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"Wt Ar* Building • City H«r«“ J?jX ARE YOU PINGTOBUILD A CITY HERE? Volume XXXVII. Number 50. JUDGE RILEY IS MADE OF KIWANIS CLUB - 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. * * * 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, ®he 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. _ 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 { ' 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 . ___ 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 ’ ' 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!” ---—--- 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.