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Volume XXXIII, Number 6. — FORT VALLEY. HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 192f SJX PAGES $2.50 Per Year In Advance.
F. V. COLLEGE SET GIVEN
MERRY CHRISTMAS PARTY
One of the merriest and jolliest of
the Christmas parties, for the Fort
Valley college set, was that given by
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R. Ayer at their home on College St.
in honor of their niece and nephew,
Roberta and Flournoy Howard of
Macon. A progressive game was en¬
joyed throughout the evening and at
a late hour a delicious salad course
was served. The invited guests were
Misses Florrie and Elizabeth Ever¬
ett, Ruth and Christine Evans, Ann
Baird, Elizabeth Brown, Margaret
Shepard, Elizabeth Smith, Frances
White, Mamsie Ousley, Beulah Da¬
vidson, Vi Lula White, Pauline Car¬
ter, Ruth Spillers, Margaret Whit¬
ing, Messrs. Milledge Brown, Hou
ser Davidson, Robert Jones, Samuel
Mathews, Robert Brown, Albert Ev¬
ans, Condie Pugh, T. J. Culpepper,
Louis Green, Charlie Jones, Quentin
Davidson.
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MRS. BARNES TO ADDRESS
U. D. C. THURSDAY
The Charles D. Anderson Chapter
of the U. D. C. will hold its January
meeting on Thursday afternoon, Jan¬
uary 13, at three o’clock at the home
of Mrs. F. O. Miller on Anderson
Ave. At this meeting Mrs. A. E.
Barnes of Macon, State chairman of
the Benson Memorial fund will be
present and address the women.
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MRS. V. L. BROWN’S FAREWELL
TEA FOR MR. J. L. BROWN, JR.
Mrs. V. L. Brown entertained on
the afternoon of New Year’s eve
with a delightful farewell tea in
honor of Mr. John L. Brown, Jr.,
who left Saturday to resume his
studies at Harvard University. The
home was decorated attractively and
appropriately to the season. Rook
was played and later the guests were
served a pretty salad course. Those
enjoying Mrs. Brown’s hospitality
were Misses Elizabeth Brown, Au¬
drey Fagan, Ruby Harris, Elizabeth
Everett, Susie Brown, Pearl Brown,
Mrs. J. L. Brown, Messrs. J. L.
Brown, Jr., R. S. Braswell, Jr.,
Milledge Brown, and Phil Scroggs.
1921
A New Era
New Opportunities,
New Responsibilities,
New things to Think about,
New reasons for Thoughtfulness,
New Ventures,
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New Endeavors,
New Resolutions,
New Evolutions,
New Visions from out the Past,
New Hopes for the Future.
A NEW YEAR FULL OF PROMISE
Citizens Bank
of Fort Valley
Capital and Surplus $150,000.00. Resources over a Million Dollars.
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The Leader-Tribune
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
COMMUNITY SERVICE TO
BEGIN TRAINING COURSE
Through the courtesy of Mr. C.
R. Williams, an administrative of¬
fice for the Fort Valley Community
Service has been established on the
ground floor of the Evans building
immediately adjoining the side-door
entrance to the building. This office
is comfortable and spacious and will
be used as general headquarters for
all the activities and committee meet¬
ings of the Service.
Miss Martha M. Zachman, of the
national staff of Community Service,
Inc., who is a specialist in recrea¬
tional work, has been assigned fo
Fort Valley to assist Mr. A. L. Lin¬
coln, the local secretary, for a pe¬
riod of three weeks. Miss Zachman
will have active charge of the re¬
creation leaders'' classes, the first
of which will be assembled next Mon¬
day evening.
The executive committee of the
Fort Valley Community Service is
'called lo meet in the office of the
executive secretary Thursday after¬
noon at 4 o’clock.
Bginning next Monday evening
and continuing for ten nights, omit¬
ting Wednesdays and Sundays, it
has been tentatively decided to of¬
fer to the community a training
course for the development of lo
c^l leadership in recreation. Adults
from the church, school and club
groups, as well as from the town at
large, will be given the opportuni¬
ty of acquiring new ideas and train¬
ing in the art and methods of re
creatonal leadership, with the pur¬
pose in view that they may go back
to their several groups and to new
community groups the better equip¬
ped to lead in social and play activ¬
ities. The classes will be entirely
free with no obligations of any kind.
A good time is promised all who en¬
roll. Plans for the training course
are being worked out by a commit¬
tee composed of Miss Etta Carith
ers, chairman; Mrs. W. J. Braswell,
Miss Louise McDonald, Rev. J. W.
Stokes, C. T. Eberhardt and Mrs.
W. A. Wooddall.
A special program was given at
the Baptist church Sunday evening
when the officers of the Sunday
School, B. Y. P. U. and other organ¬
izations of the church were publicly
and fornally installed. There was
cial music by the choir and Junior
B. Y. P. U. The speakers were Mr.
T. F. Flournoy, Mr. W. R. Fuller, Mr.
Luther Byrd and Mr. Ralph New¬
ton.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Watson have
returned from their bridal trip to
Tampa and other Florida points, and
are at home at their residence on
Anderson Ave.
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MRS. HALE ENTERTAINS
FOR MRS. LYNN FAGAN
A lovely compliment to Mrs. Lynn
Fagan, whose marriage on Decem¬
ber 21 was of cordial interest to a
large number of friends here, was
the rook party on Tuesday after¬
noon given by Mrs. Robert Hale.
There were nine tables of play¬
ers who. enjoyed this happy occa¬
sion. After the games the hostess
served dainty refreshments.
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WOMAN’S MISSIONARY
SOCIETY M. E. CHURCH
On Monday afternoon, January
3, the impressive service of instal¬
lation of officers of the Woman’s
Missionary Society of the Methodist
church was conducted by the con¬
ference president, Mrs. Geo. W.
Mathews. The officers are as follows:
president, Mrs. W. C. Wright; asso¬
ciate president, Mrs. F. L. Fincher;
recording secretary, Mrs. S. T.
corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. W.
McCoy; first vice-president, Mrs. C.
R. Jenkins; second vice-president,
Mrs. F. O. Miller; publicity superin¬
tendent, Mrs. W. R. Edwards; agent
Missionary Voice, Mrs. Lawson;
treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Jones; super¬
intendent supplies, Mrs. J. L. Brown.
Rec. Sec.
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NEGROES WHO ROBBED CAR
OF GROCERIES ARRESTED
Will Davis and Bob King, negroes,
were arrested here last Wednesday
night charged with robbing a car
groceries here on Dec. 23. Several
j boxes taken of oranges from the and sacks which of flour
were car, was
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£ w the fires of business
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£ £ An Advertisement by the Editor
ii £ We believe that business should be kept moving.
£ Like a good many other people we owe a lot of money, and a
[j lot of people owe us money. Our cash is all gone, but by the
£ grace of our creditors and a loyal force of employees we are
£ still in business, and as long as we can wiggle we are going
to do our part by the community.
£ ffi We because believe that is the man will who regret allows it his later. business All students to lag now of
£ money scarce
business and finance are agreed that conditions are going to
£ improve within the next few months and that by fall prosper¬
£ ity will reign.
£ £ Keep up your up advertising. the GOOD It WILL will pay of you your in customers the long run. by It’s keeping cheap¬
£ er to KEEP good will than it is to GET IT BACK.
w If you want any PRINTING or ADVERTISING don’t hesi¬
£ tate to call on us for it, whether you have the money in sight
or not. We can all better afford to do business on credit
£ £ than on and to do the no less business business at our all. Overhead books show expenses at the end keep of right the
£ year, the higher the percentage of overhead appears, and con¬
£ sequently the less our profits. Suspension of business would
£ mean ruin. So don’t hold back on your PRINTING or AD¬
VERTISING because the money isn’t coming in now or be¬
£ £ cause as we you can keep already going owe we us are money here you to serve can’t you, pay and now. we As won’t long
£ worry you about payment before you are able to pay, if you
£ will tell us when you expect that will be. We have-confi¬
£ dence that those who owe us will not delay paying us longer A
than they are cpmpelled to. We owe every penny that is
£ £ due have us, credit and at much home of and this abroad. debt is long past due. But we still
£ £ As cash long or credit, as our doors short are or long open term. we are We’d here rather to do have business, you
£ owing us a healthy bill when the prosperity wave hits us
£ than not to owe us anything at all. Money coming in later
£ will help make up for present losses.
£ We believe this is mighty good business policy for all who
can get the goods to sell or have services t6 render.
s £ The Leader-Tribune
£ £
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shipped by the Marshall Grocery Co.
to J. B. Byrd of Reynolds.
When Mr. Byrd reported the
shortage and that the seals of the
car had been broken, special offi¬
cer McGaughey of the Central lost
no tine in finding the culprits and
part of the stolen goods, with the
aid of a local “detective.” Local of
ficers made the arrest and Mayor
j Neil placed the negroes under bonds
j of theft $1,000 and and the $500 other each—one for receiving for
stolen goods. The flour found in
the home of one of the negroes had
the consignee’s name on the sacks.
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NEW MODERN AUTO-FILLING
STATION FOR FORT VALLEY
Work began the latter part of last
week on the razing of the old wood¬
en store houses and garage at the
north-east corner of Church and Ma¬
con streets, to make way for a mod¬
ern white pressed brick automobile
filling station to be erected by Mess¬
rs. T. E. McMinn and W. W. Camp¬
bell, who have leased the land from
Mr. S. A. Bassett of Powersville for
a term of years.
Mr. McMinn says this filling sta¬
tion is gong to be a beauty and
complete in every particular-—some¬
thing for Fort Valley to be proud
of.
Mr. J. L. Bozeman, who occupied
one of the buildings being- demolish¬
ed, has moved his stock of groceries
and soft drink fount to 122 Church
St., next door to the Coca-Cola Bot
plant.
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BASKET BALL! BASKET BALL!
Help Fort Valley defeat Shellman
Saturday morning, January 15, 10
o’clock. Encourage your boys by
your hearty support.
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PUBLICITY SUPERINTENDENTS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
The Leader-Tribune would appre¬
ciate haivng all notices of meetings,
entertainments, etc.,sent in in wiqt
ing, when possible, instead of over
telephone. This will save us time
j and prevent by publishing error. We these are notices, glad to
serve you
^ without charge, and do
we not be-
lieve any fair-minded person will take
exception to the request that all such
notices be sent in written out in prop
er form for publication when possi
ble.
RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH
OF MRS. MARGARET E. JAMES
Dec. 16th, 1920, the quiet, gentle
spirit of Mrs. Margaret James slip¬
ped from earthly tests to Heavenly
comforts. An old-fashioned woman,
she was a devoted mother and home
lover,living a sincere unostentatious
religion. Born 77 years ago, she, at
the age of 15, joined the Fort Valley
Baptist Church, proving a faithful,
useful adherent;* Be it resolved:
I. That we have lost an example
of sweet trust and that we remem- -
ber with gratitude her church devo¬
tion.
II. That we offer her bereaved
family our deepest sympathy.
Mrs. Eugene Hiley
Mrs. C. N. Rountree
Mrs. Tom Murphey
W. 51. S. Committee.
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“CLYDE-SOUTHERN SPECIAL i *
NEW RAIL AND WATER ROUTE
Fast rail and water freight service'
from New York and Boston and
tributary terriory to point in South
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,Miss¬
issippi and the Southwest will be
established by the Southern Railway
System in connection with the Clyde
Steamship Company on January 15,
1921, the new route to he known as
the “Clyde-Southern Special.”
Clyde Line steamships will bring
freight to Charleston and Jackson¬
ville from wich ports the Southern
will run fast freight trains handling
through packages cars to twenty-two
of the principal commercial centers
and distributing points of the South.
Freight for Atlantaand points beyond
will be handled via Cloumbia and
Spartanburg.
The Clyde line operates three sail¬
ings weekly from New York and one
from Boston. Packages cars will
be operated from Charleston arriving
Augusta, Columbia, Spartanburg and
Greenville third day after sailing
from New York; Atlanta and Athens,
fourth day; Birmingham, Selma,
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Merdiaan, Chattanooga, Knoxville,
Columbus, Ga . , and Montgomery,
fifth day; mobile, New Orleans and
Memphis, sixth day, Little Rock,
seventh day; and Oklahoma City,
eighth day. From Jacksonville
packages cars will be handled, giving
fourth day delivery in Valdost, Cor
dele, and Macon.
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SPANISH AMBASSADOR’S WIFE
REPUTED ONE OF MOST BEAU¬
TIFUL WOMEN IN ENGLAND
An excellent and most recent por¬
trait of Mme. Merry del Val, wife
of H. E. Dpn Aflonso Merry del Val,
who has been Spanish Ambassador to
the Court of St. James since 1913.
Mme. del Val, who is said to be one
of the most beautiful women in Eng¬
land, is a daughter of H. E. Don
Pablo de Alzola, one of the chamber¬
lains to King Alfonso and a member
of the Spanish Senate.