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Volume XXXII. Number 61
HOUSTON GOUNIT HI
till FOR 1920 MADE
RATE IS TWO I\1ILLS LOWER
THAN 1919. TAXABLE PROP¬
ERTY ON DIGEST IS $8,539,-
536.00
The Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Houston County met on
October 12th and fixed the tax levy
of the County as follows:
For maintaining the public roads
of the County, four (4) mills; For
several county purposes, eight (8)
mills, to be div.ided as follows:
1. To pay the legal indebtedness
of the County due, and to become
due, and past due 8 per ct.
..
2. To build and repair court hous¬
es and jails, bridges and ferries, and
other public improvements according
to the contract 70 per ct.
.
3. To pay sheriffs, jailors and oth¬
er officers fees that they may be ie
gally entitled to out of the coun
ty 5 per ct.
4. To pay coroners all fees that
may he due them for holding in
quests 1 per ct.
.....
5. To pay the expenses of the
County, for bailiffs at court, non-res¬
ident witnesses in criminal cases,
fuel, servant hire, stationery and the
like, .... 4 per ct.
6. To pay jurors a per diem com-
1 Sensation ______ 5 per ct.
7. To pay expenses incurred in sup¬
porting of the poor of the County,
and as otherwise prescribed by the
Cede ..... 1 per ct.
.....
8. To pay any iawiul charge
against the County 6 per ct.
Total 100 per ct.
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It was ordered that a tar. of four
and one-half tenths oi one per cent,
or four and one -half mills, be levied
upon all the taxable property of
Houston Couny, on the digest and
,,ot on the digest, outside the corpor
ate limits of Perry and Fort Valley,
to be used to supplement the public
school fund apportioned to all of
Houston County, except said corpor¬
ate limits of Perry and Fort Valley,
It was ordered that a special
school tax of four tenths of one per
cent, or four mills, be levied" upn all
of the taxable property of the Byron
Consolidated School District of Hous¬
ton County to pay interest and pro¬
vide a sinking fund to pay for $20,
000.00 of school bonds for said dis
trict.
In accordance with this levy the
County Tax, exclusive of school tax,
is 12 mills against 14 mills for 1919.
The school taxes is increased a half¬
mill over 1919.
The aggregate value of taxable
property of the County shown on
the digest for 1920 is $8,589, 536.00.
POSSUM HUNT, CANE CHEW,
PICNIC AND CAFE SUPPER
Enough for one half night, would
n’t you say? But that’s what hap
pened, if Henry Cheek gave us the
right dope.
According to Henry, there were
eight couples of them, six of the
ladies being school ma’ams—would
you believe it? And they left Fori
Valley about 7 o’clock last Wednes
day night “loaded”—so Henry says
—with pickles and canned goods and
fruit and crackers and bottles—
Thermos—and were headed toward
Crawford County. Henry says the
Thermos bottles were full when they
left Fort Valley, and that they
brought them back empty—-having
drunk the hot chocolate, and eaten
the pickles, can ned goods, fruits and
crackers and chewed cane in the
neighborhood of Zenith. Henry
didn’t say anything about their hav
ing taken any cane with them, and
ev •erybody knows that there are no
stores that sell cane open in that vi
cinity at that time of night. But we
tiidn’f quiz him on this point very
closely. proceeded to hunt—
Then they didn’t
Henry says ’possums. They
bring any evidence back with them,
but Henry says that was because the
-possum climbed a tree too big to
cut down and that they left him up
these, and came back home and en
joyed a mid-night supper at the Fort
Valley Cafe.
Those composing the party were
Misses Vance, Hazelton, Clark, How¬
ard Coleman, Green, Helen Marshall,
Etta Carithers, and Messrs. Hugh
Smisson, Hill Rigdon, Lee Drew Wil
Lawton Culpepper, William
Houser, Inard Bryan, Walter Camp
bell Henry Cheek and Zack Williams,
Polar bears have been known
weigh ntore than 2,000
Though it be honest, it is never good to bring bad news; ill tidings tell themselves.
The Leader-Tribune
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1920. TEN PAGES
URGING FARMERS
TO CLOSE GINS
LOUISIANA EXECUTIVE WANTS
OTHER STATES TO ISSUE A
SIMILAR PROCLAMATION
LOST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
President Wilson Asked To Call A
Special 9%ssion Of Congress To
Act On Cotton
New Orleans, La.—Gov. John M. Par¬
ker will issue a proclamation calling
upon all cotton gin otrners in the
state of Louisiana to close their gins
for a period of thirty days, beginning
November 1, in an effort to give new
life to the cotton market.
Promoters of the movement to close
the gins are daily receiving promises
of co-operation from ail sections oi
the South and already several hun¬
dred gin owners have declared them
selves in readiness to dose their gins
as long as may be necessary.
In addition to - issuing his proclama¬
tion asking the gins to close, Gover
no’- Pa rker will, at the same time, ad
dress communications to the gover
nors ofall the cotton-producing states,
asking them to issue similar procla
mations.
The appeal of W. B. Thompson, the
president of the Louisiana division ol
the American Cotton association, to
the cotton men ofthe South, together
with the action of Governor Parker,
is scheduled to bring ginning opera-,
lions to a virtual standstill not later
than November 1.
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas
are already fairly well organized for
the dosing campaign, and telegrams
from leading cotton men from other
states indicate that they will not be
far behind in closing down.
In luldition to the movement looking
to the closing of the gins prepara¬
tions are already under way in many
sections to secure a large reduction in
cotton acreage next year. The Texas
association lias notified the Louisiana
division that under a sworn pledge
the crop in that state will be reduced
one-third. From Alabama came the
declaration (hat among the farms to
be turned to other uses or allowed to
lie idle next year is one 10,000-acre
plantation.
Washington.—Congressman Henry
B. Steagall of the Third Alabama dis¬
trict asked President Wilson to call
an extraordinary session ot' congress,
if necessary in order to relieve the
farmers not only of the South, hut
throughout the country, from financial
ruin because of their inability to bor¬
row money to handle their crops.
The cotton, wheat, corn and other
farmers have lost billions of dollars,
the Alabama congressman says, be¬
cause of their inability to borrow
money at reasonable rates of inter¬
est.
“An instability so widespread and
far-reaching constitutes a danger wor¬
thy of every consideration," he says.
"it is not orderly reduction which
confronts us,” Congressman Steagall
declares; is unjustifiable destruc
tion. Such an enormous decrease in
the values of the holding of the ag¬
ricultural classes creates a most ex¬
traordinary situation which threatens
every legitimate interest of our peo¬
ple.”
Steagall then urges that the pres¬
ident undertake to find some method
of relief, and suggests that, congress
be called together* at once to the end
that nothing may be left undone to
relieve the situation and fix the re.
sponsibility more definitely.
Fire Damages Winter Garden
New York. Damage estimated at
$250,000 was caused by fire” in the
theatrical district. Flames swept
severai buildings, occupied as auto
accessory, clothing, antique shops and
a restaurant. The Winter Garden
was damaged by water and smoke.
J. J. Shubert, manager of the the¬
ater, and two firemen were injured.
The blaze was controlled after a
three-hour fight.
Bankers Are Urged To Aid Farmers
Washington.—Bankers can and
should aid farmers by assisting in the
establishment of co-operative ware¬
housing and selling organizations,
Chairman Joseph Hirsch, of the agri¬
cultural commission of the American
Bankers’ association, declared in pre
Taken For Burglar, Preacher Is Killed
Chicago. — Rev. Frederick ©.
Ruff, pastor of the Memorial Method¬
ist church and owner of an apart¬
ment building in Rogers park, was
shot and killed by Fred W. Sextro,
one of his tenants, Sextro, the man
ager of a coal company, told^police
he mistook the minister, who was at
t 1
his door, for a burglar, He was ar
rested pending an investigation of re¬
ports of trouble between the tenants
and the preacher.
OFFICER WOUNDED, NEGRO
KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT
in a raid upon negro gamblers on
“Burns Line” Saturday night about
10 o’clock, Mr. Will-Joyner, a deputy,
received a bullet from a pistol fired
by one of the negroes, and Jim Pars
bey, negro, was instantly killed by
one of the officers.
Chief of Police W. A. Lyon, Depu¬
ty Sheriff J. J. Robinson, Night Mar¬
shall J. \V. Joyner, and Messrs. Boy
sie Barfield and Will Joyner, who
were deputized for the occasion were
summoned to the place by lawabiding
colored citizens of the neighborhood.
Five of the negroes were captured,
one killed, and two escaped. It is
thought that one of those who es
raped was wounded. There were
shots fired, two by the negroes and
four by the officers.
The negroes captured were Frank
Williams, Herman Clark, Henry
Jones, Roland Jordan, and George
Moore. They appeared before Mayor
Neil Monday morning and were
fined $50.00 to $00.00 each or an
equivalent number of days on the
streets, and each was bound over to
the City Court under a $100.00 bond.
All were paid out except Henry Jones
and Roland Jordan.
The negroes are said to have been
well supplied with whiskey and the
place to reek with the odor of it.
The officers displayed intrepid
courage and devotion to duty in
making the raid, breaking open the
door and entering despite threats
from one or two of the negroes in
side.
The law-abiding colored citizens of
the neighborhood are also worthy of
commendation for notifying the of¬
ficers of what was going on. If such
cooperation were more general the
bad negroes who are a menace to the
peace and lives of citizens would be
run out of the community or put
where they belong.
Mayor Ii. C. Neil and Chairman
E. T. McMillan of the Polide Com
mittee of Counlil took Mr. Joyner to
' I..C ’ If,-, on hospital ii* the former's
automobile, soon after the raid. After
examination physicians did not deem
it necessary to operate for removal of
the bullet, which lodged in Mr. Joy
ner’s thigh, and he was reported
Wednesday as making very favorable
progress toward recovery.
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WOMAN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Beginning Monday, Nov. 1, the
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Methodist church will observe its
annual Week of Prayer and Seif De
nial. Offerings for 1920 are to be de
voted to the enlargement and im
provement of the Vashti Industrial
School at Thomasville, Ga., and to
additional buildings upon the campus
of our Colegio Ingles, Saltillo, Mexi
CO.
Services will be held each after
noon from three till four o’clock, in
.
the church parlors.
We have been most fortunate in
securing the presence of Miss Char
lotte Dye, Superintendent of our
Vashti School, for Wednesday after
noon , and this fact should assure a
record attendance upon Wednesday’s
service. Next to a personal visit to
Vashti will be this opportunity to
hear Miss Dye present the appeal for
this unique institution.
Thursday afternoon our Young
People’s Missionary Society will pre¬
sent the program, and on Friday our
Juniors. preparation
And let us begin new God’s
for a profitable week by asking
pi esence and blessing upon each ser
vice. S.
Mrs. W. C. Wright, Pres. W. M.
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AUTHOR-CANDIDATE FOR
SENATE SPEAKS HERE
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Hon. Harry Stilwell Edwards, the
well-known author and writer and
former post-master of Macon and
now independent candidate for the
United States senate, was in Fort
Valley Wednesday afternoon as
guest of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Thomas Library Association, which
held its regular meeting at i,he i ’('S'
idence of Mrs. C. E. Martin.
The entire membership of the
Library Association was invited
meet with the Ladies’ Auxiliary to
hear Mr. Edwards speak. 1:45
Mr. Edwards arrived on the
train, was met by a committe from
ttfe Ladies’ Auxiliary and taken by
automobile to the residence of Mrs.
Martin. He returned to Macon on
3:45 train.
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Our own heart, and no other
opinions, forms our true honour
Coleridge.
CENTRAL’S THROUGH TRAINS
ROUTED VIA FORT VALLEY
Beginning Sunday night the crack
through trains of the Central of
Georgia railroad, “The Dixie Flyer,”
from Chicago to Jacksonville, and
ii The Southland,” from Cincinnati to
Jacksonville, will be routed over the
Southwestern Division of the Central
through Fort Valley, instead of over
the G. S. & F. from Macon to Val¬
dosta as heretofore. This change is
due to congestion of traffic over the
G. S. & F. since the Southern has
changed some of its through trains to
that road.
The Dixie Flyer going south as No.
95, will leave Macon at 10:35 p. m.
(E. T.) and going north as No. 94
arrive at Macon at 5:10 a. m.
The Southland, going south as
33, will leave Macon at 1 :44 a. m.,
and going north as No. 32 will ar
rive at Macon at 4 :36 a. m.
Neither of these trains will stop
in Fort Valley, and passengers
siring to use these trail's: will proba
bly have to go to MacoS to entrain,
Owing to the longer mileage over
this division these trains cannot make
local stops and maintain their form¬
er schedules.
The road-bed and tracks of this
division of the Central have been put
in good condition .t<j take care af the
; fast schedule of these heavy trains.
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MR. HENRY SANFORD IS
HOST AT FISH FRY
Mr. Henry Sanford was host
Wednesday night to a number of
friends from Houston and Crawford
Counties at a fish fry at Braswell’s
hotel near Nakomis. There were
twenty or more guests present,
an average of about two pounds
fish to the guest, from which it
evident that it was a swell affair.
The editor regrets that owing to
being somewhat under the
he was unable to accept an
to attend.
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THE “BABY ZOO”
Those who visit the
ey-Hutchinson Combined Circus
nagerie and Wild West that
in Fort Valley, Thursday, Nov. 4,
have the pleasure of seeing any
ber of the babies of the Animal
dom. Baby Lions, Baby Monkeys,
Baby Siberian Goats. The Circus
said to have some of the best
wild animal acts of any Circus
eling, beautiful High School
Ponies and Wonderful Dogs. Also
troupe of performing
whose performance is of the
Sensational order.
This Circus will give a Free
Parade at Noon and two
ances afternoon and night at 2 and
P. M.
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MR. W. B. AUSTIN MAKES A
GOOD AND KIND
Mr. W. B. Austin played the
of detective very successfully
Sunday morning when he
a silver card ease which had
stolen on Saturday from his
Mrs. Austin had hired a negro
to help her clean house on
and on Sunday morning when
started to Sunday School missed
card case. Mr. Austin went to
house where the girl stayed
found the missing card case. He
not have the girl arrested.
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HISTORY CLUB TO MEET
WITH MRS. W. J.
On Tuesday, Nov. 2nd, the
(;j u b w jn meet with Mrs. W. J.
well. Mrs. J. M. Green will
'charge of the program. The
will be “Short Story Writers.”
answer to roll call items about
sent day writers will be given.
who will take part on the
at this meeting are Mesdames
Brown, W. B. Norton, Edwin
Millan and J. W. McCoy.
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MR. ED MONCRIEF, FORMERLY
OF FORT VALLEY,
Friends of the Monerief family
this section were sorry to learn of
death in New Mexico last week
Mr. Ed Monerief, formerly of
Valley. His remains were interred
Marshallville on Tuesday, a A
of friends from here attended
funeral. Mr. Monerief married
Pearl Mann of Fort Valley, kho
several years ago.
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FEATURE OF WEEK
EPWORTH LEAGUERS FROM
MANY TOWNS HOLD INSPIR¬
ING SESSIONS HERE. DR. QUIL
L1AN LEADS CONSECRATION
SERVICE.
Fifty delegates representing the
Macon Epworth League District in¬
cluding Byron, Cochran, Jefferson
ville, Musella, Sandersviiie, Tenniiie,
Walden, Macon and Fort Valley met
in conference here F'riday evening
for the opening session.
Committees from the local orga ni
zation were in charge of the enter¬
tainment of delegates and visitors.
The church auditorium and parlors
were elaborately decorated in league
colors of white and gold. On either
side of the altar feathery ferns were
grouped in pyramid shape, with fes¬
toons of white ribbon. The flowers
used were coreopsis.
Dr. C. R. Jenkins, pastor of the
Methodist Church, led the first de¬
votional Friday night, which was fol¬
lowed by addresses of welcome from
Mayor H. C. Neil in behalf of the
city and Mr. George Mathews, in be¬
half of the Fort Valley Epworth
League.
Miss Doris Haddock, of Macon,
made a response to these words of
welcome. Rev. George Mathews made
the address Friday evening, his sub¬
ject, “Tithing Epworth Leaguers. >»
Friday night was featured by a re¬
ception to the visitors in the parlors
where “Split Quotations” had been
arranged by the entertainment com¬
mittee, and was the means by which
all the visitors became acquainted
and proved a pleasant social feature.
Ice cream in white and gold with
macaroons was served by the young
ladies of the Fort Valley League.
On Saturday morning the session
opened with a sunrise prayer meeting
led by Miss Ida Mallory Cobb, of
Macon. The Saturday session was
taken up in discussion of district
plans, publications, and department¬
al meetings. A luncheon was served
in the church at the noon hour.
On Saturday afternoon, after a de¬
votional and song service, reports
were made and a demonstration cab¬
inet meeting was held, which was
followed by a talk on “Joys of' the
Quiet Hour,” by Miss Pearl Wood¬
ruff. Saturday evening was featured
by an addressToy Mr. Arva Floyd. His
subject was “Investing a Life.” On
Sunday morning there was a sun¬
rise prayer meeting and at eleven
o’clock a sermon by Dr. Guyton
Fisher, of Americus.
On Sunday afternoon, there were
talks by delegates, and a special feat¬
ure was the question box, with an¬
swers by Miss Annie Watson, of Ma¬
con, the district secretary.
The conference adjourned Sunday
evening after a consecration service
led by Dr. W. F. Quillian, president
of Wesleyan College.
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“HO! HO!” NOTHER CIRCUS
IS COMING TO TOWN
The Campbell-Bailey-Hutchinson
Combined Circus, wild west and me¬
nagerie will come to Fort Valley next
Thursday, Nov. 4, give a Free Street
Parade at .hoot and two perform¬
ances afternoon and night at 2 and
8 P. M. The Circus is our oldest form
of amusement. Other amusements
seem to have their days and die out,
but the “Circus” Seems “Magic” and
fascinating for the old folks as well
as the little ones. The Campbell-Bai¬
ley-Hutchinson Combined Show
comes with a reputation of being
clean, modern and up to date, They
have the very best of circus and wild
west talent and animals acts, and
no doubt there will "oe a targe crowd
in Fort Valley, Thursday, Nov. 4,
when the Circus comes to town.
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NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
Some contributions received Wed¬
nesday had to be omitted from this
issue. Wednesday is our last press
day. Half of the paper is usually
printed on Tuesday. Copy should be
sent in as early as possible any day
from Thursday to Tuesday. Only
very important copy from our point
of view ■can be handled on Wednes
day, and then only before noon.
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The way to wealth is as plain as
the way to market? It depends chief¬
ly on two words—industry and fru¬
gality.—B. Franklin. ^
MAYORMACSWINEY
j PASSES TO BEYOND
ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE
TO TAKE BODY TO IRE¬
LAND FOR BURIAL
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NO SERIOUS TROUBLE FEARED
Was Unconscious For Thirty-Si>
Hours Before Death Occurred.
To Hold Inquest
London.—Terence MacSwiney, lord
i of Cork, died at Brixton prison,
mayor
this city, at 5:40 o’clock, October 25
I His death followed a hunger strike
0 f more than 73 days, eclipsing any
In the annals of the medical world,
1 MacSwiney, who had been uncon
i did
ecious for several days, not re
j cover his faculties, before he died
Father Dominic, liis private chaplain.
and his brother, .iohn MacSwiney.
j were with him when the end came.
I After the prisoner’s death, his bro
ther and the chaplain were not pei
mitted to leave Brixton prison until
G: 15 o’clock, John MacSwiney iunie
j : diately conveyed word to the widow
i j of the lord mayor, who was staying
ai West End hotel witli Mr. and Mrs.
] O'Brien, the former being Iho Lon
don executive of the Irish Self-De¬
termination League.
Mvs. MacSwiney. accompanied by
her parents, and the Misses Annie and
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Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney
Mary MacSwiney, sisters of the lord
mayor, arrived at Brixton at 9:30
o’clock.
It is understood arrangements are
being made to take the body to Ire¬
land for burial.
News of MacSwiney’s death had
not become known in the district
around Brixton prison until after nine
o’clock.
It is probable the inquest will be
held al the prison, after which the
body will be turned over to relatives.
MacSwiney was unconscious for
thiiiy-six hours before his death
curred, it is stated. Father Domini*;
therefore, was unable to give him
(lie last sacrament, but he administer¬
ed extreme unction.
The cause of MaeSwiney’s death
was heart failure, according to the
statement issued at the home office.
Terence MacSwiney was forty
years old and was one of the most
Important Sinn Feiners. He started
life as a draper’s assistant, but be
camb a poet, author and a playwright
before taking up politics seriously.
Later In 1 became violently anti-English.
V\ bile in Wakefield jail, Yorkshire,
In 1916, he met Muriel Murphy, the
daughter of a wealthy Cork distiller,
who visited the jail, and shortly af¬
ter they were -married, despite much
opposition.
With regard to the theological as
peels of the lord mayor’s hunger strike
and that of the Irish prisoners in the
Cork jail who began a similar absten
tion from food shortly before MacSwi
ncy’a fast started, it was stated, in a
Koine dispatch on October 17, tlial
Pope Benedict hud referred the prob
of these hunger striking prison¬
ers to the congregation of the holy of¬
fice.
Daylight Saving Ended In Britain
London.—The annual summer day¬
light saving spell in Great Britain
ended at 3 o’clock October 24, when
all clocks' were set back to 2 o’clock.
Many Killed In Railway Collision
Tokio. Japan.—-Special dispatches
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from Harbin, Manchuria, report 300
casualties in killed and injured in a
collision of trains on the Chinese East¬
ern railway near Harbin. The vic¬
tims, the reports add, were Russians.
Messages received at Vladivostok
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