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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
—Published by—
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE CO.
JOEL MANN MARTIN,
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(Payable in Advance)
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Published Every Thursday and
tered at the Post-office at Fort
Valley, Ga., as Second Class
Mail Matter.
Join the Chamber of Commerce
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• The best way to help your own
business grow is to help your town
and section grow.
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Don’t encourage a young man to
take up store work if you are mor¬
ally certain tat he will do better
work with a pick and shovel.
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$25.00 invested in a membership
in the Fort Valley Chamber of Com¬
merce will return to you four-fold
in the years to come.
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It looks as if the Georgia presi¬
dential primary situation were liable
to become as involved as an
sentence in a Macon Telegraph edi¬
torial.
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As the mistletoe is to the oak, so
is the man who lives in a town, de¬
riving his sustenance therefrom and
contributing nothing to its growth
and that of its industries.
Every business man in Fort Val¬
ley and vicinity should attend the
next meeting of the Fort Valley
Chamber of Commerce next Monday
night, March 1st, at 8:00 o’clock, in
the K. P. Hall in the Evans building.
You don’t have to be a member to
be welcome. And you don’t have to
join if you don’t catch the enthu¬
siasm. Just come and judge for your¬
self whether this Chamber of Com¬
merce means to do business.
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It is the imperative duty of every
man who is otherwise' qualified to
vote to register before March 15.
You can register in the temporary
book in the hands of Mr. M. L.
tor, o: at the Ordinary’s office in
the lu iS of the County Tax Collec¬
tor, o rac the Ordinary’s office in
Perry. The man who voluntarily dis
fram-nises himself by failing to reg¬
ister not only foregoes a privilege of
citizenship but shirks a duty and pro¬
claims himself unfit to dwell in a
land of government by the people.
His own children may some day
arise and curse him for his disregard
of their interests.
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DO YOU NEED A TELESCOPE?
There are lots of broad-minded,
far-visioned men with the kind of
stuff in them that makes city build¬
ers, in and around Fort Valley. And
there arc some others who would be
but for being afflicted with mental
myopia — intellectual near-sighted¬
ness. This disease prevents a man
from parting with a dollar unless the
vision oi immediate and ample profit
to hunt .'it alone looms up large in the
immediate foreground. He never
catches the far-off vision of larger
profit to himself and his community
and section ultimately resulting from
co-operation with his fellow-men. If
these men so afflicted could only be
provided with telescopes so that they
could see a greater distance, and get
up on a hill so they could get a broad¬
er outlook, and would get the pos¬
sibilities of co-operative service—in¬
cluding that offered by The Leader
Tribune—focused is the center of
their field of vision, they themselves,
the community and all its enterpris¬
es would realize a larger measure of
prosperity.
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HE GOT OUT,
The rookie had been turned back
three times by the M. P. on one of
the roads leading out of camp.
u How do you get that way?” de¬
manded his highness the M. P.
The rookie delivered himself of a
glance which showed just what he
thought of the army.
“I’ve got a motner in heaven *»
quoth he, “and I’ve got a daddy in
h—, and I’ve got a girl in town.
I’m sure gonna see one of ‘em tonight,
—The Stars and Stripes, Washing¬
ton, D. Q,
COUNTRY NEWSPAPER
READERS BEST BUYERS.
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In the Cities there are one million
families each worth more than
000. In the country there are six
million families each worth more
$ 0 , 000 .
This creates a market with a buy
ing power of more than thirty-six
billion dollars—a veritable gold
for business.
The average yearly income among
city families is $750.
The average yearly income among
country families is $2,500.
Not only in the aggregate number
but as individual citizens, the people
in Country America have the great¬
est buying power pf any people in the
world.
The people in Country America are
the majority consumers of the nec¬
essities of life, and their increasing
wealth has made it possible for them
to satisfy teir desires also for the lux¬
uries until now they are the buyers
of phonographs, pianos, silk shirts,
silk hosiery and seventy per cent of
all the automobiles that are made.
Manufacturers looking for new
business and more profits need look
no farther than Country America, a
waiting, ready cash market for every¬
thing from rubber boots to patent
leathers, for farm tractors and tooth
paste, paint and cement, up-to-date
clothing, farm implements, chewing
gum, typewriters, cigarettes, fur¬
niture, glassware, breakfast food,
raincoats—everything that enters in¬
to life.
Get your share of the harvest that
awaits you in this rich market. Ad¬
vertise your product in Country
Newspapers, the only medium that
thoroughly covers and intensively
cultivates Country America.
No matter how powerful all other
mediums may be, THE ONE EVER¬
PRESENT VISIBLE FACTOR TO
THE LOCAL DEALER IN THE
SMALL TOWN IS HIS HOME
NEWSPAPER.
The Country Newspaper is the
medium that tells the people in HIS
town that your goods are for sale
in HIS store.
It is the medium that "SELLS”
THE CONSUMER and then tells
WHERE THE GOODS CAN BE
BOUGHT.
It is the medium that influences
the dealer to put your goods on his
shelves and it is the medium that
creates the consumer demand that
takes them off the dealer’s shelves.
It is the medium that wins the
dealer and ties him to you, and se
cures his cooperation and interest
in the sale of YOUR products in IIIS
store.
The Country Newspaper is THE
t* CASH IN” MEDIUM.
As one friend talking to another
about certain kinds of goods can in¬
fiuenee a friend more than he can a
stranger, so the Country Newspaper,
the friend and counsellor of its read¬
ers, can talk to the people in its com¬
munity about YOUR goods and car
ry a conviction of their value it
would be impossible to obtain
through any other medium.—-Print¬
ers’ Ink.
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FRIEND WIFE VISITS THE
OFFICE.
it Hello. Is that mother?
you,
Well, I think I’m coming back to you
soon. . . . There certainly is. John
simply won’t listen to me. I want
him to leave the newspaper
All the reason is the world, Why, I
dropped into his office for him last
night, and of all the places in the
world a newspaper office is the most
terrible, and filled with ferocious
men. I hadn't been in the office
two minutes until one man with
glasses, who seemed mild appearing,
where everybody seemed to cos
gregate, was yelling to “kill ’ > some
thing. The way he continued to or
der things “killed” all the time was
most bloodthirsty, He ordered a lot
of these poor boys to “hammer
things out and “shoot” tern along and
“boil” !them. Another fellow was
constantly yelling t» spike it” and a
poor unfortunate was rushing around
looking for “cuts. PI A flustered man
at a typewriter seemed to grow ner
vous after being reminded a number
of times about some *4 dead »» line.
and that they were ready to start
the “bulldog. ft And when he finally
got through they told him to rush
it over for a “head” which was going
to have a “hanger, ft And they didn't
like his “slug, «» And another poor
chap who seemed harmless was told
to it box” something, and when he
didn’t seem to get along he had to
“bury” it. And then he was sent
to the “morgue.” I told John T pos¬
itively would not stay there another
minute.—Pittsburg Press Club Flam
isg Torch.
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When a man answers his wife’s
How do I look dear,” with the usual
•. Oh, all right, .. she feels about as
thrilled as an actor who reads in the
morsing paper that he “did acceDt- p
nWy.”
■rnr leader tribune, fort valley, ga , February 26 , 1920
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Plant that garden.
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Still the rains fall.
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The political crop is prospering.
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Hash is the ghost of a
meal.
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And the caterpillar tractor is
crawling along.
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An undertaker believes in
ing all his subjects
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The less a man knows the more
insists on telling it.
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Georgia’s peach crop will soon
a budding proposition.
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The high salaried office is
busy dodging the man.
Every married man is an
law” to his “in-laws. *»
Eggs 70c per dozen, be a
idea to plant more hens.
Mr. Lansing deems President
son anything but a sick man.
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Since prohibition has gone
effect it seems all roads lead to
Nine-tenths of the conceit in
world is monopolized by men
forty.
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You can’t bluff a pretty girl
telling her there are microbes
kisses.
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Roses scattered in. life’s
begin to squabble the voters
a few facts.
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The man who doesn’t worry is
entitled to a lot of credit that he
never gets.
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Every time Mexico wants a little
fqn they go out and capture an Am¬
erican citizen.
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Your business is as apt to grow
without advertising as your garden
is without water.
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The government has offered
large quantity of quart flasks
sale—empty of course.
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Is it a mere coincidence, I
der, that “dry” rhymes with “lie,
with “why” and also with “die. D
-Marriages may be arranged
heaven, but the grocer and
expect their pay here on earth..
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In England one man charges
shilling for a handshake, in
country all they charge is your
Biff Muhphy says if these
continue to fall that he will
get caught up on his summer’s
ing.
The girl who takes all a man’., ten¬
der speeches seriously would
ly go to a musical comedy in
to improve her mind.
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People in China are said to now
be raising sweet pototoes. We
thought all that could be raised over
there was trouble.
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Some people’s idea of aiding in the
conservation of paper is to borrow
their neighbor’s every week and not
subscribe themselves.
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We have just heard of a man
who was too stingy to say his
prayers at night, saying it was a
of breath. He nad the Lord’s
prayer printed on a card and each
niight would hang the card on the
foot of his bed, saying: U Lord.
are our sentiments. **
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There are too many of the delicate
fingered class who want to be at the
manicurist’s table when they ought
to be at the wash tub or work bench.
We like to see well kept hands,
we have learned that the chap who
contributes most to progress has
other jobs for his digits.
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A druggist who had lately put in
what he believed to be as com
plete a line of his wares as could
gotten together was boasting to
friends that he could supply
anything anyone could ask for in
drug line. One of his friends,
attempting to joke him, said that
could name one article that
have. The doctor said, “Name
“Essence of contradiction, * •
the man." ‘Tve got it,”
replied and, leaving the
soon returned leading his
the hand and. saying, “Gentle¬
here is the essence of
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WHY NOT TRY THIS?
You’ve puzzled your brain for a
way to beat old High Cost of Living,
But had you thought of your home
j newspaper as a weapon against
it? We’ll wager you have not, and
that’s why we are putting these few
j words before you.
In almost every shed ana barn in
| this community there’s many imple
ments rusting away, implements the
owners have no use for and may
never have, In every attic or lum
ber room in Elbert County may be
found articles of furniture or a stove
or some household necessity that is
merely taking up room against the
day when there’ll be a general house¬
cleaning and it will go for kindling
wood or old iron. Now, in the same
community, maybe not a half mile
from your home there is someone in
the market for the same kind of maeh
inery, or the same piece of furniture
or utensil that you no longer have
any use for.
Did it ever occur to you that you
can find that person by inserting
two or three lines in your home pa¬
per? It wouldn’t pay you to start
out and tell everyone, from house to
house that you have such an article
for sale. It would take you weeks
to cover the field. But for a few
nickles this paper tells everyone in
the con: mnity for you, and if there
is anyone wanting what you want to
get, rid of you'll find it out in a hur¬
ry. Take an inventory, and then
drop around and let us tell you just
how cheaply you can take a poke at
old High Cost of Living by disposing
of that which -is of no service to you
for money that will buy something
you actually need.—Elbert County
Times.
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THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.
The United States is dotted with
thriving prosperous towns, each a
trading center for the farmers within
a radius of twenty to fifty miles.
In nearly every one of these towns
there is published a local newspaper,
often a daily, in thousands of cases
a thriving weekly, and in every case
read by every family in the town and
by all the farmers in the surround¬
ing country.
Serving as they do the people liv¬
ing in the country, these local pub¬
lications are known as “Country
Newspapers.” They arp read by
sixty million people, 58.2 per cent of
our population, who are today living
in towns of 5000 population and less
and on the farms. The Country
Newspaper is the medium upon which
these sixty million Americans depend
for their loca Inews—and in many
cases for their news of the outside
world.
The Country Newspaper, however,
is more than a mere dispenser of
news. It is the adviser, the friend
in need, the coussellor-at-Iarge for
the community. It is a vital factor
in the growth of the town and in the
lives of its citizens.
The support of the Country News¬
paper is enlisted for the building of
the school, the church, the town hall
and on through the various stages in
the town’s life asd growth to the vot¬
ing of bonds for lighting and paving
the streets. Every denomination,
every class, every citizen looks to the
local newspaper for suport, help and
advice. No activity can succeed in
a small town from an ice cream social
to the organization of the Commer¬
Club, the County Fair and various
other gatherings of interest to far¬
mers would be out of the question
were it not for the help and suport
of the local paper.
These varieties of usefulness of
the Country Newspaper make the
Country Editor the most influential
man in his community.
The Country Newspaper is the
heart of its community, for through
its columns from week to week flows
life of the commusity—the chron¬
icling of the births, deaths, gomn-s
and comings, and activities of all the
As the Country Newspaper is
close to its readers and powerful in
shaping the life of its community, so
is it powerful as an advertising med¬
ium.
Te people who read the Country
Newspaper look upon it as a neigh¬
bor, a personal acquaintance. They
are influenced by its statements and
the advertisements it publishes to a
much greater degree than the dwell¬
er in a big city is influenced by the
statements or advertisements in the
big city newspaper.—Printers’ Ink.
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WHEN THEY’RE RED & CROSS,
Miss Muffett,
She wanted to rough it,
And joined the Red Cross one day.
work she had plenty;
she was twenty
She died of exhaustion, they say.
—J. A. M.
Stars and Stripes, Washing¬
D. C.
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