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Volume XXXVII. Number 50.
JUDGE RILEY IS
MADE
OF KIWANIS CLUB
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C. 1.^ Shepard and L. L. Brown, Jr.,
Elected Vice Presidents
Last Friday.
Friday night, December 18, will
be the last Kiwanis ladies’ night
of the year, when ceremonies for
i^-'.llatinn of new officers and
#rousing program to be arrang
i ed by W. G. Brisendine, T. F.
f Flournoy and T. Sanders all records Harris
f will probably break
[■ for entertainment.
[ Judge A. C. Riley was elected presi¬
dent of the Kiwanis Club of Fort Val
ley last Friday, to succeed E. T. Mur
ray, new lieutenant governor of the
central Georgia division. Other re¬
sults of the election were as follows:
First vice president, C. L. Shepard.
Second vice president. L. L. Brown,
r * Flournoy.
District trustee, T. F.
Secretary-treasurer .—T. Sanders
arris.
Directors—Ralph Newton, J. W.
’oolfolk, C. E. Martin, D. C. Stroth
D. D Hale, J. D. Fagan, D. A.
r,
'°»U; C. E. Martin delivered Underprivileged an in
spiring talk on The
Child.” On motion of D. C. Strother,
a collection was taken and over sixty
dollars was the sum contributed for
the assistance of underprivileged
children under the direction of Mrs.
Martin Two especially worthy chil
dren will be enabled to continue
in school. These children, with
Zi Martin, will be guests
club at an early meeting.
Mil F. Flournoy started a movement
t a new post office building for
Valley. A committee on public
irs of which C. L. Shepard is
irman was instructed to push the
ter before our senators and con
Kssmen. E. T.
hn motion of Ralph Newton,
[rray, ID. J. Lynwood H. Allen, W. D. Gray C. Strother, and W.
Hale,
[Brisendine Lent committee were named underprivileged as a per
on
i* dren. _ Wiscon
Mi Powell, formerly of
jlk&tN the guest of J. D. Fagan here and for
dajJjJjlevelopment. on the opportunity
He indicated very
f.terest in locating here if
1 I io-operation can be im
mb ^!vans attached much
Hf ( to the project in a short
ik.
||i*nt , D. < opportunities . Strother spo facing < on or ^ ^ j
if^Sf ^prominent an< l P eacb Florida c°unt>- man 4 s a had e jus .
Hgd to him: town Port Va the e.v South. is ‘ Miami C
known m
first, Atlanta second and Fort
ley third.”
IBI TE TO LATE __ REV. „ T -,*T
FORCF T W ' MATHEWS
£e .. to Maco^rlntly thp south Georgia Con
in Bishop
.worth paid tribute to the Ute
f Lod
in unblemished white.”
verge Mathews’ heart was con¬
—
ed with a quenchless passion for
Ifc redemption of the world,” con
|>t»ed Bishop Ainsworth. “We could
toBropriate this money to some par
Ifelar Stument work in the foreign field as a
or memorial to him.”
a sonic Notices
—
Jar assembly E. A. McHan
sil No. 9, Royal and Select
jrs. Eighth, Rite, will Ninth, be held Tenth at Ma- de
FYork
f Hail Tuesday evening, Dec.
at seven o’clock. Annual reports
section of officers.
I. A. WOOD, Illustrious Master.
M. SAMMONS, Recorder.
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filar convocation Austin C^ap- will
b. 18, Royal Arch Masons,
kd at Masonic Hall Tuesday
K, Dec. 15th, at seven o’clock,
il reports and election of c'fi
t., Jw.
ANTHOINE, High Priest,
(fcSAMMONS, Secretary,
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
County Officers
Home at
Offices in the Peach County
house are being made and fitted
f or the County officers. Two
are being arranged, one for the
iff and one for the tax receiver
collector. When you want to pay
| tax, call on the collector in his
i in the court house. Mr. Tharpe
be in hi^ office here every day
| now until after the 20th of
ber, when the tax books close.
Cttri E* Vft1hi\r f tllltry Hwr/i
Takes Montezuma
| 7 o Ride Thursday
j By jl^MIE FAGAN, JR.
That oW proverb which rea ds, “if
at first you don’t succeed, try, try
again,” is certainly more truth than
poetry> for the Fort Valley Hi quin
tet is an ideal example for bearing
1 out the truthfulness of this proverb,
‘ On two occasions before this quintet
has met the fast Montezuma boys
on the indoor court and two times
they have gone down in defeat, only
by a few points. But somehow these
boys of Fort Valley Hi had it stored
up in the back of their heads some
where that defeat wasn t so bad if
they played the best they could and
played fair and square and could only
have a chance to redeem themselves.
This chance was presented to them
last Thursday and well did they re
ceive it for they had already tasted
the sting of defeat twice before at
the hands of the Queener boys and
they were set to win this third game
with a renewed confidence that they .
, could.
But let us take a few lines right
here to speak of Montezuma’s team.
These young gentlemen by the name
of Vaughn and Haugerbook are
thorns to reckon with regardless of
what team may he their opponents.
Also Riddle, Vicent and that station
ary guard are players of fine calibre,
Too Much Nichols
The first half ended in a tie, the
gcore stand i ng 12 to 12. Then came
^ second ba [f with each side mak
mg a counter every few r minutes, • un
t;1 therp waa on)y 8 f ew seC onds left
to p]ay and Montezuma was leading
the Smith boys 24 to 23. It happened
^ j n tbe twinkling of an eye, a flash
g s( , ( , n to cross the floor and the
baB was beard as jt crashed through
of the oal, Coleman Nic .... o s
the net g (
had dribbled through the entire team
' of his opponents and shot a goal, giv
ing his team a victory by t t scon
1 of 25 to 24.
Lose to Vienna
W e did not get down to see the local
boys go up against the Vienna Quin
^ C oppedge and Big Boy
jnvited us to atten d the Ri
verside- Lanier foot ball game > n
Macon with them. But from what we
1 can hear about the garae played down
there is that the only difference be
! tween their game and the one we saw
! in Macon was that a touchdown was
not made by either team. The .core
of this game was 10 to 8 in favor of
who bandied the game
[here last Thursday night he is stepped to b4 ‘
commended on the way
around on the court, keeping a close
eye on all plays. This referee was
none other than Mr. John King, coach
of basket ball at Mercer University.
Girls Lose to Vienna
I Previous to the boys’ game played
with Vienna last Saturday night, the
girls engaged in a game with the las¬
sies of Vienna. Coach Pate said ,her
team was not in tip top form as sev
gra ] 0 f ber S q Uad remained in the
vaBey account of sickness and
j n j ur j es . The score of this game was
32 to jn favor of Vienna. But wait
until tbe re turn game and there will
be ano ther. story to tell,
Fort Valley Hi Girls
Tie Marshallville
Yes, we think the girls deserve to
have the head line of this article, for
although they did not defeat the as
paragus town girls, they certainly
fought hard to keep the Green and
Gold from tasting defeat and this
they accomplished by scoring as
many points as their opponents.
Under the new girls’ rules a game
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 10, 1925.
SHOPPERS FLOCK
TO FORT VALLEY
XMAS
Delighted shrieks of kiddies as
see the toys, the ceaseless ebb
flow of determined countenances
mothers from counter to counter
the festive holiday decorations in
stores betoken the fact that the
cient and honored *pastime of
mas Shopping” is now in full
in all its ardor and enthusiasm.
It is said that never before did
j early shoppers get on the job as
jhave Early this year and been-effective, the slogan
” has at last
,
Attending Baptist
Meet in Sa vanna
I
Rev. David Albert Howard,
and Ralph Newton of the First
t ist church of Fort Valley, have
attending the State Baptist
tion in Savannah this week. The
vention opened Wednesday
and i) r John D. Mell, of Athens,
re-elected president. Mr. Newton
expected to return some time Thurs
day .
,
pWJLL CHRISTMAS
STOCKING
In the Old Home.
I Christmas in the Old Home—
Love to sing its praise,
That’s th'e halleluia tune
1 Fellows like to raise!
Light the big woodfire
| And make the chimney blaze,—
Christmas in the old home, people!
1 Bountiful crops, delightful
increasing realty values, a
stream of new comers bringing
energy and new capital to our sec
tion-The Fort Valley Gnr stmas
stocking is expected to be full this
Yulet.de of 19-5.
Mrs. E. P. Smith and children, and
brother, Mr. Charlie Williams, Jr.,
are visiting friends and relatives
Pembroke, Ga.
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that ends in a tie mufit stand. No ex
tra periods can be p l aye d.
At the end of the first half the
score stood 9 to 7 in favor of Fort
Valley, but Marshallville forged
the lead early in the second half-.and
^ ] 0 oked very much like a defeat
wquM fee handed to the Fort
Hj gir]g _
Bub there was one fan in the
dience who never gave up and all the
j time he was yelling, “throw that ball
j somewhere !” This spirit seemed to
j i, ; tb(1 ir i s and they did throw
: th aI1 through tb , baaket for enough
[ pointB to t ; e the game 16 to 16.
^ Thanks to Mr. G. V. Braddock; we
. nce d some more fans of his calibre,
Boys Victors 36 to 13
„ n nest pas .> ge emed to be
> Smith boyfj , motto ] ast
. * ht f th did not let the Mar
Bh ]ville boy9 score a s i„ g , e field
goaJ dliring the first haif of the
j ^ C S' Nichols, ZZ
man, Mr. Coleman was
about as ri ght as the. writer ever re
m(;mbe r seeing him. He was ringing
’ tbem f ll angles and think
r(jm a we
tbe ne t on the east goal will have to
| be replaced, for “Stud” nearly wore
! it out; only a few strings remained
j dangling froiig^r-e hoop.
j -
I BLAKELY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
J. L. GRAHAM, Superintendent
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Dear Sir:
Enclosed find check for $1.50 to pay my subscription to Leader
Tribune. I feel that you with your fine paper mean much to Fort
Valley and I am sure they are supporting you well or you couldn't
put out such a well balanced paper.
1 the 1 have read in weekly
Your editorial work is best ever a paper
and such splendid articles can’t help but impress a citizenry of Fort
Valley’s mentality.
My pursuit of the necessary filthy lucre has drawn me away from
Fort Valley but I will always hold dear the memories of a pleasant and
I profitable four years spent with God’s elect.
Yours,
J. L. GRAHAM.
Dec. 8, 1925.
TO PLAY FRIDAY
IN MONTEZUMA
On Friday night the High School
Tornado will go down to Montezuma
j or another game. They expect to
ma | <e another pie similar to that of
last Thursday night. Will you be at
the feast ?
i Dr. C. C. Jarrell at
Methodist Church _
Rev. C. C. Jarrell, I). D., filled the
pulpit at the Methodist church Sun¬
day morning, preaching an able and
eloquent sermon on the healing min¬
istry of the Gospel. Dr. Jarrell is
general secretary of the Hospital
Board of the Southern Methodist
church, with headquarters in Atlanta,
! and has supervision of all the hospital
1 rk of the denomination. An appeal
WO
was made by the visitor in the inter
e st of the Golden Cross, a movement
which enrolls members of the church
f or charity work in her institutions
0 f healing. To this appeal there was
a generous response on the part of
the congregation. Mrs. C. E. Martin,
w ho is local director of the move-
1 ment, will continue the enrollment in
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the hope that every member of the
! chllrch wiU have I ,art in this worthy
benevolence. Dr. Jarrell was accom
panied to Fort Valley by Mrs. Jarrell
land while in the city they were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bran
ham.
Cleaning IJp City
The Fort Valley Beautiful commit¬
tee, which is sponsored by the various
womens clubs are carrying on a clean
up campaign, and will try to get the
streets and sidewalks in Fort Valley
j n the very best and most sanitary
condition.
It is t h e desire of the people of the
city thB t the streets may be more at
tractive and that the general ap
pearance of many unsightly places be
I made more pleasing in appearance.
Group Conference
Macon Preshyterial
Mrs. J. W. Woo',folk, Mrs. W. G.
Keen, Mrs. Emmett Houser, Mrs. C.
B. Almon and Rev. Jas. L. McGirt
attended a group conference of the
Macon Presbyterial at the First Pres
byterian church in Macon last Fri
day _ The conference was of special
importance because of the presence
and address of Mrs. W. C. Winborough
0 f St , Louis, Mo. and Mrs. Turner, of
Newman, Ga. Mrs. Winsborough is a
nationally known leader and speaker,
being Superintendent of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Southern Presby
terian church. She spoke three times
dUring the day , and especially was
her address at the luncheon hour
greatly enjoyed. She told of the In
ternational conference at Stockholm,
Sweden on “Christian Life and Work,”
she being one of representatives from
the Southern Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Turner is president of the Wo
man’s Auxiliary of the Synod of Geor
gia and is, herself, an inspiring and
^ STS «
and talks with the King.” A del.ght
ful luncheon ™ Z
ing room of the
of the First Presbyterian church w ith
Mrs. W. D. Lamar as toast-mistress,
and a day of inspiration and christ
ian fellowship was enjoyed by all
present.
Garbage Cans to
Rear is
Tag Fort Valley Beautiful Scores
Garbage Cans to be Removed to
Back of Homes
Beginning Monday morning,
14th all garbage cans on the
dence section of town are to be
moved from the sidewalks to the rear
of the premises of each home. The
street committee of city council has
instructed the men who drive and have
charge of the garbage truck to go
into the rear yards and empty all
garbage placed in a can or receptacle,
that garbage not thus contained to
be allowed to remain.
The street committee asks the co
operation of all property owners in
the burning of leaves and papers and
in placing only in their cans such gar
ba K e tbat tbe y cannot dispose o
themselves. Credit for this action
must be SW en to a committee from
tbe Kiwanis club headed by Mr.
W. G. Brisendine in response to a re
Quest from Fort \ alley Beautiful.
*
C, fij^ Mortifl ( Jim.
Board . Of . StClVOI‘(l „ ,
S
The board of stewards of the Me
tbod j st c hurch met at the church
Monday evening and organized for
the ensu j ng conference year. Mr. W.
L Houser, who has been the diligent
and efficient chairman of the board
for the past two years, voluntarily
< retired as its head and will be sue
ceeded by C. E. Martin. While re
gretting to lose Mr. Houser as their
leader, the officials of the church,
and the entire membership, will wel
come Mr. Martin. He has long been
identified ‘ with the organization and
is one of the most capable and con
secrated churchmen in the denomina
tjon Under his guiding hand a year
auccess is confidently anti
d d Mr j ohn V ance was elected
secretary 0 f the board, succeeding
Mr R Fincher , who was relieved
: of the office because of pressing du
ties elsewhere in the church and Sun
day school. Mr. George P. Greene
was re-elected treasurer, a position he
has filled with eminent satisfaction
for thirty odd years . The office of
vice-chairman was created and Mr.
A. I,. Luce chosen to h t t ’ anK -
Mr. Luce is also charge ay ca 4r
and is active in the woi t o t 1
Evangelistic Club,
'
MRS. CHAPMAN, OF
SANDERSVILLE DEAD
_
Sandersville, Ga., Dec. 9. Mrs. C.
B. Chapman died here this morning
a te * a long iiiness, aged sixty.
Three . weeks ago Mrs. M rhamnan ^pman broke b ok
Jer a s np ° in a ^nd th^ Dme
'
was ^ a <l aat n ‘* j v(J () f u n j 0 n Springs, Ala.,
. • , ijf., () f o an _
^ (P1 ah "' sv ‘ e d ' member of the Bap
c ur , , , sponsored the
Sandersvrile pub l)ub lic library /'
Funeral services will be: held from
^ Ter
-mer past.,
“* Valley; viyed by <t ' ^ of Fort
three sons, Ward of Atlanta;
Charlie B., Washington City, and
Gordon, of Sandersvflle.
P ro per ty Trans f ers
Several property transfers have
been announced in Fort Valley during
the past week.
Mrs. Sarah Hall has bought the old
Duke home on Anderson Avenue. I
Mrs. Hall has been renting this place
for some time.
The Wilson Co. bought through
the Fort Valley Realty Company the
Sterling Slappy home on Person st.
Mr. R. L. Marchman, Sr., has bought
the residence of Dr. V. L. Brown on
Miller street, which is being occu¬
pied now by Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Sanchez. It is understood that Dr.
Haslam and family will occupy the
Marchman house on Church street.
H. p. Sanchez, who has been
in the Brown house, has bought and
will occupy the E. G. Clark residence
on Knoxville street.
(Twelve Pages)
Annual Barbecue
Men’s Bible Class
The Men’s Bible Class of the Me¬
thodist church enjoyed their annual
fellowship barbecue, served in the
church parlors Friday evening at se
ven o’clock.
An informal program of fun was
enjoyed as they were served barbecue
by Mesdames Jno. A. Houser, J. M.
Jones, B. T. Marshall, Mrs. Frank
Pincher> and Mrg w B Hardeman.
Mr. W. B. Hardeman, president of
j. be c j asS( presided over a brief pro
gram of entertainment, presenting
Misa Euralee Etheridge in song and
Mrs Ruth Smith jn a reading .
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E. T. Murray Goes
With Atlanta Bank
j On January First
E. T. Murray will retire as cashier
of the Bank of Fort Valley to accept
a place with the Fourth National
Bank of Atlanta on January 1, 1926.
| In making this move Mr. Murray
states'that nothing except a field of
much broader opportunity could per
suade him to leave Fort Valley, to
which he has become so deeply de
[ voted.
' Mr. Murray came to Fort Valley in
January 1920, almost directly from
France where he had served as a cap
tain in the United States army dur
ing the World war, having seen three
and a half years of active service. He
became connected with the Southern
Brokerage Company, with whom he
remained for about five years, until
the organization of the Bank of F ort
Valley in October 1924. He became
cashier of this bank and its splendid
success under his management at
tracted the attention of Atlanta
bankers,
Mr. Murray was born and raised in
Americ us. His interest has been deep
in the promotion of South Georgia
development. Launching the, Kiwanis
c!ub here> he served f irst a8 secretary
and tbe n as president for two years
and under b ; s leadership this club ,
has done much for the advancement
of civic interests. Taking cognizance
of his able leadership in Kiwanis
work, the Georgia Kiwanis Conven
j.j on in Albany recently elected him
lieutcnant governor of its central
Georgia division.
He has been identified with pleas
mg distinction in the business, social,
church and civic life of Fort Valley
and will carry to Atlanta with him
tb4, best w ' sbes an< * warmest expe.
; tancy of our people for his continued
success.
/) r> Cline Elected
| Mayor of Byron
Byron, Ga., Dec. 8.—Dr. G. P. Cline
was re-elected mayor of Byron over
, UPP 01 ! 4 t ’ r ‘ T< , H j 1 *p d Alder
e avv and
H C Jackso T h " were re elected !. over
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them opponents, J. T w W M M ‘ l Hb and a " d w ^
Titv'S'is was one Tthe hottest
-Uons m^his^ry of Byron.d
92 dUa lified voters 90 voted. Mr. O. J.
Bateman and Mr. W. S. Gossett will
give in the near future an old time
I Georgia barbecue in honor of the of
ficers-elect.
HANDSOME CIRCULARS
FOR BYRON MERCHANT
The Leader-Tribune has been flood¬
ed with circular work for special
sales during the last ten days. It has
been a record breaking period in that
: class of printing. The C. F. Hays
1 Company, of Byron, is a new custom
er, deciding to keep the money in
Peach county. Mr. Hays was delighted
with oui^high class of work as com-
G
J /[ i County Tax Collector Tharpe will be
n( j )fl y your taxes.
at the Court House December 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
Books will close Saturday, 19th. DO IT NOW!
Pcachland Journal
37 years old—only newspa¬
per in the heart of one of
America’s richest diversified
agricultural sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
JANUARY WILL
BE OBSERVED AS
ARBOR DAY HERE
I
Tree to Honor Ralph Newton—Com¬
mittee Named to Arrange
Program.
At a meeting of the presidents and
civic committees of the various wo¬
men’s organizations called in the in¬
terest of FORT VALLEY BEAUTI¬
FUL and held at the home of Mrs.
W. G. Brisendine on Monday after¬
noon, plans were made for the obser¬
j vance of Arbor day in Fort Valley.
Due to the early closing of the pub¬
lic schools and in order that sufficient
time might be given for the prepara¬
tion of a program and for the secur¬
ing of trees and shrubs, January 8th
was the day set. Committees were se¬
lected to secure the co-operation of
property owners in the re-setting of
t the missing trees on the sidewalks
and the work of each civic committee;
of each organization outlined.
Of particular interest was the sug¬
gestion that a request be made that
on Arbor day the pup's of the public
! KchooI plant a live oa ;. tree in honoi ,
of Professor Ralph Newton who serv
| ed as the superintendent for twelve
i years and that this tree be marked
with a suitable marker.
j Committees were also selected to
arrange a program for the activities
of tbe day> this comm j ttee composed
of the different program chairman of
eae h organization. Altogether the
meet ing was a most enthusiastic one
an( j the assistance of the Kiwanis
club already pledged and the co-op
eration of every citizen of Fort Val
ley hun d re ds of trees should be plant
gd and Arbor day will be an event
that w j|j mean much for FORT VAL
LEY BEAUTIFUL.
WOMAN’S CLUB
ON CITIZENSHIP
The Woman’s Club met at the
home of Mrs. Alice Crandall for the
first December Club meeting, when
“Citizenship” was the topic for study.
Mrs. E. L. Duke, president, pre¬
sided over the opening session when
several business items were dispensed
with, after which Mrs. C. N. Rour.
tree, acting chairman, presided over
the program. Mrs. J. E. Davidson dis¬
cussed Woman as a Citizen. Mrs.
Rountree spoke of what Citizenship
means and Mrs. L. L. Brown, Jr.,
member of the Junior Club, who was
particularly interesting as she pre
sented a study in municipal govern¬
ment. Miss Jeannette Nichols was
charming in a reading of child dia¬
lect, which concluded the program.
After adjournment the members
enjoyed a social hour together, dur¬
ing which Mrs. Crandall served lovely
refreshments.
Junior Club to Give Program.
On the afternoon of December the
1&th ^ niembers of the Woman
i CIub wil1 as8em ble at the home ot
Mrs. Ashby McCord to hear-a pro
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
whose President is Mrs. Lawrence
Houston.
The ^° man ’ S ^"b -sponsored the
. ptoutT its handt
work and are looking forward to this
meeting with unusual pleasure.
“How beautiful is youth! how bright
it gleams,
Wjth its il!usionS) aspirationS) dreaM8l
Book of Beginnings, Story without
End,
Each maid a heroine, and each man a
friend!”
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pared with previous jobs done by Ma
con printers. A lot of money has been.
spent by The Leader-Tribune within
the last sixteen months to give Fort
Valley and Peach county one of the
best printing plants in Georgia.