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The only newspaper
published in Fort Val¬
ley, the largest peach¬
shipping station in the
world.
Volume No. XXXVI, Number U. •
FUN, MUSIC, SPEECHES, AND BARGAINS TO
OPEN NEWLY PAVED AND LIGHTED AREA
THE PM III HIS
This is the third of a series of
articles bearing upon the history of
the Peach as it will be portrayed at
the Third Annual Peach 151 ossom
Festival. These articles were furn*
ished to The Leader.Tribune by
Miss Pauline Oak, who arranged and
will direct the Peach Blossom Pag¬
et nt, as she did the two previous
ones.
Persiai
The Chinese eariy discovered trade
routes over the mountains from the
center of Asia fo Kashmir, Bokhara,
and northern Persia. What more
probable titan that in remote times
the seeds of peaches should have been
carried westward from China and the
peach thus have been introduced in¬
to western Asia where it at once
found a congenial soil and climate.
The peach tree is so easily raised
from the pit that its diffusion along
routes of travel must have been
very rapid.
Greece _
Theophrastus (332 ' B. C.) was the
first GreeK to mention the ,, peach. ,
doubtedly , , . ,, Alexander, his
in r
tion .. against . , „ Persia, . , brought , the , ,
peach , . into . Greece „ . 331 „„„ „ B. C. „ I
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ln reec “
There is another story of the
troduction , . of „ the , peach , into . Greece
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that , may , be mentioned . to separate
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fact . A from fable. . ,, Some „ of „ the old , ,
writers assert , that , the peach , came to
Greece from Persia by way of Egypt.
Such statements are founded on a tra¬
ditionary tale first- printed by Pliny
to the effect that this fruit was sent
into Egypt by the kings of Persia
to poison the Egyptians.
France
Peach-culture in France probably
began about as early as in Italy, for
both Columella and Pliny, as we
have seen, mention the peaches of
Gaul with those of Rome. Introduced
thus early, finding suitable soil and
climate and easily propagated, so
delicious a fruit as the peach must
at once have become a prime favorite
in the orchards of the monasteries,
where, tended by monks who were the j
times, most skilled the peach horticulturists disseminated of Jtheir j
was
throughout France with the spread
of Christianity. France was the
er-mother of the peach in
from her nurseries the
Dutch, Germans and English had
their first peach trees. The history of
the peach in France, then, is an im
portant chapter in the history of this
The first . reference to the peach in
France after those made by Pliny and
Columella (40 A. D. by Columella,
Pliny’s compend of the natural hist¬
ory lore that existed at the begin¬
ning of the Christian era.) is made
by Bishop Fortunat of Portiers in
530.
The Peach in Italy
rr o Vergil (71-19 B. C.), we are
indebted for the first reference to the
peach in Roman literature. The
Prince of Latin Poets,” writing on
agriculture, orcharding and garden¬
ing, in the Gorogics, mentions the
peach in these graceful lines:
i .•* •> yself will search our planted
grounds at home,
For downy peaches and the glossy
plum.”
Columella, writing in the next gen¬
eration after Virgil, about 40 A. D.,
adopts or starts the story of the
peach being a poisonous gift sent
from Persia to EgPfit:
* ■ And apples, which most barbarous
Persia sent,
With native poison arm’d (as fame
relates):
But now they’ve lost their power to
kill, and yield
Ambrosial juice, and have forgot to
hurt;
And of their country still retain the
name. II
In Chapter 11, Book XV, entitled
<< Six Varieties of the Peach,” Pliny
again discusses several fruits but in
the last paragraph confines himself
to the peach and puts on record the
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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, MARCH 13, 1924.
TO FURNISH REFRIGERATED
CARS FOR BARBECUE MEAT
General Chairman C. L. Shepard
of the Peach Blossom Festival Com¬
mittee informs The Leader-Tribune
that the Central of Georgia Railway
Company has agreed to furnish free
two refrigerator cars to receive car¬
casses contributed for the festival
barbecue until it is time to put them
over the pits, and that the Atlantic
Ice and Coal corporation has agreed
to keep these cars iced and the meat
salted without charge until ready for
use.
This is another evidence of the
splendid cooperation being received
by the committee on all sides.
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Negro Farmers Have
Suxessiul Meeting
Farm, and Home Products Show Here
Last Week. One of Most Suc¬
cessful Yet Held.
The Annual Negro Farmers’ Con¬
ference and Educational Meeting
was held at the Fort Valley H. & I.
o c , r o o' , on the 6th and 7th of this
month. From point of .
every view
meeting proved to be the biggest ,
and , most . successful , , „ its kind , . ,
c: ever
held. ,, x Farmers , from - the ,, surrounding ,.__
districts, from the county , at , large ,
from other counties of the state
came and brought their wives and ,
children. , Prominent n visitors and , oth- .,
particularly .. . , interested . . , , .
ers m agri¬
culture ,, from . all ,, over the state and ,
many from other states were pres¬
ent at this meeting.
The meeting began promptly at
ten o’clock on the morning of the
sixth. Most of the day was given to
hearing reports by the presidents
of the fifteen community clubs in
Houston County and to discussions
on various aspects of farming by
different farmers.
Col. S. ‘A. Nunn, of Perry, Ga.,
gave a most timely talk on the es¬
sentials of good citizenship. Mr. A.
J. Evans, President Citizens Bank,
Foyt Valley, urged the fanners to
grow more food stuffs. He used facts
and figures to great advantage in
showing how the growing of insuf
ficient foods is proving disastrous
t 0 the Geor pia farmers. The possi
bilities of the hog, the cow, and the
were graphically depicted by Mr.
E. Martin, Vice-President Citizens
Bank,
Other talks that showed evidence
of careful thinking and that were
interesting, timely, and helpful were
delivered by Proi. J. H. Johnson,
District Agent, Macon, Ga. ; Prof. M.
C. Mosley, County School Supt.;
Prof _ T M _ Campbe n, Field Agent
for Negroes of the Southern States; ’
Mr Alva Tabor , state Agent for
Smith-Iiughs Work; Miss Camilla
Weems, State Agent for Women’s
Club Work; Mr. H. C. Adams, Rosen
wald School Agent; Mr. A. Will¬
iams, State Agent for Smith-Lever
Work in Georgia; Mr. Solomon Tay¬
lor from Freetown Sierra Leone,
Africa; and Mr. C. J. McKenney, Edi¬
tor Macon News,
More than 425 choice home cured
hams were displayed. Under the aus
pices of Mrs. O. S. Oneal, County
Home Demonstration Agent,
farmers’ wives displayed 30 lbs. of
butter, 22 dozen eggs and 110 jars
of canned fruits and vegetables. The
unusually fine cooking and sewing
exhibits from the rural schools spoke
in no uncertain terms of the work
done by Mrs. C. F. Stephens,
Supervisor for the county. In every'
case prizes were won by Rosenwald
schools. There are nine of such
schools completed in this county.
An , added ,, , feature , , of , this . annual ,,
affair ... was the ,, big freq . u barbecue u that *1
was served everybody present.
teen and one-half hogs were used for
this feast. The hogs were donated by
the community clubs.
The success of this meeting was
due primarily to the untiring and
faithful efforts of Mr. O. S. dneal,
Farm Demonstration Agent for this
county and to the hearty cooperation
of the cluh presidents and leading
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Major General David C. Shanks, Coisanding the Fourth
Corps Area, II. S. Army.
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General Shanks will be a distinguished visitor to Fort Valley’s Third
Annual Peach Blossom Festival, and will be the only speaker of the day,
giving reminiscenses of his forty years’ experience in the service. General
Shanks was awarded a Distinguished Service Medjd for his remarkably
efficient work as commander of the port of embarkation at Hoboken,
N. J., during the World War. He is a Virginian. He will soon be eligible
for retirement from the service, and says he will probably make his perma¬
nent home in Atlanta. He will be accompanied to Fort Valley by Mrs.
Shanks and they will be entertained at the beautiful country home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. H. Baiard.
The presence, here of General Shanks and about sixty high officers of
the U. S. Army from Ft. McPherson and Camp Benning in uniform
will lend a distinctly military atmosphere to the occasion. The Twenty
Ninth Infantry Band from Camp Benning will furnish the music for the
Pageant, and it is practically assured that the Twenty-Second Infantry
Band from Ft. McPherson will also be here.
<< SHANTY” CITIZENS ASK NEW
NAME AND BETTER SERVICE
A petition has been sent in to Mr.
Henry Baldwin, superintendent of the
division of the Centra!
of Geor.ia Railway requesting that
the name of “Shanty,” a station on
Perry Branch be changed.
The name “Shanty” is
and undesirable, that
name originated by the railroad,
the section houses are
The Perry Branch is one of
oldest short lines that is operated
the Central of Georgia Railroad,
T'nis petition also asks for a sta
depot, to be built by the com
own choice, More people
the train at this station than
other stop. At present there is
means of weather protection at
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This section of the county is only
seven miles from Fort Valley and
five miles from Perry aud one of the
most f er til e seclions of Houston
County.
Several hundred carloads of peach
eg and watermellons are shipped from
this point every season.
Due to the j nC rease of shipping
from this sta tion the railroad was
f iorcea orf , pd to extena PX tpnd its its sHine siding track iracx for lor
fifty JL, feet during last peach season.
With the , several , hundreds . , , of . acres >
of , , bemfr . planted this; i
asparagus in
section; .. and , „ the farmers . turning , . to .
hog and hen plan this is one of
the most promising sections in “he
state of Georgia.
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PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES
There v/ill be preaching next Sab
bath at 11:00 A. M. and 7:00 P. M.
Young People’s Meeting at 5:45
p. M.
Sabbath School at 9:45 A. M.
A cordiail welcome for all.
MARSHALL GROCERY COMPANY
I BUILDING NEW WAREHOUSE
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j have The begun Marshall erection Grocery of Company brick
a new
j warehouse on the corner of Macon
Street and Central Avenue., adjoin
ing the building they now occupy,
which they recently sold to J. E.
Davidson and was subsequently
bought by Mrs. Alice Crandall. The
new building v/ill front 57 feet on
Macon Street and extend back about
133 feet in depth, and will be occu¬
pied by the Marshall Grocery Com
pany. The company have not yet de
cided whether they v/ill occupy the
entire building or will construct sev
eral retail stores in front.
The building at present occupied
by the grocery company will be used
by Crandall and Campbell, brokers,
as a warehouse for orchard supplies
and spray machinery and materials.
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EPISCOPAL NIGHT SERVICE
CHANGED TO 7:30 O’CLOCK
Next Sunday evening, owing to the
meeting of the Young People’s So¬
cieties at the Methodist Church, Rev.
Loy V/arwick, pastor, the time of the
evening service at St. Andrew’s is
from 7;00 P M _ to 7;30 p
This gives . the ,, Episcopal „ . , young
people , the , opportunity to take ad-: ,
of , ,, the above , named , gather- ,
Ing '
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A number of the Baptist women
are attending the institute of the
missioinary women of the Rehoboth
Association, being conducted at the
First Baptist church in Macon this
week.
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JX nd Rjrs. J. L. Wheeler of
Amerieus were week end guests of
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Nappe.
SIX PAGES.
MANY FORT VALLEYANS
JOINING MCADOO
The McAdoo Club started here
week is growing rapidly under
enthusiastic leadership of John
Vance. A number of prominent
izens of the community have
the roster, and a number of
are planning to go to Macon
day morning to hear Mr.
speak. Underwood has had a
following here, but many have
ed their allegiance to McAdoo
the past few days, and it is
that a good vote will be polled
for McAdoo next Wednesday.
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Dr. Branham Given
Credit Long Time
Prominent Brunswick Surgeon,
Known and Connected Here,
First to Perform and Des
cribe Rare Operation
The many Fort Valley friends
Dr. H. M. Branham of
will be interested m the
news and editorial items which
pearrd in The Brunswick News
March 5, 1924:
The Journal of the Medical
ciation of Georgia carries a
printed below, from Dr. Bunce to
F. K. Boland, and Brunswickians
be pleased to note that Dr. II.
Branham is given credit for
thing he accomplished many ye
aero, 'the letter follows:
a At the meeting of the
Surgical Association, in
Springs, West Virginia, last
ber, Dr. Rudolph Matas, of New
leans, read a paper on “Vascular
gery,” in which he spoke of a
nomenon associated with
nus aneurism, which has been
as “Wiegdorewitsh’s Sign.” This
sian surgeon described the
non in 1915. In Matas’
he found that Dr. H. M. Branham,
Brunswick, Georgia, had
the same phenomenon in 1890,
ty-five years before. Dr. Branham
exhibited his operation before the
m1?mbers of the Medical Association
of Georgia, at their annual meeting
in Brunswick, in 1890, reportiiyg the
case the same year in the Inter¬
national Journal of Surgery, Vol.
Ill, page 250. Dr. Matas now gives
credit for the discovery of this phe¬
nomenon to Dr. Branham, and thinks
it should be called “Branham’s
Sign.” This is a great compliment
from a man who today is the leader
in surgery in the south, if not in the
whole United States.
U ‘I am enclosing a copy of Dr.
Branham’s original paper which I
think should be reproduced in the
Journal.’
4 • It will be seen from the letter
that Dr. Branham, well known and
beloved Brunswickian, is to get credit
for something he accomplished near¬
ly thirty-five years ago, but, as the
old saying goes: ‘It’s better lalse than
never.’ 99
Commenting upon the same edi¬
torially, The News had the following
to say in its issue of Friday, March
7th:
“Although tardy in coming, we are
pleased that the State Medical au¬
thorities have finally decided to give
Dr. H. M. Branham, of this city, cre¬
dit for his scientific ability in the
matter of ‘Branham’s Sign.’ It seems
that this medical phenomenon was
described by Dr. Branham as far back
as 1890. The credit has heretofore
gone to a Russian physician, who de¬
scribed the sign in 1915. However,
the Southern Surgical association in
session a few days ago placed the
credit for it with Dr. Branham. Here
is a fine distinction for our fellow
citizen and we congratulate him on
the honor that has come to him. 99
Dr. Branham is a brother of Mr.
Henry M. Branham and Mr. Russell
Branham and Mrs. R. M. Houser of
Fort Valley. He spent a few days
here recently when he accompanied
Mr. Emmett Houser home. Mr. Hou¬
ser has furnished The Leader-Tri
bune with the following interesting
information concerning Dr. Bran
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GALA OCCASION FOB
rwy, 4 to io p. m.
Tomorrow, Friddy, March 14, wlU
be a red-letter day in the history *f
Fort Valley, celebrating a year «t
extraordinary progress in municipal
improvement, involving the expendi¬
ture of approximately $100,000.00
in street and sidewalk paving and
modern white-way lighting system I
formal presentation of which will be
made to the citizens of the commu¬
nity and section.
This formal opening of Fert Val¬
ley’s newly paved and lighted busi
ness district will be made from 4:00
to 10:00 P. M. that evening, and will
be featured by music by the Macon
Shrine band, games, fun and frolic,
speeches, bargains galore offered by
all the retail merchants, who will
keep open house throughout the
hours specified, and by the turning
on of the new street lights for the
first time.
The celebration is under the aus
pices of the Fort Valley Kiwanis
club,'by special request of the Mayor
arc! Council and Board of Light and
Water Commissioners. A special eom
mittee from the Kiwanis club hav%
had charge of all details of the cele
bration, and announce the following
j Program
i Master of Ceremonies—C. L. Shep¬
ard
! 4:00 P. M.—Bargain Sales Start,
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I 7:00 P. M.—White Way Lights
j Switched on by Mrs. M. M. Kersji
Music—Shrine Band
Presentation of White Way—Dr. H.
M. Copeland, Chairman BoaA •!
Light and Water Commissioners
Acceptance—Mayor A. C. Riley, Jr.
Music—Shrine Band
Address—“Kiwanis”—Ralph Newton
Song—Fort Valley JI. & I. Schosl
Chorus
Music—Shrine Band
Basket Ball Game in heart of busi¬
ness district.
Prominade to “Country Stors. 99
The nine or more blocks of new
six-inch vibrolithic concrete street
paving and new wide concrete side¬
walk paving, with granite curbing
throughout, and the 76 ornamental
street lighting standards, each sur¬
mounted by a 400 candle-power se¬
ries Maada lamp enclosed in a Nova
lux ripple glass globe, give the
business section of Fort Valley a
most modern, spacious, and city-like
appearance, and will stand aS a last¬
ing memorial to one of the city’s
most efficient and progressive admin¬
istrations—Mayor A. C. Riley, Jr.,;
Aldermen W. M. Wright, J. D. Duke,
Jno. A. Houser, W. C. Fagan, J. R.
Kinney, B. H. Fincher; and Light
and Water Commissioners H, M.
Copeland, C. L. Shepard, J. M. Green,
and the late A. M. Seifert.
The street and sidewalk pying
was done by the Whitley Construc¬
tion Company of LaGrange, under
design, specifications and supervision
of the Knox T. Thomas engineering
organization of Atlanta.
The street lighting system was m
stalled by T. A. Jones, superinten¬
dent of lines of the local Mght and
and water department. The station
apparatus in connection therewith
was installed by the local plant su
perintendent, J. G. Bostwick.
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METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday school at 9:30. Judge H.
A. Mathews, superintendent; Mr. C.
E. Martin, assistant superintendent.
Hours of worship 11 A. M. and
7:30 P. M.
Intermediate League meets at 2:30
P. M. and the Senior League at 6:30.
The meeting next Sunday at 6:30
will be a union service in which all
the young people’s societies of Fort
Valley will take part.
Good music, plain gospel preach¬
ing and a welcome for all.
LOY WARWICK, Pastor.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Melvin enter
tained at a most delightful six o’clock
dinner on last Wednesday evening,
occasion bwing in honor of Miss
Melvin’s birthday.