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♦ + * + * + ++ *•# + + 4 The leading newt ■!* ♦ and advertising medi- "P + um of the great Mid- ♦ •S’ die Georgia Peach and 4* + Melon Belt. 4 + *;« ♦:* * * * * * * * <« * Volume XXXII, Number 18. HAS BEEN RETARDED BY RAINY ollwv WEATHER. PRUNING BEING W °R M1N FIN S.c«n>, D., - 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. 0 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. -------o 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. ■o POPULAR CLOTHIERS PUT UP HANDSOME - 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 cur “ - 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. « 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. —o 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 •0 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. o~ Charles Baldwin and Joe went to Graymont where they part in a school debate last night. POSTER <• s. a V Mb. v 4 .- * I B&tv ? sc V/ I ! m If 'SijA* m 1 * Ilf: 1 ■ & FTYi 1 mim .,2 mm >>:•* ■r*;\ Pretty New York School Girl Heins 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. 4 o 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. i 0 i FINDS HER DIAMOND LOST ! SEVERAL DAYS IN MACON. j j 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. '“A. $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. o-- 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. ■0 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. ■o 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! 0 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. 4* world. * ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 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. * 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. •O 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.