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The Font Valley Leaden. Official Organ of Houston Leader Publishing Co., Lessees. R. M. Reynolds, Editor and PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Terms of Subscription: One year........ Six months, Tliri ' miniths ... Bn terad as second-class matter Oa.,under Auk- 89, the 1000, of the Con post-office of at March Fort 8 Valley, 187H. Kress We cannot gurantee the cation of any article sent later than Tuesday noon. * TELEPHONE Fort Valley, Ga., Nov.13, 1908. Application For State of Georgia Houston To the Superior Court of county: The petition of F. C. W. H. Mathews and E. G. sht w to the court, First. That they desire themselves, their associates assigns to be incorporated the name and style of The lin Orchard Company. Second. That they desire to incorporated for and during term of twenty years with privilege of renewal at the piration of said term. Third. That the capital of said corporation shall be Thousand Dollars with the stock divided into shares of Hundred Dollars each, with privilege, however, of said capital stock to the of Seventy Five Thousand by the vote of a majority of stockholders o i said corporation. Fourth. That ten per cent of said Capital stock has been actu¬ ally paid in to said corporation. Fifth. That the object of said corporation is pecuniary that shall come to said ration and their associates and assigns- business Sixth. The particular to be carried on by said Company is as follows, to-wit, The business of growing and marketing fruits of/every de¬ scription and variety whatever, and also to grow nursery stock, and sell the same: to buy and sell real estate, as shall be found profitable in connection with said business: .also the business of can¬ ning and evaporating said fruit, or making any use of same as may be found profitable: also to buy and sell fruit, either wholesale or retail for themselves, for profit or for a commission: and to handle fruit on com¬ mission: and to make such con¬ tracts and to exercise all of the rights necessary and that are unusually accorded corporations of a similar nature: also the to manufacture fruit crates, for their own use or for sale, Seventh* That their principal office and place of doing business will be in the city of Fort Valley Georgia, with the right to estab¬ lish branch offices elsewhere in the state or in any other state of the United States or its posses¬ sions. Wherefore petitioners pray that they may be incorporated under the name and style as aforesaid with all of tlje rights, powers and privileges of every nature whatever that is allowed to be exercised, and with all of the immunities accorded corpor¬ ations of a similar nature by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the state of Georgia. A, C. Riley, Attorney for Petitioners. Georgia Houston County : I, I. T. Woodard, Clerk of the Superior Court of Houston ' County, do certify that the above and foregoing is a true and exact copy of the petition filed in my office, by the Franklin Orchard Fruit Company, on the llth day • of November 1908. I. T. Woodard, Clerk of the Superior Court of Houston County. Announcement for Constable I hereby announce myself a candidate for Constable, subject to the election oj 1st Saturday in December, for the 9th militia Dist. Houston county.- I will ap¬ preciate your support, H. C. HANCE. , Jack eloped with Jill, Went down the hill, And almost died with laughter When Jill’s pa fell down And broke his crown And couldn’t follow after. * * The Thief” and ‘‘The Devil n are appearing everywhere in Georgia except Atlanta—Atlanta Georgian. There’s a reason: comepetition is too great there. The Democratic party has suf¬ fered more from Bryanism than from all other diseases. We hope it will recover. Ex-Senator Carmack of Ten¬ nessee. one of the most brilliant of American statesmen, was shot to death in Nashville a few days ago. Many Atlanta people are disgusted wfith Mr Woodward, who was recently nominated for mayor and a few days aga found drunk. Perhaps he was making a prohibition test of some of that Atlanta near whisky. Rev J C Solomon, State super¬ intendent of the Anti-Saloon League, was in the city day. He stated that prohibition is prohibiting as well as any other law on the statute books of Geor¬ gia, and that considering the fact that the law is only a little more than ten months 1 old the benefi. cent effectsof this law are simply wonderful. SUBSCRIBE NOW TELEPHONE FACTS. Plain facts are hard to get around. When we built our systenj Will Harwell put the poles right where the street committee and John Troutman, who was.mar shal, said put them. The town strung its electric lines right along and among our wires all over town, often cutting ours out of the way. Whether it was easier or harder to build (as on Anderson ave.) they got on our side. It can’t be a coincidence that they were so placed as to damage the telephone lines on every street in town. Then ordinances were passed prohobiting us from doing line work within 8 feet of the eleptric wires, which prohibits us from keeping the system in good repair. l’he city has uniformly declined to grant us a simple per¬ mit to build on the other side of the street, although it is their|| own act that makes this rebuilding necessary, and although permits are freely granted to others for telephone, telegraph or electric railway purposes. In refusing us such permits as are granted to strangers the town discriminates against us, is unjust to us, and violates the contract under which our system was built. In physically damaging our property with their electric wires, prohibiting us from repairing, and refusing to allow ys to rebuild, they have committed a legal and moral wrong against us, and have im posed and are now imposing a burden and inconvenience upon every telephone user, because the town has impaired his service and refuses to allow us to remedy the trou ble, wlpeh can only be done by rebuilding. Since our formal request of July 10,1907, to the Mayor and Council for a simple permit allowing the two systems sep¬ arated—the electric on one side of the street, ours on the other—we have been constantly ready to begin rebuilding on the opposite sides of the streets within 30 days from the grant of the permit, We could have done the work faster then than now, for more than our entire income has been consumed in repairing the damage to central and station equipment being constantly done by the electric current. We believe every good, unprejudiced man in the commnnity will discountenance this attack being made on us, and this injustice being done our subscribers. **•* Fort Valley Telephone Co. HAVE THE GHILDREN PHOTOGRAPHED AND DO IT^NOW. Come And See Samples Of Children’s Pictures. . V. M. WHITE, The Practical Photographer FORT VALLEY, GA. - enty in* iimm \ ■M 4 R '// W* t! 3t- * Million r> £ « <•'1 ft * • / . Voices fl , . m w> A PERFECT understanding by the public of the man¬ agement and full scope of the Pell Telephone System <l J can have but one effect, and that a most desirable one —a marked betterment of the service. Do you know what makes the telephone worth The object of this and several succeeding maga¬ while to you—just about the most indispensable zine advertisements is not to get more subscribers. It is thing in modern life ? to make each one of you a better link in the chain. It isn’t the circuit of wire that connects your in¬ First, give "Central” the number clearly and be strument with the exchange. sure she hears it. Give her full and clear informa¬ It's the Twenty Million Voices at the other end of tion in cases of doubt. She is there to do her the wire on every Hell Telephone! utmost to accommodate you. We have to keep them there, on hair trigger, Next, don’t grow fretful because you think she ready for you to call them up, day or night— represents a monopoly. The postmaster does, too, downtown, up in Maine, or out in Denver. for the same reason. And to make the telephone system useful to The usefulness of the telephone is its univer¬ those Twenty Million other people, we have to sality , as one system. Where there are two sys¬ beep yon alert and ready at this end of the wire. tems you must have two telephones—and confusion. Then we have to keep the line in order— Remember, the value of the service lies in the i>,01K),000 miles of wire—and the central girls number of people you can reach without confu¬ properly drilled and accommodating to the last sion—the promptness with which you get your degree, and the apparatus up to the highest pitch response. y quickly when others call bear¬ of efficiency. So respond you, Quite a job, all told. ing in mind the extensive scope of the service. Every telephone user is an important link in the The constant endeavor of the associated Bell system—just as important-as the operator. With companies, harmonized by one policy and acting a little well meant suggestion on our part, we as one system, is to give you the best and most believe we can improve the service—perhaps save economical management human ingenuity can a second on each call. devise. The end is efficient service and }our atti¬ There are about six billion connections a year over tude and that of every other subscriber may hasten these lines. or hinder its accomplishment. Sa.ing a second each would mean a tremendous Agitation against legitimate telephone business in time saving to you and a tremendous saving of —the kind that has become almost as national operating expenses, which can be applied to the its scope as the mail service—must disappear with betterment of the service. a realization of the necessity of universal service. American Telephone Telegraph Company And Its Associated !S1 One Policy—One System. Bell Companies .El Universal Service UNITING OVER 4,000,000 TELEPHONES Including those ot The Fort Valley Telephone Cofhpany. Nov. 4 1908. Dear Friend: Last summer I wondered * what they did with all / ■ the grapes. I know now they took them and dried them and made them into a raisins. Raisins are mighty b-<-2 nice to go in cake,and raisins and nuts are mighty nice to hand round when you want to spend a long time at the table talking. V The best seeded rais¬ ins cost 12 1-2 cts a I r pack. vVv \ TV. Your friend, ( S3., JACOB. W*, .*Tl ■»<*»«■ f 1 _ mm . —• tw-» Copyright «0O7.ty Outcault AiWnWo* C«.. Cbfti u P.S. You ..don't know what nice raisins and nuts, Citron and Dates and things they have at. W. K. Thweatt’s, Terms; Monthly accts. Monthly, Weekly, Due First of and Cash. Each Month, W.J. BRASWELL DEALER IN Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Gents’ Furnish¬ ings and a New Stock of Pure Food Groceries Call and buy, phene or send your orders, or notify me and I will send for same. All goods delivered free of charge in city. Credit will only be extended to reliable parties, and we will do onr best to hold yonr trade and give satisfaction. Weekly Accounts Cash Buyers Will Due Once a Week Phone 47 Save Money Here