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Volume XXXII. Number 43.
MAKES HAUL UK
MR. AND MRS. W. A.
AND MR. TODD, THEIR
ER ARE ROBBED BY
SMITH, TODD’S
The home of Mr. W. A.
suffered a robbery last
morning. Mr. Smith, a boarder,
hearing a conversation between
Melvin and her daughter Louise,
ing the whereabouts of her
book, proceeded at once to
the family of same. He was not
fied with just the pocket book,
also took a colt revolver from
dresser drawer of Mrs.
boudoir.
Smith was rooming with a Mr.
Todd at the time, and had
of 12 ten dollar bills belonging
and being piloted around by him.
On Saturday night preceeding
day's mishap. Smith, suggested
retire early which they did. The
morning Smith rises early and
out bold with another suggestion
that Mr. Todd remain in bed as
as he wished, not to hurry down
breakfast would not be served
S o’clock—smoothing things over
he thought, Smith, with bag and
gage, rushes to the station, board¬
ing the 8:g0 a. m. train for Macon,
changes there for Jacksonville,
he,—after failure of the Macon
police to make his arrest,—was
prehended in Jacksonville
ly upon arrival there, having on
person, gun and money.
Deputy Sheriff, W. A. White,
Monday for Jacksonville to
back our unlucky burglar to st^nd
trial before Fort Valley’s
Jttdfe,
IN MEMORIUM
f *
Mrs. Maud Brown Bassett, the
ject of this sketch, was the wife
fc{.e pf Fort Valley's oldest
Vf- St#v«n H- Bg?sett. She
born Dec 29'h a,.;”, 1862 at Brownwood
,
Judge Sinteuti N. Brown and
Head Brown. She lived her
ctays in Madison Ga., Attended
io Atlanta, and Palmer Institute
Girls, at Oxford, where she met Mr.
S. H. Bassett, whom she afterward
maried Dec. 16th 1884. Since
time their home has been at
Valley, where there grew up
her, and closely drawn to her, a
ily pf five children ' fpur sons and
daughter
Seldom lias the associated' writer seen
dren so closely with »
ther, and so devoted as her's were.
tfer word Seemed not a law
j hem but ra’her a loving and
duty. She directed well the ways
her household, with intelligence
culture and love, and was in
«»d sense a home-maker,
With chords that bound her
tc her life and love, and never at
time neglecting her children’s
ing education, for anything. As
neighbor for many years, the
knew her, as a loyal wife, a
and untiring mother, a sincere
and a kind, congenial and
pleasant neighbor, and these
in her called forth a strong love.
DuTing her last illness she was.
great sufferer, tho’ not long,
been taker* sick on June the 30th and
her life quietly passeo out July 17th.
For many years and up to the
of her death she was a loyql
her of the Congregational Chuteh
I were conduc ed at b e ? home hy
f. parrel, of Atlanta and
body was laid to rest in
Ctnwtory Sunday July 18th
4 o'clock, Mrj, Basaett is survived
her husband, Mr. S. H. Bassett,
brother Dr. M. S. Brown, three
Steven E., "one Ralph P., and Noble Bas
Tet s • J daughter, ” ’ Miss
" would not say to these
oqgi, ,. r>o r ., *' ot w <w P D -> f or we
wBh you, t,nd our Savior wept at
lotah of Lszaru*. and we know it
But we would say, «< L
pot wrong.
the passing away of this loved
tnd fbe memory of her good life,
a stepping-stone to heaven,
W« all may have the lasting joy
meeting again, if we accept the
vitation of the Prince of Peace,
Savior of the World.
SEMI-WEEKLY
The Leader-Tribune
TUESDAYS AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL FRIDAYS
FORT VALLEY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920.
RUSSIANS REJECT
PEACE
TONE OF THE ANSWER OF RUS
SIAN SOVIET SAID TO
BE 9ARCASTIC
BRITISH TERMS
The Soviet Government Hints That
British Proposals Are Not
Impartial.
London.—The reply of the Russian
Soviet government to the British note
concernin'- an armistice with Poland
rejects, . substance, the British peace
proposals, according to the Loudon
Times, which publishes a summary
of the Soviet answer.
The document is a very lengthy one,
and The Times assures the public that
it will soon be published by the gov¬
ernment.
The Bplsheviki decline to come to
London for the suggested peace con
ference. according to The Times,
cause they say Great Britain is not
impartial. They also object to the ad
mission to the conference of delegates
from the Baltic States, saying Russia
already has made peace witli them.
As to Poland, the Bolshevik govern
ment points out that the proposed ar¬
mistice line is unfair to Poland, and
that with direct negotiations the Bol
sheviki are prepared to grant Poland
a much more favorable frontier.
The Bolshevik! reply refuses flatly
to entertain any conditions regarding
the forces of General Wrangel and the
refugees in South Russia and demands
the unconditional surrender of these.
The tone of the reply is sarcastic,
says The Times, which declares it is
alined at driving a wedge between Po¬
land and the allies by stimulating
Polish dissattefaction with the British
proposal. The Times adds that it be
lieves the reply will make it more
ficult for Great Britain to enter into
trade relations with Russia.
FALLING FROM PEACH CAR,
: KILLED UNDER TENDER
1
I
John Rogers, a negro switchman ,
* n employment of tne Central of
*' eor "‘ a Railroad, was crushed to
«»*«"•*« ?<
en X™ e No. 1010 near Mathews pack
‘ ntr bl>U; * e 0,1 tbe Dale Fruit lrack
abou * Sunday afternoon.
A string of peach cars was being
P usbed to the Hale Georgia Packing
house ond Ro K ers was siu <ng on th ®
rear end of the car next t0 the en ‘
gine, when he was seen by en
en K ijleer > Eskridge to fall from the
car to tbe s ‘ de ot t C ack - edr
gi ” e P a8S ? d apparently without
him, but jn some unaccounG
ab * e manner he was caught under the
tend « r ' of ai ™ a head " d ° na being ? eg and crushed
ent,re top ms
‘ °^ f- The negro ** said t0 have
b ‘ bited sign8 of intoxication before
t e P°r ted for dut X t,wu morning.
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’UNITED STATES NOT
OBLIGED TO ASSIST THE
' Al<|vlES IF THEY FIGHT
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Relation* Of America And . Germany
Are Defined By Term* Of
The Armistice
~ r ......
Washington.—America is in no way
jsive oSdigaied 10 pantidipate in any often
measures the European allies
may find it necessary 10 undertake
against Germany to enforce the trea
ty of Versailles.
j Tba relations of America and Ger
'many, it Is pointed out, are defined
by tbe ter »? ° r ch,> » rfnl ^. ice -
■
0 ( Vawailios S treaty do ratified^ uot apply, uS
J h« not
5ty . It is said.
The position of the American army
0 ( occupation cn the Rhine cotnpris
lug some 18,000 soldiers, Would have
10 be decided if the allied armies de-
1 cided to extend their occupation of
German territory. In some quarters
I * ii is considered like’y that the Auier
icaa troops wil1 be r ° l:evea tmn dpty
Bhould boeUHGe* be renewed^
American force has for some time
occupied *n unusual position, for
while French and British forces are
' concerned with treaty obligations, the
i Americans have remained near Co
jj|g ng ^ eu (oree an armistice signed
a year an d a half ago.
Editor J. M. Martin is attending
thr Weekly Press Association meet
-ng at Carrollton, Ga., this week and
is expected b &ek today -
INDISTINCT print
GOOD FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
DRIERS MAY BE MADE AT HOME
The purchases of expensive fac¬
tory-made driers for fruits and veg
eiables often calls for an
of several times the amount neces
sary to secure a good drier of either
the homemade or factory-made
according to the United States
partment of Agriculture, which has
made a study of the best types of
driers for home use. The department
has had its attention called to one
drier now on the market selling at a
price about five times what it would
cost to construct a satisfactory
stitute at home. While the interest
which gardeners are everywhere
manifesting in increased food pro
duction should result in increased
use of driers, the department be
lieves that a large money expendi
ture for such equipment ordinarily is
not necessary.
For the benefit of those who
fer to make their own driers the de
partment has published for free dis
toibution . . pamphlets containing de
j tailed information
on the subject.
| One of the driers recommended is
j stand metal covered cookstove and is designed small fur- to
on a or
naee. A less expensive cookstove
drier, also recommended, is made of
] a th, wire screen, and canvas or hea¬
vy unbleached muslin. With either
of these articles much of the gar
den’s surplus can be conserved foi
winter use, thus materially reducing
the food bills of the coming months,
•o
A LIFE PRESERVER
IN STORMY
-
If de train runs off de track, dah
you is. If de ship sinks, whar is you? »»
-Uncle Ned.
The risks of railway and steam
ship travel are small compared with
lbe hazards of lire and , business. . Mis
fortunes are no respecters of per
sons and travel by no advertised
route or schedule.
in these uncertain times the
emergency asset is a life preserver,
Every prudent man seeks to provide
for the contingencies of life so that
those who are near and dear to him
will not suffer in case of death or
Any business . that makes money
has some risk and the success of the
venture depends largely upon the
life and health of the man at the
helm. If he is taken away the hazard
increases and disaster may result,
How often we bave seen a fine bus ’
; neS3 g0 to pieces when the head of
;t passed away,
Realizing this a wise man will put
aside in the safest possible form an
emergency asset to take care of his
family in case of death or misfor
tune.
T h ose w h 0 have seen stocks and
bonds down and Other investments
g0 up j n smo ke, or fade into the blue
9 ky would like to get hold of an abso
lu tely safe investment that does not
depreciate, is not subject to market
fluctuations and may be readily
realized upon as an emergency asset
for his family.
He un ders t and8 that such invest
ments go up in rate of interest, but
he is not much concerted about the
interest rate as he is about the abso
lute security of the investment and
ready convertibility into cash.
An idea * investment of this kind
the Treasury Savings Certificate,
which is issued by the Government
and will be cashed on demand by the
Treasury. It yields over four per,
cent if held to maturity, or three if
cashed sooner,
R “ eall loan to the strongest
Go ™ n ™ nt * th « ™ ,d and ther *
.
"
“ance . . surtax and excess pro
flts P ency tax asset ' A * am, i J fsortunate y ™ th ^ indeed. 7^
An object dear to the hear o
every man is to give his children a
good start in life, by training and ed
uiation. To a bqy or girl of capacity
and disposition to profit by it, a col
lege education is worth a fortune.
1 It is the best possible investment for
achild. For thlsTUrpose the Treasu¬
ry Savings Certificate is ideal. It can
be bought to mature in time for the
purpose and increases tn value each
month. The cost this month is 083.-
60 for $100 maturity value or $836
for $ 1 , 000 .
1 Buy a $1,000 Certificate this year
and next year for your boy and his
education is assured. The same for a
gi r ] ( or to start either In business,
You bad can dre go to sleep on this and^have 1
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TEN PAGES
PEANUT GROWERS WANT
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
The first National Peanut Con
j vention was held in Norfolk, Va.,
July 12th-13th. This was attended
j by peanut growers and peanut mill
j men from every peanut producing
section in the South. It was the first
annual meeeting of the United Pea
nut Associations of America.
j j to The consideration first day was devoted entirely
of matter of protec
I tion for the peanut industry, the ne
cessity for some action being caused
by the ever increasing quantity of
importations of peanuts from jChina,
Japan and India, which have during
the past four months, demoralized
the ameriqan markets so that today
'he manufacturers arc holding back
their purchases of domestic grown
peanuts, because the imported nuts
are being offered at a price from
| three to five cents per pound less.
This is the cause of the weak mar
J ket be expected for farmers peanuts, and it can
to continue until the
oriental supplies are lessened, and
are out of the way. The delegates
i
attending the peanut convention
were firmly convinced that the South
must have a tariff on imported th^ pea
nuts sufficient to equalize cost
of production, or else go out of busi
ness.
i The coniniitte on legislation of the
Virginia-Carolina Peanut Growers
Association, presented the following
resolutions which were endorsed by
the United Associations of America:
j that' “Whereas the by industry reason of the the Uni- fact
peanut of
ted States is seriously menaced and
is threatened with ultimate desiruc
tion by the importation of peanuts
into this coutry, delivered under con
ditions of low Ocean freight and
produced under conditions of the
cheap labor of the Orient in compe
tition with American labor and as
the encouragement of the* importa
tion of any agricultural product.
with a tendency to render the nation
dependent upon foreign countries
for any food is shortsighted and in¬
defensible economically. »>
“Therefore be it resolved that we,
the gowers of peanuts in convention
assembled in the City of Norfolk, Va.
«*«» m .» .920 *,
declare that it is our expressed judg
ment that a fair protection to equa
\\ze conditions of production and de
livery (the present tariff being en
tirely inadequate! shall be accorded
to peanuts, peanut oil, peanut but
ter, and all by-products of peanuts
and we call upon Congress to pass
such tariff legislation as shall save
the industry at large and avert dis
aster to the peanut producing lands.”
“And we further declare that our
support shall be given to such can
didates for Congress who shall de
c lare themselves in favor of an ad
equate tariff for the protection of
the peanut industry and who , if
elected, pledge their efforts and
vo te for necessary legislation for
3Ue h protection.
The convention made further plans
to organize locals in every peanut
growing section of the South, solely
f or the purpose of making the fight
f or tariff. Pamphlets on the subject
0 f tariff for peanuts will be sent to
every peanut mill in the South for
distribution to the farmers who are
growing peanuts,
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THE TROJAN HORSE
The Trojan Horse is here today
0 eB t your corn and fodder, hay,
Aml ftro undpeas too, just by the peck
As once he did the ancient Troy
S o he will now again destroy,
And gtake your home a piteous
wreck.
The Trojan Horse! Admit him and
The ground will cleave on which you
stand;
His dagger keen wil! pierce you sore,
And vainly then your prayer shall
rise
To him who views with gloating eyes
Your life blood in its rich outpour.
Yield not to him the right of wdy
Who knoweth not when mortals pray,
And spareth none thougn young or
old.
Why should he ruin your vast estate,
And leave your home all desolate,
Your heart once tender, lifeless,
cold?
The Trojan Horse today avoid;
Urimimbered homes has he destroyed
filled all the land with grief and
dole. •
Excape you can; you surely will
COX WILL SUPPORT
LEAGUE
WILSON SAYS COX IS READY
CHAMPION THE HONOR
0F THE NATI0N
CONFERENCE WITH
- Conference Wae Devoted Chiefly
The Discussion of The Leaoue
of Nations
Washington.—Complete
on the of nations question
unity in their P arty ’ 8 cause was
c * ttred by President Wilson and
ernor Cox of Ohio, Democratic
dential candidate, after a
at the white house.
Meeting for the first time since
San Francisco convention, the
dent and the governor, together
Fraukliu D. Roosevelt, the vice
dential nominee, spent an hour on
south portico of the executive,
sion discussing the league and
campaign issues. All three
Issued formal statements voicing
idarity of purpose. None made
reference to recently published
that the chief executive and the
idential candidate were "far apart”
the league iesue.
The president declared that he
Governor Cox “were absolutely at
witli regard to the one great issue
the league of nations,” and that
nominee is ready to be the
of the honor of the nation aNd to
cure the peace of the world.”
party's choice, the president
will have the vigorous support of
absolutely united party and. I am
fident, also of an absolutely
nation.”
Governor Cox declared in his
ment that he and Mr. Wilson
"agreed as to the meaning and
ficiency of the party platform and
duty of the party in the face of
threatened bad faith to the world
the name of America.” He
that he would give all his strength
the promises made by President
to those who sacrificed in the
war.
Mr. Roosevelt’s statement spoke
the "splendid accord” of the
and Governor Cox and expressed
wish that every American could have
witnessed their conference.
The conference on the white house
portico was said by Governor Cox to
have been devoted principally to th*
discussion of tbe league of nations.
MRS. HERMAN AVERA ENTER
TAINS TUESDAY NIGH!
A delightful affair for a large
number of the young set was the re¬
ception given Tuesday evening by
Mrs. Herman Avera for her charminp
visitors, Misses Alwynne
and Hazeltinfe Thames^ of Macon.
The home was attractively decorated
for the occasion with cut flowers and
ferns. Cream and cake was.served
as refreshments and altogether ii
was a delightful occasion.
Your destined place with honor fill.
And be a man with all your soul.
Admit him, though a boy you - be,
And down he’ll cut Hope’s
tree
Well watered by a mother’s tears,
Nor shall the future e’er atone,
Make good the evil seed that’s sown
In all - those barren Trojan years.
The Trojan Horse! Marked in
course
By murder, rapine, and divorce.
A thousand ills, ten thousand
And burning cities on the plain
slain,
And burning cities on iTie lpain
Reflect his soul in Trafalgar.
W. C. Carter.
Powersville, Ga.
■o*
Singular Illness.
‘Sid—One of our operator* is quite
(ton rse. The doctor tells tne,’ she
ronfided. ‘that m.v larynx are affected
—whatever they are. We told her
his was a singular affection, hut itn
ess given prompt attention might he
;ome pleural.”—Correspondent of ihe
Chicago Tribune.
Work Hard and Avoid Worry.
Ii is not work that kills men : I* 1 »
worry Work is healthful; von can
hardly put more on a man than he
can Iqade. bear. Worry is rust upon the
It is not the revolution that
lestroys the machinery, but the file
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+ world. ♦
$2.50 Per Year In Advance
UXTRAH! MB. J. 0 . DUKE
BOOKED FOfl MEM
VISITOR FROM TIFTON DE
SCRIBE'S IRiP THRU DUKE
BROS. ORCHARDS. SAYS J.' D.
SHOULD BE GOVERNOR.
(By J. L. Williams, in Daily. Tifton
Gazette.)
Fort Valley, the busiest country
town in Georgia, is in me midst 1 of
tile peach harvest. The writer has
just visited the orchards and packing
iiou. es ox Duke Brothers, who have
perhap- ihe best sys.cmatized peach
farms and packing houses in this
state or any other. Everything moves
with system, and a spirit of good feel
;| ig prevails among all the workers.
The peaches are picked from the j
; rees and hauled on spring wagons
to the packing houses by the regu¬
lar negro employees, of the farm.
There _are so many of these negroes ;
a water-wagon is necessary—it car¬
ries ice water, and the negroes drink ,
from fifteen sanitary fountains on i
the back of the wagon. These ne¬
groes make $40 to $50 per week per
family Saturday and at are paid off in cash e^ch'
noon.
Duke Brothers maintain commissa¬
ries at the farms and the goods vhat •
the farm doesn’t produce are bought
m large quantities at wholesale aud
are sold to the farm workers at about
ten per cent above cost, or just
*nougn to cover the cost of handling.
No goods are sold to people Ocher
than the regular farm hands. Thus
Duke’s Brothers’ farm hands have aa
good food as th«t country will produ&
and at lower prices than can h*
so far ‘ away in the wilderness of
found elsewhere. The negroes are
peach trees that the high cost of liv¬
ing is unheard of.
One of the eight packing houses
'is 200 feet long and two stories high.
Grate material is kept in the second
story and an army of boys nail the
crates together and slide them down
to the first floor through chute 9 just
in arm's reach of the packers.
The first floor is covered with,
grading and conveying machinery,
driven by a farm tractor that stands
in the basement. The eaches are ••
poured in a big conveyor at several
places; the conveyor rolls them over
and over in view of the many boys
-hat stand on each side to take out ■
any that may have decayed specks
jii them. The peaches roll on rollers,;
mat get wider and wider apart; the i
■mailer ones falling through into a
•hute that shoots them to the can*
.dug factory. The remainder or av¬
erage size ones are divided into about-
.hree sizes and fall on a wide end
ess belt that conveys them almost ;
nto the hands of the girl packers;
,xs the girls fill the crates a Boy,
pushes them on to a conveyor chafir
mat carries them right up under tH«v
hammer of the long fellow that nials >
the tops on. This fellow is perhaps
..he most expert worker in the whole .
..rganization. He is called or should!
oe called tail-boy; he nails from
Citrus Cdhter, Florida—he can start
towards a keg of nails with his hatefc
et and they will all jump up tfnd
cremble. This long, left-handed fet
low nails on crate tops by the thdU'
sand, never failing to drive a nail
clear up each time the hatchet
Professional fruit packers are call¬
ed fruit buzzards by the people of the- -
fruit industry. Some of them begfo
packing oranges in Florida in the
winter and follow the fruit as it rijf
ens northward to Canada. Last year
the fruit buzzards were employed at ■
Duke Brothers packing houses, and
when the peaches began to ripen fast¬
er than it looked possible to pack
them and help was scarce every¬
where, the fruit buzzards began' to
whisper “strips »» to one another.
This gave Mr. Duke nervous indi
gestioni This year he employed
white girls of the nearby small town* -
and surrounding country.
The change has proven very sat¬
isfactory. The girls earn $3.50 per
day and board. They live in a hotel
near the packing-house fitted up for
the purpose. This hotel has about all
the conveniences of a modern city .
hotel. It is run by a woman" who
knows how. She fills a table TOO
feet long three times a day With
everything a Georgia farm will pro¬
duce except peach pie. The hotel
lady referees all the courting par¬
i ties and sees that the girls hit tire -
hay every night at the proper time. 1
j ( Continued on last page. )