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Volume XXXII, Number 13.
HERE WILL UUNCHED
ENTHUSIASTIC MASS MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT. TWENTY
THREE MEMBERSHIPS BOOK¬
ED. 100, THE AIM.
Pursuant to the call made in Thi
Leader-Tribune last week by Judge
A. C. Riley, president of the Fort
\ alley Board of Trade, for a mass
meet ng of business men to reorgan¬
ize and enlarge the usefulness of
that body, about 20 "of the leading
citizens of Fort Valley and vicinity
met at the city hall Monday night.
The characteristic Fort Valley spirit
was evident in the air, as when Fort
Valley business men jjet together
to "do business.”
The meeting was called to order
by Judge Riley, who stated in an
earnest and business-like manner the
object of the meeting, the great need
of a live organization of business
men to promote the interests of Fort
Valley and section, and called for
nominations for chairman and sec¬
retary of the meeting. Judge Riley
was nominated and unanimously
elected chairman of the meeting and
J. M. Martin, secretary.
Upon resuming the chair Judge
Riley again emphasized the fact that
the meeting was called to do business
and to decide upon definite steps to
be taken to give Fort Valley a.i
efficient organization to further the
interests and needs - of the city and
section.
Enthusiastic addresses were made
by Mayor H. C. Neil, Capt. Robert
Flournoy, Col. Emmett Houser, A.
J. Evans, C. E. Martin and others.
Upon motion of Capt. Robt. Flour¬
noy it was unanimously voted the
board of trade be reorganized and a
home secretary be selected to write
to similar oranizations in other
cities for literature and other infor¬
mation regarding their plans of oper¬
ation, as preliminary to permanent
organization and the employment of
a permanent secretary.
On motion of Col. Emmett Hou¬
ser, amended by Mr. A. J. Evans, it
was voted that the chair appoint a
committee of five to solicit member¬
ships at $25.00 per year, and that up¬
on 100 memberships being secured
another meeting be called to effect
permanent organization. Mayor H.
C. Neil, Messrs. W. G. Brisendine,
. J. A. Houser, J* D. Duke and D. C.
Strother were named on this com¬
mittee.
It was agreed that the new or¬
ganization be known as the Fort
Valley Chamber of Commerce.
On suggestion of Col. Emmett
Houser, Mayor H. C. Neil opened the
subscription list for memberships and
23 memberships were listed, as fol¬
lows: Judge A. C. Riley, R. S. Bras¬
well Sons & Co., J. M. Martin (for
The Leader-Tribune), Fort Valley
Coca-Cola Bottling Co., W. G. Bris
endine, M. L. Sheats & Son, Fort
Valley Lumrber Co., J. W. Woolfolk,
F. W. Withoff, Southern Brokerage
Co., J. J. Glass, Citizens Bank, Cope¬
land’s Pharmacy, Green-Miller Co.,
Geo. B. Culpepper & Sons, H. C.
Neil, A. J. Evans, C. E. Martin, Em¬
mett Hous'er, Robert Flournoy, W.
Miller Mathews, J. R.
J. A. Houser,
those of the twon also become
berships be confined to residents
Fort Valley, but that men living in
the vicinity of Fort Valley
business interests are identified
those of the town also become
bers.
It was agreed that
fees be paid in advance at $25.00
annum each, any one eligible
permitted to purchase as many
berships as desired.
A man of national experience
such work will be employed as
retary of the body.
After some general discussion
matters vital to the interests of
Valley and section, the meeting
adjourned to meet again at 8
nekt Monday night at the City
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HISTORY CLUB’S SUBJECT
< s EDUCATION AND
The members of the History
will hold a meeting on Feb.
with Mrs. C. N. Rountree. The
ject for study will be “Education
Science." It is said that
tion is a better safeguard of
than standing army, »» Those
a
will take part in this program will
?Jrs. J. W. Rundell, Mrs. E. L.
Mrs M. S. Brown, Mrs. Lewis
Mrs. Tom Shepard will have
of program.
The Leader-Tribune
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 19, 1920.' TEN PAGES.
MR. T. E. THARPE ASKS
RE-ELECTION AS T. C .
The announcement of Mr. T. E.
Tharpe, of Byron for re-election as
state and County Tax Receiver an
>ears in this issue of The Leader
Tribune.
Mr. Tharpe has filled :his office
most capably, conscientiously and
faithfully, and _ is high-toned
a gen
.ieman, combining in a rare degree
he qualities of efficiency . ^nii
affability. Its an unusual thing for
i man to be able to constantly e\
tract money from tolks and still keen
-hem all his friends. But that
what Mr. Tharpe has been able to do.
it’s a more unusual tiling for a man
;o be absolutely faithful to the
duties of a public o fire without mak¬
ing enemies. But Mr. Tharpe ha;
done it. If he has an enemy we
haven’t heard o r it. He’s just nat¬
urally endowed with the requisite
qualities fo rthe jon and we hope he
will be re-elected.
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HR. H. MOSKOVIT? BUCK
FROM BUYING TRIP EAST
Mr. H. Moskovitz returned Thurs¬
day night from a three weeks’ trip
East fo rthe purpose of purchasing
his spring and summer merchandis ■
offerings which will be presented t
the public thru the advertising col
umns of The Leader-Tribune, ;
suggested in his opening announce
ment in this issue.
- Mr. Moskovitz is building up a d
criminating patronage runoiijr th ■
best, most fastidious an 1 caj'efv!
buyers of department store merchan¬
dise in Fort Valley and vicinity,, wh >
are steadily coming to peieewe ihn
he is a buyer of excellent juJgm
and that he sells on a margin <
profit which shows honest con .(!
eration for the consuming public,
according to a plr i which he has
carefully mapped oiV a<’ 1 provided
for during the normal years preeeeri
ing these times of exorbitant prices.
In a conversation with the editor
of The Leader-Tribune Mr. M<
kovi&z explained 1 the system of set¬
ting aside a reserve of his profits
which he has practiced for years,
and which now places him in a pus
ition where he can sell on ,i ba.-G of
nominal and reasonable profit above
his actual cost of merchandise in
stead of upon the basis now much
practiced of selling on anticipated
replacement values. He is thereby
able to offer his customers, meritor¬
ious merchandise at a fair present
worth instead of at a problematical
or anticipated future market value,
and by this plan he believes he is
able to protect his customers against
falling victims to the speculative buy¬
ing and advertising of many depart¬
ment stores.
Mr. Moskovitz is a very conserva
tive advertiser from the
of claimed values, and one
reads his advertisement carefully and
“between the lines” cannot but be
impressed with his manifest policy
of taking the buying public into his
confidence and an evidence of
est methods and considerate prices;
and a call at his store cannot but im
press the open-minded
however fastidious, that his
offers excellent mrchandise and
wide range of choice.
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THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
C. C. PUGH, Pastor.
Sunday School ... 9 :30 a.
Preaching 11:00 a. m., and 7:30
B. Y. P, U., Sunday 6:30
Prayer Meeting, Thursday, 7:30
At 11:00 o’clock the Pastor
preach on “Our Church’s Call
God’s Answer.”
The evening service will be ;
charge of the local chapter of
W. C. T. U.
This church has a warm
"or everybody. Here you will
mental stimulus, physical
and spiritual hfilp. Come and
ship with us.
RECITAL BY PUPILS IN
MUSIC AND
There will be a recital at
school auditorium Friday evening,
7:30 o’clock, given by the pupils
Misses Smith and George in
;nd Miss Vance’s pupils in
sion. After the recital the
iepartment will present a play
Yled “Hansel and Gretel. It
The public is cordially
There will be no- charge for admL
sion.
TELEPHONE SERVICE OORT
OK RECENT BAR WEATHER
l
'p| le lightning last Wednesday
night and the rain Thursday put
some 30 odd wires of the Fruit Belt
Telephone Company out of eomrnis
sion so that Manager J. M. Cook, Jr.,
had to sen d out of town for a corps
of expert cable men to repair the
i Hamate,* and these men were busy all
] day Thursday and Friday in the rain
finding the punctures and “crosses’
and “founds” and repairing them,
When the lead sheath surrounding
the many small paper-insulated
wires of one of the new telephone
cables becomes punctured water
enters at the puncture when it rains
and causes the above-mentioned
troubles. It requires expert knowl¬
edge and experience to locate the
vicinity of the trouble by means oi
electrical resistance tests and it re
quires expert cable splicers to repair
the trouble.
At one place on Church stree:
near the new residence of Mr. J. W
McCoy a 22-caliber bullet had
pierced the cable and put eight or
ten lines out of business. Sonic
small hoy had evidently evaded the
city ordinance against discharging
fire-arms and air-rifles within the
city limits and the bullet by chance
struck the telephone cable, thereby
causing a number of subscribers in
convenience and the telephone com
pany no little expense and trouble
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The busy” business man wh
reads only the front page of the horn
paper or “doesn’t have time” eve
to do that, but leaves it at the office
or store until it is worn out by vis¬
itors who are too stingy to subscribe
for it, and finally takes it home
nearly a week after it is published
with the thoughtful and considerate
idea that “the women folks” might
be interested in reading the week
old “personals,” is the fellow that
“didn’t know” there was to be a mass
meeting of citizens to adopt plans
to boost the town and business gen¬
erally, “didn’t know'” Bill Jones
wanted to sell that place or he’d have
bought it himself, etc., ad infinitum,
Oh, no; he doesn’t miss any business
opportunities or chance to help his
town and thereby his own business,
“Where ignorance is bliss ’tis folly
to be wise » Meanwhile editors get
gray hairs and credit for publishing
nothing but society chaff for women
to read.
THIS MAN GLADDENS
THE HEART OF EDITOR.
He Voluntarly Raises Rates on His
Own Advertising, Which Starts
Other Patrons Same Way.
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ATLANTA, Ga.- The man who
edits this story will appreciate it more ,
than any one else who reads it. In
| le may like it so well that he
vv jjj p r j n t jt ; n re( j j n j <j jf bas anv,
arid put ii on the front page nc.'i
to the United States senate 116 '',“.’ and
1 0 ^ er matters of national import
■ a nee.
An Alabama small town
j with a scow ] on bis face walked
j the sanctum of the editor of a strup
weekly newspaper and growled
in a surly voice:
“Well, ’ I’ve heard the 1 price of
paper 11 is still going up. 1 I
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vou 11 be wanting to raise the pr.ee 1
subscription, , eh?
al ,f your
J r wish . 1 could, , , ,, , the , editor,
sail
, but $1.50 „ a year is all Inal any¬
body will pay in this part of the. eoun
try and I reckon eventually I’ll have
to quit and go back to farming.”
__ listen to i the
you rne, snaope
merchant. , .. Beginning .... back
lioni
January 1st, you just increase my ad
vertising rate 10 cents an itrefc. That
help a , little , and , put you rigr.t
may
for increasing the rate of your otner
a< vertisers.
That merchant may never have a
monumnet erected to him or grace
the hall of fame, but he is the -first
man in record history to voluntarily
increase his advertising rate. And
he’s a good business man, too, and
attributes his success to newspaper
advertising.
“You are giving us a splendid pa¬
per! W. F. Q.”
Such were the kind words written
-,n the expiration notice? which Rev.
W. F. Qurtllian recent’y returned to
us with his check for $2.50 And
ie added, when presenting it. “I
am very glad indeed to renew my
ubscription.” What a gracious
vast to some who have paid no
;ention to their second—-and
notice!
it BOTTLE NECK” OF MILLER
STREET BEING WIDENED
Superintendent of streets and
Sanitary Department J. E. Hampton
started work last Thursday Widening
the famous “bottle neck” of Miller
street, which has so long been a
menace to both vehicles and pedes¬
trians and a draw-back to the appear
anae and value of property in that
block. Residents the block and
city officials have long been endeav¬
oring to secure the necessary right of
way for this improvement, and this
was recently made possible by an ap¬
propriation of the city council sup¬
plemented by liberal contributions
"•■om property owners affected.
A strip of land 18 1-2 feet wide
and extending from Church street to
'ape. Robert Flournoy’s residence
lot on Miller street was recently ac¬
quired by the city from the Misses
Royal and this with rights-of-way
previously given to the city by Capt.
Flournoy, Mr. J. L. Long and others
.’mve made the widening of this sec
m of the street possible'.
The coping and fence on the
.. iller street side of the Royal prop
rty have been moved back to the
ew property line, street gutter dug
• :d a five-foot side-walk opened up
•si the east side of Miller street,
’cveral large oaks, including a mag
'hcent one near Church street, will
ive to be sacrificed. As soon as
hese can be removed a 28-foot road
ay thru this block will result, with
•Iks of ample width on both sides
de-walks of ample width on both
ides of the street.
Besides providing a wider, safer
and more convenient thorough-fare
thru the block at this point, which
has bean so badly needed, the ap
• -trance and value of property in
this action will be appreciably en¬
hanced by the improvement. “Prop¬
erty owners will never lose anything
by generously co-operating with the
City Fathers in improvements of
this kind and will thereby participate
materially in the progress of the
town in point of appearance, growth
in population and property values,
to Say nothing of the pride which
every citizen should feel in such civic
progress.
TORT VALLEYAN WRITES OF
“ADORABLE OLD CHARLESTON. M
Charleston, S. C.
Feb. 11th, 1920.
Dear Editor :
We have been in the' metropolis of
South Carolina for several days, and
1 cannot forego the pleasure of a few
lines to the genial editor of The Lea¬
der-Tribune.
When- my wife and I first reached
Charleston we were both agreed that,
having seen Savannah, you had a
pretty fair idea of Charleston. But
such is not the case; and several
days stay in this city will convince
anyone that only a knowledge of
Charleston itself can give an ade
quote idea of this most unique and
quaintest of South Atlantic cities.
You know, Mr. Editor, that South
Carolina has always been foremost
j n State loyalty and patriotism. Well,
Charleston seems to be the center of
this fervent patriotism.
m. 1 hey have . erected , , , here a fitting ,
monument . to , William Pitt, the great
English , statsman , . who , tried . . , to , pet¬
suade his country , not to attempt to
coerce the ., American A ■ Colonies, ,, ,
Servant Wm. Jasper and John C.
Calhoun „ an(l countless others -
‘ ,1 emory 18 secure in bronze and mar
bJe, ] attest the patriotic temper of
people. „ , ,, And v . so with ... the .,
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memorials ln that .v . center , round , the
of thg Cjvi] War period, and
heroes of rt the , late . world ,, war. ,
deed it is true that South Carolina
unsurpassed in devotion to
lofty ideals of state that make
great commonwealth.
And I could write at length
her great and historic old
located here in Charleston. It
with great pleasure that Mrs.
ard and I attended St. Michael’s
Sunday.
All around these numerous
of worship are buried the
of other days. In a manner not
crated elsewhere that I have
seen. the churches, the
and the residences link up with
other.
But enough for this time.
-hall soon be bidding farewell to
city that I have always heard of
sleepy old Charleston,” but
from this time forward I shall
of as “adorable old Charleston. it
Thos. J. Shepard.
MR. GEO. H. SLAPPEY, HOST,
WHEN WIT AND HUMOR FLOW
Mr. George H. Slappey was host
last Thursday evening at a turkey
and barbecue dinner In compliment
to his cousin, Mr. Tom Slappey, of
Savannah. The guest list comprised
the same congenial spirits who were
Mr. Sluppey’s guests for a week last
summer at Grove Park Inn, Asheville,
N. C.; namely: Judge A. C. Riley,
Messrs. R. M. Houser, A. B. Greene,
H. M. Branham, E. Lynn Fagan, O.
M. Houser, Dr. Nelson and Mr, Fel¬
der Frederick, of Marshallville, and
Mr. Tom Slappey, of savannah. Mr.
Slappey had promised the party in
Asheville that all should again meet
around the festive board as his guests
at some future date when Mr. Tom
Slappej could arrange to stop over
in Fort Valley and lend his jovial
presence to the occasion.
They do tell that when this bunch
get together riiuch rare humor and
wit are dispensed.
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AIRPLANE VISITORS
li DROP IN" THIS WEEK
Mr. Hansell Hall and Mr. J. W.
King, of Milledgeville, came down in
their airplane Tuesday^ noon from
Macon and landed in Mr. E. M.
Fagan’s field on the Perry road,
which had been prepared last year
as an aviation landing field.
Mr. Hall is manager of- the Mil¬
ledgeville Aero Corporation whose
business is • aerial advertising and
carrying thrill-thirsty land-lubbers
on joy-rides at so much per thrill.
They are using a Curtis J-N4D two
seater bi-plane, of which Mr. King is
pilot. Mr. King served two years
with the Royal Air Force in France,
operating a single-seat fighting plane.
They expected to remain here
two or three days and work up some
aerial advertising and take up pas¬
sengers for a bird’s-eye view of their
native heath, but rain and a muddy
field have prevented thus far.
They expect to return from here
to ... Macon and ,,, then fly a to , „ Eatonton , ,
and , o Sparta , in . the interest . . , of j. their ,, .
I, business. Mr. Hall says , he , hasn’t ,,
learned , , to , do , i high • u flying—in
I anv
yet— , but , merely , “backs-up , ,, ,, the
air
pilot .... in transit ., and looks after ... the ,,
promotion end , of ,, the .. , business . on
terra firina.
They expect to return to Fort Val¬
ley later.
PRESBYTERIANS ANNOUNCE
COMING REVIVAL PLANS.
Rev. J. E. Wallace of Tattnall Square
Church Will Preach.
Last Sunday Rev. J. W. Stokes an¬
nounced that arrangements were
complete for the series of Evangel¬
istic Services to be held in the Ft.
Valley Presbyterian Church. The
series will begin Monday night after
the fourth Sunday in March and
will cover twelve days. Mr. Stokes
will be assisted by Rev. J. E. Wal¬
lace who is pastor of the
Square Presbyterian Church in
con.
This is one of the several
seasons that Ft. Valley is to
this spring. It is so timed as to
convenient to all the churches of
city to take part and to reap
from it. Ft. Valley is fortunate
having the privilege of hearing
earnest a preacher and of
with so successful a worker as
Wallace.
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THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Win. F. Quillian Pastor.
Sunday School ...... 9 :30 a.
Morning Worship . 11:00 a.
“What God Thinks of Murder.”
Praise Service 2:30 p.
Junior Church 3:00 p.
Epworth League 6:00 p.
There will he no evening
as the congregation will unite
the other churches in a Francis
lard Memorial service at the
tist Church. EvePy member of
church is urged to attend
School and the regular services.
itors will receive a cordial
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Mrs. W. M. Wright
! last Thursday afternoon at a
! table rook party in compliment
i her sister, Mrs. Floyd Holt, of
dersville. After the game
refreshments were served.
, !
Mrs. H. C. Neil complimented
Floyd Holt, the guest cf Mrs. W.
Wright, with a theatre party
(Friday afternoon.
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ENDORSES EDITORIAL
MR. H. G. HASTINGS, PROM¬
INENT ATLANTA MERCHANT
WRITES US LETTER OF COM¬
MENDATION. .
The highly appreciated letter
which we publish below was received
this week, It refers to our editor¬
ial of last week under the caption
“Catholic Propaganda.”
When a busy man of big affairs
like Mr. Hastings takes time to write ,
a letter like this to the editor of a
weekly newspaper with whom he is
not personally acquainted it is indeed
a high compliment. It is even a high
compliment to us that Mr. Hastings
took time to read the editorial—a
thing which some Ft. Valley business
men “don’t have time” to do. Verily,
“a prophet is nut without honor, but
in his own country, and among his
own kin and in his own house”—and
an editor in his own home town.
How did Mr. Hastings happen to
see our editorial? Simply because
he is an advertiser in this paper and
receives a checking copy each week.
As the leading seedsman of the South
he advertises in The Leader-Tribune
and other weekly papers every spring.
j But selling garden seeds big
on a
scale is not all that Mr. Hastings
does-. He is a busy man, prominent¬
ly identified with many public in
_
terests of his city and state, among
other public activities being pres¬
ident of the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce.
His letter follows:
H. G. HASTINGS & CO.
SEEDSMEN
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 16, 1920-.
Mr. Joel Mann Martin,
Editor, Leader-Tribune,
Fort Valley, Ga.
e f r ir '~
Just . minute . . out . of . the .. , busy ... life
a f
to , express to , you my commendation
of „ your , leading editorial, , under , date . .
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of , February T , . 12th. , The people , of .
Georgia _ . need , plain talk of this
more ,f
i general , character , through , the local ,
papers, and courage such as you have
displayed ,, , , on an unpopular , subject , . is .
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rare
The writer is a Presbyterian, and
a church officer, and he has no sym¬
pathy with religious intolerance
directed at any sect or division of
religious belief. Bigotry is just as
reprehensible in a Protestant as it
Is in a Catholic or a Jew.
I have absolutely no Catholic con¬
nections and the Catholic doctrine
| has never appealed to me in the least,
but at the same time I recognize that
one of the fundamental doctrines of
| this country is the right for any man
| to follow- his own particular religious
; j beliefs, regardless of whether that be
Protestant, Catholic or any other
division.
Yours truly,
H. G. HASTINGS.
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S
AUXILIARY MEETING.
Monday afternoons after the
first and third Sundays of each month
| the ladies and young ladies of the
I Presbyterian Church gather for de
i votional and practical service. At
I this time the main thought before
them is the Revival soon to be hold.
; For this service special prayer is
| being made. In connection with
this is the effort to enlist every lady
and young lady of the congregation
in definite Christian service. The
next meeting will be at the Pastor’s
home Monday, 3:30 p. m., after 1st
Sunday in March.
GREEN-MILLER COMPANY
PLANNING TO EXPAND.
The acquisition several weeks ago
by Mr. Glenmore Green of valuable
central business property is the fore¬
runner of expansion demanded by the
growing business of the Green-Miller
Company. The property referred f o
comprises the two-story storec now
occupied by Abe Glass and Sons,
grocers, and the Chero-Cola Bottling
Company. The two stores and lofts
were bought from* the Georgia Ag¬
ricultural Works at a consideration
of $12,500.00. The Green-Miller
Company will later occupy the store
now used by the Chero-Cola Bottling
Company.
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Mrs. II. Moskovitz was called to
the bed-side of her father, Mr. Ory,
at Gadsden, Ala., Saturday.
