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The leading news
.•> n d advertising inedi
the great Mid
die Georgia Peach and
V Jurne XXXII, Number 30.
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1 i :ivl _i HUNDRED SIXTY AT
UT AY SCHOOL; FIVE IN
• ** :S BAPTIZED; THIRTY
.WC MEMBERS RECEIVED.
1 i a was a great day in the Me
• i-dis ’hurvh. The Sunday School
••i.o w at had three hundred six
e -lose of the Sunday School
' iiud tne pastor baptized five ba¬
rn.-. At ihe 11 o’clock service a
s c thirty-two members were re
•• ed in! o the church. Twenty-eight
o' lilt. <> w.-re baptized. The commun
lc. se:v co was one of the largest in
h ; t - of the church. At the
c‘v, nm i ur a splendid song service
v. (•-. r. lucted by Mr. Henry Bran¬
s' ii '":J the large'chorus choir lead
in 'in mg. The pastor preached .on
me tv\! that “Speak they to the Children of
..el go forward.” He
urged rha the results of this revival
be cu tseivative. Resolutions were
p:'C=enied by Mr. S. B. Brown and
ad '-’'fed by the congregation ex
expressing thanks to Rev. Arthur
At ore ■ id to Messrs Reid and Sta
r 1 ": for their faithful and efficient
services.
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THE FOURTH ESTATE.
(f>y ,1 I). Bootie, Editor Waynesville
fN C.) Mountaineer Courier.)
t Read be'- re the- Western North
Careli '.a Press association, in ses
; i Asheville, N. C., and pub
ITli-J in the Publishers’ Auxiliary.)
’Ihe Pourtn Estate, some people say,
t ii of toil vrth little pt.y,
*• i:\ious thought and care,
f' :dir .r its victim to a chair,
Where he may sit and think and
dream,
Wnile h r body may often freeze or
steam.
While his neighbors prosper and of¬
ten frown
On this good booster of their town.
He hacches schemes to bring them
gold.
While half-dressed, unfed and
cold.'
He wait for subscribers to pay their
dues
In order to purchase his family shoes.
He w. h; for some one to advertise,
Ard while,he’s waiting often lies
O' virtues and traits he gives to men
Who >u;:ht to languish in the “pen.
He be a and brags about the dead,
A \ ti/l ■‘ones then he drops his
-
head msa
And pray i jr God to forgive his
soul
And keep him on the honor roll.
In all snptll towns in all this land
Dwells one whom folks misujider
stand.
Because he’s modest beyond degree,
This prototype of you and me.
One reason why he’s in this fix
because of rotten politics.
Hr often boosts and helps a gang,
When it often brings a hurting pang.
H,e often helps elect a chap
’’ ho for reward returns a slap.
IT keeps all others on the stage,
Wkile he is. locked within a cage.
C! cnors-e he has himself to blame
i ver reaching after fame.
He doe n’t call his neighbor’s bluff,
He doesn’t think of self enough.
G he would hut assert his rights,
shi te along with other lights,
y “thinks he soon would learn to
smile
A d find his calling well worth while.
H has an awful lot to sell,
“ lie could learn his lesson well.
rr space is worth far to
more men
Titan I can tell you with my pen;
he ’s slow to realize
The wavs to make men advertise,
•• when they do to, charge enough
For you must surely “treat 'em
rough.”
H ■ shouldn’t print without his pay
• d should go dunning every dav.
' (1 he should be as good as gold,
J r a!! h's creditors have sold.
Then he should keen his name in
print
In every .sue, without stint,
Th“n ■■ advertising brings success
use it for yourself to bless,
The secret of success, I think,
For those w>'o fool with printers ink.
Is to like Whiz from week to
week
tf 1 ' f playing (( hide and seek, n
mid out a handsome newsy sheet,
So all will read it on the street,
'-Ay ol the jab each dav and night
.‘"i'i you’ll be sure to fare all right.
Mr ' W r t. * 1 Jst t f r ___ °m a bus* . '
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■ u r, to Cube, and Mexico, is
f rt r : ley for a visit. Mr.
Fee rr<id:i many fWends here' who o «l
, ivr . '. a cordla * welcome. , He
'
(■ nee f;l 0 - !i; ‘ i . n the early summer
r G \f:ha~«-'i<i will also go to Japan
before he returns to the States
BOARD WANTED—Young couple
desire room and hoard with pri
vale fami'y during , . peach , season.
Reply to J. R. Hudson, Box 293, or
call 2S9. 5-18 It P d.
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FOR SALE—Slightly u * e d 2-ton
ndia ,
y a Truck complete with Cab
T. P, Wind-shield and Body. Hooks
motor Co., Americus, Ga. 5-18-4t.
INDISTINCT PRINT
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> SEMI-WEEKLY
The Leader-Tribune
TUESDAYS AND PKACHLAND JOURNAL FRIDAYS
FORT VALLEY. HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1920.
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GREAT TRUTH SIMPLY TOLU
Warning Here to Those Who Neglect
to Set Down Their Priceless
Discoveries.
A noted author in the Safevpost
writes: “The rommonesl sign of fti
figue Is found in feeling of wear!
ness. •f
There are times when we arc almost
led into believing ilmi is true.
Flqulvocnl ami ambiguous ns the state
uient may seem, nl the first loading.
If becomes clearer when road I'VHI
four or live times. In fart we don’t
know when ihe proposition has been
stated with more clarity, after one
masters the language In which Ii is
couched.
Have yon not often rend things and
said to yourself: “How dflen I have
though! Him very thing. Why did I
not put tl down in Imperishable
words?”
It is so with this. Doubtless, I|i
your humble way you have often
thought that your weariness was a
sign of fatigue. At those tine's yon
thought a living truth, hut did you
write and tell some magazine of yoin
priceless discovery? No. You al
lowed somebody to come along, pet
hafts years after, and do it.
The moral is that when you think a
great thought, put it down on paper
at once. Even if you do put it away
somewhere and forget It, posterity
may find it.
Now, many times in our career we
have had feelings of weariness Soph
of our friends have been misguided
enough to attribute it to laziness a
awful word, particularly among
friends. But, when we were weary, ii
was not laziness that ailed us. Ii
was fatigue.
And we never knew the truth tint :
we read the magazine ifftiele tin
tinned. We have been slandered f«>
years by a wrong Idea. Exchange
SECRtTARI D. A. ft
NAS GCOil BEPGfii
LAST MEETING OF YEAR HELD
AT HOME OF MRS. W. B
SMITH. OFFICERS ELECTEE
FOR ENSUING YEAR.
The Gov. Treutlen Chapter D. A
R. of F’ort Valley was entertained
at the regular monthly meeting by
Mrs. W, B. Smith at her lovely new
home on Anderson Avenue May tht
twelfth. the
At this, the last meeting; of
Chapter until September, elected: ihe follow
ing officers were
Regent, Mrs. W. B. Smith :1st vim
regent, Mrs. B. H. Fincher; 2nd view
regent, Mrs. S. T. Neil; Recordin'
secretary, Mrs. R. D. Hale; Cor. set
retary, Mrs. L. W. Gray; Treasure!
Miss Clara Greene; Registrar, Mrs
M. S. Brown.
The Chapter has just completed
two of the most successful years of
its life under the ah.c leadership of
Mrs. A. A. Williams, the retiring re
gent. all of ob¬
The Chapter has met its
ligations, gre t v incre.isc d its mem
bership, and turns over the treasur,
in such excellent condition the in¬
coming regent will not be handicap¬
ped by lack of funds.
The new regent, Mrs. W. B. Smith,
is a splendid woman full of enthus th
asm, and a bright future for
chapter, is anticipated.
Miss Claudia Culpepper
Cor. Secretary, Gov. 'Treutlen Chap
ter D. A. R., Fort Valley, Ga.
FOUR GALLONS OF BOOZE
SEIZED IN HEART O’ TOWN
Early Saturday night Chief of Po¬
lice R. J. Rowell and Deputy Sheriff
J. J. Robinson under the direction of
Mayor H, C. Neil, raided an establish¬
ment in the heart of the business
section of Fort Valley where whiskey it -ha
long been suspected that wa ,
being kept. .
Sufficient evidence had been se
cured that the whiskey was ther
Saturday afternoon to justify Mayo:
Neil's having warrants made out, an
these were placed in the hands of th:
officers with instructions • to searcr
the premises and arrest the proprie¬
tor if the liquor was there.
Arfter considerable search i our
one gallon bottles and a pint bott , 1
of the stuff—a bad grade of “wild¬
cat” was brought to light.
Friends of the proprietor signed
bond for his appearance before May
i or Neil Monday, when, on pleading
guilty to having whiskey, the'Mayor
revoked his business license and al
lowed him 60 days to wind up and
discontinue business, and he was
bounds Houston over County to the under City bond Court signed of
by a friend, -t
Muyor Neil and the city officials
who back him up in his zealous ef¬
forts to stamp out the liquor evil
here deserve the heartiest
I d ^ ion aTld su PP ort al! law-abiding
citizens.
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Mrs. L. M. Paul, the retiring re
gent of the Perry D. A. R., will in
tertain at her home Tuesday after
noon at a large reception in honor
of the members of the D. A. R. Sev
eral friends in Fort Valley are in
i vited and ex'pect to attend.
FIST LASSIE AMO SECOND CONVERT
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Commandant Emma Westurook, member of the first 8alvatlon Army con¬
tingent to land in America. (Insert) Louis Petain, the Army’s second Ameri¬
can convert.
Veterans hoi h, Commandant Emma
Westbrook of Indianapolis, 70,
tier ot' Hie first contingent of
Army lassies to invade this country
ami Seuean, Maior Louis Petain, (ft
of Brooklyn, second convert made by
the stl'.iggiiugk little baud iu America,
will be active workers in
the Army’s i'.L-’O appeal for support, of
its Home Service Fund to be made
throughout ilie country May 10 to 20.
These two workers have seen the
orgiinizatioti grow from Hie veriest
tyro 1 in the field of service and relief!
in 1 NW 1 to the powerful influence that
It Is loday. They have never left Its |
service ami entertain no thought of j
doing .so They want to help raise the I
810.000,INIO necessary;.to carry the work j
through another year
Their enthusiasm is boundless, as it
well may he in people who have seen
such an inauspicious beginning In the
face of jeering and antagonistic crowds
esult in ttie universal respect and love
’."‘Id for Hie Salvation Army today.
Two Peach Troubles
Observed In Georgia.
(Georgia Experiment Station.)
Following a severe hail storm in
April of this year, trees ,of peach’
near, and apple varieties at the Geor
ilia Experiment found Station were the examin- bark of
ed and it was that
branches, up to an inch in diameter,
was split or cracked wherever hail
had struck. Within a few days the,
injured bark, and the' underlying
woody tissues, turned brown and ap
leared like cankers which are caused
,y fungi, and bacteria. Young fruits
,vere also injured by the hail and
nave since developed scars and mal
formations, which are mistaken by
some people for insect injuries.
A second and more serious peach
rouble has been observed in two or
chards and reported from others.
Within the past two weeks trees
three, and four years of age in com
mercial orchards have begun to turn
yellow. In some cases Suckers or
sprouts grow from the trunks of the
trees below the surface of the soil.
On examination it is found that the
bark of the trunk from the soil up
ward is .deajl or dieing, while below
the surface of the soil the bark of
B. Y. P. U. CONDUCT SUN¬
DAY NI.GHT SERVICE
The B. Y. P. U. of the Fort Valley
Baptist Sunda Church had in charge the
„ , the , ab- ,
y evening service m
j sei^ce oj *the pastor.
The service was presided over by
the president of the Union, Mr.
ler, and other oxficers of the orgam
zation were seated on the platform
A very interesting program was
given, music, reading and dialogue
being features of the evening. The
Royal Ambassadors, about twenty
in number sang and gave Scripture
readings.
| Tile difference in the figure of the eom
big appeal and the mite collected in
Bieir fanibonrinew in Hie old days dem¬
onstrates concretely the difference that
«'»»ve brought.
Imuis Petain is particularly Jubilant
over the transformation that he has
seen and remarks epigramnmtically:
“You can’t buy confidence, sonny.
You've got to earn it.”
Commandant Westbrook Is a travel¬
ing inspector of corps iu Indiana, while
Sergeant-Major Petain la still an ac
live worker with the Brooklyn Post
No. 1.
“Ash Barrel Jimmy, II the Army’s
first American convert died a few
years ago He was sentenced to serve
six months with tlie Army by itu exas
pernted Judge who had given up hope
of reforming the drunken “remittance
man.” Jim: - decided voluntarily to
make it a ra sentence and stayed
with the organisation until Ids death.
He attained the rank of captain and
served others as the Salvationist* be¬
fore hurt served him
the trunk and rots is healthy. In most
cases the hark of the upper branches
is also living, but shows lack of mois
Utre and , lood, . , due , to.the ^ inability , ....
k the injured tissues to carry these
fr om the roots to the leaves
T l, lis injury to the bark of the tree
„ with the subsequent yellow
^ of the foliage, is due to tfie re
furrence of freezing temperatures
spring after the sap had started,
>ri C'nt sunshine striking these fro
S“«es 1 is of ? u the 5 vf °, trees n t le caused sou ^ a ant so-called ^
scajding ; of the exposed parts,
wl »cn. resulted tn their slowly dicing,
Ims trouble is known as winter
. V not has
i ll,Ul ' an< 1 ' 10 common
observed . before . in Georgia,
^“ e V ,eor K ia Experiment Station
. assisting . the
!» hieing growers in replacing
the old a , nr trees by cutting
0 , trees , at the level o. the
s01 an budding one sprout from
, , tun>P to the desired
ea s commer
'-'nd , variety. By so doing, use is made
w ® established tour year old
^ oot sy ™m, and the time and ex¬
pe T? e of dl ^ing up the stump and
setting f a new tree is saved.
J. A. McClintock, *
Physiologist.
REQUIRING PURCHASES OF
OTHER ARTICLES WITH
SUGAR IS NOT LAWFUL
Attorney General Palmer is report¬
ed to have ruled that the practice of
some grocers in requiring that other
aticles be bought as a condition of
being sqRV sugar is a viojation of the
federal trade dommission act.
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Miss Carrie Riley ha 3 returned
from a ten days’ visit to Montezuma.
FOUR PAGES
HIGH HONOR FOR SMALL
Face of Ten-Yeai Old Has Appeared
on Millions of Coins of the
I United States.
The government of the United States
In 18Mf> imitle an offer of $1,000 for the
I most neceiiiahle design to he placed
upon the new cent coin soon to lie
; issued. Some Indian chiefs traveled
from the nortlHvest to WitsIdiiRfou to
i visit the Great Father and then
journeyed to Philadelphia to see tin
mint, whose , chief engraver was .la ,
Barton Longacre, who Invited them to
.Ids home.
. The engraver’s daughter, Sarah,
! aged 10. greatly enjoyed the visit of
1 ht*r father’s guests Sud during the eve
: 1 fook nff ? his ,„ T fcnthwed ;r helmet and
1 war
! bonnet and placed H on her head. In
'
the company was an artist, who Im¬
mediately sketched her and handed the
picture to her father. Mr. Longacre.
knowing of the competition for a like¬
ness to go upon the cent projected,
under the inspiration of the hour, re¬
solved to contend for Ihe prize offered
h.v the government. To his delight the
officials accepted It, and the face of
his (laughter appeared upon the coin
which was circulated about the nation
for nearly a century. There were
more than a hundred competitions.
The cent hearing the face of Sarah
Longacre has gone Into more hands
than any other American coin.
Mr. Grover Thames has resigned
his position as city postman and is
associated with the Gallaher-Hale
Grocery Co. Mr. Thames had made
many friends on his route by his
pleasant and agreeable manner and
these Will miss him.
GOVERNOR HUGH M. DORSEY
PROCLAIMS THIS WEEK, MAY
17 to 22, “AMERICAN LEGION
WEEK. *»
STATE OF GEORGIA
FJxecutive Department
On ATLANTA, GA.
May Seventeenth, and to con¬
tinue for one week The Georgia Di¬
vision of The American Legion will
legin a drive to increase its member¬
ship. This organization bears the
same the relationship to the veterans of
Great Woild War as do the Con¬
federate Veterans to the War be
ween the States and the Spanish
War Veterans to the War with Spain.
Among other laudable purposes,
he Legipn is designed to create a
spirit of comradeship among those
who offered their lives for us, and
o perpetuate our American insti¬
tutions.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HUGH
M. DORSEY, Governor of the State
of Georgia, suggest that it is well
hat all patriotic citizens of our State
encourage in every way those eligi¬
ble to enroll themselves as members
,f The American Legion, and in fur¬
therance of that purpose, I hereby
proclaim the week of May 17th-22nd,
inclusive, as “AMERICAN LEGION
WEEK”, during which time it is
noped that all veterans of the World
War shall affiliate with the local
Posts of the American Legion es¬
tablished in their several commun¬
ities, and where no Posts is in exis¬
tence, it is suggested that steps be
taken to organize one. '
GIVEN under my hand and seal of
he Executive Department, at the
Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this
Fourteenth day o* May, Nineteen
Hundred and Twenty.
HUGH M. DORSEY,
GOVERNOR
i o » Y THE GOVERNOR:
C.A. WEST,
Secretary Executive Department.
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PICNIC NOTICE
All of those who are going to the
picnic in trucks are requested to meet
at the Baptist Church, not later than
9:00 o’clock, next Friday morning.
Ample accommodations have been
made to take care of all who wish to
go
Come early and as soon as a load is
ready we will send you right out.
Any who have automobiles that
they will use to help carry out people
.o the picnic will please let the un¬
dersigned know of Neil, it.
h. c.
w. g brisendine,
R. G. STRIPLING,
Committee.
D. A. R. PROGRAM WAS
THE U. S. IN WORLD WAR
At the May meeting of the D. A.
R., held with Mrs. W. B. Smith, last
Wednesday, the following program
was carried out:
A paper by Miss Clhudia Culpep¬
per, “The Truth about our 110 days
of fighting;” Mrs. Mattie Flournoy
told of President Wilson and the
League of Nations; Mrs, White, told
of General Pershing.
After the program a social hour
was enjoyed.
The program committee is
(J- I posed of Mrs. Lynwood Gray,
W, Rundell, Mrs. «,'N, White,
The only newspaper
published in the heart
of the largest Peach
growing section of the
world.
$2.50 Per Year In Advance
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DIES Al RIFE OLD AGE
i ESTIMABLE WOMAN, MOTHER
OF PROMINENT CITIZENS OF
I THIS SECTION; WAS INVALID
FOR MANY YEARS.
Sarah Hartley, , widow of the
! late Mr . Green Hartley, died at her
.country f home north of Fort Valley
I in Crawford County Sunday night.
j Funeral held services Union and interment were
| at Cemetery Monday
afternoon.
j Mrs. Hartley had been an invalid
j for a number of years. She iVas near
j ^ 2? ne ^ years of age.
Warren Hartley, Will Hartley, Ran
dolph Hartley, J. C. Hartey, Mrs.
Robert Ray, Mrs. Rome Ray.
Many grandchildren, lreat rrand
rhildren, and great great, gandlhild
en, and many other relatives also sur- '
vive her.
Mrs. Hartley was- a woman of es¬
timable character, and was loved by
a large circle of friends and ac¬
quaintances. She was a faithful mem¬
ber of the Primitive Baptist Church.
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DEACONS IN CHA.RGE OF
SERVICE SUNDAY A. M.
In the absence of the pastor of the
church, the Rev. C. C. Pugh, who is
in Washington in attendance upon
the Southern Baptist Convention, the
deacons had .charge of the service
Sunday at. the Baptist Church. Prof.
Ralph Newton presided and talked
Church interestingly of the /T Thessalonican _
and Mr. Tom F. Flournoy
read resolutions ottered by the
church on the death of Mr. Will H.
Jones, a prominent member and dea¬
con.
The l elation of the Sunday School
to the Church was discussed by Mr.
FTournoy the who is Superintendent of
School, and he spoke of the Sun¬
day School pup'ls ol today as the
deaco'ns, Sundav School teachers and
leaders of twenty years hence.
Mr. Albert J. Evans spoke of the
Possibilities .of the Church” and Mr.
Frank W. Withoft, director of the
choir, spoke in. a most interesting
manner of the pm.ee of music in wor¬
ship. The Rev. W. H. Norton em¬
phasized the thought of the church
as a part of the body of Christ. The
service was interesting throughout.
Mr. and Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. F W
Withoft, Mrs. Lewis Riley, Mrs. Eu¬
gene Hiley, Mrs. W. A. Wooddali,
are among those from Fort Valley
who went to Washington for the con*
ventiim.
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NEGROES ENJOY BLISSFUL
PICNIC AT BLISS STATION
Last Friday was . i Serve Yourself
Day” for most of the white resi -
dents of F'ort Valley and vicinity,
for it was the annual Union Sunda t
School picnic day with the colored
people of the town and vicinity.
Several hundred . strong, and all
arrayed in their best spring apparel,
they boarded the 8:20 a. m. train for
Bliss, where the picnic was held. At
the end of a big day they returned •
on the six o’clock train.
So far as reported the outing was
observed with Unusual decorum, the
only case of disorder coming to the
attention of the local authorities
being one fisticuff bout.
DR. C. R. JENKINS SUCCEEDS
REV. WM. F. QUILLIAN HERE
The Methodists and people of Fort
Valley generally are gratified over
the announcement that Dr. C. R.
Jenkins, retiring as president oi Wes¬
leyan College, will succeed Rev. Wm.
F. Quillian as pastor of the Metho¬
dist Church • here, Dr. Jenkins and
Mr. Quillian merely exchanging
places.
Dr. Jenkins has served this church
before, is well known and highly es¬
teemed here and there is probably
no one whose appointment to this
pastorate would have been more ac¬
ceptable to the Fort Valley Metho
dists and others of the community.
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LOCAL MASONS GIVE
BARBECUE AND DEGREES
Two hundred and twenty-five lo¬
cal Masons, their wives, daughters
and sweethearts enjoyed a barbecue
at Stripling’s garage Friday night;
instigated number. by a baker’s dozen of their
The ’cue was prepared under the
direction of that inimitable ’cue ar¬
tist, Mr. J. L. Everett, which is ’nuff
said so far as the feast is concerned.
After the feast all repaired to the
Masonic hall where degrees were con¬
ferred upon several members and
.upon the wives and daughters of the
Master Masons, and a vocal quartette
was enjoyed.
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Many are looking forward with a
great deal of pleasure to the barbe
'Cue : to be given Wednesday evening
on the Baptist Church lawn by the
Baraca Class. Invitations have been
sent to the members of the Men’s Bi¬
ble Classes of the other churches and
the Philathea Class of the Baptist
Church.
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Miss Gena Riley, who has been
teaching at Pelzer, S. C. is at hom»
for the summer vacation.
