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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE CO.
JOEL MANN MARTIN,
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Published every Thursday.
Entered as secjnd-clas.j matter
the post office at Fort Valley,
Ga., under the act of March
3, 1870.
CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY
In our issue of last week we pub¬
lished an editorial under the caption
“Another Civic Matter," in which wc
suggested the need of greater at¬
tention being paid to the sanitary
condition of Fort Valley and to meas¬
ures looking to the prevention of the
spread of disease.
We want to bring out the point
clearly that this is a matter primari¬
ly concerning each individual citi¬
zen, and is not a responsibility rest¬
ing solely upon the city government.
Government in America—munid
pal, county, state and national—We
boast, is “by consent of the govern¬
ed.’’ In a small municipality it is par¬
ticularly true that government is con¬
ditioned very largely upon the con¬
sent of the citizens. No municipal
government in a small town can sltc
cessuflly enforce ordinances with
which a majority of its influential
citizens are not in sympathy Doc¬
tors cannot compel 'he isolation of
communicable diseases if the people
are not sufficiently advanced in
their ideas to give rheir cooperation.
It is primarily up to eacri resident to
keep his premises .'lean, free from
pools, garbage dumps and other such
sources of disease and disease carry
ing vermin arid insects, and to u»e
every intelligent, com ah" ate pre au
tion to prevent others Iror.i contract¬
ing any communicable disease pres¬
ent in bis household.
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THE RED CROSS ROLL CALL
The appeal of the Red Cross was
again presented to the people of Fort
Valley this week in the fourth roll
call. A number of the good-women
and young ladies of our city, from
whom every good and worthy call al¬
ways meets with a sympathetic res¬
ponse, upon the almost despairing so¬
licitation of the earnest young lady
who came here twice from the Atlan¬
ta Red Cross headquarters to organ¬
ize the local chapter for the fourth
roll call, nnd at a great sacrifice of
their convenience and various inter¬
ests, agreed to assume the responsi¬
bility of renewing as many as possi¬
ble of the 400 or more Red Cross
memberships here at $1.00 each.
These earnest women have neg¬
lected their home duties, foregone
their social pleasures, ami devoted
their time and zeal for three or four
days, not for their personal gain, nor
because they—refined women they
are—just naturally enjoy soliciting
money from people, not all of whom
are cheerful givers; but for the cause
of HUMANITY.
No organization outside of those
of the Christian religion, perhaps, lias
done so much for suffering humani¬
ty as the Red Cross. For thirty-nine
years it has functioned unselfishly
for the alleviation of the wounded,
diseased ami calamity-stricken. War
born, it has rendered its most con
spicuous service in times of war, but
its service of mercy to suffering hu¬
manity is by no means confined to
periods of actual warfare. Its peace¬
time mission, while less conspicuous,
is perhaps no less valuable in the mit¬
igation of suffering.
Since the last great war ended the
Red Cross has been zealously work¬
ing to help sick and wounded ex
service men get needed hospital
treatment which their government
owes them but has been all too slow
in providing; to furnish trained
nurses to hospitals and municipali¬
ties in times of stress, as in the La
Grange, Ga., West Point, Ga., Man¬
chester, Ga., and Wall Street disas¬
ters; to look after the dependents of
sick and wounded ex-service men
while the latter are in hospitals; to
provide trained nurses to disease
smitten communities and to instruct
school girls and women in health and
hygiene; to cooperate with state and
federal boards of health in the erad¬
ication of malaria, a great deal of
which work has been done in South
Georgia.
These peace-time functions of the
Red Cross are of a distinctly need¬
ful, humanitarian character—and the
cost is $1.00 per year from a com¬
paratively few people in each com¬
munity. Last year about 400 of Fort
Valley’s 3,226 people contributed a
dollar each to this cause. What is
5400.00 to Fort Valley? What might
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA THE LEADER-TRIBUNE.
not the Red Cross service mean
Fort Valley in time of a seFtous
demic or other disaster, or in
prevention of disease through the
struction of the present and
mothers of our city in health and
giene, or in the eradication of
ria from our city?
It is to be greatly deplored
right on the eve of this fourth
Cross roll call, timed, as it were,
Machavellian shrewdness,
has been given to a letter from a
content whose evil fame should
be memorialized by the
of his name, attacking the
activities of the Red Cross. It is
be hoped that no one in a city
such high average intelligence
Christian culture as Port Valley,
been influenced by this letter to
hold his dollar—his fifty-five
from these zealous ladies who
devoting their time so unselfishly
this worthy cause; especially
having information as to the
of the writer of the letter
to or proof of the truth of his
gations. There are dangerous,
ious propagandists still abroad in
land whose sole aim is to
to break every tie that binds
together and to bring chaos into
country. It would be a sad
tary upon our intelligence if,
the manifold and indisputable
of tiie great service the Red
has rendered, and is still
and will continue to render to
fering humanity, this carping
cism of one disgruntled,
person with a foreign-sounding
could cause us to refuse our
to this organization.
Man, if you haven’t given up
paltry dollar, go find one of the
Cross ladies and thrust it into
fair, faithful hands, Other
hands, with a red cross on the
or sleeves above them, may some
soothe your broken body or that
one you love.
An idea of the benefit gained
application of the calcium
treatment developed and recommend
ed by the United States
of Agriculture against the cotton-bob
weevil is found in the experience of
a large planter at Tallulah, La. With
the exception of certain test plats,
this man’s entire acreage was dusted
with calcium arsenate, the cost
$9.20 an acre. He obtained an av¬
erage yield of 1,215 pounds of seed
cotton to the acre on the land sur¬
rounding the test plats while the un¬
poisoned test plats averaged only 300
pounds, of about 25 per cent of the
yield on the poisoned cotton. Thus
his net profit from poisoning on these
areas on sales made before declining
prices of cotton was about $120 an
acre.
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HOLDERS OF LIBERTY BONDS
TO GET SEVENTY MILLIONS
The United States Treasury will
pay $70,000,000 in interest to holders
of Liberty Bonds on November fif¬
teenth. This periodical windfall of
interest money, which comes to mil¬
lions of people as the result of their
war time savings, will be a Godsend
to some who have fallen on less pros¬
perous times. Many a man or woman
who is out of work will receive some
of this money and it will be like a life
saver in time of storm. This is an ob¬
lesson on the value of the saving
By the way it is an excellent
to put some of this money in
Savings Stamps or Certifi¬
which will increase in value
month and form a growing
fund that will always
in well in ease of need.
Competent authorities estimate
the people of the United States
$500,0.00,000 annually on fake
and fraudulent stocks. Those
receive interest money from the
have good cause to be
that they chose the safest
in the world and let the
and frauds go by, The evil of
promotion and the sale
fraudulent stocks and fake
has reached such proportions
Chambers of Commerce, banks
leading newspapers are forced to
frequent warnings against
schemes to protect the public
greater losses.
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Beneath the ruins of a temple in
scientists have discovered a
necropolis containing
of mummified bodies of
sacred Ibis, each neatly packed
crumpled papyrus (ancient Egyp¬
manuscripts) which, say investi¬
appear to consist of every¬
from love letters to washing
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S LIBRARY AUXILIARY
MEETING POSTPONED A WEEK
The meeting of the Woman’s Aux¬
which was to be held Wednes¬
Nov. 24th. has been postponed
Wednesday, Dec. 1st, at three
At this meeting Miss Emily Keen
be hostess at her home on Per¬
Street.
An interesting program is prom
Publicity Chairman,
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A new portrait of John L. Cope
who is head of a party which has
London on behalf of the British
perial antarctic expedition to visit
antarctic region for two years.
INCOME TAX GOES UPWARD
Lone Star State Leads Southern
States, With Empire State Of
The South Fourth
Washington.—Despite the loss of
seventy-four members of the coun¬
try's million-a-year income class, the
taxable Income of the United Status
Increased In lifts by over $2,272,000,
as compared witli 1917, according to
the income statistics just issued by
the bureau of internal revenue. In¬
come reported for 1918 amounted to
$15,924,639,865 against about $13,700,
000,000 in 1917, though 141 persons
filed returns for incomes of $1,000,
000 or over in 1917 and only 67 in
1918.
Personal returns filed during 1918
amounted to 4,425,114 and the tax,
both normal and surtax, amounted to
$1,127,721,835, the average tax for
each Individual being $254.85, as
compared with 1917, a growth of 952,-
224 was shown in the number of re¬
turns filed. The Increase in the to¬
tal tax wus $436,228,881.
Returns for Income of from $500,
000 to $1,000,000 were filed by 178
persons, while 1,016,938 persons filed
returns for income from $1,000 to $2,
000. Incomes from $2,000 to $3,000
were shown on 1,496,878 returns and
from $3,000 to $4,000 In 610,097 re¬
turns. For incomes from $6,000 to
$10,000 319,356 returns were filed and
for incomes from $10,000 to $15,000
69,992 returns.
Over thirty thousand persons made
returns on incomes from $15,000 to
$20,000, and 16,000 on incomes from
$20,000 to $25,000, while 9,996 persons
reported incomes of from $50,000 to
$100,000 and 2,358 made returns for
incomes between $100,000 to $150,000.
The largest tax, ^mounting to $147,-
128,655 was colected on incomes from
$50,000 to $100,000, with $142,448,679
collected on Incomes from $10,000 to
$25,000 next. Incomes between $1,000
and $2,000 paid $23,481,000.
The number of wives filing sepa¬
rate returns from thetr husbands was
36,942, the income represented being
$33,218,749.
Of the industrial groups from which
income was derived agricultural and
related Industries led. with 372,336 re¬
turns reporting a tolal net income
of $1,122,532,163.
Permission To Issue $4,000,000 Bonds
Washington.—The interstate com¬
merce commission has granted per¬
mission to the Gulf, Mobile and North¬
ern railroad to issue four million dol
lars' worth of 6% gold bonds to be
lated October 1. 1920. The issue will
mature October 1. 195U. As the issue
$1,194,000 must he held in the com¬
pany's treasury to secure future short
time notes, the announcement says,
the remainder to be used as security
for promissory notes to he given in
renewal of outstanding bank loans, to
secure indebtedness of $1,150,000 to
the United States government,
Greece Rejoices As Venizelos Leaves
Athens, Greece,—Former Premier
Venizelos, whose government was re¬
cently overthrown by the ejections,
before leaving Greece issued a mes¬
to the Greek people telling them
was without hard feeling toward
because of their decision. The
runs: “1 bear no bitterness
account of your vote, as I believe
would have been difficult for any
nation to have remained under
8tvo years after the armistice.”
Accus'd Of Scattering Typhus
London.—Sir Hamar Greenwood,
secretary for Ireland, stated in
house of commons that during a
raid in Ireland troops captur¬
a document sent by the conmian
of the Irish republican
to his chief of staff, containing
series of remarkable and horrifying
regarding tire spreading
typhoid germs among the troops,
glanders among the cavalry
TAKING IHE PLACE
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In the Treatment of Colds and
Grippe—Collier’s Capatone,
a Compound Solution of
Genuine Aspirin With Other
Valuable Ingredients Added.
A quick warm up and instant re¬
lief, with no fear of affecting the
Heart or Stomach.
Capatone is highly recommended
for headaches, neuralgia, rheuma¬
tism, nervous headache nervous¬
ness, lumbago, earache, and tooth¬
ache.
Ruy a bottle for 30c or 60c, take
one dose and ask for your money
back if you are not satisfied with
results.
Capatone is sold by all drug
stores.
EYE TEST SERVES AS CHECK
UPON CATTLE
The eye test for detecting
culosis in cattle has the approval
the scientists of the Bureau of
mal Industry, United States
ment of Agriculture. The
or eye test is used as a check
the older methods, as it happens
casionally that an animal that will
react to the subcutaneous
or intraderma! test will react to
eye test.
Two tuberculin tablets are
in the conjunctival sac beneath
lower lid of the left eye, and
cations are taken at
the third hour following and at
quent intervals up to 24 hours.
acion to the test is indicated by
charge and swelling.
The Bureau of Animal Industry
not prepared to accept the
of the eye test alone when cattle
intended for interstate shipment.
test, however, furnishes an
al safeguard when used with the
er method.
The eye test is not well
for use upon range cattle or cattle in
transit, because of the possibility
dust setting up an irritation not
lated to tuberculosis. It has its
use on the dairy farm, where
tions are such as to give sure results.
The experts have observed that in
herds which are frequently tested by
the subcutaneous method it is advis¬
able to apply the intradermal and the
eye test. The iombined tests some¬
times detect reactors which have es¬
caped detection by other means.
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Spruce is used in the manufacture
of airplanes because of its great
strength in comparison with its
weight, its uniform texture and its
freedom from defects.
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Under a new marriage law a Swed¬
ish husband and wife may dissolve
their marriage on agreement, or le¬
gal application.
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A Twentieth-Century Creed ij
From the lips of some wise man comes the practical
admonition: t 4 Know thy business. yy
And, recognizing a sound knowledge of one’s busi¬
ness as the first essential, the modern business man
might well adopt a second or supplementary creed:
ii Discuss your business
with your'banker. 99
Our patrons regard candid, open discussion of per*
plexing problems with our Officers of inestimable as
sistance.
Your account invited.
Citizens Bank
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of Fort Valley
11 City, State and National Depository
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A duck that is cjuackless is
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imported into the United States
take its place with the seedless
termelon and the puckerless
mon. It is known as the
comes from Russia, and weighs
pounds dressed when only
months old.
» Charlotte, North Carolina,
a $500 bond to be put up by
taxicab driver in the city. This
will be forfeited automatically for
violation of the prohibition or
laws.
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The Double Tracked Trunk Line
Between
® Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington, D. C. m
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SINCE completion of the comotives with their tenders
i © double tracking and new con¬ have a combined weight of ©
! tS struction on the Southern Rail- 520,000 pounds, wnich is more ©
21 way System between Washing¬ than twice the weight of what ©
(<3) ton, D. C., and Atlanta, Ga., was considered the monster
the type of locomotive used has passenger engine of a few
| been increased in size and pow- years ago.
© er for both freight and passen- THE DESIGN of these big ©
ger service. engines has been worked out
(©) THE NEW DOUBLE- in the greatest detail, and they ©
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TRACKED line between Wash¬ are provided with every device
© ington, D. C., and Atlanta, Ga., for safety; as wen as comfort
(§) a distance of 648 miles, over to the operators and efficiency
9) which operate many of the in operation. They use super¬
© heaviest and most famous pas¬ heated steam, have power op- ©
:©j s' senger trains in this country, is era ted reverse gear and grate ©
of first class construction, and shakers, compound air pumps,
to keep pace with the increas- mechanically operated stokers,
9 ing weight of heavy trains of electric headlights and the la¬
© steel passenger cars operated test safety appliances.
© over the line, we have put in THE USE of these heavy en¬
© operation over this entire dis¬ gines has resulted in a very <§)
© tance the heaviest and most uniform train operation, and
powerful type of steam passen¬ consequent satisfaction to
© ger locomotive in use. These lo- travelers.
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Where there’s life in your ads,
there’s hope for better business.
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Sir Charles Renaud, a black fox
used for breeding purposes, is valued
at $18,000.
Sylvia Pankhurst, whose suffrage
activities in England caused her to
serve many days in prison, in in jail
again, this time on a charge of pub¬
lishing seditious literature.
Discovery of a race of pygmies, av¬
eraging only four feet in height, is
reported by an explorer who return¬
ed from Central Africa. The tribe is
called the Mambuti and they are
known as daring hunters of elephants
and rhinoceroses.