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Site ICraiifr - (Irilum? 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 JYdi'rnl Court. N. K. A. Feature Service Ad vert, i hp r*’ Cut Service Entered in »eeond-el.i.» mutter at the j.imt office nt Port Valliy, tin., under the net of March 8. 1S79. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES (Payable In Advance) ti no I Year . *' 1.75 6 Month* ( 0.(0 B Months ADVERTISING RATES aOc jut Column Inch \ lc per Word Ltgm | AdvertincmentH Strictly (hhU In A dvance 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 / , 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 ■ !► 1 la¬ ; * There’s lots of room in Georgia for farmers 1 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. . 4 ! 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 ; 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?”