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Volume XXXII, Number 25.
HONijPi IS PAID 10
BANKS OF THE GRAY
SUMPTUOUS DINNER SERVED
VETERANS BY U. D. C. LARGE
AUDIENCE HEARS IMPRESS¬
IVE ADDRESS AND SONGS.
Monday was Confederate Memo¬
rial Day. Many such days of tribute
to the fast thinning ranks of The
been Cray have come and gone and have
chronicled as “appropriately
observed." But this day in Fort Val¬
ley seemed different, more impress¬
ive, more redolent’of loving, undying
memory.
The day opened ideally, with
bright sunshine and s'alubrious air,
enticing the grizzled guests of honor
from all parts of the county and from
adjoining counties. Twenty-two of
them traced their names in tremulous
lines on the register of the United
Daugters of the Confederacy in the
Chamber of Commerce hall, where
they were dined.
And what a dining it was! The
word dining is used advisedly. It was
no mere dinner. The table was ar¬
ranged in the shape of a cross and
thi variety and quality of viands wdh
which it was laden beggar descrip¬
tion. The U. D. C. spared no pains,
no sacrifice in its preparation. There
were chicken and ham every kind of
way, every kind of cake, every va¬
riety of salad, and everything else
that onlv Southern women know how
to provide for such an occasion. A
profusion of cut flowers lent color
nnd fragrance to the enticing board.
And the Daughteis themselves were
there in all f heir gracious charm of
persone.litv, warmth of love, and
deftness of service.
After the Veterans and other
guests of ^ honor, Col. John T. Boi
feuillet and Hon. Bridges Smith of
Miacon, had eaten till they could eat
no more, and after the Daughters
themselves had dined at the “second
table,” to which the writer was cor
dially welcomed as a belated guest,
you could scarcely tell that the table
had been ‘ouched. And then some
thing eise happened that gave those
behird the scenes a deeper, more
appreciative insight into the hearts
of these dear women. The Daughters
were culled to order and the presi
dent, Mrs. F. O. Miller,
that «' had been suggested that the
table, just as it remained, be turned
o to Mrs. R. S. Braswell, executive
officer of the Associated Charities,
for distribution to the poor. The mo
tion was nut and carried unanimous
ly by acclamation.
From the Chamber of Commerce
hall all repaired to the public school
auditorium, where a packed audience
heard the exercises. These were
opened with prayer bv 'Mathews Rev. J. W.
Stokes. Cant. J. W. was
Master of Ceremonies and announced
the numbers on the program. A beau
tiful quartette was rendered bv Mes
dames R. M. Houser, W. S. White,
R. E. Brown, and Mr. H. M. Bran
ham. Rev. Wm. F. Quillian, in a most
appropriate and hanpy manner, intro
duced the speaker, Col. John T. Boi
fe : ullet, of Macon. Col.
address was a splendid tribute to the
character and ability of the great
leaders and soldiers of the Lost
Cause and was replete with histori¬
cal reference to the:r Intrepid ser
vices.
After the address the Children of
the Confederacy, twenty in number,
under the direction of their organi¬
zer, Miss Gladys Slappey, sang most
effectively “The Bonnie Blue Flag, 11
and. as an encore, “Carry Me Back
to Old Virginny.”
The artistic use of Confederate
flags, in the stage decorations
and by the children furnished a most
impressive setting.
Rain in the afternoon interfered
with the inarch to the cemetery, but
the children were taken out in au¬
tomobiles and laid their annual trib¬
ute of flowers on the graves of the
Confederate dead.
Following Is a list of the Veterans
who enjoyed the hospitality of the
U. D. C. and were present at the
ercises:
J. A. Doles, L. H. George, T. J.
Burden, W. G. Aultman, A R.
J. C. Walton, A. P. Carroll, W- C.
Epting, J. T. Lisenby, U, F, Bryant,
M. A. Edwards, B, F. Mathews, C. R
Mann, James Hutto, D. W. Sanders,
J. O. Rogers, W. T. Patterson, O.
Cliett, C. G. Gray, L. L.
Capt, Jas. W, Mathews, W. G. Jordan.
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HISTORY CLUB’S SUBJECT
TO BE “LA BELLE FRANCE
The History Club will meet
day with Mrs. J. L. Riley. Mrs.
Fincher will have charge of the
gram; he subject being “La
France”.
“Men have called her La
France. Nature gave her all the
sources of her inexhaustible
houie, climate, contrast of
charpi. a-m >inhere—every thing
vishly. And in his turn the
man did not fail.”
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CARD OF THANKS.
The brothers, sisters and
of the late William F.
wish to express their sincere
to their many friends for their
help and sympathy in their
sorrow.
C. T.
Mm. Frank
SEMI-WEEKLY
The
TUESDAYS AND PEAGHLAND JOURNAL FRIDAYS
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1920.
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HARRY T MORfy
Something like ten years ago, before
he became a Vltngraph star, Harry T.
Morey was described as a “robust" sc
tor. His fine physique has stood him
In govd stead In the silent drama. He
has been able to play all sorts of roles,
and look the part.
BIG AUTO TIRE COMPANY
ENCOURAGES AVIATiOlt
To stimulate public interest in
aerial transportation, The Goodyear
Tire and Rubber company of Califor¬
nia, co-operating with the city of Los
Angeles, Cal., has established a mu
nicipal aviation field at its new fac
tory now under construction in the
California city,
field, Comprising loaned eighty by Goodyear acres, the to flying the
municipality, has four hangars for
the accommodation of airplanes and
within the next month an addition of
a complete airship hangar will be
made. It is the intention of Los An
geles officials to have the coast
Wingfoot field open to use by any
■ planes wishing to land to discharge
i or take on passengers, or in the event
that re-fuelling is necessary,
| ' The airship hangar will house any
dirigible landing at the field, but will
especially be used to shelter the new
‘ tractor “Pony Blimp” Goodyear has
constructed for commercial purposes
and which will be shown for the first
time at the San Francisco aero show
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^ ,r Sta.t l0 n ut Wmgtoot
ij. e ^ A^ron, Gnio The Goodyear
Tire a ! ld R ? bbo r Company obtains
possession of what u is probably the
! ar f*? t privatei y owned aviatlon f, « ld
111 1S °o u ntr
f-ocatga , wi thin two miles of the
£ompanv sed s factory, the new field will
be “ lor th .e. expansion of aero
nautic manu /l ^ acture activities, + ot large especially airships the for
P as * en K e r and commercial uses.
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A NEW CONTRIBUTOR
TO LEADER-TRIBUNE
We are publishing in this issue oi
The Leader-Tribune a poem entitled
“The Last Confsderate Veteran,”
written by Mr, W, C. Carter of Pow
ersville, Ga., father of Mrs. W- H.
Jones of near Fort Valley.
This poem will touch v responsive
cqrd in the heart of ail who witnessed
the thinning ranks of the dear old
Boys in Gray Monday, Memorial Day.
We are delighted to have discover¬
ed a man of such talent, learning and
culture in our section, and are
pleased to announce that Mr. Carter
has agreed to furnish us v/ith other
contributions fiom time to time.
Mr. Carter is 75 years old, but
well-preserved physically as well as
mentally, He writes a hand seldom
equaled for legibility by the best pen¬
men of the present generation. His
hand is steady and there is not a tre¬
mor in the lines.
Besides courunr; the muse so
peccably, Mr. Carter is an erudite
Bible scholar, a superannuated
gregational preacher, He has read
the Bible through from cover
cover 55 times with.n the past
years. ber He kept no record of the
of times he read it thru
1912. He quotes the Scripture
ly in conversation, and most
atingly and subjects. interestingly on the
••ommon
Long life to him, and may
tribe increase!
ANDERSON TO QUIT
THE HOTEL
T. F. Anderson, of Perry,
tor of the Perry Hotel, which
many years has been the
hostelry of court officials, and
tourists traveling over the
highway, announced Saturday
he would give up the hotel
on May 1. The Perry Hotel
is owned by M. L. Cooper, of
Mr. Anderson regrets that he
be unable to serve his many
longer, but has decided to give
entire time to his oil and
business,
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Mr. and Mrs. VV. C. Carter
Powersville are visiting their
ter, Mrs, W. H. Jones. Friends
regret to know that Mrs. Carter
ill, and will hope for her speedy
covery.
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JOE RYAN
Joe Ryan won the prize for riiiinx O.vuaiuite, a bucking steer
to a wild west' show playing in Denver, Mini on top of that received an
to go into pictures as a cowboy. Thus filmland secured a new type of
man He 'onldn't help playing a bad man for lie was born at lb* foot
Devil’s Tower in ('rook County, \Vyt> He has lived up to the name Of
natal county, playing live vicious but rather likable villain. Jo* R.vau la
at work on a serial in which he will appear as both hero aud villain.
Music Festival Of The
South Opens
An Imposing Array Of World-Fa
mous Artists To Be Heard In
Voice And Instrumental Per¬
formance I
Mncnn fi* Anri! 28_The feature
he?e Wednesday, M.y 5. is the
number of artists on its programs,
with world-wide fame. With but few
exceptions the names of these artists
are familiar to music lovers in all
civilized lands and these few excep¬
tions are young artists essentially of
the greatest but lacking time to win
world-wide fame.
From the opening with Giovanni
Martjnelli, the peerless tenor, Jose
Mardones, the world’s greatest Basso
and Jeanne Gordon, the contralto
sensation of the Metropolitan dash Sea¬ and
son, in a program full of
brilliancy to the close with Tetrazzi¬
ni, the world-famous Diva,there is
a remarkable array of artists every¬
body wants to hear.
These artists are not all singers as
* ltb ^ Mu «« Festivals but in
elude Mischa . Elman, the wonder
worker with the violin, Muscha Le
vitzki, who only twenty years old has
astounded the world with his piano
power, gs well as the entire Russian
Symphony Orchestra; fifty musi
cians, under the baton of Modest
Altschuler, one of the most popular
conductors of our time and one of
the ablest.
The purpose throughout evidently
lea to represent the highebt
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Klnrenvp h stand a tae ^ 8 e all ? ff d i ’
J? prano ? p Rosa Raisa
nowledged the world s greatest,
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PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES
Sabbath School 9:45 a. m.
Preaching, 11 a.m., not at night.
Ladies Auxiliary, Monday, 3:30 p. m.
The Presbyterial, or Women’s
Auxiliary, bridge. is meeting today in Bain
The Women’s work in Macon
Presbytery has had splendid results
during the past year. The Ladies
Auxiliary of the Fort Valley church
has plans for the church year, be¬
ginning with the month of April, that
include much study and service.
Rev. J, W. Stokes, pastor, re¬
turned Monday from the Presbytery
of Macon that met last week in Cor
; dele and from preaching ap
I pointment at Montezuma. His many
friends will be pleased to know of his
steady recovery from his mdisposi
tion of the past two months. He will
j occupy his pulpit next Sunday,
'preaching in the morning on “Some
Fundamental principles of God’s
Enterprise.” There will not be an
evening service, the congregation
joining in with the revival at the
Methodist church,
There is a mid-week service of
prayer and prais# every Wednesday
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Jeanne Gordon taking firm
among the greatest. So it
throughout the entire series.
It is a striking fact that the
est is also the most popular.
y -‘ n b f° r example, has been
alone in Paris yielded over
francs. Then last fall it was
nounced that the great Diva
return for an American tour.
but little advertising, so strong
the recollections lasting through
years, that the Hippodrome in
York was packed, and so on to
Pacific Coast, 7000 with
greetings in San Francisco; 7000
the great Salt Lake Tabernacle;
in St. Louis and back again to
Hippodrome in New York which
again crowded, everywhere
throngs “music mad” and “wild
enthusiasm” and it was the
asm for the great under the spell
genius.
We are informed that the i
of the Macon Feativ ’
purp08e al js t
bring together in a brief period
vear ^he greatest in music, both
voice and instrument, ’ so as to
music more and more a factor in
] ives 0 f our ne0 nle ‘
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] >rlmar , Y undertakl "? of the
f - the South,
“* u °l ua °, an
P°P u * ar culture that is being
v e , ‘°P e d through the co-operation
the , Chautauqua , Institution at
,au( l ua - New York, and The
them Education . Society,
Was h in lrton, D. C., with
active i ? in backing of over fifty of
tu ea t:on *.citizens is wholly of beneficient; Macon. The all
com - must go for immediate
penses, which explains why so
world-famed artists can be
!!, !0 the season and thus *
within . u. our reach.
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evening. , At this _ Mr.
service
gives a brief exposition of the
bath school lesson. At stated
*>”•.nf“.» work is considered. At th^s and y at c
church ? er ^ lces cordial ?? . th® welcome
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those who attend.
PINECROFT PLANTATION
SCENE OF PRETTY
Mrs. Tom Murphey entertained
a pretty “tea” Monday afternoon
her home, Pinecroft, in honor of
Lula Baisden, the guest of Mrs.
J. Evans, and Mrs. W. H.
the guest of Mrs. Roe Green.
spacious living and dining
where the guests were
were made especially attractive
the decorations of wild azalea
three different shades. Mrs. A.
Evans poured tea, and
cakes and salted peanuts were
In spite of the rain about
friends motored out and much
cheer radiated from this
group of women,
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LAR.R.V 5EMON
The Fourth Estate lost one of the
I cleverest cartoonists In the country
when Ia»rry Senton heard the call of
the screen. What the newspaper read¬
ers lost the motion picture fans gained,
for l-arry is now the comedy king. He
writes and directs all of his features
and never imitates another. In “The
Grocery Clerk’’ he introduces the shim
tuyiug cat.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
TO ISSUE ROAD GUIDE SOON
The State Highway Department of
Georgia, in addition to the already
numerous activities of road con¬
struction and maintenance and the
distribution of government surplus
war equipment, has undertaken to
compile an automobile touring guide
of the highways of the state.
Mr. W. R. Neel, State Highway
Engineer, has recently issued in¬
structions to the Division Engineers
throughout the state to secure the
data necessary to make the new
guide,
The proposed state system of
roads, which has recently been es¬
tablished, will be taken up in the or¬
der of the highway route numbers
and a separate description and map
of each route will be published as
soon as each is completed. The de¬
scriptions to be issued will not in ev
erycase follow the proposed new
highway but will place before the
traveling public a guide of the roads
1 thatare now in the best condition for
travel. The descriptions will be cor
rected , from „ tune to time . as the roads
are improved and new roads are con
structed. As soon as the routes are
K'Se dffeS STsSS Hi'S
wa y Department in Atlanta,
Information will be continuously
coming to the oifices of the Highway
Department from all parts of the
state and the condition of the roads
> a an y locality will be known at all
times.
The touring guide will be kept up
to date by means of road bulletins
which wif! be issued monthly, or
oftener, as the conditions warrant.
The above news item received
from Mr. Neel Saturday by The Lea¬
der-Tribune shows the vital im¬
portance of every community in the
State leaving no stone unturned to
get the main arteries of travel pass¬
ing through it in good condition. The
penalty for failure to do this will be
to lose tourist travel and advertising.
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NEXT WEEK TO BE A
BUSY ONE IN MACON.
Macon, M Ga., April 27—-Macon is
to have her hands full during the
coming week with conventions and
meetings, including the selection of
a new president of Wesleyan College
to succeed Dr. C. R. Jenkins.
The Music Festival opens on May
and continues for ten days, with
the stars of the music world on the
program. Tlie
Automotive Show opens on
the following day and there are more
than 34 makes of passenger cars
alone, outside of trucks, tractors and
’ accessories, entered for this event.
In this connection there will be the
annual state convention of Oldsmo
bile dealers and more than a hundred
dealers from all parts of Georgia
are to attend.
Then there will be the rally of Boy
j „ ° f F»i™,&
svrs, „ ^
Medica] Society and the Georgja H s .
pj^] Association, which will attract
de i ef?a t es from all parts of the state,
j tive The show, second May night 7, is of to the be Automo¬ society
night at that event and the stars of
the Music Festival who will be in the
city will be guests of honor. Young
women sponsors for the exhibitors
in the automobile division of the
automotive show will be dressed in
Japanese costumes. The whole ex
position building on Second street,
close to the courthouse, will be dec
den. orated to resemble a Japanese gar
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^ CARD a or, /-,r- OF THANKS.
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We wish to thank the good people
of Fort Valley for their kindness to
Mrs. Alice Locke. May God’s bles
sings ever rest with you.
Rev. R. L. Locke i
1 I Mrs. R. L. Locke i
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DOING WELL IN LA.
TOM PEDDICORD NOW HEADS
OWN MOTOR SUPPLY CO. IN
PROSPEROUS CITY OF MON
ROE, LA.
Houston County friends of Mr..
Thomas H. Peddicord, son of the lute
lamented Mr. W. Peddicord and bro¬
ther of Wallace Peddicord, who re¬
cently lost his life in an automobile
accident in Canton, Ohio, will be
glad to know that Tom is doing weU.
in the automobile business at Mon¬
roe, La.
The following personal letter wee.
received from him, a former pupil bf
the editor of The Leader-Tribune, intended
several weeks ago. We had
taking the liberty of publishing it
sooner, knowing it would be of in¬
terest to other friends of the writer,
but the various vicissitudes of the
newspaper business have sidetracked
it from week to week.
The letter follows:
T. H. Peddicord F. P. Naff
Pres. L. H. Cooper Sec.-Treks.
Vice-President
PEDDICORD MOTOR SUPPLY CO.
Wholesale Incorporated
and Retail
404-406 South Grand Street
MONROE, LA.
March 8th, 1920.
Mr. Joel Mann Martin, Editor,
Leader-Tribune,
Valley, Ga.
Mr. Martin:
You will no doubt remember the
as one of your former pupils
our good old home town, “Perry”,
years ago, when you were the
and 1 the pupil, at the Perry
School, unless I am mistake!! i
the identity of yourself. And if
correct, I am sure you will take
in learning that your form¬
pupil is branching out from as¬
manager Motor of one concern (The
and Company), to be pres¬
general manager of his
company. -
We have a good live city, Monroe,
and cannot help but believe it
be one of the best of its size in
country. Business is good; We
an abundance of natural gas;
oil wells are coming in; there¬
the above, coupled with the
of the automobile business,
us to be indeed optimistic,
to feel that the success of our
is assured.
I am mailing you under separate
last Thursday’s issue of the
News-Star, carrying an a^n
pertaining -to our bust
I trust^you will receive this pa¬
Okay. \
Needless to say, I receive th* Lea¬
each week, and its pages
read with deepest interest. Don’s
it stop. Just before my subscrip¬
will runs gladly out, kindly advise me and
mail you another cheek.
With kindest personal regards, and
to receive a line from you,
your leisure, I am,
Sincerely yours,
T. H. Peddicord.
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La.
Following is the news item which
published under a two-column,
head on the front page of
Monroe (La.) News-Star in ite
if March 4:
ll The Peddicord Motor Supply Com¬
which is composed of M onroe
men, is one of the largest
inaugurated here to cqp
a general automobile business
of the sale by retail and
of automobiles, motorcy¬
tractors and automobile supplied.
a The Peddicord organization is
an
company, having fihj&
of incorporation seeking p
to operate under the laws of
The company is capitali¬
zed at $28,000, divided into 280
of the par value of $100 each.
“The charter of the company giVea
the right to increase the capitaliza¬
tion to $100,000 when action is ta¬
ken to that effect by a majority 'of
the board of directors.
. I The first board of directors
con¬
sists of T. H. Peddicord, L. H. Cfo
F. P. Naff and J. H. Trousdale.
<< Mr. Peddicord has been elected
and general manager of
Peddicord Supply Company. As
experienced automobile man, it is
believed the success of the company
assured under his management.
officers of the corporation are:
“Vice-president, and L. H. Cosper;
company’s treasurer, F. P. Naff.
in Monroe.” place of business will
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FRIDAY FOR
CHILDREN AND YOUTHS
On Friday afternoon at 3:30
clock the services at the Methorfist
will be for the children and at
in the evening Rev. Moore will
to the young people. Every¬
is invited to be present.
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IMPORTANT MEETING OF
U. D. C. THURSDAY, MAY «.
Chas. D. Anderson Chapter
u. D. C. will meet Thursday, next,
Miay 6th, at the home of Mrs. A. C.
Riley, Mrs. Riley and Mrs. O. K.
Flournoy being joint hostesses. Tne
hour is 3:30 p.m. Important matters,
are to be transacted at this meeting
a full attendance, therefore, i*
desired.