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\ m &\ * M,i„n R_u .» ❖ * * * * * 4 . * * * 4 . 4 , Volume XXXII, Number 12. 1 i FOR GEORGIA DAY U. D. C. AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN UNITE iN APPRO PRIATE OBSERVANCE OF THE STATE’S NATAL DAY. l he birth-day , ot ,, our State, c. , the - last . 01 the , original thirteen „ to . , be founded, ,. , , the Empire State . of ... the South, o ,, the , biggest . state . . east , of , the .'■atner of Maters ,, —the , ... Mississ- . . . River—is „. to be fittingly cel- , /iip ' e orated , Thursday, , February r , , the day that Oglethorpe landed one . hundred . . and eighty-eight ... years ago and , set .... about establishing u- .U the 1 beau tiful city of Savannah. On this day the U. D. C. will “ting” the town—-pin Georgia tiags on everybody, and will present a flag of Georgia to the public school. Appropriate exercises will be held in the public school auditorium at 2:00 p. m. This hour is specified so that the school children can attend immediately after school closes for the day and will in no way conflict with the memorial tree program which will be held at 3:00 o’cloqjt. The program of exercises at the school is as follows: Chorus—By School; Prayer—Rev. C. C. Pugh; Talk—“Prominent Men of Houston County ’61-’65”—Mr. C. G. Gray; Duet—Mrs. R. E. Brown and Miss Pearl Brown; Sketch of Prominent Men of Georgia, ’61-65— Rev. Win. F. Quillian; Quartette - Mesdames Woodall, Kendrick, White and Miss Louise McDonald; Reading —‘‘Way Down South In Georgia”— Ruby Duke; Georgia in Outline— Elizabeth RundeH; Georgia Patriots —Ramage Murray; Georgia Writers —Davis Martin; Georgia Scientists —Foy Byrd; Presentation of the Flag—By Mrs. F. O. Miller, Pres¬ ident U. D. C.; Acceptance—Prof. Ralph Newton; Chorus—By School. The public generally and all Con¬ federate Veterans particularly are cordially invited to attend these ex¬ ercises. MR. GEORGE D. ANDERSON IS TALKED OF FOR SHERIFF. There has been persistent talk among the friends in this city and vicinity of Mr. Geo. D. Anderson, of Myrtle, of making an effort to induce him to permit his name to b« used as a candidate for sheriff. Mr. Anderson is well known throughout the county as a man of high integrity, business ability and splendid character in every respect and his friends think that he would make an excellent sheriff. Living as he does at Myrtle, half way between Perry and FT. Valiev, with many friends in both towns and surrounding sections as well as other parts of the county, it is suggested that his candidacy would be looked upon with very general favor and that he would run a very strong race. We have not yet heard whether Mr. Anderson has expressed himself as to the possibility of his being a candidate but many of his friends think he could be induced to come gut. -o— MEMORIAL TREE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR THURSDAY. The following program has been arranged for the exercises to be held on the public * school grounds in hon nthe , public , school , , grounds , . , hon o in of , r-x Ft. it Valleys „ . soldier ,, . bovs and , in . or ..T • connection with the ,, planting , ,. of , the ,. memor.al , tree . to . „ Frederick , . , Withoft „ r . i , . under the ,, auspices of , the J,. Ft. ,, Valley „ * ‘ History Club: , Invocation-—Rev. .. „ C. C. _/ Pugh; , Song—America—High . IT . , School; „ , , Address-Col. ’ % , C ,, r L Shepard cl ”, ; Planting of Tree-By the Frederick Withoft Post American Reading—Miss Gladys Slappey; Ben ediction—Rev. Wm. F. Quillian. •o A disappointment to the local eharter of the D. A. R., was felt w'e k ' ’ when on account of rains and bad roads they ^ were not able attend a reception in Montezuma to which they had accepted an invite / Montezuma Chapter tion. The invited the Ft. Valley, Marshallville and A.mer:eus chapters . to , . be iL then- ... o-uests on this occasion. The l , Valley ladies had planned to go down in cars and felt keenly over bei»g rained out. The Leader- i ribune AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 12, 1920. TEN PAGES. I ; MR. C. N. ROUNTREE IS IN RACE FOR TAX Elsewhere in this issue we the announcement of Mr. C. ■ Rountree of Ft. Valley for Tax ceiver. ■‘Charlie” Rountree is ■ known , and liked throughout this j tion and very generally ] the county, and we know of no i in the county who could have . to against him ; enemies arise in a where , enemies are usually . and , most . vengeful--the . , game politics. .... Mr. .. Rountree ,, , is a man of putable ... integrity . of . character , \ confident that if would , give ... to the office his . , attention ,. and , best , ability, , 1 very COL. OOIFEDIIIET TO 8E The selection of Col. John T. feuillet and his gracious of the invitation to make the Memo rial Day address here on Feb. 26, as announced in this paper a week two ago, is universally considered a most happy accomplishment. Jt was the happy conception Miss Gladys Slappey, President of the Ft. Valley Memorial Association, to endeavor to secure Col. Boifeuillet as the speaker on this occasion, and it was she who personally extended the invitation to Col. Boifeuillet and received his prompt and courtly ac ctptance. The people of Georgia and of this iectioi particularly love Col. Boi feuillet as embodying in a distin¬ guished degree the intellectual and personal graces of the gentlemen of th Old South, although Col. Boifeu¬ illet himself is not an old man. The people of Ft. Valley and vic¬ inity are tc be congratulated most heartily upon Miss Slappey’s happy selection and good fortune in ,ng Col. Boifeullet. r T. VALLEY BOYS LEAVE GRIFFIN BOYS IN THl HOLE. Last Friday night the Ft. Valley Quintet-defeated the Griffin quintet by a 3core of 38 to 21. The game • as arranged very quickly and after inly one day of practice, on account of rain, the boys determined not to turn Griffin down and went on and played. The game was fast and drilling all the way through. t hough Griffin saw she was being out¬ played, she played on' like a full spirited team, The second team is expecting to put, up a good fight with Montezuma’s first team Friday. The irst team of Fort Valley heat Mon ezuma; now the second team will beat them. MR. AND MRS. J. H. ALLEN TO ENTERTAIN AT TWIN OAKS. The social interest of many friends in Fort Valley is centering in the barbecue to be given Thursday eve ning by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Allen at heir “Twin Oaks” farm hotel. Many plans have been made to make the evening a social success. The bar¬ becue at 6:30 in the evening will be followed by a dance, for which an orchestra from Macon will play. Many friends from Ft. Valley, of both the married contingent and the younger set, have received invita¬ tions and are looking forward to the occasion with a great deal of pleas¬ ure. o A group of friends from F’t. Val . ley and , Perry n enjoyed . , . bridge . , a party , with ... Mrs. ... J. rf. Allen at , her , home “Twin Oaxs” Friday , after on noon in , honor of ^ sister, , Mrs. A. ner D. ,, Morrill, ... of . Chicago. ... . Those ’ pres¬ ent included: Mrs. McDonald, , , Mrs. Will Blewster, Mrs. Nellie , T Miller, Mrs. J. T II u .Baird, n • j ,, Mrs. ,, George John SQn> Mfs _ , Tu]ian Webst Mrs w G Bri . ?endine> of Fort Va]) anfJ Mrs . w A . Strother, Mrs. Twit Trailer, Mjss Kathryn Holtzciaw and Mrs. H. T Gi]bert -o Mr. J. M. McCarty was in Ft. ley Tuesday winding up his 1 here following his removal : weeks ago to Jackson ’ Ga j where g propr!etor Qf a fir st c asg ; picture theatre. Mr. McCarty Jackson a splendid • town. Mrs. Carty and children are now Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hardison at Ideal Mr. Hardison having moved trom Ft. Valley about the , first .. , this year. Mr. McCany Hardison to Ideal Tuesday spend several days before taking i family to Jackson. MRS. B. A. HARTLEY iS CALLED 10 MSI PATIENT AND BELOVED AN, AFTER MANY MONTHS CRITICAL ILLNESS, GOES “GREAT PHYSiCIAN. M It, was with great regret that i editor of The Leader-Tribune . j ml in - hist Saturcl-i • of the , on January 21st of Mrs. U. A. | ley, the wife of our good friend and 1 one time business leighbo 1- . I the very close inside application nec i essitated by our business owing t : insufficient clerical assistance can ex¬ cuse our not having learned of Mrs Hartley’s death earner. Mrs. Hartley’s death had not been good for about 18 months but to the last she bore her sufferings patient¬ ly, never desponded and was hope¬ ful of getting well. Her* trouble, accompanied by drop vh however, ? iac cd b ^ otld h ” • to heaL t F ° the Greal ) ‘ nys ’ c * in sh( ' , J< f con,plete healing, ” aS K °' :e ° r Fune ™J 9emces and interment ? e re hold J a l Wesley Chapel - Rev ' , ”"' O nn cia{,n 8 Th * pbU bearers were Messr*, O. v !?' Housel ‘; A White, Ejji - Janies eats r Walter Ha Thames, ^ er M. I . ’ ' ’ Mrs. Hartley was 87 years old and had been a faithful help-meet, to her bereaved husband for 42 years. She was a member of the Primitive Bap¬ tist Church, with which she united in 1898. She loved her church and was faithful to its ruies and ordii ll ances. She was beloved by ail who 1 knew her a,ul her company sought on account of her cheerfulness and thoughtfulness of others, which characteristics prevailed to the end. Besides her faithful and devoted husband she is survived by one broth- 1 er > Mr - Warren Lowe, and one sister, ^rs. Fannie Barnes, both of Texas, and several nieces and nephews. The Leader Tribune joins the many friends of these bereaved ones in sincere sympathy. - 0 — j HISTORY CLUB ENJOYED INTERESTING MEETING. The History Club held an inter eshng meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. A. Houser. The subject for study for the after noon was “French Art.” Roll call was answered to with the names of famous French paintings. Those taking part were: Mrs. John Vance, Mrs. J. H, Webster, Mrs. J. S. Mc¬ Millan. Mrs. G. M. Johnson was chairman of the program and Mrs. Clifford Prater and Mrs. Ralph Bas¬ sett sang. After the program the’ club enjoyed a social hour. ~o ASPARAGUS LATE IN CALIFOR- i NIA. i California Central Section, U. S-, Bureau of Crop Estimates, E. W. Stillwell, Specialist, reports the sea son is the dryest one except the 1 917 lb season for seventy years to Feb¬ ruary 1, in Delta Section causing pessimistic outlook for this year’s crop both green asparagus and that for canneries. The present outlook is for a late season with consequent curtailment of eastern shipments of green stock, but rains and warm weather next two weeks may change this. Canneries get the bulk of the crop after April 1. Some buyers ore contracting green stock as high as 7 cents per pound. Most con¬ tracts are for 5 to 6 cents. It is doubtful if there wiil be any east¬ ern shipments prior to March 15, pos¬ sibly later, defending on weather conditions. No estimate of probable volume possible now. O— ORGANIZATION OF HIGH SCHOOL “Y” EFFECTED. Th« organization of the High School Y. M. C. A., has been pleted by electing officers and going into further details of business. foIlowing ’ officers were elected: Char,e5 BaMwin ’ President; e( ^ e ^ rown » Vice-President; Thomas Shepard, Secretary; Claud Smith, Treasurer ‘ T ^ e af i v ' sor y board was elected as follows; Prof. Newton, Chairman; Mr. J. L. Graham, Mr. F. W. Withoft, Mr. A. J. Evans. Both the advisory board and officers were elected unanimously. Mrs. Eula May English has return ed from a visit of several weeks in , Flerid*. MASTER’S "WELL DONE PASSED AWAY AT HOME DAUGHTER EARLY MORNING. A WOMAN SPLENDID CHARACTER. After* critical ill health of months Mrs. i>. V. Duke passed early Monday morning at the of her daughter, Mrs. W. J. on Anderson Avenue. Mrs. was in her seventy-second year, ing been born Nov. 6, 1848. husband, Mr. J. Frank Duke, died , ears o. The funeral service took Tuesday, Rev. C. ,C. Pugh and the interment was in Cemeterj . The pall bearers the members of the Board of cons of the Baptist Church. At service appropriate music was dered by the choir of the Church, of which the deceased a devoted member. The was one of the most largely ed ,-ver held here, many friends and relatives from other towns and attending. Mrs, Duke was a most highly es¬ teemed and remarkable woman. Though deprived of many tional advantages she acquired a splendid education and was for many years a teacher, with her earnings making provision for her aged par¬ ents and sharing' unselfishly al' the blessings ot life. . She was married at the age of 27. Her home life was the most eloquent testimonial of her splendid character. Bereft of her husband April 21st, 1892, with unusual frugality, per¬ severance and optimism she became in a large sense both father and mother to her fa™ 11 *- One of her best characteristics was her unfail¬ ing faith and confidence in her chil¬ dren, her friends and humanity in general. She was the mother of sev¬ en children, two dying when young. The five surviving children are Mrs. J. Andrew Jackson and Mrs. Louis P. Jones, of Macon; Mrs. W. J. Bras¬ well, Mr. John David Duke and Mr Edgar L, Duke, of Ft. Valley. Two sisters also survive her, Mrs. Annie Andrews, of Knoxville, Ga., and Mrs. B. F. Kennedy, of Tiftori, Ga.; also eleven grand-children. Those from other towns and cities who attended the funeral were: Mrs. Carson McKenzie, of Thomaston; Mrs. Ella Middlebrooks, Miss Annie Middle-brooks, Mr. Ben Middlebrooks, of Barnesville; Mr. J. D. Massee, Miss Mabel Massee, Mrs. Graham Bell, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bryan, of Marshallville; Mr. Walter Andrews Mrs. Annie Andrews, of Knoxville; Mrs. B. F. Kennedy, of Tifton; Mrs. Eugene Tichnor, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Jones, of Mat:on ; Miss Louise Harrison, of Grovania. While Mrs. Duke’s death was known to be inevitable, her loss mourned by hosts of friends, these deeply sympathize with her (D voted and bereaved children other relatives. THE METHODIST CHURCH. Wm. F\ Quillian Pastor. Sunday School __________9:30 a. m. Judge H. A. Matthews, Supt. Morning Worship 11 :00 a. m. “How To Live Forever.” Praise Service . ... 2:30 p. m. Junior Church 3:00 p. m. Epworth League . 6:00 p. m. Evening Worship . 7:00 p. m. it Give Me-Make Me.” Prayer Service, Tuesday 7:00 p. m. The morning hour will be marked by a consideration of the fifth com¬ mandment in the series now being [reached by the pastor. A special song will be rendered by the children of the Junior church. A fifteen min¬ ute song service will introduce the evening hour. Everybody welcome. CHURCH NOTES. A thorough survey of the city was made last Sunday afternoon and closed much valuable which will be used in the tic campaign. The Sunday attendance at the Methodist Church is again near the 300 mark. League was led last Sunday by Col. A. C. Riley, Jr., who gave a very interesting and helpful talk. — o If your subscription for 1920 ! due and unpaid, “get right!” first chance we get we are going “ditch the ‘duds on our machine galleys- and * your Jmay be “among migeing.” LOCAL D. A. R’» HOLD INTERESTING The regular monthly meeting the Governor Treutlen Chapter wa held Wednesday afternoon at o’clock at the home of Miss Slappey. The subject of study Greece. Miss Allie Houser chairman of the program, and raking part were Mrs. C. E. Mrs. Alfred Hume, and Mrs. S. Neil. A most interesting history the Chapter is being compiled Mrs, J. E. Bledsoe, Historian. Chapter is studying Law under the leadership of Carolyn Vance. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. C. E. Martin. SHEETING 1C REORGANIZE LOCAl board of trade All of the business men of Fort Valley and every other man inter¬ ested in the development of F'ort Valley and surrounding section and the increase of his own businesss are urged to attend a mass meeting at the City Hall Monday, February 16, at 7:30 p. m., for the purpose of re¬ organizing the Fort Valley Board of Trade. This call is addressed not merely 0 those who reside in Fort Valley but to each and every man living in the country tributary to Fort Valley whose business- interests are in any way indentified with those of the town. If you have the interest, of your own and surrounding section at heart and realize that your own pros¬ perity is inseparable from that of Fort Valley, come out and have a part in re-creating a live Board 0 i 1 T ra 6 e to boost the town and section. A. C. RILEY, Pres., Board of Trade. MR. E. J. THOMPSON MAY ENTER SHERIFF’S RACE. Mr. E. Jerome Thompson, of near Perry, who is a frequent visitor in Ft. Valley, was in the city Saturday and let it be known to friends here that e was thinking strongly of en¬ tering the race for sheriff. Mr. Thompson was modest in talking oi the matter, expressing himself as not desiring to force himself into the race unless he received sufficient en¬ couragement from friends through out the county to warrant his enter¬ ing the race. Mr. Thompson has many friends in this city and section as well as in the county generally, and it is our belief that with favorable expressions from a sufficient number of these Mr. Thompson would make his announce¬ ment and would also make.it very interesting for his opponents in the race. -0 I MRS. CRANDALL'S BRIDGE FOR MRS. JULIEN BROWN, Complimenting her guest, Mrs. Julien Brown, of Elberton, Mrs. : Frederick Crandall entertained at a | small bridge party on Monday after | I noon. After the game the hostess served a beautiful salad course. (Those present were: Mrs. Julien Brown, Mrs. Ben Roe Marshall, Miss Ruby Harris, Miss Bertha Bassett, Miss Maurice Fagan, Mrs. .Jesse Davis, Mrs. Frederick Crandall and Miss Helen Marshall. () — I MR. J. W. JOYNER 15 NOW NIGHT MARSHAL.. Mr. J. W. Joyner of this city has succeeded VI r. McLendon a? city night marshal. Mr. Joyner and his family came to F’t. Valley several months ago from near Roberta where he lived for about a year. Previous co that time Mr. Joyner lived near Ft. Valley on Route 4, being super¬ intendent of one of Mr. Glenmore Green’s farms. We believe Mr. Joyner is going to be one of the most efficient night marshals Ft. Valley as ever had. --_o PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. . .J. W. STOKES, Pastor. i Sunday School , 9:45 a. n. Morning Worship .11:00 a. m. “A Mo/iel Congregation.” Evening Worship 7:00 p. m. “God’s Great Willingness to Save Sinner.', ’ The public cordially invited. o A St. Louis judge has decided that 1 a man’s costume is not unbecoming to a woman. That judge evidently i has an artistic eye. imm \ ♦ world. * $2.50 Per Year In Advance I n LI SUPREME COURT REVERSES JUDGE GOWER IN COUNTY LINE CASE. MAY NOW BE HEARD ON MERITS IN APRIL. The newspapers Wednesday car red the information that the Supreme Court of Georgia had reversed Judge O T Grover in his rulings in the now famous county line case, wherein the commissioners of this county sought to cede to Macon County some forty thousand acres of land without con¬ sideration whatever. The decision of the supreme court, as construed here, is that the case will now be heard on its meVits at rhe April term of court with instruc¬ tions from the Appellate Court to admit certain testimony which was ruled out by Judge Gower. --- o- DO YOU WANT TO MAKE $10.00? The History Club of F’ort Valley s offering $5.00 fo rthe best kept front yard and also $5.00 for the best kept back yard. May the 10th is the day they will be judged. If you “ish to enter this contest ’phone Mrs. reo. Johnson at 105 before March i 5th, as contestants names will not oe taken after that date. March the 10th is to be observed as general Tean-up-day for the town. Several local hardware dealers have promised .0 put on a sale of covered garbage ans. Every family should avail 'leniselves of the opportunity of se¬ aring one. We hope every citizen will give us their heartiest co-oper ‘tion in helping to make Fort Valley spotless. o STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO WAR ON MOSQUITOES. Eradication of the mosquito in the vvhole of^ South Georgia is the ulti¬ mate object of a campaign to be un lertaken this year by the state health department, which has its dans practically completed. The campaign will be launched at : public health conference to be held n Albany February 24, attended by ounty health boards, county com missioners and municipal authori¬ ses. Sanitary engineers now engag d in malaria surveys of South Geor ia counties will make reports to the onferenee. A definite program of work will be presented and the ounty and municipal authorities will be asked to carry it through. The sanitary engineers are exper¬ imenting with perpendicular drains n the smal? ponds of south Georgia, 'f Hie experiments show it feasible o drain the ponds by simply boring down and letting the water soak nto the underlying sand, the cost .vill be very much less than lateral drains. A general campaign of education will (irst be conducted by means of lectures, motion pictures and liter ature. This will be followed by the ipening of quinine clinics for the treatment of malaria. The drainage 1 nd extermination of the mosquito will come as the third step. Th« American Red Cross, the United itates public health service and the eorgia Land Owners association .ire co-operating with the state lealth department in the campaign. Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, state health officer, is very much encouraged by he progress being made in estab ishing county health departments inder the provisions of the Ellis per missive health bill. Dougherty ounty has just established a health department, making a total of six¬ teen. Dr. H. C. Robles, recently in charge of United States public health service work in Charleston, will he Dougherty county health of¬ ficer. DeKalb county is expected to establish a department this week. Th£ January report of Dr. B. D. Blackwelder, health officer of Troup county, is one of the best yet re¬ ceived. It shows that he delivered twenty-six lectures, sent out 806 let ers, distributed 1,797 pieces of lit¬ erature, examined 790 white school children and found several hundred defects which their parents had cor¬ rected.—Atlanta Journal. •0 W. M. S„ M. E. CHURCH. The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church wil hold a literary meeting Monday afternoon, P’ebruary 16, at 3 o’cjock. Mrs. J, S. McMillan’s circle will have charga of the program. i Pub. Supt,