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Volume XXXII Number 58
HARDWICK NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR
INCOMPLETE RETURNS
HARDWICK 101
WITH 240 COUNTY
VOTES; WALKER 51
WITH 140 VOTES.
Incomplete, but sufficient, re
turns from Wednesday’s
torial primary published
morning indicate that Thos. W.
wick has won the nomination
Governor over Clifford Walker
a substantial majority.
With 152 counties, out of the
in State, heard from, Hardwick
conceded to have carried 101 with
convention vote of 240; while
ford Walker appears to have
hut 51 counties, with a
vote of 140.
Elections were held In every
ty in the State except
Walker carried four of the
counties—Bibb, Chatham,
gee, and Floyd—but lost Fulton
Richmond to Hardwick. A
ol the rural counties which went
Walker in the first primary,
8, switched to Hardwick in the
over
While returns from other
cincts in Houston county were
available up to the time we go
press, there is no doubt that
will give Walker a good
The vote at the Fort Valley
was 268 for Walker and 132
Hardwick, the latter receiving
more vote than in the
primary, whereas Walker received
175 votes less than in the first
mary. The vote in the
primary at the Fort Valley
was 131 for Hardwick and 443
Walker. This does not indicate
appreciable change of opinion
this precinct, but the heavier
polled in September was due to
purely local issue which was
in Wednesday’s election, and
wick’s friends have remained active
in this county while Walker’s
not.
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BARBECUE GIVEN WITH
STEWARDSHIP CUES
Large Congregations Hear Mr. Hen
derson, Secretary Laymen’*
Movement Southern Baptist
Convention And Enjoy Bar¬
becue.
The laymen of the Fort Valley
Baptist Church entertained at a bar¬
becue on the church lawn Monday
evening at which the honor guest
was Mr. J. T. Henderson, of Knox
ville, Tennessee.
The occasion was one of the lar¬
gest and altogether most profitable
and enjoyable of church affairs,
viewed from a social and religious
standpoint.
Mr. Henderson is the secretary of
the Laymen’s Movement of the
Southern Baptist Convention and
spent two days in Fort Valley, ad
dressing large congregations at three
services Sunday.
The barbecue was staged so that
the Fort Valley Baptist congregation
could have the privilege of meeting
this distinguished visitor and before
a nd after the repast Mr. Henderson
spoke briefly nnd logically on the
general subject of "Christian Stew¬
ardship”—and his remarks and ap¬
peal were the most convincing ever
heard here on this particular sub¬
ject.
The barbecue was prepared over
a pit dug in the rear of the church
yard and a long table over which
were s uspended electric lights held
a bountiful feast of Hie old-fashioned
‘cue’ with Brunswick stew, pickle,
bread and hot coffee. The men were
assisted in serving their guests by
the Sunday School teachers who
worked together with a committee
from the Philathea Class.
The flowers used for decoration
were vari-colored cosmos which filled
to overflowing the dozens of flower
baskets.
DICK HARTLEY STARS
IN GA’S FIRST GAME
Fort Valley Boys At University
Make The Grid Fans Sit Up
And Take Notice.
(By Jimmie Fagan, Jr.,)
Athens, Ga., Oct. 2 ,—When the
referee’s whistle was blown this af
ternoon for Georgia’s men to fall in
line to tackle the strong eleven from
Citadel College, Fort Valley had two
boys among those present to fight for
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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 7, 1920. TWELVE PAGES
the “Ole” Red and Black. These two
men were in the mix-up from the be
ginning until the final whistle of the
referee was blown. Both made the
University proud and l have heard
j the name Fort Valley more since the
1 game this afternoon than I have since
entering college. On every corner
>’ ou will see a bunch of boys gathered
together talking with much enthusi
asm and if one stops to investigate
what they are talking about, he will
hear the names of “Dick” Hartley
and Mercer Murray, the two boys
from Fort Valley the topic of the
conversation.
This is “Dick’s” second year with
j the Georgia team and although he
was forced to quit last year from
playing due to injuries he received in
a scrimmage, he certainly made a
j come-back this afternoon. He scored
IS points tor his Alma Mater. The
firsf touch-down of the game was
made by him during the first quarter.
After being tackled by several of bis
opponents he broke through their
line and dashed down the field for
a 60 yard run. He repeated this act
in the third quarter, circling the
ends for a 50 yard run.
Mercer Murray has created a great
sensation at Georgia this year, lie
played throughout the game, making
fine interference for his teammate,
“Dick.” He is the talk of the school,
for being a little light in weight and
also rating a freshman up here, every
one thought his chances slim for
making the varsity—but seeing is be¬
lieving and those who saw him in ac¬
tion this afternoon need not be in¬
structed any farther, rte and his fel¬
low team-mates beat Citadel 40 to 0.
We Fort Valley boys are proud of
our fellow hpme town boys and we
hope that a bunch of tTie Fort Valley
people will be interested in them
enough to journey over to Columbus
with us on the 29th of this month
to see them in action when they go
up against the heaviest team in the
world, viz., Auburn, the college who
crushed Tech last year.
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The Magic of Paint and Flower* and
Shrubs
A young farmer we know got mar¬
ried last year. He took his bride to
a newly built little cottage which
had been erected in an open space of
white, bleak, glaring sand and gravel.
We chanced to pass this house one
day with a friend. “What in the
world caused the fellow to build his
house in a place like that, i” was his
exclamation. “That farmer will never
be able to make his home look like
in such location. ’ •
anything a the
A few days ago, we traveled
same road, but with a different com
panion. On coming agarn lo the home
of this young farmer, the exclama¬
tion this time was, “What a pretty
home!”
What had changed this unattract¬
ive place into one ot beauty which
caused travelers to exclaim in admi¬
ration? The ansv/er was plain—paint,
flowers, shrubs, and grass.
When the surrounding yard had
been plowed, graded, manured, and
grass started, it showed that the Io¬
cation selected by the young nian,
except for the absence or trees, was
not so bad after all. The simple use
of flowers, shrubs, paint, grass, and
a little time was all that was neces
sary to turn an ugly picture into a
beautiful one—and young trees with
proper attention and fertilizers will
soon become large ones.
The reason we do ot have a won¬
derfully beautiful South is because
too many of our farmers and farm
women do not understand the magic
of these simple beautifiers, as this
young farmer seems to have under-1
stood it. The Progressive Farmer.
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1 OCTOBER FIRST BROUGHT
CHANGES IN RESIDENCE
Mr and Mrs. H. P. Sanchez have
moved , mto . ^ the residence of f Mr. at d B.
; H. Watson on Anderson avenue,
Sand Mr. and Mrs. Julian J. Culver
have taken the residence vacated by
Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez on Macon
street. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Haskins
have taken the residence formerly
' occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Culver
on
, East Main street. I
; Former Reactionary Republican
Warns South Of Grave
Headquarters Of
The National Drug and Chemical Alliance.
A Co-operative Association Of Druggists
And Manufacturers Of The United States
Grant Building, Atlanta, Georgia
James A. Metcalf, Executive Secretary
Oct. 1st, 1920.
TO GEORGIA EDITORS:
The writer is not officially con
nected with the Democratic organi
zation. I am merely a Democrat
(converted from reactionary Repub
licanism some years ago) and am act
ing on my own initiative. Most of
my life has been spent at the edi¬
torial desk.
1 would like to say to your read
ers that it is imperative for the
South to bestir itself politically as
never before in fifty years. We have
no fear of the Republicans “break
ing the solid South.” They destroyed
every possible chance of that when
they named a NEGRO as Republican
National Committeeman for Geor
gia, and have retained him in this
position over strong protests. They
traded the degradation of the South
for S' horde of black votes in the
North. They wouldn’t dare AS YET
to THREATEN WHITE MEN AND
WHITE WOMEN WITH NEGRO
DOMINATION in any Northern
state. No!—of course not. But they
think they can insult the WHITE
SOUTH with political impunity.
What answer shall we here in the
Southland give to this dastard af
front?
There is one thing we can do: WE
CAN HELP HOLD THE LINE by
giving to the Democratic National
Committee the funds with which to
fight the domination of Big Business,
which, as Governor Cox has pointed
out, is filling the Republican coffers
with a gigantic slush fund with
which to purchase the Presidency.
These are the kind of times we
have come upon! If we are AMERI-j
DANGEROUS INSECT PEST
ON COWPEAS IN SOUTH
(By Julian J. Culver)
In the northern central part of
Alabama there has appeared a dange
rous insect pest on beans and cow
peas and if this pest is not controlled
it is very likely to spread over the
entire south. In fact, it has been
traced to the Georgia line and the
state of Alabama, in cooperation with
the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, has
taken steps to fight this insect.
This insect, known as Epilachna
corrupta Muls., is a ladybird, tan in
color and has sixteen black spots on
its back. It lays its eggs, yellowish
in color, in clusters of about fifteen
to twenty on the under side of the
leaf. As soon as the young has hatch¬
ed, feeding begins on the same side
of the leaf and it is not long before
the entire leaf is either skeletonized
01 • destroyed. If the infestation is
bad, a few days will suffice for an
entire crop of beans, cowpeas, velvet
beans or soy beans to be destroyed,as
both the adults and young are vo
racious feeders.
The methods of control vary. Hand
picking is resorted to in small out
breaks, while clean cultivation, jar
ring the plants in such a way that the
Tactful Handling Of Skunk
Makeg makes Him nun valuable v .u On Farm
_,
Few persons have seriously con
sidered establishing friendly rela
tions with a skunk. It has been done j
in some cases under the misappre
hension that the animal was a cut,
and the results have been unpleasant. '
^ tJje B . o]ogical Surveyof the
United States Department of Agri- i
culture has investigated the skunk
and found him to be the best wild
animal friend the farmer has.
Almost any farmer might have 2
or 3 dozen skunks at work for him
destroying mic6) grassh0 p perS) crick-,
ets , and white grubs, and furnishing
him from $50 to $100 worth of fur a
CAN CITIZENS worthy the name;
we believe in the maintenance
White Civilization, White
ment and WHITE SUPREMACY,
will arouse ourselves from
and indifference and will rally
the support of the Democratic
which so much needs our
assistance.
If the Republicans win this
tion do you know what it will mean?
It will mean NEGRO
HOLDERS throughout the South!
It will mean another attempt
pass a Force Bill through
It will complicate a situation
is already extremely delicate
dangerous, and will bring upon us
condition of racial turmoil
outcome no man can predict,
White Citizens of the South,
gardless of partisan feeling or
ferences over comparatively
issues, bestir yourselves! THE
SUE OF WHITE
OVERSHADOWS
ELSE—League of Nations and
included! Give what you can to
Cause of Progressive
by and for the people, as
in Cox and Roosevelt! The
pers which publishes this appeal
receive and acknowledge your
scription, and will see that it
the National Democratic
through Hon. Chas. J. Haden,
Building, Atlanta, Ga.
Get busy! Do not delay an
This is the most important
ever made to you!
Yours for America First and
Supremacy Always,
James A.
young are thrown into the center
the rows and destroyed by the
have also proven effective.
with arsenicals will do very little
damage to the insects and acts only
as a repellent. There are a
of natural enemies, but they are
well established in this section.
So far as the writer knows,
insect in not present in this locality
but it might have been overlooked and
it is earnestly desired that readers of
this article will endeavor to capture
all kinds of lady bird insects and
bring or send them to Julian J. Cul
ver, Fort Valley, for determination,
If this is done, it might be possible
to stamp out any small infestation,
while if such is not controlled
above mentioned crops will soon be
in the same condition as the peach
and cotton crops, for wherever
Bean Lady Bird insect has gained a
foothold these crops upon which it
feeds have been almost completely
destroyed. ' If anything suspicious
observed in the pea fields or on the
velvet beans, by all means get in
touch with Mr. Culver at once
see if we have this destroyer with us.
year. All that is necessary is that he
res P ect their dens, keep his poultry
. m gkunkproof yards> kill an old horse
for them every fall, and be tactful
when he meets them in the evening.
There is a marked depression of the
fur marke t at present, nut recovery
to norma j ; s anticipated,
It has been estimated that a year’s
catch 0 f skunks in New York State
• wort b $1,000,000. Only one-fifth
of them are black or short striped.
of t , , ey
If all were is ig er gta e,
would be worth $3,000,000. The d e -
partment suggests that a preserve
S b 0 cked with black skunks would
eventually x „ double , ,, „ treble the ., catch , ,
or
of skunks in the territory surround
ing it.
MARSHALLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
BEGINS YEAR WITH INTEREST
New Teachers On Faculty. Eleventh
Grade And New Courses Added.
Interest In Athletics Runs
High.
Other Notes of Interest, Compiled
By Pupils of Tenth and Eleventh
Grade English Classes.
The Marshallville Public School
opened on Monday August 30th with
about one hundred and fifty pupils.
At the opening exercises, which were
largely attended by parents and I
friends of the pupils, short talks were
made by Dr. Skinner, Pastor of the
Baptist Church, Mr. Freeman, Pastor
of the Methodist Churco, by a rep¬
resentative of the Woman’s Club,
and by the new superintendent, Mr. ;
W. E. Queener. !
Mr. Queener came to this school
from G. M. C. at Milledgeville, where
he was Professor of Chemistry. He is
a native of Tennessee, and a gradu¬
ate of Oberlin College, in Ohio.
Other teachers in the High School
are Mr. Myers and Miss Bassie
Booton. Mr. Myers is from Tennessee
and a graduate of a college in that
state. Miss Booton has always lived
in Marshallville. Mr. John Wade also
a native of long standing, is teaching
a course in French and one in
English of the combined tenth and
eleventh grades.
The faculty for the grammar
school and the primary department
consists of Miss Burt Walker, Miss
Frances Hargrove, and Miss Frances
Clarke, who entered the faculty j
somewhat late, replacing Miss Ruth
Elder, who resigned early in the
mo nth to accept a position in Macon.,
Because they are now adjuncts J ’ |
the courses in Science and French
ale probably attracting more notice;
than any other in school. We students;
are all looking forward to the arrival 1
of the new apparatus for experiments j
in scientific courses. Mr. George'
Slappey and Mrs. D. B. Frederick i
have been very welcome visitors to
the French class. Their comments in
French are always of great interest
to Mr. Wade and to the students.
Until this year there have been
only three grades m the Marshallville
High School. Now, due to Mr. Queen
er’s efforts, and to the generosity of
a number of citizens, there are four,
this making eleven in all. This grade
is made up largely of boys and girls
who were graduated from this school
last May. Alton Edwards, though and
Auby Persons are no longer with us. |
Thelma Bartlette and Lucy Frede
rick also are Thelma gone. Bartlette The two boys at the are j
working; is
State Normal School m Athens, and
Lucy Frederick is attending a school
in Memphis Tennessee where she is,
living with her sister Mrs John
Heflin. The roll of the eleventh
grade as it stands is as follows,
Blender Bragg, Oliver Coffee, Henry
Floyd, Cope Goodwin, Edwin Jones,
Florence Lester, James Lyles, Lurton!
Massee, Harris Richard. Henry
Moyd s home is in Albany, ut c,
along with Oliver Coffee, Cope Good
win, Lurton Massee, and Jim Lyles,,
| Marshallville boys, all of whom
1 at G. M. C. last year decided to come
1 to Marshallville this year to be under
Mr. Queener.
A Parent Teachers Association,
with Mrs. M. S. Ware as President
was organized soon after the open
j ing of school. Through their interest
a donation of one hundred dollars
j was made by the Woman’s Club to; i
school library. Plans are on foot
j raising more money for the Li-1
brary, which, already, however has
taken on new life, has grown con¬
siderably and has begun to attract i
the interest of the pupils. 1
Great interest is being taken in
athletics. At a meeting of the stud¬
ents, Mr. Queener was made Presi¬
dent of the newly organized athletic
Association. Henry Willis Taylor was
made Vice President and Cope Good¬
win Secretary and Treasurer, The
officers of the girls’ Association are
j Lucy Goodwin, President, Bernard
| Battle, Vice President and Elender
Bragg, Secretary and Treasurer,
The boys are interesting them
selves in base ball, tennis and basket
, ball, but the girls so far have con
j J fined f basket themselves ball. Mr. to great Myers preparation is acting
or
as coach for both boys and girls,
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Under TT his , . coach.ng ,. and , ,, the captaincy , .
,
of Jim Lyles, the baseball team has
already played Oglethorpe, Perry and
+ The only newspaper *
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$2.50 Per Year In Advance
Fort Valley. Marshallville won every
game—sixteen to three over Ogel
thorpe, eleven to nothing over Perry,
and thirteen to three over Fort Val¬
ley.
At present baseball has been sus¬
pended and basket ball not yet taken
up. The interval is being filled with
tennis, a fine court having been made
in the park adjoining the school
The girls have made a con¬
amount of money for the
purchase of their necessary basket
equipment by selling sandwiches
on the school grounds at recess. In
this way they are bidding fair to set
up a team which will rival the boys!
There is a plan on foot, which
carried out will furnish our
with a good library. Every
is to hand to the chairman
the library a list of books that he
able to contribute to the library,
books will be chosen from
lists. Several kind friends of
school have given money to buy
Also a set of encyclopedias has
purshased by the Parent Teach¬
Association.
The basket ball supplies ordered
the Athletic Associations are ex¬
the latter part of the week.
We shall begin playing Monday.
Mr. Queener is making plans for a
comedy and play, to be pre¬
in the near future.
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BAPTIST ASSOCIATION TO
MEET AT MARSHALLVILLE
The Rehoboth Baptist Association
meet at Marshallville next Tues¬
and Wednesday, October 12 and
Following is the suggested order
business:
TUESDAY, October 13th.
10:00 Devotional services, Rev. W.
Robinson, Perry, Ga.
10:20 Enrollment of Messengers.
Election of Officers.
Report of committee on Or¬
der of Business.
Announcements; Commit
New pastors welcomed; Visiting
and special interests
Report of Executive com¬
Miscellaneous business.
11:30 Introductory sermon, Rev.
L BiyinS) Forsyth> G a.
Adjournment. Dinner.
t ;45 Devotiolla , servIces> Rev .
Forrester> Montezuma, Ga.
2 . 00 Ch ,. istian Index . ReporJ . of
on Social Missions. (Em
0 hanage> Hospital, and
t • , R ,• f )
, on Educational Mis
(Sl . hoo]s and Colleges.)
Miscellaneous business,
Adjournment,
7 . 8() Ni ht session . Music by local
chojr DevotionaJ led by the
8;00 Report on Conventional Mis
(Embrad Home and For .
Misgions >
Or, by request, Sermon.
to be appointed.)
Miscellaneous business.
Adjournment,
WEDNESDAY, October 13th
9.30 Devotional services, Rev. A.
Johnson> Macon >Ga .
9;4g Report 0 f committee on
an(J Associational Missions,
Young People's Work, Rev.
Russell Owen, Macon, Ga. Pres¬
of Georgia B. Y. P. U. Miscel¬
business.
11:00 Doctrinal sermon, Rev. C.
Pugh, Fort Valley, Ga.
Adjournment. Dinner.
1:45 Devotional services, Rev. S.
Skinner, Marshallville, Ga.
2:00 Special committee to report
the Progress of the 75 Million
in the Association. Enlist¬
Work. Report of committee on
of Letters and State of the
Miscellaneous business.
Final Adjournment.
Martin A. Wood
Henley M. Fugate,
C. J. Broome
Committee on Order of Business.
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BURN AUTUMN LEAVES
Do not burn the shade tree leaves.
neighbors may not enjoy being
and then leaves are a valu¬
natural fertilizer. Spade or
them into the garden, if you ob
to leaving them on the lawn, or
them as a winter mulch in the
border or compost them in
corner of the back yard for future
O. Longyear, in Dalton