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V alume XXXil, Number 16.
St FREE Mi
Mr. Walter B. Hill, son of
chancellor Hill of the Universit;. 04
Georgia, \ s a recent visitor in
Vailey in the interest of the
Department of Education, with
he -is connected.
While here Mr. Hill favored
e Gtbr of The Leader-Tribune with
dul, the purpose of which was to
list the interest of this paper in some
of the measures which State School
Superintendent, M. L. Brittain, is
voring, looking to the betterment
' the county school.?.
One of ihe-e measures which Pro¬
fessor Brittain is earnestly advoca¬
ting is a change in the laws which will
abolish the election of county school
superintendents by the people and
Pi their selection in the hands of
the county boards of education. This
system, Mr. Hill pointed out, is now
in vogue in Alabama and is redound¬
ing to the improvement of the schools
of that state.
tl is argued that relieving the
county school superintendent of all
political strings greatly increases
their opportunities for efficient work
and that their election hv the county
boards of education instead of by
the people makes is possible to «e
cure capable men for these positions
from the State at large or other
states, whereas under the popular
electorate system the choice is nee
gsairily confined to residents of the
county.
While we have no reason to be¬
lieve that the schools of Houston
County have suffered on account of
the system now in effect, but, on thf
contrary, we have a high regard for
the ability and interest of our pres¬
ent county superintendent of schools
as a general proposition the proposed
change impresses us as a deirablc
one. It would not in the lead mili¬
tate against our present superintend¬
ent’s being retained in office, where¬
as it would giv him much wider lat¬
itude in the unhampered discharge
of his duties, and would give the
board- of education of other coun¬
ties as well as our own a wider field
from which to select their future
.school superintendents.
We are merely passing Mr. Brit¬
tain’s proposition out for what is may
seem worth, while retaining an oper
mind on the subject.
MRS. FRANK MORSE’S PARTY
IN HONOR OF MRS. COHN
The sewing party given by Mrs.
Frank Morse on Thursday afternoor
in honor of Mrs. I. Cohn, of Balti
more, was a unique and deligbtfu
occasion. On the arrival of the doz¬
en invited friends, the hostess gave
each a napkin to hem, during which
time pleasant conversation was en
joyed. After the napkins had beer
hemmed they were presentd to the
guest of honor and ail repaired tc
the dining room, where the Eastei
spirit was emphasized in the decora¬
tions of the table and in the refresh
merits. A large lamp shaded in yei
IjW and flowers of yellow carried
out a color scheme of gold and green.
The guests sat around the table
where a 1 salad course with coffee wa:
served. The place cards were min
ature labbits and chickens which
announced the Easter time.
MR. GEORGE WRIGHT BUILDS
HANDSOME NEW HOME
Work has been under way for sev¬
eral weeks on the handsome new bun¬
galow being built by Mr. George O.
Wright at the corner of Miller street
and Central Ave. The residence will
he of white brick veneer with burnt
brick below. The studding, rafters
and a considerable por'tion of the
storm sheathing have been completed.
The residence was designd by and
it con action under the supervision
of hit- Phil Scroggs of Augusta.
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"BOYS’ DAY” NEXT SUNDAY
Next Sunday will be observed as
“BOYS’ DAY” at the Methodist Sun
day Sehool, and ail men and boys
are not affiliated with other
SUa Jay Schools are especially invit¬
ed to be present.
Exercise.? will bi> in charge of the
boys and the big "boys.” Every boy,
big and little, and every boy’s friend
are expected to be there, rain
shine. Ladies and girls are also es
pecially invited to come and see how
many boys will be there.
The Leader-Tribune
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
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WOMEN OF THE LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION
On Wednesday, February 25th,
women of the Thomas Library
sociation met by invitation at
home of Mrs. E. G. Thomas,
i and founder, together with '
| Thomas, of our public library.
Mrs. Frank Fincher, acting as tem¬
porary chairman, culled upon
Parmalee Cheves, our efficient li¬
brarian, for her report. (This will be
incorporated in the annual report to
be published in The Leader-Tribune
at a later date.)
Mrs. Almon Williams spoke in
warm terms ol' Miss Cheves’ service,
and moved a rising vote of thanks to
her.
Mrs. Louis Brown ably discussed
the subject of public libraries, car¬
rying her hearers back to their be¬
ginnings in Egypt, Assyria and
Greece; and, coming down to our own
local situation and equipment, she
described our needs and those of our
children in the way of literature and
reference works.
After an informal discussion it was
decided that the women members of
the Library Association, numbering
twenty-four, should hold regular
meetings on the afternoon, of the
last Wednesday in each month, Miss
Gladys Slappey volunteering as the
next hostess.
At these meetings there will be
one liferary feature, to he provided
by a committee appointed for that
purpose.
Further deliberations were post¬
poned until the March meeting, and
the members, after adjournment, en¬
joyed the charming hospitality of
Mrs. Thomas.
This movement augurs increased
prosperity for our well-used little
'ibnary, and an immediate and gen
?rou.s increase in its equipment.
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DIXIE HIGHWAY BOOSTERS
“IN OUR MIDST” THURSDAY
Mr. V. D. L Robinson of Chatta
nooga, secretary of tne Dixie High¬
way Association, and Mr. Wilson,
secretary of the Cairo Chamber of
Commerce, were in Fort Valley last
Thursday, favoring the Leader-Tri
)une editor with a call and an earful
>f schemes for permanently paving
:nis section of the Dixie Highway.
Other citizens of the town, also, who
tre known to be interested in per¬
manent road improvement for this
section were seen by Messrs. Robin
on and Wilson.
Mr. Robinson is confident that if
he citizens of this section will get in
oehind the proposed State bond issue
for permanent road building the corn
lined State and Federal aid provis
ions will make it possible to pave the
Dixie Highway thru here.
This is a proposition well worth
investigation by our newly revivified
Chamber of Commerce, and there
should be no stone left unturned tc
put the proposition across.
LOCAL LUMBER COMPANY
NOW HAS LOTS OF STEAM
Have you noticed that new deep
oned note that vibrates thru the air
these mornings,noons, and, mayhap.?
evenings, tho we haven’t noticed the
last named ourselves? Since install
;ng thenr new boilers, engines and
ither machinery the Fort Valley
Lumber Company evidently have
steam a plenty and to spare, for they
■lave installed a regular steam-boat
whistle at their plant in the city. It
is really the most distinguished and
distinguishable whistle in town, ex
cept, of course, four famous wild-cat !
fire whistle, but has a far more ,
pleasing and far less perturbing tone
than the latter. i | ,
The officers of the C tTdoTgood
they are now prepared
deal more than just to toot thei r
horn, too.
JEWISH WAR RELIEF HEADS
THANK FORT VALLEY
The Leader-Tribune is in receipt
of a letter from Mr. Fred RusJander,
secretary of the Jewish War Cam¬
paign Committee in Atlanta, ack¬
nowledging “with grateful appreci¬
ation the check for $1,007.00 »» sent
in by the local committee in charge
of this matter.. He says further: “I
am indeed delighted at the results
of the campaign in Fort Valley. You
will be glad to know that Georgia
has contributed much more than its
quota of $300,000 and I am sure
that you will rejoice with me that
our efforts will indeed “bring life
to those in the shadow of death. yp
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FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1920. TF.N PAGES
MESDAMES BROWN, HOSTESSES.
IMPRESSIVE REMEMBRANCE
OF AGED VETERAN. CONTRIB¬
UTE TO WORTHY CALLS.
On Thursday afternoon, March 1,
Mesdames J. L. and V. L. Brown
were joint hostesses to the Chas. 1).
Anderson Chapter U. D. C. at the
home of the latter.
In spite of threatening clouds und
uninviting thoroughfares quite a
large number were present and the
meeting was a most delightful affair.
One of the impressive features
was the reading of a beautiful let¬
ter from one of our old veterans, Mr.
A. F. Williams, in which he said he
would celebrate his one hundredth
.
birthday March 10th. The Chapter
unanimously decided to express its
appreciation and loyalty to this oe.
casion in carnations, with a letter of
congratulation? and goo 1 wishes,
which was sent to Mr. Williams.
Under the leadership of our most
efficient president, Mrs. F. 0. Mil¬
ler, the Chapter is increasing in in
terest and in membership, there be¬
ing now an enrollment of ninety
seven members.
They have contributed to the fol¬
lowing worthy calls:
Jeff Davis Monument Fund,
$23.50; Hero Fund, $25 00; Helen
Plane Fund, $10.00; A II. Stevens’
Memorial, $5.00; Veterans’ Supplies,
$10.00; besides several local culls.
They are also getting up a box for
the old soldiers to be sent in April.
They have organised a C. of C.
with eighteen member? under the su¬
pervision of Miss Gladys Slappey.
The Chapter ft-eis that it has been
unusually fortunate in securing Mr
John Boifeuiilet as speaker on Memo¬
rial Day and is looking forward with
great interest anti pleasure to this
occasion.
MRS. JULIAN WEBSTER WAS
HOSTESS TO HISTORY CLUB.
The History Club held an enjoy¬
able meeting with Mrs. Julian Web¬
ster on Tuesday afternoon. The
hour was changed from three to four
in order that members might attend
services at the Baptist Church be¬
fore going to the History Club. 7’he
home was made bright and attract¬
ive by the use of jonquils and daf¬
fodils. The study was on Commerce
and Industry of France, and those
who took part on the program were
Mrs. G. M. Johnson, Mrs. C. H. Pra
tor, and Mrs. Ralph Bassett. Mrs.
Lewis Riley and Miss Louise McDon¬
ald furnished the music Mrs. M. S.
Brown had charge of the program.
A social hour followed the meeting
during which the hostess served de¬
lightful refreshments.
CHURCH STREET RESIDENCE
BADLY DAMAGED BY FLAMES
The residence of Miss Pearl Brow i,
on Church street was badly damaged
by fire which originated in the roof
shortly before ten o’clock Tuesday
morning, the flames having gained
such headway before being discover¬
ed that the entire roof was apparent¬
ly a mass of flames before the fire
department could reach the scene.
Valiant work on the part of the fire
fighters saved the residence from to¬
tal destruction and also prevented the
spread of the flames to the resi
dences of Mr. T. J. Shepard and Mr.
O. M. Houser on each side. The roof !
and upper story of the house with the!
exception of the siding were destroy -!
cd. practically Many volunteer al! helpers removed j i
the contents of the
h °' i ’ S ° t0 PlaCCS ° f safety without
great loss, and the window sashes 1
and other removable portions of the
first floor were also taken out.
The residence was occupied jointly
by Miss Pearl Brown and Dr. Marc U ‘ s
L. Hickson and family, Mrs. Hickson
was ill in bed when the fire occurred
and was carried to the home of a
neighbor.
The damage is estimated to amount
to several thousand dollars.
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PEANUT STOCKS EXHAUSTED
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Recent Government reports show
that in the southeastern section pea¬ j
nut stocks for shipment are practi¬
cally exhausted, the available supply
being held for planting. In southwes¬
tern sections practically no stock re¬
mains in farmers’ hands. Shipments
from Virginia and North Carolina
sections for the week ending Febru
ary 21 were 1,101,739 lbs. shelled,
and 1,464,12.. Ibs. unshelled nuts,
LOT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED
BUILDING COMMITTEE
POINTED. LIBERAL
TO BENEVOLENCE MADE.
The Sunday School at 9:45 a. m
continues to grow in numbers
interest. The birthday offerings
cumulated during the past
were sent to Thormvell Home
School for Orphans.
During last Sunday morning’s
vices the membership made a
neous and liberal offering to
their obligations for the year
ends March 31st. This clears the
for their declaration of
in offerings for the new year
ning April 1st, on a weekly basis.
At the conclusion ol r the same ser¬
vice the congregation enthusiastical¬
ly declared themselves desirous of
erecting a pastor’s home upon the lot
recently acquired through their own
gifts and the gifts of many generous
friends. A building committee com
posed of Emmett Houser, Frank
Young, and W. G. Brisendine was ap
pointed.
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Mr. A F. Williams, of Marshall
ville celebrated his ninety-ninth
birthday on March 10. The follow
ing verses were written by one of
his grand-daughters as a tribute
his beautiful life.
In the whistling winds of March
In the early dawn of spring,
When the trees and flowers bud
And the birds begin to sing,
When God is manifest
As all nature now unfolds,
When his handiwork is seen
And ’tis plain the world he holds.
At this season of re-birth
♦lost marvelous of the year
A child of His came down to earth
To help, to bless, to cheer.
In eighteen twenty one
The tenth of March at morn
Like a ray of sun at dawning
This precious babe was born.
He has lived his three score years,
Yes—more than the alloted span,
Yet no purer life than his
Can mortal eyes e’er scan.
His gentle ways and words
His loving face serene
Are as natural as for skies to be blue
Or fields to be green.
We love him as he looks
From those deep eyes so blue,
That but reflect his noble soul
And a heart that’s ever true.
Such a wonderful life—
As rich in love us in years,
And day by day grows richer
As his centenary nears.
And when his earthly sun
Sets in the glowing West
And he so quietly and unafraid
Slips away to rest,
(( Well d|one—enter thou—
This is thy promised land.”
We can hear the Master whisper
As He takes him by the hand.
CONTRACT PLACED FOR NEW
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
The special committee appointed
by the city council several weeks ago
to provide for the improvement of
the city electric light and power plant
placed contracts several days ago for
the new equipment recommended by
Prof. A. St. C. Dunstan. The eqiup
ment contracted for include s a new
Allis-Ghalmers 250 K .v .a . genera
l (,r > a Harrisburg Corliss type engine
to drive same, and a Westingbouse
switchboard.
Deliveries of the new apparatus
will he made within three months.
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MRS. W. O. MOORE DEAD
Mrs. W. O. Moore died t her home
near Fort Valley early last Sunday
morning, after suffering from paral¬
ysis for several years. She' was 73
years old, and had lived in this Coun¬
ty most of her life. The interment
took place Monday afternoon at
Providence Church, of which she
was a devout member.
She is survived by her husband,
tw ° d / u ^ te r f- Mrs. Bri « ht
and , Mrs. R. T D. Glosson, and son,
one
Mr. Ely Moore, of Macon; also by a
-number of grandchildren, anmong
whom were all of the pall beard's.
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In terms of man-days universal
military training of our young men
for three months would cost the na
tion less than the present enforced
idleness in coal mining.
MAKE FORT VALLEY SPOTLESS!
March 12th is the day set aside by
the Fort Valley History Club as
I j “Clean-up Day. D
To make it a success we wish the
co-operation of every lady in the
town.
1 The following list is the committee
I appointed to superintend the clean
f ing of the streets in their respective
| to blocks them: when th<? city workmen come
College St.
Mrs. Annie Laurie Ayers, Mrs.
John A Houser, Mrs. Julian Webster.
Green St.
Mrs. W. D. DuPree, Mrs. W D
Murray.
Centra! Ave
Mrs. L. Carter, Mrs. W. H Hafer
Church St
Mrs M. S. Brown, Mrs. Sidney Mc¬
Millan, Mrs. J 1) Kendrick, Mrs A II
Lubetkin, Mrs A. M. Seifert.
Person St
Mrs. W. M. Blewster, Mrs. T R
()u®ley, Mrs Ralph Newton, Mrs R
D Hale
E Main St.
Mrs. Charlie Taylor, Mrs. J. J. Cul
ver.
Oakland Heights.
Mrs. Grover Ivey,
Peach Ave.
Mrs. John F. Troutman.
Miller St.
Mrs. J. B Bartley, Mrs. B. T. Mar¬
shall, Mrs. W. A. Wooddall, Mrs
Robert Flournoy, Mrs D. Y. Jones.
i Knoxville St.
Mrs. W. S. White, Mrs. W. B.
Campbell.
Orange St.
Mrs Homer Avera.
Beauty Square
Mrs. Roe Green, Mrs. Nina Hart¬
ley, Mrs. Frank Fincher, Mrs. A. B.
Greene.
Anderson Ave.
Mrs. J. M. Jones, Mrs. J. N. White,
Mrs. H. M Copeland, Mrs R E
Thames.
Macon St.
Mrs. H. P. Sanchez, Mrs. J. D.
Hinton, Mrs. G. B Culpepper
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THE METHODIST CHURCH
Wm F. Quillian, Pastor.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
BOYS’ DAY.
Morning Worship, 11 :00 a. m.
Rev. J. L. Gonline.
Praise Service, 2:30 p. in.
Junior Church, 3:00 p. m.
Epworth League, 6:30 p. m.
Every boy from one to 100 year S
of age is expected—yes, expected_
to be at Sunday School next Sunday
morning. Try it ONCE, anyhow!
Rev. J. L. Gerdifce, a missionary
from Korea, will preach at eleven
o’clock. He was in Korea when the
Christian Koreans were imprisoned
and speaks in a most interesting man¬
ner of this heart-broken people.
Y oung folks, remember the
League at six-thirty.
Everybody welcome!
CHURCH NOTES
No evening services during the re¬
vival at the Baptist church.
The pastor will attend the Inter
Church meeting in Atlanta this
week and next will lead in revival
services at Sparks Collegiate Insti¬
tute.
The recent Quarterly Conference
showed the church to be in most ex¬
cellent condition. Let us expect a
great revival among all of the de¬
nominations.
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SLAPPEY LANDS BRING GOOD
PRICE AT EXECUTOR’S SALE
At the executor’s sale in Perry
Tuesday of last week of the estate
of the late Mr. J. C. Slappey, the 90
acres of land in and near Fort Valley
were bought by Messrs. A. J. Evans
and J. E. Davidson at $250.00 per
acre; the 101 1-4 acres of Macon
County land was bought by Mr. Geo.
II. Slappey at $130.00 per acre; and
the 75 shares of Southwestern Rail¬
road stock, by Mrs. J. C. Slappey.
The land purchased by Messrs.
Evans and Davidson did not include
the residence property in Fort Valley.
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MR. C. McELMURRAY BUYS
VALUABLE CENTRAL .REALTY
Mr. C. McElmurray bought this
week from Mr. C. G. Gray the unim¬
proved realty on Church street be¬
tween the residence of Mr. Gray and
the store now owned by Mr. McEl
Murray on the corner of Anderson
Ave..extending back to the line of
Mr. C. H. Prator’s lot on Anderson
Ave.; also the vacant lot on Ander¬
son Ave. between the same store and
Mr. Prator’s residence. The consid¬
eration is said to have been $5,000
for the two pieces,
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TELLS THRIFT STORY
Hon. Clifford Walker, Attorney
General for Georgia, is a strong be¬
liever in Thrift. He has practiced
:t from to , hood and an interesting
story is toul of his early experience.
When a small boy he earned some
money, which was placed in his
father’s drawer for safe keeping.
Occasionally, Clifford would go over
and look at the money to be sure it
was there and enjoy the satisfaction
of knowing that he had it. ‘One day
he missed the money and in great
consternation told his father about
it. The wise father led him to a
safe and took from an inside drawer
a note.
“See here, my son, »» said he,
“this i: your money in the form of a
note. It draws eight percent inter¬
est and it works for you while you
are asleep.”
“That taught me a lesson about
the use of money,” said Mr. Walker, tP
and all through boyhood I made it
my business to earn all the money
I could and save it. For sometime
I delivered every copy of the Atlanta
Journal that went to my town. Dur¬
ing Christmas I sold candies and dur¬
ing court week I kept a lemonade
stand. Sometime I sold cigars. In
various ways I accumulated quite a
sum and by the time I had finished
school, I had $800 saved up. I am
still drawing interest on that money.
“I am glad to see people investing
their money in Savings Stamps. It
will be a godsend to them in times
of emergency.”
Mr. Walker holds that the in
vestment of county sinking funds in
Treasury Savings Certificates is le¬
gal. Of course, the Treasury Sav¬
ings Certificates in $100 and $1,000
denominations are a Government ob¬
ligation just as much as a Govern¬
ment bond. The Treasury Savings
Certificates, however, have a distinct
advantage over the bonds, in that
they may be redeemed on demand at
the Treasury Department and the
holder will receive all that he puts
in, plus interest. If he leaves the
Certificates until their maturity at
the end of five years, he will receive
something over four percent.
Another advantage of these Treas¬
ury Savings Certificates is that the
interest is compounded automatical
iy- If you buy bonds it is necessary
to cash the coupons semi-annually
ami then you must reinvest in order
to compound the interest. On
of moderate size the inter¬
est will not be large enough to in¬
readily in a loan, In the Sav
ings Certificates it is invested for
for a period of five years. Then
can get the principal and rein¬
vest it if you like in a new series of
Savings Certificates.
Savings’ Stamps which sell for
$4.14 in March and $4.23 in Decem¬
ber will be redeemable at $5.00 on
first of January, 1925, which is
exactly the same rate of increase as
that of the Treasury Savings Cer¬
tificates.
The advantage of $100 and $1,000
Certificates is that they may he reg¬
and thus if the securities are
the owner is protected.
With these advantages the Treas¬
Savings Certificates is an ideal
for sinking funds or trust
on amounts up to $1,000 a
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When asked Monday if he wanted
renew his subscription to The
Mr. M. L. Sheats
“you bet I do. I take a lot
papers but that’s the one paper
I always read every word in,
all the advertisements,
beginning to end. »» That’s real
interest and loyalty.
there are lots of other folks in
around Fort Valley of this same
Bob Flournoy, for in¬
and Mr. A. B. Greene, and
.J. F. Lowe and Mr. J. A. L. Wil¬
and just lots of others. They
the kind of folks that salve the
weary souJl. May their
increase.
REVIVAL SERVICES
OF UNUSUAL INTEREST
The revival services at the Bap¬
church this week under the lead¬
of Dr. J. H. Dew are arousing
good deal of intesest. Dr. Dew’s
and discourses are said to
be refreshingly original, interesting
effective. The interest in the
is general among all the
goers of the town regardless
denominational affixations.