested in the Stone Mountain Memo
and equally inspiring is the
thought that Georgians themselves
are aroused to the epochal signifi
eanee of the movement. From every
section of the state come assurances
0 f co-operation, and even though
counties have not prospered
this year, the indications are that the
response will be everything
could be expected.
Georgians realize that much is ex
pected of them, for Georgia is the
home of the Memorial, and Georgians
nexer failed in any undertaking they
seriously sat out to do. The Publicity
Director for the Harvest Campaign
in Georgia has been greatly encourag
ed by the messages which have come
to him from patriotic men and women ;
who are convinced that the w-ork of
the Memorial should be carried to
completion—that the undertaking is
one which should enlist the united
interest of all.
During the recent convention of the
Georgia Press Association at West
Point the cause of the Memorial was
beautifully presented by Attorney
General George M. Napier, The
speaker eulogized the heroic figures
that are to adorn the mountain and
paid a glowing tribute to Sculptor
Lukeman, whose model has w-on the
highest praise.
The address of Col. Napier was
warmly applauded by the assembled
Georgia editors and all went away
vision of the Memorial ‘
a new
and the lofty ideals it is to commem
orate.
The work of carving the massive
figures has been resumed afer sev
eral mon t ha interruption and the
necessary funds are to be raised by
the sale gf Memorial Half Dollars
during the Harvest Campaign. Every
Southern state is co-operating with a
v im and enthusiasm which presages
success, and Georgia, we feel sure,
will deem it a privilege to have her
full share in the work,
As Col. Napier said: “We have
not yet fully appreciated the signifi
cance of the minting of the five mill
ion Memorial coins by the Federal
government. No other government in
recorded time has struck off such a
memorial to its former antagonists.
On one side of the coin you see a
lighting upon the mountain the figure
of an eagle, the proud bird which is
the emblem of our great country. On
the other side are the graven figures
of Lee and Jackson on their chargers.
But the noblest sentiment on the
coin is contained in the words, ‘To
the Valor of the Soldier of the
“Surely,” continued the speaker,
U our people, the people of Georgia
and of the South, will rise to this
opportunity to erect the grandest
memorial within the range of human
knowledge. Our reunited country as
sists and applauds our efforts, and
we should feel inspired to go for
ward with the construction of this
memorial which will be the wonder
of all the ages.”—Walton Tribune.
) ' WE MUST-DEVELOP
! OUR OWN IDLE LANDS
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* There’s lots of room in Georgia for farmers
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from other states. But until we raise Geor¬
gia's average corn yields above 12 bushels
, i per acre (the average for this year will he
about 11 bushels) we cannot expect any
large number of farmers from other terri
torv to want them.
The College of Agriculture tells us that on
average land the corn yield would he in¬
creased 15 bushels by the growing of a win¬ 4
ter crop of vetch and that this vetched land
will show an increase of 30 bushels if a
small lynount of the right fertilizer is used.
e have information regarding the value of
vetch and shall he glad to talk the matter
over with our customers and friends.
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Citizens Bank lit (it ‘- L iihiiSj ! ''iuA Fort ValleyIJ
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS tgjjmm RESOURCES OVER r
; $ 150 , 000.00 $ 1 . 000 . 000.00
4% Quarterly on Savings 5% Time Deposits
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MR. CARTER AGAIN
ON PAVING
j Editor Leader-Tribune;
j Dear Sir: In last week's issue of
your paper, I tried to stress the ne
i
cessity of paving the road via Powers
ville, instead of the upper road on
the edge of the county,
It would cost from fifteen to twen
j ty thousand less to pave the road via
Powersville, on account of the prox¬
imity to the railroad, and besides it
evinces a democratic spirit in serving
the whole of Peach county. The peo¬
ple of Powersville and Lake View are
unanimous in their contention that
this ig the i ogica i road to pave and
we think it an imposition on this part
of the county to have to contend for
a proposition that is so
just and obvious to all whose minds
are not impervious to reason.
We have heard it rumored that
some of the citizens of Byron wanted
the upper road paved and leave Pow
ersville and Lake View in the mud.
I We are loath to believe there are
half a dozen men in Byron that
would hand us a lemon like this.
Fellow citizens! we appeal to your
generosity and sense of fairness,
pi ace yourselves in our stead, then
j contemplate your action, and if every
Iatent force of your nature doesn’t
, rebe! then Darwdn’s theory of evolu
tipn is correct, and I’m the son of an
illustrious ape.
Peach county is about thirty miles
long and twelve miles wide, and to
pave the road from the Crawford j
county line through Fort Valle# to ,
the Houston county line, through the
narrow part of the county, just for
the sake of securing the tourist
travel, w-hich benefits only a few in
j dividuals, and then skirt the upper
i edge of the county instead of through
the center, is contrary to good man
ners. This is a county project and not
, a municipal proposition,
The powers that be should look
to the w-elfare of the whole county,
It will cost at least $600,000 to
pave the road from Echeconnee to
the Macon county line, and $240,000 1
to pave from the Craw-ford county !
line to the Houston county line, an
aggregate of $840,000. Which of
these roads, gentlemen, do you pro
P° s ® to pave first, or do you favor
issuing bonds sufficient to 'pave them
simultaneous ?
Speak up, gentlemen! I tried to
smoke you out last week, but as yet
you are under cover. Reticence on
your part won’t float bonds. Lay
your cards on the table; designate
the road or roads, to be paved, and
the first, if any.
Let the powers that be call upon
the State Highway board to re-route
the Dixie Highway via Powersville
like it once was.
What about it, Mr. Mosley? You
are the Generalissimo of the county.
Let us hear from you through the
columns of The Leader-Tribune.
Don’t drag us to the polls on Nov.
5th without a definite understanding.
Yours respectfully,
H. W\ CARTER.
Powersville, Ga.,
Oct. 7th, 1925.
Paved Roads the Cheapest
Says the Dalton Citizen: “Paved
roads are the only kind that will
stand the traffic of these days. Build
mg the other kind is a waste of
money.”
That is the truth and the whole
truth and is the best argument for
good roads. What is the use of build- 4
ing a highway today and have to do
the job all over again next year? It
is not economy and it is not good
business practice. The ideal of per¬
manency is what we need when we
think of building highways. Let’s
build for the present and the future,
build roads that will stand the wear
and tear of traffic and stand up in
all sorts of weather and render ser
vice.
The rainy season will soon be
here—we hope—and then from the
Florida line to Tennessee you will
hear a howl about the roads. They
will be impassible in many instances,
It has been happening that way for
years and it will happen again,
The traffic at the present time is -
something astounding. More automo
biles pass over a highway in a single ’
day now than traveled that same
highway in three months a few years
ago. Nothing on earth but a paved
highway will stand the strain of
present day travel.
It will be a great day for Geor¬
gia when we get out of the mud.
And not only build roads for the
tourists, but build them for every
body, for the business and profes
sional man, for the farmer who has
produce to haul to market, for all
classes and conditions of people. M
idea ™
our about the matter.—
Progress-Argus.
Not Likely
“Yon certainly think a lot of yoar
snapped Mrs. Grouch. “ Why
ahonldn’t I?” growled her husband ; 0
*** s there anybody else who looks after
comfort and well-being as much?”