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Volume LXV, Number Twenty«Four
PeacItlanJ
journal
By Daniel K. Grahl
MY KINGDOM FOR A
HAIRCUT!
I was beginning to think that
had “done had it”, as the
goes.
My hair reached the
stage right smack on a par
the opening of the peach
Looked like
was going
have to wait
til peach
f| was over to
f| another,
| with the
i shop (as
i other shops) be
% I ing full
time I stuck my head in it.
Finally made it, but next year
I'm going to take precautions to
see that my hair is cut extreme¬
ly short just before peach season
begins.
IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM
For some few weeks now I have
at times discussed the situation
of sex-ridden magazines and books
in Georgia with my new (old to
many of my readers) friend, A. L.
Luce, Sr.
He has passed on to me sev¬
eral articles about similar situa¬
tions in other states and a couple
of methods of attacking the prob¬
lems.
We haven’t reached this stage
yet where we discussed too much
the proper solution to the prob¬
lem but we have certainly been
in accord about one thing-there
is entirely too much of such lit¬
erature easily available today.
As he pointed out in one of the
articles he referred to me, it has
now gotten to the place where
even the time-enduring classics of
literature are being re-printed in
cheap form and with gaudy, sexy,
cover on them to heir sol) them.
It is a known and usually a£
cepted fact that practically all of
the great literature of the world
has some small amount of sex in
it. It is something which is most
certainly an integral part of life
and as such there is a place for it
in literature. But the place should
always be on a plane of decency
and decorum. Frank, yes, but not
exploited to its fullest and lowest
level.
It is tragic that only a mere
handful of great writers are in
the world today who can write
truly magnificent prose and po«
try without leaning on the cheap
prop of sallacious literature.
There is a censorship committee
operating in Georgia today. It is
in all probability an honest effort
on the part of the governor to
correct the situation that is pres¬
ent in Georgia. We do not believe
that is the proper solution, in
that censorship, placed in the
hands of a single person, or a
small group, is dangerous to the
freedom of expression, whether it
be written or spoken..
The censorship of parents and
individuals, placed on the dealers
in such literature, through not
buying the questionable products,
seems to us to be a solution much
more likely to succeed without in¬
fringing on freedom of expres¬
sion.
One of the articles Mr. Luce
called. :to our attention originated
in the state of Arizona where the
eighth-graders in Phoenix reported
to city council on the excessive
number of magazines and books
available on newssta^ the
city. As a result of their protest
the city council and civic organi¬
zations declared a drive to elim¬
inate the condition. We hope they
are successful.
The situation in Georgia, we re¬
peat, is deplorable.
We do not think the censorship
committee, and they are all good
and honorable men, is the proper
answer. We believe the best solu¬
tion is for parents, and just plain
ordinary folks to quit buying such
books, tell the dealers they are
going to quit buying them, and
educate their children that all such
books and magazines are not to
be tolerated.
ROBIN HOOD RIDES AGAIN!
'Way back in the long gone re¬
cesses of niv memory is one of
Robin Hood ar.2 r^crr.r men t
as they robbed the rich and gavej
(Continued on page 8)
gcafccr 5fcibune
Plans For Fund
Drive Are Made
Plans designed to give every
working man, woman and child an
opportunity to participate in the
construction of a municipal swim¬
ming pool here were announced
at a meeting of the steering com¬
mittee last Tuesday night at the
home of William Khoury, Com¬
mander of the local Legion post
and a member of the committee.
According to the plans as now
in effect, employees in all local
manufacturing and business con¬
cerns will be given an opportunity
to pay any amount of money de¬
sired through having the monev
deducted from their paycheak. It
calls for cards authorizing the
pay deductions to be filled out by
the employees.
E. C. Patterson and B. A. Shipp,
both members of the committee,
explained at the meeting that the
money can be deducted from as
many different pay checks as de¬
sired. They also added that any
amount wall be acceptable although
the optimum amount desired IS
one day’s pay.
Members of most of the lot
civic organizations were preset
for the supper meeting.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Walker
Funeral services were held here
last week for Mrs. M. E. Walker.
Mrs. Walker passed away at a
convalescent home in Macon af¬
ter a lingering illness.
She was the former Eldora
Barnes, born and reared in Fort
Valley, later residing in Atlanta,
until a few years ago when she
returned to Fort Valley to make
her home.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. G. N. Rainey at* the Fort
Valley Methodist Church on Sat¬
urday morning and burial was in
West View cemetery in Atlanta
Survivors include a sister, Mrs
James D. Fagan, three nieces, Mrs
T. A. McCord, Mrs. R. E. Krip
fer of Fort Valley and Mrs. Rad
Turner of *Nlaeon, two nephews,
Emmett Barnes, Jr., of Macon and
Robert W. Barnes of Miami, Flor¬
ida.
Pallbearers were Supt. Ernest
R. Anderson, J. P. Stephens, Sam
Mathews, Barnett Blackley, W. G.
Brisendine and Houser Davidson,
Rooks Funeral Home was
charge of arrangements.
HISTORY OF FORT VALLEY
As I Remember
By J. DAWSON KENDRICK
MATHEW DORSEY
Let me thank Mr. George D.
Lowe of Bayley, Ga., grandson of
Mathew Dorsey, for the splendid
service he rendered to the read¬
ers of this column. Let us visual¬
ize as best we can the life of this
old distinguished ancestor. Mr.
Lowe's letter we are presenting
for insertion and reads as follows:
My Dear Sir:
I have your appreciated letter.
My skit in the Leader-Tribune was
an effort to be jocular, not crit¬
ical. I have known three genera¬
tions of fox hunters and their ob¬
session still amuses me. I will give
an attempt to give you herewith
he very little that I know about
dathew Dorsey, just personal re¬
of things heard many
years ago. I cannot understand
I never heard of Dorsey des¬
in Fort Valley for I
wrote about the old man in The
Leader geveral times in 1906-7 and
to Mrs. Royal and Miss Jo
times about him. I knew
W. H. Harris and have al¬
thought he had one of the
minds I ever encountered.
W. L. Houser and my late
were friends for many years
md I knew her brother Harris
Turner quite well.
The first week I lived in your
Mr. Jake Slappey stopped
oe on the street and said, “I un
ierstand you are a grandson of
Dorsey.” I told him that
was a great-grandson and he
•etorted that I was wrong because
went to school with the two
boys and they were about
age. I saw my father not long
fterward and told him about it.
Ie said, “I was the youngest of
line children of Mathew Dorsey’s
cr June, and I was cider ;
her young half-brothers in J
Valley whom she never saw
Fort Volley, Georgio, June 11, 1953
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Khoury J Elected
Lesion 15 Post
William Khoury was
■ommander of the Frederick
>ft Post No. 72, American
\t their last meeting.
In addition to Khoury the
officers were elected
?erve during the coming year:
Peterson, senior
Elwood Gassett of
vice-commander; Ted
of Marshallviile, junior
adjutant, A.
E. C. Patterson,
T. A. Jones,
Brown, historian;
III, historian; and
Evans, Sgt.-at-Arm*.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Williams
of Macon spent Sunday
Mrs. Williams’ parents
Mrs. L. M. Mills after spend¬
their vacation at Miami Beach.
n ° r kneW , „
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My grandfather Rev. David .
Lowe, of Warren county, an early
Methodist circuit rider in the S.
C. conference and then in the
Georgia conference, married Jane
Dorsey in Putnam county and was
automatically retired from circuit
riding under the law of the church.
The couple moved to Stewart coun
ty, then Pandolph, along with sev
eral families akin or friends from
the same area. The house that he
built before 1828 and in which my
father was born in 1843 still
stands. In that year he gave the
land for Providence church and
churchyard. He calied his planta
tion Providence and it is now al
most all washed away into the
Providence canyons, the worst ero
sion in the Southeast. My great
aunt, Mrs. John Dorsey, Elizabeth
Holt in Eatonton and one of the
seven beautiful daughters of a fa
mous Georgia lawyer Hines Holt,
told me that her husband and my
grandfather were born on the Dor¬
sey plantation in Putnam near the
dock Eagle and urged me to go
to see that strange pile of white
stones if I ever got anywhere
nearby. I never saw it until the
area been turned into a park
in recent years.
Three children of Mathew Dor¬
sey came to Stewart at the same
time, John Dorsey, Jane Dorsey
Lowe and Elizabeth Dorsey Dun
in? whose husband was Charles
Dunning and they later moved
into Quitman County. John
"rsey nd Elizabeth Dunning
died childless, but Jane Dorsey
bore nine children. Her old¬
son James, was killed in the
cnarge up Chapultepec in the Mex
; ~an War and her sons David, Cur
George and John and her son.
law Owens, McGeehee, Niller
Continued on Page Eight
The Fort Valiev
Methodist Church
Rev. G. N. RAINEY, Pastor
Questions and answers relating
to the Methodist Church of Port
Va'iey.
What are the hours for Sunday
Services ?
Sunday: H. A. Mathews, Super¬
intendent, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship: Rev. Rainey
preaching, 11:00 a. m.
Methodist Youth Fellowship:
Beth Mathews, president, 7:00 p.
m.
livening wci ip: Rev. Rainey,
8:00 p. m.
What and when are the weekly
meetings ?
Spiritual Life Group: Mrs. Rus¬
sell Edwards, leader, 3:00 p. m.,
Monday.
Prayer meeting: Conducted by
Rev. Rainey, 8:00 p. m , Wednes¬
day.
Please bring your Bibles, we
will study the first chapter of the
Gospel of John.
What will be the themes of the
morning and evening worship serv¬
ices ?
Morning: “The Kingdom of God
and My Church.” Matthew 13:31-
33, 44-46.
Evening: “Maintaining the Spir
itua , Glow.” Romans 12:7-12.
Why is June 14th called Cove .
nant g unda y?
| It is on tWs day that we> mem .
berg of Fort Va „ ey Methodist
Church( bring to the aHar of our
church) our pedgCi thc token of
our )ove alld )oyalty to God and
Hig church—our covenant of pur
poac to support it witu our fina!V
\y e wan t every member, chil
dren and a dult alike, to have a
happy share in ths vital phase of
f be ];f e 0 f 4be cburpb , Q ur motto:
“ Every member a happy, paying
member.”
This next ques tion is one (hat
you only can answer, on it de
p e n ds your individual response to
tbe maintenance and the on going
0 f tbe Lord’s work.
Will you be present, unless prov
jdcntially hinder'd'.'
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS
ATOMIC BOMB
; < Life Savers
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1* By
pipyr ERNEST VANDIVER
Director of Civil Defense, State of Georgia
m.
How will I know when an air raid is imminent?
You will be warned by the Red Alert This is a three minute continuous
rising and falling siren note, or a series of intermittent olaiw by horn or
whistle. It means DANGER—so get to shelter fast.
What is the all clear?
A series of three one-minute blasts, each separated by two minutes of
silence, given by horn, whistle or siren. !
Whav. if I am nowhere near a shelter when the alert sounds?
these. i-O’-'.r arcusd yea. Many buildings will be designated as shelters. Get to !
Otherwise, make for the strongest-looking building near you. If I
possible, get to the basement, otherwise stay near the center of the struc- i
ture—and keep out of line with the windows.
Georgia’s Poultry
Industry Featured
In Business Week
ATLANTA,—(GPS) Another
chapter of the Georgia Story has
been presented to the world by
word and picture. Latest sample
is the state’s fabulous poultry in¬
dustry which was featured in a
recent, issue of Business Week, a
McGraw-Hill publication with in¬
ternational circulation among top
businessmen.
Pegged to the first, annual Geo
rgia Poultry Festival held recently
in Gainesville, Business Week’s
picture-story described how Geo¬
rgia is celebrating a new cash
crop. It took up the equivalent of
three full pages in the magazine.
Eight photographs, featured in a
double-page spread, were accom¬
panied by more than three and
one-half columns of reading ma¬
terial.
Among the pictures, which show¬
ed various phases of the festival,
were enlarged shots of Gaines¬
ville’s J. M. Tankersley, president
of the Georgia Poultry Federation
and 16-year-old Betty Pruitt, of
Cherokee County, who was crown¬
ed “Miss Georgia CHICK”.
The article told about Georgia in
creasing its output from 500,000
chickens in 1935 to 112.6-million
birds worth $88.G-million in 1952,
thus giving it the No. 1 spot in
the nation as a broiler-producing
state. Georgia, where output jump¬
ed 225 times in 17 years, today pro¬
duces 18 out of every 100 broilers,
the magazine said. The state’s in¬
from poultry is now close
to $125-million; second only to
The poultry industry is just an¬
phase of Georgia’s growing
which the Georgia De¬
of Commerce is actively
on ail fronts both at
state and national levels.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Guinn, of
spent a few days in Sa¬
during the past week and
chldren, Billy and Brenda
spent several days with their
Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
$3.00 Per Yeor—In Advance
Defense Officials
Assure Byron
Depot Construction
The Department of Defense has
given its final approval on con¬
struction of the $63,000,000 Naval
Supply Depot for Byron accord¬
ing to an announcement issued by
Sixth District Congressman Carl
Vinson early this ween.
It was reliably estimated that
actual construction of the huge
depot will begin sometime this
coming fall. The land to be used
for the depot is currently occupied
by some 28 families and the an¬
nouncement issued stated that con¬
struction will be “integrated with
the plans of these people.” This
gave the impression that they
would be allowed to gather their
crops.
The project, -which was frozen
in February to allow the new ad¬
ministration to study 50 big proj¬
ects across the nation relative to
their value to the defense program,
which will mean employment for
several thousand peopie if con¬
structed as originally planned.
There has been no indication
that the project will be scaled
down.
This week’s announcement by
Vinson means that the project will
go back to the Senate Armed Serv¬
ices committee for approval of ap¬
praisal prices for acquisition of
some 1,700 acres of land. Officials
stated that no trouble is expected
from that source. Already appro¬
priated for work on the program
is $9,000,000.
Following purchase of the land
it is expected that the site will be
cleared for construction and rail¬
road spur tracks will be placed
to reach the site from both the
Central of Georgia tracks at By¬
ron and the Southern Railway
tracks at Elberta. The land to be
ued for the depot is located on
both U. S. Highway 41 and Geor.
gia Highway 49, bordering on the
east and 49 on the west.
The depot will be designed to
supply the Navy’s needs in the
entire South Atlantic and Gulf
areas from Wilmington, N. C.,
to Corpus Christi, Texas.
National Guard
Camps and Dates
Are Set by Officials
Approximately 8,000 National
Guardsmen throughout Georgia
will attend summer encampment
exercises at training sites located
near Savannah and Anniston, Ala¬
bama, where Antiaircraft, Infan¬
try, and Air Units will partici¬
pate in their annual two-weeks
maneuvers.
The 108th AAA Brigade will
train at Camp Stewart, Ga., 14-
28 June; 48th Infantry Division
at F. McClellan, Ala., 5-19 July;
and the 116th Fighter Bomber
Wing at Travis Field, Savannah,
26 July-9 August.
While undergoing this vital
phase of their training, the Guard
men will put into practical appli¬
cation theories they have learned
during their weekly drill periods at
their local armories.
Giant 90 mm anticraft guns will
be fired by Guardsmen at Camp
SteWttrt ,as well as other aerial
weapons. Tanks, artillery howit¬
zers, and recoilless rifles will be
employed in maneuvers by the
48th Division along with smaller
arms. The Air Guard pilots will
fly bombing and gunnery missions
in F-51 Mustangs at ranges re¬
cently established along the Geor¬
gia coastal waters.
In all, Guardsmen from 125 un¬
its in 55 Georgia cities will em¬
bark for their camps by train,
convoy and bus. Highlight of the
encampment will be Governor’s
Day activities when the Comman¬
in Chief, Governor Herman
will spend the day at
camp inspecting the units in
field at parades and speaking
them individually and in groups.
BARGAINS IN CLASSIFIEDS
Little but mighty
Last Rites Held For
Coleman Williams
Last rites were held on Tuesday
morning of this week at the Col
loden Primitive Baptist Church
for Coleman Williams who died
late Sunday night at his residence
in Fort Valey after a brief illness.
Born in Upson County, Mr. Wil¬
liams has been living in Fort Val¬
ley for a number of years. He has
been employed, and was at the
time of his death, as bookkeeper
at Williams Motor Company, lo¬
cal Pontiac and CMC dealer.
The Rev. W. C. Kieklighter pre¬
sided at the funeral services. In¬
terment was in the Culloden Ceme
tery.
The son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Williams, Coleman Williams
is survived by four brothers, H.
V. Williams, Sr., Fort Valley; Per
ry B., Macon; John A. Forsyth;
F’rank M., Atlanta; and several
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers included H. V. Wil¬
liams, Jr., Francis Williams, Jim
Williams, Charles R. Williams,
Guffie Garrett, and Joseph Chap¬
man.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange¬
ments.
Ga. Schools Feel
Cutback Soon
ATLANTA,—(GPS) Drastic
in the Army’s Reserve
Training Corps program,
recently from Wash¬
will strike a “severe blow
military junior colleges and
institutes in Georgia, it
pointed out. The new program
42 such schools in the
eliminating them from
college ROTC plan.
Georgia schools affected are:
Military Academy, Col¬
Park; Riverside Military
Gainesville; Georgia Mil
College, Milledgeville; and
Military College, Barnes
CITATION
PEACH COUNTY
All Whom It May Concern:
H. V. Williams, Sr., having in
form applied to me for
Letters of Adminis¬
on the estate of Coleman
late of said county, this
to cite all and singular the cred¬
and next of kin of Coleman
to be and appear at my
within the time allowed by
and show cause, if any they
why permanent administra¬
should not be granted to H.
Williams, Sr., on Coleman Wil¬
estate.
Witness my hand and official
this 11th day of June,
B. A. Youne-. Ordirw>'y J
Classifieds—Little But Mighty
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