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SERVICE
NEWS
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PRAYERS FOR OUR ARMED
FORCES
On Wednesdays at 12 noon
there will be intercessory prayers
at St. Andrew's Episcopal church
for all the men and women serv¬
ing their country. This service
is for the community and will
continue for the duration, It
lasts but ten minutes, 12:00 until
12:10, and all with friends or rel¬
atives in the armed forces are
welcomed to share in these de¬
votions.
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Marine John Fowler Praises
Home Guard
In a letter to Capt. Thomas Jones,
Georgia State Guards, John Fowler,
U. S. Marine Corps, now undergoing
boot training at San Diego, Calif.,
paid tribute to the training he receiv¬
ed as a member of the Fort Valley
guard unit. Since 1 have been here
1 have been so lmptos^O by the bene
fit I’ve gotten from the drilling you
and Capt. Mathews and all the non
commissioned officers of the local
unit made possible for myself and all
the unit to have. Any man called to
any branch of the service can’t realize
how much he can get from State De¬
fense Service until he really gets in.
Then your experience and knowledge
starts paying off about a hundred
fold.”
“The boys from Fort Valley and
myself are all in the same platoon
and we really are tired at the end of
each day. . . one thing we do that is
different from any other branch of the
service is to address each instructor
regardless of rank, as Sir. Some are
privates, corporals, or anything high¬
er. We start the day off by
in at three minutes after reveille,
march double time half a mile and go
on the run for the rest of the day end¬
ing up by going over the obstacle
course until you just can’t move an¬
other muscle.”
(George Spear and Mississippi
Clark are the Fort Valley boys re¬
ferred to in the letter.)
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Pfc. William W. Marshall, first ra¬
dio operator with a bomber squadron,
has been transferred from Pratt
Field Army Air Base, Piatt, Kansas,
to Clovis, New Mexico.
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Capt. and Mrs. Clem Sammons have
returned from a visit with friends in
Atlanta.
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Lt. Albert Evans, of the U. S. Na¬
vy, who has been stationed at Jack¬
sonville, Fla., has been transferred to
San Francisco, Calif.
A good home garden can contribute
more to the health and happiness of
the family than any spot on the farm,
the Extension Service believes.
Interviewers Wanted
Senior Interviewers, at a salary of
$2040.00 a year, plus overtime, are
needed for duty in Atlanta, Bruns¬
wick, Columbus, Dublin, Gainesville,
Macon, Marietta, Rome, and Savan¬
nah, Georgia, This announcement
was made today by Grover L. Thames,
Secretary of the Local Civil Service
Board, at Fort Valley. All persons
who feel that they are qualified for
this job are urged to file an applica¬
tion. These applications must be on
file with the Fifth Civil Service Re¬
gion, New Post Office Building, At¬
lanta 3, Georgia, not later than De¬
cember 23, 1943.
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Read widely by the people of progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1943
Damage Suit
Goes To Court
A $ 50 > 000 dami ^’ suit fded ,n
Peach county superior court by W. T.
Culpepper of Fort Valley vs. Fred J.
Walker, et al. has been transferred to
U. S. district court in Macon.
The suit named Walker, operator of
the Modern Painting Company, Atlan
ta, and M. J. Rigsby, of Dade county,
Florida, as defendants.
The petition alleges that a truck
owned by the company and
by Rigsby was parked without lights
on a Fort Valley street on the night
of July 13, and that the plaintiff re¬
ceived severe injuries when he crash¬
ed into the vehicle.
( hristmas 1 Program
At Presbyterian
Church
A Christmas program under
supervision of the Junior choir will be
held at the Presbyterian church
day (Thursday), December 23, at
7:30, when “Christmas in Scripture
and Song” will be presented by the
young people.
A special feature will be the annual
tree for :pc children which is eagerly
anticipated.
At this time it is also the custom
for the Joy Gift for ministerial relief
to be made.
Wood Warning
Farmers are being urged to cut
wood this winter. If they don’t, the
j War Food Administration warns,
there may be a shortage of berry bas
^ kets, crates and the large quantity of
: paper required for food packing next
summer.
Heavy Demand For
| Good Cotton Seed
Is In Prospect
Pointing out that the demand for
delinted and treated cotton seed will
be greater than for seed that have not
had that preparation, County Agent
R. P. Swan, of the Extension Service,
this week urged farmers to prepare
good seed for market for planting
purposes.
“There will be a good demand this
winter for pure seed of the more pop¬
ular varieties of cotton,” he contin¬
ued. “Since the supply of pure seed
available from the breeders is not suf¬
ficient to meet the unusually heavy
demand for breeder seed, the demand
for seed that is only one year from
the breeder will probably be heavy.”
The county agent pointed out that
“a large percentage of cotton grow¬
ers in Peach county are now aware of
the advantage to be gained in plant¬
ing seed that are not far removed
from the intensive selection carried on
by breeders. Seed more than one year
from the breeder and seed that have
not been grown and ginned in such a
manner as to prevent mixing will
probably not be in demand.”
Fats Lineup
Beginning Dec. 13 you will get one
brown point for each half-pound of
salvage kitchen fats you take to your
butcher—in addition to the ceiling
price of four cents a pound you are
entitled to.
Travel Request
Willingness to put up with crowded
travel conditions is not considered a
legitimate excuse for ignoring the re¬
quest of the Office of Defense Trans¬
portation to stay off trains ‘between
Dec. 17 and Jan. 10.
Christmas in Fori Valley 31 years flgo I
We really dug into the files of the
Leader-Tribune for these notes . . .
December 1912 . . . published by the
Fort Valley Printing Company ... II.
A Mathews president . . . M. M.
Mnthewg business managcv . . . they
were better men than we ... 12 pages
mostly advert ising . . . glancing
at the news . . . government super
viaion for wireless telegraphy to be
L. come effective with licenses required
al , shm , e stations and ste amers
L , eavinfr American ports . . . p]ans be _
| made for inaugul . ation of Presi .
dent Woodrow Wilson , . . resident
Taft in message to Congress says
Philippines not ready for self govern¬
ment . . . urges regulation of water
power sites projects . . . money condi¬
tions good throughout nation . . . now
for some of those mouth watering ads
. . . “what is the difference between a
prize fight and our meat store? . . .
at the fight you see rounds of pounds
but here you see pounds of round . . .
porterhouse and sirloin . . . Star Mar
ket S. Latiff prop . . . double header
contest with pianos for prizes put on
by R. S. Braswell’s store and Leader
Tribune . . . City Grocery calls atten
tion to fruit cakes and ingredients . . .
fancy canned goods and pineapples
• • ■ other advertisers were W. E. Eng
j ILh . . . Live & Let Live Drug Store
j. . . C. F. Wright . . . W. G. Jordan
. . . E. W. Bowman . . . C. C. George
for buggy upholstering . . . Georgia
Milling Co. . . . Fort Valley Coca
Cola Co. . . . W. H. Harris . . . N.
Hauser . . . Christmas greetings from
W. C. Wright . . . H. D. Bartlett . . .
Fort Valley Lumber Co. . . . S. B.
Col. Shepard Brings
Ch ristmas Message
Members of the Governor Treutlen
Chapter D. A. R., met at the home of
Mrs. J. E. Davidson on Wednesday
afternoon, December 8th.
After a business session presided
over by the regent, Miss Claudia Cul¬
pepper, a Christmas program was
presented by Mrs. Louis L. Brown, Sr.
Mrs. Brown read a humorous poem
written by R. A. Hiley, husband of
one of the members. Mrs. John
Vance gave a reading, “The Meaning
of Christmas.”
The featured speaker of the after¬
noon, Col. C. L. Shepard, was intro¬
duced by the chairman. He brought
an inspirational message defining the
true spirit of Christmas emphasizing
its spiritual values.
At the conclusion of the program
Mrs. Davidson served refreshrmmts
suggestive of the Christmas season.
Cut Low Stumps for
Lumber Production
The procedure now being employed
by pulpwood operators to get maxi¬
mum volume in a pine orchard being
cut for pulpwood, is to cut low
stumps. This not only increases vol
ume but it cuts down the cost of
handling as trucks can drive any¬
where in loading, otherwise skidding
to trucks would be necessary. This
in a way can be applied to skidding
sawlogs, as high stumps tend to hin¬
der skidding.
The practice of cutting low stumps,
in force in many regions, is to cut
stump about six inches above the
ground, or lower, so long as the saw¬
yer’s hand does not scrape the ground
or ground debris. It is estimated that
as much as ten per cent in volume
can be gained by this improved meth¬
od of cutting.
Georgia 4-H club members set an
example and goal in the “S. S. Hoke
Smith Liberty ship campaign to chal¬
lenge the youth of this Nation, ac¬
cording to E. S. Land, chairman of
the Maritime Commission.
Brown & Son . . J. D. Wilson & Sons
. . . Citizens Bank . . . Fruit Belt Tel
ephone Company asks “by the way
have you a Bell Telephone?” . . .
Prator-Miller selling children’s coats
at SI.75 and shoes 98c . . . W. A. Mel
vin for stoves and plows . . . Southern
Railway boasts of through Pullmans
with electric lights and dining cars
. . . Eberhardt Machine Works
Pearson & Thomas at Zenith . . .
Fort Valley Furniture Company has
first brass beds in Fort Valley . . .
guaranteed not to tarnish for 20 years
. . . Carter-Dure for insurance . . .
Georgia Agricultural Works says no
home complete without a book case
. . . E. J. Spillers . . . L. L. Rowen
. . . items noted . . . watches . . . clocks
fountain pens . . . calico at^ 4c per
yard . . . cotton checks 6c . . . ging
hams 6c . . . outing 7c . . . lace cur
tains were the thing to go with that
three-piece living room ‘set’ . . . the
following were the order of the day
. . . Duke’s Mixture . . . good old Car
dui . . . Mustang Liniment would cure
man and beast inside and outside . . .
Dr. Simmons’ Squaw Vine Wine . . .
and a whole page with the astounding
claim of “why be sick when Oxypathy
has cured?”. . (that gent was born 31
years too soon) . . . the editor extends
the season’s greetings . . . also re
spectfully suggests to tW city fath
ers the importance of turning on the
day current as several need power to
operate businesses . . . the Fort Val¬
ley Lyceum Course presents Prof. Ray
Newton at school auditorium . . . sug¬
gestion to ladies making gifts . . .
breakfast caps of lace and ribbons
Masons To Elect
Officers
Members of the Fort Valley Lodge
110 F. & A. M., will hold their annual
business meeting on Tuesday night,
December 28th, at 7 o’clock.
Officers for the coming year will be
elected, and committees named, All
brethren in good standing are invited
to attend.
Dr. C. L. McGinty
At Baptist Church
Dr. C. L. McGinty, president of Bes¬
sie Tift College, filled the pulpit of
the Baptist church at the regular
morning service Sunday.
November or December is a good
time to plant strawberries, the Agri¬
cultural Extension Service advises.
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Money spent for War Bonds goes
to the front. Sometimes it provides
spectacular equipment like planes,
oft times it buys a runty donkey
like this American soldier is taking
ashore in Italy. The quicker your
dollars go into action, the sooner ii
will be over. Buy More War Bonds.
U. S. Treasury Department
... in the personal column we learn
that Mrs. Thomas Murphy and Mrs.
Louis L. Brown go to Hawkinsville in
the touring car of the former for an
elegant reception . . . Mr. and Mrs.
Onan Houser give dinner party ... J
Mrs. Steve Bassett hostess to D. A.
R. . . . visitors to Macon were Miss
1 Lilia Braswell Mrs. Albert Siefert,
. . .
Mrs. A. M. Solomon . . . Mrs.;
W. J. Braswell . . . Kings Daughters
meet with Mrs. Frank Withoft on j
Beauty square . . . travel talk by Miss !
Claudia Culpepper ... 0. A. F. of
high school meets . . . Miss Ruby Har
ris president and Sanders Harris pre
sent crate of oranges to members
. . . Mrs. Leighton Dure entertains!
History club assisted by Mrs. Frank!
Vance and Miss Louise Carter ... on
the program were Miss Louise Mc
Donald . . . Mrs. Milledge White . . .
Mrs. Vance . . . Mrs. W. S. White and
Mrs. Frank Withoft . . highlighting
the Christmas edition were the let
ters to Santa Claus from the good lit¬
tle boys and girls every one of whom
loved their teacher “Miss Mary” . . .
wanting everything from goats to bi¬
cycles and dolls were T. J. Culpepper
. . . Jewell Rowell . . : J. B. Byrd . .
Alton Parker . . . Emily Braswell . . .
Julian Hiley . . . Charlie Jones . . .
Fred Hatchett . . . Virginia Smith ...
Margaret Branham . . . Henry Math¬
ews . . . Edgar Mathews . . . Ruby |
Duke . . . Horace Rundell . . . John
laylor Alvah Culpepper Helen] |
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Houser . . . Louise Campbell . . . Ruby
Murray . . . Louise MeCowen. . •
Mary Vinson.
Inductions Made
Since September:
White: James L. Leggett, Richard
D. Shurley, Joseph M. Lacy, Edwin
T. Jones, William A. Hancock, Jr.,
Samuel Wortham, Billie G. McDaniel,
Clinton R. Hallman, Jr., Ira T. Hall¬
man, Frank A. Bazemore, Fred H.
Bloodworth, Thomas W. Dobbs, Wil¬
liam R. Edwards, Alvin C. Osborn,
Otis T. Allen, James L. Whitehead,
Cecil H. Beeland, Calvin Johson, Rob¬
ert Marchman III, Carlton Hill Jar¬
rell, William Henry Carter, Lewis
Jackson Hogg, John Carlisle Baze¬
more, George Wesley Mills, Jr., Wil¬
liam D. Clark, George Spear, Jr.,
Henry F. Holland, Jx\, James M.
Cooper, Roland S. Jones, Jr., Pearce
Hugh Phillips, Walstein Wheeler, Jos¬
eph, L. Mullis, John T. Anderson, Levi
Barfield, Fred Schofield, Thomas A.
William A, Carithers, Benja¬
min F. Mathews, Thullen Sanders,
E. Patrick, Talmadge Wells.
Colored: Lee Wynn, Boss Felton,
Charlie Regins, Willie Lee
Mosley, Eddie Forest Snead, Reed
Jr., John Howard, Julius Wil¬
Brown, Willie J. Johnson, Arthur
Roberson, Jr., Napoleon Bolder, An¬
Booth, Roosevelt Adams, Fred
Everette W. Miller, Ju¬
Snead, James Meadows, Moses
W. II. Williams, Moses Davis,
Joe Collier, Travels Clemons,
Lorenzo Rumph, Early Tilmon,
Arthur L. Brown, Johnnie B.
Willington C. Reed, Willie J.
Willie J. Stinson, Albert
Roosevelt Hobbs, Willie Boone,
Banks, Johnny William Dixon.
Near Top
War Fund Drive
Georgia 1 was one of the first states
the nation to achieve its goal in
National War Fund drive.
One hundred and twenty-five coun¬
are reported to have reached the
set for them in the campaign,
at least 60 of these have subscrib
from 100 to 180 per cent of the
assigned.
$2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE
Christmas Services
at St. Andrew' 1 s
Church
There will be a midnight service at
St. Andrew’s Episcopal church on
Christmas Eve, December 24. The
service will open with the singing of
carols at 11:00 P. M. On Christmas
Day, there will be a celebration of
the Holy Communion at 9:30 A. M.
St. Stephen’s Day, December 20, there
will be a celebration of the Holy Corn
munion at 11:00 A. M. There will be
no service at 8:30 A. M. or Church
School on this Sunday,
On Thursday evening, December 30,
the Church School will hold its Christ
mas party at the Rectory,
Georgia’s E Bond
Quota Same In
New Bond Drive
Georgia’s “E” Bond quota in next
month’s national Fourth War Loan
Drive will remain at the September
figure of $37,000,000, the U. S. Treas¬
ury has just telegraphed, instead of
being increased.
Georgia’s total quota will be $129,
000,000 for all types of Bonds, with
the “People’s E Bonds” remaining the
but “F” and “G” Bonds being
raised considerably on a national bas
i s> meaning an increase in Georgia.
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Farm Agent Tells
How To Care For
Window Screens 1
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Window screens should be kept fit
for the duration by cleaning and
painting, then storing carefully, Mr. I
R. P. Swan, county agent for the
Georgia' Agricultural Extension Ser¬
vice, said this week.
Because neither bronze nor alumi¬
num-coated screening is being manu¬
factured now, it is scarce and pre¬
cious. Eameled and galvanized steel
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SCI •eening still on the market needs |
special protection against rust, he |
“Screens should be scrubbed with J
and water to remove dirt, grease j
and soot that does not brush off, then (
thoroughly. Any rust on the J
may be removed by rubbing
a stiff brush dipped in turpen¬
After drying, paint the wire
on both sides with screen enam
To prevent the wooden frames
warping or rotting, they may be
with exterior house paint,”
Swan said.
Good winter quarters for screens
places that are clean, dry and out
the way of objects that might
or break the wire. Screens must
stored level so frames will not
during the winter. If good stor¬
is not available the screens may
put back on the house.
Pennies Start
Fund For
Tots
London.—A few pennies pitched in¬
a glass bowl in a London pub by
American sergeants have grown
a fund with which 400 British
will be given a Christmas
next Sunday.
Other soldiers joined in, and then
suggested that a part of the
go toward a Christmas party
a few British youngsters.
Six weeks ago the fund had grown
for a party for 40 children,
the Americans thought that was
good.
When they made the final count
week, however, they went off and
a hall to accommodate 400.
54 YEARS OF
SERVICE
Only newspaper in the heart
of one of America's
rich agricultural
sections.
NEGRO CHILD
LOSES LIFE IN
FIRE SUNDAY
MOTHER LOCKED CHILDREN
IN HOUSE WHILE SHE WENT
TO TOWN TO GET MILK
A seven-months-old Negro child
burned to death here Sunday morning
when flames of undetermined origin
swept a frame dwelling and spread
to two adjoining houses.
According to Fire Chief T. M. An
thoine, a Negress named Evans locked
her three children in the house while
she went to town to get milk for the
baby and the blaze started while the
children were alone in the house.
The father of the children, O. T. C.
Evans, who is employed at Warner
Robins, was at work when the trag¬
edy occurred.
The flames were discovered by an
aged Negro neighbor who broke the
door down and rescued two of the
children but was unable to save the
baby. One other child, five years old.
received burns about the body while
being taken from the burning struc¬
ture.
Houses occupied by Ben Henderson
and Will Risby were also damaged
when the flames spread, The fire
was reported to city firemen at ap
provimately 11 A. M.
Catsup Release
Housewives will soon get the bene¬
fit of government release of nearly a
million cases of tomato catsup, in ad
dition to large stocks of canned string
beans and tomatoes recently put back
onto the civilian market. Watch.
these items for the next cuts in ra¬
tion points.
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Pine Seed Crop
Best In Years
Farm Agent Says
The pine seed crop in Peach Coun¬
ty is the best it has been in several
years as practically all species ef
trees bore a good seed crop this year,
County Agent R. P. Swan for the Ag
ricultura 1 Extension Service, said this
He pointed out that this crop is now
the ground, and this good supply,
is produced only every three to
years may be wiped out by for¬
fires.
Many farmers who have been plan¬
to plant their open places, the
agent continued, can get a
start of trees established with¬
planting if they will pay particu¬
attention to the bare spots this
Other areas poorly stocked will
an opportunity to become fully
if fire is kept out.
“Many millions of pine trees may
burned up in the form of seed,”
Swan warned, ‘The general dry
all over the state at this
and the good supply of seed
it most important to prevent
Due to the large amount of
material in woods as a re¬
of increased cutting, we stand to
growing trees as well as this
supply of seed. II
An Eskimo
Moze, an enlisted man, shivered as
paced his sentry beat on an Alas¬
airfield. A passing officer noticed
“Moze,” said the officer, “where
you from?”
tl Ah’s from Alabam, Sah,” said
“but when we wups de Japs an'
gets back der, Ah ain’t nevah
be from dar no mo’.” The
Year.