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The leading news
and advertising medi
um of the great Mid
die Georgia Peach and
Melon Belt.
Volume XXX11I, Number 3.
BANKERS TO PUSH
FOREIGN TRADE
MORE THAN 200 FINANCIERS ARt
SPONSORS FOR ORGANIZATION
FORMED AT CHICACO
READY FOR BUSINESS SOON
Corporation To Have Potential Ca
pacity For Carrying Billion Dol¬
lars’ Worth Of Business
Chicago.—The Foreign Trade Fi
nant-ing Corporation, with plans of t
capital of one hundred million dollars
and a potential capacity of carrying
a billion dollars’ worth of business or
Its books, has been launched for tht
announced purpose of stabilizing Unit
ed States foreign trade.
More than two hundred bankers
many internationally known, are
sponsors for the organization, which
It is announced probably will be
ready to begin its work shortly aftei
New Year’s.
While the . corporation .. . has . beer
launched, its organization will not be
completed for another ten days, when
a special committee of nine appointed
by the organizing committee of thirty,
will meet in New York to elect of.
ficers, choose a board of director?
and outline the first active steps to
he taken by the corporation. In the
meantime the committee will begin
the work of taking subscriptions sc
that the legal proceedings incident tc
organization of the corporation may
be rushed through and active work
begun.
The committee of nine will be
headed by John McHugh of New York
chairman of the marine and commerce
committee of the American Bankers
Associa.ion, who will announce its
personnel on his arrival In New York
in the near future.
Mr. McHugh, according to many ol
those present at the two-day organi
zatlon meeting, which ended Saturday
night, December 11, probably will be
chosen chairman of the board of di
rectors. He was offered the preslden
cy of the corporation by the commit
tee of thirty, according to several ol
its members, but declined, Preslden
tial possibilities, it is said, include
Julius Barnes of Duluth, James R
Forgan of Chicago and Herbert Hoo¬
ver.
Hope that the corporation will not
be limited to representatives of capi¬
tal is expressed by Richard Hawes of
St. Louis, retiring president of the
American Bankers’ Association, In an
address, at the conference, in which
he invited labor unions to take pait
in financing the corporat on.
“Many labor unions have large sur
plus funds whic cou e ma e o
bring good financial returns through
this corporation,” said Mr. Ha-wes,
’and we strongly urge them to Join
us in this work.”
The first subscription to the eor
poration was made by the Itlipois
Manufacturers’ Association, which
pledged five hundred thousand doliltrs
with the announcement that It w<old
double that amount if necessary.
Those present personally subsentoed
one hundred thousand dollars to be
used in defraying organization ex¬
penses.
ENRICO CARUSO, FAMOUS
TENOR, BURSTS BLOOD
VESSEL WHILE SINGING
New York.—Enrico Caruso, tenor,
burst a blood vessel in his throat
while singing at the Brooklyn Acad¬
emy of Music, The performance was
mopped.
Tile accident, which it was said is
not serious, occurred during the first
act of Donizetti’s L’Eliair d’Amore,”
but the tenor did not stop until the
next act.
A physician in the audience told him
it would not be wise to continue, for
if he did so the results might prove
serious.
The manager, in dismissing the aud¬
ience, said:
"Mr. Caruso assures me that he is
willing and even anxious to finish the
performance, if you wish him to.
is for you to decide.”
“No!” came the answer from al
most every person in the big thea
ter, which was crowded.
Chicago Negroes Accept Wage Cut
Chicago.—More than seventy
sand negro laborers of Chicago and
vicinity have agreed to accept a re
duction in wages rather than lose
their jobs on account of reduced pro
duction, R. E. Parker, president of
the American Labor Union, an- "
Bounces, He says the union controls
more than fifty thousand unskilled
and skilled workers In the stock yards
here, the steel mills at Gary, Ind., and
in foundries, factories and docks in
about Chicago.
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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920.
MISS CARRIE RILEY IS
DEM. ILLNESS
DEATH OF BELOVED YOUNG WO¬
MAN AT PLAINS FRIDAY IS
CAUSE OF DEEP SORROW
HERE. FUNERAL SUNDAY.
The death of Miss Carrie Riley,
eldest daughter of Judge and Mrs. A.
C. Riley of Fort Valley, which oc¬
curred at the Plains, Ga., Sanitarium
Friday afternoon, brought deep sor¬
row to the hearts of many friends
and relatives in this section of the
! state.
Miss Riley had been m ill health
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tor month . and , ,, had ,
a or more
at . the Plains „ Sanitarium .. under , treat- . t
ment several weeks, having gone
there on the suggestion of friends
who had known of the successful
' that
treatment of similar cases at
stitution . While her condition was
; known t0 relatives and friends to
ious for R week or more> her death
: in . the early prime of womanhood
was a shock to her relatives and
™ de c,rcle * f " end » among whom
s^was was a socia a y° an favoi. lt woman e^ ot unus
ual intellectual gift, personal charm
and social graces, staunch and true
as a friend and to the obligations
a nd privileges of her home life.
i The funeral service was held Sun
day a f ternoon at 2:00 o’clock at
family res j dence here, and was con
(|ucted by Ruv c R j enk j ns pastor
Methodist church, of which
^ ^ a Rey r
C. Pugh of the Baptist church as
■**«•«•. Beautiful and tender tribute
, ai<i by the officiating clergymen
was P
to the character of the deceased. In
terment was at Oaklawn Cemetery,
A. large attendance of friends and
(relatives from this and neighboring
communities and a profusion of ex
quisite floral offerings attested the
universal esteem in which the deceas
ed was held,
1 The pall bearers were Dr. W. L.
Nance, Dr. W. H. Hafer, Messrs. A.
j J. Evans, C. E. Martin, J. L. Brown,
J. W. Woolfolk.
The nearest surviving relatives are
the father and mother of the deceas
ed, Judge and Mrs. A. C. Riley; two
brothers, A. C. Riley, Jr., of Fort
Valley, and Howard Riley of Miami,
Fla.; two sisters, Miss Eugenia Riley
of Fort Valley, and Mrs. Gladys Ri
j j ey Durr of Jamieson, Hays Fla.; and Mrs. and two Os
, aun t; S) Mrs. J. E.
, car McKenzie of Montezuma. Besidps
^h ese there are other relatives in
Marshallville and elsewhere.
Many fljends deeply sympathize
with the bereaved family and other
relatives.
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HEARINGS IN PROGRESS IN
SHEPARD POISONING CASE
The hearings of applications for
bail for the four persons held in con¬
nection with the alleged poisoning of
Fred D. Shepard, under a .4 show
cause ft order granted by Judge H.
A. Mathews, and amounting practi¬
cally to a preliminary trial, were be¬
gun before Judge Mathews in Bibb
County court house at Macon on
Tuesday morning, and were contin¬
ued Wednesday, with the prospect of
being drawn out through the remain¬
der of the week.
The attorneys for the defense are
credited with having gained a point
in their favor in the first day’s spar¬
ring in having their contention grant¬
ed by the court that the State be re¬
quired to confront the accused with
its witnesses and oral testimony with
privilege of cross examination, in¬
stead of basing its case entirely upon
affidavits.
The witnesses called to the stand
by Solicitor Garrett on Wednesday
were the same who testified before
the coroner’s jury in Fort Valley
on December 27—Dr. M. S. Brown,
Dr. Edgar Everhardt and Dr. John
Funke—and their testimony was sub
stantially the same as then, the cross
i questioning by the attorneys for the
. defense serving, if anything, to make
. their testimony more emphatic that
j Mr. Shepard’s death was due to bi
I chloride of mercury entering the'ali¬
mentary canal through the mouth.
The efforts of the defense to break
down or minimize the effect of this
testimonf was apparently unavailing.
The State is said to have subpoe
naed more than forty witnesses for
j t hese hearings, from which it is man
! ifest that no conclusive results of the
hearings can be expected before the
I end of the week, at earliest.
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I The United States is short more
(than 1,000,000 homes.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO PLAY
THE BIRDS’ CHRISTMAS CAROL
Delightful Christmas Story To Be
Staged By Young Folks Next
Wednesday Evening Under
Auspices D. A. R.
The public school children are to
present “The Birds’ Christmas Car
ol, •» a Christmas play by Kate Doug¬
las Wiggin. This delightful story,
which has given to the stage the fa¬
mous “Ruggles’ dinner party” quite
regularly for more~4h««si thirty years,
fills the hearts of young and old with
true Christmas spirit,
The performance, which is .being
directed by Miss Vance, is under the
p of the local D. A. R. chap
ter, ’ and to . be staged , at the ,, school
auditorium . on Wednesday, , , December n >v ,. _
the 22nd, at 7:30 p. m.
There will be special music be¬
tween acts furnished by a local male
quartette,
Tickets on sale now at oO and 20
cents -
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OPEN UP SOIL AT BASE OF
TREES IMMEDIATELY IF
GAS HAS BEEN USED
If para . die hlorobenzene gas has
been used for the peach . bo . „„ -
pecially if it was used late, unt i
immediately the base of the trees
as an »dcletl precaution against tree
injury. Allow to remain open several
days before replacing the soil. Ap
plications of this chemical should
have been made in the Georgia peach
belt about October 10, and it is quite
to uncover the tree base
about 4 to 6 weeks after applications,
Some orchardists were delayed sev
oral weeks in getting the trees treat
during . the fall, . .. and , it . .
ed is espec
,al, y advisable m such cases to mi
mediately open up the sail aroum
the trees for several days.
Peach Insect Laboratory,
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture,
Fort Valley, Ga.
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CANTATA AND WHITE GIFT
SERVICE SUNDAY EVENING
The Methodist choir will give a
rendition of the cantata, “Salvation
of Israel,” on the evening of Decem¬
ber 19, under the leadership of Mrs.
W. S. White. In connection with the
cantata there will be a “white gift”
service in which about twenty little
girls will take part.
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COLORED PRESIDING ELDER
COMES TO HOME DISTRICT
Rev. Lee O’Neal of Fort Valley,
who for the past two years has been
presiding elder of the Savannah dis¬
trict of the C. M. E. church, has been
appointed presiding elder of the Ma¬
con district, which brings his work
within closer range of his home here.
The conference of which Rev.
O’Neal is a member has just closed
a successful session at Sparta, Ga.,
the home of Bishop Piercp, who or¬
ganized the Colored Methodist Epis¬
copal Church in 1870.
Bishop R. S. Williams of Augusta
presided over the conference. The
Sunday service was held at the court
house and a remarkable audience of
about 200 white women and men
attended this service.
The conference will hold its next
session at Holsey Temple in Macon.
Rev. O’Neal is a type of colored
citizen who is a credit to his race,
community, slate and country, and is
a well qualified and safe adviser of
his people in matters spiritual and
temporal. He lives on a street bear¬
ing his name in Fort Valley.
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McDonald circle w. m. s. to
HAVE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The McDonald Circle of the
Womans Missionary Society of the
Baptist Church will furnish the pro¬
gram at the December meeting on
next Monday in the assembly room
of the church. Mrs. Otis Jones is
Chairman of this circle, and after
the business session and devotional
service, a Christmas program will be
rendered as follows: A Christmas
story and a poem, “The Landlord
Speaks,” will be given by Julia Hiley.
Miss Meeta McDonald will sing,
< i Christmas, Christmas, Blessed Day.”
A Christmas story entitled 44 The
Neighbor,” written by Katherine
Holland Brown, will be read by Mrs.
Lewis Riley, and will conclude the
program.
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NO FIREWORKS, SAYS CHIEF
Chief of Police W. A. Lyon issues
notice that there must be no fire
| works used within th# fire limits.
THE HISTORY CLUB MEETING
WITH MRS. FRANK FINCHER
Women Study.. Citizenship. Vote To
Accept Privilege Of Registra¬
tion. Thank Mr. Tharpe and
Leader-T ribune.
The Christmas meeting of the
Fort Valley History Club was held
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Frank Fincher.
Decorations of holly, poinsettias
and Christmas bells made the parlors
attractive. After the usual business
session the club indulged in a study
of Citizenship. Acting upon the re¬
commendations of the President of
the Georgia Federation of Women’s
Clubs and falling in line with practi¬
cally every other club in Georgia,
the History Club is seriously consid¬
ering this important phase in the life
of the women of today.
In recognition of an offer made
by Mr. T. E. Tharpe, tax collector,
through the Leader-Tribune, to ar¬
range for the convenient registi’ation
of Fort Valley women, the Club, with
only two dissenting voices, signified
its desire to register, thereby fulfill¬
ing a necessary condition for ex¬
pression in matters of local, state
and natural interest, ,and accepted
with appreciation the service render¬
ed them by Mr. Tharpe and the local
editor. The report of the critic was
made and the club enjoyed a most in¬
teresting program on the subject of
B’iction in the study course outlined
on Modern Literature. Those taking
part were Mrs. J. W. Rundell, Mrs.
Edwin Martin, Mrs. John Vance and
Mrs. John Houser. Christmas carols
were features of the afternoon’s
program. After adjournment a social
hour wj»s enjoyed during which the
hostess served a salad course with
coffee.
MRS. P. HOLT SKELLIE IS
HOSTESS AT LOVELY TEA.
A lovely social affair of the past
week was the tea at which Mi's. Holt
Skellie entertained last Friday after¬
noon. Mrs. Skellie’s attractive home
was beautiful with its cherry and pro¬
fuse decorations of holly and mistle¬
toe and shaded eletric lights.
At the tea table were Mrs. Claud
DuPree and Mrs. Tom Murphey, who
poured tea. Misses Ida May Foun¬
tain and Dorothy DuPree received
the guests. Misses Ruby Duke, Lois
DuPree, Elizabeth Pugh, Mary Ellen
Burden, Willie Maud Cowart and
Maxwell Taylor served sandwiches
and tea, while Miss Emily Braswell
passed favors to the guests as they
arrived. The favors were attractive
bouquets made of candy and paper in
Christmas colors of red and green. In
the receiving line with Mrs. Skellie
were Mrs. Charlie Hardison and Mrs.
Mattie Skellie of Perry and Mrs.
Ollie Cardell of Fort Valley. Miss
Lizzie Thweat assisted in the dining
room. About sixty friends called dur¬
ing the afternoon.
Mr. C. E. Martin is attending a
meeting of the bankers of the dis¬
trict at Dublin today, in connection
with the bankers-farmers movement.
Mr. Martin will deliver the address
of welcome at this meeting.
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HARTLEY—YOUNG
The many Fort Valley friends ol;
Miss Maymie Hartley and Mr. Paul
Young are interested in their marri¬
age which took place Sunday after¬
noon, December twelfth.
The young couple, accompanied
by Miss Connie Mathews and Mr.
Zack Young, motored over to Perry
early in the afternoon and at three
o’dlo k at the home of Col. and Mrs.
Robert Holtzclaw the nuptial vows
were read by the Rev. J. W. Stokes,
pastor of the Fort Valley and Perry
Presbyterian Churches, the ring
ceremony being used.
Mrs. Young is the youngest daugh¬
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hartley, of
Fort Valley, and she was very at¬
tractive on her wedding day, wearing
a suit of dark brown cloth with
accessories to match.
After the marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Young, accompanied by Miss Math¬
ews and Mr. Young, motored to Ma¬
con, where the bride and groom
boarded a train northward bound for
a brief wedding ttour.
Upon their return they will make
their home with Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Hartley on KnoXville Street. Mr.
Young has been recently appointed
city mail carrier of Fort Valley.
The many friends of the happy
couple tender them the best of wish¬
es for a long, and happy voyage on
the sea of matViooony.
TEN PAGES
THE FIGHT AGIST
PROGRAM MAPPED OUT AT BIG
MASS MEETING HERE DEC. 8
STARTS WITH CLEAN-UP CAM¬
PAIGN.
A definite program of work to be
used in the fight against the curculio
was outlined at the big mass meeting
in Fort Valley on December 8. This
program of work as outlined was
adopted by the growers assembled
and an organization formulated to
see that it is carried out over the en¬
tire peach belt. The only hope of con¬
trolling this curculio, which has been
the chief cause of the tremendous
losses in the peach belt during the
two previous years, the experts at
this meeting stated lies in the proper
and thorough carrying out .of this
program.
The first and possibly the most
important work in this big undertak¬
ing is a thorough cleaning and burn¬
ing campaign. The curculio, say the
experts, lives over winter in the
adult stage. These beetles hibernate
in woods, waste lands, fence rows,
and under any kind of rubbish. By
burning over these wood and waste
lands adjacent to orchards, and burn¬
ing over or cleaning up terrace and
will be possible de- i
fence rows it to
stroy thousands of these beetles,
which is a great step in handling this {
curculio situation in the Georgia
peach belt. |
Orchardists are urged to make 1
preparations immediately for this
burning, as we will have very few
days . during , . the ., winter . , that are dry. ,
enough to properly undertake this
work. A sweeping fire that will burn
the rubbish in woods and waste lands
close to the ground is very necessary,
and a time should be selected after
a dry period and when this material
will burn properly. Two or three
hundred yards back in these woods
or waste lands would probably be suf¬
ficient for this burning; however, if
there are no objections, it would be
advisable to let the fire sweep all
the way through. Careful attention
must be given to fence rows, terraces,
and pruning and brush piles near by,
and to any other place where these
curculios might hibernate over the
winter months. If clean cultivation
has not been practised in the orchard,
the vegetation should be turned un¬
der at the first opportunity to de¬
stroy hibernating quarters near the
trees. Burning in the orchard near
the trees is not recommended on ac¬
count of possible tree damage from
the fire.
Orchardists are cautioned to have
sufficient supervision and labor pres¬
ent during the burning operation to
handle the fire. The proper precau¬
tion must be taken to keep the fire
from damaging telephone and tele¬
graph poles, fences and fence posts,
and all buildings.
Each community in the Georgia
peach belt has a committee composed
of six members through which the
United States Bureau of Entomolgy
will carry out these various measures
to handle the curculio and brown rot
in order to free the next peach crop
from enormous losses from these
pests. These committees are respon¬
sible for the clean-up work in the
various communities. It is of the ut¬
most importance, say the experts,
that each grower in the peach belt
give his most hearty cooperation to
these committeemen in order that the
job may be done efficiently and by
all. If there is not a committeeman
in your locality write or telephone
the pea'ch insect laboratory of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture at
Fort Valley and one will be appoint¬
ed. A corps of men are maintained
at this laboratory to give assistance
to the growers in this campaign.
MR. AXEL ECONOMOU OPENS
CAFE IN NASHVILLE, GA.
Mr. and Mrs. Axel Economou have
returned from Nashville, Ga., where
Mr. Economou has opened a first
class restaurant. Mr. Joe Barousas
and family have gone to Nashville
to take charge of the business for
awhile.
Mr. Economou says that the Nash¬
ville section is one of the most pros¬
perous in the state this fall, owing to
the good tobacco crop they had this
season and to the good prices ob¬
tained for it.
His Fort Valley friends will wish
him much success with his new
branch establishment there.
Tha only nowapnpor
published in lk« heart
of tha largest Peach
growing section of tha
world.
$2.50 Per Year In Advance.
RELIEF MEASURE \S
PASSED BY SENATE
PROVISION DIRECTS EXTENSION
OF LIBERAL CREDITS
TO FARMERS
HOUSE MAY ACT QUICKLY
Glass Of Virginia Defended Reserve
System’s dealings With
Farmers
Washington.—The senate has pass
ed the agriculture committee resolu¬
tion directing the revival of the war
finance corporation as a measure ol
affording relief to farmers.
The second section of the resolution,
which, as Introduced, would have di
rocted the extension of liberal cred
its to farmers by the federal reserve
system, was amended to make the de¬
sirability of such a course only an
expression of opinion of the con¬
gress
The amendment making the change
in the section of the resolution relat¬
ing to the federal reserve system was
proposed by Sentor Norris (Rep.) of
Nebraska, and was accepted by a vote
of 47 to 16.
Another change made in the reso¬
lution, on suggestion of Senator Smith
(Deni.) of Georgia, broadened the du
lies of the finance corporation to in¬
clude the financing of exportation of
products other than those produced
on the farm.
Amendments submitted by Senator
Harris (Dem.) of Georgia, to make
the rate of discount on loans to farm
ers 5%, and by Senator McKellar
< Dem) o£ Tennessee, to make cotton
lact0 ‘' 8 ' f^ble discount
were rejected by an overwhelming
y()U; A 8ubstitute (or the resolution
presented by Senator Spencer (Rep.)
of Missouri met a similar fate.
Final action on the resolution was
without a record vote. The measure
j laa gone to the house, where a nuni
her of similar farm relief measures
are pending,
The section of (he resolution di¬
recting revival of the war finance
corporation, as adopted, reads:
“The secretary of the treasury and
the members of the war finance cor¬
poration are hereby directed to re
vive the activities of the war finance
corporation, and that said corporation
be al once rehabilitated with the
v * ew financing the exportation of
agricultural and other products to
foreign" markets.”
The resolution as adopted refers to
ibe extensions of credits as follows:
“It is the opinion of congress that
the federal reserve should take such
action as may be necessary to permit
the member banks of the federal re¬
serve system to grant liberal exten¬
sions of credit to the farmers of the
country upon the security of the agri¬
cultural products now held by them,
by permitting the rediscounting of
such notes of extension at a fair and
reasonable rate of interest." i
JOHNSON IMMIGRATION
BILL HAS BEEN PASSED
BY THE NATIONAL HOUSE
Washington.—The Johnson immigra¬
tion bill, us amended to prohibit all
immigration Cor a period of one year,
has been passed by the house. It
lias gone to the senate, where its
defeat is predicted by senate leaders.
The vote was 293 for the bill and
41 against jt. Six members voted
“present.”
Passage of the measure, while ap¬
parently assured when debate began
several days ago, was held up by the
stiff fight made upon it by Repre¬
sentative Siegel of New York, Repre¬
sentative Sabbath of Illinois and Rep¬
resentative Mann of Illinois. They
succeeded in modifying it somewhat.
It has gone to the senate, where
favorable action is considered doubt¬
ful. Senate leaders will probably try
to substitute a proposal of Seuatoi
Sterling of South Dakota that a board
be appointed to control immigration
and to control the placing of immi¬
grants after they arrive in the United
States.
Many congressional leaders believe
that the adjustment of threatened dif¬
ferences between the two houses may
prevent final passage of immigration
legislation this session.
Wrangel’s Fleet Sails For Tunis
Constantinople.—General Wrangei’s
fleet, which abandoned Crimean wa¬
ters with the recent defeat of tha
Wrangel forces by the Russian So¬
viet armies, sailed from Constantino¬
ple for Bizerta, Tunis. The fleet com¬
prises one dreadnaught, seven destroy¬
ers, two cruisers, four submarines,
seven destroyers, four sloops, four Ice
breakers, three school ships and three
tugs. General Wrangel remains on
board the cruiser Kornlloff at this
place. J
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