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LOUIS L. BROWN
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Prows Bolldlng I"hon*
Fort Valley, Ga.
ftlffttai In nil the State end Federal Coarts
Leans on Really Negotiated
GEO. B. CULPEPPER, JR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Practice in State and Federal Courts
■«ao«r Building Telephone 374
Fort Valley, Ga.
g. M. Mathews H. A. Mathews
MATHEWS & MATHEWS
Attorneys at Law
fraotiM t» all the Slot* and Federal Courts
Fort Valley, Ga.
Phono 107
A. C. RILEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
for Ur Bolldlng Phono 156
Fort Valley, Ga.
C. L. SHEPARD
Attorney at Law
I attar Building Phono ii
Fort Valley, Ga.
frtctlco to all ih. Hut, „„d FwUrol Courto
Loona Mad* on Realty
SHEPARD INSURANCE &
REALTY COMPANY
Real Estate, Rents, Collections and
Loans
Phone 12
18-24 S. Macon Sa. Fort Valley, Ga.
BARGAINS
IN ALL KINDS OF NEW AND
USED HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Cbupeat Place In Macon to Buy Good
Furniture
Get Our Prices Before You Buy
WASHBURN STORAGE COMPANY
|M POPLAR STREET MACON, GA.
MARTIN & THOMPSON’S
PEACH
THEATRE
FORT VALLEY. GA.
SATURDAY
Bp* ^
ROMERO
as the “Cisco Kid” in
ftOMKKCe Gtande
of the
with
A Patricia Morison
y Ricardo Cortez
Chris-Pin Martin,
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Also
ROY ROGERS
6»f*G! ”£UV' HAYES
Also JUNIOR G MEN and
Comedy
MONDAY
LUM AND ABNER in
DREAMING OUT LOUD
Also News and Comedy
TUESDAY
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HONEYMOON THREE
[ CHARLIE JANE WYMAN RUGGIES WILLIAM 0SA MASSEN T. ORR
Also Cartoon and Ripley Subjects
WEDNESDAY
American Legion Auxiliary
Sponsors
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Comp ;
Comosly
Also Leon Errol Comedy
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
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Latest News Events
WfantAds
■ CASH RATE: I tent pet word. No Oliver.
tUemrnt token for leoo then 25c tor eoch
Insertion.
Cosh must errompony orders from those
who do not hove regular monthly eceountr
with uo.
While we do not arrept advertlsemento
which we hove reoson to believe ore of a
questionable nature, wo hove no means i,f
ascertaining the responsibility of oil adver¬
tisers.
mark-fare or ropitol lettero. double rote.
When replies ore to be received core Hus
paper, double rote.
POSITIVELY minimum charge of 50c if
advertisement is not paid in advance and
must he billed.
LET ME DO YOUR HAULING—
Anything, anywhere, anytime. Drue
Arnold, phone 170. 2-20-tf.
FOR SALE—1 Spray tank outfit, 1
dusting machine, at a bargain. Ro¬
land Hiley. 4-24-tf.
! AVAILABLE AT ONCE Rawleigh
Route in Houston, Bibb, Twiggs
| counties, Fort Valley. Good oppor¬
tunity for man over 25 with car.
TnuJ( , w( ,„ ( , sta blished. Route expe¬
rience helpful but not necessary to
start. Write at once. Rawleigh’s,
^Di-pt GAD-125-102J, Memphis, Tenn.,
j or see Mrs. John Johnson, Fort Valley,
Ga. 4-10-4tp.
(IEORGIA, PEACH COUNTY.
By virtue of an order from the court of
ordinary of Peach County, will he sold, at
public outcry, on the first Tuesday in May,
1041, at the court-house door in said county,
between the legal hours of sale, the tract of
land in said county: 490 acres of land nt^re
less, in the 9th district of Peach Co. *
or .
and known as the F. F. Fagan farm, and be¬
ing more particularly described as follows:
100 acres, more or less, in the south half of
Jot 162 except a triangular piece in .South¬
west corner of said lot consisting of approxi¬
mately lVj acres; ISO acres more or Jess in
lot No. 158 and all of said lot except 10
acres in Northwest corner on which the brick
residence of J. I). Fagan is now located and
the Central of Ga. H. H. right of way and
right of way to the State Highway Board of
Georgia ; and all of land lot No. 130 consist¬
ing of 202% acres, more or less, and 8 acres
more or less in Northeast corner of lot 154
and known as the Barbecue lot. All of said
tract lies in one body and is bounded as fol¬
lows: On the North by lands of Penn Mu¬
tual Life Insurance Company ; on .the Fast
by the Atlanta Joint Stock Land Bank ;
South by the Atlanta Joint Stock Land Bank
and J. I). Fagan Jr.; West by land of J. I).
Fagan and Mrs, Katie Lou Fagan. Said land
contains 490 acres of land, more or less, and
will be sold to highest bidder for cash.
April 7, 1941.
J. I). l'AGAN,
4-10-41. Administrator.
A Proclamation
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Submitting a proposed amendment to the
Constitution of Georgia to be voted on at
the General Flection to be held on Tuesday,
June 8, 1941, amending Article 7, Section 7,
Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia,
so as to authorize Cook County by vote of
its fiscal authority to issue, in addition to ail
other bonds, Funding Bonds sufficient in
amount to pay off and retire the warrant
indebtedness, notes, judgments, county orders
open accounts, and demands of all kinds
against said County; to provide that in the
event such indebtedness is paid off and retired
that said County shall thereafter operate on
a strictly cash basis and be prohibited from
issuing warrants or orders payable in the
future, except that the right in said governing
authority to borrow money tc supply casual
deficiencies in revenue as heretofore authorized
shall not be affected nor defeated by this
amendment; to provide that the bills and
claims of and against said County shall be
paid by check, and how such checks shall he
executed; to legalize tax levied through the
year 1941, and to authorize the levy and
collection of a tax in the current year for
use. all or in part, for the operation of said
County fur the next ensuing year; to provide
how said bonds shall he authorized, validated
and issued . to require the fiscal authority
of said County to make provision for paying
off and retiring said bonds; to provide that
the proceeds of said bonds shall he used
exclusively fu paying off and retiring the
designated County indebtedness; to provide
for the submission of this amendment for
ratification or rejection by the people and for
other purposes.
By His Excellency,
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor,
State of Georgia.
Executive Depart merit
March 28, 1941.
WHEREAS. The General Assembly a its
session in 1941 proposed an amendment t the
Constitution of this Stat as •( forth, to-wit:
PROVIDING FOR FUNDING BONDS FOR
COUNTY OF COOK.
H. B. No. 638 Gov. No. •Ill
AN ACT
To propose to the qualified voters of Georgia
an amendment to article 7. Section 7. Para
graph l of the Constitution of Georgia, so
as to authori Cook County by vote of its
fiscal authority t« in addition to all
other bonds. Funding Bonds sufficient in the
to pay •ff and retire the warrant
indebtedness, notes, judgments, county orders,
open accounts and demands of all kinds
against said County; to provide that in the
event such indebtedne is paid off and retired
that laid County shall thereafter operate on
a strictly cash basis and he prohibited from
issuing warrants or orders payable in the
future, except that the right in said governing
authority to borrow money to supply casual
deficiencies in revenue as heretofore authorized
shall not be affected nor defeated by this
amendment; to provide that the bills and
claims of and against said County shall be
paid by check, and ho such checks shall be
executed; to legalize tax levied through the
year 1041, and to authorize the levy and col¬
lection of a tax in the current year for use.
ail or in part, for the operation of said County
for the next ensuing year; to provide how
said bands shall be authorized, validated and
issued; to require the fiscal authority of said
County to make provisions for paying off
and retiring said bonds; to provide that the
proceeds of said bonds shall be used exclusive¬
ly for paying off and retiringf the designated
county indebtedness; to provide for the sub
mission of this amendment for ratification or
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 1941
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rejection by the people and for other purpose*.
BE IT* ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,
and it in hereby enacted by authority of tame:
Section 1.
That Article 7. Section 7, Paragraph 1, of
the Constitution of Georgia, which has hereto
fora been amended shall be further amended
by adding thereto a paragraph in the following
words and language*, to-wit:
"Provided, however, that in addition to the
bonded indebtedness now or hereafter author
ized by this Constitution, and without restric
tion as to the limitation of taxable values
of property for born! purposes, Cook County
in hereby authorized and empowered to issue
bonds sufficient in amount to refund, pay off,
and retire all unpaid, outstanding and existing
warrant indebtednaoa of nai.l County, and ail
orders, notes judgements, open accounts, and
other demands of every kind arid character
against said County, including interest due or
payable thereon, as the Kamo appears o f
record in the office of the Commissioner of
Roads and Revenues of said County of Cook
on the date as determined by the governing
authority of said County, which date shall
be not •arJier than ten days and riot more
than sixty days next after the date of the
proclamation of the Governor declaring this
amendment ratified ; Raid bonds to he known
and designated as “Funding Bonds.’'
“In the event the privilege granted herein
is exercised by said County after said date as
mo determined by said governing authority,
said County and the governing authority there
of are prohibited from issuing warrants and
deferred payment orders on the Treasury of
said County, and said County shall thereafter
he operated on a cosh basis, so that ail bills
and claims chargeable to or against said
County or payable by the Treasury of said
County Bhall be paid monthly or otherwise
as may be determined by the governing
authority of Raid County, and in no other
way ; no such checks to be issued and delivered
unlead funds are on deposit sufficient to
immediately pay same and all other then
outstanding checks, all such checks to be
signed by the Chief Executive Officer of said
governing authority, and com nter»igned by
the Vice Chairman of «ai<l authority of the
County, with the right in aaid governing
authority to borrow money to supply casual
deficiencies in revenue as heretofore authorized
by this Constitution j. All tax. levies for lawful
County purposes I heretofore made and made
in the year 1941 by the governing authority
charged with the duty of managing said
County's affairs shall be legal with the express
power and authority to levy and collect taxes
for lawful County purposes for the then
current year for use all or in part in the
operation .. of , said .. County „ .... for the next . ensuing _ .
year. No violation of any provioion of this
amendment as to the conduct of the fiscal
affairs of said County after the date deter
mined by the governing authority for the
issuance of Funding Bonds shall in any wise
affect or impair the validity of »aid Kundina
“.Said Funding Bonds shall have such terms
and provisions as to maturity, rate of interest,
and otherwise, as may be fixed by the govern
»ng authority of said county, provided,
ever, that said bonds must ail mature within
thirty years from the date of issuance, Provi
sion shall he made by the governing authority
by resolution for the assessment and collection
of an annual tax sufficient in amount to pay
the principal and interest of said Funding
Bonds as they respectively become due, and
the proceeds of said bonds shall be exclusively
used for the purpose of paying and retiring
the indebtedness and interest thereon of sa i,i
County, as may he determined at the date
set by the governing authority of said County.
Said Funding Bonds shall be issued under the
authority hereof when so authorized by a
majority vote and resolution f the (roverning
authority of Cook County but without the
necessity of an election aw in the case of
original Obligation bonds of said County, ami
shall then be validated in the manner and
under the procedure as is provided by law for
the validation of original obligation bonds.”
Section 2.
Be it furthur enacted, by the authority afore¬
said, that when said amendment shall
agreed to by two-thirds vote of the members
of each House, with the "ayes” and “nays”
thereon, the* Governor is hereby directed to
have this proposal published in one or more
newspapers in each Congressional District in
this State for two months previous to the time
for holding the next general election at which
proposed amendments to the Constitution of
this State may be vote3 on, and shall at said
election be submitted to the people for ratifica¬
tion or rejection. All persons voting at
election in favor of adopting said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall have
written or printed on their ballots the words
“For ratification of amendment to Article
Section 7. Paragraph 1, of the Constitution
so us to authorize Cook County to issue
Funding Bonds, and thereafter to operate on
a cash basis, and for other purposes.” and
all persons opposed to the adoption of said
amendment shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words "Against ratification
of amendment to Article 7, Section 7. Para¬
graph 1. of the Constitution, so as to authorize
Cook County to issue Funding Bonds, and
thereafter to operate on a cash basis, and
for other purposes." And if a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote
for ratification thereof as provided by law,
when the result shall he consolidated as now
required by law in elections for members of
the General Assembly, then said amendment
shall become a part of Article 7, Section 7.
Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the State
of Georgia, and the Governor shall make
proclamation therefor as provided by law.
Section 3.
Be it furthur enacted, that nil law or
parts of laws in conflict herewith he. and
the same, are hereby repealed.
RANDALL EVANS. JR.,
Speaker of the House,
JOE BOONE,
Clerk of the House.
CHARLES D. RED WINE,
President of the Senate.
LIND LEY W. CAMP,
Secretary of the Senate.
NOW. THEREFORE. I Eugene Tnlmadi
Governor of said State, do issue this my
proclamation hereby declaring that the pro¬
posed foregoing amendment to the Constitu¬
tion is submitted for ratification or rejection,
to the voters of the State qualified to vot£
for members of the General Assembly at the
General Election to be held Tuesday, June
3, 1941,
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor.
By the Governor:
B. WILSON,
Secretary of State.
ADDITIONAL
SOCIETY
BUSINESS CIRCLE MEETS WITH
MRS. DOVER AND MISS GREGGS
The Baptist Women's Business Cir¬
cle; held its April meeting with Mrs.
Nell Dover and Miss Mary Greggs.
A devotional period which was in the
form of questions and answers
stiessed the VtlJUe of bcin£ <i tl Ue
disciple that would help preserve the
America’s Christian ideals,
A vision of God brings insight as
to the character We are building. Mrs,
( Acjuila Chamlee so clearly interpreted
1
J to the circle that Christian people
| should consider seriously the absolute
. foi clean living . they .
necessity . it
1 ait*
to have the approval and favor of God.
Christ can bring deliverance to any
one in the bondage of sin. Even the
vilest and weakest victims of sin can
find cleansing in the blood of Christ
to merit a place in the kingdom of
God and to live by the high standard
of holiness expected by everyone who
heat's the name u Christian”,
i After the program a delightful re¬
freshment hour was enjoyed.
Evelyn J. Howard.
i ]V1RS. Hl NNICUTT ENTERTAINS
! LEGION AUXILIARY
Mrs. II. F. Holland presented the
program at the American Legion AuX
iliary meeting held at the home of
Mrs. J. B. Hunnicutt Wednesday af
temOOIl of last Week.
j Mrs. C. N. Rountree spoke on “Our
Flag.” Two humorous readings were
given by Katherine Jamerson who
will represent Fort Valley on the
School of the Air program.
» Mrs. H. V. Williams, president, ap
pointed Mrs. V. L. Brown chairman
of the nominating committee. She
also appointed committees to sei-ve
the barbecue supper at the house
I warming of the new Legion home,
Mrs. Alma Wadsworth, Mrs. C. 0.
Williams and Mrs. A. J. Houser, Jr.,
were joint hostesses.
Mr, and Mrs. J. T. Haley, of Albany,
were the week-end guests ** of Mrs.
Haley s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Shepard,
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| Mrs. John E. Lee attended the con
| of the
vention Georgia Federation of
j Women’s Clubs held in Statesboro
this week,
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Ml. and ills. A. K. vharniOO, of
Sparta, anti Miss Yvnia Chamlee, of
Gainesville, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Taylor.
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Mr. and Mrs. Homer Avera and
Miss Louise Avera are attending a
druggist convention in Macon Wednes
day and Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Houston
and family spent the week-end in
Bainbridge with Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Rhodes, Mrs. Etta Carithers returned
home with them.
j CITATION, Dismission from Administration
GEORGIA, PEACH COUNTY.
Whereas. Eurie Lee Richardson, Temporary
Administratrix of Grant Richardson, repre¬
sents to the Court in her petition, duly filed
and entered on record, that she haw fully ad¬
ministered Grant Richardson's estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all person? con¬
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause,
if any they con. why said Administratrix
should not be discharged from her administra¬
tion. and receive Letters of Dismission on the
first Monday in May, 1941.
4-10-4t M. C. MOSLEY. Ordinary
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VENETIAN BLINDS
Ask l s for Estimates
GEORGIA BASKET iA
LUMBER CO.
1‘hone 40
Mrs. W. W. Duncan, Jr., of Mont
gomery spent Wednesday with Mrs.
C. A. Irby.
Miss Kay Zolezzi spent Wednesday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lee en
route to Jacksonville, Fla.
Misses Frances Johns and Ruby
Lowe spent Saturday with Mrs. J. T.
Marshall and her guests, Misses Ellen
Clay and Martha Bankston of Macon.
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Misses Ellen Clay and Martha
Bankston, of Macon, were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Marshall.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McCord are at
tending the Georgia Funeral Direc
tors convention in Savannah this
week.
Fort Valley girls enjoying dormi¬
tory day at Wesleyan College last
week-end were Misses Emily Jeanes,
Virginia Collier, Margaret Butler, Vir¬
ginia Greene, Louise Avera, Carolyn
Smisson, Ann Matthews, Louise Al
mon, Dorothy Singleton, Kathleen
Spear and Joyce Adkins, all high
school seniors.
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Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jackson, of
Musella, ami Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Jackson, of Forsyth, spent a short
while with Mrs. R. H. Outlet- and Miss
Mary Ann Tlutler Saturday afternoon.
, Mr. Floyd Carithers, who was re¬
cently appointed freight traffic agent
of the Central of Georgia Railway
Chattanooga, Tenn., effective April
16, has been ordered by the New York
draft board to report to Fort Ogle¬
thorpe, Ga., April 25 for induction in
the army.
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Mrs. Etta Carithers has returned
home after spending several weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Rhodes,
in Bainbridge.
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Miss Isabel Luce, Miss Faith Luce
and Miss Caffery, of Louisville, Ky
came Wednesday for a short visit with
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lute.
Mrs. J. W. McCoy, who is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Marshall, spent
last week-end in Valdosta.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Braswell and
children, Millard and Gale, of Atlan¬
ta, spent the week-end with Mrs. R.
S. Braswell,
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Wb after-sense of complete refreshment which
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*38 throughout the day, make it the pause that
\ •. refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
FORT VALLEY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMP A N Y
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Complete Line of New Models in • ►
< • BULOVA, HAMILTON, ELGIN AND
GRUEN
<" “ WATCHES — SWISS WATCHES $9.00 Up , ■ - i
■ > LOCKETS $2.00 Up CROSSES $1.50 Up
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DIAMONDS AND CLOCKS
! Liberal Allowances — Easy Terms
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KING MOUNTINGS
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livered price and in¬
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faxes and all atand -
ard equipment.
Transportation ,
state and local taxes
(ifany), $25 extra. Fluid
Drive extra.
Prices subject to
change without
notice.
Drop in and drive the brilliant new Dodge.
See how it feels to shift gears or not, just as
you wish! And that’s only one of the thrills you
get when you Fluid Drive with Dodge. And
this great advancement costs so very little...
flUID DRIVE 0HIY *25 EXTRA
HARRIS H. HAFER
South Macon St. Phone 94