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Volume XXXII, Number 18.
HAS BEEN RETARDED BY RAINY ollwv
WEATHER. PRUNING BEING W °R M1N FIN S.c«n>, D.,
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ORCHARDS BLOOMING LA
rains of the past; i
The excessive
week hampered the work on
farms and in the orchards to a behind mark-j
ed extent. l’he farmers are
w'th their corn planting, some of
them not having their land prepared,
for this work. It seems that the'
further behind the farmers get with 1
their work the more it rains and now
the weather bureau does not promise
us any cessation from this kind of
weather. However, several days of
fair weather have helped some.
In the orchard.-, the growers have
Been trying to finish with their worm¬
ing and while this is quite late to do
it, as this individual has already done
the bulk of his dirty work, still, it is
better late than never, The borer
has long been beneath the bark and
while other insects have been lying
dormant during the winter months,
this individual has been busily en¬
gaged in girdling the tree, until now
it has accomplished the worst of its
damage, as it will soon go into the
dormant stage or pupa and then
< the spring full
emerge later in as a
fledged moth, ready to begin its oper¬
ation all over again.
Pruning has been rushed up with¬
in the past week or so with an earn¬
est effort to remove all of the sur¬
plus wood possible and get the trees
in shape for blooming. The more
wood we have on the tree, the more
effort the trees has to put forth to
bring it into bloom, so the growers
have been trying to eliminate this
surplus wood in older that the tree
might exert its fullest efforts toward
making what is left into the best pos¬
sible bearing wood..
Some of the growers have been try¬
ing to get their trees fertilized for
the coming year, but the inclement
weather has caused this work to get
behmd. However, with a few fair
d we shall get into shape and be
ready to cope with the necessary
evils, such as curculio and brown rot.
Blooming season is late this year,
due to the recent cold spells we have
endured, and unless we have a few
warm days, everything will spring
into bloom at once as it did in the
year 1918. This is not to be feared,
thoug'h, for even though such does
happen, the fruit will ripen in order,
as Mother Nature is a great equalizer
and though our trees all bloom at the
same time, our early fruit will come
along in its proper season, followed
by the later varieties in due time.
MRS. EDWIN McMILLAN WAS
HISTORY CLUB HOSTESS
The History Club met Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Edwin McMillan.
An interesting program ,the subject
of which was “Life in France,” was
enjoyed. Mrs.’ Those who took part were
W. J. Braswell, Mrs. J. M.
Green, Mrs Tom Flournoy and Mrs. E.
L. Duke. “Home Customs,” “The
People of France” and “Rural Life”
were discussed. A social hour was
enjoyed and refreshments served.
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A CORRECTION.
In an article published on the
front page of our last week’s issue
under the head <« For Permanent
Bridges” and over the signature of
the County Commissioners the type
made us_say: “the State Highway
Department has appropriated $25.00
toward the building of a
concrete bridge over Big Indian
Creek on the National Highway
Perry. »» The amount should have
read *25.000. The error was due
an oversight which was not the
of our proof reader.
In this connection it might not
inopportune to observe that it is
ly essential to the interest and
gress of every section of the
that propositions for
bridges and roads receive the
-mous suppert of all citizens of
county on some assured basis
every section of the county will
eeive an equitable proportion of
work commensurate with the
of travel over the roads of each
spective section. Until some
basis is reached we fear that
county will continue to lag
neighbor 1 counties and the rest of
State in this important matter
public highway improvement.
The Leader-Tribune
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1920. TEN PAGES
AURORA BOREALIS SEEN
HERE MONDAY NIGHT
A number of Fort Valley people
were fortunate enough to witness
Monday night a phenomenon rarely
seen in-this latitude—a very distinct
d , j of the aurora borealis, or
“northern lights. **
T ^ e phenomenon occurred about
.45 o’clock, the white or yellowish
fan-shaped streamers and roseate
^j ow a pp ear ing distinctly above the
northern horizon,
Mr , Tames q Bostwick, who had
witnessed the aurora several times
wben j n the North, was one of the
f; rs ^ p ersortd here to see it and know
wbat ;t W as Monday night, and he
ea j] e( j attention of other persons
to it.
The Tuesday afternoon papers
carried stories of an unusually fine
display of the aurora in the northern
states and of considerable interfer¬
ence with telephone and telegraph
srviee therefrom.
The phenomenon is supposed to be
of a meteoric nature and to be of
electrical origin. It usually appears
in streams of light yellow or light
red light light ascending towards the
zenith from a dark line or bank a
few degrees above the northern ho¬
rizon, in the northern hemisphere;
and above the southern horizon in
the southern hemisphere. In the lat¬
ter case it is called the aurora aus¬
tralis. At least, that’s what the old
school geographies used to say.
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MRS. BRISENDINE HOSTESS
FOR POPULAR BRIDE-ELECT
Miss Maurice Fagan, whose mar¬
riage will be an interesting event of
April the 7th, was the honor guest
on Wednesday afternoon at a pretty
party given by Mrs. W. G. Brisendine.
About forty guests enjoyed the
charming hospitality of the
and played rook for an hour. The
party was featured by a miscella¬
neous shower, the gifts being
sented in a large pink box, tied with
pink tulle. The color scheme
pink and white was attractively em¬
phasized throughout the occasion A
salad course with frozen punch
served.
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POPULAR CLOTHIERS PUT
UP HANDSOME
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Edwards Bros, are having a
.some marquise awning erected
the front of their clothing store.
marquise is to be of glass and
extending the full width of the
>ront and over the side-walk to
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The hustling proprietors of
popular haberdashery say that
Sol tt beams upon them a little
too warmly and that the awning
necessary to preserve their
fixtures and stock.
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DR. W. C. WRIGHT LOSES
THREE BARNS BY
Three barns on the farm of
W. C. Wright just off the Perry
were destroyed by fire Saturday
ternoon. Some feed-stuff and
eral hogs were also lost in the
which originated about 3 o’clock
the afternoon, presumably from
lighted cigarette supposed to
been dropped by a negro boy
went to the barn about that time
harness a horse, As some of
tenants were known to be in
house near the barn at the time
fire started it is not thought that
incendiary would have been so
as to set the bam afire at that time
day.
A number of spray wagons
called into requisition to fight
flames, being filled with water fro
two nearby deep wells and the
then pumped onto the flames.
the streams resulting were not
cient to save the buildings a
erable quantity of corn was
thereby. The spray pumps
kept busy on the embers all
and next day to prevent
spread of the fire by wind.
The city fire truck went to
scene and by the use of
prevented the fire spreading to
buildings.
The buildings were well
but Dr. Wright stated that he
sustain some loss.
The dancing contingent will
a dance Thursday evening at Mr.
Mrs. John Allen's Twin Oaks
hotel.
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Mrs. John Allen will entertain
Friday at a luncheon
Miss Maurice Fagan, a popular
elect.
MARNE
J UST as the school children of France
gave for their country's gift to the
United States—the Statue of Liberty
—so will American school children
contribute "one cent and upward” for
“America's Gift to France," a monu¬
mental statue by Frederick Mac
Monnles, the aoted American sculptor.
Hr. MacMonnles Is contributing bis
services toward the monument which,
It Is estimated, will cost $250,000.
The poster shown herewith, is by Al¬
bert Sterner, noted American portrait
painter. It typifies the tribute which
this country will pay lo the French
through the Herne monument, The
poster will be displayed In cities,
towns, and villages, and will designate
many of the places where contributions
may be made during the week of
March 22—a free-will offering, In
which numbers of contributors, rather
than size of contributions, will be
sought from school children and others.
Contributions sre now being receiv¬
ed at National Headquarters, 150 Nas¬
sau street. New York, by Charles H.
Sabin, president of one of New York's
largest trust companies, who is treas
urer of the fund.
The memorial will he erected at
SUITE'S VITAL STATISTICS
REPORTS SHOW INCREASE
Since Georgia’s new vital statis¬
tics law went into effect more than
a year ago a very steady and grat
ifying increase has been shown in the
reports of physicians throughout
State from month to month.
We are indebted to Dr. M.
Brown of Fort Valley, a member
the State Board of health, for the
figures showing births and deaths re¬
ported by month for the first eleven
months of 1919, published below.
This sows more than six times as
many reports sent in by physicians
in November as were sent in in Jan¬
uary, 1919. This shows that the
physicians of the State are falling
in line more and more with the law’s
,requirements in making these re
ports which are so important to the
State and its citizens. Dr. Brown
reputation and fair name of the
states that only 40 per cent of
physicians of the State made reports
last year. It is expected that a much
larger per centage will comply with
the law in this particular next year.
Something of the value of these
statistics to the health record of the
State can be seen in the fact that the
reports sent in last year, Dr. Brown
states, showed that out of the first
five thousand deaths reported in the
State in 1919 eleven of the deceased
persons were over 100 yars old.
The reports of births and deaths
by months for 1919 follows ,
December report not having been
compiled at the time this tabulated
report was sent out:
Birth Certifi¬ Death Certifi¬
cates Filed cates Filed
Jan........1,049 804
Feb, 1,801 1,154 ’
March .2,070 1,186 q 250
April .3,063 1,437
May . .3,150 1,954 5 104
June. .3,081 2,078 5.1 59
July..... ,2,949 1,635 4,5S4
Aug...... ....3,582 1,987 0 569
Sept..... .. .4,218 2,158 0 376
Oct.........4,546 2,293 6,839
Nov. 4,578 2,402 6,980
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THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
C. C. PUGH, Pastor.
Suncay School.............. 9:30 a. m.
Preaching 11:00 a. m., & 7:30
B. Y. P. U., Sunday 6:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
At the 11 o’clock hour the pastor
will preach on “Following the Gleam”
a most important subject, especially
for those who are waiting for more
light before acting on what they
have.
At night the subject will be “The
Gospel for the Eye.” At the close
of the evening service the ordinance
of Baptism will be administered to
a number of candidates.
Everybody is invited to all the ser¬
vices of this church. Hundreds
others have appreciated the
enjoyed the fellowship, been helped
by the sermons. Try it for yourself.
You ought to hear the young
sing at the evening service.
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Charles Baldwin and Joe
went to Graymont where they
part in a school debate last
night.
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Spread Appeal for Pennies for
U America's Gift to France."
: Meuux, on the Marne, and will rival
in size and grandeur of design the
Statue of Liberty.
GLEE CLUB PERFORMANCE
BENEFIT THOMAS LIRRARY
In order that the Georgia Glee and
Mandolin Club might give a per
formance in Fort Valley on April
9th, it was necessary to secure a
guarantee to cover their expenses.
One half of this guarantee has been
given by the young men of Marshall
ville and the remainder by Fort Val
ley.
These young men have decided
that all the proceeds above the guar¬
antee will be given to the
Library.
This effort by the young men to
benefit the library in a financial
is much appreciated, and it is hoped
that all our people and those of ad
i I joining towns will attend the
} formance of the Glee C)ub .
According to all reports the
j j University of Georgia is sending out
the best Glee and Mandolin Club that
* as ever represented that institution, ...
“ 18 . c ° m P 0Sed of fort y st » dent * ° f
bhe colle * e who are *'‘ fted wlth dl ‘
versified talents.
Let everybody come, have a good
time and help the library.
MRS. FRANK FINCHER,
Chairmen of the Women
of the Library Associa¬
tion.
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FIRST ASPARAGUS SHIPPED
• FROM FORT VALLEY TUESDAY
To the firm Wilson & Jones (Leon¬
ard Wilson and Roland S. Jones) be¬
longs the honor of making the first
shipment of asparagus this season
from the Fort Valley section. The
crate went forward by express Tues
da y this week to C. I. and M.
Dingfelder, New York. They ex-
1 pect to ship several more crates on
Thursday and to make regular daily
shipments next week. This firm has
1 | ten acres in asparagus.
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i FINDS HER DIAMOND LOST
! SEVERAL DAYS IN MACON.
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Mrs. W. G. Brisendine lost
j diamond setting, a one carat, pure
! white stone, from her ring about
1 ten days ago. She had looked
i house over and had given it up
lost when she remembered having
moved her gloves in the
| parlors at a department store in
con. Several days later she was
Macon again and went to look to
if the stone had fallen out
Imagine her surprise and delight
find the stone lying on the
close against the wall. The
having been ill for several days
the parlors not having been
accounted for its still being
PARTY FOR MRS. MARTIN.
(From The Cordele Sentinel.)
'Mrs. Cecil Williams
several friends yesterday
at a picture show party for her
Mrs. Joel Martin.
After the picture show they
served a delicious salad course
coffee at the home of the
i The guests were: Mesdames
j Bruce Williams, R. E. Harris,
j field, Wallace, Wear and Miss
ces Citfswell.
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$2.50 Per Year In Advance
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO HAVE OWN QUARTERS
At the meeting of the Fort Valley
Chamber of Commerce in the K. P.
Hall Monday night that body
imously voted authority to Mayor H.
C. Neil, chairman of the location and
property committee, to proceed at
once to lease the quarters above
Champion Bros.’ hardware store, to
have same renovated, suitable par¬
titions, office arrangements and seat¬
ing facilities provided, and to have
same in readiness for the next meet¬
ing of the Chamber to be held there
next Monday night, March 29th.
Every member was urged to take
it upon himself to notify five other
members of the meeting next Mon¬
day night and to see that they get
there.
The practice meeting Monday
night of the Ivanhoe Commandery,
preparatory to the Inspection to be
held Thursday night, was attended
by quite a number of the members
of the Chamber of Commerce, re¬
sulting in a comparatively small at¬
tendance at the meeting of the latter.
A full attendance is earnestly hop¬
ed for next Monday night as there
is still much important preliminary
work to be done.
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SPECIAL SERVICES AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
Beginning Monday night there will
be a protracted series of Evangelis¬
tic services at the Presbyterian
Church on Central Avenue. The
day services will be held from 3 to 4
p. m., and at night will begin at 7:30
o’clock.
It is the desire and hope that the
entire city will benefit by the mes¬
sages to be delivered. Rev. J. E.
Wallace, the successful pastor and
the foiceful preacher of the Tattnall
Square Church of Macon, will do all
the preaching. A cordial invitation
is extended by the pastor and con¬
gregation of the local Presbyterian
Church to all the other churches and
| the people generally to attend these
! services from the first to the finish.
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MISS FAGAN HONOR GUEST
AT BEAUTIFUL LUNCHEON.
A beautiful five course luncheon
given at the home of Miss Helen
Marshall on Friday with Mrs. Ben
Roe Marshall as joint hostess was in
honor of Miss Maurice Fagan, a pop
ular bride-elect. Pink hyacinths
were the flowers used for decorations.
A color scheme of pink and white was
carried out in the luncheon. The
favors were- kewpies and the place
cards were norse shoes, -suggesting
good luck to the bride, The guests
who enjoyed this happy occasion
were: Mrs. John Allen, Mrs. Mer¬
rill, of Chicago, Mrs. Charles Vance,
Mrs. Fred Crandall, Miss Bertha Bas¬
sett, Miss Gladys Slappey, Miss Nan
nine Bassett, Miss Maurice Fagan.
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MR. R. S. BRASWELL’S NEW
FORD ROADSTER STOLEN.
The new Ford runabout of Mr. R
S. Braswell was stolen Sunday' night
from in front of the Methodist
Church while the owner was attend
mg services.
Upon reporting the theft to Chief
of Police R. J. Rowell, a clue was
soon secured and Messrs. R. S. and
W. J. Braswell and Chief Rowell
started in pursuit of the stolen car
up through Crawford County. The
trail was lost at Culloden, hut the
'Pursuers continued on to Atlanta
i aT) d made a thorough search of the
i city, but without results.
j Entire hope ot recovering the ear
has n °t been abandoned however.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Wm. F. Quillian, Pastor.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a. m.
“Honesty.
Praise Service, 2:30 p. m.
Junior Church, 3:00 p. m.
Epworth League, 6:30 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.
“Truth-Telling.
The congregation will co-operate
in the Presbyterian meeting begin¬
ning next Monday and therefore the
usual Tuesday night prayer service
will not be held. Let us make Sunday
a great day. Attend church and
day School. Everybody welcome!
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Friends of Mrs. J. A. Edwards,
Marshallville regret that she
been ill for more than three
in Atlanta. They will be glad
know that she is now improving,
slowly. She will remain in
during her convalescence.
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IS HERE THIS HI
WELL-KNOWN PROHIBITION OF.
FICER FEELS OUT SENTIMENT
HERE, DISCUSSES POLITICS,
TALKS AT PRAYER MEETING.
Hon. Jesse Mercer, who came back
to Georgia from Washington three
or four months ago to help line up
his native state with the new feder¬
al prohibition law, was a visitor in
Fort Valley several days this week.
He will be remembered as the for¬
mer game warden of the State, the
able Fitzgerald editor, the peerless
and fearless speaker and exponent
of patriotism, prohibition, law and
order and everything good.
For fifteen months before return¬
ing to his native heath, which he says
he never expects to leave again, Mr.
Mercer wa§ private secretary to Sen¬
ator Hoke Smith, whom he says he
loves like a brother and qqarreled
fiercely with every day. For sixteen
months Mr. Mercer was on the floor
of the U. S. Senate and in the thick
of politics in Washington and New
York. He knows all the politicians,
and real statesmen also, in Wash¬
ington—and has their numbers. He
is an ardent admirer and supporter
of President Wilson, whom he won't
even admit ever made a mistake. He
is an unqualified advocate of the un¬
reserved ratification of the Peace
Treaty and League of Nations. He is
strong for McAdoo, Hoover or Pal¬
mer for president. He thinks Senator
Hoke Smith ought to be returned to
the Senate, but that he ought to
shake Hardwick from his coat-tails.
His opinion of Senator Reed won't
do very well to print, altho Mr. Mer¬
cer is a clean-mouthed, pure-minded,
high-toned gentleman of the Old
South.
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Mr. Mercer is now located in the
federal building in Atlanta and is
connected with the prohibition en¬
forcement department of the govern¬
ment, with supervision over Georgia
and several adjoining states. Mr.
Mercer insists, however, that he is
not a prohibition enforcement offi¬
cer, but a prohibition observance of¬
ficer. He says his business is not to
force people to obey the prohibi¬
tion law but to lead them to observe
it.
He is a man of charming personal¬
ity, whom to meet is to love.
Mr. Mercer spoke Tuesday evening
at the prayer meeting services at the
Methodic church, making a mofc|t
intresting address. It was not gener¬
ally known that he would speak, but
those present were informed and in¬
spired by his message.
A perfect system is being devised
for the enforcement of the prohibi¬
tion laws, and boot-leggers and other
violators of these laws will soon find
themselves in dire straits. Not only
will the blind tiger be apprehended
and vigorously punished but all of¬
ficials will be subject to impeach¬
ment and removal from office if
they fail to use the full power of
their office to destroy this great evil.
Mr. Mercer desires the active co
operation of all law-abiding citizens
in the creating of a strong public
sentiment for the enforcement of the
state and national laws. This evil is
going to be uprooted, and the wise
man will see the signs of the times
and quit before he is caught and
sent to prison or to the gang for a
long sentence.
Mr. Mercer went to Knoxville
Wednesday and will return to Fort
Valley Thursday and probably spend
several more days here.
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H. L. WASDEN CHANGES
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mr. H. L. Wasden of Byron, whose
announcement for county tax re¬
ceiver has been appearing in The
Leader-Tribune for several weeks,
has withdrawn from the race for tax
receiver and is this week announcing
his candidacy for the office of Clerk
of the Superior Court of Houston
County.
In talking with friends in Fort
Valley Tuesday Mr. Wasden let it be
known that this change in his appeal
for the patronage of the voters of the
County for the Superior Court clerk¬
ship rather than for the office of tax
receiver was actuated by considera¬
tion for another candidate in the
field.
Mr. Wasden has many friends
thruout the County and his qualifica¬
tions for the office of Clerk of th«
| Superior Court are unquestioned.
