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die Georgia Peach and
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Vjlume XXXII, Number 17.
WATSON-JONES
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BEAUTIFUL HOME NUPTIALS OF
POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE FOL.
LOWED BY LARGE RECEPTION
AND AUTO HENEYMOON.
The spacious Watson home on An¬
derson Ave. was the scene of a beau¬
tiful wedding Wednesday afternoon,
Hili Watson and Mr. Richard Ed¬
ward .Jones were married, the nup¬
tial vows being pronounced by Rev.
J. H. Dew, of Ridgecrest, N. C.
At the door-way of the East par¬
lor quantities ot pink roses and feath¬
ery green tastily arranged fromed
the bridal altar and garladns of
green were used for mural decora¬
tion.
Miss Marianne Jones, of Macon,
presided at the piano and violin mus¬
ic was furnished by Mrs. Moss Cope¬
land and Mr. Frank Fincher. Miss
Kate Tanner was vocalist and pre¬
ceding the ceremony sang “A Perfect
Day” and “Dawning.’’
The only bridesmaid was Miss Su¬
sie Green who was very attractive in
a beaded gown of navy blue geor¬
gette and her flowers were pa’a pink
carnations. Mr. Robert Taylor, a com¬
rade of the groom in service over¬
seas, was best man.
The pretty bride was given away
by her brother, Mr. Thomas V. Wat¬
son, of Atlanta, and she was attired
in a going-away suit of blue, with
accessories to match, her flowers ■ ?
ing Bride roses.
Immediately after the ceremony an
informal reception was held at which
were entertained about two hundred
guests.
In the dining room where the re
refection was served the dec
orations of pink and green were most
effective, the table having for a cen
tral decoration a crystal vase filled
to overflowing with pink carnations.
The sweet fragrance of orange blos¬
soms permeated the room and the
soft glow of unshaded candles added
to the effectiveness.
Fruit punch was served by Miss
Ruby Duke and Miss Emily Bras¬
well, who wore dainty dresses of
crepe-de-chine and georgette in pink
and green. Others who assisted in
.entertaining were Mrs. J ,M. Jones,
Mrs. 1‘ rank Miller, Mrs. W. G. Brisen
dine, Mrs. Louis Prator, Mrs. Neltie
Miller, Mrs. S. C. Floyd, Mrs. Har¬
ris Neil, Mrs. Clifford Prator, Miss
Virginia Smith and Miss France
Langston.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones left for a brief
automobile trip and are now at home
on Anderson Avenue.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
J. W. Stokes, Pastor.
Sabbath School, 9:45 a. m.
Preaching, 11 :00 a. m. and .7:30 p. m
“IVhat It Is to Live; What It
Is to Die.”
Ladies' Auxiliary, Monday, 3:30 p. m.
Prayer and Praise Meeting, Wednes
day, 7:30 p. m.
The protracted meeting under th
auspices of the Presbyterian church
is to begin Monday after the fourth
Sunday of this month. Rev. J. E
Wallace of Macon will do the
preaching. It is hoped that by that
time the weather shall have become
settled and the sick about ail well
Mr. Stokes’ sermons Sunday mornim
and night next will have a bearinr
upon the work of the coming twelve
months, and especially prepare fo
the evangelistic services.
A herayt welcome is accorded all
who attend services at the Presby¬
terian church.
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CARD OF THANKS.
To the Fire Dept, and Friends:
As it isn’t practical for me to see
each of you personally and expres:
my gratitude, I take this means of
conveying my sincere thanks for the
timely and valuable assistance all s
promptly rendered in extinguishing
the fire and removing furniture from
nty home on 9th, inst.
I truly hope none of you suffered
ill effect from the exposure and
soaking received.
Respectfully yours.
M ss A. P. BROWN
Friends of Mrs. C. E. Martin re¬
gret that she has been ill this week.
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Mrs. J. E. Bledsoe, Miss Bessie
Anderson and their mother, Mrs.
Anderon, are eonvalescmg from their
recent illness, to the gratification of
many friends.
The Leader-Tribune
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920.
PEACHES IN FORT VALLEY
SECTION UNHURT BY COLD.
There is an old saying that “dis¬
tance lends enchantment” but that
tellow who hails from Bibb County
! and says by inspiration of some long¬
distance information that the peaches
‘ of Houston County are badly hurt by
; cold and not in nearly so good a state
I as those of Bibb County either is
j near-sighted or wrongly enraptured,
i As soon, it seems, as that false
J blandishment was wafted, as it were,
i by the gentle breezes in their daily
hourly message to the trees of Hous¬
ton County, did you notice how the
little pink blossoms flushed so pink
and began to lift their fresh little
faces and open up in resentment at
any such Bibb superiority?
There is always somebody jealous
over a “pretty peach!”
PEACHES HURT IN EL PASO.
EL PASO, Tex., March 12.—Con¬
siderable damage was done to the
peach crop of the El Paso Valley by
the cold of Saturday and Sunday
nights. Recent unusually warm
weather had caused many peach trees
to bloom. Some of the dwarf pears
also had bloomed and they were kill¬
ed, but Bartlett pears, apples and
late peaches had not yet blossomed.
The temperature went to 24 degrees
Saturday night.
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FOR PERMANENT BRIDGES.
To the people of Houton County:
The State Highway Department
has appropriated $25.00 toward the
building of a permanent concrete
bridge over Big Indian Creek on the
National Highway near Perry, pro¬
vided the country will furnish an
equal sum for this purpose. Engin¬
eers of the State Highway Depart¬
ment estimate that the cost of the
bridge will be between $40,000 and
$50,000 and the county must arrange
to pay its part before the work will
be begun.
rp The U old bridge , •, is . beyond , . repairing . .
and , a new must , ,, be built. , Heart r
one
timber .. , is exceedingly scarce and ,
very .... high in price. • t, It is • ... ,
that a steel bridge would cost $20,
000 or $25,000, which, while better
than wood, has not the permanence
of concrete. B, the expenditure of
approximately *20,000 the count,
will «et , structure worth -i
this sum. Can we afford to let the
opportunity pass? „
In the near future „ permanent
bridges at Culpepper’s Mill and Mule
Creek on the Fort Valley and Macon
public road should be built, for
which Federal aid to the extent of
fifty per cent, of their cost can be
obtained.
All projects to which State and
Federal aid is extended are let under
contract and the work is supervised
by a Government engineer. The
county would have nothing to do with
the construction of the bridges, ex¬
cept to pay its part of their cost.
There are two ways by which funds
can be raised to pay for these bridges.
One is by a direct tax levy which the
law authorizes us in our discretion
to impose. We think this method
would be burdensome at this time
an already' heavily taxed people.
The other method is by
bonds for building permanent
bridges, which must have the concur -
rence of two-thirds of the qualified
voters of the county. We
this last method, as the payment
the bonds would be distributed over
a number of years and would
bear so heavily upon the tax-payers,
About a year ago we called a
mass meeting of citizens to discuss
the advisability of calling a bond
tion to build permanent bridges.
much opposition developed that
were forced to abandon our plan.
But this matter of bridges is upon
us for immediate action. We
drag through the mud of the
but without bridges you can’t get
over the streams and gullies until
Fords sprout wings and buggies and
wagons are superseded by airships.
Let the people take this matter
under serious consideration and help
us to determine this qqestion.
J. A. McCOWEN,
J. W. HODGE,
C. B. WATSON.
County _ . Commissioners. „ . .
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT
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The Fort Valley Chamber of Corn
merce will meet Mondya night, March
22, at 7:30 o’clock in the K. of P.
Hall in the Evans building.
All committees will be expected to
make their reports at this meting.
A, C. Riley, president,
Every Town Could help
Relieve Paper Shortage.
A critical shortage of newsprint paper exists throughout
the world while tons upon tons go weekly into the garbage
dumps of the small towns of Georgia alone.
Within the past twelve months the Salvation Army has
collected in the various cities of the country and turned back
to the paper mills 50,000 tons of waste paper. Their activi¬
ties do not extend, however, to the smaller towns.
It costs too much to bale and ship waste paper in less
than car-load lots to warrant any one or two individuals—
even newspaper plants in small towns—doing so. But if a
place could be provided in each community where the waste
paper of the community could be collected and storecLuntil
enough to make a car-iot shipment has been accumulated,
some one could make a little money out of it under proper
conditions and it would help relieve the shortage and save
many papers from having to suspend publication, It
would not pay anyone to have to rent storage space for this
purpose. But where a town has a school house, court house,
church or other such public building with unused basement
room, a cooperative plan could be adopted whereby the
town’s waste paper from homes, offices, stores and
newspaper plants could be saved to advantage. School
children or Sunday School children could be enlisted to
bring the old paper to school or the church basement where
it could be baled. Some one in nearly every town would
have a baler to lend for this purpose. The children could
bale the paper. When enough has been accumulated
to make a car-lot shipment, public spirited patrons of the
school 01 Sunday School could lend trucks or wagon teams
to haul the baled paper to the loading track. A ready sale
could be found for the paper in near-by cities or at the mills.
The proceeds could be used by the schools or Sunday
Schools for various useful purposes.
Mas anyone in Fort Valley a suggestion to make along
this line?
MARSHALLVILE BOY
WRITES OF SEA TRIP.
RALPH FREDERICK WRITES
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INTERESTINGLY OF S. O. S.
CALLS, ICE BERGS, SEA JOKES,
ROUGH WEATHER AND WAR
SCENES.
The following letter from Ralph 1
Frederick, wnten .. at . sea to . . his . par
ents, Mr. and ... Mrs. J. T ... W. Frederick, T , , . ,
ot f Marshallville, , .. ... wi be read with
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^ ect,on of ^ thls ma young " y fr,en<1 partlot f. \ n and lhls
u i u ™ . th “ 8 »' m '*
“j “? ”” *«■•* *«"* f ™>“
'
Appeles, being in danger * from sub
. each trip. Subsequently
marines on
he , served , in . a similar position on
the U. S. S. \ esoking, looking out for
our Government’s interests uik! mak
ing consular-like reports to the ship
ping board—a responsible and des
irable postition for so young a man.
His letter follows:
Longitude 29-W.
Latitude 55 -N.
At Sea.
Jan. 29-'20.
My Dearest Mama:
Have been wanteing to write you
for some days, but the sea has been
so rough and rolling it has not been
possible. We have made good time
however and if nothing unforseen
happens, we should be in by this time
riex *' week> Feb. 5th. Suppose you
received my letter, written on 18th
J anu ary just as we were leaving Nor
^ as ver y much rushed
morn > n £- The night after
we bad an O. S. call from the Air
,ee > 90 miles away, saying she was
11 d ' s t ress and needea assistance; of
course we started towards her and
wben near her, said she was in
j ter condition. So we proceeded on
I i our way. During that night tho, we
j bad visions of rescuing people and
8 ^ ^ be attending excitement of a sink
ing ship. This was the first time I
have ever even started to a rescue,
Iso was quite worked up We
I had lots of calls for help, but
ships have always been nearer
distressed one.
Last Sunday morning, the
ma ^ e called me about 7:00 a. m., and
as k e( l rne if I wanted to see a big
' ce berg; it was an enormous one and
I was glad to get up to have a look
We were 8 or 10 miles away at our
nearest approach, but at that dist¬
ance it was a huge affair, probably
an acre surface above the water and
had three very tall “towers.” The
captain estimated they were 400 or
500 fefit hjph what __ masg of jee
this was! Bergs are very seldom seen
in this latitude this time of the year
and we were not looking out, but
sent out wireless warnings to other
ships, so they might be on their
guard.
Mamma something very funny hap
pened night before last. Every one
on boaid works four hours, then is
off for eight, then on again
more; in other words the crew is
ided into three shifts, each shift
working eight hours out of the twen¬
ty four but only four hours at a
time; at night a lunch is left out for
those men going on watch, the fire¬
men i n their mess-room, the sailors
in theiis and the officers in the
saloon. Two cans of condensed milk
are always left with the lunch for
coffee; now some one, (a sailor or
fireman*) had been stealing the milk
from the officers lunch for several
nights, so the steward filled one can
half full of croton oil, the other half
with milk. It seems about midnight
of that fatal night, the steward and
3rd officer got cans mixed up, using
milk with croton oil and for an hour
or two they were deathly ill, how¬
ever no serious results. The joke
was too good and was talked of in
cessantly for a few days by those of
us who only have a few lines of press
news each day. The time is flying
very fast on this trip, because I have
become all wrapped up in my study
of F’reneh again. I spend at least
four hours every day studying, find
it ; more and more interesting, as it
will be essential. Am glad I bought
“Don Quioxote” from home with me.
He and Sancho Panza have afforded
me no little pleasure for past few
days. The pictures, in the old book,
are a circus in themselves. .The
Knight and his squires are truly a
scream. I have “Blasco Ibanez” last
hook “Mare Nostrum” (our sea) got
in Tampa, will send to you when we
reach the states again. It is not the
book that his “Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse” is. ’Tis said the story
is based on the execution of (of life
rather) of the Dutch dancer, who was
shot for a spy in Paris. Our course
this trip is around the north of Scot¬
land, between Scotland and the Ork¬
ney Islands, thru Pentland Firth; yes¬
1 terday we passed thru, today we are
in the North Sea. The old Atlantic
i decided to give us some fun, before
we left her, the last two days, be¬
fore getting into the lee of the land
(Scotland) we received quite a
ing. The ship reeled and rolled, buck
e(i an<1 pluTlged in r l uite a
manner ’ an(l ,,lght ln ttle mi(,st of
this ™" fusi °n a blade of our pro -
P e,,er broke off ‘ There are
j blades and when one is gone
■ engines have to be slowed down
i the unevenness of the driving
) shakes the ship. Now we are going
i at only two-thirds speed, there is the
j j sensation of riding on a car as well
as a ship. We will probably have to
I go in dry dock in England to have
i j this repaired on our return trip.
There can be no blame attached to
ar, y° ne as happens “in the best
regulated families.” We are to
j charge Swerlen our and Fredicia, cargo Denmark; Gothenburg, will
l eave ! at t er Place and come back
the Keil Canal via En ^ Iand for fuei
aml re P airs - Wel1 be £ lad to make
i the trip thru that farr, ous (or in
i famous) canal and see a bit of this
j country, which we have come to
j despise during the last five years.
Went up on the bridge to get some
air and looking out over this mer
du nord,” as the French call *t,-could
TEN PAGES
PEACHES NOT BADLY HURT
IN ARKANSAS DISTRICTS.
NASHVILLE, Ark.—The latter
part of last week and first of this,
winter temperatures were exper¬
ienced, it being excepionally cold for
this time of year. Much anxiety was
felt as to the outcome of the Ark¬
ansas peach crop, which, up to that
time was about TOO per cent all
over the state. Perhaps it is a little
early to tell just what the damage
will be, but some inquiries and ex¬
amination of buds indicate only a
small percentage of buds actually
killed. These inquiries cover only
a few points and might not prove an
average for other territories. The
frost damage is unusually quite
spotted in Arkansas.
Bert Johnson, of the Highland Or¬
chard Company, and owner of several
thousand acres of orchard in this dis¬
trict, tells The Packer man that they
have some loss but not enough to in
any way affect the crop as they can
lose a large per cent of buds and
then have plenty for a full crop. He
said: “I felt shaky Sunday morn¬
ing (that was the coldest morning
we had), but I believe they are al¬
right, and if nothing further happens
we will have a good crop of peaches.
We are going right ahead making
all the preparations we possibly can
to care for the crop. The orchard
will be cultivated, trees fertilized and
sprayed and we are looking forward
to a good crop of very fine peaches.”
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THE METHODIST CHURCH
Win. F. Quillian, Pastor.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a. m.
Praise Service, 2:30 p. m.
Junior Church, 3:00 p. m.
Kpworth League, 6:30 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. in.
Prayer Service, Tuesday, 7:30 p. m.
In the absence of the pastor, who
is conducting revival services at
Sparks Collegiate Institute, the reg¬
ular services will be conducted by
Rev. G. W. Mathews.
A cordial welcome awaits all who
come.
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NEGRO BOY SLIGHTLY HURT;
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SPILL
There came near being- a very ser¬
ious accident Tuesday morning or
the Macon road about two miles
north of F’ort Valley when the younj.
son of Mr. Vinson, who resides north
of the city and was driving a smal)
truck, tried to avoid running over a
small negro boy who jumped from a
wagon in front of his machine.
The little fellow jumped and reach
ed for his hat and young Mr. Vinson
seeing the child in front of his truck,
swerved into a ditch at the side of
the road, which caused the many
school children in the truck to pitc.1
out into the field near-by.
The colored child was slightly hur
about the head and limbs but the
occupants of the truck had no seriou
results hut suffered a terrible fright'
It was one of those unavoidable
things which sometimes cause sc
much suffering and sorrow, and it
the accident is seen again the kind
hand of providence which protected
the many children from serious in
jury.
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CIVIC COMMITTEE HISTORY
CLUB PLANS IMPROVEMENTS
The Civic Committee of the His
( Club met Saturday afternoon
j at the home of the chairman, Miss
Orr. The Civic committee
ls P lanning . ' to t'other beautify the
Fincher Memorial Park and to un¬
grove the condition of he Railroad
Park. I he women ot the city see
muc h to be done in a civic way but
find themselves handicapped for lack
of manual help and any help along
the line of fertilizer, labor, plants,
etc., volunteered will »be greatly
appreciated.
not help thinking in all this calmness
and beautiful moonlight, how much
strife has been seen right here in past
few years. Two years ago and we
I would not be sailing here in caim
I ness and peace of mind! We will
pass over where the battle of the
I “Jutland®” was fought, but the sea
will show no scars and however fierce
the battle may have raged, in a
hour all will be obliterated.
Feb. 7th.—Arrived in
this a. m., have been ashore, but
think much of this old town.
With all my love. Your own
Ralph.
world.
$2.SO Per Year In Advance
THE BAPTIST MB’S
TO BE HELD HERE MARCH 23-
25. PROMINENT WOMEN AND
DELEGATES FROM OTHER
TOWNS TO BE PRESENT.
The women of the Fort Valley
Baptist Church through the Woman's
Missionary Society will entertain at
what is termed a School of Methods
for the Rehoboth Association.
This meeting will begin Tuesday,
March 23, and will last through
Thursday with services Tuesday and
Wednesday evening included.
There will be much in store for
those who would like to familiarize
themselves with the work of Geor¬
gia and Southern Baptists and the
convention will be somthing in the
way of a training course for lead¬
ers. Misson study classes will be
an inspirational feature and there
will he a number of prominent women
present, among whom will be Miss
Kathleen Mallary, of Baltimore, Sec¬
retary -of the Southern Baptist W.
M. U.
There will be delegates from Ma¬
con, Forsyth, Perry, Roberta, Rey¬
nolds, Grovania, Bonaire, Marshall
ville, Montezuma and many other
places within the bounds of the Re¬
hoboth association.
Mrs. O. D. Williams is chairman of
the Hospitality Committee and Mrs.
Woodall is chairman of the lunch¬
eon committee, luncheon to be serv¬
ed at the church Tuesday, Wednes¬
day and Thursday. Mrs. R. C. Col¬
lier and Mrs. Ralph Newton will have
charge of the arrangement of the
church parlors for the various elass
Th« Baptist women wish it gen¬
erally understood that the School of
Methods is not invitational and that
members of the various churches
and all others wil be most cordilaly
welcomed.
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FLYNT AND MURRAY BUY
EVANS BROTHERS’ GARAGE
Messrs. D. H. Flynt and W. E.
Murray recently bought out the
Evans Bros.’ Garage on Macon St.
from Messrs. W. J. and Robert Evans
and are now operating the business
at the same location under the style
Flynt and Murray.
They are continuing the same line
of business formerly operated by
Evans Bros., namely, automobile re¬
pairing and accessories, gasoline and
oils; and are also handling the Chev¬
rolet automobile and parts.
Mr. Robert Evans remains with
the new firm. Mr. W. J. Evans is
now devoting his time to his farming
interests.
Mr. Murray severed his connect¬
ion with the ice, coal and transfer
business of Mr. E. L. Burden several
weeks ago.
We wish and predict success for
the new firm.
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CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
“IN OUR MIDST” THURSDAY
Col. Roscoe Peacock, of Eastman
was a visitor in Fort Valley last
Thursday en tour of the district by
automobile in the interest of his can¬
didacy for Congress against Repres¬
entative W, W. Larsen.
Col. Peacock grows more affable
as his campaign progresses and says
he is meeting with gratifying en¬
couragement throughout the district.
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NEGROES HELD FOR THEFT
OF TIRE AND FENCE WIRE
Chief of Police R. J. Rowell took
into custody Tuesday morning two
negroes, Rich Gilbert and Leon
(more commonly known as “Stu
cas”) Starkes, who are alleged to
have s’olen a brand new automobile
tire from an express truck at the de¬
pot and trhee rolls of wire fencing
from the Georgia Agricultural
Works.
The Chief turned a quick trick in
the tire “case,” having both the al¬
leged thieves and tire in his custody
before the local express officials had
mised the tire or even knew it had
been shipped here. It was a 35 inch
Goodyear Cord casing shipped from
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com¬
pany’s Atlanta branch to the Fort
Valley Brokerage Company, and was
valued at $63-20.
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Mr. J. C. Thames and family and
Mr. V. B. .Joyner, of Crumps Park
spent Sunday here the guests of Mr.
J. W. Joyner,