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Volume XXXII. Number 62.
REPUBLICANS WIN SWEEPING VICTORY
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FORT VALLE! BESTS
GORDELE IN OPENER
PROF. GRAHAM’S MACHINE
GIVES PROMISING EXHIBI¬
TION IN FIRST HIGH SCHOOL
BALL GAME OF SEASON.
(By Jimmie Fagan, Jr.)
Last Friday afternoon was real
weather for out-door basket ball, and
those who witnessed the game on
the local court between Fort Valley’s
Five and Cordele’s quintette received
their money’s worth, for Prof.
ham’s team started off in a rush and
ringed the old basket three times
fore Cordele could find out whether
they were playing basket hall or
checkers. But they soon found out
that they had better wake up and
take notice if they even wanted to
score on Fort Valley’s team, and
during the first quarter Cordele
able to run up 3 goals while Fort
Valley shot 4 goals.
During the next quarter Fort Val
ley let Cordele down with one goal
while she ran up 4, thus ending the
first half by the score 16 to'8.
Claude Wilson started off the
second half by shooting one from the
middle of the court. Evans and
Brown got one apiece during this
quarter. Cordele was unable to reg
ister this quarter.
The Cordele boys put up a clean
game and fought hard to stage a
come back but Cap'. Wilson had put
the game on ice during the first
quarter. It would be a hard matter
;o try and pick out special stars of
either side during this game, but
mention should be made of Ward and
the McArthur brothers for the good
game they put up.
Evans, Murray and Brown played
a steady game for the locals, altho
it cannot he said that Capt. Wilson
and Greene were not up in the mix
up.
One, Mr. Milledge Brown, common¬
ly known as “Bill,” and a graduate
and an all “Ireckoniam” star player
for Fort Valley last year, refereed a
good game.
Altho this was the first game of
the season, the Fort Valley team
made a splendid showing and with a
few weeks practice all of the edge
will be worn off and these boys will
be out to meet all comers.
Cordele—12 Fort Valley—24
Mansfield, B. 4 C Brown, Bob 8
Ward, J. 6 L. F. Greene, Lewis 4
Harwell, L. R. F. Evans, Albert 6
McArthur, T R. G. Wilson, Claude 2
McArthur, C.2 L. G. Murray, Paul 4
Time keeper, Braswell, R. S. 7
fouls called against Fort Valley; one
against Cordele, but neither side took
advantage of a free chance.
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APPEARANCE OF RAILROAD
PARK IS BEING IMPROVED
The railroad park near the passen
ger depot has been the object of con
siderable attention for the past two
weeks or more by the ladies of the
Civic Committee of the History Club.
This committee is composed of Mrs.
Mrs. J. M. Martin, Chairman, Mrs.
Jno. B. Vance, and Mrs. W. B. Nor
ton. At quite a little expense the
ladies have had the grass and weeds
chopped down and the plot plowed.
Mr. E. L. Burden kindly lent the
plow and mules for this purpose,
and the ladies hope that some one
will kindly lend them a harrow so
that the soil can be pulverized. Mr.
Burden has offered to lend his mules
to pull the harrow. It is thought that
a nice stand of grass can be obtained
an d that after the ground has been
properly prepared it will be easy to
keep the grass mown.
The hedge set out last year around
the fence is doing very nicely except
in one place where it was not eom
pleted, and the ladies expect to com¬
plete this, and are considering
possibility of making some graveled
mittee of council to lend them some
shrubbery. It has been suggested that
the name “Fort Valley ’ ' might be
laid out on the plot in colias or other
vari-colored plants. needed,
The thing now next most
the ladies say, is for the street com
mittee of council to lend some assist
assistance in having the fringe of
grass and weeds on the outside of
the fence trimmed.
i* 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, NOVEMBER 4, 1920. TWELVE PAGES
FORI VALLE! 10 HAVE
RED GROSS CUSSES
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR
RED CROSS NURSE TO GIVE
COURSES IN HEALTH AND HY
GIENE HERE.
The high school girls and
of the women’s clubs of Fort Valley
are to have the advantage of a se
j lies of classes in health and
i giene under the instruction of an ex
i perienced Red Cross nurse. Arrange
ments to this effect were made seve
ral days ago, when Miss Lucy J.
Chamberlain, a field representative oi
of Atlanta Red Cross headquarters,
j was in Fort Valley and Ralph presented the
j proposition to Prof. Newton
and to members of the executive
j committee of the local Red Cross
Chapter and leaders of the women’s
clubs of the city at a meeting held
j at the Thomas Library.
Miss Chamberlain made a talk on
1 this occasion which very greatly im
, pressed her hearers. She explained in
a convincing manner and with im¬
pressive data the reasons for a con
tamination of the Red Cross work in
its several fields of activity since the
armistice was signed—its
work among the ex-service men, es
j pecially those in need of. - medical oi
hospital treatment; the care of
| families or dependents; keeping up
i the faith of sick and wounded men
: the hospitals in their
■ and fellow citizens; of the Red
emergency relief service and
nurse service in cases of disaster
the West Point and La Grange
and storms; and Wall street
explosion; and in the anti-malaria
other health work in
j with state and federal agencies,
j I Miss Chamberlain is a young
with a heart and a will in her
, and this spirit coupled with a
of good cheer and a laugh as
tagious as a care-free young
give her a winning personality.
perience as a Red Cross secretary in
France and illness during her
vice there were not without
visible effect upon her
but even more in devotion to
work and determination in its aceom
plishment. She showed the same
termination in overcoming
I in her present work that the boys did
j n the : rs “over there.”
j These classes in health and by
giene under a real Red Cross
the arrangement for which was
a part of Miss Chamberlain’s mission
here, will be of great benefit to the
seventy or more high school girls and
members of the women’s clubs
take the course, and through them
the community and posterity as
They will cover many subjects in
sonal health and hygiene, the
and feeding of infants and the sick.
The salary and expenses of the
Cross nurse, which will be
wjl] bg borne by the loca i Red
cha , In this way the
community wh i c h takes
^ thjs feature of the Red Cross
w -jj benefit very materially
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^ C()mmunity - S contributions to
Red Cross, as the services of an ex
pert to give such instruction
not be secured at so small a
thru any other means.
While here Miss Chamberlain
organized the local Red Cross Chap
ter for the fourth roll call to
: gin Nov. 11th and extend
the 25th.
HOW FORT VALLEY VOTED
% IN TUESDAY’S
The total vote cast at the Fort
i ley precinct in Tuesday’s
election was 33^ of vv lrich 18
republican. Watson received
votes; Edwards, 11, Hardwick 291.
. All the amendments cn the
received 315 votes each, except
g Not a vote was cas t against any
the new county amendments, and
only reason that the vote for
was not solid was because 13 of
Republican ballots and one
were short ballots which did not
tain the amendments, and one
was not scratched either for
against them.
Harding elected President and
Coolidge Vice - President.
Both Houses of Congress
Go Strongly Repub=
lican Also.
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Tuesday’s national election was will also have a majority of over 100
a landslide for the Republicans. War- votes in the House of
ren G. Harding was overwhelmingly and they claim a majority of ten it;
elected president of the United in the Senate.
States and Calvin Coolidge, vice- While Georgia maintained
president. Harding’s electoral vote Democratic lead nine counties of
may reach 400, while but 266 are State went over to the G. O. P.
necessary to tdect. His popular plu- were Lumpkin, Towns,
rality may exceed 6,000,000. He car¬ Gilmer, Douglas, Gordon,
ried his own and Cox’s state. Ohio, Polk and Whitfield.
by a large majority. New York and Atlanta’s vote 34 cent
other pivotal states and doubtful was per
border states also went Republican publican—3,036 to 5,865 for
The Republicans, it now appears, Democratic ticket.
MINSTREL SHOW TO BE
PRESENTED HERE SOON
Fort Valley is to have a real, ho>;
est-to-goodness old-fashioned min
strel show within the next two weexs,
and it’s going to be a real show,
buhlieve us. The enterprise was ful¬
ly launched Wednesday night when
the ladies of the Civic Committee of
the History Club, and Mr. Dave
Strother and Jno. B. Vance of the
Civic Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, and Miss Carolyn Vance,
the talented and popular teacher of
expression in the public schools, met
and planned the whole thing, even to
each person and part—and anybody
who refuses to be “it” when he’s
asked will be a “mean old thing.”
It’s going to be a big show, with a
stage full of black-face commedians
and commediennes of the highest or¬
der of local and foreign talent, be¬
sides young people from the school
It will probably be held in the Austin
Theatre, which Dr. George H. Slap
pey has generously offered for the
occasion.
The prices are going' to be popular
to accord with the times and condi¬
tions, so that no one need miss the
fun on that account.
The proceeds are to be used in civic
j improvement work, such as the iadtes
i of the Civic Committee are now do
ing—improving the appearance ot
; the parks of the city, etc. The ladies
of the Civic Committee have a “City
Beautiful” in mind, ana if they re
the cooperation they deserve in
appreciation of the interest and haid
work they are doing, Fort Valley will
some day be a town to be proud of.
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MR. AXEL ECONOMOU WEDS
MISS MARGARET PONDICKU
Friends here of Mr. Axel Eeono
mou, the popular proprietor of the
Fort Valley Cafe, are cordially in¬
terested in his marriage last Sunday,
October 31, to Miss Margaret Pon
dicku of Maneheter, N. H.
Mr. Eeonomou, with his mother
and sister, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Barousas and their two children, left
Fort Valley Sunday October 24, for
Manchester, N. H., where the wed¬
ding occurred.
The party will return to Fort Val¬
ley next Sunday, Nov. 7, after which
date Mr. and Mrs. Eeonomou will be
at home here.
Mr. Eeonomou is one of Fort Val
ley’s most progressive and public
spirited young business men. He
numbers his friends by all who know
him, and these will extend cordial
con gratulations and best wishes to
him and his bride.
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Americus To - ..d Poland Supplies
Americus. —Ladies of the First
Methodist congregation are busy pre
paring packages c ontaining clothing,
shoes, quilts, blankets and sundries,
which will be shipped to Poland for
distribution among destitute persons.
Miss Daisy Davies, field agent for the
Southern division for relief for Pol¬
ish sufferers, recently made an ap¬
peal for aid here, with the result that
large quantities of needed articles
have been contributed. These are
now being packaged into fifty-pound
packages and will Vie forwarded direct
form Americus to Poland, where au¬
thorities of the American relief ad
ministration will distribute them
among the destitute.
CONGREGATIONAL1STS TO
HAVE PASTORAL
The Congregationalists of
Valley are to have services in
church here at the corner of
and Miller streets at least one
in each month during the winter
L. D. Coggin of Milledgeville will
the preacher in charge.
Mr. Coggin was in Fort
Wednesday conferring with
members of the denomination,
was the guest while here of Mr. S.
Bassett at the Central Hotel.
The Congregational church
has about twenty members, but
been without a pastor for
years. Members of the
in this section will tie gratified
jenow of te arrangement
Mr. Coggin will come here to
one Sunday in each month. Notice
the particular Sunday in each
on which he will serve the
church will be given from time
time.
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Little Miss Mildred Kendrick
tertained a number of her
friends most enjoyably at a
lowe’en party.
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FRANCE AND BRITAIN
IN CLASH OVER BRITAIN’S
NOTE ANENT CONFISCATION
Paris.—Assertion is made by the
French government in its reply to the
British note announcing Great Brit¬
ain had decided to renounce the right
to confiscate German property in the
United Kingdom that the paragraph
pf the Versailles treaty which Great
Britain is prepared to waive, is an in¬
tegral part of the convention, says the
Petit Parisien.
The government holds, therefore,
that this .or any other clause of the
treaty can not be revised without a
parliamentary agreement between all
the signatories of the pact.
The note, the newspaper
lies, is couched in extremely courteous
Out firm language and expresses the
io pe that an agreement between the
nations on the subject may be reached
it an early date.
Alabama Coal Strike Still Goes Or\
Birmingham, Aia.—Following the
adoption of resolutions demanding
the impeachment of Governor Kilby
and leaving the question of a gen¬
eral sympathetic strike in support of
he mine workers up to the executive
committee, the special convention of
he state federation of labor adjouin
id.
Samuel Dexter Snow Dead At Chicago
Chicago.—Samuel Dexter Snow, gen
iral attorney of the International Har¬
vester company, died after a brief ill
less, He was born in Madison, Wis.,
m 1862 .
Italy May Accept Armenian Mandate
Rome.—The Tempo says it under¬
stands the mandate for Armenia has
ieen offered to Italy, which is dis¬
posed to accept it.
Six Stills Destroy In Shelby, Alabama
Birmingham, Ala.—Six stills were
lestroyed in Shelby county in six
tours and more than three thousand
;allons of liquor report were poured out, ac
;ording to a made to N. L.
Pierce, head of the federal prohibition
mforcement officers in this state.
IN SAVINGS NOTED
OCTOBER GAINS 44 PERCENT
OVER SEPTEMBER. NATION
WIDE REVIVAL OF THRIFT
WORK IN SCHOOLS.
A curious fact is that a marked in¬
crease in saving habits of our own
people is met by a similar condition
among the immigrants who are
coming into this country.
Reports of the Savings Division pf
the Treasury Department show an
increase of 44 percent in the sales
of Saving's Stamps and Certificates
during the first half of October as
compared with the same period in
September.
In the meantime the Commissioner
of Immigration shows by his report
the arrival during the past year of
420,000 immigrants who came into
the United States through Ellis Is¬
land, bringing with them $32,950,000
in cash. This is an average of $76
for each man, woman and child as
against an average of $46 in 1914.
Educational Authorities Redouble
Efforts.
Educational authorities in all
parts of the country are redoubling
their efforts to push thrift instruc¬
tion in the schools to fix the habit of
saving among the pupils, This is
shown by expressions of leading edu¬
cators including State Supermten
dents of Education in tne South
and North.
A significant sign of the times is
the general revival of thrift all over
the country and it comes at a time
when it is most needed to meet the
losses which are inevitable for the
producer and the dealer during
period of declining prices.
Southern Educators Active.
In a letter to Superintendents
Schools in the Sixth Federal Reserve
District, Mr. Silas W. Davis, Director
of the War Loan Organization for
these States, enclosed letters from
the State Superintendents of Educa
tion of Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Tennessee and Mississippi, urging
superintendents, principals ’ and
teachers to push thrift instruction in
the schools and do everything in
their power to encourage the saving
habit. In the meantime news comes
from other States that educational
authorities, including John H. Finley,
Commissioner of Education for New
York, Dr. Justin F. Kimball, Superin¬
tendent of the Dallas schools, Calvin
H. Kendall, State Superintenhent of
Education for New Jersey, have sent
out strong letters to the county and
city superintendents urging them to
push thrift instruction.
Mr. William Mather Lewis, Direc¬
tor of the Savings Division, with
headquarters in Washington, has
thought so much of the importance of
this work that he has sent out a gen¬
! i letter on the subject of teaching
| era
children to save.
The following expressions from
State School Superintendents are
found in letters to Mr. Silas W. Da
vis, Director of the War Loan Organi¬
zation : , <*
It is a pleasuie to indorse the con¬
tinued action of the Government in
promoting habits of thrift by our
i young people. I hope and believe
|that every teacher in this State will
lend cooperation to this movement.
Hardly anything is of more impor¬
tance than the education of our peo¬
ple in habits of economy and thrift.
More than all others, the teachers
are able to do this work and I want
you and them to know that the State
Department of Education cordially
indorses training of this kind and
would like to see it introduced
throughout the State of Georgia.—
M. L. BRITTAIN, State Superinten¬
dent of Schools, Atlanta, Georgia.
Simple, economic habits form an
important part of a child’s education
nd the State Department of Public
Instruction hopes that the schools of
Tennessee will lend their efforts to¬
ward cooperation with the Govern¬
ment Agents promoting thrift educa
tion.—ALBERT WILLIAMS, State
Superintendent of Education,
ville, Tenn.
The plan of the United States
Government to emphasize the
of thrift through public schools
is commendable. The future pros-
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GEORGIA UPSETS DOPE
DICK HARTLEY STARRED FOR
RED AND BLACK IN WINNING
GAME AT COLUMBUS LAST
SATURDAY.
(By Jimmie Fagan, Jr.)
Georgia 7, Auburn 0; that’s the
result of one of the fiercest battles
that was ever waged beneath a South¬
ern blue sky.
With all the dope against us and
the loyal supporters of Auburn spot¬
ting Georgia 14 points, no out-sider
expected the old Red and Black to
win, but l guess the boys from
Donehue’s School are singing that
little song entitled, “That’s where
money goes, spotting Ole (^eorgia 3 4
points.” But there were eleven men
in the state of Georgia who knew
they were going to have Tiger meat
or supper last Saturday night, and
here was 1,200 who thought nothing
else but the same. Among these
eleven men will be found a boy from
Fort Valley who, with the aid of his
team, wrecked Auburn’s beeves last
Saturday. This is the first time in
five years that the Ole Red and
Black flag has been carried across
their ancient rival’s goal and planted,
i’ut there was rejoicing when D.ck
if.utley -caugh, a forward pass for
fifteen yards and lay gently down on
h.s alma mater's ancuot rival'c tcr
) itory.
Dick is as fleet footed as a deer
and will no doubt make ail southern,
and only justice could be handed out
to him to be picked on an all Am 1 li¬
can.
Georgia’s score came in the first
quarter, and from then on the strug¬
gle to hold the heaviest line in the
world began for Georgia, and the ef¬
forts of Auburn to cross old Geor
gia’s goal started. But there was no
crossing of Georgia’s goal and Geor
gia’s captain, “Bum” Day, knew that
there would not be any crossing of
his goal. Altho Georgia’s star tackle
was taken out of the game right
I after the first touch-down was made,
j Georgia’s line held like a brick wall
| against that bunch of beeves.
There was a good crowd from Fort
Valley to see ole Dick wreck Auburn,
and after the game he told me that
he put everp thing he had in it to
show those who had come over to see
him play his appreciation. He said
he was certainly glad to see so many
Fort Valley people interested in the
game, and that he did his part to
“twist the Tiger’s tail.”
perity of our State and Nation de¬
pends upon the ability of our young
people to realize the benefits to be
reaped through studied economy and
thrift. The State Department of Edu¬
cation of Alabama is heartily in ac¬
cord with this purpose of the Govern¬
ment.—JOHN W. ABERCROMBIE,
Superintendent of Education, Mont¬
gomery, Ala.
The effort of the .federal govern¬
ment in establishing thrift organiza¬
tions in the public schools merits the
hearty approval and support of pa¬
trons of the schools in general, and
particularly the educators of the
land, because general waste is ap¬
parent in this country in almost
everything. The habit of saving must
prove of great economic value to the
individuals in the schools, and its dis¬
ciplinary force will be of incalculable
benefit in producing a great • and
powerful people.—W. N. SHEATS,
State Superintendent, Tallahassee,
Fla.
The State Department of Educa¬
tion endorses the action of the Gov¬
ernment in promoting habits of thrift
among our young people. It is the
w ish of this Department that the
teachers lend their best efforts to¬
ward the establishment of thrift or
yanizations in the public schools in
this State, j W. BROOM, Assist
ant State Superintendent of Educa
tion, Jackson, Miss.
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Little Miss Helen Wright enter
ta j ned a number of her small friends
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
tgf Mr . and M rs. William
j Wright, tn celebration of „ her , fourth „ ,,
birthday. ____
