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01?* H*ai)rr * (Urtbutt* AND PEACHLANI) JOURNAL ESTABLISHED l«88 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY JOHN H. JONES Editor and Owner fl • Man Thinkrth in Ilia Heart, 80 la He.** Official Organ of Paarh County. City •# Fort Vallry and Wratern Division of the Southern District of Georgia Federal Court. N. E. A. Feature Service A<iverti,er«’ Cut Service BntercU a. aeeond-clae, matter at the putt office at Fort Valley, fia.. under the act of March 8, 187». SUBSCRIPTION PRICKS (Payable In Advance) $160 1 Year — $0.75 « Months 90.40 I Months ADVERTISING RATES 80c per Column Inch lc per Word L*ta) Advertluement* Strictly C»»h In Advance THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1925. ltuild or bust. BUST OF BUILD. Buttermilk. Wo dare anybody to Bay anything about it or us. Sblood. This is fair time in Georgia. Here’s lioping Peach may stage a county fair next Fall. Professor Snider, over at Griffin, prophesies freezing weather on No¬ vember 20th. Chicago is thinking of paying crooks to leave that city, It just naturally pays them to leave Fort IValley. If you can’t do any better, BUILD [AND BUST. At least you will have the satisfaction of having come a lit¬ tle nearer to Heaven. Augusta is showing us how a com¬ munity can start its own boom with little difficulty if it will simply turn itself aloose and step forward. Tuesday’s Macon Telegraph in formed us that Governor Walker was going to Washington for a tax hear mg. That’s about all most of us hear all the time. _—--— 'Give fools their gold and knaves their power, Let fortune’s bubble rise and fall; Who sows a field or trains a flower, Or plants a tree is more than all. —Whittier. “Stop patronizing bootleggers and the sale of liquor will stop,” declared Judge Searcy in charging the Spald¬ ing county grand jury Monday. Now we will give a quart of onion juice to any man who will prove that is not true. But prohibition will be V al ly enforced only when both ends of the problem are given indiscriminate attention. The man who keeps his own little pet Personal Privilege in his home never will help a jury to do it in a permanent way. Fort Valley and Peach county offer splendid real estate investment op¬ portunities right at this time. There is something in the air besides the wet at her. Those who have eyes to see and ears to hear will be on the job in this neck o’ the woods during the next few months. You are going to see a period of activity from which some profits will grow. But the prop¬ erty owner who sets too high a price, instead of joining in the general movement of selling and buying, will be killing the opportunity at its birth so far as he is concerned. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon suggests a reduction of a quarter of a billion dollars in the national levy. In that case we can heave a sigh of relief and pull through until tomorrow if our delinquent subscrib ers will ffay up by morning. Secre¬ tary Mellon didn’t say anything about rent and groceries and wc never qualified for any sort of government pension with which to print and mail The Leader-Tribune free of charge. Now look at the date next to your name on this paper, beloved sub¬ scriber, and PAY UP—PLEASE! TWELVE THINGS TO REMEMBER The value of time. The success of perseverance. The pleasure of working. The dignity of simplicity. The worth of character. The power of kindness. The influence of example. The obligation of duty. The wisdom of economy. l The virtue of patience. The improvement of talent. The joy of originating. —Ex. THE SONG OF THE TREES Ye who pass by and would raise your hand against me,' hearken ere you harm me. I am the heart of your hearth on the cold winter nights; the friendly shade screening you from the summer «ui>» mf fruita are freshing draughts quenching thirst as you journey on. I am the beam that holds house, the board of your table, bed on which you lie, the timber builds your boat. I uni the handle your hoe, the door of your the wood of your cradle and shell of your coffin. I the bread . of . .. kindness , am the flower of beauty. Ye who by, listen to my prayer; harm me —McClure’s Magazine. HIS READY TONGUE In one of Lloyd George’s campaigns some one threw' a through' the window, and it fell on platform at his feet. Picking it he cried: "Behold the only of our opponents.” From the a sullen fellow kept calling out “Rats! Rats!” in one of his meetings. some one please take the his dinner?” was the witty and fective reply. Once when he was ing on 'home rule” he said, “I home rule for England, for | for Wales, for Ireland”—At this point some one shouted, Home rule 'for hell. That’s right, he shot , back. Every for his own coun man , another gathering a man try.” In shouted, Oh, you’re not so much. Your dad used to peddle vegetables with a donkey and cart, >> u Yes,” said the orator, “that is true. My father was a very poor man. The cart has long since disappeared, but I see the donkey is still with us.”— Christian Register. REFERRED TO THE JURY There is a certain youngster who isn’t going to be subpoenaed as a wit ness any more by a certain attorney. One case is enough to lose. The local youth was on the witness stand, when the lawyer started to examine him. “Have you an occupation?” asked the attorney. “Nope.” “Don’t you do any work of any kind?” “Nope.” “What does your father do?” "Nothin’ much.” “Doesn’t he do anything to support Hie family?” “Odd jobs once in a while.” “As a matter of fact, isn’t your father a worthless fellow, a dead beat and a loafer?” “I don’t know,” the witness repli ed. “You’d better ask him; he's sit ting ovei • there on the jury.”-rThe Bulletin. JUDGE BARRETT BLAZES THE WAY Judge William H. Barrett of ' United States court of the Southern district of Georgia, in his charge to the grand jury in Macon last week blazed the way fbr law enforcement am | f or the reduction in crime. Judge Barrett declared that “per¬ nicious influences are permeating our social life and our body politics,” and un i CKS they are arrested they will re¬ sult in decay and possibly annihila t ;„ n 0 f muc h we hold dear.’ Entering f ur ther into the discussion of law en f or cement and regard and respect for f b e law, Judge Barrett, said: It is not for me to say what has caused the increase in crime, but this 1 know, that it betokens des¬ cent rather than ascent, and that while crime may never cease, it can be cui •bed and restrained when our leaders firmly, boldly u nflinchingly and pertinaciously set their faces against it. The charge of Judge Barrett was ' timely and should be heeded by mos t not only the jurors, but the entire j ctizenships of law-abiding people sbou i d support and aid in the cam |Pa ig n against law violations as out i; ned [, y Judge Barrett. The time has come w ■lien the people of the country seem to hold little regard for strict en f orce ment of the laws, Down at Milledgeville, recently, a mapiae who a n 0 wed to run loose in a fit of vas [ insanity murdered a young white wo ma p connected with the asylum—a most horrible and brutal murder, but the negro was not responsible for the crime. He was known to be utterly ir responsible and dangerous, yet he was allowed to roam around the grounds free and unmolested. For the crime, a mob caused him to pay the toll with his life—lynching him in the open without regard for the law or the court officers and officials. Such serves the condemnation of all law abiding citizens. If the crime had been committed by a brute possessing usual intelligence there might have been an excuse, but to lynch and mur¬ der a helpless lunatic is beyond rhyme or reason and a blot on the state. The officers of Baldwin county and tbe officials of the institution from w hich this negro was taken to his death, should exert every resource, at their command in searching for and THE LEADER-TRIBUNE. FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1925. j The bringing outspoken to trial words the of guilty Judge parties, Bar¬ rett should be heeded and endorsed by the people of Georgia and the state courts and officers should fol j-1®* ^ the wake of Judge Barrett m the performance of their sworn duty. Until our people realize the import *nce of respect and preservation the laws of our country, crimes wil be bommitted and criminals allowed ( * communlt m _ Atheng Banner _ iIerald . Growling Prayers Prayers for rain in Arkansas were followed soon by prayers for relief from too much rain. There is always something wrong and the weather usually catches most of the blame for whatever failure we poor weak mortals experience from season season. We are always complaining and seem to think the Lord has noth¬ ing to do except listen to the prayers of m en whose chief occupation in life is growling about “hard luck.” But if you take time to look, every once in awhile you will notice a fellow who does miraculous things in spite of difficulties. He is the fellow who believes that “the Lord helps those who help themselves,’ and knows when to fall on his knees and when to stand on his feet. Preparation Here’s the world, and you are in it, Look about you for a minute Look about you and consider What it is you want to be, Just what sort of a position Marks the height of your ambition Pick the kind of work you fancy From the many that you see. Do you fret at preparation, Call your study a vexation Do you sigh for something easy Which unfutored minds can do, Do you want to be a waiter Or a deck-hand on a freighter ? Is street-sweeping a vocation That’s appealing unto you? N There are countless posts^and places Needing little that embraces Constant study, and their duties Very easily are learned, But the higher your ambition, And the higher the position, The greater must your skill be And it’s harder to be earned. ( Coypright, 1925, Edgar A. Guest.) A Georgia Opportunity The Jackson Progress-Argus, pub Hshed in Butts county, this ,’tH state, rc ‘ «* “ com ent upon it, which shows that Georgia fanners are permitting a splendid op por tunity to pass them by without 1 availing themselves il 1 he Pro¬ 1 ess-Argus says: gr ] whole cars of milk, shipped from Ohio and Wisconsin, pass through Georgia every day to Florida. This milk is produced in sections that have a short growing season and most of the year the cattle are housed in barns. Yet, here in Georgia, with grazing practically nine months in the year, allowing solid cars of milk to be shipped through her borders. What a commentary on our lack of thrift. It is true that not every Georgia farmer can go into the dairying ness immediately and begin ship ping quantities of milk and butter t0 Florida, but there are few of them who would not soon be able to begin such shipments if they would set their minds and hands to working end. The hundreds of -u thou to that sand of people who are flocking into Florida must be fed; there is no ques tion of this; and it is certain that Florida’s production of food stuffs is not sufficient to supply the demand. This is true of other products besides those of milk and butter. The situation m Florida opens a wide fed to Georgia farmers, . and those who are alive to their . interests - t ts will avail themselves , , of r the rmnnv- oppor t it that is presented to them. Cer tam t 1 * if farmers in Ohio and Wis consin can shi dairy products to Florida at a profit Georgia farmers can do as well. Their nearness to the point of distribution ought tq make it more profitable to them than it is to the farmers of the more distant states. The constant stream of people flow¬ ing into Florida is making new op¬ portunities for the people of Georgia almost every day, and they should not sit still and allow others, far re¬ moved, to reap the harvest that should, by right of proximity and favorableness to production, be theirs. —Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Cottons Comeback Cotton is still the country’s great¬ est single article of export and the main source of support for the South. Therefore^ it is good news that the * TO MOTHER > I l y ou sougbt not ear thly treasures; Far nob]cr was your ajm That garnered fadelegs laure)s On Zion’s hills of Fame. j 2 | You wrote no story, Mother, To charm the sons of men; But lived a life of glory No poet’s skilled to pen. 3 You conquered no great city; You scorned the tyrant’s rod, . For in your spirit Mother, ! There dwelt the Son of God. | 4 Dear Mother, how we miss you! We can not say “Goodnight” one who leads her children Home to the Realm of light, 6 Look! we are coming, Mother; .Your life illumes the way; I We’ll meet you in the city, ^And praise the Lord for aye. —W. C. CARTER. crop has “staged a comeback. The Department of Agriculture, in its re port on the condition of the crop as of September 16, places the probate yield at 13,931,000 bales. As this com pares with an actual yield of 13,627, 000 bales last year the improvement may not seem striking, but if the present estimate , is realized tk« the crop will be the largest since the record yield of 1914. In the light-of develop ments in the last ten years, and par ticularly in the l^st five years, this improvement is significant. In the early part of this century, when the American cotton crop was getting along comfortably, a few in¬ sects somehow crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas. It would be difficult to imagine an incident of less ■ pparent importance than that, But these insects, known as boll weevils, lived on cotton; Texas was white with cotton, and the climatic conditions for th< weevil were So the new Mexican immigrants, seeing . that that they had indeed found the land of op portunity, decided to settle, become Americanized,* learn the language— and multiply. And so they spread year year by uy year, yea. i, eastward, eatward, al ways eastward. For a time their effect was not felt, In 1911 there was a crop of more than man 15,000,000 bales, ’ in 1913 of more , and 1J14 , than 14,000,000 in cord crop of more than 16,000,000. But in 1915 there was a sudden drop ! ___ ~~n to 000 000 bales. The crop <.....; ...........* hl " ab<)Ut six yearSl and then, m 1921, there was another fall, sharper, al mogt ca tastophie. That year the crop was 7,1 153,0b0 bales, the smallest for any year since 1895. In 1922, at 9,- 762,000 bales, it was little better, and in 1923 it had increased to only 10,- 139,000. which Meanwhile, .the whole world, had depended upon the United States b'LTf \he of its cotton, became almost ban ot tn fiber, and from the 1913 13 cents pound, . price of less than a ’ cotton shot up to more than 40 cents 1 in 1920, and was still over 35 Cents a pound at the end of 1923. The result of this shortage and sub sequent high price of an essential c t0 cause the outside world ^ tuyn to other sources of supply. j I The British Empire, in particular, J made great efforts to stimulate pro I { , uction> conducting extensive experi |nentg in Egypt, and elsewhere in Af rica The high price, moreover, has . i tended to make such experiments . profitable It was freely predicted thgt thg Un ited States as the great source o{ tbe wor i d > s co tton was done, But last year bur crop was in ex¬ cess of 13,500,000 bales, and this year —assuming that the Department of Agriculture’s estimate is reliable—it will be the,fourth largest on record. This does not that ...... the battle ... mean against the boll weevil has been won. The present crop was attained really . be( the lar est ' ause S aorea ^' ^ P lanted m cotton was devoted to it. An acre this Year is yielding only 141 'younds. though it yielded 200 in ■ FOR SALE FILLING STATION equipped with 3 10-gallon visible pumps; underground tanks; 3-apartment oil tanks; brick station with two rest rooms and concrete driveway. Also equipment for wholesale plant—3 tanks totalling 44,000 gallon capacity; 1 unloading pump; 2 300-gal. truck tanks; 10-year I lease on ground for plant, located on sidetrack. Price $7,000.00 for quick sale. j ‘ I FORT VALLEY REALTY CO. FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA Corner Main and Macon Streets. Phone 333 WATER SPORTS SAFER i FOR RED GROSS WORK Expert Life-Savers and Many Thousand Swimmers Reduce Annual Water Toll, Water sports In the United States have never been so safe as they are today, a survey of the work done by Life-Saving experts of the American Red Cross In the past year Indicates. Thousands of adults and young peo¬ ple were taught to swim proficiently by these experts during this period * In addition, 5,581 men, 4,187 women, and 13,024 juniors successfully passed the rigid tests of the Life Ssvlng Ser¬ vice of the Red Cross. The total thus trained during the year—22.8S2—Is 5,041 more than last year's results. The total membership of the Life Sav lng Corps of the Red Cross on June 30 wss 72,810 persons. Meeting the demand for qualified Instructors and councillors In these camps, are the college men and women of the oountry, many devoting whole or p arb 0 f their annual vacation peri odg t0 this field. Meeting the need of standardized Instruction In Life- : Saving, First-Aid, and kindred sub- | jects, the American Red Cross con- ; ducted nine First-Aid snd Life-Saving Oamp Institutes this year with a total Attendance of more than *00, in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, ’ North Car ollna, 7 Indiana, Wisconsin, , Oregon, and . Representatives of Red ^ cbKJ>u>n gamraer ^ ^ at manlclpal and beach . eg< d t r8C tors of physical education In schools, and others of this calibre made up the student body. A number of city or regional insti¬ tutions were conducted also during the winter at Indoor pools to develop local experts. The aquatic school con¬ ducted by the New York Chapter was especially successful, It Is stated. In¬ spired by this system, many camps, pools, bathing beaches, etc., have adopted In whole or In part, the Red Cross Life Saving and water-safety program. In the New England states alone, more than 180 camps employ councillors trained In these methods. lndlcateg more (han g0 ck , eg using the Red Crogg senior teBt as a minimum requirement for their municipal life guards. Educa tional Institutions have turned to it with enthusiasm, This widespread Instruction be sides creating unprecedented numbers of expert life-savers, is developing a vast body of Americans who are at home in the water. All contributes to safety the year-round, for swim ming is a recognized all-year sport today, records show. The danger from water accidents Is ever-present however where proper STnZfJ! vice Is one of the reasons why In creasPd membership in the Red Cross | 3 urged, The Annual Roil Call, dur ing which the opportunity to assist all Red fross work in many lines of endeavor* is extended, will he held from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving, November 11-26. | Large Volunteer - Work of Red Cross Volunteers under the Red Cross all over the United States are doing con «antly for others among their prod | acts being more than 90 per cent of j the Braille reading matter for the ! j blind, and a vast production of cloth , j rig and surgical dressings, METHODIST CHURCH - Thos. H. Thomson, Pastor ; Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. Judge H. ! A. Mathews superintendent. i Preaching by the pastor at 11 a. m. Kpworth League at 6:30 p. m. Pageant by Sunday School at 7:30 P- m. No prayer meeting Wednesday evening on account of revival services at First Baptist church. To all services the public is cor¬ dially invited. Potential Colton Growth British and Portuguese East Africa | have areas twice of land suitable for cotton production as great as the cot¬ ton lands of the United States. There has been some progress in fighting the boll weevil, notably by spraying the plants with calcium ar senate. But this year nature, with her | hot, dry weather, did more to stop I the pest than man with his labor and science.—New Y’ork Sun. Satisfaction “Show V * Beats * Less is being spent today on ^keep¬ ing up appearances. •5 More is being spent for comforts and advancement. U A Financial Reserve is the greatest thing a family can buy today . Yet you buy it on easy terms — simply regular deposits , not neces¬ sarily large , in a bank such as this strong , friendly community Institu¬ tion. In this nay you provide both a safeguard and an “opportunity key » for the future. Citizens Bank -A [[[(iMiiiiHi 4- Fort Valley^ CAPITAL AND SURPLUS RESOURCES OVER *150.000.00 $ 1 , 000 , 000.08 4% Quarterly on Savings' 5% Time Deposits PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION /Jj "j IS ■ fl a.: Otfflte h. X. VJ !>. i 1W I ‘Lf ti •• i \ n hurry I v In a m NO ONE in this day and age has time to waste! People demand that things be done quickly and efficiently. Come in and have your shoes f repaired while you wait. It will only require a few mo¬ ments. Our modern equipment and expert workmanship enable us to do the best work in a minimum of time. DIXON’S SHOE SHOP isq RIGHT at the Old Water Tower Shoe Repairing