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The only newspaper
published in Fort Val¬
ley, the largest peach¬
shipping station in the
world.
Volume No. XXXVI, Number 9.
MRS. ALFRED HUME CHOSEN QUEEN AND
E. M. WHITING KING OF PEACH FESTIVAL
HERALDS OF LIBERIY
CELEBRATE
MEMBERS AND GUESTS
QUET AT WINONA AND
FLANS AND PRINCIPLES
SOCIETY EXPOUNDED.
The Heralds of Liberty, a
nal insurance society with
offices at Philadelphia, which
. utblished a branch in Fort
ti.rough the able efforts of
r letcher Walton of Atlanta,
ed its twenty-third anniversary
a banquet at the Winona Hotel
Friday night. Friday was
22nd, the birthday of The Father
His Country, from whom, the
and foremost herald of American
erty, the society derives its name.
was chartered on February 22, 1901,
ir. Alabama. Strange to say, the
ciples upon which it was founded
were brought to this country by an
Englishman.
About thirty-five guests
the splendid banquet, which reflected
in point of viands and perfect
vice great credit upon the new pro¬
prietors of the Winona, W. H. Cop
pedge and Son, and heard with ap¬
preciative interest the splendid ad¬
dresses of Dr. J. W. Beeson of At¬
lanta, stale organizer, and Rev. W.
B. Hubbard, D. D., grand lecturer
of the order. These gentlemen were
introduced in very appropriate words
by Dr. Walton, and in a most lucid
and attention-compelling manner ex¬
plained the insurance plan and prin¬
ciples of fellowship of the society.
Dr. Beeson has been prominent in
educational work in the South for
many years, and Dr. Hubbard is a
noted minister of the Baptist denom¬
ination. The evident high character
oi these and other prominent min—
isters whd are prominently identi
fied with the organization created a
most favorable impression upon the
minds of those present, as did th*
unusually attractive features explain¬
ed by the speakers.
Mayor A. C. Riley, Jr., in his in¬
imitably facetious and happy man¬
ner, spoke in behalf of the local mem¬
bers of the society and voiced the ap¬
preciation of the guests of the illum¬
inating addresses of the preceding
speakers.
Dr. Walton states that the future
of the order in this vicinity is v*ry
p-omising, a large number of the
leading citizens having identified
themselves with it and others are
• following their example rapidly.
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THREE SMALL FIRES GIVE
DEPARTMENT SOME EXERCISE
Three small fires the past week
furnished a little exercise, diversion,
cud cigarette change for the laddies,
who responded with their well-known
alacrity and efficiency.
The first and most serious of these
was at the residence of Mr. Jno. A.
Houser on College St., shortly be¬
fore eight o’clock Friday morning.
The roof caught fire from a spark
from the chimney, and a consider¬
able patch of shingles had to be
torn off to extinguish the flames
creeping along the paper sheating be¬
neath. The damage from this cause
and from water was estimated at
between $500.00 and $1,000.00.
Saturday mori ing at 6:45 a fire
o: similar nature and origin damaged
the roof of Mr. B. H. James' resi
dance on South Miller St., about
$ 100 . 00 .
Tuesday morning about eight
o’clock soot burning in the chimney
of the residence of Mrs. Cooper on
Persons St., gave the department an
unnecessary run.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the
partnership of Carithers and Evans
is this day dissolved. A. J. Evans
takes over all accounts due the firm,
and assumes all liabilities. This Jan¬
uary 28th, 1924. l-31-6t
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Leader-Tribune want ads. are real
little “go-getters. if
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
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 28, 1924.
COUNCIL AUTHORIZES
PAVING OF SIDEWALKS
At the regular meeting of the City
Council last Thursday night pfetitions
of owners of more than two thirds
of the property frontage on several
streets of the city asking for side¬
walk paving were considered and ap¬
proved and the contractors, Whitley
Construction Co., were authorized to
proceed with the work at their ear¬
liest convenience.
The following streets in Oakland
Heights will be the first to be paved,
as the petitions of the citizens on
t hese streets were the first to be re¬
ceived: Calhoun St., both sides, from
Troutman Ave., to Peachtree; Trout¬
man Ave., both sides, from Railroad
St., to fhe eastern end; Oak St.,
j southwest side, from Troutman Ave.,
I to Fagan St. The work in this section
(will be begun as soon as the sidewalk
i paving in the business section is com
j pletcd, this work having been inter¬
rupted for several days by the incle-
1 ment weather.
j Other streets for which paving was
aulho ™ ed f this nieetin * are P «'
i sons from Macon St to Knoxville
both sldes ’ and Chu,ch St - from
| Anderson Ave., to Knoxville St., both
i sides.
j been Since received this meeting for paving a petition has
] the
; walks on Central Ave., from* Miller
St., to Everett Square, and it is un
derstood that petitions are being
circulated on Anderson, Ave., and
Macon St.
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Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the
State Agricultural College wjll deliver
address in Fort Valley at the
vvater tov/er Monday morning at
10; oo o’clock. His subject will .be
Better Agriculture for Our Section.”
This address is the first of a se¬
ries which Dr. Soule will deliver in
twenty-four South Georgia towns
under the auspices of the Georgia
District Kiwanis. The State Kiwanis
organization is spending a large sum
of money to give the farmers, high
school pupils, teachers, parent- teach¬
er associations, women’s clubs, county
agricultural agents and club members
this opportunity of hearing a man
who is distinguished in this line of
practical education. And the local
Kiwanis club has spent quite a bit
in advertising the opportunity.
Everyone interested directly or in¬
directly in agricultural pursuits
should hear Dr. Soule on this occa¬
sion. The meeting will not be bore
some, but will be characterized < by
by the well-known Kiwanis pep and
i • peptomism.” You’ll be glad you
came.
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MRS. R. M. JONES DIES
AT SON’S HOME HERE
Mrs. R. M. Jones, aged eighty
years, mother of Mr. J. M. Jones,
died here Saturday afternoon at the
home of her son on Anderson Ave¬
nue, from heart failure. She was in
her usual health, was sitting on the
side of her bed, where she fell back
and expired,
Mrs. Jones was a consistent mem¬
ber of the Baptist church, which she
took great pleasure in attending un¬
til old age deprived her of the privi
lege.
She was born in Alabama and her
remains were taken on Monday morn
ing to Talladega, Ala,, where her
husband and other members of her
family are buried.
Mrs. Jones is survived by two sis
ters and four children: John M.
Jones of Chester, S. C.; S. Walter C.; Mrs. T. [
Jones of Greenwood, and!
Charlie Dasher of Oliver, Ga.;
J. M. Jones of Fort Valley, with I
whom she made her home since the !
death of her husband. She has also!
a number of grandchildren.
No funeral service was held in Fort 1
Valley.
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Leader-Tribune want ads. are real|
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A Clean Up, Paint Up
has most appropriately been launched
in Fort Valley in time for the city
to put on its best' bib and tucker
and put its best foot foremost for the
Peach Blossom Festival, if the
zens of the. community will catch
the spirit and each will do his part
to advance the movement.
Those interested in the promotion
of this campaign have called upon
Mayor Riley to elicit his commenda¬
tion of the movement, and this May¬
or Riley has done by attaching his
official signature to the following
proclamation:
fHaiinr'a :]Jrnclamatiuu
CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP!
HEAR THIS, YE PEOPLE!
THINK!! ACT!!!
Come on. Let’s put things in order
Our whole city can and should be
made as clean and orderly as
cleanest home. Then we will have a
safer, happier, healthier city.
Ambition in its highest conception
is t0 dream big dreams and make
them come true. The splendid am¬
bition to have a city clean and
beautiful is soon to become a reali
ty by the cooperation of all the peo
p!e.
Therefore, by virtue of authority
vested in me as Mayor, and with the
hearty 'approval of many far-seeing
and zealous citizens, we hereby pro¬
claim the week of February 25 as
the Opening Week of a Continuous
Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign.
Away with the rubbish piles! Ban¬
ish the plague spots! Clean up the
streets and alleys! Repair and paint
every building that needs it.
We need this thorough cleaning
and renovation. It. is the sensible
thing to do—for the health, safety,
thrift, pride and happiness of all our
people.
It is everybody’s job. Every man,
woman and child will be expected
to help.
A. C. RILEY, Mayor.
For tfie benefit of those desiring
to participate in this movement to
have their premises present an at¬
tractive front to the multitude of
visitors who will be entertained here
at the Peach Blossom Festival, so
that theft 1 places of business or resi¬
dence. will be in keeping with the
new street and sidewalk paving and
white way system, we 'respectfully
call attention, to the advertisements
of the local paint dealers and con¬
tractors in this issue of The Leader
Tribune.
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METHODJST CHURCH
Rev. Loy Warwick, Pastor.
We are emphasizing church at¬
tendance for all our members dur¬
ing the month of March. Have you
a good reason for staying at home
Sunday?
Sunday School 9:30 A. M. Judge
H. A. Mathews, superintendent; C.
E. Martin, assisitant.
Communion at 11 A. M., with
brief sermon on “V/hat It Means To
Be A Christian. H
Special evangelistic services Sun¬
day evening with music in charge
of the Men’s Bible Class.
A welcome for all.
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ST. PAUL’S CHOIR TO SING
HERE WEDNESDAY EVENING
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The choir of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, Macon, Rev. C. H. Lee, rec
tor, has consented to give a service
of sacred music at St.
Church on the evening of March
This will emphasize the beginning
of the forty days revival of the
Episcopal Church.
All those interested are invited
to attend and listen to the selections
by this choir.
FOR SALE—Pure Barred Rock cock¬
erels, ten months old. A. A. Will
iams. 2-29-1 tpd.
P00P0SE INCREASE IN
PEACH FREIGHT
Fort Valley,
Mr. Joel Mann Martin,
Leader-Tribune,
Fort Valley, Ga,
Dear Mr. Martin:
I notice that you are giving
a bit of space in your valuable
to the question of sheds at the
senger station and stopping of
fast trains at this point.
1 wish to call your attention to
fact that we are asleep at the
While you and the rest are
up over a shed to protect you
one minute the railroads are
paring to increase freight
which if allowed to go into
will wipe the peach industry off
map in so far as Georgia is
ed.
I give you below a few
tions.
! Present rates per car to New
i $1,245 Cwt., Min. 20,000
which ilmounts to $249.00 per
j on 476 crates. The carriers propose
| to charge $251.00 per ear for trana
j > porting 448 crates. This does not in
clude $77.50 refrigeration. This is
an increase in cents per crate from
68c to 71c.
Present rates to Pittsburgh per car,
$208.00 on 476 crates. Proposed by
carriers, $252.00 on 448 crates. This
does not include $85.00 refrigeration,
which makes an increase per car
(from 62c to 73c per crate.
Present rates to Chicago, $196.00
car, min. 476 crates. Proposed
by cari’iers $243.00 on 448 crates.
This does not include $80.00 refrig¬
eration charges. This is an
; from 58c to 72c a crate.
Last year it required 7,410 cars to
move the Georgia peaches. The
same number of crates of peaches
could have moved in 7,000 cars had
cars of proper length been furnished.
This item alone last year cost the
growers $140,000.00.
If this coming sea'son should be a
normal one and we have around
8,000 cars it will take on the pro¬
posed basis 8,500 cars. This item
alone will amount to $162,000.00.
This is on an average of $325.00 per
car, including refrigeration, which is
very low.
The proposed increases to Chicago
and points west will amount to so
much that it will eliminate th*se
markets.
Think the matter over.
Your very truly,
O. T. Cardell.
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EPISCOPAL REVIVAL TO
BEGIN NEXT WEDNESDAY
As we follow behind the Master
in his footprints we find they lead
us into the wilderness, where Jesus,
the Son of God communed with
His Father in pr*yer many days;
afterwards the footprints lead us to
Calvary and the Resurrection Morn.
During ' this time of forty days the
Episcopal Church, following the foot¬
prints, holds a forty day devotional
revival., beginning March 5th and
ending with Easter Day.
For Forty Days
Let us pray with Jesus.
Let us weep with Jesus.
Let us suffer with Jesus.
Let us rejoice with Jesus.
PROMINENT FORT VALLEY
VISITORS TO EMMETT HOUSER
Hon. A. C. Riley, Jr., mayor and
leading attorney; Dr. V. L. Brown,
physician and largo poach grower;
Oscar E. Pearson, president and ma
jority stock holder of the Fort Valley
Crate and Lumber Company, the old
est crate factory in the state, and
M. Houser, who is associated
business with Mr. Pearson, all of
Fort Valley, arrived in the city by
automobile last night to spend Sun
day with Hon. Emmett Houser, who
was under treatment of Dr. V. L.
Brown, a cousin of his, in Fort Valley
and who placed him in the City hos¬
pital here for further treatment by
Dr. H. M. Branham.—Brunswick
News.
SIX PAGES.
WEATHER BUREAU EXPLAINS
WHAT “SNOW-ROLLERS” ARE
Almost every winter the Weather
Bureau of the United States Depart¬
ment of Agriculture receives reports
of the occurrence of wind-blown
snowballs, or rather cylindrical masses
of snow, which are sometimes found
by thousands over a level or slightly
inclined surface. They are formed
by a strong wind when the surface
of a light, fluffy snow is so run to¬
gether, and at such temperature, prac¬
tically the melting point, as to form
a coherent flexible covering. Here
and there, the wind turns a piece of
this cover over, then rolls along the
obstruction thus formed until it be¬
comes too heavy to move farther,
when the roll is done.
The individuals in any cluster o:
U snow-rollers,” as they are technical¬
ly called, have of course all traveled
in the same direction, L.at of the
wind, and have roughly the same size.
They are rolled straight forward,
not tumbled end over end, and hencq
are muff-shaped, with a hole run¬
ning through, about which the layer
is spirally wrapped.
A striking characteristic <?f these
rollers is their softness or fluffiness,
which is owing to the fact that they
were rolled in the gentlest possible
way, and never compressed by heavy
packing forces.
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THE PUGH IN 1 Ml
lll UNO LITEM*
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This is the second of a series of
articles bearing upon the history of
the Peach ai it will be portrayed at
the Third Annual Peach Blossom
Festival. These articles were furn¬
ished to The Leader.Tribune by
Miss Pauline Oak, who arranged and
will direct the Peach Blossom Pag¬
eant, as she did the two previous
ones.
China
De Candolle gives no authority for
his statement that the peach was
spoken of 2,000 years before 'its in¬
troduction into Europe; Chinese lit¬
erature shows that it was commonly
spoken of several hundred years be¬
fore the Christian era. The Shi-King,
a collection of ancient Chinese poems
made by Confucius, contains poems
dating back eighteen centuries, and
all were written before the Sixth
Century B. C. In these the peach is
several times mentioned.
In Praise of a Bride.
Graceful and young the peach-tree
stands;
How rich its flowers, all gleaming
bright!
This bride to her new home repairs;
Chamber and house she’ll order
right.
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Graceful and young the peach-tree
stands;
Large crops of friftt it soon will
show.
This bride to her new home repairs;
Chamber and house her sway shall
know. 0
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Graceful and young the peach-tree
stands;
Its foliage clustering green and full.
This bride to her new home repairs;
Her household will attest her rule.
Book 1, Odes of the Chow in the
South from the Shi-King, or book of
poetry, a collection made by Con¬
fucius (551-478 B. C.).
Chinese Superstitions Regarding the
Peach
There are many traditions refer¬
ring to the peach. Some call it the
tree of life, others the tree of death.
Peaches lengthened to a point, of
large size, and colored red on one
side, are regarded by the Chinese as
a symbol of long life. In consequence
of these ancient national supersti¬
tions, peaches enter into all the orn¬
aments of painting and sculpture..
From Chin- non-King: “The peach
‘Yu’ signifies death and eternal life.
If one has been able to eat it enough
times, it saves the body from corrup
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100027 IS SETHS
DATE F00 FESTIVAL
EVERY COUNTRY AND STATE
WHERE PEACH IS CULTIVAT.
ED TO FURNISH EPISODE IN
GREAT SPECTACLE.
Interest befitting the importance
of the occasion marked the big mas*
meeting at the school auditorium last
Friday afternoon at which Mrs. Al¬
fred (Helen Crandall) Hume, Jr.,
was elected queen and Mr. E. M.
Whiting king of the Third Annual
Peach Blossom Festival to be held
here March 27. That date was decid¬
ed upon by the committee Wednesday
afternoon.
The rules of the festival directors
forbade nominations, and only the
officers, committee members, and
table attendants were permitted to
vote, and they only by secret ballets.
The names of a number of proml
ment and popular matrons and maid¬
ens, benedicts and bachelors figured
in the balloting, but the names of
Mrs. Hume and Mr. Whiting, like
Abou Ben Adhem’s “led all the test, M
and their election was made unani¬
mous by a rising vote. While the
voting showed that there was no
dearth of eligibles and favorites for
the purple and ermine, the choice
of rulers for the great fete was as
universally and unquestioningly ac¬
cepted as if the chosen ones were the
legal successors to the throae by
virtue of royal lineage and Divine
Right. ,
<< Queen Helen,” it is said, will wear
tbe robe actually worn by Mary
Pickford when she appeared as Do¬
rothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, and
11 King Elbert’s” royal garments will
be equally distingue.
The pageant will feature “The
Peach of The World,” and every
country in whose history or tradi¬
tions the peach has figured and every
state of the Union in which the peach
is commercially cultivated will have
a distinct and elaborate episode in
gorgeous spectacle. More than 500
persons will appear in the pageant
and many are the busy heads and
hands planning and making their
costumes and studying and rehears¬
ing their parts.
Soon, the merry sound of many
saws and hammers will be heard
erecting the “bleachers” for the 10,
000 spectators who will be fortunate
enough to get tickets to the pageant,
and only those thus provided will b*
able to stee it, as no standing up in
front will be permitted and no “S.
R. O.” sign hung out. It has been de¬
cided that all who come can and will
be fed without charge, but that it
would be impossible to provide for
all who come to see the pageant, and
that the only fair thing to do is to
provide that some may see it instead
of letting all try to see it and no one
succeed in doing so. It has been de¬
cided that 10,000 seats is the prac¬
ticable maximum, and that the only
way to guarantee that 10,000 people
may see the pageant enjoya1»ly is to
issue only that number of tickets at
$1.00 each, and admit no one without
a ticket into the pageant grounds.
The charge is not for revenue but
for protection—reversing the trmb
honored tariff slogan of the Dem
cratic party.
Among the distinguished gn*sts
who have accepted invitations to be
present are Major General David C.
Shanks, his family and staff. Majos
Shanks’ record for efficiency in
charge of the port of embarkation
for American troops at Hoboken dur¬
ing the World War is said to have
been one of the most notable in th*
military annals of the world. He wil|
deliver a public address here on the
morning of the festival.
The Shriner’s Band from Macon
and the Twenty-ninth Infantry Band
from Fort Benning have been en¬
gaged for the day.
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FOR SALE—Pure Barred Rock Eggs,
$1.00 for 15. Mrs. A. A. Williams.
2-28-3tpd.
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