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Volume XXXII, Number 65.
TO FACILITATE
I CROP
WAR FINANCE PLAN URGED
SECRETARY HOUSTON TO
RELIEVE STRAIN
SOUTH'S TRABE
Chairman Of Senate
Committee Sends Urgent Tele¬
gram To Treasury Secretary
New Orleans.—Employment of
finance corporation machinery to
cilitate movement of crops anti
lieve the financial tension
out the country was recommended
(Senator William M. Calder of
York, chairman of the senate
mittee on reconstruction, in a
gram sent to David F. Houston,
retary of the treasury. The
followed a hearing by the
on the housing situation in this
tion.
The telegram sent by Senator
der follows:
“Bankers and business men
central and southern sections
commercial channels congested
unprecedented crops of cotton,
animal production and so forth
financial tension extreme,
this dangerous situation can he
urably relieved by employment of
finance corporation machinery, to
cilitate foreign distribution.
machinery is in your bands.
too strongly urge its immediate
ployment.
Senator Calder, in a statement
duiing the concluding session of
hearing here, declared that it
necessary to revive the war
corporation to prevent stagnation
business and consequent
ment of labor. “We have a
of commodities and foreign
have great need for them,” he
“but they have no money with
to buy. It has been strongly
by the producers of animal and
cultural products in the cities which
w r e have visited that we should
every available effort to revive our
export trade through the agency of the
war finance corporation, which is
able to extend credit to American ex¬
porters and bankers upon good for¬
eign securities. Delegations of cotton
growers have come to me in New
Orleans, Memphis and St. Louis, rep¬
resentatives of farmers and wheat
growers have come to me in Kansas
City, Omaha, and DeMoines, produc¬
ers of animal products in Kansas City,
Omaha, St. Louis and Denver — all
with the same story: that there is a
backing up of trade from our ports
of export and that if this continues
and increases it will bring about se¬
rious consequences of unemployment
and financial strain.”
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CITY TAX NOTICE
The Tax Books of the City of P’ort
Valley are now open at the Clerk’s
office for payment of 1920 City Tax¬
es. Pay now and avoid fi. fa., inter¬
est and costs.
L. P. GRAY
Adv. Clerk. and Treas.
MISS FAGAN’S PARTY FOR
MISS GLADYS STEPHENS
One of the prettiest affair’s of the
Thanksgiving season was the bride
party given Tuesday evening by Miss
Audrey Fagan, which was a lovely
compliment to Miss Gladys Steph¬
ens, the charming guest of Mrs. John
Allen.
The attractive home of the host¬
ess was aglow with its cheery fires
and profuse decorations of yellow
chrysanthemums. The Thanksgiving
idea was emphasized throughout the
evening. The score cards bore the
turkey insignia. There were four ta¬
bles of players and progressive games
were played. At the conclusion of the
games an attractively served two
course dinner consisting of a delight¬
ful salad course with fruit punch, fol¬
lowed by iced cream molded into the
semblance of a turkey, and cake, was
enjoyed.
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By means of the crescograph, a de¬
vice invented by Sir Jagadis Chan¬
dra Bose,an Indian savant, a num¬
ber of London scientists have been
able to watch a plant growing and
study the beating of what in vegeta¬
ble life corresponds to the heart of
an animal.
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The world record for distance
telephoning was made by a combina¬
tion of wire and wireless phones, con¬
versation being carried on between
an operator at Avalon, Santa Cata¬
lina Island, 30 miles from Los An¬
geles harbor and the steamer Glou¬
cester, 200 miles off Philadelphia,
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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1920. EIGHT PAGES
WAS A 616 SUCCESS
PERFORMERS COVER THEM¬
SELVES WITH GLORY. MANY
TURNED AWAY FIRST NIGHT.
GROSS RECEIPTS $481.25.
The home-talent minstrel show giv¬
en last Friday night, and repeated
Saturday night by way of amends to
those who could not get seats Friday
night, at the Austin Theatre under
the auspices of the Civic Improve¬
ment of the History Club, with the
cooperation of the Civic Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce
others, was successful beyond
most sanguine expectations of the
promoters. It was successful in ev¬
ery respect. It was a splendid show.
No professional minstrel troupe could
have approximated the performance
j °f the splendid local talent partici
pating, with scarsely more than a
rehearsing. Everybody (who
could get in) enjoyed the show im¬
mensely. Every one who had any¬
thing to do with the show, by way of
participation, direction or business
management, did his and her part
splendidly, willingly, enthusiastically.
Everything went off trom beginning
to end withoht the least friction or
dissatisfaction—except on the part of
those who couldn’t get in after buy¬
ing tickets, and to these the man¬
agement does feel that apologies are
due. The fact of the matter is that
the committee in charge of the busi¬
ness management had never put on
a minstrel show before; they hadn’t
anticipated in the least such an over¬
whelming patronage; no one thought
or had time to count the seats in the
auditorium and to see that only as
many tickets were sold as there were i
seats. Such a contingency as “selling
out the house” just hadn’t entered
anyone’s head. You see, the commit¬
tee had never had any experience
before in advertising. They know now
that it pays.
Get Money Back
The committee authorizes the an
nouncement that all who bought
tickets and who could not get in will
have thier money refunded if they
will mail their tickets, names and ad¬
dresses to Mrs. J. M. Martin, ehair
man of the Civic Improvement Com
mittee.
A number of articles of apparel
were left at the theatre by partici¬
pants in the show. These will be re¬
turned to the owners if they will ap¬
ply to Mrs. Geo. Johnson or Mrs. J.
M. Martin.
Thanks and commendation are due
to so many who so generously and
ca pably contributed to the success of (
the show that there would be danger
of omitting some one if any names
were mentioned. As there was only
one theatre used, however, the com¬
mittee especially desire to make pub¬
lic acknowledgement of the generos¬
ity and public spirit evinced by Dr.
Geo. H. Slappey in tendering the use
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For the days with blessings laden For the grace to help another,
From the Father who supplies As we toil beneath the sun,
Every blessing short of Eden And to raise a fallen brother, m
Praise we now the Holy One.
And no real good denies— m
Thou hast heard the harvest singing,
For the Cross and its sweet story, Man’s dull ear caught not the
sm. i For the light it sheds abroad, strain, * t\
And its bright increasing glory, And the prayer-bells earth set ring¬
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m When the sun beat on the plain.
For the light that’s daily growing, Thou hast answered, gracious Father,
Herald of the blessed morn, In Thy blessings’ rich outpour;
And the splender it is throwing Hear Thy children as they gather
On the nations most forlorn, Offering thanks for all Thy store.
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COME HERE TO CAPTURE
TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR BUG
Three representatives of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Entomology, have arrived
in Fort Valley and moved into their
headquarters at 137 South Miller St.
These gentlemen are Messrs. O. I.
Snapp, E. R. Selkregg and E. R. Van
Leeuwen. They are here to assist the
growers in controlling the eurculio
and other peach pests which have
caused such serious losses during the
past two seasons. They have a defin
ite program to place before the or
chardists of this section, which will,
if properly carried through, correct
the conditions which have caused
such heavy losses from peach pests,
and which will cause the Georgia
peach again to attain its unsurpass¬
ed place on the markets of this coun¬
try.
In order to carry out this program
efficiently a most hearty and close
cooperation of every grower in this
region must be obtained, say these
of his»-handsome theatre without
charge. All who helped in atjy way,
including those who patronized the
performances, have their reward—
and those who were disappointed,
their solace—in the fact that they
will be joint participants in the pro¬
ceeds of the show, which will be ap¬
plied to civic enterprise to the enjoy¬
ment of which all citizens of the com¬
munity have an equal right.
Tht gross receipts for the first
night were $357.50, and for the sec¬
ond night $123.75—total $481.25.
The total expenses were $124.00, and
$50.00 will be given to the Thomas
Library Association, members of
which so ably contributed to the suc
cess of the show. This leaves a net
balance of $307.25 to be applied to
civic improvement.
Pretty nice, wouldn’t you say?
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THE HISTORY CLUB TO MEET
WITH MRS. J. M. MARTIN
The History Club will meet on
Tuesday afternoon, November 30th,
with Mrs. J. M. Martin. Mrs. H. P.
Sanchez is chairman of the program
for this meeting, the subject being
“Modern Essayists.” Those who will
take part will be Mrs. Frank Vance,
Mrs. W. J. Braswell, Mrs. Ralph New¬
ton and Mrs. Tom Murphey. The mu¬
sic committee will arrange for some
members on the program.
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CARITHERS’ PARTY
FOR THE MISSES LOWE
Complimenting her guests, Misses
and Lynda Lowe, of Buena
Miss Etta Carithers entertain¬
at a pretty dinner party Thurs¬
evening. The guests included
Lowe, Helen Marshall, Susie
Messrs. Hugh Smisson, Louis
Brown, J. L. Graham, W. R. Fuller
Louis Singleton.
gentlemen. They are making a survey
of the district to familiarize them
selves with local conditions, although
the condtions here are quite similar
to those under which they have work¬
ed in recent years in near-by South¬
ern states. They especially invite
conference at the laboratory in this
city, and are anxious to meet all
growers at the first opportunity.
The detailed program for the cap
ture of this two-million-dollar cuvcu
lio will be placed before the growers
at a mass meeting to be held here
within the next few weeks, at which
it is of paramount importance to
have every grower in the district
from the orchardist with a few dozen
trees to the large commercial grower,
so that the full cooperation of all
will be obtained in order that our
next peach crop will not result in
enormous losses ns the past two have
done.
MAYOR NEIL HEADS SALE
OF TUBERCULOSIS SEALS
The field secretary of the Raoul
Foundation and Division of Tubercu¬
losis of the State Board of Health
was in this city Tuesday in the inter¬
est of the annual sale of the Tuber¬
culosis Christmas Seals, or the seal
of the double-barred cross, the em¬
blem of anti-tuberculosis work the
world over. Mr. H. C. Neil, Mayor,
has accepted the chairmanship of a
committee which will handle the sale
of the seals during the month of De¬
cember.
The bright little seals sell for a
penny each, and all the money goes
to fight tuberculosis in Georgia, and
this is the only source of revenue for
this very worthy work. The local com
mittee will retain a certain percent-1
age of the proceeds of the sale for j
health work in this city and county.
Everyone will be given an oppor¬
tunity during December to purchase
seals for letters and Christmas pack¬
ages. Health Bonds will also be sold
for -5.00 to those wishing to contrib¬
ute in this way to the work. Sub-com¬
mittees will be appointed from all the
local organizations, in the schools,
and throughout the county, and the
sale will begin December first and
continue through Christmas. Mr. W.
E. Faulkner, the gentleman who vis
ited us this week, has promised to
return during the sale and help out
the committee.
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LOST—A lady’s gold pin, round,
with pearl in center. Leave at 117
Church St. and get reward. 11-25-lt
The regular monthly meeting of
the W. C. T. U. will be held with Mrs.
Ralph Newton on Wednesday, Dec.
1st, at three o’clock.
HAITI OPPRESSED
UNDER CIVIL RULE
DECLARATION MADE IN A 3,000
WORD STATEMENT FROM
HAITIEN PRESIDENT
BLANCHARD BEING CRITICISED
ATTeged That Civil Administration In
Haiti Is More Oppressive
Than Military
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.—The Ameri¬
can civil administration in Haiti 1 b
“ more oppressive than the military,"
President Dartiguenave declared in a
3,000-word statement he made recent¬
ly, attacking the public service of
Minister Blanchard and John Mcll
henny, financial adviser of the black
republic.
The president charges that since the
American occupation no effective aid
has been given Haiti for development
of its agricultural and industrial re¬
sources, as stipulated in the treaty, and
that no serious measure has been pro¬
posed with a view to placing Haiti’s
finances on a truly solid basis.”
Mr. Mcllhenny is in Washington,
and the minister declines to be seen.
Calling attention to the fact that
the financial adviser, as named by
him on the proposal of President Wil¬
son, is in effect a Haitien official,
who is paid $10,000 a year from Hai¬
tien funds, the president says:
“In reality the financial adviser
does not report to the Haitien gov¬
ernment ; it is the Haitien govern
ment that he pretends to submit to
sovereign will. The facts are numer¬
ous which show the omnipotence the
financial adviser attributes to him¬
self.
"Nothing can give more striking
idea of this omnipotence than the con¬
fiscation by the financial adviser,
aided by the American minister, of
the salaries of the president of the
republic, the secretaries of state, the
members of the legislative council,
because the government refused to
insert in the contract of the National
Bank of Haiti, an establishment con¬
trolled by the National City Bank of
New York, a clause prohibiting the
importation into Haiti of foreign gold,
which the adviser wished to impose.
This (adviser) equally prevented a
vote on the budget, contrary to the
voice of the Haitien constitution.”
The financial adviser, the president
asserts, has made no inquiry into the
validity of Haitien debts, has recom¬
mended no perfected method of bank¬
ing the revenues, and made no recom¬
mendation for the welfare and pros¬
perity of the republic. In the face
of “the inertia” of the “financial ad¬
viser” the government multiplied its
efforts, according to the president, who
charges:
“The numerous financial projects,
agricultural, educational administrat¬
ive and rural organizations, meet the
opposition of the American officials,
or lie without response in the archives
of the American legation.”
Admitting that his own proposals
were not perfect, the president com¬
plains because the civil functionaries
failed to propose modifications or sub¬
stitutes. After his plans had been
turned down, the president says this
is what happened:
“And it is in the name of the gov¬
ernment of the United States that
the American minister comes each
time to impose on the government and
the Haitien people the requirements
least commendable of the American of¬
ficials, paid for with Haitien money,
if the government refuses, the worst,
humiliations are inflicted.”
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JOYNER—HODGE
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Joyner an¬
nounce the marriage of their daugh¬
ter, Myrtie, to Mr. Augustus Carol
Hodge of Griffin, the ceremony tak¬
ing place Sunday afternoon, Novem¬
ber 21st, at the residence of Rev. J.
W. Stokes, only a few Immediate rel¬
atives being present. After the cer¬
emony the happy couple left for their
future home in Griffin,
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HUCKABY—LYON
Mr. W. A. Lyon, Jr., and Miss Le¬
ona Huckaby of Fitzgerald were
married in that city on Tuesday, No¬
vember 23rd. The wedding was large¬
ly attended and many handsome pres¬
ents were received.
Mr. Lyon is the son of Chief of
Police W. A. Lyon of Fort Valley,
and brought his bride here Wednes¬
day to spend a few days with his par¬
ents before reporting back on Dec¬
ember 4th for naval service at Gulf¬
port, Miss. Mrs. Lyon will then re¬
turn to ser duties as clerk for Mr. J.
B. Smith, roadmaster of the A. B. and
A. railroad, at Fitzgerald.
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No metaphysician ever felt the de¬
of language so much as the
Lacon,
WITH THREE
JUDGE GUNN ON BENCH
JUDGE RILEY. BAR
COMPLIMENT RETIRING
ITOR R. E. BROWN.
Perry, Ga., Nov. 24.—The
Court adjourned Tuesday
to Monday, December 6th, when
appearance docket will be called
a jury drawn for the January
Judge Will Gunn of Macon
sided Monday in the trial of
cases in which Judge Riley was
qualified. The cases were those
A. B. Ramage vs. M. B. Riley and
Cooper Jones, dispossessory
rant; and A. B. Ramage vs. M. B.
Riley, distress warrant and
affidavit. The whole day was con¬
sumed in the trial of the cases,
plaintiff being represented by C. E.
Brunsoi and F. M. Greene of Perry
and the defendant by M. Felton
Hatcher of Macon and Duncan and
Nunn of Perry. The cases were giv¬
en to the jury late in the afternoon
and at 10 o’clock at night a mistrial
was declared, the jury being unable
to agree.
On Tuesday the case of the State
vs. F. G. Hobbs for having whiskey
in his possession in his place of busi¬
ness in Fort Valley was taken up
and consumed nearly the whole day,
and the jury, not being aole to agree,
a mistrial was declared in this case
also.
At the conclusion of the business
on Tuesday afternoon, the bar by
members present expressed in appro¬
priate short talks their appreciation
of the services of the retiring Solic¬
itor, Robert E. Brown, whose term
expires on January 1st, and this be
ing his last regular session of court,
Those speaking were the incoming
solicitor, J. W. Bloodworth, A. C.
Riley, Jr., F. M. Greene, Emmett
Houser, Judge A. C. Riley and C. E.
Brunson, to which talks Solicitor
Brown, in touching remarks, thanked
the Bar for their complimentary re¬
marks of hiV. The following resolu¬
tion was drawn up by J. W. Blood
worth and Emmett Houser, appoint¬
ed by the Court, and ordered spread
upon the minutes:
“This being the last term of the
City Court of Houston County at
which Hon. R. E. Brown will serve
Solicitor, the members of the Bar
practising at this court desire to ex¬
their appreciation of the hon¬
and efficient service during
the twelve years of his incumbency
this office. With a fidelity worthy
emulation he has at all times per¬
the duties devolving upon
as Solicitor and in every instance
at all times accorded every cour¬
to the members of the Bar. In
of his splendid record as Solic¬
of the City Court of Houston
it is moved by the Court that
expression of the appreciation
his services be placed upon the
of the Court. • >
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