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The only newspaper
published in Fort Val¬
ley, the largest peach¬
shipping station in the
world.
Volume No. XXXVI, Number 12.
PREPARATIONS PROGRESS RAPIDLY FOR
THIRD ANNUAL PEACH BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
1X10 CELEBRATE
IDE WAY.
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DEFY COLD WAVE TO
SPEECHES, MUSIC,
NADE, AND SEE BASKET
GAME.
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Fully a thousand citizens of
Valley and vicinity attended
formal presentation of the new
tral area paving and white way
tem last Friday night, despite
cold wave and blustering
winds.
A large stage was improvised
Fincher Memorial Park, at Fort
ley’s famous “Five Points, 99
commonly known as the
Tower, : a designation which it
hoped may ere many more
be relegated to the archives of
cient history. This
was occupied by Mayor A. C.
Jr., and councilmen, the members
the Water and Light
Master of- Ceremonies C. L.
and the Central Railroad Shop
from Macon with twenty-one
ments.
Promptly at 7:00 o’clock, P.
the band began to play and
taneously the seventy-six white
standards burst into light, as
M. M. Kersh thiew in the switch.
a light ^failed to glow in full
candle power brilliance, and the
fect was pleasing indeed.
When the music ceased the
of ceremonies, C. L. Shepard,
briefly and fittingly in
of the city officials who had
neered the financing and other
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NOTICE TO TAX
I will be in Fort Valley at
Emmett Houser’s office
March 22, from 8:30 A. M., for
remainder of the day to collect
for 1923, for which I hold fifas.
T..S. CHAPMAN,
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Mrs. Otis Jones returned this
from a visit to relatives in Tifton.
Big Army Airplanes to Give
Thrills on Festival Morning
Lt. Col. W. J. Kendrick of the 4th
Corps Area Headquarters and Capt.
Otto G. Trunk, Air Service
of the 4th Corps Area with
quarters in Atlanta, visited Fort
ley this week and selected the
ing field and gave instructions
markng same, so that the three
D-H air planes equipped with
horsepower Liberty engines can
dily find their parking places
Braswell’s field, when they arrive
the Peach City the day
the Festival.
Major Roy S. Brown of
Field, Montgomery, Ala., Air
Officer, will be in command. He
be accompanied by Capt. Otto
Trunk, Air Service Officer of
4th Corps Area, Lieut. A. C.
and Lieut. Robert Knapp, both of
22nd Observation Squad, and
enlisted men acting as mechanics.
During the morning of the
these daring air officers will
the spectators who attend the
Annual Peach Blossom Festival
some of the most marvelous
tions and elemental acrobatics
witnessed in this section of the
try, and the bombing with the
phoric bombs by these all army
ed airmen as they pilot their
birds of war over the 50,000
will be one of the main features
the morning entertainment.
While these air argonauts of
army circumnavigate the Peach
they will scatter literature
to and in the interest of the
Military Training Camps.
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.
eight pages. '
FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH, 20, 1924.
SPECIAL FESTIVAL TRAIN
TO BE RUN BY SOUTHERN
General Chairman C. L. Shepard
of the Festival committee announces
that the Southern Railroad Company
has arranged to run a special limited
train from Atlanta and return for
the Peach Blossom Festival, This
train will leave the Atlanta Terminal
Station at 7:00 o’clock on the morn¬
ing of Marfch 27th, and arrive at
Fort Valley at 10:15 A. M., making
the trip in thre& hours and fifteen
minutes. Only three stops will be
made between Atlanta and Fort Val¬
ley—at Fayetteville, Williamson, and
Zebulon.
The train will leave Fort Valley
•at 5:00 P. JI. on the return trip to
Atlanta.
The round trip fare will be $2.50.
MANTLE OF SNOW BEDECKS
BLOSSOMING PEACH TREES
It was an unusual and beautiful
sight that greeted the eyes of Fort
Valleyans last Friday morning when
they looked out upon house-tops and
cither elevated structures mantled
with snow to a depth of more than
an inch. More beautiful and unusual
still was the effect of the pink blos¬
soms of the early flowering peach
trees against the fluffy white gar¬
ment that covered their bare limbs.
Snow began falling during the rain
Thursday afternoon and by eight
o’clock- that evening the big fluffy
flakes were falling thick and fast.
These melted as soon as they struck
t the wet earth and streets, but re¬
mained on automobiles, house-tops,
and other structures above the
ground until well up toward the mid¬
dle of Friday morning.
Notwithstanding the rain Thurs¬
day and the snow that night, Fort
Valley’s paved streets were as dry
as a bone before the middle of Fri¬
day morning—a striking illustration
of one of the advantages of paving
and an excellent testimonial to the
perfect drainage achieved by the
engineers.
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Mrs. W. G. Keene and Mrs. Lou
Helen Hair visited friends and rela¬
tives at Wesleyan, College, Macon,
» this week.
FORT VALLEY TO BE WELL
POLICED FESTIVAL DAY
Arrangements have been made to
have Fort Valley well policed during
the Blossom Festival next Thursday
by both uniformed and plain clothes
men of experience. Twenty uniform¬
ed men and five detectives will come
from Atlanta, fifteen regular police¬
men from Macon, and five plain
clothes officers will be furnished by
the American Railway Express Com¬
pany. These men will cooperate with
the members of the local post of the
American Legion in regulating traf¬
fic and guarding the peace and safe¬
ty of the city and its visitors.
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LIST OF FLOATS AND
DECORATED AUTOMOBILES
IN FESTIVAL PARADE
Fort Valley Red Cross
Fort Valley Post American
Fort Valley Crate and Lumber Co., J.
W. Woolfolk, Fort Valley, Randolph
County Advertising Club, Birdsey
Flour Mills, Macon, Atlanta
of Commerce, Macon Retailers’ As
sociation, Ga. State Board of En "
tomology, Atlanta, Central of Geor
gia Railway , N. E. Pace, Macon, Ga.,
White Trucks, Montezuma,
lo, Crandall and Campbell, Fort
ley, Jones County Federation Club,
Mrs. Chas. Glawson, Bradley, Ga.
Crawford County.
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Advertise in TI*e Leader-Tribune,
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Program, Third Annual Peach
Blossom Festival, March 27 th
1 PROGRAM
9:00 A. M.- Music, Central R. R. Shop Band.
9:30 A. M. Parade of Floats and Decorated
Automobiles.
10:00 A. M.—Exhibition Flights—U. S. Army
Airplanes. (Interest Citizens
Military Training Camps.).
10:30 A. M.—Music, 22nd Infantry Band,
fi'om Fort McPherson.
Exhibition Drill, Composite Co.,
22nd Inf., Capt. R- A. Bolling,
Commanding.
11:00 A. M.—Address, Reminiscenses of Mili¬
tary Service, Maj. General Da¬
vid C- Shanks, Commanding
Fourth Corps Area U. S. Army.
11:30 A. M.—Music, 29th Infantry Band, from
Camp Banning.
22nd Infantry Band.
Central R. R. Shop Band.
12:00 M. ' Old Fashioned Georgia Barbe¬
cue, Cafeteria Style.
1:30 P. M.—PAGEANT, it Peach of The
Wtjrld-” Oakland Heights.
Music by 29th Infantry Band.
u PEACH OF
THE WORLD 99
o4 Pageant of the Peach Country^
Arranged and Directed by Miss Pauline Eaton Oak
Mr. R. D. Hale, Chairman of the Pageant Committee
Order of the Pageant.
I. Coronation of the King and Queen of Peaehland.
II. Arrival of Pomona, Goddess of Fruit.
Dance of the Seeds, Blossoms, and Fruit.
II. Pomona summons the Past, Present, and Future.
Dance of the Twelve Hours.
IV. The Past reveals her history of the Peach.
A. Entrance of China
Episode 1. 2000 B. C. Peach Cultivation in Ancient China.
Entrance of Japan and India.
Entrance of Persia.
■Episode 2. 331 B. C. The Peach in Persia. The coming of the
Greeks.
Entrance of Greece.
i Episode 3. 330 B. C. A Blossom Festival in Ancient Greece.
» Entrance of Italy.
Entrance of France.
Episode 4. 550 A. D. Peach cultivation in the French monasteries.
Entrance of England, Belgium, Holland, and Spain.
Entrance of Mexico.
- Episode 5. Mexico in the sixteenth century. A fete day in blossom
tim«,
V. The "Present summons America and the States.
Entrance of America.
Entrance of the peach-growing states:
Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Idaho, Con
* necticut, Oregon, Delaware, Mississippi, Maryland, Kansas,
Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia, Alabama, South Carolina,
Utah, Colorado, Washington, North Carolina, Illinois, Ken¬
tucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohm, Texas, New Jersey,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, New York, Cali
fornia, and Georgia.
Georgia’s gifts to the World:
The Elberta, the Georgia Belle, the Hiley Belle, the Uneeda.
Fort Valley, the Hub of 16,000,000 Peach Trees.
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VI. The Future reveals a Sea of Blossoms.
Principal Characters.
j The .Archbishop Rev. Loy Warwick
rThe King Mr. Elbert M. Whiting
' The Queen Mrs. Alfred Hume, Jr.
j Courtiers, Ladies, Pages, Flower Girls, Heralds, Jester
Pomona, Goddess of Fruit Miss Gladys Slappey
The Past Mrs. J. W. Rundell
Thg p regent Miss Ruth Houser
■ The p uture Miss Mary Belle Houser
‘ “ Miss Kwe Yuin Kiang
S China 1 Bassett
Japan Miss Nannine
j‘ dia • Miss Wilma Marshall O'rr
p erg j a b. Miss Helen
I The Pers i a n Youth Mr. George Culpepper, Jr.
The Pergian Maiden Miss Audrey Fagan
Greece Mrs. Robert Marchman
Alexander the Great Mr. Robert Marchman
j Consort of Alexander Miss Mary Grimes
Italy I Mrs. Harris Turner
; Mrs. Ralph Bassett
France Mrs. Leighton Shepard
j England
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$1.50 Per Year In Advance.
HONORARY ESCORT TO
MEET GENERAL SHANKS
Major General David C. Shanks,
commanding: the Fourth Corps Area
of the U. S. Army, with headquarters
in Atlanta, who will be the disting¬
uished guest of Fort Valley at the
Peach Blossom Festival and will be
the speaker of the day on that occa¬
sion will be met next Wednesday ev¬
ening at a suitable point on his route
to this city by an honorary escort
composed of members of the Fred¬
erick Withoft Post of the American
Legion and officers and members of
the Festival committees. .
The invitation committee, of which
Dr. H. M. Copeland is chairman, con¬
sider that such a courtesy is due a
guest of Gen. Shank’s rank and dis¬
tinguished record in the military
service of the country.
The personnel of the escort and
point at which it will meet Gen.
Shanks have not yet been announced.
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SPEEDING FLIVVER BREAKS
DOWN WHITE WAY STANDARD
Scarcely had Superintendent T. A.
Jones got all of the new white way
standards erected and tested out last
Thursday afternoon and ropes
stretched across the streets to keep
the central business section clear for
Friday night’s celebration when a
speeding Ford automobile driven by
Henry Mathews, colored, smashed in¬
to the rope at the corner of Railroad
and Church streets and laid low on«
of the new standards, smashing the
globe and lamp into “smithereens. 99
One end of the rope was attached to
the white way standard and the oth¬
er end to a telephone pole.
No case has yet been made against
the driver of the car, we understand,
though some action may be taken.
By heroic work Superintendent
Jones and his crew were able to get
the standard set up again in tim* ffp?
the formal opening of the white way
system that night.
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Believe not each accusing tongue,
As most weak people do;
But still believe that story wrong
Which ought not to be true.
—SheridsSn.
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Is your subscription ^aid up?
Country Bankers Will Attend
STREET VENDERS MUST HAVE
LICENSE FOR FESTIVAL DAY
Anyone desiring to sell peanuts,
soft drinks, sandwiches, or other ar¬
ticles outside of regularly licensed
places of business on Festival Day,
March 27, must apply to H. M. Cone
land for special license.. Licenses
will be required.
A. C. RILEY, Mayor.
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LIST YOUR SPARE ROOMS
Due to the tremendous crowd that
will be here to attend the Peach
Blossom Festival next week it will
be impossible for the hotels to take
care of them and it will be necessary
for the entertainment committee to
procure rooms in private homes.
If you have rooms for rent please
list them at Copeland’s Pharmacy
and in that way help take care of
visitors who will want to come in a
day ahead of time. There will be no
charge for making reservations.
Program & Entertainment Com
mittee.
MASONIC NOTICE
Regular communication of Fort
Valley Lodge No. 110, F. and A. M.
Tuesday night, 7:00 o’clock, at Ma¬
sonic Hall.
All qualified brethren are cordial¬
ly invited to attend.
T. M. ANTHOINE, W. M.
E. M. SAMMONS, Sec.
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ONLY A WEEK AWAY
MANY PROMINENT PERSONS
AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM
THIS AND OTHER STATES AC¬
CEPT INVITATIONS TO FETE.
Preparations are progres*inff,
rapidly and surely for the Third An¬
nual Peach Blossom Festival of th*
Fort Valley peach section to be held
next Thursday, March 27. Many hav?
feared that the date set was too late
for the orchards to greet the victor*
with a full set of their prettiest bles
soms, but the continued cold weath¬
er has dispelled this fear, and it now
seems certain that the orchards will
be looking their lovsliest at the time.
The three stages for the pageant"
and the great crescent of bleacher*
to seat 10,000 spectators are rapiA
ly nearing completion in Oakland
Heights. The barbecue grounds at
Braswell’s field have been fenced in,
many entrances provided and ar
fangements made for serving tha
barbecue eafeteria style, but free;
miles of tables have been ereetad
at which the visitors will find Bruns¬
wick stew, bread, piekles, coffee, and
the other concomitants of a real
Georgia barbecue; thousands of feet
of pits have been dug over which
400 or more carcasses will be barbe¬
cued by Jim Everett’s own inimitable
recipe; hundreds of cords of wood
are o* the ground waiting for tha
fires to be kindled.
Pageant headquarters is a buzzing
bee-hive of industry, and the hutn of
sewing machines fabricating cos¬
tumes is heard throughout the com¬
munity.
And speaking of costumes, thosh
of the King and Queen arrived last
Friday from California and are said
to be gorgeous creations. That of tha
Queen is the original cdstume worn
by Mary Pickford in her character¬
ization of Dorothy Vernon of Had
don Hall. -m
Rehearsals of the various episode*
are being held nightly, and Wedne*
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As announced recently in Th*
Leader-Tribune, the Country Bank¬
ers Association of Georgia, whi«h
will hold its annual convention i*
Macon on March 25, 26, and 27,
accepted tun invitation from th*
Peach Blossom Festival eommitt**
and xiie Fort Valley banks to attend
the Festival on March 27, and Mr.
L. R. Adams, secretary of the Bank¬
ers Association, announces that th*
bankers will be here en masie.
In a circular letter to the m ember*
of the association Mr. Adame -write*
as follows:
On March 27th the great annual
PEACH FESTIVAL will be held at
Fort Valley. This is a nationally
famous event, unique to this single
locality. It is a sight which annually
tempts thousands of visitors from all
parts of the world. It is one of the
most beautiful pictures which Mother
Nature offers for the delectation of
mankind.
We have decided to “seed-up 99 the
business program of our convention,
conclude it in Macon on the night of
March 26th and, on March 27th, Th*
Country Bankers Association of
Georgia will attend the Peach Blos
som Festival at Fort Valley in *
body.
There isn’t another set of men i*
the State prouder of Georgia than we
bankers. There isn’t another set of
men who know more about our State.
And there isn’t anether set of men
more appreciative ef such occasions
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