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The only newspaper
published in Fort Val¬
ley, the largest peach¬
shipping station in the
world.
Volume No. XXXVI, Number 7.
R.D. HALE TO START
ANNOUNCES PLAN TO AID FARM¬
ERS AT KIVVANIS LUNCHEON.
OTHERS TALK ON CREAMERY
PROPOSITION.
Two splendid addresses bearing on
the cream industry as an attractive
ready cash crop for farmers featured
the Kiwanis Club luncheon last Thurs¬
day noon, the date having been chang
ed from Friday, as one of the speak
ers could not be present on the latter
date.
Messrs. F. O. Miller and Ben Roe
Marshall had charge of the program
and presented as speakers Mr. E. D.
Harcourt of the DeLaval Cream Sep
arator Co., and Mr. Rigdon, pasture
‘expert of the Central of Georgia Rail¬
way Co. Both speakers presented in
r. very convincing manner facts and
figures showing the profits to be de¬
rived by the farmer from the cow,
hog, and hen, with especial strees
upon the production and sale ofi
cream.
The speakers were followed by Ki
wanian R. D. Hale, who announced
that his faith in the creamery prop¬
osition as a good all-year-round cash
money-maker for the farmers of this
section had led him to undertake to
start the creamery business going
here by handling through his whole¬
sale grocery warehouse all cream that
the farmers of this section would sup¬
ply, until the business might grow
to such proportions as to warrant
some one else taking it over. He an¬
nounced that the Gallahe r -Hale
Grocery Company would receive
cream on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
sample it and ship with samples to
the Columbus Creamery, who would
immediately upon receipt remit
checks to shippers for the amount of
butter fat content at 50c a pound
the highest price, it is said being paid
bv anv Georgia creamery. Mr. Hale
also announced that his company had
ajnt'od to handle the agency for the
IK Laval cream separators, acknowl'
edged to be the best on the
and that easy terms of payment on
these separators were offered by
DeLaval Company.
Mr. TT Hale 1 made , it .. clear 1 that ,v 4. he 1 was „
not , , looking , . for any profit r from _ the
business for himself or his company,
but was merely undertaking: the hand
hue ef cream and sell, of the
separators n a semce to the com
mnmty and farmers of the section
until the growth of the business
might just'fy some one else taking
hold 01 it.
Mr. Garber of the DeLaval
company and a number of prominent
farmers of this vicinity also were
guests of the club on this occasion
In the course of the luncheon
Secretary E. G. Clark announced
that the local express companies had
agreed to restore their delivery serv¬
ice to the territory formely served
by them.
Prof. Ralph Newton reported that
assurances had been received from
the Central Railway officials that the
umbrella sheds to be erected at the
passenger station would be complet¬
ed by peach season, it not being pos¬
sible to complete them in time for
the Blossom Festival.
President E. T. Murray read a
letter from Mr. John Manget, presi¬
dent of the Georgia Yam Curing
Company proposing to build here a
potato curing house with a capacity
of 20,000 bushels. It was voted to in¬
vite Mr. Manget to come and address
the club on this subject.
C. L. Shepard announced that the
Central Railway officials had agreed
to have the Dixie Limited stopped
here for passengers bound for distant
destinations, and expressed the hope
that this point might be made a reg¬
ular stop for that train.
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Mercantile Advertising
Bazaar Opens Tomorrow
The Commercial Advertising Ba¬
zaar being put on by the Fort Valley
History Club in the store formerly
occupied by Champion Brothers on
Main Street, next to Copeland’s
Pharmacy, will be thrown open to
the public Friday morning.
The show windows present a very
attractive display of merchandise
contributed by nationally advertised
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Circulates the most highly developed sections of Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where more than half of Georgia s peach crop is produced.
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1924.
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Emmett Houser, Loved
Georgian, Getting Well
From The Brunswick News
Col. Emmett Houser is coming
back into his own, physically.
This delightful Georgian who
been ill at the City hospital for S
eral months, is able to leave his bed
and entertain friends.
He is improving every day now and
the indications are that he will soon
be restored to his former good health.
His spirits have never waned since
he was stricken and desnite the fact
I that he was extremely ill at times,
;heralliedaI,disnow ^ ett ing well.
That will be cheerful news to thou-
8ands of Georgians who love Emmett
Housor - And cvcr -' mortal soul who
knows birn ^ hi ' n ' Hc 18 a P roduct
of Mlddlc G ^ rp,a - Houston county,
> ut ™ ' to conf,n ® h « ac tm -
to hls rative county—he loved j his
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hl? career he > a:ter enter1 caU ’^ ? d UT>OT1 P ubh wlth h f . e
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nu * a 1 ’f =dy ^' -lse -
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That’s the paramount situation the
leading question among h.s friends.
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, his . face _ radiant with smiles. .. tt- His
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friends had not forgotten that , , Em
‘ 0 „ sick bed in
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h d for and fervently wished They
'Were from all over the _. state. .
1 | And . , what ,, a consolation ... and , an in¬
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spiration they were to Emmett Hous
j I er. From his home county came tele
grams that he had been chosen at a
mass meeting of Democrats as the
nominee for the clerkship of the su¬
perior court of Houston. This an¬
nouncement came with a flood of tel¬
egrams from his Houston friends tell¬
ing him to hurry up and get well.
During the past few days Dr. V. L.
Brown and R. M. Houser, a brother,
of Fort Valley, visited Col. Houser.
From Forsyth came Judge Ogden
Persons, presiding judge of the Flint
circuit, who spent several hours with
his relative. They were surprised at
his improvement. He entertained
them for some time in that delight¬
ful way of his.
And while he chatted today with
several friends, he ascribed his phy¬
sical improvement to Dr. Harris M.
Branham, his relative, who has been a
constant attendant at his side. “It’s
so refreshing,” he added, “to know
that your friends are interested in
you and want to see you back at your
old haunts, and I am firm in the be¬
lief that I am going back/’
And Emmett Houser smiled at
those about him in that characteris¬
tic, reassuring way of his. And his
friends smiled back at him.
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BURNING TRASH PILE
CAUSE OF FIRE ALARM
A burning trash pile in the rear
of the new dwelling being built by
Dr. V. L. Brown on College Street
was the occasion of a fire alarm
Wednesday afternoon which called
the fire truck and volunteers to the
scene. There was no damage.
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chain, octagon shape. Reward if
returned to Mrs. J. D. Duke. 2-14-11
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n|> UU uIIIlCRo (iiTiirtio WANT HHWI
SIDEWALKS PAVED T
Owners of city property ouside of
the present} aved section of Ft. Valley
now have an opportunity of paving
their sidewalks at the contract price
of $1.49 per square yard, which
price we are now paying for the
pavement in the business section. The
city will pay 20% and the property
owner 80%. It is necessary that the
owners of two thirds of the footage
of any street or between any block
or blocks petition the City Council
before the contract will be accept
able.
Cost: a lot with a hundred foot
frontage would cost approximately
$1.00 a foot, or $100.00, for a six
foot sidewalk, the city’s part being
$20.00, the property owner’s $80.00.
Terms of payment will be optional
with the property owner, he paying
all cash or $26.67 cash and two
$26.67 installments payable one and
two years at 7% interest. Wider
lots would cost proportionately more
and narrower lots proportionately
less.
Curbs and * utterS f °r the Slde '
walk more than the Pavement,
Tbe Cit > r of °Pe ]ika > Alabama, paved
the sidewalks having off the emb
iR * s ® nd sutters ’ wh ch wa8 8atl8 *
fact °ry to all of the property owners,
T!l(!re are 1hree reasons, generally
why we should pave only
thc sidewalks. First, at this time we
are unable to undertake too large
expenditure of money; second, the
roots from the elm trees and water
;>nk3 ove r thy cit y would break up thc
gutter and curbings, which cannot
•jo repaired so easily as the sidewalks:
.bird, there is a great deal of curb
footage all over the city which would
;e of no value in lavin'*' a complete
■ ob and therefore would be sacri¬
ficed.
Tho work of paving the business
•’Ct’o.'l at do co: pletcd in fifteen
'lays, d it is up to come property
owner on each street to get. busy and
> rrecent 2 to the Council a petition
the pavement cf that particular street
, if we are to avail ourselves of the
_ ^ opportunity “
complete job is wanted
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I * would advise that you J communicate
with the Council at once while the
engineers are on the , ground _ and .
can get a survey of the property,
toyether with eetimate of cost.
The City Council doe, not want to
force the proposition on the prop
«ty owners. We derure to pvcyou
an opportunity to avail yourself of
mucb needed improvement at a low
cost and on easy terms.
j. , _ d. duke, „ rY „„ Alderman.
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ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH
Episcopal
Rev. E. J. Saywell, Pastor.
Septuagesima
Services
Church School 9:30 A. M.
Mr. C. T. Eberhardt, Supt.; Mr. W. A.
Wood. Sec.
Morning Prayer 11:00 A. M.
Evening Prayer 7:00 P. M.
Church Activities.
Vestry and Men’s Club meets 1st
Thursday each month, 7:00 P. M.
Woman’s Auxiliary, every 1st and
3rd Monday, each month, 3 P. M.
Choir rehearsal, every Friday, 7:00
P. M.
Altar Guild, Saturday 9:00 A. M.
Slogan.
The Lord’s Work In the Lord’s Way.
A hearty welcome to all to worship
at St. Andrew’s.
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PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES
There will be preaching next Sab¬
bath by the pastor at 11:00 A. M.
and 7 P. M. Morning subject: “As¬
surance of Salvation, n The evening
service will be evangelistic in char¬
acter.
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M.
Young People’s Union 5:45 P. M.
A cordial welcome for all.
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METHODIST CHURCH
Loy Warwick, Pastor.
Our Sunday School meets at 9:30.
Judge H. A. Mathews, superinten¬
dent; C. U. Martin, assistant super¬
intendent.
Hours of worship 11 A. M. and 7
P. M.
Subject of sermon at 11 A. M.
“Taking Stock.” At 7 P. M. “Sowing
and Reaping. ff
A welcome for all.
METHODISTS RAISE FUND
FOR RETIRED PREACHERS
The Fort Valley Methodist Church
is cooperating with the other church¬
es of Southern Methodism in raising
the Superannuate Endowment fund.
Dr. L. E. Todd and the Board of
Finamce in Louisville Ky., are in
charge of the campaign. When this
fund has been raised the Methodist
Church will pay their old preachers
$700.00 a year and a preacher’s
widow $500.00. It is a righteous
cause and should have the cordial
support of all the Methodist people.
It is one of the good signs of tihe
times that all the churches are begin
ing to take better care of their vet¬
eran preachers.
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FORT VALLEY YOUTH IS
WORKING UP IN CHICAGO
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. T. F.
Reade of Route 5 will be interested
in knowing of the progress being
made by their son, T. M. Reade, in
Chicago. The following is from the
Englewood Evening Star, published
by the Englewood Evening High
School, Chicago:
“T. M. Reade, 231 E. Garfield
Blvd., works for the Commonwealth
Edison Co. He begins at 11 o’clock
each evening and works until 7 the
following morning. Just now he is
studying physics in the evening school
—but he will not take eight years to
finish his high school work.
i i How does he do it? He reads
up
on each of the high school subjects
and takes the University of Illinois
examination on the subject. Last year
he made 7 credits in that way—al¬
most half of his high school course; f
and in 1921 he entered Englewood
with' no credits. He expects to finish
hi;: high school work by June of
war.”
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Don’t fail to attend the Popular
Bible Class in the Presbyterian
Church Friday at 7:00 P. M.
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Agricultural Development
Meet to be Held in Perry
» The Georgia State College of Ag¬
riculture has planned to send a group
of well trained men into every county
in the state, who will tell the farmers
and business men just hov{ many
problems are being solved by suc¬
cessful farmers in other counties and
what the latest available information
on these problems are.
It is being assisted in this under¬
taking by the State Department of
Agriculture, the agricultural press,
the agricultural agents of sereral rail¬
roads, and by progressive business
men.
O'ne of these meetings is scheduled
to be held at Perry, Saturday, Feb.
16, at 10 o’clock A. M. The speakers
and their subjects will be as follows:
G. V. Cunningham, Boys’ Club Work,
1924.
J. II. DeLoach, Boll Weevil Con
trol.
A‘. Cobb, Farm Program, 1924.
!Railr«ad Man, Crops or Livestock.
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TO ORGANIZE SECOND
D.A.R. CHAPTER HERE
PRESENT CHAPTER HAS GROWN
BEYOND MEMBERSHIP LIMIT.
HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION
OF LOCAL CHAPTER.
A people which takes no
pride in the noble achievements
of remote ancestors will naver
achieve anything worthy to be
remembered by remote descend¬
ants.”—Macaulay.
The Governor Treutlen Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolu¬
tion Was organized in 1907 by Mrs.
Annie Wade Harris with a member
hip of 13. The charter members wer»>
Miss Emma Anderson, Mrs. Maud
Brown Bassett, Mrs. Willie Ander¬
son Carithers, Mrs. Henrietta Davis,
Mrs. Annie Anderson Green, Mrs. An¬
nie Claud Gress, Miss Allie Houser,
Miss Maude H. Slappey, Mrs. Elma
Green Slappey, Mrs. Mary L. Green
Smith, Miss Katherine Richardson,
Miss Carrie Riley, Mrs. Lula Fred¬
erick Riley.
The chapter suffered a great loss
in the death of its first regent, Mrs.
Harrte, who died during her term of
office. The regents who have follow¬
ed her, each filling the office credit¬
ably are Mrs. Stella H. Neil, Mrs.
Louis L. Brown, Mrs. M. S. Brown,
Mrs. Almon Williams, Mrs. W. B.
Smith, and Miss Claudia Culpepper.
Tha chapter has grown steadily
and progressed along all lines. When
a membership of fifty was reached
it was deemed wise by the majoriW
of the members to close the chapter
and organize another D. A. R. Chap¬
ter in our fast growing little city.
At the suggestion of the preseat reg¬
ent, Miss Claudia Culpepper, the
state regent, Mrs. Charles Akerman
of Macon, appointed Mrs. Almon A.
Williams organizing regent of the
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