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e The Fort Valley Leader. Official Organ of Houston County Leader Publishing Co., Leasees. R. M. Reynolds, Editor and Manager, W. R. Branham, Associate Editor. PUHL18HKD EVERY FRIDAY. Terras of Subscription : One yeftr..... 11.00 Six months. .50 Thms months .25 Entered as hi vi mil-class mutter Aust. 20,1000, at the post-office at Fort Valley, On., under the aet of Ck>ngri-Hs of March !! 18711. We cannot gu ran tee the publi¬ cation of any article sent us later than Wednesday noon. TELEPHONE 111 Jjort Valley, Ga .June 5, 1908. Hoke also ran. Brown and Bread! Hoke and Hot air! The best man won! Take your seat, Little Joe. The voice of the people spoke! Anybody seen Hoke’s “appoinfc tees?” Georgia will have a Governor next year Have you joined the Down and Out Club yet? Gosh, bo, didn’t the “pig in a sack” grunt, though? Hoke will make just one more flop,” when he flops out of the Capit >1. M And Little Joequietly raised his foot to the southern extrem¬ ity of Big Hoke’s anatamy—and Hoke made his last “flop. 99 It’s all over! Let’s all get in a a good humor again. A diet of peanuts and sour milk is said to insure longevity, but who would care to live on such a diet? Poor little Manuel, the Portu¬ guese King, cannot even marry the girl ho loves. That’s enough to make the King feel like the ti deuce. 99 A Pittsburg woman is suing for a divorce after faithfully supporting her husband for 35 years Some women certainly are heartless. Ordained. hast Sunday at the eleven | o’clock sermon at the Baptist George McDonald was ordained as preacher to the full j wor ^ 0 f t,} ie ministery. Pastor I Long preached the ordination I sermon, setting forth in plain terms what the duties and responsibilities of such a would (mean. Closing with a delineation of the joys and blessedness God has.in store those who give their lives to His service. Mr Norton made the prayer , and Rev .1 LD Hillyer gave charge. It was an service and one long to be mem be red. George McDonald preached the evening service. We that Georg will be an instrn mentin God’s hands for mod, good. His sermons showed thought and earnestness, consecration for the work feels called to do. Mason’s fruit jars all sizes prices are right. New rub¬ bers for same. The Ten Cent Store. Mr David C Strother visited Atlanta Friday. Mr and Mrs Holt Skellie have returned home from Beaufort S C where they spent an unusu ally pleasant month. Mrs McCoy Miss. ^ Kate ^ nee Marshall is expected home this week to the delight of her many friends. Miss Annie Hafer left to visit in Montecello the past week. MrWW Roberts and family reached here the past week for the summer. Mrs A Shepard visited her daughter, Mrs (x N Crandall this week. Mr Jessee Heath of Atlanta is back in the ‘ ‘Valley” again shaking hands with his many friends. Miss Marian Jones of Macon is expected home soon. Mr Will Miller of Macon visi¬ ted friends here Sunday and Monday. Mr Burke Murph of Marshall ville visited the city Sunday after¬ noon. Miss Gertrude Long has re¬ turned from Bessie Tift College where she finished this year. Mr Douglas of Kentucky was the guest of Miss Jennie Shepard Sunday. Mr and Mrs Tom Shepard are in Jacksonville Fla. Mr and Mrs A B Greene are visiting at Miona Springs. Mrs JM Gray and Miss Bell Gray are visiting Mrs C D Hurt in Atlanta. MissfLeta Gray is visiting in Oxford Ala where she expects to be an attendant at Miss Elareer Hayes wedding. Mr |Adam Haslam and Mr of Marshallville made a trip to the “Valley Sun Miss Eula Willingham of is now at her summer near Marshallville for the Mr Gus Riley visited hi£ niece nephew Miss*Nora and Mr N Rountree Wednesday. Miss Jessee Wood is visiting in j attending “Sherte” Com¬ Mr J Powers of Perry is in the for some time. Mr Sam Rodgers has accepted position here with the railroad peach season. Mrs S T Slappey returned from a most pleasant visit her sister in Brunswick- A Tribute of Love “The limit of life is brief; 'Tis the red in the red rose leaf; ’Tis the gold in the sun-set sky; ’Tis the flight of a bird on high. Yet we may fill thespaee With an infinite grace That the red will vein all time. The gold through the ages shine, ! And the bid fly swift and straight j To the lilies of God’s own gate”. i 1 It was just such an iufluence as this as was exemplified by one j ! of God’s noblest in the women ; person of Mrs Emma Anderson ! Murray whose pure soul freed from earth soared aloft to the realms of the departed, Suuday j a «fnoon, May 8, 1908. Seldom is it given to one person to possess such lofty nobility of 1 soul. Here was a nature cast in " 10 common moukl - The most intimate knowledge of her life '^closed no petty traits. Tender heart ’ noble ol character - j"" sentiment, generous in thought wo aot ee ’ s 11 was a veritable queen among women ’. Loyal she was in every relation, friends, to church, to sons, to husband. A friend once gained was a friend forever. No one could come in touch with this calm, dignified woman who did not feel the goodness that raji* cated from her life. By her i relatives she was tenderly loved andthey realized that to this d ear one they could go and find the wisest counsel coupled with t he tenderest love. Her place will not, cannot be filled. To those whose lives she touched there is left a void, which will be realized more fully as the years go by. Some lives touch ours, pass in¬ to the limitless ocean of eternity and there is left the sweet fragrance of a memory, but those who have come into intimate relation with a life like hers, feel as if a guiding star which had gone through life casting its soft beautiful rays around had sud¬ denly become extinguished. We thank God that such grand souls live, but oh, the emptiness, the longing of those who loved her, when the God who gave called for His own. The divine Book says the greatest of all virtures is Charity. T.iis quality she possessed in a marked degree. I remember so well two little^waifs forgotten by all others in the happy Christ¬ mas tide, who found always at her home that Santa Claus had not forgotten. To the erring and discouraged she always held out a hand of love and pity. She was charitable of the faults of others, and when scandal cast its poisoned darts at the unfortu¬ nate, she was ever ready to find some extenuating circumstances. Pure as an angel herself, to her all tilings were pure. With only noble thoughts herself, she was slow to find a lack of it in others. To the husband who walked with her in tenderest love through the sunshine and the shadow for over forty years, to the two sons w T lio loved her as few mothers are loved, to the friends and relatives who mourn death, I can only quote the promise “Come unto me ye that labor and are heavy and I will give you rest”. Z. EXCURSION RATES Tybee Via Central of Geotjia Railway Co. Excursion tickets are now on to'Jybee, Georgia’s principal resort. Summer Tourist in effect from all points. and Special Sunday in effect from many points Georgia. and! For total rates, limits apply to nearest Ticket i A Tribute. In the death of Mrs. J. C. Donald which occurred May 1908, our tow has sustained loss, while her'numerous feel personally bereaved. In calm, quite, peaceful going of this dear Christian mother, friend, we who stood her bedside while the dear was leaving its tenement clay, and returned to the who gave it were much with the sanctity of the scene, and made to feel how holy and “Blessed are the dead who die the Lord”. Truly the life of dear frend has been an ration and comfort while death has done much to one as to how a Christian dies. She lived as she died, with supreme faith in the Saviour,and a trustful confidence in her Lord. Major McDonald moved with his family to Fort Valley in and they have been closely identi¬ fied with the interests of the town generally, and of the church particularly since time. They have been a very important factisninthe body,and an indespensible adjunct to wellfare. They were always ready to do their part, and especially was this true of McDonald, who was not always willing, but was capable and efficient that we ted implicity her judgement and ideas in all questions coming in the Woman’s Societies of church. Was there a paper be written, or some matter to be decided upon. McDonald was appealed to. never once did she fail us long as health permitted, church duties and were never neglected and home cares were never and while home cares were demanding and imperative, yet she never used this as an excuse or apology for not meeting her church obligations; Not only was she true to her trust to God, her¬ self, but by precept and example, has she trained her children the same way. Who knows how much the influence and prayers of this saintly mother had to do with the calling of her son to the ministry? She realized her con¬ dition fully, and telked calmly to her children of her departure, telling them how they must manage advising andj counseling them as only a mother knows how tQ do. Anticipating so many things that will come up in their lives shoing them how to over come obstacles and surmount difficulties, pointing them to the dear Savior who would, be a friend in every time of need. Mrs McDonald was a kind and most affectionate wife, loyal and thoughtful of her husband to whom she was most devoted. An affectionate mother, faitful true and sympathetic ever responsive and faith¬ to those who loved ,nd her worth. Chari¬ and forgiving to those who unkind and malicious. In. Proverbs, a passage of comes to my mind so to our dear friend, that quote it in part. “She openeth! J mouth with wisdom; and in tongue is the law of kindness.! looketh well to the ways of : household and eateth not the' of idleness. Her children arise up, and her blessed; her husband and he praiseth her. Many have done virtuously, thou excellest them all, Favor deceitful and beauty is vain- - a woman that fefreth the she shall be praised. Give of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her i in the gates. >> No fulsome flattery is desired in speaking of our friend. He lifer speaks for her and her peaceful going away, was only the fulfilment of the promise. Be thou faithful until death Uiia I Will give thee a crown of life. n The funeral sermon was preached by her pastor Rev J M Long at the church Saturday afternoon May 30th. The large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends present on this occasion, and the beautifnl floral offerings were evidences of the love and respect in which she was held in the community. Her body was laid to rest in Oak Lawn Cemetery there to await the summons of the Redeemer. We do not sorrow as those without hope for we know she has gone to her reward, and God will ne’er forsake His own. To her family, relatives and friends, we commend them to the dear Father above who will comfort as no earthly friend can. May we all so live, that like her, when the “Summons come to join. The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, We go not like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaultering trust, ap¬ proach our grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams”. A friend. Delightfully Entertained. Miss Helen Glass entertained delightfully Friday afternoon in honor of her guest, Miss Ethel Henderson of Americus, The parlor, hall and sitting room were tastefully decorated in pink and white flowers, an abundance of roses, oleanders and hydrangea’s being used. Punch was served in the sitting room by Misses Ruth Glass and Marie Lubetkin, A game of threading needles was indulged in. The score cards were tiny pink satiu ‘pincushions and pins were used as punchers Miss Arlie Winslow was the for tunate winner of the prize, a beautiful pink satin pincushion.. The guest’s of honor prize was’a a pair of silk hose embroidered in pink. The color scheme of pink and white was also carried out in the refreshments of cream and cakes. Those invited were : Misses Elma Duke, Emma An derson, Madge James, Susie Lee, Nelle and Williehue Carter, Mat tie Finney, Dixie Thigpen, Kit tie Watson, Marie Eberhardt, Kate and Arlie Winslow, Bessie Anderson, Allie and Lizzie Houser, Jessie Wood, Ettienne Baldwin, Nora Rountree, Stella Glass and Mesdames W S White, A J Wright, Frank Harrison, Frank Carter A I) Skellie, E H GaJantv. A H Eubetkin and' Cohn. “HARD CLINCH 99 GEORGIA WOOD FIBRl PLASTER Beats the world for holding and lasting qualities. Notice the keys! It locks as securely as if tnere were a lock and key on every lath. It never cracks, breaks or dis¬ integrates. In fact, it is the one and only real wood fibre plaster which gives lasting and guaranteed satisfaction. It is sold by thousands of tons all over the South. Don t consider using any other brand until you write us for information, prices, etc. FORT VALLEY LUMBER COMPANY