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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE. FORT V ALLEY, GA., APRIL 23. 1920.
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1H88
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JOEL MANN MARTIN,
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Published F.very Tuesday and
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We did it.
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In union there is strength.
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All together now for “Peach Coun
ty- > *
Together we stand; together we will
advance.
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Now let us have peace, progress,
peaches and prosperity.
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The big majority of
at least went on record u» not being
Pro-German.
Wheie there are irreconcilable div
isions in spirit essential or interests, the weal
division is to
progress of all concerned.
Well, even if our candidate
? et a majority of votes in the pref¬
erence primary we don’t have to
that crow Capt. Jim Mathews
sed to serve us. It’s all right
We’re satisfied so far, and hope you
are tho same.
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Even if Georgia did not wholly «n
dorse the administration, she
ly rebuked at the polls her
son” who was one of the
most bitter personal enemies
who turned prodigal and
with the swine. Here’s hoping he will
repent and arise and return to
father’s house.
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THE COUNTY PRIMARY
The new-county forces won a
cisive victory in Tuesday’s
The motive was justifiable, the
od fair, the organization
the work efficient and effective. Ev
ery candidate named on the
adopted by the new-county
tee was elected by a big, sufe the
indisputable majority combined.. over
given all opponents
Never before had this section
the County fully determined to
an election its way. Its strength
never before demonstrated.
strength can no longer be
od.
To our sister precincts,
ville, Byron, Tucker and Dunbqr,
due much credit for loyal co-opera¬
tion.
We have no disposition to crow
over this victory. Conditions demand¬
ed it; we achieved il. We did it fair¬
ly, and have no disposition to
this point with opponents who may
allege ‘.he contrary in ihe soreness
of defeat. True, we did not take the
ptiins of informing our opponents of
our organization plans. No good
general become would let his intended move¬
ments known to the enemy.
But when these plans were launched
they were launched openly and
above-board. No effort was made
keep either purpose or methods a se¬
cret. There was no unfairness—no
by ii hitting below the belt,” as charged
our esteemed contemporary, The
Home Journal. Such charges ure un
becoming from the side who put
across the land-cession deal.
As to The Leader-Tribune appear¬
ing Tuesday morning for the first
time as a semi-weekly, as mentioned
very nection significantly by in the above con¬
The Home Journal, we
have no excuse, apology or defense
to make. It was clearly our legal and
moral right to become a semi-weekly
whenever we chose. Our explanation
for doing so at that particular time
is very frankly given in another edi¬
torial in this issue. It was legal and
perfectly ethical for us to take
a stand in this election in the inter¬
est! of the section in which our lot
is cast.
We have a great affection for the
town of our nativity and that of our
fore-fathers and for its people, our
old friends and acquaintances. It
would grieve us greatly !o do any¬
thing to justify the alienation of any
regard they may have previously
entertained for us. But our tent is
could now pitched in another camp. We
neither be a traitor nor neu¬
tral in that camp. On the contrary
we well are thoroughly deed loyal in spirit as
as to that camp. We sin¬
cerely trust that our esteemed con¬
temporary and other Perry friends,
in the course of time, which accus¬
toms us all by merciful degrees to
the various vicissitudes of life, will
eventually come to see the matter
in its true light, i.nd that they may
nourish no rancor in their hearts to - -
ward us, as we cetninly shall not to¬
ward them. We are willing to forgive
and be forgiven under the circum
a,an«<io th^t D.ef ti,.. bill’d h u ° WeVe r n ? th nR
that we we feel called upon to f ’ ask ,'
R ' V eS t.rus°t r m an V "’*3'
We We trust tW that u„ our friends who u op
pose the new-county movement will
eventually accept the results of the
election with good grace: that they
will come to realize that the mutual
distrust and imn^Lvp° antagonism between the
^p? nS imperative U hlf before ft ^ ak !t, the a
County can get out of debt and
ro ads arid bridges and progress with
other counties of the State, We
would he triad to have their co-oper
ation to this mutually advantageous
1 Mlk after the
Two years ago. soon Leader-Tri¬
present edilor of The
bune came to Fort Valley, be of began the
advocating thru the columns
paper a County bond issue for the
building of permanent roads. A mass
meeting was called by the county
< ommiftsioners at Perry. At this meet
ing 47 persons voted to call for this
bond election; two opposed. The el¬
ection was never called. Private in¬
vestigation is said to have disclosed
insurmountable opposition. J he two
sections of the County could riot get
logether. The rnutuul distrust was
00 great. Has anyone a workable
■ and
plan to eliminate this distrust
assure all sections of the County
equal participation in a bond issue
for this or other purposes? remain U not al
.nust the County always deeper
a standstill and continue to go
;n debt? In every other case where
... created both
•\ new county has been
he new and the old counties pros¬
pered wonderfully. Has anyone a
Hitter solution for our own case.
The Home Journal states in its
editorial on the election that the el¬
ection, then in progress, was to be
i decisive test of strength between
he two opposing factions. We hope
‘hat the opponents of the new coun¬
ty will accept the results of this
, est of strength as decisive.
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\ LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT
A LITTLE BIT OFTENER
Tuesday of this week The Leader
i’ribune blossomed forth, modestly in
lize if not in head-lines, as a semi
wee ____kly. The lack of modesty in the
atter respect, as well as the unher
tided nature of the transition, were
due to the election. We hope that
loth of these shortcomings as well
18 others will be overlooked by out
oaders in view of the momentous
rcumstances under which we made
Hir debut as a semi-weekly.
The conception was not quite as
idden as the execution. The idea
ook hold of us rather forcibly last
eek before we knew anything about
he new-county organization the plans
VVe had intended giving matter
f beginning a semi-weekly at this
me a little more consideration; but
.he county primary and its issues
ook hold upon us quite as forcibly
\s did the idea of a semi-weekly . We
.nought that perhaps we could help
. arry the new-county ticket by com¬
ing out strongly early Tuesday morn
ig in favor of it. Not until after
the political rally at the Chamber ol
Commerce hall Monday afternoon
lid we decide positively to launch
K* semi-weekly this week. We de
ded to have a purt in Tuesday’s
•lection. Monday night after supper
e editor sat him down at his desk,
.•rode up the mass meeting and sev
■ ral other news items, manned the
iinotype and batted out three
,r four columns of eight point solid.
Our two faithful compositors stood
by at the imposing stone and press.
\s day dawned and early business
nen were whistling their way cheer¬
ily to their stores to open up we nut
:ie first issue of the ive Sem Semi-weekly
Leader-Tribune, under present man¬
agement, into the postoffice. posu That’s
he story of the re¬ birth of the senii
weekly.
But there’s something more than
hat back of the conception. It is
>ur faith in Fort Valley and the
'•'each Section, their present and fu
ure. It is faith in our fellow-towns
nen. It is the belief that the social
religious and business interests of
ihe town and section demand a more
frequent news and advertising n*ew me
lium. It is our faith in the coun¬
ty movement.
There is every indication that Fort
Valley and surrounding section are
on tlie eve of a big awakening; an
awakening to greater civic pride,
home-town loyalty, commercial and
industrial development, We didn't
want this awakening to find us asleep
at the switch. We wanted to antici¬
pate it and to furnish the town and
section with a news and advertising
medium adequate to their require¬
ments and all leady to serve.
In one respect it it not an auspi¬
cious time to start a semi-weekly. The
newsprint situation is critical. We
have months a supply sufficient demand for five or
six of normal on
hand. But we don’t know whether
we will be able to get any more or
not. There is none on the market
now. For this reason we shall con¬
fine our issues to the smallest num¬
ber of pages possible until condi¬
tions improve. Meanwhile we are
constantly trying to unearth a source
of future supply. We hope that by
Ihe time our present stoek is ex¬
hausted conditions relating to raw
material supply, transportation, con¬
servation and production will have
so improved us to enable us to ade¬
quately meet the increasing volume
of news and advertising which we
anticipate.
There is a great deal required of
a progressive, live newspaper in the
line of public spiit, for which we
receive no appreciable or immediate
return, but which costs a good deal
of money. Our expenses run between
$250 and $300 per WEEK. Paid ad¬
vertising and job printing arc ouv
main sources of revenue. We hope
that the increased advantages the
semi-weekly feature offers as a mori
frequent advert ; sing medium wir
justify an increasing volume of pa
tronage by all the business inter¬
ests as well as individuals of the com¬
munity and section.
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GO TO CHURCH
a song wm ne sung that you
ought ries to near. It will awaken memo¬
in your soul that will make you
a better man. A message from God’s
I word will be read that you need. It
may give you light on some life pro
blent that will be to yoo an untold
b ' ess ‘ n R. A prayer may be offered
k that will lift up your soul until it
0mes in touch with the Most High
A sermon will be preached that will
inspire you with a stronger purpose
to do a man’s work and to live up to
there your highest ideals Friends will Kp
to meet and to greet you Man
you do not realize what vou miw bv
of Renting God.- Go yourself to Church nurth. front the Wesleyan house
! CHURCHES FIGHT
RED
Score of Large Denominat ons
Allied With Attorney General
Palmer in Awakening Nation
to Enemy Peril Within.
AMERICANISM GREAT ISSUE.
God-Fearing Voter* Covenant to Put
at the Head of This Government a
Man of Proved Capacity and Firfn
ness Who Will Suppress the Preach
art and Practicer* of Discord and
* Violence.
Washington.—The greatest Indorse
menl ever given to the outstanding
Americanism of a living official in pub
lie life is the forward movement repre
Rented by the powerful among mon
'ban a score of large church detiom
national organizations which has Jus,
been effected in this country to combat
i he “Red menace.”
Twenty-live million persons, repre
sen ting more ttiati 70 per cent of ft"
membership of all Protestant ohurc
organizations In the United States, nr,
how lending their strength to the all:
>nce which will carry on to its logic:
'inclusion the work of Attorney '(If!
ral Mitchell Palmer In awakening tt
eople of the nation to a realization ■
heir peril from the enemy within no
protecting the government with a fii
! and from those who sought to ovv
throw It by force and violence.
Americanism nut! Americanization
■ be the watchword of the cliurche
nd the Christian people of the con
ry, who have caught the note from il
evcllle sounded by Mr. Palmer, wl'
oe to It that a man alive to the grea
Miration and of proved capacity i
nrrv on the great work that Is heir.
' innched Is put at flic head of affair
1 government In this country
To these millions of earnest peopi
din see In the safety of the eountr;
' >me and fireside Ihe overslindowlti
sue of Ihe future, regardless of pel
ies or politicians, there can lie no ste-
1 nckward now that the forward move
t tent is on, and the man who appon'
to them most strongly as measuring in
it the highest standard of American
m and whose deeds are test-proof ut
Ms high purpose to bring his who!*
ountry to n realization of the loftiest
deals of citizenship will receive tlieii
niHvliled support In primary, election
ml In the adminislration of his high
' iliee.
Before the great campaign of Amerl
, luiisin to he undertaken by tbe Proles
nt church organizations is well under
nay It would not he surprising to find
ihe percentage in the alliance grow to
i round HHJ per cent, representing BK.1
per cent Americanism.
The gruat hierarchy of the Roman
Catholic Church In the United Suites
Is heart and soul with Ihe movent'lit
for Americanization and will lend it*
jA 1 11 strength to the promotion throi :i>
:he far-reaching channels of h#
church of the preaching and tench ig
of staunch Americanism to the m ,i>
I'iliions of Its congregation within ha
United States.
A pastoral letter. Hie first issued ;, y
ihe heads of the Catholic Church iu
Ihe United States in 35 years, lias re¬
cently gone to all Its people, in wb'cti
tlie following paragraph is not he
least in importance of tlie declarations
of tlie letter:
“Whatever may he tlie industrial and
Social remedies which will approve
themselves to tlie American people l
there is one that, we feel confident,
they will never adopt. That is Hie
method of revolution. For ft there is
neither justification nor excuse under
our form of government. Through ilif
ordinary and orderly processes of edu
cation, organization and legislation ail
social wrongs can he righted, Willie
these processes at times piny seem dls
tresslngly slow, they will achieve mors
111 the final result than violence or rev¬
olution. The radicalism and worse
than radicalism of the labor movement
ti some of the countries of Europe ha*
|o lesson for the workers of the Unit¬
'd States except as an example of
methods to he detested and avoided.”
Thus tlie churches and their peopi*
in the United Stales stand united in *
determined movement to look to the
future security of the government of
their country and the peace and happi¬
ness of its people. Iti this, as in many
similar movements which have writici
history, it is more a question of tic
man than the measure.
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The formation of the powerful alii
mice in tlie intercbureli world iiiom
inent to campaign against red radical
ism with Americanism is leji anothc
proof that the American people have
made the issue of the day for tlie gov
eminent, for tlie church and for tb
nation. !r is stated that the Inter
church world movement is serving as
a clearing house for speedy and co¬
operative action to cope-with the evils
of radicalism, which have been rnndo
public as the result of a nation-wide
survey. On their own account the rep¬
resentatives of these 25.0rt0.OiKI people
of the country have found that “Ameri¬
canism" is tlie one and great Issue now
before the people and have called upon
the churches to expend from their
emergency funds several millions of
4oilar* in immediate effort to raise the
fUUUlird 0t Americanism.
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* FLASHES FROM FLOYD *
i( Of the L«*d«r-Tribun* Fore* ★
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Swat the fly, and swat hi** gsod
and hard.
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Soma fine weather f*r gardenia*;
these last few day*.
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Pull for Peace, Prosperity and
Peach County or Pull Out.
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for worlds to • •
tl Oh new conquer,
i.ighs the sated profiteer.
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Election is over; you might try for
a few days at the old fishing hole
,!OW.
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Tom Watson is the man who has
nut a spoke i in Hoke Smith’s po
litical wheel.
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We are wondering if any of the
overall club boys have started to
doing the chores.
Some men will feel like going up
Salt Creek and eating crow now that
the election is over.
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A “picker-up of wisdom crumbs”
is the girl who is chaperoned during
her first season by a widow.
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Some of the candidates did receive
enough votes to know that they were
in the race. Others also ran.
After a man roams around for a
,'hile he discovers that all the cheese
is not in the delicatessen stores.
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Some of the fairmers were be¬
ginning to think that the weather
i.ian had it in for him as well as the
•oil weevil.
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Add to ilife’s little ironies; the
vife who doesn't believe her husband
'- hen he happens to be telling the
truth.
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He who doesn’t marry too young
mains in the bachelor class to the
end, according to a disappointed
enedict.
That it will be all the same in—not
i hundred, but five years—is a truth
}f which no one can ever convince
oung lovers.
We will have to add a little elec
rical juice to this column in order
to get out enough flashes for our
wice-a-week.
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Now is the time to put in good
work for the new county while every
>ne is interested and talking it.
very new booster may in turn get
• ther boosters.
Soon be time to plan for that sum
ner" vacation. Guess the price on va¬
cations has kept pace with every
iiing else and has gone skyward in
ne wake of the others.
What He Required
After reading a poem about a little
•my who was so happy because there
were lovely flowers, beautiful birds,
blue sky and running brooks, elglit
\ear-old William remarked:
"Those things would never mak*
me happy, Miss Jones.”
“Why, William.” replied his tetmher,
“what would it take to make you
happy?”
“Saturday!” was the prompt reply.
Cleaning Leather Good*.
Do not use gasoline in cleaning
leather upholstery. Plain water, with
H little ammonia will remove the dirt
and a brisk rubbing with a clean wool
t‘Il or flannel cloth will do the rest.
For still more enreful treatment u*e a
regular dressing.
We Doubt It.
“Why dM you take these fish from
the aquarium?”
“Because I was afraid the turtle
might eat them.”
"Why, there’s no turtle In there.”
“Well. Johnny put hts boat In the
aquarium, and papa said It turned
turtle.
Like Humana.
Maud—Isn’t it queer that lobsters
are always green until they get into
hot water?
Fred—Nothing queer about that. If
they weren’t green they wouldn’t get
into hot water.
The Answer.
“They say the Jonses are a very
linpp.v couple."
“But Junes is a traveling man. and
Is very seldom at home.”
“Exactly."
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COME TO US FOE
POINTING
That Sells Goods I
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Now fir a first class base ball
team. A class A tall team can do
more to advertise a town than two
brass banns
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Read The Leader-Tribune for all
name news.
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