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Volume XXXII. Number 41.
SI. LOUIS nos COL
LECI MO SELL PAPER
SCHOOLS HAVE ADOPTED PLAN
WHICH SHOULD BE COPIED
NEWSPRINT BY OTHERS. CRISIS. WILL AID IN j
(Publishers’ t Auxiliary.)
WASHINGTON.—I have recently
made several appeals, urging the sav
of waste paper, and in this counec
tion 1 wish to call to the attention of
*• »**• ; h “ «,«•■» “
couunerce Collar Alexander. "
v. The collection and sale of waste
paper in the schools of St. Louis is
rapidly assuming the aspe*. is ol a
^ «*big business,'and it is expected tha.
over $15,000 will be secured before
the close of the schools in June," isj
a s.atement I have just read made
by Stephen M. Wagner, member of
tbe board of education of St. Louis,
This movement in St. Louis
;
its inception in a resolution intro-:
daced by Mr. Wagner a*, a board
meeting several years ago. Its pur¬
pose as outlined at that time was to
have the pupils in the school bring
old papers, books and magazines to
the school to be turned over to firms
dealing in waste paper. The proceeds
«J of the *“ Teachers Benevolent » «• “ Annuity C '*L*
Association, a voluntary organiza
tion of St. Louis teachers, formed
fer the purpose of paying annuities
to those of its members who retire
mtter long service and for giving re
lief to members temporarily in need.
Thia movement gradually gained
impetus as its purpose became better
known. Increased interest was given
the movement because of the grow
ing scarcity of white paper and the
importance of aiding in the conser
vation of the existing’supply. i
Over 100,000 pupils in 135 schools
now participate in this work. They
save old newspapers and magazines
and once -a week bring them to
school, where they are deposited in
proper eeeptacles, later to be gather
up and carried away.
To stimulate interest on the part
of the pupils some of the schools
have instituted contests with one
room pitted against another. Other
contests have been started form time
to time, all tending to arouse and
keep the interest of the pupils. In
some schools a banner Is awarded,
the room having the largest collec
tion for the week, to be retained un
til some ether room makes a better)
record.
That tbe schools are , k
. T ,„. r also
moon, for • worthy crone, but
are of material assistance in helping
to conserve the constantly-lessening
supply of white paper, is indicated
by some of the figures submitted. , >
For the year of 1919 the schools. 1
coHected a total of 901 tons of pa
Se^etho^ ^ r^edTafV;
tember x .. they u hav eoHete 5«« ) tons, nnf ,
SK SstuVZS
ent time are as follows; -a?,-* $1.25- per
100 pounds for newspapers and $2.75
per 100 pounds for Magazines. Since
the start of the paper-saving move
ment a grand total of $8 ’M 3.34 has
been realized from its sale.
An auto truck has been purchased
by the teachers’ association in order
to facilitate collections of paper an
delivery to the firms buying waste
paper. become
Saving paper has a regu
lar part of a well-planned system of
education for thrift in the St. Louis
J / public schools, and the children are
taught that a great many things can
be made use of and have real value
which have heretofore been thrown
away. doing be
What St. Louis is can
done by any other city. Think what
it would mean to the paper situation
if tbe majority of our cities would
contribute their quofa of waste pa
per, smd think how much money
could be earned for some worthy
cause. called tbe
Attention is again to
fact that toe Department of Com
merce h*s on hand a number of pub
locations o« waste reclamation which
H will be glad to send interested per
sens.
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Re Co*:,i* in Fish Meek Oeeifn.
Fish h~ i '« have been made on am
ictig tb -aia# design for SWWO yean.
SEMI-WEEKLY
Leader-Tribune
TUESDAYS AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL FRIDAYS
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 13 1920. EIGHT PAGES
OF
IL S.
BUSINESS WORLD IS NOW
THROUGH PERIOD OP
TRANSITION
RESERVE BOARD
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Reduction In Retail Price* Bosun
May Becama Almost Universal
During Month Of Juno
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federal reserve board declares iu
r<SVl8w 0{ general business
{inam , jal conditions ol the country.
“There Is. however, every
tiQ p tba i t b j s tj. a u s mon period
not long—indeed that the turn
ward uew conditions has already
taken,” declares the board s
of sports of its ageuts who,
the country as a whole, finds
May. became -universal during
It Is said tn explanation of the
ued largo volume of retail trade,
this Is beneficial to the country.
pjjc* cutting movement, the board
ser ves, has been aided by the
0 f the public to pay high prices,
though tbe tendency of wholesale
.'. *® EvIL^Tr ' clothing
’ . . commodities ’
eludj ghovr dtt i e | n d j ca
tJun of reduction but i uxurieii aud no n
M , entlalg in many ltne# bava been
‘• diatincLly cut •>
-Quite generally there is a tenden
cy t0 settle down to a
basis and to proceed with business
upon a new level of prices and
credit and discrimination
Dr oducin* some results, alttiougi
anj reporled ag developing
th( . lajelveg glowly and gradua Uy. Tin
pre#fcul price situation w
and j g be j ng c i 0 gely watched While
g0lue prica reporting agenviee show
reduction, others show Increases.”
Although some improvement tn
transportation Is noted tbe
are said not to have'yet overcome the
breakdown and a “great congetsion
goods" is reporte dto still exist. Fre¬
quent complaints of car shortage
reflected by the agents’ reports,
Indicating a menacing shortage
coal, whicb, unless remedied, will “se
r ; 0U(dy interfere with
Tbe reports for the month on
utacturtng ranged tTom extreme opti
mlgm to equally extreme pessimism,
Possibly the most encouraging fee
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WOMA N’S MISSIONARY SO
CIETY M. E.
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p Superintendent)
.Jhe Woman’s Missionary
will meet Monday afternoon,
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A#k #ur CoBtres8IBllI1
„ American Beer will C ure
chi Opium Habit,” read
recently carr5ed
t he streets of a Chinese city.
on ^ that we have yet uken no
to check the Amerlcan breW
p j ang t0 f ur ther debauch poor
^ profjt by her degra dation!
simple act of Congress would stop
why nQt?
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Stervin.
dr en
meetinK 0 f
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‘ Missions “ which made
f * 75o o0 o tor
lief and permanent mission work in
Euronean 1 countries
^ Poland) ;t was stated that
Hoover Committee is feeding
000 children daily in Poland.
Committee is able to supply to
child only one meal per day, to
element P the insufficient rations
they are receiving otherwise.
so the Committee has to select
beneficiaries w“ with care,
many 1 In *re so far gone that
is hr,no ? of savin* their lives.
will ... surely , be a source of n f aotiqfac
tion to every contributor to the
tenary that some part of his gift
being used for tha actual saving
life among Europe’s destitute
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ARMY Mil IRIK I
MW BOLL WEEVIL
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MANY SECTIONS OF HOUSTON
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES
INVADED. BIBB AGENT TELLS
HOW TO FIGHT PEST.
Reports are coming from various!
sections of Houston and other Geor
gia L . ounties of ravages being made I
by ’
Qn conj peanut and other cropg
thc army worm> which threatens a s
great disaster to the food crops for
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cotton.
ln an interview reported in a re
cent issue of The Macon Telegraph,
W. G. Middlebrooks, county agent of
Bibb County, had the following to
say:
“This army, which marches truej
to f orm) ’ “ on ;t s stomach" is hanging
up a n ew record playing havoc kej
with vegetation which would ma
vehe _
»e„t eloquence and ability to make
* ‘’lea" sweep. The pest Is leaving the
fields as bare as a floor.”
“The infestation is not confined
to any one section,” Mr. Middle
brooks declared. ii Evidences are
f ounr over the entire county. In
fi ]d the erop Is entirely eat
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their corn
cro P clo8el v for the “PPearance of
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the worm, is the advice or the county
agent, and begin to treat the fields
before any severe inroads are made
lt takes b ut twenty-four to forty
e ; gbt hours for one regiment of
' clean field, it is said,,
worm8 t o up a
ag t h ev are ab l e to cover several j
j acres a day
The pest gets its name from the fact ]
that it travels in droves, going in the re-!
l sa me direction always, and never
' treating. In appearance it is similar
to the cotton caterpillar.”
If it is possible to get in ahead of
the invader, a deep furrow or a
small ditch around the field will give
some protection, as the worms will
fall int0 the ditch or furrow as they
attempt to cross it.
Not only is the corn oelng destroy
ed by this enemy of the farmers,, but ■
the hay crop and other green vegeta-j
bles are being attacked. “Coffee *
weed and gourd vines are the only
things an army worm won’t eat,”
Mr. Middlebrooks declares.
How To Kill Them.
_
Two treatments are advised by
j Mr. Middlebrooks [ ar-!
A spray made of one pound of
•«
, corn , to i k an d running down ini, j
j : the bud where the worms are eating j
heaviest, does the work.
A dust composed or one pound of
Paris green , thirty pounds of slacked
lime This is put in a crocus sack and,
.
dusted over the tons of the corn
<> n ine m. iwo row. ^
a time by taking a two by four, six
'*«
tVSiurVne mule
j wal k in between the two rows, the
rider mea nwhile jarring the plank as
the mule proceeds. This will put out
enough of the poison to destroy the
worm.
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NO JURY TRIALS FOR
JULY TERM CITY COURT j
Owing to existing conditions, there i
will be no jury trials of criminal or
c j vil cases at the regular July term
of tbe court . the court will be ad-1
journed to the 13th day of Septem-!
her 1920. All of the jury summoned 1
to appear on the 20th adjourned of July, will) to I
appear at the July term
be held on the 13th day of Septem
her. The jury will report on the
morning of the 14th day of Septem
b er.
At the regular July term judg- .
ments may be taken in all case in de
fault, settlemnts and pleas of guilty;
and such matters will be passed on*
as do not require a verdict by the
iurv.
Counsels, parties, witnesses and jury
men will please take notice. This
July 12th 1920.
A. C. Riley, J. C. C. H. C.
Ta# Muell
-What I would Hka is the way at
a w, fe WOU M b« an old maid with a
b lg fortune.” "Ton couldn’t get such
wife. No woman with a big fortune
I has half a ehaaea to ba an old inaid.’ j
START GREAT CAREERS
BOYS AND GIRLS ARE MAKING
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY
WORKING DURING THEIR VA¬
CATIONS THIS SUMMER.
Atlanta, Ga., July 8.—One of the
moat interesting developments of the
times is the growing custom of va
cation work by the boys and girls of
the South who have studied hard all
the year. It is said that recently
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th for hi work K h school, in this of city AttaoU and a number Mjo>
were looking for work in the country.
They were willing to do farm work,
saw mill work, orchard work or work
the stores and shops of the city,
These boys and girls, when they
have completed their education, will
know how to make their work
count in a big way.
I)r Andrew M Soulei President
of the State College of Agriculture,
tells of a red-headed boy who gradu
ated from the Atlanta High School
a few years ago and is now making
$•‘>,000 a year on the farm. He went
from the Boys High School to the
State College of Agriculture and
there spent four years in the study
of scientific farming. After that he
went o„ . l.m and worked herd.
In a few years he became a very sue
cessful farmer and last year won «
prize of $1,000 for the best crop of
cotton—quality and quanity consid
His whole earnings were $5,000
net over and above all expenses.
This was a city boy, raised in At
lanta, who made up his mind to learn
about farming, first taking all
that science could give him and then
learning how to apply it on the farm.
Meanwhile the country boys are
and saving at a great rate.
Many of them have made enough on
and pigs to send them to the
Agricultural College,
There is a bright future for scien
lific farming. The authorities tell us
that as cities grow the demand for
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will ,
the farmei e grea er am
It will be particularly good
the scientific farmer who adds
training to his equipment.
lt is not only on the farms that
and girls work hard, but thou
of them in the towns and cities
the owners of Liberty Bonds
bought with their earnings. Some of
ore of these ^ £
the,,, to ». for
loomed to »»ve, ohooid learn to J«
their money work tor them. This may
done by putting it in a safe in
vestment which will yield good m
For tfie encouragement of such
a^o^ts" boys and girls "he ^^in shapT SaXtgs s^
in of
Stamps which u sell ^ tta» ™ month on th for for
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” e w «k w nt to
year, Thi, it good foundation
for a college course or the nest
tor a business career.
The same process continued thru
the tenth year with interest o
exceeding previous $2,600. Th . ^
nice start in business or would m
than pay for a college course.
^ MOBILE SEARCHLIGHT
SOLVES “NEBULA” MYSTERY
The faint “nebulous »» lights that
played over Fort Valley Thursday
night, to the mystification of many
citizens who observed them, have
bee n explained. Friday night the dark
dome of the heavens over Fort Valley
was shot thru with brilliant streams
of light, first in this direction and
then that, and it did not take long
f or the curious-minded to tract their
source to Abe Glass and Son’s corner,
w here a 36 inch searchlight mounted
upo n a big army truck, with its mo
tor purring away like a lion, sent its
brilliant beam hither and thither into
8pacc or upon persons and objects
on the earth, and illuminated m^tads
0 f winged things that sought madly
to to hurl nun themselves into its glowing
crater. ....
N was & regulation army tie
searchlight, mounted upon a 5-ton
Mack truck, with a 15-k_w. direct
current generator mounted in front
PRESSING WORK
FACES
MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS
BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE
' GENERAL ASSEMBLY
STATE NEWS IF
Brief Newe Items Gathered Here
There Fr °"' Al > Sections
Of The State
Atlanta—The general assembly
by r .ce„. .ch.du,
^ to convene again on Tuesday morn
j nt > a f ter t h e adjournment of last Fri
day.
Many Important matters are to be
presented, chief among them being
the mission of Governor Dorsey’s mes¬
sage, which Is expected to be deliv¬
ered not later than Thursday. It is
understood that the governor has
completed the first draft of the doc
ument and will make some re visions
before reading it to the senate and
house siring in Joint session.
Tlie senate will take up on Tuesday
the final consideration of the "powder
ed milk’’ bill, which passed the house
\ Iasi year and came ever to this ses
s > 0! ' H ' s unfinished business. This
measure provides hat all ...... labeled milk ...
P'^ucts ? ha11 ™ abe,ed and th f<
ZTTm X i
^ {f) that effect The bm being
bitterly fought by the manufacturers
of powdered mtn and is being sup
ported by the state veterinarian and
the dairy interests of the state.
Another development In the senate
If expected to be the calling up of
the Ragsdale resolution condemning
the action oftlie nationai convenition
' 7es <1 TheVsTluMon uT
ZrToTZll a be amended * 'si H as h to
, t R atrajght endo rseinent of the
Doiiiocratlc administration, leaving
ou| all reference t0 internal politics
in Georgia,
The house will immediately get
down to work on the problem of pro¬
viding finances to meet the present
stringency in the state treasury. It
*» expected that the Carswell r*Rolu
t)on> Providing for the temporary di
version of the automobile fund to meet
general expenses of the state,
wjU called upon Tuesday. On Wed
nt . gday a motion will be made to con
8 j der t be Knight resolution calling for
the distribution of the automobile fund
among the counties.
of its engine. This generator fur
nished current for the powerful
2"Z ‘Xb, Th. b!o m wiU
“pick up” an object at a distance of
8 miles, but can itself be seen much
wa , ln ch „ ee or Engi .
"® er • • ^ an 0 , the e Armv
° y '^ e a ■ B rowri of the Coas^Artil
Oliver^ It ’the FieS Screvens ArtSlet? and CoS’ Corp
Oliverei of the F «\\ y C p
staSed g fn Fort Galley tor
the past month and has been very
successful in securing recruits here
^ branches of the service .
He wil, ,en,.i„ here for the
dor of
Ma „ ha , ltille
. , , . wag from
point P that ^„ the “nebulous” lights seen
that ht originat ed The out
ft left Saturday morning for Macon
i «, t in th interest of the re
' ’
cruiung service
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PEACH DEAL ON THE WANE;
PACKERS AND BUYERS GO
; The 1920 peach deal is
nearing its close. The bad
quality of the fruit thus , far ^ and the
unp ropitious outlook for
; n this respect in the the late vane
ties have bee n very discouraging to
shippers and buyers and many °f the
latter have quietly folded up
offices The “mourners and taken be th " err ch ^departure.
Valley’s “Wall Street block
qulte deserted Monday morning.
Wit hin the past two or three
hundreds of packers have
the i r grips, for a change, and
othe r fields of employment for
time or ea rnings.
While the peach movement
tinues it is nothing like it should
Only ' 44 cars left Fort Valley
y ’ ’ ’ Fridav . ’ 55 ’ Saturday ’ 1 ’
Sunday.
Many growers have arranged
dispose of the remainder of
crops at tha canneries; others
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$2.50 Per Year la Advance
VICTORY MEDALS HEP
FOR EX-SERVICE DEI
EVERY MAN in SERVICE AFRU.
«, 1917, TO NOV. 11, 191$, EN
TITLED TO MEDAL. HERD’S
HOW TO GET IT.
Atlanta, Ga., July 9.—Captain
Joseph L. Radius, formerly of the
Serviceand Information board branch
of the War Department has been As¬
signed to duty at the Atlanta Re¬
cruiting Station of the Amy in con¬
nection with the distribution of Vic¬
tory Medals in Georgia for men who
served in the army during the World
War.
The average number of applica¬
tions for Victory Medals being re¬
ceived by the Army Recruiting Sta¬
tion is only 20 per day. Since tha
work of distribution was started June
21st, it is interesting to note that
05% of applications have been'of¬
ficers. Of the total number of cl^spa
authorized to be worn with the'jne
dal, it is stated that Corporal Frank
Williams, formerly of the First Di¬
vision and now on duty at the At¬
lanta Recruiting clasps, six Station for major is entitled
to seven opera¬
tions and one for detensive sector
service. Corporal Williams is plso
the proud possessor of the Distin¬
guished Service Cross and the French
Croix de Guerre. General John J.
Pershing has been awarded all clasps.
All ex-service men who served in
the Great War between April 6, 19J7
and Nov. 11th, 1918, in U. S., Eng¬
land, France, Russia, Italy or in Si¬
beria after Nov. 11th, 1918 are en¬
titled to Victory Medal. *
To obtain the Medal communicaie ^
with the Victory Medal Officer, (j. S.
Army Recruiting Station, Room 231
Transportation Building, Atlahia,
Ga. or better still, bring your d *
charge or a certified copy and file
your application in person. Some ap¬
plications are being acted upon wih
in 5 days.
Posts of the American Legion, Vet¬
erans of Foreign Wars and other
Soldier Veteran Organizations Lu
Georgia are making a special effort *
to advise their members how Slid
where to apply for the medal.
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FORT VALLEY YOUNG LADY
WRITES LOCAL COLOR STORY
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The magazine section of Sunday's
Atlanta Journal contained a vary
charming little story entitled "My
Lord Caruso and His Lady Adra>r«w
ble,” by Miss Parmalee Cheves, of
Fort Valley. ,
The story, which was written by
Miss Cheves for the Children’s Simry
Hour at the Thomas Public Liora
ry, of which she is librarian, censors
about the attractive home of Dr. anji
Mrs. E. G. Thomas, on College atraet.
The home is called in the sttfry,
"Stop-In,” and the story is illustrated
with three photographic views of the
residence.
“My Lord Caruso and His Lady
Adorable” are a pair of briiWa
thrushes that chose to build their
nest in the wistaria vine above the
See-Through Gate. IF The “Tallest
Man” in the story is—well no orte
could fail to guess, The “Visiting
Lady” is Mrs. H. R. Callaway of At¬
lanta, a visitor at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. Thomas last spring. The
“Girl” and the “Doctor” are also
easily recognized characters in the
story.
Miss Cheves wrote thq^ story, so
the introduction goes, with the idea
of checking the careless slaughter
of song birds. It is written in a styie
well adapted to appeal charaittgl;
to the sentimental side of grown-ups
as well as to' the imagination and
sympathy of children.
j cont ; nue to gather, pack and ship
| j haH-heartedly; some will make"no
effort to save what is left, but will
, let the fruit rot on the trees. ; ‘
j t hftg beftn a d i sas t rous season in
thig sec ti 0 n. But the mirage of an
Qther season hovers over the distant
horizon, and next year surely the
thirgty trave j era j n the “Desert of
D i sap p 0 i n t me nt >Y will find the oasis.
' Two more weeks will close the
chapter chapter _T * re.
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Blwtrlei^ >4 Swifter Than L»«ht , .
The velocity of electricity far am
feeds that of light. Light travels ah
3,, rate of 186.400 miles a aecobd,
.lectrtetty, at the rate of 248,000 miles
1 second.
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