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a r*ri f $ m\ m. v >?; /?p 'S m OFFICIAL of the ORGAN THE KIWANIS KALL and BUY Get AI Full HOME Value 11 Fort Valley for Your Money Kiwanis Club Published Weekl\ on Thursday by the Kiwanis Club of Fort Valley, Ga. THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, 1925. Number 18. Volume 2. Here’s the beverage that delights The Fort Valley Oil Co. taste, satisfies thirst and refreshes. Muiiufiieturors of Every bottle is sterilized—insur- IS ing absolute purity COTTON SEED PRODUCTS Fort Valley Bottling Co. & o £ FORT VALLEY, CiA. Nr W. Ci. IIRISKNIMNK. KIWANIAN 1). C. STROTHER & K. M. WHITING, KIWANIANS m n J. W. Woolfolk W. L. Snow Hiilph Newtou GREEN-MILLER COMPANY l J. W, Woolfolk & Co. I Radios, Batteries and Tubes Spray Material, Peas & Peaches GREEN-MILLER COMPANY Georgia (■I.KNMORK GREEN, KIWANIAN Fort Valley, HOTEL WINONA IIAPPY NEW YEAR! Georgia Agricultural Works QUALITY SERVICE EMORY COI’PEDGE, Proprietor Let us combine irresistible every talent inspiration and and all energy force by of which our HARDWARE & FURNITURE members into an the Kiwanis Club will render more effective service dur¬ 44 We’ve Got It 99 <§ ing 1926 to Fort Valley and Peach County. Golden op¬ F. 0. MILLER, Kiwanian KIWANIAN portunities arc smiling upon us as we enter the rich New Year. All around us are splendid resources for brilliant rV achievement. It is to give ourselves “without stint , ours GALLAHER-HALE GRO. CO. and without limit” to a further constructive program in Your account, whether large or order that the luster of our community’s glory may not small, respectfully solicited on become dim. Let our vision be clear, our hearts strong and Distributors Purina Feeds the basis of sincere appreciation. I hands willing in full and free co-operation as we ap¬ our \ PROMPT COURTEOUS proach the thrilling adventure of the New Year’s happy t.6 Feed from the Checkerboard Bag 99 EFFICIENT J endeavors. SERVICE WHOLESALE GROCERS To the end of an abundant harvest let each of us put Bank of Fort Valley his hands to the plow with head lifted high is resolute R. D. HALE, KIWANIAN purpose. }M Strictly Full Stocks II. Wholesale V. FORT C. L. FARMER, KELL VALLEY, Prompt Mgr. GA. CO. Phone Service 276 pledge of Dr. program promptly our W. NOW—TODAY—is of new S. is at even White. promised president, noon more on Friday, valiant by Judge the the committee, time January service A. C. to Riley. do under 1, it. C. 1926, An Be I,. (he and Shepard in outstanding leadership your take seat and the C • THE HALL KIWANIAN TIRE MAN m H Kiwanian & mMMsm ga* mm VC Down Where the Vest Begins __——---| m where the belt clasps a little stronger, ' >wn where the pants should be a little longer, ! That’s where the vest begins. | Down where you wish you were a little slighter ■ Where each day the buttons grow a little tighter, | That’s where the vest begins. iwn where the pains are in the making, I k eavy meal will soon start Hch . V aching at’s wi¬ * e the vest" oegins. | ' lere each added pound is the cause of sighing, | /h en jroi know aren’t in your lying, heart that -file scales ' And y have to guess when your hoes need tying, Thafs v* here the vest begins. —Selected ’ ! Japan’s practically Former Isolation isolated rrom j Japan wa , s world until the Amer i e eest of the ... * expedition under Perry, in 1853, 1 ned it up to trade. In March. 1854, United States made a commercial I ity with it. i ade First “Gas Engine 167S the ^emp^ovhig .... t th* m ted an engine for power of gunpowder to drive i ■h ■ working in a cylinder. prototype of the modern gas the, Powerful Tidal Current ^ swiftest tidal current in the hat between the islands of Scarba, oft the Scottish Iding to the official charts, ’ the current here is near¬ ly hour. Southern BelVs ’26 Construction Plans - The plans of the Southern Bell Telephone Company for construction work and expansion in Georgia dur ing 1926, to care for the present and future needs of the state, involve an expenditure of $2,628,000 for addi- 1 tions and replacements. j This large construction program in dicates the growth and progress of Georgia, following as it does, the big expenditure of more than $2,250,000 made during 1925. I Such continued growth and develop ment is invariably reflected in activ ity on the part of the Telephone Com pany which is necessary to keep pace the te ih^ne needs of the state. Telephone eng iineers now estimate telepfc**; stations .... will 6 000 new wlWl is -200 added during 1926, ] than were added duriifti^ 25 - more ofri*I*S This wi]1 give Georgia a total j23,600 Bell telephones by Jan uary 1, 1927. ' The 1926 construction program pro vides additional telephone facilities m many of the local exchanges which the Company operates, with exten sive additions to the long distance system. This work combined with that recently completed, is expected to care amply for present telephone needs and prov ide for future expansions. The biggest items in the Georgia budget are $562,000 for central of¬ fice equipment, $350,000 for exchange line projects, $499,700 for new long circuits and toll reconstruc tion, $229,000 for land and buildings, $35,000 for miscellaneous work, $35, 000 for stations and private branch exchanges and $902,000 for the rou tine work of installing, disconnecting and moving telephones. In Georgia the extensive construe tion activity which has been in prog ress in various sections of the state will be continued in addition to the usual routine work. Some of the Georgia cities in THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1925. By DON QUIXOTE -T Mr. Oscar C. Cheek of TTTT- Montezuma is visiting friends and relatives here this week. * * * i Mr. Denzil Wilson arrived Saturday night from the Land of P lowers and is now with his mother and father, Mr and Mrs. J. L. Wilson, j * * * ' Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Braddock and family of Perry were guests of Mr. a nd Mrs. W. J. Milburn at a Ohrist mas dinner last Sunday, * # * The lowest temperature of 8 be low freezing was reported here last Monday morning after the coldest , . . weather of the season. No material damage is expected from the cold on 5 Stram,crpp^nd'other " vegetation. beiffg-^ected . Safety posts are m at every railroad crossin * I’erry branch, these and posts safety_ by «*£■ offi be placed on marked All crossings w,l be as safety in crossing. Autoists failing ^ p State Jn which the law will becom .• T anuarv L 1926 ' * * * Mr. and Mrs. Jake Young of Macon, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cheek during the holidays. there will be considerable telephone construct ion work during 1926, are: A ]h an y, $94,700; Americus, $83,000; At h e ns, $71,200; Atlanta, $287,000; Augus ta, $81,000; Columbus, $28,200; Macon, $291,500; Savannah, $68,900; Thomasville, $17,500; Valdosta, $48,- 500; Waycross, $54,400 and Marietta, $12,000. We heard a man say to a mechanic who had been working on his car: “Whose car was this? 1 BURNING RUBBISH views of the country, and made the Tennessee state highway de¬ roadsides a patchwork of signs and The markers, and incorrect and ridiculous acting under a law passed mileposts, etc. It will leave the road¬ the last assembly in that state, has sides in condition to beautify, thus the WOrk ° f destr °y in £ a11 1 adding instead of detracting from the signs, posters, etc., along natural beauties of the country, open 5,000 miles of state highways. yiews of the landscapes the out The law i required i that notices I qf-rptchinc 1 fields .... of „ 1 ’ and , the ,, | streicmng ncius or gicen, Green aim u ic , be . to the , of ... the immensely given owners woo dla n d. It will add to and signs to remove them, travel expedition and security, as only was duly complied with. Some the standardized markers of the high-' thus removed and others were wa y department will be permitted— The highway department will thus giving the distances correctly bonfires of those that were not. the proper directions, the approaches This work, when completed, will of danger curves, crossings, and all the main highways of that state such information as required, in an frQm th(j unsightIy mags of out . or d er ]y, systematic and dependable door advertising that has obstructed manner—and in a sightly manner. i ***4~F**W"***'H"F***a*****8M'***********^** > M'***'M , -S"M , * < F T NOTICE ' OF * V «|» •§• L DISSOLUTION t Notice is hereby given the public that l have dissolved partnership with ! R. L. Marchman in the operation bf the Peach Cafe. HUGH ANDERSON Georgia would do well to profit by Tennessee’s advanced step.- At lanta Constitution. One Word of Praise! It does happen. A lady called up nnd commenced to tell the editor some thlns about somet,lin « in tile l ,u I jer - It whs in commendation of an arth-le | , ]n( j . written. ... That . whs why . the . telephone trouble man had to come around and bang up the receiver for him—Aurora Advertiser When in doubt, do nothing. And then you can’t possibly be right. ■JW / . ; Water and Light ij i • • • * ■ • • • Bills Due ■ ■ ■ ,, • • « First of Each i, * • > • ■ Month • * i % • • The STRICT requirement$ of ihfy Water & Light Commission are that, iiidesr, hills are paid BY THE TENTtl of the month 9 ser vice shall he discontinued. ,. Professional Directory Claude M. Houser Samuel M. Mathews HOUSER & MATHEWS ATTORNEYS AT LAW Practice in all the State and Federal Courts Loans made upon City Property on monthly payment plan and regular loans upon farm property. Woolfolk Bldg. Phone 107 Fort Valley, Ga. C. I.. SHEPARD ATTORNEY AT LAW Woolfolk Building Phone 31 Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in all the State and Federal Courts Loans M»de on Realty Louis L. Brown Louis L. Brown, Jr. BROWN & BROWN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Wright Building. Phone 9 Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in all the State and Federal Courts Loans on Realty Negotiated GEO. B. CULPEPPER, JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW Citizens Bank Building Phone 374 Fort Valley, Ga. DR. W. L. NANCE DENTIST Miss Florence Taylor, Assistant Citizens Bank Building Fort Valley, Ga. Phones: Office 82; Residence 115. DR. W. H. HA PER DENTIST Office over Copelai i's Pharmacy. Fort Valle'. Ga. ’PHONES : Residence 50-J. Office 14-J. We Insure Everything Insurable KENDRICK INSURANCE AGENCY Woolfolk Fort Valley Phoftd Bldg. Ga. 58-J. JOHN T. SLATON i INSURANCE AGENCY FIRE, TORNADO & AUTOMOBILE Prompt and Satisfactory Service Guaranteed Woolfolk Bldg. - Phone 283A ROLAND A. HILEY Real Estate and Renting Agent Let me collect your House Rents True Talk .Tames <1. McFarland, grand exulted “Wonderful exa'teil lessons, purposeful thought, mi our rituals and enrich our teach ings. But they are ns dead as ashes on humanity's hearthstones if they do not burn with the fire of deeds.”— Chicago News. \ Couldn’t Smell an’ Hear, Too “I always get punished for my sins,” remarked n woman to her neighbor the other day. “Twice I’ve listened in on our party line and let a cake burn on the bottom.”—Exchange. Father always learns what hi| Christmas present cost.