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Volume LXV, Number Twenty-Nine
Peachland
journal
By Daniel K. Grahl
PAGES FROM MEMORY
When my partner and I
the Leader-Tribune we
through a large amount of
ial which Johnny Jones, the
mer owner, had acquired
through the years.
■ !|| |H Being
no different
k ;|§ l|| any other
newspaper
Mr. Jones
; many
and items
perhaps
have been
stroyed. Being
how we are a weekly editor, and
also being as how we have never
knowingly destroyed anything
which by the farthest stretch
the imagination could some day
of use, we eliminated an infinites¬
imal part of what he left.
While going through a box of
it the other day we came upon
a number of clippings from other
newspapers and magazines. We
haven't even' had a chance to ask
him where they all came from.
Several of them reelly struck our
fancy, though, and made us stop
and think for a few minutes.
For instance, we are living in
a time of dire import in civiliza
ton, a time which perhaps, above
all other times, requires the prop¬
er leadership. This is what we
found, apparently clipped in the
1920’s, in the box of clippings:
LEADERSHIP
.. God give us men. The time de¬
mands strong minds, great hearts,
*rue faith and willing hands;
“Men whom the lust of office
does not kill;
“Men whom the spoils of office
cannot buy;
• 4 Men who possess opinions and
a will; Men who will not lie; Men
who can stand before a dema¬
gogue and damn his treacherous
flatteries without winking; Toil
men, sun-crowned, who live above
the public duty and in private
thinking.” —Holland
That would seem to us apropo
of this day and this time.
Fast among the folds of the
clippings 1 also came upon a cou¬
ple of small items which are of
particular interest to me, since
I love a book as I do
“ ’Twas only a book, but the good
it wrought
“Can never by tongue or pen be
taught.
.* It ran through life like a thread
of gold.
And strengthened and blessed
with riches untold. »»
Or there was another about
books that caught our fancy.
*4 Books will be the keys that
will open the gates of the king¬
doms of Time and Eternity; books
will keep the soul of the world
alive; books will lift life to great¬
er heights. Give God a chance in
your life by keeping company with
the great souls of earth through
books. ” —W. L. Stidger
Not much to add to those, is
there ?
The last quotation brought back
another memory to us of our school
days when we were struggling
with the intricacies of chemistry
and physics as taught by Profes
son L. R. “Jap” Towson at Geor¬
gia Southwestern College in Amer
icus.
He was the son of a Methodist
missionary and was born in Ja¬
pan, hence the nickname of “Jap”.
If he cared for you at all, that
is, if he feit you were a “right
egg”, he would beat on you with
his fist, pull your hair, and gen¬
erally make you think he was very
angry with you and was going to
do you bodily harm.
I count it one of life’s rare priv¬
ileges that I have thin hair to¬
day because ’Jap” Towson pulled
on it so much. Pulling my hair
didn’t mean so much to me, in fact
it hurt, but the very fact that he
approved of me gave me a feel¬
ing of confidence which was in¬
valuable. Besides, he meant a great
deal to me just as a friend.
But to get back to my memory.
I have never forgotten a defi¬
nition of eternity he gave us one
day in physics. This is what he said
was eternity:
“If the world was a ball of sand
swinging in space as a pendulum
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geaber ®trtbune
Lofty Quest for Uranium
EVEN MORE dramatic than the gold rush day* is America’s
quest for uranium ore, now under way high on the rugged Colorado
Plateau. At Uravan, below, ore mined in the Rockies is refined.
Town was named for “ura” in uranium, “van” in vanadium.
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i ical mining structure yields
;X<y carnotite. From it are de¬
■I ■ rived traces of uranium ore.
MOUNTAIN-CI.IMBING International trucks, one of which is shown
in background, below, haul the ore to mills from nearly inaccessible
mines. Miners examine ore for yellow streak, proof of uranium.
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Who Cets Your Tax Money? Uncle
Sam Gets Biggest Hunk, Of Course!
ATLANTA — (GPS) Here,
and Mrs. Georgia Taxpayer,
something you should know
your tax bill:
You paid $2.93 less in state tax
es during the past fiscal year than
the previous one. On a per capita
basis, Georgians paid $63.52 into
the state treasury for the year
ended June 30, compared with
$66.45 the year before, according
to State Auditor B. E. Thrasher,
Jr.
In round figures the state’s to¬
tal revenue was $218-million as
against $228-million the previous
year, a decrease of some $10-mil
lion.
Georgia Progress Is Subject
Of National Magazine Article
ATLANTA — GPS. It’s down
amazing almost unbeliev
in fact — how Georgia, the
state on the U. S. economy’s
pole just a few short years
has pulled herself up by her
bootstraps. Georgia's prog¬
in the last four or five years
today the talk of the nation.
Latest evidence of this is giv¬
by “State Government,” a mag¬
of state affairs published
in Chicago by the Coun¬
of State Governments. “Geor¬
Moves Forward” is the title
a full length article appearing
a recent issue of the periodi¬
It said in part:
« Throughout the South the peo¬
and their governments are
forward for better educa¬
better health, a sounder econ¬
and larger opportunity. The
record of the last four
is a dramatic example of
progress, for the benefit of
people in their home commun
and that of the South ant
nation as a whole.
“Georgia is a proud state. From
days of James Oglethorpe and
founding settlers on, she has
a mother of American leaders
American culture. Georgia men
left their imprint on the coun
ry at every decisive turn of its
Descendants of Georgia
Fort Valley, Georgia, July 16, 1953
But that doesn’t mean that your
over-ail tax bill was smaller. Fact
is, you dug deeper into your pock
etbook than ever before. Reason:
Uncle Sam put his hand out and
said: “Shell out, I want more of
your dough.” And he got it, too.”
Georgians paid a record $707,-
654,376.24 to the Federal Govern¬
ment in taxes in the fiscal year
just ended. This compared with ap¬
proximately $695.8-million they
sent to Washington the previous
year, an increase of more than
$11.8-million.
Ana most people are still won¬
dering what happened to those
promises of tax relief in the na¬
tional capitol ?
.families now live among other
states and in varying degrees they
| have spread the influence of her
traditions through all of them,
- A land of physical beauty, the
state is famed for her agriculture
and orchards, her forests, moun¬
tains and streams. During recent
years she has been forging ahead
likewise in industrial and commer¬
cial developments, and the advance
continues.
“This has affected the rate of
her growth; from an estimated
ranking of fifteenth in population
among the states a few years ago
she rose to thirteenth in 1950.
What is not so well known na¬
tionally as her advancing economy,
perhaps, is the decisive role her
state government is taking in as¬
suring that progress for the peo¬
ple shall continue.
“Thje state government's key
program, although by no means the
only one, is education. In the words
of Governor Herman E. Talmadge
in his message to the 1953 Gen¬
eral Assembly at Atlanta last Jan
uary: “I do not believe there is
a single state in this nation with J
comparable resources which is do- .
ng more for the cause of edu- is
cation than in our own state of
Georgia. ’ ’
After reviewing in considerable to
Murder Charge Filed Against Negro As
Neighbor Dies From Gunshot Wound
Boy Scouts To
Attend Jamboree
Arriving in Santa Ana, Cali¬
fornia, Friday are seven young
Fort Valley Boy Scouts who will
attend for a week the Third Na¬
tional Jamboree of the Boy Scouts
of America which is at Irvine
Ranch near Santa Ana.
They are: Charlie Culpepper,
John C. Evans, Bunny Johnson,
Frank Jones, Joe Liipfert, Mike
Pearson and Clyde Wilson, Jr. The
boys left Atlanta Sunday morning
and went by way of Nashville, St.
Louis, Kansas City,, Salt Lake
City and Denver to Los Angeles,
They will have a boat trip to
Canada and will return by way
of San Francisco, Portland, Seat¬
tle, St. Paul, and Chicago.
The trip will include a dip in
the Great Salt Lake and a visit
to the campuses of Brigham Young
and Utah University.
There are approximately 50,000
Scouts and explorers who are as¬
sembling at Santa Ana, from ev¬
ery state in the union and some
countries.
There will be fireworks, arena
shows, demonstrations, ceremonies
pageants and bathing in the Pa¬
cific.
The Fort Valley boys are with
the Middle Georgia group.
They will be away approximately
three weeks and two days, ar¬
riving home August fourth.
The Fort Valley boys are around
the ages of twelve to fifteen years.
Johnson Assigned
Training O Center
CAMP PICKETT, VA., July 13
Lieutenant Marion P.
Johnsoh. 'koj# of Mi', and Mrs. E.
W. Hawk of Fort Valley, Georgia,
been assigned to the Medical
Replacement Training Center.
The 21-year-old officer is a 1948
of Fort Valley High
He received a BS degree
music education from the Uni¬
of Georgia in 1952.
Lt. Johnson entered the Army
April and was commissioned
the inactive reserve in Novem¬
1952 at Athens, Georgia.
is married to the former Miss
A. Clement of Spartan¬
South Carolina.
At the MRTC, the only basic
center for the Army Med¬
Service, Lt. Johnson will be
platoon leader in a training com¬
virtually every phase of
great progress under the
state administration, with
emphasis on such construc¬
programs as the school and
building programs which
the nation, the article
“The state’s rounded programs
development of commerce, in¬
agriculture and forestry
helping to bring new indus¬
to Georgia and thus add thou¬
of new job opportunities for
people. The expansion and
of state service for
health, welfare and
communication are add¬
to those opportunities, and
the life of Georgia citi¬
better.
n All of this, of course, costs
Buiding programs alone—
completed during the last
years and those now being
represent more than
a billion dollars in roads,
hospitals and other perma
improvements.
‘But the expansion is proving a
investment. One of the in
is the fact that the state
debt free. Georgia is demon¬
that it is good economics
well as good human planning
pay for progress.”
Davidson Wins
2nd Quality
Joe E. Davidson, local agent
the Metropolitan Life
Company, last Friday night
presented with his second consec¬
utive National Quality Award.
The presentation of the award
was made by the Macon
ation of Life Underwriters at a
supper held at Wilson’s
rant in Macon.
The award, which is given by
the National Association of Life
Underwriters is presented to
men and agents who combine a
large amount of quality produc¬
tion and service.
Sunday School
Holds Meeting n
The Mable Withoft Class of the
Baptist Sunday School held their
monthly business and social meet¬
ing at the home of Mrs. John
Fletcher Lowe, Jr., Westview,
Tuesday evening. There were about
thirty-five present.
Officers of the Class are: Mrs.
T. A. Jones, President; Mrs. John
Fletcher Lowe, Jr., Vice President:
Second Vice President, Mrs. Bill
Torn Jones; Third Vice President,
Mrs. Oscar E. Pearson, Jr.; Treas¬
urer, Mrs. Tom Bateman; Secre
tay, Mrs. D. Warner Wells.
The devotional study was given
by Mrs. Russell Tomlinson.
The group was served by the
hostess after adjourning the busi
ness session.
Holstein Cattle Are
Offered For Sale
A sale of 45 head of top qual¬
ity registered Holstein dairy ani¬
mals is being held at the South¬
eastern fairgrounds, Atlanta, on
July 20, according to T. R. Sulli¬
van, secretary of the Georgia Hol¬
stein Friesian Association. The an¬
imals, comprised mostly of bred
heifers that will start calving this
fall, have been consigned by out¬
standing breeders of registered
Holsteins in the state of Illinois
and Wisconsin. ,
* < This sale,” states Mr. Sullivan,
. < will give our dairy people an op¬
portunity to secure some of the
finest dairy animals to be found
in the United States. In the sale,
he continued, “are many young
animals whose mothers have pro¬
duced from 15,000 to 21,000 pounds
of milk.
The sale is being managed by
Fox and Nichols of Foxwood Farm,
Elburn, Illinois. Tom McCord of
Montgomery, Alabama will start
the auctioneering of the animals
at 12 noon on July 20.
It is felt by the Georgia Asso¬
that this is a good oppor¬
for dairymen of Georgia
secure some good foundation
females. As they state it,
building your dairy herd of
today.
Church
REV. G. N. RAINEY, Pastor
The surest steps are the church
and blessed are the feet
climb them.
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You are invited to the following
at this church.
9:45 a. m. The pastor has chos¬
as a sermon theme: Liberty
Special music by the choir,
the leadership of John Hin¬
and Mrs. George Haslam, Jr.
7:00 p. m. Youth Fellowship.
Aultman, Jr., president.
8:00 p. m. The pastor will speak
the third of the themes,
Nights of the Bible. Sun¬
night it will be: The Night A
Joined the Church.
Wednesday, 8:00 p. m. A film
Flame,” will be shown. This
parents share in the Vacation
School. The general public
invited.
Second Lt. Walter H. Pierce, son
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Pierce of
Ga., who is with the
7th Division, has
safely in Korea. His rela¬
here are Mrs. Clara Pass
E. E. and R. L. Connell and
Mamie Connell.
$3.00 Per Year—In Advance
Lewis Laney, 40
in the Peach County jail
murder of Willie Frank
Valley Negro.
Washington died early
hospital as a result of shot
which witnesses said were
to heated arguments
night.
Officials in the office of
Beeland told the
that the incarcerated Negro
murder in a warrant sworn
morning.
Fort Valley police officer
Chapman answered the call
day night at the home of the
I men on Chestnut Street.
Chapman reported that when
arrived at the scene he
Washington on the ground suffer¬
ing what proved to be
wounds from a shotgun and also
from injuries sustained on the
head when the alleged killer was
said to have struck the
again and again with the shot¬
gun after the stomach wounds
been inflicted.
Witnesses, according to Chap¬
man, reported that the argument
came after the two men had par¬
ticipated in a dice game. It was
reported that Washington owed
the accused killer a dollar and re¬
fused to pay him. When Washing¬
ton refused to pay the dollar,
claiming he didn’t owe it, Laney
went to his father's nearby house
and came out with a single bar
rel 12-guage shotgun,
Witnesses reported further,
Chapman stated, that Washington
ran into Laney’s home and shut
the door. Apparently with the idea
I of rushing Laney and taking the
gun awa * from him - Washington
suddenly opened the door and
rushed out, he added. The officer
also stated that witnesses report¬
ed the rush of Washington was
too late, Lfc*»y firing ani hitting
him before Washington could reach
him.
The altercation was reported to
Officer Chapman by another Ne-
HISTORY OF FORT VALLEY
As I Remember
By J. DAWSON KENDRICK
BRANHAM FAMILY
To start with we wish to say:
This historic family actually is
supposed to come later but it
crowded its way in this column
for a special reason. We are proud
to present same at this time
Captain Isam H. Branham a
member of a noted family of judg
es, preachers andj
teachers was at
one time profes-B|l boys’l
sor of the
academy. Captain
in the War Be
tween the States,I
Justice of thel ,
Peace of For tl
Valley for twol
decades or longer. He married Miss ’
Mary Mathews, l^nown to her
as “Miss Dumphie.” Their
sons are Dr. Harris M. Bran¬
of Brunswick, Ga., a noted
and physician, deceased.
W. Russell Branham, editor at
time of the Fort Valley Lead¬
and for years Justice of the
Fort Valley, deceased. Hen¬
M. Branham, secretary and
Fort Valley Crate Fac
deceased. Miss Fannie Bran¬
who married R. M. Houser,
Helen Branham who died
her teens.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Houser have
son, Mr. Russell P. Houser who
a large Insurance Agen¬
in our city. Offices in the Wool
Building. He married Miss
Green of Milledgeville, who
school here in our public
(School teaching is a step¬
stone to matrimony).
H. M. Branham married Miss
Smith and to this union
children were born. Howard,
and Francis. These chil¬
are endowed with their fa¬
talent, music. Howard is un¬
gifted with a lovely tenor
and his voice is in demand
Central Georgia.
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Fort Valley Negro, is lodged
will be charged with the
35, another Fort
morning in a Macon
wounds and head injuries
by Laney as a climax
the two men last Sunday
Peach County Sheriff Herbert
Wednesday afternoon
was charged with first degree
the deceased wife Tuesday
^ ro ’ ^am Harris, after Washing¬
( ton had been wounded and
was
left on the ground.
Officer Chapman and Officer
Folsom, city police officers on du¬
ty, went to the scene of the fight¬
ing and there they found a pocket
knife, reportedly belonging to
Washington, open on the ground.
They immediately called an ambu¬
lance to take the injured man to
the hospital and then Chapman
went in search of the alleged kil¬
ler and arrested him shortly there¬
after. Chapman reported that Lan¬
ey had an open pocketknife in his
pocket when he was arrested .
The police officer also stated
that witnesses indicated that the
two men had drawn open knives
on each other prior to the shoot¬
ing.
The prisoner was first lodged in
the city jail but following the
death of Washington Tuesday
morning, and the swearing out of
a murder warrant by the widow
of the deceased Negro, he was
turned over to Deputy Sheriff R.
Baggarly for retention in the coun¬
ty jail.
Peach County Sheriff Herbert
Beeland was out of town on busi¬
ness of the sheriff’s office at the
time of the altercation.
Both the deceased Negro and the
accused lived in the same building
on Chestnut Street, it being a du¬
plex apartment. No trouble be¬
tween the two had been reported
before but Officer Chapman stated
that Washington had served time
in jail prior to the fight.
Dr. Harris Branham married)
Miss Daisy Scarlet of Brunswick
and to this union two children
were born, Helen and Harris, Jr.
Lt. Russell Branham married Miss
Mary Anderson of Washington, D.
C. They had one child, a daugh¬
ter, Rosa.
Henry M. Branham’s three chil¬
dren married as follows: Howard
to Miss Pearl Hackett, Macon.
Margaret married Bill Hackett,
Macon, and Francis married John
Clark of Donaldsonville.
The Branham family is an in¬
tellectual as well as a very musi¬
cal family. For over half a cen¬
tury, no wedding, no funeral, no
social or church affair was com¬
plete without the voices of Miss
Fannie and Henry Branham. Their
talent was music and they gave
it . gladly and willingly.
No sweeter music this side of
heaven has ever been rendered than
the duets sung by Henry Branham
and sister Mrs. Fannie B. Houser,
at the beautiful pipe
organ in the Methodist Church by
V. L. (Miss Lalia) Brown.
triple treat so pleasing to the
so full of melody, so harmon¬
The sweet voices of Henry Bran¬
and Miss Fannie will be miss¬
in our homes and churches for
to come.
Henry Branham has assisted in
three brass bands in
Valley and was their leader.
a eornetist, he had few ama¬
equals in the state.
Promoted : — the grim “reaper
taken heavy toll from us since
11th 1953, our dearly be¬
friend has passed to his re
I am copying below a reso
MATHEWS BRANHAM
“Whereas God in His wisdom
called our own Brother Hen¬
M. Branham to his heaven’y
on March 11, 1953 the Board
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