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Volume XXXIII, Number 7.
EDITORIAL
We have with us Community Ser¬
vice, ine., an enterprise which in its
local application as well as original
conception is based upon and as¬
sumes to promote cooperation, in
spirit and practice.
Community service and coopera¬
tion are also among the functions of
newspapers.
In common with other citizens of
this community the editor of The
Leader-Tribune signed the applica¬
tion requesting Community Service,
Inc., to send its representatives herC,
and has given freely of his time to
it in writing publicity matter. He has
given without charge 30 column
inches of space to this publicity mat¬
ter up to and including last week’s
issue. Some of this publicity matter
was requested and copy for it fur¬
nished by the executive secretary.
The actual cost to us of type-setting,
other labor and white space given
to this publicity has been about $5.00.
Not a very large amount, but has
any one else besides Mr. C. R. Wll
hams contributed as much towards
this work? Nor have we set this as
the limit of our contribution to the
enterprise.
Last week the executive secretary
of Fort Valley Commmunity Service
wanted some circular letters print¬
ed. He secured our quotation on
them, which was reasonable—much
less than the value of the publicity
we have given the enterprise. He
went awa-y, saying he would consult
one of the officers of the local or
ganization about the matter. He did
not return. He had the letters print¬
ed elsewhere, at a slightly lower
price he subsequently informed us,
certainly at the expense of a lower
quality of workmanship than he
wo ulti have got at this office, for we
saw several of the letters.
Community aervic<
Cooperation—
Appreciation of the value of a
newspaper to a community—
Just think it over!
We are expected—and we expect
to continue as long as we are here—
to boost every worthy enterprise of
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£ £ £ £ AFTER-INVENTORY SALE
£ £
1 Having finished taking inventory of our stock and not wishing to carry over any merchandise
£ for another year, we are offering wonderful values for the next 15 days. This SALE begins £
£ £ Saturday, January 15th., and will continue through the month. We realize that right below. prices h
£ will get business, so we have made the prices right. Just notice a few Specials listed r r
£ £ £
£ All Men’s and Boys’ shoes and oxfords in stock to go All Men’s heavy weight underwear on Sale at Half a £
a £ at HALF PRICE. This includes the famous Bostoni- Price. £
£ ans, also Emerson, Selz, Dayton, Steven Carter Strong and and Brown Nunn- £ £
£ a Shoe Bush Co. Work in Shoes. dress shoes, and Suits Half Price. £ i
£ All Boys’ at ii
3 £
£ £ Only 25 Men’s Suits in stock that sold for $55.00, $60.00, Entire Stock of Men’s Hats, Values $3.00 to $10.00, at ii i
£ and $65.00; will go at this sale for only $25.00. Half Price. I
£ i!
£ Only 9 Men’s Suits that formerly sold for $30.00 and ii i
i $35.00; you may buy these for just $12.50. Men’s Good Quality Blue Work Shirts, Sale Price 85c. ii
£ £ i
i Earl & Wilson, Mattewan, Miller, Knickerbocker, Hall¬ Over Alls and Jumpers, good heavy grade, Sale £
ii mark, etc. These high grade shirts in value from $1.00 Price * $1.50.
ii up to $10.00 will go at Half Price. ii
ii ii mention everything that have in stock, hut that EVERYTHING is going at right prices. We want to sell. ii
ii Of course we could not we we can assure you ii
£ EVANS TRADING CO i
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THE HOME PAPER OF THE BEST PEOPLE OF THE PEACH PARADISE OF THE WORLD.
Leader-Tribune
and peachland journal
FORT VALLEY HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 192f
the community. We recognize that
we owe the community service.
But some people, even our own fel¬
low townsmen, expect us to do this,
and trust the Lord to send his in¬
vens to feed us and to furnish the
wherewith-al with which to stay in
business. They expect us to boost
freely and without charge—and to
charge less than a living price for
what they have to pay for.
This is but a single example, and
not an exceptional one. It is one of
many similar cases that have occur
red in our exeprience here. We have
used it as a concrete example not
by way of taking out a grudge in
'the case of this particular offender.
He is less to be blamed than home
folks; he is probably more accustom¬
ed to hard-boiled business methods.
We are mentioning this particular
case in this particular manner be¬
cause it applies to a community mat¬
ter rather than an individual one.,
and because it affords a better op¬
portunity of pressing home our point
than a mere hypothetical or abstract
discussion of the principle involved.
Read it again and think it over.
A little more—
A newspaper is not run for or by
charity. We don’t want any charity,
except in your contemplation of our
faults. We don’t want anybody to
give us anything. We appreciate
praise, in which we acknowledge the
liberality of many citizens of the
community. But praise don’t pay
bills.
We are here to render service to
the community—a needed service.
We have been told repeatedly that we
are rendering such service accepta¬
bly. If it hasn’t occurred to you par¬
ticularly that we are rendering the
community any service of value, just
think what it would be like if your
town had no paper. Think what
people elsewhere would think of it.
If we are rendering the community
any service of value, we should get
“value received for that service,
The service should be paid for—not
directly in every instance; a newspa
per must give the news without
charge except for the price of sub
scription. That pays the cost of pub
lishing just about three lines of
news a week. We do not sell
news space or editorial space. But the
people of the community should pay
for the service rendereii by its news¬
paper by subscribing for it, buying
its advertising space when needed,
and by patronizing its job printing
department.
Our prices for job printing are
right. They are no higher than other
first-class shops charge for first-class
work. We know this to be true; we
have means of keeping informed. Our
work is first class. No shop can do
the same quality of work at a lower
price and prosper. If we don’t pros
per we can’t render you the service
you expect. If our prices are higher
than you can get inferior work done
for elsewhere, just think a little of
all the service the paper renders you
and your community for which no
charge at all is made—for which no
compensation is paid—and wonder
where we get the money to do it.
A newspaper plant represents* a
considerable investment and it costs
money to run it.
Think it over.
But remember that merely think¬
ing won’t keep your newspaper
functioning.
It takes money as well.
o
Get your copy in early and avoid
the rush.
L. W. ROGERS COMPANY
BUYS OUT ABE GLASS & SON
The L. W. Rogers Company of At¬
lanta, operating a string of 120 gro¬
cery stores in Atlanta, Macon and
other Georgia cities, has purchased
the grocery business of Abe Glass
and Son here and will take over the
store Monday and convert it into a
standard Rogers stoore.
Up to the time we go to press it
had not been definitely decided who
would be manager of the store, al
| though mentioned Mr. in J. the J. gossip Glass’ in name this was
con
nection.
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Kan to organize branch
OF KU KLUX KLAN HERE
The organization of a branch of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
in Fort Valley is being planned. Mr.
W. G. Keen of Fort Valley, who is
now traveling organizer for this or¬
der, has been here a week or ten
days working up interest in the or¬
der. It is announced that Hon. J. Q.
Nolan will speak here Monday, the
17th, in the Chamber of Commerce
Hall, in the interest of the order. It
was first announced that he would
speak at 3 p. m. and again at 7:30 p.
m., but later announcement received
here did not mention the 3 o’clock
hour.
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Spent Chiratmaa Here After
Absence Of Twelve Years
Wichita Falls, Tex.—Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Hardesty of Fort Valley, Ga.,
with their baby daughter, arrived in
Wichita Falls in time to spend Christ
inas with his mother, Mrs.
Barclay.
Mr. Hardesty, better known as
“Pete” Hardesty, was born and rear
ed in the county and spent his boy
hood in Wichita Falls. He is here
now after an absence of twelve years,
and has accepted a position as me
chanic with the C. R. Nichols’ Con
struction Co. His friends are wel
coming him back.
CELEBRATION OF
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
The following program has been
arranged by the W. C. T. U. for a
celegi'ation of National Prohibition
at the Baptist church Sunday evening
at 7 o'clock. All of the churches are
urged to attend.
Program
Music—By Choir
Scripture—Rev. J. W. Stokes
Prayer—
Music—
A Temperance Plea—Six young men
Talk—Prof. Ralph Newton
Music—
Talk—Dr. C. R. Jenkins
Music—
Closing Prayer—Rev. C. C. Pugh.
SIX PAGES
STOPS HERE AWHILE
ON LAST 50,000 MILE LAP OF
300,000 MILE WALK. EARNS
WAY WITH PAIR OF SHEARS.
LECTURES AND LEADS BOYS.
A bronzed and weather-hardened
pedestrian, kahki-clad, with tan lea¬
ther puttees, canvas pack on his
back, a gay crochetted skull cap on
his head, and a pair of lai'ge and
shining shears stuck in his left
“boot,” was a sojourner in Fort Val¬
ley for the. week end, lecturing on
the street and at the school on good
health, “observations on human na¬
ture, instincts of man, sights and
iscenery, and making fancy work
for the. women. He- was E. F, Lam
berth, born in Clark County, Ala., in
1873) and wh o began his career as
a wa ik er j„ 1897, starting from Bir¬
ming h am , England. This career was
interrupted for seven months, dur
ing w hich he served in the Spanish
American war; and again for two
yeara anc ; f j ve months spent at the
Hog Ialan( } Navy Yard as an acety
lene we id e r and rivet driver during
(-be late world war.
In a lengthy dictated interview,
(- 00 voluminous for publication in a
paper the size of The Leader-Tribune,
Mr. Lamberth informed this editor
that he resumed his career as a vet¬
eran of the dusty trail on July 11,
1920, when he left Ranger, Texas,
wearing a paper suit of clothes, a
paper hat, and paper shoes, and with
a traveling fund of 75 cents, begin¬
ning the last 50,000 mile lap of 300,
000 miles of travel afoot in 24 years.
He has already covered 5,870 miles
of this final lap, which will include
most of the States of the Union and
many foreign countries, including In¬
dia, China, Japan, the Philippines,
New Zealand, Australia,and the Ha¬
waiian Islands. He expects to reach
his starting point, Ranger, Texas.,
July 11, 1924. He carries letters and
certificates from prominent officials
of cities, counties, states and coun¬
tries he visits.
While not very communicative on
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$2.50 Per Year In Advance.
point, we gathred that he is do¬
ing this last 50,000 miles in four
years on a wager, as he said he would
receive about 07% cents a mile,
which would figure a total of $32,-
750.00. He said he began his peri¬
patetic avocation for its educative
value to himself. He says he has earn¬
ed his way with his shears and lect¬
ures, never having asked or borrowed
so much as a match or drink of wa¬
ter. Besides lecturing on the sub¬
jects above-mentioned, he uses his
big shears for cutting out patterns
from linen for fancy work and em¬
broidery.
In concluding his story Mr. Lam
berth requested us to say on his au¬
thority that the ladies of the South
are the finest in the land; that he
is 49 years old and “on the market
has only two bad habits—talking to
the good-looking girls, and smoking
cigarettes; and that when his long,
lonesome walk is finished he is going
to come back to the peach country
and “try his hand. ii
While here Mr. Lamberth made a
great hit with the Boy Scouts by go¬
ing on hikes with them, teaching
them Scout stunts, treating them to
a big tub-ful of lemonade; and lead¬
ing quite a procession -of them to
Sunday school and churcjj, He taught
a class of boys at the Methodist Sun¬
day school and talked to the assem¬
bled school.
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HISTORY CLUB MEETING
WITH MRS. C. H. MATTHEWS
The History Club meeting on Tues¬
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
C. H. Matthews was well attended
and full of interest. “New Poets and
Poetry” was the subject of study,
and was in charge of Mrs. Frank
Vance. Members responded to roll
call with quotations from modern
poets. After the regular business
Session, which was followed by a
short study of “Citizenship,” and the
critic’s report, the program was giv
en by Mesdames F. W. Withoft, J.
M. Martin, Frank Fincher, and Miss
Gladys Slappey. A piano solo by Mrs.
Lewis Riley and a vocal solo by Mrs.
W. S. White were enjoyed. After ad¬
journment the club enjoyed a social
hour and a dainty salad course was
served by the hostess.