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Volume XXXII. Number 45
SOVIET RUSSIA TO ■
GET RECOGNITION
BOLSHEVIK ENVOYS TO MEET
ENTENTE REPRESENTATIVES
LONDON AT AN EARLY TIME
U. S. MAY NOT PARTICIPATE
Admitted In London That The Soviet
Regime Has Staged Clever J
Coup And Can Dictate
Washington.—Soviet Russia will in¬
sist on recognition in peace negotia¬
tions which are now being arranged, it
is believed in diplomatic quarters in
Loudon.
The peace parleys are coming as a
result of the successes of the Bolshe¬
vik armies against Poland, and are ex¬
pected to include the principal pow¬
ers. The allies intervened to obtain
the Polish-Russian armistice, and to
check the advance of the Soviet forces.
Russia is in a position to bring pres¬
sure to bear because of her military
successes and their possible effect on
the peace of all Europe, in the opinion
of diplomats. They expect the Soviet
spokesmen to take advantage of the
situation to renew the campaign for
recognition, and bring an end to the
policy of international ostracism.
It is considered likely in high of¬
ficials circles that the Soviet govern¬
ment may succeed in gaining its de¬
sires. Some sort of recognition by
Britain particularly is expected.
The American government, in all
likelihood, would not directly partici¬
pate in the peace negotiations. There
have been conversations on the sub¬
ject of Russia between this govern¬
ment and France and Britain, hut de¬
tails have not been considered.
The government is sympathetic to
Poland and believes the country is
back of it in this view. Hence it
was indicated America would be in¬
terfered iu preserving the integrity
Of the Polish republic and in see¬
ing that Poland should not suffer in
an) peace arrangements that might
be made. But developments are await¬
ed before possible action is consid¬
ered.
COAL STRIKE IS LAID
TO THE CAR SHORTAGE
AND THE RAIL TIE-UP
Strike Ha* Extended To Indiana Mine*
And May Sweep The En¬
tire Country
Chicago.— The car shortage and
transportation tie-up was blamed as
the primary cause of the coal strike
that has almost completely closed Il¬
linois coal mines and which has spread
to Indiana mines, by President E. G.
Bearls of the Illinois Mine Operators’
Association.
With dispatches from southern Illi¬
nois telling of the completeness of the
tie-up, and the operators predicting a
coal famine, the alarm caused by the
situation was amplified by the reports
of the shut-down in the Tere Haute
and Clinton coal district.
“I’m afraid this strike will sweep
the entire country,” said Searls. “Less
than 20 per cent of the normal output
of coal is being produced in the state
with the Peoria Mines still going and
25 per cent of the Canton mines still
In operation.
“I am under indictment now on a
charge of collusion with the miners,
and I won’t give the federal judge any
trouble by attempting any negotiations
with the miners.
“The car shortage and transportation
tie-up is responsible for this strike.
When the men could work six days
a week there was no trouble, but with
ao cars in sight and the men only
working two days a week, they weren’t
getting enough to live on.”
Convict Asleep On Cot Is Murdered
Montgomery, Ala.—Frank Suddith, a
state convict, lacking eight months of <
serving an eight-year term for grand I !
larceny, was stabbed to death at the
prison dormitory at Speigner, Ala., a
fellow convict, Clarence Bailey, serv
Ing ten years for forgery, being ac
cased of the crime. Suddith, it is
said at penitentiary headquarters, was
asleep on bis cot when attacked. His
wound indicated the use of a large
Bailey offered reason for ’
knife, no
the attack, and is being held on a
charge of murder.
Conspiracy To Defraud Disabled Men
Washington.—The District of Co¬
lumbia grand jury took up investiga¬
tion of an alleged conspiracy of cer¬
tain employees of the war risk insur
ance bureau to defraud disabled serv
ice men and their dependents of com¬
pensation legally due. Officials of the
treasury secret service were prepared
to lay before the grand jury evidence
they had obtained concerning the re¬
ported conspiracy by which, it has been
stated, scores, if not hundreds, of vete
raas of the world war were defrauded
at considerable sum* of yw .
SEMI-WEEKLY
Leader-Tribune
TUESDAYS AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL Fridays
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920. EIGHT PAGES
EUR,PE MAY J* VE BIG WAR
It Is Not Believed The United States
Will Become Involved In
The Fracas
Washington.—Without official infor¬
mation regarding the decision of the
allied powers to furnish military aid
to Poland in her struggle with the
Bolsheviki, government officials re¬
frained from formal expression of
opinion, but unofficially professed to
see in the new situation most of the
elements of a European war on a
broad scale.
Army officers and officials of the
state department generally were very
frankly pessimistic as to the ability
of France and Great Britain to place
armies in Poland in time to check
the Russian advance before Warsaw
falls and many of them were skepti
cal of the power of either of France
or Great Britain to drive their., war
weary populations into the struggle
without a serious unbalancing of do¬
mestic affairs.
Although technically the president
still is endowed with the specially
conferred war powers, there was no
disposition In officials circles to as
sume that he would involve the United
States in a war between the Bolehevi
ki and the allies, unless action might
be justified by some overt act against
the army of occupation on the Rhine,
Reports to the state department indi¬
cate increasing tenseness between the
conservative and pro-radical groups in
Germany ,and it was generaly believed
that unless the radical element gained
the ascendancy the chances of the
United States becoming involved in
the new situation were slight, although
a sugestion of American co-operation
from France and Great Britain was
regarded as probable.
For the present it was indicated at
the state department, the part of the
United Staes will be that of an in¬
terested observer. Steps already liavo
been taken to remove from the war
area such Americans as may wish to
leave.
JESSE B. HARTLEY WINS
MARKSMANSHIP PRIZE
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Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hartley
ceived recently a letter from
son, Jesse B. Hartley, who is station
ed in the Philippines, as company
clerk in the Coast Artillery Corps,
telling of recent distinction won by
him in rifle competition. Mr. Hartley
made a total score of 178 out of a
S nn „;hip i 200 The next highest score
next highest on the island—Corre
gidor—was 173. At the 300 yard
range Mr. Hartley made a score of
48 out of a possible 50 in 10 shots.
In this contest he won a gold watch
bearing on the back the inscription,
a Artillery Rifle Competition Won
By Jesse B. Hartley, at Fort Mills,
P. I., June 12, 1920."
Mr. Hartley will shoot in the in¬
ternational rifle match at Manila for
the championship in rifle firing for
that department.
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SIDE-WALK CURBING BEING
PLACED ON WEST CHURCH
Work was begun this week placing
the granite curbing in position for
side-walk paving on West Church
street, beginning at Anderson Ave.
on the north side of the street. It
could not be ascertained when the
actual work of laying the concrete
paving would be begun as Mr. T. F.
Flournoy, who has supervision of this
work is out of the city.
There seems to be no sand or stone
placed yet for mixing the concrete.
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TWENTY-THREE CARS OF
MELONS ROLL WEDNESDAY
Twenty-three cars of water-melons
were shipped from Fort Valley ter¬
ritory Wednesday and ten on Tues¬
day.
The melons this season are unus
^lly flne < an(1 , lf the ,, shl , . PP ers e "
counter no difficulty in securing the
proper cars the fruit should bring a
good price. We are told that in one
or two cases at least some difficulty
has been encountered in getting
ventilated cars, refrigerator cars mi
us refrigeration being offered
instead. It is said the melons bring
a much lower price in refrigerator
cars than in ventilated ones.
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THE METHODIST CHURCH
C. R. Jenkins, Pastor.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Preaching, 11:00 a. m. and 8:00
p. ni.
Praise Service, 2:30 p. m.
Junior Church, 3:00 p. m.
Epworth League, 7:00 p. m.
Prayer Service, . Tuesday, 8:00 p.
The public is cordially invited to
these services.
BRIGHTER SIGNS
OF THE TIMES
LABOR IS BECOMING MORE EF¬
FICIENT AND PRODUCTION
HIGHER. EUROPE GETTING
BUSY AND DOING BETTER.
From all sides come reports of
more efficient labor, greater pro¬
duction and more disposition among
the workers to save their money.
, The people of this country are no
longer in the humor to pay any old
price for goods and are getting more
| and more particular about parting
with their earnings. The same motive
that makes them take better care of
their money causes them to save
time. At last they realize that the
waste of time or money is destruc¬
tive and demoralizing.
This is the most hopeful sign of
the times. It means that we are all
going to get back to work in good
earnest and when we do a whole
brood of evils will cease to exist. A
man is at his best when he is busy
and at his worst when he is loafing on
the job. The old adage, «> An idle
j ]. )ra i n is the devil's workshop, I * or
. - Saian finds work for idle hands to
i do," is as true as gospel.
One of the most encouraging
things about Europe is the news that
people there are getting busy. People
who work have credit and Europe at
work will be aided with credit and
raw materials from America. With
this aid they will make the goods to
pay us back and so commerce will be
reestablished once more on the basis
of a fair exchange. A fair exchange
of goods will bring about a tair ex
cange in money and thus another of
the world's evils will be cured. A
vival of sound trade with Europe will
help our own industries.
With these encouraging signs of
the times we can afford to do busi
j ness, quit chasing rainbows and spec
ulating in worthless stocks, and do
something' that the world needs to
have done.
This kind of business will mean
greater sanity among the masses of
the people and with a return to their
customary ideas of economy there
will be savings. These savings may be
conveniently invested in Government
securities from the smallest to the
largest, including Savings Stamps in
small amounts and Treasury Savings
Certificates for $100 to $1,000
may be realized upon in case of emer
gency.
If a man really wants a
tion that is worth while, let him buy
Government Bonds at the present
market prices and put them away.
That is one speculation that is sure
to win. In the meantime it draws in¬
terest as regularly as the years roll
around.
Savings Stamps and Certificates
up to $100. may be bought from the
Postmaster. $1,000 Certificates may
be bought from the bank. Govern¬
ment Bonds may be bought from al¬
most any bank or trust company at
the market price.
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BEAUTIFUL RECEPTION FEA¬
TURES MID-SUMMER SEASON
affair j
A lovely mid-summer was
the afternoon reception given
nesday by Mrs. John Vance, Mrs.
George Johnson and Miss Eulalia
Fagan at the home of Miss Fagan on
East Main Street. The guests of hon-i
or for the afternoon were Mrs. Doug
las Bedenfield, Miss Norine Edwards!
and Miss Pearl Holland.
The attractive home was decorated 1
with quantities of yellow daisies and
brown-eyed Susans which filled crys
tal bowls and vases. In the dining
room where the guests were served
the appointments were especially at
tractive, the table holding a massive
bouquet of yellow cannas which were
tied with pale green tulle. Candelabra
held burning yellow tapers and the
lig'nts from above were shaded so as
to effect a rich, mellow glow.
The guests were received by Hrs.
Frank Fincher, and others assisting
in entertaining were Mrs. John David
Duke, Mrs. John English, Mrs. Ben
Fincher, Mrs. Marcus Hickson, Miss
Wilma Orr, Miss Ruby Harris, Miss
Mary Fagan.
The punch bowl was placed in the
reception hall and was adorned with
clusters of green grapes and encir¬
cled with yellow blossoms, empha¬
sizing the color scheme. Serving
punch were Miss Louise McCowan,
Miss Emily Taylor, Miss Haseltine
p a g an
The collation included iced cream
AT BYRON
ISSUES STATEMENT TO
EXPLAINING THAT
PUBLIC DUTIES PREVENT HIS
SPEAKING MORE AT
As previously announced in
paper, Hon. Jno. N. Holder,
for Governor, will speak in Byron
tomorrow (Saturday) morning at
10:30.
Mr. Holder has issued a
expressing' regret that he is unable
for the present, to make more speech
es to the people of the State upon
the issues in the campaign for gover
nor.
“1 feel that as long as the legis¬
lative session lasts, my duty to the
people is here in the speaker’s chair,
from which 1 have never been vol
untafily absent daring any one of my
four terms in this office”, Mr. Holder
said.
“While my opponents are taking
advantage of the opportunity, and
speaking all over Georgia, it is only
possible for me to get away occasion
ally on Saturday when the house
pens to adjourn over to
morning. Following the final
i journment of the session in August,
I shall go more actively upon the
stump, reaching as many of the peo
pie as possible, and telling them of
the state’s needs as I see and under
stand them, from the vantage point
of my eighteen years legislative ex
penenee.
I It has ever been my policy to re
fuse to neglect the public f... business
even for „ my own political , advance- ,
ment, and I certainly shall not do so
even though it "should mean my
( defeat. It is a very important part of
| my work to watch and help direct
legislation upon the mutters of tax
ation and finance—problems which
the general assembly is now
to unravel—and there are others,
such as good roads, which we are try¬
ing to provide for every county in
Georgia,
“I am confident from the many
assurances I am receiving from all
parts of the state, that the people of
Georgia are appreciative of service,
and that while I am here on the
watch tower for them, they will not
fail to stand by me m this campaign
for governor which comes to a close
with the primary of September 8.”
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in white, macaroons and kisses, with
a lazy daisy for the plate decoration.
TOM-TOM TO SOUND WAR
TOCSINS HERE TUESDAY
That famous and anomalous pair
of Toms—Thos. E. Watson and Thos.
W. Harwick—sometime bitterest po¬
litical enemies, now the Iovingest po¬
litical running mates, will both he in
Fort Valley Tuesday afternoon,
August 3, the former to present his
claim to the togo of Senator Hoke
Smith, the latter to contend for the
gubernatorial nomination against
Hon. Jno. N. Holder and Hon. Clif
ford Walker.
Needless to say a big crowd will
be on hand to enjoy the fireworks.
The pyrotechnics will begin about
; 00 or 4:30
We are informed that Mr. Watson
w ii] speak in Barnesville Wednesday
morning, Aug. 4.
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MID-SUMMER FALL WEATHER
A BOON TO PEACH-WEARY
The past three or four days of real
fall-like weather, coming right after
hurly-burly of peach season and the
warm weather we have had, have
b ee n a boon to man and beast. The
season of vacations is about here, but
a continuation of ine present' tem
peratures will doubtless cause many
to postpone the annual hegira to the
mountains and seashore. The past
three or four nights have been so
as to call for several thickness
e s of cover for those whom nature
has not adequately equipped with
adipose tissue.
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THE BAPTIST CHURCH
C. C. Pugh, Pastor. ‘
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Preaching, 11 a. m. and 8 p. iti.
B. Y. P. U., Sunday, 7 p. m.
Prayer meeting, Thursday, 8 p. m.
At eleven o’clock Sunday the Pas
tor will preach on “The Three R’s of (
Faith.” At night-the subject will be
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Mt. Carmel, or Decision Days.
Everybody i» welcome. . „
WATKINS CHIjSEN AS LEADER
Commoner Says He Cannot Leave The
Democratic Party, But Declines
•To Say How He’ll Vote
Lincoln, Neb?—Prohibition party
leaders began laying pluns for an ag¬
gressive campaign for the election of
Aaron S. Watkins, Germanton, Ohio,
as president,
Mr. Watkins, keynote speaker of the
national prohibition convention here,
was selected as the presidential can¬
didate on the second ballot. His nom¬
ination follwoed word from William J.
Bryan that tie tout dnot sever “con-
1 neetions with the Democratic party.”
j The choice made the third Ohioan
j nominated as a presidential candidate,
j was D - selected Leigh Colvin as the of vice New presidential Y6rk City
[ candidate. His nomination was n\ade
! unanimously.
| Mr. Bryan, in declining the unani
| mous nomination as standard-bearer,
declared he did not know how he
j WO uld vote at the coming elections,
lt impossible for me to foeus my at
but said “other reforms which make
tention upon the prohibition question
| alone” demanded that he not affiliate
with the party,
, The text of Mr. Bryan's telegram
• declining the nomination follows:
“Please deliver the following ems
sage to the chairwoman of the Pro
hibition national convention, now in
j session at Lincoln: Having been away
from the railroads and telegraph fa
■ cllities for the past twenty-four hours,
[ have not received your telegram no
tifying me of the nomination tendered
me by the Prohibition party conven
tion. But, reading a copy of it in
the Bozeman Chrdnicle, I hasten to
reply. I profundly appreciate the hon¬
or done me in tendering this nomlna
l vention ' on ’ adl s *. interest 1 fully in Klulu prohibition .' as con the
nent policy of our country and
(n thg gtrjct enforcement of the Vol-
3tead a(;t without any weakening of
itg provisions. I also share the con
vention’s disappointment at the falt
tire of the Democratic and Jtepublican
parties to pledge their candidates to
a policy, but I cannot In justice
to the Prohibition pally hor to iry
self accept the nomination.
“My connection with other reforms
would make it impossible for me to
foeus my attention upon th eprohibf
tion question alone _and besides, I am
not willing to sever my connection
with the Democratic party., which has
so signally honored me in years
past.
“I have not decided yet how I
shall vote this fall, but whatever I
may feel it my duty to. do in this
campaign, I expect to continue as a
member of the Democratic party and
to serve my country .through it.”
Tile telegram was addressed to Mr.
Bryan’s brother, Charles Bryan, at
Lincoln.
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Today'* Good Thought.
•Though all the winds of doctrine
were let loose to play upon the earth,
io Truth be In the . field, we do in
jlorlously, by licensing arid prohibit¬
ing, to misdoubt her strength. Let
her and Falsehood grapple* who ever
knew Truth put to the worse in a
tree and open encounter.—Milton.
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WHY IS FORT VALLEY
NOT IN THIS LIST?
The following news item appeared
in a Macon paper of recent date.
Why is Fort Valley not mentioned?
Seventeen commercial organiza¬
tions have been formed this year in
^Georgia, fourteen new secretaries
have been put in training, or are in
prospect for training, and numbers
of inquiries concerning the work of
chambers of commerce have been an¬
swered, according to the report of
W. B. Royster of Griffin, chairman
of the extension committee of the
Georgia Association of Commercial
Secretaries, submitted yesterday to
F. Roger Miller, president of the
association.
“At the beginning of the year the
association decided to promote the
organization of chambers of corn
merce, furnish a free advisory ser
recruit and train secretaries
and bring all into a movement ad
vertising the resources of Georgia
and promoting the development of
the state.
“Organizations formed so far this
year in response to requests re
ceived by the extension committee
are at Carrollton, Newnan, Eatontor.,
Calhoun, Winder, Boston and Vidalia.
The co-operative work has been done
by members ami officials of the State
organization, without cost to the
towns benefited. Inquiries have been
referred to the experienced sec
retaries nearest the questioner. The
great demand for secretaries is ex
pected to be relieved in time by the
policy of advising and securing train¬
ing for young /secretaries.”
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$2.50 Per Year In Adruc*
[ ANARCHY CAUSED
BY FREEDOM ROUT
SITUATION REPORTED TO Bl
MOST ALARMING IN
SIXTY YEARS I
BRITISH AT PARTING OF WAYS
Britain Must Either Open Negotiation*
With Sinn Feiners Or Apply
Force Without Stint
London.—Sir Horace Plunkett, found*
er of the Irish Dominion League, and
leader of the Moderate Irish Nation¬
alist Tri-Union, told a Newcastle aud¬
ience that the situation in Ireland is
more gravely alarming than it haf
been within his knowledge of sixty
years.
A similar view is reflected by th«
newspapers of both England and Ire*
land of all shades of politics. It found
expression iu all the speeches of r*i
cent discussions in the house of com*
mons, even Sir Edward Carson declaim
ing he had never known anything like
the state of anarchy prevailing and
that "in three quarters of Ireland the
British government has been entirely
beaten. Sir Haniar Greenwood, chief
secretary for Ireland, warned the coun¬
try to brace itself against a bitter pe¬
riod in Irish history.
The rioting in Belfast subsided, but
there are plenty of signs that the lull
la only temporary.
Both from Premier Lloyd-George’a
statement to the labor delegation and
from Sir Hamar’s speech, it is consid*
ered apparent that the government re*
gards that a parting of the ways as hav
ing been reached. One road lead|
toward negotiation with the Sinn Felo
on the basis of a dominion form of gor*
ernment, while the other apparently
leads toward the bitter period soldiers whicl}
Sir Hamar foresees, with more
and stricter laws for repression, fore¬
most among them one for the trial the ol|
criminals by summary courts, and
giving up of attempts to induce Jury¬
men to answer to a summons.
There are two extreme factions in
Ireland now, the Orangemen of the
north, who insist upon maintaining ths
Irish system as it is, and the Sinn Fei¬
ners, who demand independence. Be¬
tween these policies lies the middle
course of dominion government with
Ulster excluded, which Premier Lloyd
George says he is willing to con
sider.
Sir Horace Plunkett says: 'My
hopes of a settlement lie far more in
the organized workers of Great Brit*
ain than in any other agency.’ i
FEDERAL MOVE TO
STRAIGHTEN OUT
COAL SITUATION
Claimed Some Of Assertion* Mad* By
Presidents Of Miner*'
Are Not True ? |
Washington—The government will
soon take definite steps in an effo 3
to straighten out a’muddled coal sit
ation.
The interstate commerce commission
will issue an order for priority of mov^
ment in the transportation of coal tq
New England. The order is expected
to include a prohibition againet a ay
movement of coal to tidewater unless
consigned to New England, This, io
the view of the coal experts, will
amount to an embargo on the expop
tation of coal.
Under an order recently issued by
the commission, more than a score ol
railroads serving bituminous mines In
western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Vip
ginia. Virginia, Kentucky and Tennes
see will begin to move coal to lake
ports tor trans-shipment to the North*
west. The summer movement of coal
to the Northwest is more than fifty
per cent behind schedule, and th*
railroads will attempt to dump 4,000
carloads of coal a day at lake porta
Department of labor conciliators will
soon begin their efforts to bring aq
end to the walkout of mine laborers :
in the Ilinois fields, which is reported:
to have closed down about two-third*;
of the mines.
Officials of government agencies
concerned in the straightening out ol
the coal tangle read the statement tal
sued by Jolin L. Lewis, president ol|
the United Mine Workers, in Indianap¬
olis, but declined to comment.
Vandals Mutilating Statues In German*
Breefau, Germany.— Unable to check ol
the despoiling by metal thieves
monuments in the public parks, th*
police have decided to remove to place*
pt safe-keeping all bronze statuary
which can be easily transported,
Among the statues of great men plaa
ed under “protective arrest” are thos*
of Germany’s nature poet, Elchendorff,
and the composer of war songe, Koer
aer. A huge statue of Diana has been
mutilated, the vandals having wrench*
ed off her spear. They tried wtthouj
success t cut off her arms. i