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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. _ Ads ^ ^ jf advertisement RATK 1 cent per worff. No i«k'n for io«» ih.n 25c for c.ch in»ertio„. Ench *ddltion«l consocutivo Inacrtion or Jer|>d >t tjme uf „, ari „ g f irst insertion, if (« et thsn 25 words, lc n word: if 25 or more wurdtt, 20 per cent discount, Hlaek-face or capital letters, double rate. Cosh must occompRny orders from those who do not have regular monthly accounts with us. Answer advcrtinomenUi Just a» advertiser, Kq|1( , at We cam ,„t furnish names of adver User, or other information not contained in t he advertisements. when replien are to be received care this paper, double rate, While we do not accept advertisements which we have reason to believe are of a lumtiimsWr n«Uire. wr h«vc no m«n» of R« retaining the responsibility of nil fire INSURANCE—Our t h e Globe and Rutgers, The Northwestern Fire and The City of New York, and The , annuli Fire will bear the most investigation. Jno. A. Houser an( | ins. Ag’cy. .— ; - 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 ~ ‘ 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 Owner call for same and charges. W. D. Murray. MONEY TO LOAN on first farm and city property. Jno. Houser Realty and Ins. Ag’cy. 12-24 It. 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. j « » * | 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 s r ..... ~ r - J \Y * nFTAVFRIES J J k I MAIL XMAS DAY ____ * ^ 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. ~ 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 | _ 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 - 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. * * * ^ 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 \ >3 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 ^ %/ - 'H~U - It is now fashionable for movie actresses to shed tears but that doesn't mean that they have nothing else to shed. The Constitution loudly said ‘Something Must Be Done” and it certainly is being done whether rigijt or wrong. PIANO! CHRISTMAS OFFER! Join Our Christmas Club NOW Small Cash Payment puts a New Piano in your home for Christmas. 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