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Volume XXXIII, Number 11,
NEWS OF THE
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Out of the nine games of
ball the local team hap played
season they have only lost one,
ing them a total of 291 points
their opponents’ 17; or 174
to the good.
Glory to the eighth grade
who defeated the Perry
team on the local court last
by a score of 4 to 7.
President Robert Brown called
meeting of the Hi-Y last
night and reports were read by
committee of the “clean speech
paign. »»
Those chosen from the junior
to debate in the preliminary
to be held Feb. 18 are Louis
Quinten Davidson, Robert Brown,
fred Vining, Paul Edwards and
Taylor. Those from the senior
will be announced later.
The senior class are getting up an
annual and all advertisements
business men will give them suddenly
will be appreciated. These
will be a dear remembrance of the
school to the present senior class,
and by giving them your advertise¬
ment, twenty years hence they can
look back and see who made their
annuals possible.
MRS. W. A. WOODDALL MAKES
LIBRARY HANDSOME GIFT
Mrs. William A. Wooddall has pre¬
sented through the Woman’s Library
Auxiliary her entire collection of
books to the Thomas Library These
number one hundred and forty vol¬
umes and have already been placed
on the shelves. Among them are
Stoddard’s Library, Stoddard’s Lec¬
tures, Muhlbach’s Lives of Famous
Men and Women, a set of Students’
Reference Books and a number of
well chosen volumes of fiction.
WEATHER AT FORT VALLEY
WEEK ENDING FEB. 7, 1921
Total rainfall for the week, which
amounted to .41 inch, occurred on
Tuesday, Feb. 1; Thursday, Feb.3;
and Saturday, Feb, 5.
The maximum temperature was 72,
on Monday, Feb. 7, at 3:00 p. m.;
the minimum, 32, at 6:00 on Thurs¬
day, Feb. 3. The lowest mid-day tem¬
perature occurred Tuesday, Feb.l,
from 11:00 a. m., to 4:00 p. m., when
the mercury stood at 42. There were
heavy frosts during the early part
of the week, while fogs were- noticed
in the early mornings toward the
end of the week. On Monday after¬
noon, during a light shower, a rain¬
bow of unusual brilliancy was ob¬
served. Frequent flashes of “heat”
lightning occurred during the even¬
ing of the same day.
Table for the Week.
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U. S. Entomological Laboratory,
Fort Valley. Ga.
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FOUR CASES OF SMALLPOX
ISOLATED IN VINEVILLE
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The city authorities have placed
under shoUgun quarantine four cases
of shallpox among negroes in Vine
ville and have subjected the populace
of that suburb to vacination, the ne¬
groes in the vicinity of the cases man¬
ifesting a very intelligent willingness
to undergo the preventive innocuLa
tion. The disease was first discover¬
ed in a railroad camp at Neilvale,
Ga., two negroes suffering from the
disease having slipped from the camp
at that place into Vineville. it is be¬
lieved that this prompt and efficient
action on the part of the authorities
and intelligent negroes of the section
will prevent the spread of the dis¬
\ ease.
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Prof. David Soderquist, teacher of
voice at Wesleyan, will give a recital
in the school auditorium on the even¬
ing of Feb. 25. This recital will be
under the auspices of some of the lo¬
cal organizations and the proceeds
will go to the Community Service for
equipment here.
THE HOME PAPER OF THE BEST PEOPLE OF THE PEACH PARADISE OF THE WORLD.
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1921. SIX PAGES
J. D. WILSON AND SONS
PLAN BETTER
J. D. Wilson and Sons, the
known Main St. grocers, have
ished the self-serve feature of
business and have arranged
store with a view to waiting on
customers with the greatest
facility. They have also
an efficient free delivery
They are also making very
ive prices on staples in their line,
indicated in their advertisement
the last page of this issue of the
der-Tribune.
Mr. A. J. Eassom, formerly of
ericus, i>s in charge of the meat
partment. He is a most
gentleman of long experience as
meat cutter.
These wide-awake grocetymen
right in line with the trend of
times toward price
and increased efficiency in service.
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MASTER HARRIS HAFER IS
HOST TO SCHOOL
The first of the parties
ing the Valentine season was
birthday party given by Harris
when he entertained forty of
friends among the grammar
set Saturday afternoon. He
his guests in the home, which
been prettily adorned with
of hearts, the lights shaded in
making a pretty scene.
When the guests arrived, they
paired to the Central Avenue
where many games were
Late in the afternoon all were
cream moulded heart-shape and
Cutting the birthday cake
twelve lighted candles was lots
fun. The favors were red hearts
with arrows.
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FORT VALLEY MAN INVENTS
IMPROVED AUTOMOBILE
Mr. J. A. Bedingfield has
from a trip to Cleveland, Ohio,
Detroit, where he went in the
est of a patent he has obtained on an
improved quick-detachable
bile tire rim. Those to whom Mr.
Bedingfield has shown the rim have
been enthusiastic over its simplicity
and eape of operation and think Mr.
Bedingfield has a fortune in it. He
states that several parties in the cit¬
ies visited are interested in its com¬
mercial possibilities.
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tfi Mrs. M. T. Wise
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Announces the purchase of the business and
good will of Mrs. T. L. Floyd and the
continuance of an
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Millinery
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I., at the same location, 109 Main Street,
Fort Valley, Ga. ft'
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A new line of goods will be on
display after a
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February 14, 1921
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Your Patronage Solicited
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MARSHALLV1LLE SCHOOL
TEAMS GET MANY SCALPS
The lack of Marshallville school
notes during the weeks since Christ¬
mas has not been due to lack of
school activity. As a matter of fact,
it is the great amount of school ac¬
tivity that har> brought about our
silence in the paper.
When Julius Caesar came back
from Gaul, and when the famous
Amazon ladies came home from
wherever they went, they neither
could possibly have had more scalps
to show than are at present dang¬
ling at the belts of the boys and
girls of the Marshallville basket-ball
teams.
Since Christmas the boys’ teams
have won the following games: Coch¬
ran high school at Cochran, 11 to 10;
Vienna high school in Vienna, 19 to
12; Lanier high school, 23 to 7; Mon¬
tezuma Athletic Association in Mar¬
shallville, 20 to 19; Dawson high
school in Marshallville, 15 to 14.
The girls’ record is as follows:
Americus in Marshallville, 27 to 12;
Montezuma high school in Marshall
ville, 37 to 7; Unadilla high school
in Marshallville, 17 to 0.
The boys’ game with Dawson and
the girls’ game with Unadilla are the
most memorable of all of the gamep
mentioned above; the Dawson game
not only because it was intensely in¬
teresting, but because it resulted in
the team’s staying over that night,
the guests of the Marshallville boys;
and the Unadilla game, because it
was the first game Marshallville has
played this year in which the con¬
testing team, by failure to abide by
the rules of the referee, forfeited
the game. This was Unadilla’s first
defeat this year. The Marshallville
people regretted seeing the game
broken off at? it was, Reeling that had
the Unadilla girls stayed in, they
might, during the three quarters re
maining, have brought up their score
to the point of holding the crowd’s
interest, and to maintaining their
own fine reputation as players.
Ruth Ware entertained at a rook
party on Saturday evening, Jan. 29.
This affair, to which all the school
set was invited, proved most enjoy¬
able.
Mrs. J. E. Haslam, Jr., entertain¬
ed the same crowd on the evening
after the Dawson game. The pres¬
ence of the Dawson boys made this
party especially delightful to every¬
one present.
HISTORY CLUB MEETING
WITH MRS. C. H. PRATOR
The regular meeting of the His¬
tory Club was held Tuesday after¬
noon at the home of Mrs. C. H. Pra
hostess . After a business ses
tor, with Mrs. J. W. Rundell joint
hostess. After a business session
Mrs. W. J. Braswell brought a study
on citizenship, her subject being
“Why Register?” Mrs. J. H. Webster
made the critic’s report. Mrs. Robert
Hale was chairman of the program.
The subject of a paper given by Mrs.
E. L. Duke was Mary Wilkinis Free¬
man and George W. Cable, with some
readings from their pens. Thomas
Nelson Page was the subject of a
short sketch by Mrs. Tom Murphey,
and Mrs. Robert Hale read select¬
ions from “Polly.” A tribute to Joel
Chandler Harris by Corra Harris and
a reading from “Uncle Remus were
given by Miss Gladys Slappey.
The music for the afternoon was
a piano solo, “Berceuse,” from Joce¬
lyn, by Mrs. J. H. Webster, and two
pongs, “Absent,” and “Keep On,
by Mrs. C. H. Prator, accompanied
by Mrs. Tom Murphey.
After adjournment the hostess
served delicious refreshments.
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SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICES
At the Episcopal Church Rev. J. F.
McCloud will conduct services every
Monday evening at 7:30. The first
Lenten service will be held next Mon¬
day evening and each Monday follow¬
ing during Lent.
Members from other churches are
cordially invited to attend these ser
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GEORGIA DAY PROGRAM AT
SCHOOL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Of all the special days in February,
none > s more worthy of our attention
than * s the “Georgia Day.” For
this reas<)n > at two o’clock Friday
afternoon, Feb. 11, there will be a
“Georgia Day” prog-ram presented
hvstudents of the public school, in
the auditorium.
The program will be a short but in¬
teresting arrangement of Georgia
songs and stories from our own Geor¬
gia writers. The school children are
particularly interested in having a
large number of town people come
out to assist in this celebration.
At this time the United Daughters
the Confederacy will sell Georgia
for a special educational fund.
MIES OF PEACH MEN’S
A series of peach meetings will be
held in various sections of the Geor¬
gia peach belt by the Fort Valley sta¬
tion of the United States Bureau of
Entomoloyy, and the Georgia State
Board of Entomology, beginning Feb.
15,for the purpose of discussing plans
for controlling the curculio and dis¬
eases of the 1921 peach crop. Other
orchard problems will be discussed
by experienced orchardists.
The dates announced for the meet¬
ings are as follows:
Barnesville, Ga., Feb. 15, 11 A. M.
Montieello, Ga., Feb. 16, 11 A. M.
Gray, Ga., Feb. 16, 2:30 P. M.
Eatonton, Ga., Feb. 17, 9:30 A. M.
Kathleen, Ga., Feb. 17, 4 P. M.
Lizella, Ga., Feb. 18, 10:30 A. M.
Walden, Ga., Feb. 18, 3 P. M.
Yatesville, Ga., Feb. 22, 10 A. M.
Woodbury, Ga., Feb. 23, 11 A. M.
Richland, Ga., Feb. 24, 2 P. M.
Americus, Ga., Feb. 25, 10:30
A. M.
Among those who will speak at
these meetings are: Oliver I. Snapp
in charge of the Fort Valley Station
of the. United States Bureau of En¬
tomology, on Curculio control; A. C.
Lewis State Entomologist, who will
discuss brown rot, fertilizers, etc.; R.
C. Berkmans, Horticulturalist, on
fruit growing in general; W. D. Whit¬
comb of the Fort Valley Station, on
general orchard conditions from ob¬
servations; and J. M. Walloy of the
Board of Entomology, on orchard
conditions.
J. J. Brown, Commissioner of Ag¬
riculture, will be present at some of
these meetings and discuss general
farm problems.
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ro TAX DELINQUENTS
I will be at G. L. Stripling and
Co’s, garage all day Saturday, Feb.
12, to collect 1920 taxes, executions
for which I have in my hands.
Please call and pay your taxes that
day and avoid further expense.
T. S. Chapman,
Sheriff, H. C.
2-10-lt-pd.
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A CHOICE COLLECTION OF
NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY
The Woman’s Library Auxiliary
has recently purchased one hundred
and fifteen new books. Fifty of these
are books for children, which have
been very much needed, as the little
folks have read, and many of them
reread, everything suitable in the li¬
brary for them. Among the new
books are a set of Burgess’ Mother
West Wind Stories to replace a set
wornAvith use; Retold Tale Series, a
set of the best stories of every people
told in a manner adapted for the
child; Twin Series, a set of stories
about the children of every nation;
and many others invaluable to- the
child mind.
The following are some of the col¬
lection of new fiction among them:
In Chancery, by John Galsworthy;
Age of Innocence, by Edith Whar¬
ton; Miss Lula Bett, by Zona Gale;
House of Lynch, by Leonard Mer¬
rick; House of Merrilees and Many
Junes, by Archibald Marshall; Drums
of Jeopardy and Yellow Typhoon, by
Harold McGrath; West Wind Drift,
by George Barr McCutcheon; Mary
Wallaston, by Henry K. Webster; No
Defense, by Gilbert Parker; Erks
kine Dale, Pioneer, by John Fox, Jr.
B. Y. P. U. TO ENTERTAIN
REGIONAL CONVENTION
The local Baptist Young Peoples
Union are planning to ehtertam on
March 17, and 18 the regional con¬
vention which includes the east cen¬
tral division of Georgia. About 250
delegates are expected to attend. Mr.
Luther Byrd, president of the local
B. Y. P. U. its planning for the entee
tainment of the Convention; the pro¬
gram and details are being worked
out and will be announced later. Mr.
Frank H. Leavell, state field secre¬
tary, was in Fort Valley the past
week conferring with the local or
gahization as to the plans for the con¬
vention.
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Friends here of Mr. Thomas R.
Slappey of Savannah were grieved at
the announcement of his death in Sa
invannah last Saturday. He was a
cousin of Dr. Geo. H. Slappey of Fort
Valley and a widely known and pop¬
ular commercial trader.
FORT VALLEY WOMEN NAME
DAY FOR
Pursuant to a suggestion made
Tax Collector T. E. Tharpe, the
rious women’s organizations of
Valley have named Wednesday,
ruary 16, as registration day.
mittess from the organization^
cooperate in working to get a
number of women to register.
Tharpe will be at the
Service office in Fort Valley on
day for the purpose of
the women. Only white women
be registered at that time and
No colored women have signified
desire to register, as yet. Should
sufficient numebr of these take
certed action in deciding upon a
tain day and place for being
tered, conforming to the
ment previously made in The
Tribune, Mr. Tharpe will arrange
register them.
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TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE
Will be at the places named
dates below:
Fort Valley, February 19;
Perry, February 21;
Byron, February 23, a. m.;
Powersville, February 23, p. m.;
Dunbar, February 25, a. m.;
Tucker’s Store, February 25, p.
Heard’s, February 28, a. m.;
Claud, February 28, p. m.;
Wellston, March 2, a. m.;
Centerville, March 2, p. m.;
Bonaire, March 4, a. m.;
Kahtleen, March 4, p. m.;
Hayneville, March 9, a. m.;
Grovania, March 9, p. m.;
Elko, March 11, a. m.;
Henderson, March 11, p. m.
C. N. Rountree, R. T.R.,
2-10-3/t Houston County.
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FORT VALLEY SENIORS TO
DEBATE MONTEZUMA
Miss Jo Allen, Messrs. Joe
and Charles Baldwin,
the senior class of the Fort
high school, will meet three
sentatives of the senior class of
Montezuma high school in dabate
the Montezuma school auditorium
Friday evening, February 11, at 8:00
o’clock. The subject will be “Resolv¬
ed: That the United States Should
Enter the League of Nations.” The
Fort Valley team will uphold the
negative side of the question.
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