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HUNMJlft! FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA In the Midst of the World’s Peach Paradise By C. L. SHEPARI) Under the above heading a interesting article appeared in September issue of “The Postal graph an attractive magazine •ued by the Postal Telegraph pany. In connection with the were several splendid pictures photographs made by the Studio of Fort Valley, among were secenes from the Fourth nual Peach Blossom Festival; of C. L. Shepard; one of the Winona; a group of local of the Postal. One page was to an especially charming peach orchard scene from a brandt photo and a poem, Peach,” from the prologue of pageant, “The Trail of Pink by Mabel Swartz Withoft. The by Mr. Shepard is reproduced below. ♦ t ♦ The hustling little Georgia whose name captions this article unique in at least two respects. In the first place there is only Fort Valley in all the world. In the second place Fort Valley the point from which more arc shipped annually than any point on earth. Fort Valley is the county site Peach County, Georgia’s county. Peach County has the est uncultivated area of ^ny in the state. The city is located at the peak an elevated ridge extending from gusta to Cuthbert, clear across State. The lands generally in Peach Section, of which Fort Is the hub, ar level or slightly with just enough break in them drain w ( ell. The soil is red clay dation with loam and clay The climate is ideal for peach The combination of soil and ANNOUNCING THE ADDITION OF rttusic Masters Heraldyme O To Our Line of Unsurpassed Merchandise We wish to advise the public that we will at all times carry a complete line of Radio Supplies , \ and will appreciate a part of your business. OUR MOTTO Quality Service Georgia Agricultural Works Foi Valley Georgia produce sthe finest quality peach, as to flavor, color and size in the wide world. However, the agricultural interest of the section is not confined to the growth of peaches. It can be safely asserted that there is no place in Americn where more numerous crops of fruits, berries, vegetables and gen¬ eral farm products can be success¬ fully and profitably produced. It is perfectly possible to have a profitable crop of some sort maturing every month in the year in the Fort Valley, Peach County section. Asparagus, spinach, turnips, rhu¬ barb, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, cab¬ bage and other vegetables grow to perfection and are being marketed on a profitable scale, many of these vegetables being shipped in car lots. Dewberries, blackberries, strawber¬ ries, raspberries, figs, cantaloupes, watermelons, and peaches constitute the berry and fruit crops. Hundreds of carloads of peaches and wntermel ons are shipped from Fort Valley every year. Corn, cotton, wheat, oats, rye, peas and the like constitute the general crops*of the section, Above everything else this little city boasts of her fine citizenship, a citizenship of such character, energy, pluck and industry as to make Fort Valley famous throughout the nation —a people with such civic and moral purpose and ideal that the very Coun ty in which they live is known as the “County with a Soul.” Nowhere can be found such unity of purpose, such concert of action, such sympathy, un¬ derstanding and co-operation of all the people of the community as char¬ acterizes the spirit of Fort Valley's citizenship. For four years an event of increas- THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA„ THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1025. A dollar spent with THE LEADER-TRIBUNE is a dollar invested in building a better Fort Valley and Peach County. It is a dol lar directed towards enhancing your own property values and im proving your own business, for The Leader-Tribune is working for YOU all the time. Look around—check up in your office call THE LEADER-TRIBUNE—YOUR HOME PAPER —for w K significance and influence been annually celebrated ^ in tort . v , ! in ey ioo?°Tb 1J22 the p a P?a7h Peac Blos«L naVe and faml of Jort y U q _j ; n the thoug ht of the Whole nation. The ^ Trail of Pink Petals. wnoThe finest most’ spectacular, most aesthetic,’ most educational and inspiring out door event of its type ever rendered iLfTtwn lation staged this Potion recpii. inK about 1,400 characters, something Of the , genius . and , «Pm>t -u of thn the TiWf Fort Valley people can be realized Miss Pauline Eaton Oak has di rected the pageants for the past four years qml it is hoped that she will be in charge of the 1926 celebration. In connection with the Annual som Festival, a mammoth Georgia Barbecue is Berved the guests. in 1924 and again in 1925 approximate ly 60,000 visitors to the peach capital of the world were thus served. Some thing of the magnitude of the under taking can be understood when one considers the requirements of the spread, which, in part, were as fol lows: LOW OPERATING COST FULLER & JOHNSON MODEL |‘ , N” GASOLINE ENGINE Thousands of Fuller fk Johnson engines have given satisfactory and constant service for ten to twenty years, at a very low operating cost. That’s because every Fuller fis Johnson engine is constructed with sufficient weight and strength to withstand the shock and strain of continuous operation under full load. The materials used are the very finest and the highett type of engineering and mechanical skill is employed in their construction. It costs you less to use the best, See the samples on our display floor. i T. M. ANTHOINE n Fort Valley, Georgia & Jf Gasoline, Built Kerosene, in «iicm 1 Distillate H, 2 X, Engines 3. 5, 7, 9 and 12 H. P. EASY TO START Forty thousand pounds of pork wpre barbecued over pits which oc lf an acre of i and . There were ten pits, each 200 feet long. It took 400 pounds of salt to season the food. ' qivtv rooks sixtv fire tenders, and thirty laborers were employed in the t thou 8 ^r an loave8 of b '“ d 1 ? ere 7 Zw I '* phased" of sour pickles ™ "d’s while, on the other of sugar were used, xhe fcstival crowd drank from 45,000 8nd ate fr ° m 62,000 Pa * , took Four 4 00 hundre ds d of pigs pine were and roasted barbecue It cor k t0 roast them , j Two hundred and nine Fort Valley men and women did the managerial work It was est.mated that 80 per . cent of the white population of Fort Valley was actively engaged in pre paring for the festival or performing in the pageant. About forty acres of land were re¬ 1 served for parking space. . I The pageant grounds occupied for ty acres. The pageant committee had printed 28,900 tickets. The amphi theatre covered about four acres. Two acres of small pine saplings were cut down to provide a background for the stage. The queen’s coach was drawn by six horses, each wearing a set of harness valued at $125. The Iate Albert M . Seifert was the genera i chairman of the First An nual Peach Blossom Festival. Glenmore Green headed the organi ThaS joyed the unqualified support and co-operation of the people; otherwise it would have been impossible to have earned out the festival programs sue Ce y ”* n ° * re a,ready Under Way f0r ’ ^ Every person in America A . who can * possibly do so ought f to J’ pay a visit ^ p ach t at peach iime wfth minions of peacH ^ jn fu] , b , 00m th(?re jg nothing , ^ earth ^ , h sc for sh( , er charm ^ At ^ tjme a , community invites the world to come and participate in a festival THE STORE WITH G Qrocery REDUCE YOUR EORGIA LIVING EXPENSES the ORANGE FRONT More Savings For Friday and Saturday BIG REDUCTIONS IN FLOUR FLOUR AS GOOD A SELF RISING FLOUR AS YOU A GOOD SELF RISING WILL FIND FOR THE MONEY 24 LB. JAM UP §1-19 24 SK. LB. TABLE QUEEN $ *- 34 SK. 9 1 ">■ HIGHEST GRADE ‘GEORGIA’ FLOUR Plain Flour §1.49 LB SNOWDRIFT 8 LB. 4 PAIL - §1.49 PAIL 81C A REAL SAVING OUR USUAL EXCELLENT LINE OF PRODUCE ICEBERG HARD HEAD LETTUCE 13c COLORADO LARGE FANCY CELERY 15c ALSO TURNIPS, BEETS, CARROTS, SNAP¬ TOKAY GRAPES,, 15 c BEANS. TOMATOES, SPINACH, CRANBER¬ RIES AND FRUITS. MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE , LB. 47c SCOTT TISSUE-2 ROLLS FOR 25c GOLD MEDAL ROLLED OATS 3 PKGS. 25c FOR RED DEVIL LYE LARGE REGULAR 10c SIZE 15c SELLER _______ PINEAPPLE No. 1. Can _Sliced 16c No. 1 Can Crushed 16C HONOLULU LADY LIBBY’S_____________ A, GEORGIA CANE SYRUP PANCAKE FLOUR f KATHRENA BRAND AUNT JEMIMA NO. 1 H 15C NO. 2 Vi 29c 15c CAN CAN SINGLETARY CASH MARKET AT GEORGIA GROCERY Choice W estern and Native Meats Bee/, Pork , Veal , Lamb , and all dainty Meat Products to please the most fasA 4 tidious buyer. nrgia Grocery. * GOOD JOB PRINTING: v 0 f thanksgiving and gratitude to a kind Providence for His bounties and j mercies. The event in no wise par takes of the nature and spirit of the ordinary carnival with its bizarre and tawdry appeal but is in every sense a festival. a faint idea of the character One and j magnitude of the undertaking. must visit Fort V ; 1 ey and e Hie annual pageant to really appreci ] Aside fr 7 agricultural intOT the thought , , and , , labor -w ot fllir our npnr) people, i G . an aim d the whole situation conspires to give us here a citizcnship contented, pro ive and happy. As might be expected, The Postal is in and for Fort Valley strong and 1 jg doing its part t0 carry forward in the local program of development and achievement. JH eWS ler Is Named P-F r isll , , nr W UrdeTt J „ (l III Peter S. Twitty, state game and fish commissioner, has appointed W. M. Blewster as game and fish warden for Peach county. Mr. Blewster frill changes have been made , and those desirirlg ]icenses should apply to him. Small House Bums g A ^ hous ^hurch street be longing to Paul - of Columbus and occupied by Ed George was prac tically a 7 total loss as ai remitof f; f rP discovered Sunday morning at 6.20 oc, Another ° c \ fire Saturday afternoon afte^oon on on Knoxville street did aome damage t the roof o the house occupied by A D. Allen, belonging to Mrs. Bull, o -__—