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The Fort Valley Leadei
VOL. XIX.
MrG. Dure and Mr Bertie
Flournoy of Macon were in the
city Sunday.
Said the seven wise men
to the trusting tax ridden
people, additional “Raise for $10,000.00
taxes us to
spend and we will invest it
for you in a way to make
you some money-after a
while.”
Mr and Mrs Joe Flournoy and
little son Everett of Macon visi¬
ted relatives here Sunday.
Buy your wire a new
Machine for her Christmas
and surprise the madam _
White is best.
The Ten Cent Man.
Mr Dave Strother visited his
parents in Atlanta this week.
FOR SALE
3000 June Bud Plums. Ap
ply to E. C. Duke,
Hammett, Ga
Misses Williehue and Nell
Carter, Allie and Lizzie Houser
and Ethel Henderson went down
to Americus Wednesday to at¬
tend the Trussell-English Wedd
ing.
The way to get out of debt
is to go in debt some more
for 30 years for an untried
experiment, no town ever
did it, but maybe we would
make some money-after a
while.
Miss Allie Houser returned
home Friday from a delightful
visit to Madison, Covington end
Atlanta.
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Things are beginning
smell like Christmas down
our way. Call and get a
cake of Coigans Casnmer
Bouqet Soap. Only 2sc.
The Ten Cent Store.
Mrs T W Davis of Ala., after a
several days visit to her sister,
Mrs T F Pierce at Mrs G P
Green’s left for a visit to Atlanta.
New v i VW V
I have opened up a Fresh stock
of Fancy Groceries in Store for
merly occupied by V\iIson and
Wilson. Everything fresh. Your
nataonage will be appreciated.
Oscar Lee Williams,
Miss Binnie Greene will leave
Friday for Savannah.
How would you like to m
vest $10,000.00 m a and
of small details,
know who is going to run
Nobody knows who is
to run the town's
after awhile.
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Mrs T V Fagan is
sometime with her mother
Macon.
Flournoy’S new cotton
is now open to the public.
Located opposite bale. Crate
tory. 75c per
Miss Mamie Miller after
delightful visit to Miss Burns
Vienna has returned home.
New lot
lamps. All sizes and
Big lot to select from
up. The Ten Cent
FOR RENT
Dwelling on Persons Street.
apply to L. L. Brown.
PORT VALLEY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, PR [DAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1008.
FOR SALE OR RENT
House and lot on Miller St.
for sale or rent. Good offer.
R. M. Reynolds.
Mrs N H Baldwin
Wednesday in Macon.
is Why should the man
economical and does
out a telephone, or
need it, be taxed to
some other man one?
„ Mrs J 11>v R r reaenek . , of , „
ville was in the city Tuesday.
0..r Our n-lr« prices, »re are so «n iai
below that you will
I clll, mentioned. ly 0,1 hearing
file Ten Cent ^ store.
Mr Almon Williams was
home Sunday.
FOR SALE
One line Berkshire Sow
Eight pigs. Apply to J. T.
trunk, Fort Valley Ga.
Mrs F C Houser of Macon
the guest of Mr and Mrs O
Houser and family.
More Bonds, More
est, More Interest More
es.
Miss Marrianne Jones
Sunday in the city.
j ; Mrs Bill Moore of Perry
I several hours in Fort
Monday th<* guest of Mrs B
Marshall.
FOR SALE CHEAP
j One residence lot on
I Street. Four residence
on n liege Street.
A. D. Skellie.
.
Mr and Mrs Z T Williams
tertained in honor of Miss
ence Houser’s guest Miss
Whiting at a possum hunt
Thursday night out at
country home “The
The invited guests were
Ruth Whiting, Clarence
Messers Tom Flournoy,
Strother, Harris Neil,
Houser, Mrs O M Houser
| Mrs Albert Skellie.
Q , hods vases , \
shovels and complete
j sets at prices that
| shock you.
The Ten Cent Store.
Miss Nora Rountree and
Charlie Rountree spent the
endin Mavshallville with
cousin> Mr j ake Haslarn .
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Are you willing to
your property bonded
j jferthe gaged] to raise
mayor and
I to experiment with?
:
| The friends of Mr Sidney
i Millan will regret very much
| hear that lie is
leaving Fort Valley.
Try os on tea spoons
iOc the set and
spoons i5c. Look
and wear well.
The Ten Cent Store.
Miss Helen Glass spent
week in Macon with friends.
MrsJRKinney is
few days in Macon
A few telephone
-that’s all.
LtGAL ADVERTISEMENTS! j
PL caffs Sales
Georgia Houston county: i
house Will door 1 S< 11 in i the before the of Perry Court |
town
said state and county, within the
legal hours of sale to the highest
bidder for cash, on the 1st Tues
aa.v in Deceri »r Of the fob
lowing despribed property to- j
wit: One iron grey horse mule
named Rowdy and one dark bay I
horse mule named John Sol. Lev
led on and sold as the property
of Mrs E „ a y\ H ar dismi to sat
isfy a ti fy issued from the Coun-;
f J ' <! °T T'G in
favor Jack Hancock .Sheriff, lor ,
H®« of Nathan Respess Vs saul ,
c^.^im. oand’j*'D.’ 'llardi!
I son, sureties.
This Nov 4 1998.
Also at the same time and
! place the undiviv.ed one Seventh
|(l-7) interest of Horace Clark as
heir at law of Robert Clark de¬
ceased in the east half of lots of
land Nos 54 and 55 in the 12th
District of Houston County, Ga •)
Containing 200 acres more or less.
Levied and being sold as the
property of said orace Clark to
satisfy a :i fa from Houston
County Court returnable to July
Quarterly Term 1908 here of in
favor of F Somner vs Lucius
Clark and Horace Clark.
This Nov. 5, 1908.
M. L. Cooper, Sheriff.
Georgia Houston county:
Will be sold before the court
house door in the town of Pe-ry
said state and county, within the
legal hours of sale to the highest
bidder for cash, on the 1st Tues¬
day in December 1908, the follow¬
ing described property to wit;
100 acres of land being the East
half of lot Ac. 55 in the 12th Dis¬
trict of H<. us ton County, Ga.
Levied and being sold as the
property of Robert Clark de
ill t; ■ <
COP S ki U i ) cl DUS O f AiO O
Clark Administrator to be ad¬
ministered to satisfy a ti fa from
Houstem Superior t ! ourt retu rn
able to the April Term 1908
thereof in favor of Duncan and
Duncan vs Horace Clark Adminis¬
trator Robert Clark deceased,
Celia Clark and Bryant Clark
defendants.
This Nov. 5, 1908.
Also at the same time and
place the undivided one seventh
(1-7 ■ interest of Lucius Clark as
heir at law of Robert Clark de¬
ceased in the east half of lot of
land Nos. 54 and 55 in the J2tli
4 ■' f Houston County Ga.,
.
Containing 200 acres more or
less. Levied on. and being sold
as the property of Said Lucius
Clark to satisfy a fi fa from
Houston County (Hurt returnable
ie July Quarterly Term 1908
| thereof in favor of F. Somner
.! i vs Lucius Clark’
| This Nov. 5,1908.
M. L. Cooper, Sheriff.
! ^ j hose Rand . . made . nand . .
j painted doth dolls are
j ! beauties. Get one now j
find Lave it _ dressed.
The Fen Cent Store.
Miss Nora Rountree is agent
for the Uncle Remus Magazine,
Ladies Home Journal and Satur¬
day Evening Post- She will be
glad of any s u bsc r i be rs.
If we had good sewerage,
a teachers, fine school plenty building, more
of water,
better streets and better
lighted, electric lights as
cheap as Atlanta’s private
, gives, streets paved,
j telephone wemlght tf
( ca i0 run a telephone
busmess -
Mr and M rs Dawson Kendrick
a few days in the city
the' finest of their many
friends.
Mr L P Shepard spent
past week in Jacksonville Pla.
Flournoy’s new cotton public,
IS now open to the
Located opposite CTflte
75o per bale.
The rp , week . embracing , . „,i Hunks- ,
giving day lias been for years
apart by the Woman’s Board
Missions onb " M E Cllalcl ‘ ils "
wee k of prayer ; and thanksgivin <r
Pi ,, MT1P hn r t h ; H •
named let ■ very b, r of
Auxiliary and all ot hers
ested meet at the
homes: Monday week Mrs P
Murray. Tuesday week
BT Marshall. Wednesday
Mrs A C Riley. Friday
MrsFO Miller. /
Mrs. W. Wright, Pres.
Mrs. A. C. Riley, Sec.
Don’t forget that
are the china people with
half the price. Stock com¬
plete.
I he Ten Cent Store.
White San Murdered
Mr las II Hall 'was shot
killed last Friday night about
o’clock at his ,store near
Chapel, 5 miles west of Perry.
Mr Hall was called into
store and while lightening
lamp was shot through the
with a shot gun.
Several negroes have been
rested in connection with the
ling.
Mrs J M Bass of Macon spent
a few hours m the city last Fn
(ia -V
Mr and Mrs -I J Culler arid
daughter spent Wednesday in
town the guest of Mr and Mrs
A J Houser,
Mr Bonnie McCarty spent two
days in Macon this week. Return¬
ing home be stopped at Byron
for a while. Wonder why? It was
Miona Springs, but now its
Byron.
W P Milier spent Monday in
x! »eoij
Mrs Brazelton is visiting her
sister Mrs Norton.
Miss Nettie Ray spent
Sunday with her parents near
Taylor.
Miss Ruth Whiting and Clar
ence Houser visited Macon this
week.
Mr Bob Slappey of Marshall
ville spent Wednesday in the city.
Mr Kittle McCarty is
several days in Atlanta.
Miss Ettienne Baldwin and
Master Charles Baldwin
Sunday in Forsyth.
Mesdames J M Ware, J C Lee,
and S Bus well of
were recent visitors to our city.
Miss Ruth Whiting,
Clarence Houser, Tom
spent a few days at . J i
Springs this week,
Listen
Tf , , b i
j w vo , jr
white’s Photo Studio
Fort Valley, Ua.
N*
Methodist Church
I urn anxious that every mem¬
ber of the Methodist church be
1 present at the morning hour
next Sunday. The pastor hopes
to report at that time, all the com* '
ference claims met in full. Tty*
committee ill charge of this bus
i j ness are Messers Robert Brown
I Harry Strozber, Edwin Martin,
dlie Snow, and , ,, ussel , Ed
wards . Do not wait for them to
call . Oall on them and they will
' ox plain the interests committed
l„ them. Help tl«u us they are
I i busy men.
A. i t . I.Jvl tlJJ, .
Miss Jessie Harrison, of Atlan¬
ta, is visiting home folks this
week.
Episcopal Church Notes
Sunday school 9:15 a tu. Ser¬
vice at night 7 p m. Thanksgiv¬
ing Day service on November 20,
at ll a m. The church will bo
decorated in keeping with the
Festival of Harvest H one, and a
cordial invitation is extended the
public to be present at this ser¬
vice. Satisfactory progress is
being made towards the erection
of a new chutch and public an¬
nouncement will be made as soon
as all arrangements are perfec¬
ted.
The Woman’s Home Mission
Society.
The Woman’s Board of Home
Mission, and the Home Depart¬
ment of the General Board of
Missions, have together enter
prised work in the city iff Gal¬
veston, for the reception and.
Information of immigrants com
{ing into that port. A largo house!
has bcf , u leascd) completely
rurnLshedi und UC couiuualions
arranged for the reception of
both men and women in large
numbers. A suitable man to
meet ships and handle the immi¬
grants, rt has been engaged, and he
with his family lives in the build¬
ing. i
The first ship met by o A
representative arrived in C'/l
veston July 16. Of one hund Jed
and eighty nine steerage pasyten
ik mmignition ifoine
gers, our
and Bureau of Information ? J
handled over one hundred.
It is hard for the average! citi- g
zen to appreciate the value of this
work. But thoughtful Christians
will at once recognize that it is
both important and obligatory.
< t I was a stranger anu .ye took me
in”, is one the commendations of
our Lord to the righteous.
It would do you good to read a
letter about this work written by
a man who was an immigrant
himself some years ago. He
closes with these words- . i say
this is a beautiful thing- It is
worthy of us; it is a life long
blessing to the other, I approve
and am glad that our church is
beginning so good a 1 r ■ orl i.
Reporter.
Miss Lucy Finney spent Tues¬
day in Macon.
j Miss Stella Glass ut Tues¬
! sp<
day in Macon.
Jeff D. Houser Dead
Mr Jeff D Houser, one of our
eldest and most prominent citi¬
zens, died at his residence last
Friday afternoon, after being in
feeble health for a longtime.
The interment took piece at
the Fort Valley cemetary Satur¬
day. Mr Houser is survived by
two sons Messers R F and Em¬
met Houser and one daughter,.
Mrs Culler, of North, S. C.