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_ e Font Valley Leaden. ficial Organ of Houston County Leader Publishing Co., Lessees. R. M. Reynolds, Editor and Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Term* of Subtler!ption : One your...... .to Six month* 25 Three months . Entered as second-class matter Auk- 29,1900, the at thopost-offloe at Fort Valley, Oft , under act of (Jointress of March 3 1879. % We cannot gurantee the publi¬ cation of any article sent us later than Tuesday noon. TELEPHONE in Fort Valley, Ga., Nov.20, 1908, Application For Charter. State of Georgia Houston County To the Superior Court of said county: The petition of F. C. Houser, W. H. Mathews and E. G. Houser she w to the court, First. That they desire for themselves, their associates and assigns to be incorporated under the name and style of The Frank¬ lin Orchard Company. Second. That they desire to be incorporated for and during tie term of twenty years with the privilege of renewal at the ex¬ piration of said term. Third. That the capital stock of said corporation shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars with the said stock divided into shares of One Hundred Dollars each, with the privilege, however, of increasing said capital stock to the amount of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars by the vote of a majority of the stockholders oi 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 gain that shall come to said incorpo¬ ration and their associates and assigns- business Sixth. The particular to be carried on by said Company is as foliows, 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 at v \ wholesale or retail for themselves, \for profit or for a commission: land to handle fruit on conr kiission: and to make such con¬ tracts rights and to exercise and all that of the necessary are unusually accorded corporations of a similar nature: also the right ^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 sions. Wherefore petitioners pray that they may be incorporated under the name and style as aforesaid with all of the 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 County: Petitioners. Georgia Houston I, I. T. Woodard, Clerk of the Superior Court of Houston County, do certify that the above and foregoing is a true and **xact copy of the petition filed in ray office, Company, by The Franklin the llth O mrd da y! j on 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. A Card Mr Editor: I believe that four fifths of the tax payers of Fort Valley are op¬ posed to the issue of any more bonds at present for any purpose. We need sewerage—yes, a school building-—yes, more water ] —yes, paved streets and side walks—yes, all necessary, but are we able to pay the present; Treasurer’s taxes? Look over books the Clerk and j yourself and 1 see just how small a percentage of the present year’s taxes havei been paid. I insist that we are a year be j hind now paying Town, School, Water and Light taxes, all amounting to about $10,000-00, besides the revenue from street taxes, tines and licenses If the Waterworks is paying a profit over running expenses, and the Electric Light Plant pay¬ ing expenses, then will the Mayor and Council please inform the tax payers why it is necessary to bankrupt the town by trying to collect $10,000.00 taxes for!908. Now if the Hon Mayor and Aldermen believe there is “big “ ,,ney " in telephones, pawn shops, near beer saloons, a crap game, oi • feel inclined to bet on (< which shell the ball’s under”, all well and good, but gentlemen, invest your own money (not the public’s). I have paid $72-00 taxes in the town of Fort Valley for 1908, about 83 1-3 more than I am able or ought to pay. The people of Fort Valley are all right, every way except financially. Look at your bank book, dear reader, and see if you are not now “in the red”. How much do you owe? Don’t the butcher bills, the Dr’s bills, the grocery bills, the dry goods bills, the ice bill, the coal bill, water bill, light bill, school bills, etc‘‘haunt you like an accusing conscience”? Pay up, get a receipt in full, get ready for Christmas; then if you can find thirty cents in your jeans, per¬ haps the Mayor‘and Council could invest it for you in some one of their many visionary “get rich quick schemes. >> Another Tax Payer. FOG AT SEA. On* of tho Great Perils the Marini* Has to Fight. Every device that liuma 1 ingenui¬ ty could suggest has been tried to make the peril of fog at sea less, but so far with very little avail. The chief reason is that fog deprives the sailor of liis two most necessary senses—sight and hearing. You see a light glimmering through a fog. It may be fifty yards or a quarter of a mile away, according to the con¬ ditions, and hitting or missing it is merely a matter of chance. So, too, in a fog you may hear fog horns braying and sirens screaming all about you, but you haven’t a notion where they com® from or how far they are off until you hit something or something hits you. Of the horrors that must hap¬ pen on a crowded liner sinking in a dense fog the less said the better. For many years there has been an uteresting controversy among sea¬ men which is worth mentionin briefly. Is it safer to go full spec ahead or dead slow through a fog? On the ono hand it is argued: Given a fog area fifty miles across, go through it at twenty knots, and you reduce the possible collision time to two hours and a half. At Ln knots you are five hours in it and double your chances of hitting or being hit, while at five knots yoa would have ten hours’ fog and four times the risk of collision. This is perfectly sound as far as it goes, though it must be confessed there is a certain amount of selfish¬ ness in the argument. A liner rush¬ ing through a fog at twenty knots an hour may be a danger to other craft, but she is practically safe her¬ self unless she hit an iceberg or •ome very big ship.—Pearson's. EXHIBIT! Grand Introductory Piano Exhibit and Mammoth Factory Sale of the Renowned SCHULZ PIANOS The Immense Schulz Piano Factories of Chicago announce one of their Record Breaking Piano Exhibits and Special Sales to be held for One Week only, beginning Monday, November 23d,' at SLAPPEY’S DRUG STORE, FORT VALLEY, GA. A SOLID GAR LOAD Of these magnificent high-grade Pianos will be exhibited and sold from SLAPPEY’S DRUG STORE, Fort Valley, Ga., during this wonderful Sale. You are cordially invited to attend the Big Musical Treat for all intending purchasers, friends and acquaintances. We will give a concert each evening at 8 p. in., consisting of popular and classic music by Prof. Victor ,1. Menzel, the celebrated Chicago violonist, and Miss Willie B. Smith, pianist and vocalist, of Pittsburg, Pa., and Prof. Paul Trawick, violinist, of Reynolds, Ga., and Mr. Author Reams, claronet and celto. COMPETITION DISMAYED, ROUTED, CRUSHED AND ELIMINATED By the Sensational Price Gutting of a strictly artistic Piano of international reputation Seni enter the incomparable Schulz Pianos will be sold at strictly Cmcago Factory ^ r f| ur j n g thls ? the first and only advertising ® exhibit m id sale ever held by piano factory in this section. This is original t and exclusive any our own methbd of advertising the product of our giant factories. asmuBi NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY To purchase one of the most famous pianos in the world at an actual saving of to $197.50 in price. Each instrument is of the finest possible quality in tone, touch and durability and contains every improvement known to the science of modern piano building. The cases are of the latest and most artistic and are made of most beautiful and expensive rare woods obtainable from forests of the world. Each piano is backed by A TEN YEARS’ TRIAL GUARANTEE one of the largest, oldest and most reputable piano manufacturing institutions in existence. Every representing us is a salaried employee of the factory, /which means a saving to the purchaser of not the retail dealers’ profit, but also the high commission usually paid to retail piano salesmen. Cases to match any kind of parlor furniture. Pianos from $187.50 upwards. Old pianos and organs taken in exchange at full value. Easy terms if desired. A. G. PARKS, WHOLESALE MANAGER, OF CH h I a 'W AGO, Will personally conduct this wonderful exhibit of Art Pianos, and extends an invitation to all intending purchasers and music lovers to visit this display. He will take great pleasure in explaining in detail the many marvelous inventions and exclusive improvements that make SCHULZ Pianos the best toned, pret¬ tiest and most durable instruments manufactured to-day. Everybody is cordially invited to visit our exhibit, hear the tones of these unrivalled pianos and personally examine them whether intending to purchase or not. References: Dun or Bradstreet Mercantile Agencies; any Music Trade Journal in the United States; any Chicago Bank, or Lowry National Bank of Atlanta, Ga. WHOLESALE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES C. COLEMAN, AUTHOR REAMS, VICTOR J. MENZEL, M. SCHULZ COMPANY, Manufacturers, CHICAGO, ILL. Established in America in 1869. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL WORKS, Progressive Musical Dealers* Fort Valley, Ga. SUBSCRIBE NOW BROTHERS 346 to 352 Poplar Street MACON, Ga. T Your n • .1 y is as good as any¬ You are endtled to the that the arket affords when spend it That’s the reason .you should come to see us you are in the market for Wagons or Harness. Subscribe Now _ 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 raisins. Raisins are mighty nice to go in cake,and raisins and nuts are mighty nice to hand round when you want- to 0 iend a long time at t.’.o table talking. ike best seeded rais¬ ins cost 12 1-2 cts a pack. Your friend, JACOB. P-S. f Ctf* 2j You don’t know what nice raisins and nuts, Citron and Dates and things they have at* W. K. Thweatt’s. ft'.., A % *1 f\ ( O i V I 9 /p i j JfW 7 Y II j' 1 \ •! ■i S3 LC ______