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Itnrftl nry. Surety Honds, Plate (iIhdn.
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Representing: Phone .*»S .1.
<r NORTHWESTERN LIFE SAFE, PKOMPT AND
I INSURANCE CO. ^Appreciative.
£ £ ± £
Southern Railway System
Atlanta-Cincinnati
Lv. Atlanta 4:35 p. tn. 5:35 a. m.
Ar. Chattanooga 9:30 p.m. 10:35 a. m
Ar. Louisville 8:00 a. m. 9:35 p. m.
Ar. Cincinnati 8:10 a, no 9:20 p, no
Ar. Chicago 5:35 p. m. 7:50 a. no
Ar. Detroit 4:00 p. no 7:10 a. no
Ar. Cleveland 3:55 p. no 7:20 a. in.
Through sleeping cars and coaches
to Cincinnati and Chicago. Dining
cars.
At Ianta-Valdosta-Jackson vilie
via Cordele and Valdosta
l.v. Atlanta 7:50 a. m. 7:00 p. m.
Ar. Cordele 2:40 p. in. 1 2.59 a. in.
Ar. Tifton 4:25 p. m. 2:40 a. m.
Ar. Valdosta 6:03 p. m. 4:15 a. m.
Ar. Jacksonville 10:25 p. m. 8:30 am
Local Atlanta-Jaeksonville and
Atlanta-Valdosta Sleeping ear, first
class Day Coaches.
Atlanta Macon
Lv. Atlanta 7:50 a. m. 12:20 p. m. 5 :0<) p. ni. 7:00 p. m. 10:50 p. m. 12:15
Ar. Macon 11:59 a. m. 3:00 p. m. 8 :*10 p. nt. 9:25 p. m. 1:25 a. m. 2:30
Pullman Observation Parlor car or Pullman Sleeping Car on all
trains. First class Day Coaches.
<s The Southern Serves The South - •
For Full information, rates and reservations, write the following
representatives:
G. C. Robson, T. P. A. V. L. Estes. D. P. A. J. S. Bloodworth, T. P. A.
48 North Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga.
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T I 7 OF Live 1 • i» I>OyS I O IVltlkc iv/f 1 lYlOIiey. \ 4
Several live boys in Fort Valley and neighboring
towns within the logical circulation territory of this
paper can earn a dollar or two a week by an hour or
two’s work each week in their spare time. If you are
a self-starter without brakes, call on or write to The
Leader-Tribune. If you are looking for a soft snap,
don’t take up our time. You’ll have to EARN this
money to get it; but there’s money in the proposition
and , there , are , boys who , can get ... it.
Act promptly, but know your mind first. We can
use only one or two boys in each town, and the first to
qualify get the plums.
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Commencing Jan. 1st., 1921
I expect to keep a .
DEAD HEAD
account for the
Postell House
I want to see how many meals
this house
GIVES AWAY
in the course of a year.
D. BURNS.
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Lv. Atlanta 4 :30 p. m. 6:15 a. m.
Ar. Birmingham 10:30 p.m. 12:10pm
Ar. Memphis 7:35 a. m. 8:00 p. m.
Ar. Kansas City 7:10 a. no 10:25 am
: Ar. Meridian 4:55 a. no
j j.\r. Ar. Shreveport Vicksburg 9:50 5:40 a. p. no
no
j Through coaches and sleeping
cars to Memphis and Kansas City.
Dining Cars.
At Inn ta-Brunswick-Jacksonville
via Jesup
Lv. Atlanta 10:50 p. m. 12:05 a. m.
Ar. Lumber City 5:55 a. m. 6:40 am.
At. Jesup 8 :00 a. in. 8 :35 a. m. |
Ar. Brunswick 9:40 a. nt.
Ar. Jacksonville 10:50 am 11:20 am.
Local Atlanta-Jaeksonville ■and
Atlanta-Brunswick Sleeping Car,
t first class Day Coaches.
$10,000 Damage Done by Blaze.
Atlanta.-- . , Fire companies from
At
lanta, Kirkwood and Stone Mountain
were called to aid (lie Decatur fire
department in extinguishing flames
which destroyed five negro dwellings
011 Robins street, Dectatur, entailing
a loss of $10,000. The houses
were the property of I). O. Neal, a
member of the Decatur city council.
It is thought that the fire originated
when an occupant of one of the
houses upsete a bucket of charcoal
containing live coals. The Decatur
j fire department was immediately sum-
1 getting tlie water pumps to working
effectively, two companies were call
| ed Kirkwood from Atlanta, and in addition Mountain to the
j i Stone com
| panics. Tlie flames spread so quickly
1 it was feared for some time that the
entire section of the city would be
damaged.
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Four are Injured in Auto Accidents.
Atlanta.—Four persons were injured
in automobile accidents on the streets
of Atlanta recently. T. H. Spun - , was
| run over and slightly injured by an
i automobile belonging to Herman
I Speers, of Madison, Ga.. and driven
by Crawford Jones, chauffeur. The
accident occured at the corner of
Mitchell and Whitehall streets. Jones
was arrested and held on a charge
of recldeBS drtving . c . E . George>
conductor of the Georgia Railway and
r °'' ei t '“ mpan f, s,lft ' erPtl 14 fracture
of the lett ankle when an automobile
struck the side of his street car. His
foot was struck by the machine and
mashed against the side of the car.
' I ' he a ,? cide !" °fT e d at the oornpr
of Bellwood 11 and Asliby , v streets. The
automobile, driven by two young men.
swerved from its course and was
wrecked against a telephone pole.
Tlie two occupants abandoned it and
niad(( their escape.
Negroes To War Against White Plague
Atlanta.—To aid in carrying for¬
ward the work of the Anti-Tubercu¬
losis association among negroes of
the city, colored people are putting
on a nextensive campaign in behalf
of the Christmas seals. A mass meet
ing is to take the form of a healthy
rally, and a full program of music.
motion pictures and short talks will
be given, beginning at three o’clock
The campaign will be under tlie gen
eral direction of J. A. Robinson, of a
local insurance company. He is alsc
a director of a newly organized col
ored branch of the association. Oth
ers among the directors are E. L.
Davis, also of a life insurance com
patty; President John Hope of More¬
house college; Lemuel Foster, direc
tor of the Urban league, and William
J. Faulkner, secretary of the colored
Y. M. C. A. Statistics show that fot
every white person afflicted with tu
berculosis. there are two negroes
The living conditions which exist
among the majority of the race are
most conducive to the spread of the
disease.
Girl Ends Life Over Love Affair.
Savannah.—Believed to be led tc
the deed by disappointment in a girl
ish affairs of the heart, Miss Bessie
Clayton, barely 15 years old. daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clayton, ol
Farms street, took carbolic aeic
night and died this afternoon at a
hospital, where she was taken fot
treatment after her mother discover
ed the girl in agony from the results
of the poison, swallowed while alone
in her room. She had been despondent
for several days.
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORI VALLEY, GEORGIA
Revival is Seen by Episcopalians.
Atlanta.—As the result of the preach¬
ing mission of the nation-wide cam¬
paign to the Episcopal church, a
great spiritual revival has manifested
itself among members of the church,
according to the opinions of leading
Episcopalians, as given in reports re¬
cently received. This preaching mis¬
sion has been participated in by the
rectors of many Atlanta churches.
Home of the churchmen are Bishop
H. J. Mikell, of the Atlanta diocese;
Rev. Thomas H. Johnston, dean of St.
Philip's cathedral, and Dr. C. B. Wil
mer, of St. Luke’s church. The Work
of Dean Johnston was very highly
commended by the papers of Chatta¬
nooga, Knoxville and Memphis, in all
three of which cities a high decree
of spiritual interested is said to have
been manifested in his work. Rector
Wilmer, after having preached a mis¬
sion in Holy Trinity church, Gaines¬
ville, Fla., and in St. John's church,
Jacksonville, Fla., returned to Allan
(a. The diocese of Atlanta whs one
of tile first to go over the top in
in raising its apportionment for mis¬
sions last year, and from present ap¬
pearances, it seems likely that Ihe
diocese will also rank higli this year.
Whereas last year, the diocese was
asked to raise $73,433.17 a year ago,
as its share of the movement to
raise$45,000,000 over a three-year
period, Ihe diocese subscribed almosl
$76,000 and, unless appearances are
misleading, will go over the top this
year. Many of ihe churches have al¬
ready subscribed amounts in excess
of their quotas. St. Philips cathed
ral has oversubscribed its portion,
making a yearly pledge of $13,86G.G6
Christ church, of Macon, has also
overscrihed. nmking a yearly pledge
of $11,024.97. Other churches which
are leaders in amounts subscribed are
St. James. Macon; St. George’s, Orif
fin, and St. Mathias, Atlanta. Churches
which have not vet completed their
canvasses, lint are expected to reach
their quota, are All Saints, St. Luke's
and Epiphany.
FIRES ARE RAGING IN CORK
Great City Hall And The Carnegie
Hall Are Among The Buildings
Destroyed
Dublin.- Several large sections of
Cork were devastated by tire Saturday
night and Sunday, December 11 and
12 , The conflagration followed the
shooting from ambush of a military
I part December 11, in which four per
sons were killed and many were se
riously wounded,
Three civilians were taken from
their houses and shot dead after the
ambush of the military, Then the
fires started. There were bomb ex-
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plosions and firing also was heard.
The populace is panic-stricken.
On the south bank of the River Lee,
the city hail, tlie Carnegia library,
the Corn ''X'hange and other build
ings were razed by the fire, while in
j j the territory be tween the northern
am , 80l)thern bram . be8 0l the ri ver
j j 1MUch havo( . was wrolIght by flames
lhe bu8ine88 8ecUon and also in
| the residential section.
, I.ate in the evening of December 12,
! it was reported that the fire was un¬
der control, but it was said that the
damage done by flames was estimated
at between ten million and fifteen mil¬
lion dollars constituting the costliest
destruction of property since the re
prisSIs began in Ireland.
The fires extended to St. Patrick's
| street from Cook street to Maylor
street, and swept entire rows of build
ings on both sides of Wintbrop street,
leading from St. E’atrick's street Old
George's street.
It was reported from Cork that new
ly arrived parties of auxiliary cadets
marched through the streets holding
up and searching pedestrians and fir¬
ing into the air following the ambush
of auxiliaries within half a mile of
the barracks, twelve of them being
wounded by a bomb thrown from a
lorry.
Between seven and eight o'clock.
December 12, a period of intense qui¬
et fell on the city, but near nine
o’clock uniformed men began to dis¬
play great activity in various parts ot
Cork. At some points tramcars were
held up and passengers taken out. If
was reported that a number were
beaten and others placed against the
wall and closely questioned, but were
finally allowed to proceed.
In the Summer Hill district the
scene of the ambush, shortly after
curfew, two brothers, named Delaney,
are reported to have been taken out
of their homes and shot, one dying
later. During the hour before cur.
few terrorism hold sway, and, when
the streets had been emptied of ci¬
vilians, loud explosions and rifle and
revolver shots kept up until the ear
ly hours of morning. The explosion
appeared to come from incendiary
bombs, as persons who ventured tq
look from their windows saw fires
break out in St. Patrick’s street, and
daylight revealed the full extent of the
damage.
Packing House Destroyed By Blast
Pittsburg, Runs.—Explosion of t
thousand kegs of powder at the At
las Powder company’s plant neat
here killed one workman anti injured
another, probably fatally. The pack
ing house in which the explosion oc
eurred was destroyed.
Money Saved For Funeral Was Bogus
Elkhart, lnd.—Money laid away by
Walter Moody for his funeral expenses
was found by bankers to be counter
feit after it had been spent to meet
funeral costs for the man, who died
a short while since. The money, in
new twenty dollar bills, had been kept
iviolate in the Moody home for six
teen years, Moody's widow, who be
came his second wife years after he
set the money aside, will have tc
make good the loss.
Harrison Held For Death Of Wife
Greenville, S. C.—A coroner’s jury
has ordered Tom Harrison held iq
connection with the death of his wife
as the result of pistol wounds reeeiv
ed at the Harrison home here recent
ly. Charles Young, also shot during
the affair, is in a serious condition
Witnesses at the inquest were Mrs
Young, who was on the first floot
of the Harrison home when the shoot
ing occurred on the second floor, and
two policemen who arrived at the
scene a few moments later.
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Alexander Kerensky, ont-time premier
of Russia, In London, after three years
of Intense suffering In Russia since
the fall of the Kerensky government.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, if>20.
J /I DON'T BEEF
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■ v Kr ] > ft fm I MH PIES
Remember it is the Holiday Season, and calls for the BEST to
be had. That is the kind we carry.
We are now selling the CHOICEST CATTLE from Braswell s
Nakomis Stock Farm.
Gi ance over these PRICES and be convinced that we are doing
our part in putting the price* down.
Best steak 35c lb. Choicest cuts roasts . 25 & 30c.
Choicest pieces stew - 17 & 20c
Pork chops, 35c; Pork steak, 35c; Pork roast, 30c;
Pork ribs, 30c; the very best Pork Sausage, 35c; Mixed
Sausage, 30c. OYSTERS and FISH.
We also carry a full line of Groceries, Fruits and Produce for
the Chriistmas holidays. Give us a trial.
E. L. LISENBY, Prop.
Order ’Phone 126 Prompt Delivery
You Can Make No Mistake
In Selecting Your
Jewelry Here
Charm in design, delicacy in workmanship,
enduring qualities—these are the things we
have achieved in our labors with feold, silver
and precious stones. Our materials and our
fcems are carefully selected from the best
markets of the entire world. We offer you
here nothing that is not of known sound
value—nothing but what we know you will
be &lad you have bought.
This is best shown you by our recommen¬
dation of W-W-W Rin&s. We chose these
rin&s only after we had satisfied ourselves
that they were in strict accord with our
policy of offering our patrons only mer¬
chandise that was the utmost iu quality,
design and workmanship.
Each one of these rin&s is of fereat beauty
and artistic merit, yet inexpensive. You can
find among them rings suitable for the most
important gifts, or for personal use which
will not tax your purse.
These rings are unique in that each one car-'
ries with it an absolute guarantee against
loss or cracking of the setting.
T. L. FLOYD
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‘Where Quality" Is As Represented
109 o7Wain St. Phone 64
Fort Valleys Ga.
Winter Resort Fares
Season 1920-21
Winter excursion tickets on sale to
winter resorts in the Southeast and to re¬
sorts in Arizona and Texas daily October
l« 1920 to April 30, 1921, inclusive; final
return limit May 31, 1921.
Stop-overs allowed at all stations on
either going or return trip, or both, within
final limit of ticket, upon application to
Conductor.
For full information as to rates, sche¬
dules, etc., apply to nearest Agent or Pas¬
senger Representative.
CENTRAL OF CEORCIA RAILWAY
gr F. J. ROBINSON,
General Passenger Agent