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♦♦♦♦tt* The eacii»£ i. nows «nd advertising modi iidi of the great Mid die Georgia Peach and Melon Belt. + <t- + Volume XXXII, Number 9. EL PEOPLES SAID sir r 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!” o LOCAL POST A.MERICAN LEGION TO MEET FEB. 2 ____ 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.” o 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. , a and inquisitiveness in the things go-J mg things on he around him, that ,n spite happened of thej rememers so j long ago. -o 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 _____ j 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. -o 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 i i 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. .. I 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. -o 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. A 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, o 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. o 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. o 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*. * world, ♦ 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. —o 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. o 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. o Master Charles Evans was host on Monday at a birthday dinner at about a dozen of bis class* war* guests.