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Volume XXX11. Number 59.
BUILDING GOES ON IF
BUSINESS DOES
FORT VALLEY BUILDING
MITS FOR SEPTEMBER
NEARLY NINETEEN THOUS
AND DOLLARS.
The general slump in business
throughout this section has not
preciably effected building activity
in Fort Valley, according to the
port of Chairman E. T. McMillan of
the building committee of council,
According to Mr. McMillan’s
18 permits for repairing and
eling, totaling $4,555, and 11 for
new buildings totaling $14,275, were
issued by him last month.
Among the permits for repairs
and remodeling, all of which have
practically been completed, were
the following: J. L. Brown, recover
ing storage barn, $650,00; William
Harvey, colored, adding two rooms
to dwelling on Vineville St., $500;
adding bath room to Baptist parson
age, $100.00; S. B. Wilson, adding
bed-room to rear of dwelling on
Church street, $500.00; B. F. Hill,
brick banisters and steps to front
perch and pillars under dwelling on
South Miller street, $175.00; W. L.
Nance, repairing dwelling on South
Macon street, $250.00; J. F. Lowe,
new banisters and steps to front
porch of Knoxville street dwelling,
$400.00; W. W. Stembridge, recov
eting dwelling on Orange street,
$100.00; Mrs. W. M. Edwards, re
covering dwelling on North Macon
street $65.00; Mrs. C. T. Eberhardt,
adding room to dwelling on Persons
sheet, $650.00; C. G. Gray, Sr., re
pairing porch and reshingling dwell
ing on Church street, $500.00; E. L.
Burden, repairing metal roof
dwelling on College street,
M. S. Brown, repairing roof of dwel
ling on Church street, $75.00; A. A.
Williams, repairing porch floor of
dwelling on Persons street, $35.00;
Mrs. Mary Fowler, recovering dwel
ling and adding room on Anderson
Ave., $850.00.
New building projects contained
in Mr. McMillan’s report and
granted up to Oct. 9th, were as
follows; Eddie Loyd, colored, four
room dwelling on Vineville street,
$500.00; J. W. McCoy, garage in rear
of Church street residence, $125.00;
J F Lowe, three-room dwelling on
Vineville, street, $400.00; W. F.
Hardie, five-room dwelling on Ander¬
son Ave., $2500.00; R. L. Partin,
one-room dwelling on Miller street
and Columbus railroad, $1,500.(HQ
J. O. Robertson, dwelling on Persons
street, $3,500.00; A. Russell Murray,
garage, on Persons street, $500.00;
T. M. Anthoine, garage on Anderson
Ave., $200.00; M. S. Brown, two
dwellings on East Mam street, $4,
000.00; Alf Mitchell, colored, three
room dwelling, Baptist Bottom,
$200.00; Kinney Loan and Invest
ment Co., four-room dwelling on
Vineville street, $850.00; W. E. But¬
ler, seven-room dwelling on Ander¬
son Ave., $4,000.00.
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KITCHEN FIRE THREATENS
C. S. TAYLOR S RESIDENCE
The residence of Mr. C. S.
(>•: East Main street was
with destruction last Thursday
ing when the kitchen roof
fire from the stove flue.
The fire department responded
and extinguished the flames with
chemicals and water before
serious damage resulted farther than
the destruction of a few shingles.
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DR. W. S. WHITE LOSES FINE
JERSEY COW FROM
Dr. W. S. White had the
tune last Friday morning of
a fine registered cow from
phobia. It is assumed that the
was bitten by a rabid dog, but it
not known when. The animal,
viously so gentle that a child
pet her, several days before
death became very nervous and
less and would attempt to hook
one coming near her. Dr. White
ly had her penned up securely in
stall until she died.
Dr. White had refused $290.00
the cow. She gave four gallons
milk and two pounds of butter a
Dr. White had just written a
days before she became sick for
tabulation of her pedigree. She
registered under the name it
Pet. *y
The Covenant of The League Published in this Issue. Read it and Judge for Yourself.
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FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 14, 1920. TWELVE PAGES
NEHGBQTH B.W.M.U.
MEETS 111 ROBERTA
SOCIETIES OF MANY TOWNS IN
THIS DISTRICT TO BE REP
RESENTED AT TWENTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL MEETING OF UNION.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting
of the Baptist Woman’s Missionary
Union, auxiliary to Rehoboth Associ
will meet at Roberta on Tues
• day and Wednesday the nineteenth
j and twentieth of October. ,
The meeting will be presided over
by Mrs. G. P. Gostin, of the First
church, Macon, who is acting super
jntendent.
i The Union includes Societies of
Forsyth, Bessie Tift College, Macon
Baptist Churches, Fort Valley, Mar
shallville Montezuma, Perry Byron,
Reynolds and many other places, |
The Roberta women are making
i arg . e p ] ans f or the entertainment of
the annual meeting and it is expected
(bat there will be a representative
delegation,
Gifts have been numerous and
generous throughout the bounds of
the Association, the women contri-1
buting one fifth of the Rehoboth
q U0 (; a in the Baptist 75 Million Cam
paign.
The program is as follows:
Tuesday afternoon, 3:00 o clock
w M u. Hymn.
[ )evo tional, Mrs. C. C. Pugh, Fort
Valley.
Welcome, Mrs. H. J. McCrary, Ro¬
,
berta.
Rt , spon sc , Mrs. W. J. Braswell, Fort !
, Valley.
Report of Executive Board, Mrs.
j Mark II. ODaniel.
Report 0 f District Secretaries—
jyj tg q a.. Ware, Marshallville.
jyj rs j. p. Cooper, Perry.
j Mrs H j McCrary, Roberta,
j Mrs R l. Pulliam, Macon.
! | Mrs. F. F. Jones, Macon.
Mrs. J. H. Foster, Forsyth.
Rep or t of Young People’s Leader,
, Mrs. C. D. Cooper.
j Report of Personal Service Chair
j man, Mrs. W. H. Rice, Mar
shallville.
Publication Committee, Mrs. J. M.
Green, Fort Valley.
Superintendent’s Message, Mrs. G.
P. Gostin, Macon.
Enrollment.
Appointment of Committees.
Discussion of Reporting System, Mrs.
Chess Jones, Macon.
Adjournment. o’clock
Tuciday Evening—7:30
Hymn. Ro¬
Devotional, Rev. E. B. Awtry,
berta.
Music.
Address, i . The Need of Christian
Americanization,” Rev. H. M.
Fugate, Macon.
Music.
Announcements.
Adjournment. o’clock
Wednesday Morning—9:30
W. M. U. Hymn.
Devotional, Mrs. M. A. Wood, Macon.
Reports of Delegates.
How To Put on a W. M. U. Enlist
ment Campaign, Mrs. F. W.
Withoft, Fort Valley.
Round Table—Campaign Questions.
How the Money is Handled.
W. M. U. Credits.
Seeking New Pledges.
Mrs. F. F. Jones,
Address a The World’s Needs, >» Dr -
Rufus Weaver, Mercer Univer
sity.
Adjournment. Afternoon—2:00 o’clock.
Wednesday
Hymn. Johnson, Ma
Devotional, Mrs. H. J.
con.
Business. Education yt
Address U Christian
Dr. J. H. Foster, Bessie Tift
College. Hour—Conducted by
Young People’s
Mrs. J. H. Foster.
Committee Reports.
Closing Devotional.
Benediction.
Tariff Congress Of South In Session
New Orleans.—Delegates from a
score of states and representatives
from the principal industries of the
South were present at the opening
here of the Southern Tariff Congress.
Early Hearing In Woman Suffrage Case
Washington.—Charles S. Fairchild,
head of the American Constitutional
League, asked Supreme court lo ad
! vance for an early hearing his suit at
tacking the Constitutionality of the
federal wo an suffrage amendment.
BIG COTTON LOSS i
IN TEXAS FIRE
COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSES
WITH ALL THEIR CONTENTS’
IN ASHES AT CAMERON
ESTIMATED AT $1,000,000^
Farmers Who Had Stored Cotton Lost
Heavily—Believed Fire Was i
I Work Of Night Riders i
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Cameron, Texas.—Loss estimated at
one million dollars was caused by fire
iwhlch destroyed seven thousand bales
ol cotton and the compress and waie
^ ouses of the Cameron Compress
tcompany. |
Officers and the watchmen employ
ed at the compress expressed flu
(opinion that the fire was of ineendi
;ary origin.
The compress was protected by in
fsurance, but farmers who had cot
ton in storage are expected to lost
heavily. The compress was own
>ed by A. J. Dossett of Waco, who lost
another press by fire at Quanah lest
! than a month ago.
The ltockdale fire department eamt
{o (he assistance of local firemen ant L
i(led in sav ing fifteen hundred bales s
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of cotton .
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass
railway lost 327 flat and 437 com
pressed bales, and the Santa Fe 2!
(flat bales and 147 pressed. Twenty
Iseven cars were destroyed.
1 The authorities are investigating !
story that an automobile was seei
near the press and was driven away al
high speed just before the flame:
broke out.
In view of the numerous destruc
tive fires and gins and compresses
throughout the state since the do
moralization of the cotton market
the opinion that the fire was tl»
work of 'night riders” was adhered tc
strongly.
GOVERNORS AT BORDER
FAVOR RECOGNITION OF
NEW MEXICAN REGIME
E1 Paso, Texas.—Governors of Tex
(as, Arizona and New Mexico went or
jby 'record here as favoring recognitioi;
the United States of the new Mex
Scan government.
“Mexico has rewon the confidence
of the United States,” Governor Hob
■by of Texas declared at a recent ban
Iquet of General Obregon, president
elect of the southern republic. “1.
want Texas and Mexico to be the Mutt
and Jeff of the western hemisphere; j
I want them to be pals.”
Governor Hobby’s desire for forma:;
(recognition of the de la Huerta gov
ernment was echoed by Governors |
Larrazolo of New Mexico and Camp
bell of Arizona.
GERMANY AGAIN ASKS
FOR FIXING OF DEFINITE
TOTAL OF INDEMNITIES
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Paris.—Germany has reiterated i
request for the naming of a definite :
sum of reparations and a new pro
posal has been brought from Berlin
to Paris by Charles Laurent,
ambassador to Germany. The corre
spondent learned this in German of
ficial circles, where It was also point
ed out that M. Laurent had empha j
sized the necessity of immediately fix
ing the total indemnity to prevent ihe
economic and political collapse of Ger
many.
Military Objector On Hunger Strik<
Washinton —While Benjamin J. Sal
mon, a conscientious objector, contin
ued his hunger strike which began July
15 when he was admitted to St. Elisa
beth’s military hospital here attor
1 n eys for Salmon sought to obtain his
re j ease f rom the institution througl
habeas corpus proceedings. The Civi
Liberties League of New York is aid
ing in the efforts to obtain Salmon’s
. release.
Rides In Old - Fashioned Victoria
: Washington. Finding the weathei
a bit too wintry for motoring, Brest
dent Wilson went driving in the white
house victoria, a type of vehicle sel
( Washington
! dom seen nowadays in
j Mrs. Wilson accompanied the followed presi
1 dent and secret service men
in a touring car.
Five Persons Killed Train-Auto Wrect
1 Glendora, Cal—Five persons wert
: killed when the Santa Fe railroad’s
California Limited crashed into an
automobile at a crossing near here
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Beginning next week my gin day*
Thursday, Friday and Satur -
will be
L Houter. 10-14, 2p It
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OUTLAWRY RESULT
OF COTTON SLUMP
DEPRECIATION IN PRICE OF COT
TON GROWING INCENTIVE TO
LAWLESSNESS
GUARD KILLED WHILEON DUTY
Warnings To Close Gin Disregardec
And Killing Of Guard
Followed
England, A^’k.—No truce has beer
found of the slayer of Tom Steel, ne
gro employed to guard a gin near here
after warnings had been received tt
stop work until the price of cottoi
rises. The negro's body was found up
right against an outside wall of the
structure, where he had been killed
with a shotgun.
Warnings worded in crudely printer
letters have been received by a num
her of gins in this section, but it was
said all were in operation. Guards
have b ee„ employed to protect most
o£ the properties,
Little Rock, Ark.—Gov. Charles H
Brough, upon learning of the murder
of a negro cotton gin guard at Eng
land, issued a proclamation citing the
killing and “lawlessness in some ol
our counties growing out of the pre¬
vailing low' price of cotton,” and call
ing upon the adjutant general of the
state and sheriffs in counties where
“there is likely to be disturbances,”
and American Legion Posts to use all
power at their command to “suppress
these night riding outrages."
Anniston, Ala—Posting of every cot
ton gin in Calhoun county with warn¬
ings that if they were not closed down
immediately they would be destroyed
was followed by the issuance of a call
by W. L. Jones, head of the county
division of the American Cotton As
sociation for a mass meeting when
methods to secure protection for qynv
ers of the properties will be discussed.
Five of the gins were owned by D.
Cooper of Oxford and the warning
ter was signed “Committee of
Hundred-.” The cotton association,
is said, proposes to openly state to
cotton growers that the ginners
operate their plants if given
ry guarantees that the properties
not be endangered; otherwise
will close down.
Moulton, Ala.— Moulton gins are idle
following the discovery of roughly let
tered warnings posted on the strue
Hires ordering that the gins remain
dosed until cotton goes to 40
pound and cotton seed to $40 a
ton.
AUTOS CAUSE DEATH
EVERY 31 MINUTES
IN UNITED STATES
Atlantic City, N. J.—Methods of re¬
ducing automobile accidents, which
il is estimated cause a death every
thirty-one minutes iu the
t-,La.tew, were dealt with iu an address
))y e. M. Talbert, director of streets
and sewe rs of St. Louis, and chair
lnan 0) > t i ie public safety section of
the na tj 0 na\ safety council, at the
c ] os j ng session here of the American
Elcctrie Railway Association
tion
While accidents from other causes
are decreasing through safety work,
accident prevention in connection
wi ith automobiles has been
he added.
An aroused public sentiment through
education is the most forceful
ence which can be brought to bear
upon accident prevention, Mr. Tal
bert said. He declared this work can
'^J'^^^^’b^peUormed through
a nation-wide organization working In
every community.
Petroleum Loss Due To Evaporation
Washington.—Loss in petroleum due
to evaporation between the wells and
the refineries amounts to 600,000,000
gallons and more each yeai the bu
reau of mines declares, adding that
most of this loss is entirely prevent
able. Gasoline loss annually to the
country through preventable evapora
tion is sufficient to operate 1,200,
000 automobiles for twelve mouths,
allowing 250 gallons per car, the bu
reau estimates.
United Shoe Machinery Hearing
Washington.—The Supreme court
has advanced for hearing January 21
the government's suit against the Unit¬
ed Shoe Machinery company and sus
pei lded the injunction secured against
the firm.
Beginning next week our g.n
wj|| be Thur(ldayi Friday and Satur
day. Solomon & Padgett. 10-14, 3p It
DOUSE) BACKS
COnON GONVEKTION
ISSUES PROCLAMATION URGING
FULL ATTENDANCE AT STATE¬
WIDE MEETING AT CAPITOL
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
Atlanta, Oct. 9.—A State-wide
Cotton Convention has been called
to be held in the hall of the House
of Representatives, State Capitol,
Atlanta, on October 15-16th by the
Georgia Division, American Cotton
Association.
In the present unstable condition
of the cotton trade and the depressed
value of the raw staple, it is deemed
advisable by the officials of the
American Cotton Association that
the representatives of the cotton
growing interests of the State, bank¬
ers, merchants and others, should
assemble together in joint con¬
ference for the purpose of discussing
a nd taking action upon the wisest and
best methods of handling and market¬
ing the 1920 crop. The continued
progress and prosperity of the State
depends largely upon its agricultural
population and the producers of the
primary wealth of Georgia are en
titled to fair and reasonable values
for their products, Whole-hearted,
cooperative efforts on the part of all
the people at this time, it is hoped,
will tend to greatly improve the
situation and prevent a possible fin¬
ancial depression on the farming and
commercial life of the State.
i am requested, and take pleasure,
therefore, as Governor of Georgia,
and full „ attend- .. ,
in inviting urging a
ance of the people from all sections
of the State at this Conference, that
in unity of action and singleness of
pur p 0 se the best interest of the peo
p£e ma y be preserved,
GIVEN under hand and the seal
o{ the Exeeut i ve Pep&rcment, at the
Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this
October Sixth, Nineteen-Hundred
ancl Twenty.
(Signed) Hugh M. Dorsey
j Governor
By the Governor
(Signed) C. A. West,
.Secretary, Executive Department.
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LIGHTS LAST SWITCH-LAMP
AND DIES NEAR RAILROAD
Homer Jefferson, colored, for
years a faithful employee of the
Central of Georgia Railroad here,
was found dead shortly after five
o’clock Friday afternoon, lying face¬
down on the embankment beside the
I railroad beyond the Atlantic Coal
and Ice Company’s plant, his head
pillowed on his arms. The negro’s
1 duty was to light the switch-lights
f or the railroad, and he had com¬
| p j e t e d his evening task and started
| j towar( } s bis home through a peach or
c b ar( j w hen the fatal attack over
' took him.
j ■ He was known to be a sufferer
| from heart trouble, frequently having
j ! attacks of shortness of breath, and
was once discharged by the railroad
j company on account of his physical
condition, but at his own request
was restored to the job on halt pay.
An inquest was conducted over the
I body by Justice of Peace J. W.
Mathews and a verdict of death from
heart disease returned. The body was
baken to the negro’s home, where it
was prepared for burial.
Government To Jake Action In Coa
Washington, Government action i:
to be taken to prevent an acute coa
shortage with which some Sections ol
the United States are threatened, of
ficials here indicated.
Kansas Students’ Cars Congest Traffic
1 Olathe, Kan.— Motor cars belonging
: to students of the local high schoo
| have caused such a congestion of traf
fic that Mayor T. W. Dully issued ai
order that they be parked in the reat
of the school.
Italian Radical Held In New Yorl
1 New York.— An Italian, said by tm
police to be a widely known radical
was arrested by the bomb squad ant
qaken to headquarters to be question
ed regarding any knowledge he might
have of the Wall street explosion.
Wabash Railroad To Cut Off Employe:
Decatur, III.—Announcement was
made here by the Wabash railroac
company that 525 employes of its me
cbanical department would be taker
off the payroll October 12. The cut af
iect8 about 200 men here.
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$2.50 Per Year In Advance
IIIHITE-IM MERCHANTS
CATCH PAINT UP FEVER
DOC. COPELAND SETS EXAM¬
PLE OF INDUSTRY AND GETS
OFFERS OF SEVERAL SWELL
CONTRACTS.
Business has been a little quiet
hereabouts recently and some of our
erstwhile busy merchants have actu¬
ally contracted the small-town habit
of standing in their door-ways and
giving the landscape, stationary and
passing, the once-, or maybe twice-,
over. Hence it was that Doc. Cope¬
land noticed, among other things,
that the white way posts in front of
his store were looking kinder seedy,
and forthwith he selected a can of
cream enamel out of his varied
stock of beautifiers for persons and
premises, and proceeded to remedy
the outlook, in person.
So much impressed were passers
by with the unusual industry of this
new paiifter that he received several
overtures to do other jobs. One man
offered him a contract to paint sev¬
eral miles of four-foot hog-wire
fencing, which Doc promptly agreed
to do as soon as he finished a pre¬
vious contract to whitewash four and
a half tons of coal. After that'he was
offered a job to paint a fish net, but
declined on the ground that this
proposition smelled a little too fishy.
But even if he wasn’t caught by the
fish-net proposition, Doc's example
was quite catching, and soon one of
the Wilson boys and R. S. Braswell,
Jr., were doing it too, trie latter ef¬
ficiently aided and abetted by Mr.
C. G. Gray, Jr.
Soon a kid came along and was so
attracted by the improved appear¬
ance of the posts that he attempted
to do a circus act on one of them—
and went along his way slightly cha
grinned at having his hands whiter
than they had probably ever been
since he got big enough to crawl, but
leaving a very sombre impression on
the post, which, however, was subse¬
quently brightened up by another ap¬
plication of the brush—to the post—
though Doc looked like It would have
brightened him up more to have seen
a brush applied to the posterior por¬
tion of the kid’s anatomy.
At any rate, the white way looks
brighter, or more creamy, we might
say.
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SPARKS SHOWS ARE HERE
FOR PERFORMANCES TODAY
The circus train arrived on time,
with its gaily painted cages of wild
animals, its bespangled horses and
tinseled riders, painted clowns and
tasseled cowboys, stolid elephants
and hump-back camels, brass bands
and steam piano,balloon men and per¬
ipatetic photographers, and other
things and folks that go to make up a
circus day; also a “two-in-one” Sat¬
urday afternoon crowd, ninety-nine
per cent colored in degree and num¬
bers, from the country-side for miles
and miles around.
Everything is ready and everybody
is poised—first on one foot and then
the other—for the parade at 10:30,
and the afternoon performance at
2:00 and the night performance at
8 : 00 .
The peanut, sugar-cane and “hot
dog” venders are already having a big
trade—-and the sanitary department
will have a busy day tomorrow.
Pity the grown-up who can’t be a
child again just for today.
Troops Of Diaz Protest Deportation
Vera Cruz.— Three thousand revolu¬
tionary soldiers, comprising the
‘army” of Gen. Felix Diaz, who is
under arrest, are reported to have re¬
assembled in Altotonaga, Vera Ciuzi
state, and to have proclaimed a new ar-J
revolution in protest against the
rest of their chief and his threatened!
deportation.
“Determined Citizens Close Up Gin
Jonesboro, Ark.—A warning written;
in pencil and signed “Determined Cit-;
izens,” ordering that no more cotton
be ginned was found posted on a gin;
at Bono, ten miles of this city. Thel
gin was closed immediately.
Frog Meat Craze On In Nippon
Tokio, Japan.— Frog meat has made
its appearance in the menu of one of
the most frequented restaurants here:
and has become a popular craze.
Frogs had never been considered a
food in Japan until recently.