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MRS. C. E. MARTIN ON THE
UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILD
r.lloinc i» the ••batanea or an ad-
4m, ky Mr«. C. K. Martin before tho
Klvsnio ('lob of Fort Valin- ^ fFrldor,
Dorriobrr 4th.
"There are two kinds of people on
earth today,
kinds of people, no more, I
say, ’tis
Not the saint and the sinner, for
well understood .
The good are half bad and the bad
are half good. 1
Not the rich and the poor, for to
guage a man’s wealth
You must first know the state of his
conscience and health. j
Not the humble and proud, for in j
life’s little span ■
Who puts on vain airs is not counted
a man. I
Not the happy and sad, for the swift
flying years I
prlng each man his laughter and each
man his tears. earth )
No! The two kinds of people on
that I moan
Ar« the people who lift and the peo
pie who lean, !
Wherever you go you will find the
world’s masses
Are always divided in just these two
classes,
And oddly enough you will find, too,
I ween,
There is only one lifter to twenty who
lean. ’
In what class are you ? Are you cas- |
ing the load
Of overtaxed lifters who toil down
the road ?
Ot are you a leaner who lets others
bear and
Your portion of labour and worry
care?" 1
I am sure we recognize the truth of
thete lines that the world is divided
into the lifters and lcaners. The
M»*ter saw it two thousand years
ago, for He said, "Bear ye one an
other’s burdens.” Again He said, “We
who are strong ought to bear the in
I trinities of the weak, And not only
by precept, but by example did He
heal the sick, raise the fallen, cheer
the faint and command His disciples
to I do likewise glad we have an orgamza- i ;
am so build
tion in our town that stands for
j n(C up —for constructive work. It is
in the lifter class, in other words.
Dickens said, i, ,<x> No „„„ one is useless useless in >■
w „ r Vl who lifts or lightens the
tne worm „ I
hiinfons of it for some one else.
" in a
Fort Valley ,, is . a great town to
great atHto We have a new county
hoping . to mast . givnv- ,. »
which we are good
—ft . COUniy count V with YviLn n a soul, ^ . as some
man out it. But souls have to do "Witn
people, i not
We arc are famed iametl for our beautiful
Blossom Festival, perhaps the most
beautiful event, from an artistic
atandpoint, that Georgia has ever
•taged. We are famed for our peaches,
that most luscious of all fruit, and
for other products of our soil, but
somehow I am ambitious for us to be
famed as that little town in Georgia
and that little county with not an un
educated person in it. 1 am anxious
that we be a county 1009^ literate,
giving every child in our confines a
chance in life that they may not be
handicapped nor hindered in the strug
glc* ahead of them. We are a small
county and we can do it. With a
crowd of lifters we can accomplish it.
Not by being a pessimist and saying,
“It can’t be done;” not by being an
optomist and saying, “it can be done
but let the other fellow do it;” but
by being peptomists and rolling up
our sleeves, gritting our teeth and do
ing it.
Fort Valley has proven herself cap¬
able of any undertaking by putting
over the Peach Blossom Festival, but
we must not let the praise and ad
miration we gain from this achieve
ment make us rest on our laurels and
forget the practical side, the under
privileged child in our midst. Souls
are more valuable than things mater
ial.
Good roads are fine. We need them
and we must have them. The Peach
industry is a great industry and we
need to* push it to the utmost of our
ability, and no town has ever ac
fumplished any more wonderful
achievement than the Peach Blossom
Festival, but what could be greater
than taking a little under
boy or girl and making of them a
noble man and woman to serve our
town in the next generation.
In browsing around among the out
skirts of our town, I have found a
great many children not in school,
some for want of sufficient clothing
and funds; some in school who are
#0 poorly clad that health is at stake,
1 15 children in this
The OWV •
jfi \-w about and I am
i.'fibers. Some few fool
F e keeping their children
out because they do not want to go,
and we intend to exert every effort
to persuade them to send them.
A good many of our organizations
are becoming interested in clothing
these children whose parents say, “If
Galley Two Mrs. C. E. Martin
you will clothe them and buy books
for them, I will send them.” The Wo¬
man’s Club took two children, and are
getting , lots of , pleasure , from , clothmg . .
and seeing that they get proper
nourishment. A circle from the Bap
Missionary Society and a circle
from the Methodist Missionary So
eicty are doing likewise.
And now 1 am asking the Kiwan
ians to consider taking two little
boys.
It is said a minister walked down
the streets of New York and met a
foreigner looking sad and lonesome
an d he stopped and shook hands with
him, and said, “My friend, what can
j ,| ( , for you this morning? You look
bit forlorn.” He smiled and said, “I
W as just hungry for a good handshake
and I feel better now.” O, the little
things that seem trifles to us mean
t0 these underprivileged peo
p i e . Some one said:
"God has no end of material for
poets, priests and kings,
But what He needs is volunteers to
do the little things.”
Aside from the doctors and minis
te rs I dare say not a one of you has
an idea of the poverty of some of our
people, and the demands that are
made up on us.
Now tne purpose i .p oi this talk is two
First, to ask you to take these
lw() jjttle Smith boys to clothe. Sec
ond, to get you as an organization to
form ftn Associated Charities with
good live officers that we may put
our charity work upon a business ba
ajg It js not fajr to t h e SO ciaI workers
t() have to get out and get up funds
a f ter cao h ca i|. it lowers the effi
c j,, ncy 0 f the worker.
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an( | ins. Ag’cy.
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FOR SALE—-5,000 exceptionally
budded pecan trees, Schley,
art, and Moneymaker, with
year old roots and two year old
very reasonable prices. Invite
inspection. Three fresh milk
Also 75 bushels large sweet
L. P. Singleton. 12-10-4t
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REAL ESTATE — We have to
fer a most desirable residence
Church street. Price and terms
tractive. Jno. A. Houser Realty
Ag’cy.
FOR SALE—One Taylor mill
twenty-horse engine and boiler
$250.00. Can be seen at Bliss, Ga.,
H. Davis and son, Perry, Ga.
4t pd.
CUSTOM HATCHING—Eggs
every Wednesday in new
Buckeye Incubator at 3e per
Peach Poultry Co.
FOR RENT—Two large
rooms; all modern
Access to reception room and
Grate in each room. Apply at
of C. R. Williams, 112 Oak street.
17-tf.
CHRISTMAS—The Season’s
ings and Best Wishes to you.
A. Houser Realty and Ins. Ag'cy.
24-lt.
FOUND—4 cows; 3 heifers, one
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MONEY TO LOAN on first
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1925.
Listening In On Marshallville
By RUTH MONCRIEF
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Langford from
Frost Proof, Florida, visited friend*
in Marshallville, on their way to Tho-j
maston to spend the holidays with
Mrs. Langford’s mother. l
* * * j
Miss Frances Hargrove is at home
from Fort Meade, Florida, to spend
the holidays.
* * * !
Miss Eva Mae Ware is at home for
the holidays, with her mother, Mrs.
j j M Ware . * * * j
M j gs , eg Adella Ware, Louise Jones,
af)(J Bernard Battle are at home for!
the holidays, from G. S. C. W. at
, Milledgeville.
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| The two churches service united at the in Baptist a com
munity song
' church on Sunday night. The crowd i
j was large and the music fine and very
much enjoyed by every one. I
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J \Y * nFTAVFRIES J J k I
MAIL XMAS DAY
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* ^ approva | has greeted
t announcemcnt „f the Post
™ , th t there will be no
^ deliveries on Christmas Day.
Almost without exception the Amer
lean public has agreed with the inher
ent justice of the ruling which gives
to the army of postal employees some
of the holiday privileges enjoyei >y
others, but so long denied them.
,
Of course the ruling applies only to
the coming Christmas, being in the
'nature of an experiment, the success
( or failure of which will determine the
j procedure next year.
j The Postmaster General was enabl¬
ed to take the course he did as a re¬
sult of the success of early mailing
campaigns conducted in past years
through the press and the “movies”
and over the radio, which had the ef¬
fect of moving the peak of holiday
mailing back far enough to justify the
experiment.
Officials of the Department who
are watching the experiment closely
have the utmost confidence that it
will go through without hitch and
that Christmas Day of the future will
be a day of rest for the postman and
the postal clerk.
To accomplish this purpose, and it
is believed a laudable one the Ameri
can public must mail holiday tokens
and greetings in time for delivery at
least before the close of business, De
cetnber 24.
If there is any appreciable mail
left , over for delivery on December Jo,
I it will militate against the chances of
t
postal workers , for „ s.m.lar . , a. .
a
m 1926.
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J Dl\ M. S. HrOiVtl IS f
To Speak In IVhani
j p),. ly] £ Brown, a member of the
Georgia state Board of Health, has
| accep ted an invitation to speak next
j n Birmingham, Ala., on the oc-
1 cas i 0 n of the organization of a hospi
ta) at that po j nt for the Central of
^ Georgia and Illinois Central- rail
roads
HAPPY RESULTS FROM
HAPPY FEEDS
Actual results have been shown by
^ ji rs . John Culler, this county, whose
f !oek of ] 8( ) w hj te leghorn pullets
j a id an average of three eggs per day
f ronl August first to November six
t eenth.
Changing them to Happy Feeds the
same flock averaged twenty eggs per
day for the following thirty days.
Good care and Happy Feeds will
give you like results if you have good
stock.
For Happy Feeds and service go to
the Peach Poultry Co., Fort Valley.
12-24-lt.
PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS
ASK CHURCH
We the members of the Primitive
Baptist church of Fort Valley want to
build a church house on lot purchased
in Sunset Park. Anybody wishing to
donate to this cause can hand it to
the following brethren, which will be
appreciated.
H. D. BARTLETT.
C. L. PENDER.
J. O. SCARBROUGH.
A. P. B1CKLEY.
J. L. SPINKS. i2-n-2t.
Sira. W. C. Capps Peach Superior Court
va March Term, 1P26.
W. C. Capps Divorce etc.
The defendant, W. C. Capps, is hereby re
quired, personally or by his attorney, to be
and appear at the March. 1926. Term of
\
Mrs. George Pharr and her son,
Hiley returned -from Atlanta Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Frederick cele
brated their golden wedding anniver
sary on Wednesday evening.
* * *
Mr. Felder Frederick, who is teach¬
ing in Pelham, is at home for the holi
days.
* * *
Mrs. Tom Brown went to Macon
last week to attend the wedding of
her sister, Miss Jean Oliphant.
* * *
Last Friday night Marshallville
played Vienna on the Marshallville
court. The “light weights” and varsity
teams both played M. H. S. won both
’
^ ameg hy gevera ] ooun t s . These were
^ ^ the most intereHt ing games
a ‘ v< *’ ’ Marshallville
this season.
Love Gif Service j ,
t
At 4 liaptlSt Lj/IUrCtl |
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On Christmas night from seven till
eight o’clock there will be observed a
program of music and reading at the
Baptist church, which is to be a "Love
Gift Service.”
The Christmas Love Offering will
be used for Foreign Missions to wipe
out the debt which is now crippling
the Baptist work; the board being ne
ver before so urgently in need of
lief as now.
Members of the Board are asking
that Baptist think of HIM, who sat
over against the treasury watching
while offerings were being brought
by the people.
Every one is cord'- Uy urged to at
tend this service, which will last just
one hour, that our Christmas may not
be merely a carnal feast, overlooking
the Lord, but that we may find the
secret of Christmas tide in the friend
ship of Christ and draw near in His
fellowship.
The program is as follows:
Organ Prelude.
Prayer.
Violin Orchestra— O Little Town of
Bethlehem.
Solo—“Star of the East.”—R. D.
Hale.
Organ Number—Mrs. Chester Wil
son.
Solo—Mrs. Glenmore Green.
Love Gift Offering.
Song—Silent Night.
The church will be adorned for the
by Miss lone DuPree.
I ivm-h Superior „ Court, which v . . meets and con
0,1 th *' Monday m March. I92fi. to
! HDHwer th»* petition of Mrs. W. C. Capps in
>bove . n . med and atate<l ca „.
In default of such appearance and pleadina.
the Court will proceed as to justice shall »p
pertain.
Wilness the Honourable H. A. Mathews.
Judge of said Superior Court of Peach Coun
ty ™r£L,ber 10 . 1925 . *
? Emmett Houwr, Clerk,
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
wishes you a very Merry Christmas.
1 1 1
FORT VALLEY
BEAUTIFUL
What is Fort Valley Beautiful go
ing to do with the water tower tri
angle? A number of years ago that
area was set aside for the History
Club—now the (Woman’s Club) to
beautify as a memorial park to Mr.
J. L. Fincher, one of Fort Valley’s
most public spirited and best beloved
citizens, who served six years as
Mayor, twolve^ears on the water and
light board and was superintendent
of the city’s plant until his death in
1917.
Coping was placed and some shrub
t ,ery get when the work of beautify
the park wag halte<1 by the prom
q{ t|)e remova] nf the tower and
now gince that promise is to be ful
f jjj e d, the Woman’s Club, working
with the present water and light
board is already making beautiful
Pl« ns to re ume this work—this work
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the U ’oman’s Club is to do as its part ,
„f the observance of Arbor Day. Thus
Fort Valley Beautiful is assured of
another park and one that with its j
name will honor the memory of a
man who gave most unselfishly of
himself to every interest of his town.
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Y ou are going into the woods and
get your trees that you are going
set out j n observing Arbor Day on
January, 8th. That is a splendid idea
and nne that many nurserymen ad- !
V j se But you want to know now
you may have success with them. Fol
i 0W j nK are instructions sent out by
the state horticulturist:
Choose a straight, upright, vigorous
t ree that measures from one inch to
, inches
three } nc hes in diameter six
f rom t he ground. The smaller the
tree the mor e protection will be neces
sary after planting, and the longer the
t j me before it will make much shade,
j B g the tree with as large root-sys
tem ag practicable, letting as many
0 { t h e small roots remain as possible,
£, 0 not mechanically injure the roots
by breaking, splitting or knocking
the har k off, and of course never let
them become dry. The hole should be
big enough to let the tree set two
inches deeper than it was before it
was dug, without bending or twisting
roots; and large enough to let the
I lateral roots keep their natural posi
t j on without crowding. Place the tree
in the hole as if it were a living thing.
an ,i no t throw it in as you would an
iron post. While it is being held up¬
right in the center of the hole, sprin¬
kle fine pulverized soil over the roots,
making it firm around the roots with
general pressure of the foot. Do not
* allow- roek^ clods, sticks or anything
that would cause larger air spaces ’
.
to tornt in contac 1
. ..
don’t neglect to pack the fine SOll
| closely aroU nd them. When the hole is
! f j, k the so il firmly, then
amwst Iuu ' P
l | mound of fine unpack- ,
quit; leaving a
(.(I soil four inches deep over the
wko ] ( , root-system. Rich soil should
| be ting used to fill the hole, but in avoid contact let
strong manure come
Season's Greetings
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The Fort Valley Oil Co.
Distributors
with the roots of the tree. After it
has been set, cut the top back in pro
portion to the amount that the roots
were cut, while it was being dug.
For a tree to do well you should
choose one from a soil similar to that
upon which you expect the tree to
grow. For example: Do not go to the
river bottom to get a tree to plant on
a red hill-side.
The first aim is to get the tree to
LIVE, the next is to make it GROW.
J. G. WOODROOF,
Asst. Horticulturist, Georgia Experi
j ment Station.
CIVIC COMMITTEE GOV. TREUT¬
| j LEN CHAPTER D. A. R.
METHODIST CHURCH
Thos. H. Thomson, pastor
Sunday school, 9:30 a. ni., Judge H.
A. Mathews, superintendent.
Preaching by the pastor at 11 am.
and 7 p. m.
Epworth longue at 6 p. m.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 7
* ni.
To all services the public is cor
dially invited.
Seasoivs Greetings
Fort Valley Realty Co
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else to shed.
The Constitution loudly said
‘Something Must Be Done” and it
certainly is being done whether rigijt
or wrong.
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