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Volume XXXII, Number 9.
EL PEOPLES SAID
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WAS TRANSLATED INTO ONE
THOUSAND TONGUES AND
DISPATCHED AROUND THE
ENTIRE WORLD.
With ‘‘the prayer around the
world” the New Year was ushered in.
In a thousand tongues it was spoken
a, watch night services in near and
distant places; in the great cities of
the western world no less than in dis¬
tant villages on eastern hills. It was
heard by the kneeling woman in a
New York pew, by the barefoot lgo
rct headhunters, by Chinese con¬
verts with bowed heads, by Hindu
women listening reverently with them
arms folded tTo.sswi.3e on their
breasts, by Persian, Japanese, Syrian,
Russ, indeed, by all the peoples of
the world.
From New York, its starting point,
the prayer was sent around the
world by the interchurch world move¬
ment of North America, a movement
to bring about Protestant co-opera¬
tion. By telegraph it was sent to
the great denominations of this coun¬
try; by cable it went to England and
the east. Thus it was dispatched
to every mission center everywhere,
and from every mission center it
went on again in the language of the
country to every Protestant mission
station near and far.
First to Be Sent Around World.
This prayer is the first ever to he
sent- around the world, the first ever
to be translated into a thousand lan¬
guages and spoken simultaneously in
countless places. With one voice,
though in many tongues, it calls for
“iV i elevation of justice and of
bro herhood” and appeals for the
hastening of that “kingdom where
justice, mercy aftd love shall rule tne
hearts and han,ds of men.”
And when merrymakers were
thronging through the Boulevard des
Italiens, Paris, or streaming along the
S'rand, or pressing along the lighted
sidewalks of Broadway, or trudging
through the Bund in Shanghai, wait
j’-g for the ringing in of the New
Year in churches and in chapels some
of them made of marble and some of
them of mud, Christian people of the
white race, and the yellow race, and
the black race, were hearing the
prayer that went around the wurbi,
* prayer for guidance to repler.'sh
a devaste d earth and stay the unrest
of perplexed peoples.
A Watch Night Prayer.
The prayer is as follows:
“Almighty God, father of ad man
kind, at the end of a year in which
malice has so often thwarted love, we
join the prayers of all thy children
•round the world for peace, the eie
vation of justice and of brotherhood.
“Thou, Creator, possessor of all
things, who didst make the earth for
th*> races of men and didst set bounds
for their habitation, forgive us our
greed as we repent of our sin, a id
restore to our hearts the recognition
of the transcendent right of human
life to live.
“Open our eyes, we beseech thee,
to the diginity of labor, the sacred¬
ness of human service, and the priv¬
ileges of productiop, that nation may
join nation and man may join mar
justly in honest work to replemsh a
devastated earth.
“Quicken the sympathy of heart:
made dull by reports and sights of
suffering, incomprehensible and need¬
less.
“Call us again that we may bow
before the eternal laws of creation.
putting aside malice, envy, covetous
ness afiid brutality, to enter into the
peace of the sons of The most high.
“Hasten by thy gracious provi¬
dence and the consecrated efforts of
thy children the coming of thy world
wide kingdom, where justice, merex
and love shall rule the hearts a nu
hands of men.
“Create in us, O Lord, dean hearts
and renew the right spirits for the
coming year.
“This we ask in the spirit of Jesus
Christ, our only hope. Amen!”
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LOCAL POST A.MERICAN
LEGION TO MEET FEB. 2
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Th* next regular meeting of the
Frederick Wlthoft Host American
gion will e held on Monday
February 2, at 7:00 o’clock in the
l*w offices of Col. C. L. Shepard
Tbe election of permanent offi
c*rs will be held, regular busines
transacted, new memers received,
after which some form of entertain
mant to e announced later will be
•»i«r*d.
The
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1920.
BOYS OF THE F. V. H. S.
ORGANIZE THE HIGH •» Y. "
The boys of the Junior and Senior
Classes of the Ft. Valley High School
had a meeting at the home of Prof.
Newton, on Persons Street Monday
night to organize and discuss the
ways in which the boys are to con¬
duct this organization. Both grades
responded nobly. Mr. Newton was
elected temporary chairman by a
unanimous vote. He is to direct and
advise the boys what courses to pur¬
sue, until the boys can call a meet
; ig and elect their officers.
The purposes of this organization
are for the betterment of the boys
that will be the men of tomorrow—
boys that like to live right, honest,
and be capable of filling the place'
of great men that have gone for¬
ward. This organization being a
branch of the Y. M. C. A., will live
up to the standards of the Sr. Y. M.
C. A., the High “Y” motto being,
■‘dean living, clean speech, and clean
sport.”
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CENTRAL RAILROAD BUILDING
NEW PUMPING GTATION
The attractive new brick building
being constructed by the Central of
Georgia Railroad etween their arte¬
sian well and water tower near the
College Street crossing is rapidly
nearing completion. This building is
to house new machinery to replace
the old locomotive which is now be¬
ing used to furnish steam for the
air-compressor and pump. The new
machinery is on hand awaiting the
comletion of the building.
On a visit to the new pumping
station Wednesday afternoon the
editor of the Leader-Tribune found
Capt. Bob Flournoy rent.recently
contemplating: . .. the old ,, locomotive ,
pumping • plant. i a Cat, /■* a. « Bob u is * still x n in
rerested in the iron horses and steel
he , rode . long . ... his
fa.*is so in younger
years.. As always, he had some in
teresting comparisons to make. He
tod! us .hat when he first began “ rail
roading on the Central ^ , , in . 1873 , they
pumped the water into the
tank at Fowersville by hand. ) | .
Well, the world do move, but old
Fathev Time can’t shove Capt. Bob ;
into the discard. He i, a kid still in •
sp.nt, ... with •. v all j, of n i kind» • i» • interest. 4. ,
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and inquisitiveness in the things go-J
mg things on he around him, that ,n spite happened of thej
rememers so j
long ago.
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THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Wm. F. Quillian, Pa*tor.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Judge H. A. Mathews, Supt.
Morning Worship, 11 -.00 a. m.
l 4 God as He Is. > J
Praise Service, 2:00 p. m.
Junior Church, 3:00 p. m.
Epworth League, 6:00 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7 :00 p. m.
Prayer Service, Tuesday, 7:00 p. m.
Would you like to live in a com¬
munity where there is no church?
Come to Sunday School, You will !
enjoy it and be helped, All ages' j
are now in Sunday School. There
is a place for you. Everybody wel-' |
come!
METHODISTS CELEBRATE !
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
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There will be special services at
the Methodist Church Sunday night
at 7 :00 o’clock to celebrate the en¬
actment of the Federal amendment
to the Constitution providing for na¬
prohibition. Plans will be
presented which have been adopted
by prohibition leaders looking to
world-wide rohibition. Several brief
addresses will be made by leading
citizens.
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Tbe bridge arty given by Mrs.
Sam Hurst last Friday morning in
honor of Mrs. John Allen and her
sister, Mrs. Morrill, of Chicago, was
featured by a luncheon and was a
most delightful occasion. Those
present included: Mrs. John Allen,
Mrs. R. N. Morrill, Mrs. George
Johnson, Mrs. .Julian Webster, Mr;.
Nettie Miller, Mrs. Robert Hale, Mrs.
Tom Murphey, Miss Clarence Hou
Miss Carrie Riley, Mrs, W. G ■ ' j
Brisendine, Mrs. John Baird, Mrs.
^;jj Blows ter and Mrs. Sam Hurst, '! j
MRS. SARAH E. MELVIN j
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Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Melvin, aged
77 years, was buried at Providence
Church Wednesday. ;
Mrs. Melvin was mother of Mr. |
John Melvin of Fort Valley and j
Charlie Melvin of Fitzgerald.
SGUTH 61 EDITORS
NEWSPAPER MEN OF ELEVENTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
MEET. TALK TROUBLES, EAT
BIRDS AND FAMOUS HAMS.
The editor of The Leader-Tribune
had the pleasuer the first of this
week of being a guest of the editors
of the Eleventh Congressional Dis¬
trict in convention assembled at
Quitman. Other, and more notable,
guests of the Eleventh District edi¬
tors were representatives of the At¬
lanta Journal, Macon Telegraph,
Savannah Morning News, Savannah
Press, and several of the smaller dai¬
ly and weekly papers not memers of
the Eleventh District Association.
The meetings were held at the
beautiful Quitman Country Club,
aout a mile and a half from the city,
where mild Gulf breezes wafted over
the beautiful lake tempered the spir¬
it and helped keep everyone cool
under the recital of the tribulations
that the present-day newspaper man
is heir to.
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Dapiel of the
Quitman Free Press and Mr. S. G.
Faircloth, president of the Quitman
Board of Trade, overlooked nothing
in the way of hospitality to their
guests, which also is true of the good
people of Quitman, who opened their
homes to the editors so cordially.
Subjects involving the very ex¬
istence of the weekly and small daily
were ably analyzed and dis¬
cussed at the morning and afternoon
on Monday and at the morn¬
session on Tueday. Monday noon
elegant luncheon was served at
Club by comely, capable matrons .
n d faci 1 *' “*««>* ’ Quitman,
. quail . toast and the famous
on I
County ham , and , sausage . be-,
. * ,, h * pieCea de , ™ sistance . . of _ i
I
repast. Monday night the j
... 0 Brooks ” a " d , } County < ! ... ltlZenS enjoyed ° f „ , ^ ^ the ultman . A i
rare
of hearmg Hon. Pleasant
Stovall of Savannah, just Teturn
from Switzerland as U. S. minis
e * l , ° re P ubi,c - ln an cio . 1 ue,u ;
f eSS h “ ?*»ervati 0 n 9 ;
I 1 * in &WItzerland 4 dunn f the wa ‘
™ advocacy of the adop
the peace teraty and League ‘
Nations without resetvations , )
After Mr stova!J , s addre36 re
^ ^
at the Country Club. ;
Our readers will' probably not be j
in the particular matters 1
at the Quitman meeting, J
a few side-light observations on )
u u;, big little i-. tI city ■. of * ^ Quitman itself ... j
we are sure, , be of * interest . . . and'
r „ worth ,, the ., noting. ..
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We were surprised to find in j
a real little city of 5,000 or
inhabitants, with a beautiful
handsomely paved business
with curbed and sodded parks
the middle arid 45 city-like mer¬
establishments, on the whole
in beauty Third or Mulberry |
in Macon, a beautiful, wide i
residence slreet with a row
^ venerable G banks shade trees combined in the cen- j
> ire e with a cap-1
land surplus of $350,000 and
deposits of $2,500,000, one ■
bank building, a splendid
brick school house with 715
and another mill school with j
pupils, a new and larger high j
building planned to cost 1
7 churches, one large e<>(- ;
mill, an ice factory, 6 or 8 large
mills,, three wholesale gro
stores, one and a forth miles of
asphaitie-conerete and vitrified
street paving, ektednig the en
re distance of the main business
and one block on each side
on each intersecting street
thence five blocks to the A. C.
depot, 22 miles~ll on each
paved sidewalks, and a live
of commerce with a $4,000
year secretary giving his entire
to the city’s interests.
We learned things alsi that we
know before about Brooks
We were informed that it
the largest, hog-produc'u.g county
the United States next to one in
It is said that Brooks County
market 260,000 hogs this year.
We learned also that the famous
of Brooks County and tasted
with corroborative satisfac
We. learned that Brooks County
highly advanced ; n agriculture,
the oldest farmers’ club ; n
country, known as the Hickory
Club.
Quitman has a splendid weekly pa
which is a big factor in the pro
in commercial importable* of:
MIMIC PUNT
MR. HOWARD A. MURPH BUILD¬
ING 2,000 HORSE-POWER DE¬
VELOPMENT ON BIG INDIAN
CREEK.
i>* rshallville, Jan. 20.—For sev¬
eral months work has been steadily
progressing on , hydro-electric , . plant, ,
a
managed and owned by Mr. Howard
A. Murph of Marshallviile, which will
be known as the Big Indian Power
Company.
It is situated five and a haif miles
east of Marshallviile on the Big In¬
dian Creek which includes Savage
Creek and Baptist Creek. The pond
made by the dam covers 136 acres.
The work on this immense dam of
earth and concrete with six flood
gates, with a 2,000 horse-power, has
been superintended by Mr. G- R.
Ballinger. The building of this plant
ha? cost $30,000. The best modern
machinery to give the greatest ef¬
ficiency has been used. Modern and
expensive apparatus for transmission
of current will give uninterrupted
service to Marshallviile and vicinity.
A 24-hour current will be fur¬
nished that will prove a very great
convenience as well as pleasure to
Marshallviile citizens. By this power
several manufacturing enterprises
will he run, and plans are being
made for their construction.
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
Much complaint is coming from
the Sanitary Department of the
City with reference to housewives
not providing proper receptacles at
the front for their garbage and
trash, Piles of rubbish placed in
the ditches are very dangerous, as a
rain can come before the truck
reache » these P^ es wa * h H into
the sewers and stop up the entire
street drainage.
You are kindly asked to place in
front of your homes suitable cans or
barrels to store your refuse until
the truck can take it up. This me
thod will prove much more sightly aa
we]] as !ess dangerous, as above de-1
d '
* ^ willl be an ^possibility remind you to allow that
the truck to go to your backyard for
f ff 5 “ P t0 ? U ''
in h ®“ 1,n ® a " d the tune wasted
maklng these backyard trips will
seriou P . t
’F im a *r e service a we
are trying to render in getting 6 s
... twice week. , Our „ town . , has
a
outgrown , our facilities , and we sim
ply , cannot . to . the backyard .
go even
though we would like to.
Thanking you tor the co-operation
that we confidently expect, I am—
Yours very truly,
H. C. NEIL, Mayor.
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The Gov. Treutlen Chapter D. A.
R. held an interesting meeting last
Wednesday with Mrs. Sam Hurst.
The Chapter is growing in interest
and numbers under the able direc
tion of Mrs. A. A. Williams as re
gent. The new members who were
welcomed at this meeting were: Miss
Clara Green, Miss Mary Hiley, of
Washington, D. C., Mrs. L. P. Gray.
Mrs. Lynwood Gray, Mrs. J. W. Run
dell and Mrs. J. W. White, who had
her membership transferred here,
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A congenial party of young men
and women enjoyed the hospitality
of Mr. Harris McArthur one evening
recently when he entertanied at a
“bird supper” at teh “cafe”. Those
attending were Miss Gladya Richard,
of Marshallviile, Miss Emily Houser,
of Macon, Miss Ruby Harris, Miss
Carolyn Vance, Messrs. Harris Mc¬
Arthur, R. S. Braswell, Maxwell Mur¬
ray, Sanders Harris.
the eity and county, made possible
by the generous support of home
merchants and other business enter¬
prises.
While in Quitman ths editor of
The Leader-Tribune was the guest
of Mr .and Mrs. W. W. Wade, whose
cordial, informal hospitality made
him fee] very much at home with
them and contributed much to the
enjoyment of his visit to their pros¬
perous little city. To Editor W. T.
Shytle of the Adel Newa and presi¬
dent of the Eleventh District Edi
tor * Association we are under ap
preeiafcive obligations, also, for tbe
kindest courteaie* and attention.
EIGHT PAGES
ALL DENOMINATIONS
WELCOME NEW PASTOR
All the congregations of the city
assembled at the Presbyterian church
Sunday evening to welcome Rev. J.
W. Stokes as pastor.
Col. Emmett Houser presided over
the meeting and talked feelingly of
his relations to all the denominations
in the city. Dr. C. C. Pugh, in be¬
half of the Baptists, talked and cor¬
dially welcomed the new pastor.
Rev. W. P. Quillian represented the
Methodi3t conKreKa t ion and in a few
I well-chosen words expressed their de¬
light in working with the Presbyte¬
rians in the vineyard of the Lord.
Mr. C. T. Eberhardt, in the ab¬
sence of Rev. J. F. McCloud, gave
greetings from the Episcopal church
and told of their sympathies.
Rev. Stokes, in a most apprecia¬
tive way, responded to the welcome
given him and hoped that he would
prove worthy of all the kind thoughts
and expressions. The program and
music were worthy of the occasion.
ASUBSCRIPTION MOST
HIGHLY APPRECIATED
We received this week a check for
$2.60 from Mr. A. F. Williams, of
Marshallviile for a year’s subscrip¬
tion to The Leader-Tribune. We"
have received a good many checks
for this amount recently, to apply on
both renewal and new subscriptions,
but this check and subscription are
noteworthy above all the rest.
Mr. Williams is 98 years old. He
has been an interested reader of The
Leader-Tribune for years. He reads
the paper without the pse of glasses.
He wrote the amount and signature
of the check above mentioned with
his own hand and we have seldom
seen more perfectly formed figures,
and never a more legible signature.
Mr. Williams sent the editor of The
Leader-Tribune word that he could
not get along without the paper.
We have not felt more flattered in
a long time. To receive this evi¬
dence that a man of- Mr. Williams’
years, scholarship, mental acumen
and alert interest in present-day af¬
fairs enjoys reading The Leader-Tri¬
bune is a compliment which we
aDDreciate anri whieh
sates us m spirit for much hard
work and disappointment and for
tbe m6Itifest indifference of iome
otherwise prominent and public spir
iud citiliens to the sut;cess of an en .
ter P rise which is 80 inseparably con
n acted with and representative of
the progress of the communities and
section it serves — the home news
paper.
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NORMAN ENGLISH FORMS
LAW PARTNERSHIP
The many friends of Norman Eng¬
lish will be pleased to learn that he
is now actively engaged in the prac¬
tice of law. Mr. English, formerly
of this city and Mr. Ross H. Williams,
of Abbeville, have formed a partner¬
ship and are located in the Washing¬
ton Block, Macon.
Mr, English was delayed in his
work by the war, as he offered his
services to the country and was sent
to France. While overseas, after
the cessation of hostilities, he was
engaged in governmental education¬
al work. Soon after his return home
he resumed his work in Macon.
As Fort Valey boys never fait to
make an enviable record in every
thing thev undertake, there is no
doubt brt that we will hear big
things of the firm of English and
Wiliams.
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HON. CLIFFORD WALKER WAS
IN FORT VALLEY FRIDAY
Hon. Clifford Walker of Monroe,
Attorney General of Georgia and
candidate for Governor, was a visit¬
or in Fort Valley last Friday, sailing
hands with old friends and making
new ones.
Mr. Walker numbers among his
warm friends and ardent supporters
here a number of the most influen¬
tial citizens of the town and section,
and the impression of conscientious
eamestnes and sricerity radiating
from the man, it is safe ot say, made
certain many votes from citizens
who, while familiar with his polit¬
ical record, had nett, previously
known anything of the personality
of the man.
W-e predict for Mr. Walker strong
support from Fort Valley and sur
rounding section.
Miss Lula Baisden, of Atlanta is
the guest of her eousin, Mrs. A. J.
Ev»a*.
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Per Year (a Advance
M ECLIPSES ML
MAIN EVENT WILL BE ECLIPSE
OF MOON ON MAY 2ND. VISI¬
BLE THOUGHOUT GREATER
PORTION OF EARTH.
With two total eclipses of fha
moon and two partial eclipses of
the sun, 1920 is scheduled to
witness, four of these interesting
phenomena of the celestial bodies
upon which the people of Griffin
and the rest of the earth always
look with mere worthless interest
and awe.
The main event of ttaa Hat,
because of the scope with which
it may be observed, will be a
total eclipse of the moon on
'May 2, risible here. The begin¬
ning will be visible generally in
Europe, Western Asia, Africa, the
Indian Ocean, eastern North America
except the extreme northwestern por¬
tion, South America, and the eastern
portion of the Pacific ocean. Eclip¬
ses will be as fallows:
A partial eclipse of the sun will
be May 27, visible here, visible to
the greater part of Australia and
the Indian ocean.
A total eclipse of the moon on Oc¬
tober 27, invisible to eastern part of
North America. The beginning will
be visible generally in Western North
America, the Pacific ocean, Austra¬
lia, Asia except the western portion,
and the portion of the Indian ocean;
the ending visible generally in west¬
ern Africa and Europe except the
western portion.
A partial eclipse of the sun on the
morning of November 10, visible
here.
The year 1920 comprises the latter
part of the 144th and the beginning
of the 145th years of American inde¬
pendence, and corresponds to the
year 6633 of the Julian period; the
year 5681 of the Hebrew era begins
at sunset September 12; the year
2672 since the foundation of Rome,
according to Va no; the year 2580 of
the Japanese era, and to the 9th year
of the period entitled Taisho; the
year 1339 of the Mohammedan era,
or the era of the Hegira, begins ft
sunset on September 14. The first
day of the year is the 2,422,325th
day since the announcement of the
Julian period.
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THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
C. C. Pugh, Pastor.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Preaching, 11:00 a. m. & 7:00 p. IB.
B. Y. P. U., Sunday, 6 p. m.
Prayer Meeting, Thursday, 7 p. m.
At 11 o’clock the Pastor will
preach the third of the series of ser¬
mons on Some Vital Questions, the
question for that hour being, “What
are the Hall-marks of a New Testa¬
ment Church? t*
At night the subject will be, “The
Delays of Providence. n Everybody
welcome.
God must be with and in an organ¬
ization whose history, in spite of all
difficulties, has been marked by
steady growth in the community
and in the state aa this church. It
stands insistently for the simple, un¬
adulterated truths of God’s word in
both doctrine and practice, for an
honest worship of God, and for in
unselfish, impartial ministry to «1I
classes. It welcomes all who need
its service and desire the better thing
of life- To belong to such an insti¬
tution is at, one* an obligation and a
privilege.
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CITY BAKERY UNDERGOES
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.
Mr. D. G. Staamer sold his bakery
business here, known as the City
Bakery, last week, and will go back
to Macon to live.
Since coming here about a year
Mr. Staamer has never been able
to secure a suitable residence for
his family, who after residing here
a few months, returned to Macon
and Mr. Staamer did not find it aat
isfactoy to continue his buiness here
away from his family.
Mr. Staamer made many friends ,
during his residence here who regret
his departure.
The business has been purchased
by Mr. W. B. Hightower. The bak¬
was formerly operated by the
late Mr. C. W. Arrowsmith, father
of Mr. Hightower.
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Master Charles Evans was host on
Monday at a birthday dinner at
about a dozen of bis class*
war* guests.