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The only newspaper
published in Fort Val¬
ley, the largest peach
shipping station in the
world.
Volume No. XXXVI, Number >8.
a HOMES BEAUTIFUL” IS
Klims CLUB GOAL
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN
PRIZES TO BE OFFERED FOR
BEST KEPT PREMISES. WOULD
CHANGE STREET NAMES.
A program of more than ordinary
interest marked the regular weekly
luncheon of the Fort Valley Kiwanis
Club last Friday noon.
Dr. M. L. Hickson, chairman of the
program committee, introduced Mr.
S. B. Brown as the first speaker on
the program, who discussed under the
subject “Public Affairs” the individ¬
ual duty of citizens to aid in
the moral betterment of the
community, especially in the mat¬
ter of prohibition observance. A ref¬
erence made by the speaker to evi¬
dences of violation of the prohibi¬
tion laws was explained by Mayor A.
C. Riley, Jr., as applying particular¬
ly to the sale of Jamaica ginger, the
use of which Mayor Riley character¬
ized as more degrading in its effects
even than whiskey. Mayor Riley stat¬
ed that he was taking steps to su
press the traffic, insofar as it is
* within the powers of his office to do
so.
Mr. C. L. Shepard, the next speak¬
er presented by the program Commit¬
tee, made some very interesting sug¬
gestions regarding the changing df
the names of some of Fort Valley’s
streets to commemorate the lives and
services of some of its most disting¬
uished citizens, a committee compos¬
ed of Judge A. C. Riley, J. A. Bed
ingfield, and C. L. Shepard was ap¬
pointed to confer with the Mayor and
City Council regarding this matter.
Judge A. C. Riley was next intro¬
duced by the program committee as
“the youngest member of the club. >$
The Judge entertained the club in
his usual facetious manner with anec¬
dotes and observations on the naming
of the streets, offering the sugges¬
tion that it was so much more im
pressive to have the streets num
bered instead of named, . - beginning,
say, with number 10 .
On sugestion of President E. T
Murray, the club enthusiastically
launched a “Home Beautiful” move
rnent, and a subscription of $100.00
was quickly raised for prizes to be
offered for the best kept
A committee composed of T. F.
Flournoy, F. W. Withoft, and H. M.
Copeland was appointed to work out
the details of the proposition and re
port baca to the club Friday night,
at which time the club will entertain
the ladies. With reference to the
“Homes Beautiful” movement, Mr.
T. F. Flournoy, chairman of the com¬
mittee, offers the following com¬
ments:
“The majority of the places in
Fort Valley are neat and well kept
but we feel that a little extra ef¬
fort will make them beautiful and
attractive as well. We have such a
wonderful climate for growing flow¬
ers of every description, and they
are so easy to raise that we want
every home to have a flower yard.
“In order to make the homes as at¬
tractive as possible the club raised
$ 100 . 00 , which is to be divided into
smaller sums to be given to the citi¬
zens who have the most attractive
yards, and the larger prizes will be
given for back yards.
“There will be several points on
which the yards are graded: neatness,
arrangement, sanitary conditions,
and beauty. The prizes will be so
divided that even if you are unable
to have flowers in your yard you
will have a chance at the money be¬
cause of the neatness and attractive¬
ness of your premises.
The object in view is to make
Fort Valley stand out among the
towns of Georgia as being the most
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WIND WROUGHT DAMAGE
ON ROUTE 3 MONDAY
(By Clopine Correspondent)
A terrible wind which folowed the
rain and hail storm, blew down the
packing house of Mr. J. M. Green at
Withoft’s station last Monday after¬
noon. The loss of the crushed lum¬
ber and crate material will run up to
several hundred dolars.
The Western Union wires were
down at Withoft and Clopine Sta¬
tion on the Perry branch.
Several trees were blown down by
the wind which followed the rain
and hail.
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, MAY 1, 1924.
COUNTY MANAGER FORM
OF GOVERNMENT WINS
In the special election held last
Friday the County Manager Uniform
Government was adopted by a vote of
829 to 318. The vote by precincts
was as folows:
For Against
Perry 10 182
Fort Valley 625 0
Byron 50 8
Powersville 41 4
Wellston 11
Bonaire 3 25
Kathleen 0 51
Haynesville ?>
Henderson 0 9
Claud 76 o
Heard 0 27
Hattie 19 1
Elko
Total 829 318
The County Manager Form of Gov¬
ernment provides for a board of
County commissioners of roads and
revenues composed of five members,
with a county manager as the chief
executive officer but not a member
of the board. He serves, however, a ?
ex-officio clerk of the board. He is
appointed by the board to serve for
two years; must be a man of good
moral character, at least twenty-five
years old, and with practical experi¬
ence in matters of business and fi¬
nance and in the management of la¬
bor, and must be under bond.
The county manager has charge of
all the business matters of the coun
ty and supervision of the work of the
county in the building and repair of
roads, bridges, buildings, etc., under i
the general supervision of the board |
whose dunty it is to make the general
plans, specificationsand requirement; :
for road construction and repair. The
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county manager, with the advice ami
consult of the board appoints a coun
ty warden, or superintendent of
roads. The county manager is the
chief purchasing and selling agent
of the county for all animals, machin
ery, etc., used in road, bridge, and
building work, but all purchases and
sales made by him are subject to the
ratification of the board.
T In „ this ... change i_____ . the ..
pursuance oi m
form of the county government, two
new commisioners of roads and rev
enues must be nominated in the coup.-'
ty primary May 15, and elected in
November. They will take office Jan-,
uary first. 1925. At that time the
^ ve commissioners (the. two new
ones and the three old ones now in
°^ ce > whose terms expire January
f> rs L 1927) will determine by lot ^
wb ' cb three members will hold office
for- a term of two years and which
two shall hold for a term of four
years, so that the terms of all will not j
expire at the same time: Thereafter
all commissioners will be elected fot
,
a trm of four years, two of whose j
terms will expire at one time, and
the terms of the other three, two
years later.
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ST. ANDREWS CHURCH
;
Episcopal I
Rev. E. J. Saywell, Pastor.
2nd Sunday after Easter i
Service*
Church School 9:30 A. M.
C. T. Eberhardt, Supt.; W. A. Wood,
Sec.
Adult Bible Class 9:30 A. M.
Morning Prayer 11:00 A. M.
Evening Prayer 7:30 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, 4 P. M.
Choir rehearsal Friday, 7:30 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
t St. Andrew’s.
Episcopal Notes
The Right Rev. H. J. Mikell, D. D.,
Bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta* will
visit Fort Valley on the morning of
May 11th, at eleven o’clock, when
he will officiate at St. Andrew’s by
celebrating the Lord's Supper,
preaching and administering the
Apostolic Rite of Confirmation.
Diocesan
The Diocese Council of the Epis¬
copal Church will meet at St. Paul’s,
Macon, Rev. Chas. Lee, rector, on
May 12tfi.
Miss Florence Taylor and Mrs. C.
T. Eberhardt will represent the con
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MR. J. M. WALDEN TELLS HOW THE CHICKEN BUSINESS CAN BE
MADE TO PAY WITH SYSTEMATIC AND CAREFUL HANDLING. .
(From Vienna News.)
If there are those who still doubt
that there is money in chickens it
would be worth their while to give
attention to this statement ftom an
energetic Dooly citizen who has
proved what chickens can be made
to do. The News is glad to be abli
to make public this statement
Mr. Walden:
“We began with poultry in the
spring of 1921. We started with one
sitting of 15 eggs ordered direct
from Geo. B. Ferris at Grand
ids, Mich. We ordered from him, bc
cause we think he is the greatest
Leghorn breeder in the United
States. We have ordered ^stock of
eggs from him each year since. That
enables us to prevent inbreeding.
We have built our flock up to 309
hens, and we carry 19 cocks. Our
cocks are from trapnested, pedigreed
hens with a record of from 265 to
301 eggs per year. They are in the
utility class, and are not bred for
exhibition, although we have some
real beauties.
We hatch and raise our own chicks
at home. Eggs that we send to hatch
erles are sold before shipment is
made. We tiust to no mistakes in this
bne - We hatcheries, or foi
l° ca l hatching, the same grade of
eggs that we put in our own meu
Our cull eggs are sold for eat
!| g purposes only.
To date we have never had our
culled by an expert poultry
although we cull regularly our
to the best of our knowledge,
e object of our culling is for high
egg production and not perfection.
will take up the perfection end
of it after we learn more about it.
flock is bred for eggs and , fed „ ,
eggs and eggs we are getting.
We have been fedding a commer
poultry feed for the last year,
we certainly think it pays. We
the ,, famous , Purina „ . „ Hen Chow and a
lc ' e ” ° w els Up \ n
bags 8 2-3 pounds, 50 pounds
poun s.
We feed our baby chicks on Pu
Startena, which comes
all of them, than anything
have ever used. I
\y e have a daily record of our,
since January 1st, 1923. I
jj] no t K0 j n t 0 details that far back
t wd ) g ' ive you a total financial
j 0 f 1923 , and a monthly
up to date of this year. You will
in our 1923 record that our
acocunt is only $47.00. That
paid out for wire, kerosene and
small items. We have not done ■
building, but just remodeled a
and dairy at avery small Cost,
use it for our hen house and
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Srram (Uajatlrn - ■
Jno. Milton Samples ■ •
Beautiful castles builded in air, • •
Palaces golden of dreams ■
Ethereal edifices, fanciful, fair,
Where life idealistic seems.
What if today they only are real,
Tomorrow a wreckage they lie,
If the spirit find moment ideal, . >
can one • »
We tearless may witness them die.
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Elusive children of Fancy’s desire ||
Too lovely and perfect to last ■
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What if they do but the present inspire,
The present that soon shall be past?
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Gleams from a sun that never shall set II
Remote from these regions of night
Those raylets that fall are assurance we get
Of that heaven eternal of light!
Ah, beautiful castles that may not abide 11
On earth but • •
f / a moment, we pray,
We follow thy beacon, whatever betide, ■ 11 1
Our star on the pilgrimage way! 11
Written expressly for The Leader Tribune, <>
Macon, Ga., April j), 1924. !!
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STORM TAKES TOLL IN
CRAWFORD AND TAYLOR
So far as has been ascertained
nodamage to life, property, or peach
orchards was done in Houston Coun
ty by the storm which swept portions
Georgia, Alabama, and South Ca
Wednesday morning with a
toll of more than eighty killed and
many hundreds injured,
The only damage heard of in this
section occurred on farm of C. H.
Neisler near Reynolds in Taylor
County, where several buildings were
demolished, the roof of a new barn
being carried about two miles, seve
ral negroes injured, four mules killed
and a number injured, and in the vi
cinity of Gaillard in Crawford Coun¬
ty. Carr’s mill at Gaillard, built many
years ago by Mr. W. P. Carr of tim
ber hewn with his own hands, was de
molished, as were several unimpor¬
tant small buildings in the vicinity.
The dwellings of Mr. Jim Rowell
and Mrs. Fronie Hancock several
milt! above Carr’s Mill were blown
down, and Mr. and Mrs. Rowell and
a child of theirs were injured, ac¬
cording to reports. Considerable
damage was also done on the place, part|
of Mr. Jim Spillers in the lower
of Crawford County. |
n Rumors , here YT Wednesday 7 i j *
current
to the effect that a call had been re¬
ceived here from Reynolds for doc¬
tors could not be verified.
Some slight damage was reported i
as having been done by the hail ofj
Monday morning to peaches on one j
orchard in the Fort Valley district,'
but no others weoe injured, so far
as can be learned.
FEW SMALLPOX CASES
HERE; UNDER CONTROL :
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Several cases of smallpox here re
cently have been met with prompt
precautionary measures on the part
of th<j cjty officialg to prevent a
spread of the disease.
wb j^ e cases have been report
one on North Macon Street and
one on Anderson Ave., one of which
has made a complete recovery and
been discharged from quarantine,
and the other is convalescing,
Two or three negroes near Roberts
canning factory in the southeastern
of the town have been reported
with the disease and kept under close
quarantine and observation. All resi
dents in the negro sections have been
warned to report suspicious cases j
propmtly, under penalty of the law
for failure to do so. Should the situ
ation seem to demand it compulsory
vaccination will be ordered, says
Mayor Riley, who has already or
dered several hundred vaccine points.
SIX PAGES.
WHITLEY IS LOW BIDDER
ON WAYNESBORO PAVING
The people of Fort Valley will be
interested in knowing that the Whit¬
ley Construction Co., who are near¬
ing the completion of their paving
contract here, to the eminent satis¬
faction of the city officials and cit¬
izens, will prdbably be the success¬
ful bidders for the paving contract
to be let next Monday at Waynes¬
boro, another Georgia town that i 9
making the state sit up and take no¬
tice of its strides in civic progress.
Mr. J. E. Whitley reached here last
night direct from Waynesboro, and
said that he was the lowest bidder
for concrete paving in that city.
The Waynesboro paving program,
Mr. Whitley says, is about the same
size of Fort Valley’s, aggregating
about 40,000 square yards. Fort Val¬
ley’s job covered 17,000 square yards
of street paving and 10,000 square
yards of sidewalk paving in the busi¬
ness section, and about 16,000 square
yards of sidewalk in the residential
sections.
Waynesboro is to be congratulated
on her opportunity to secure such a
jamb-up organization as the Whit¬
ley’s to do J their paving. They are
thoroughly equipped with the most
modern and speedy machinery for
both street and sidewalk paving and
are real “go-getters” when it comes
to results. It was a real treat to see
negroes “put out” with such zeal and
good humor as they did in keeping
up with the big Koehring street pav¬
er as it greedily gulped down harrow
after barrow of sand, stone, and ce¬
ment as fast as a dozen negroes could
trundle it up, and deliver the mixture
right where it was wanted. We have
never before seen ne ^ roes work like
these did in Fort Valle y- Mr - G - C -
Whitley, resident construction super
intendenfc on t ^ e job here> has a
real genius for getting the work out
of them, as was evidenced by his com¬
pletion of all the street paving here
within forty days after the pouring
was s t ar t e d, having' the streets all
opened to traffic by Christmas, as
; I
was promised,
And if anyone wants to know any¬
thing about the quality of the paving
the Whitley Construction Company
has done here, we invite his inspec
tion of the sample on The Leader
Tribune editor’s desk, which we pick
ed up near the water tower, where
Superintendent Jones had to dig a
hole to find a break in his street
lighting cable.
Here’s hoping these g. nial and
efficient gentlemen will iand the job
in Waynesboro—and that we will
have another job for them back here
when they get through over there.
LADIES OF THE LEGION
ENTERTAIN LOCAL POST
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On Tuesday evening the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Frederick Withoft
Post unit of the American Legion
entertained the members of the
at a c hioken supper at the hall. The
attractively arranged table was
adorned with roses and honeysuckle.
Mi's. Withoft, president of the Aux¬
iliary, in a few well chosen words,
presented a gift of China and flat
silver to the Post for future suppers.
In turn the post presented the Aux¬
iliary with an oil stove, as the Aux¬
iliary plans to entertain the post at
intervals during the year.
The supper was under the direc¬
of Mrs. A. H. Lubetkin and that
is enough said, for all know that
Mrs. Lubetkin sponsors a din¬
ner it is all that one could desire.
The Post will entertain the Aux¬
at a fish fry on the evening of
May 26th.
Poppy Day will be observed in
Fort Valley on May 31st.
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FACTS ON ASPARAGUS
To the asparagus growers of Fort
now growing asparagus, this
is asked every day, “Will
industry be over done?” My per
ebservation is this, that so lit
asparagus is yet produced that a
small per cent of the people
supplied.
What the growers have done in
Sacramento Valley in California
can do here in the Fort Valley
At the present time a very
per cent t >f the car load ship
in the U. S. is grown in Cali
There are around 44,000
of asparagus in Central Cali
and shipments so far have
mostly to New York. 5,000 acres
the Imperial Valley, so far has
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The most intensively
circulated' and thorough¬
ly read n«ws and ad¬
vertising medium in its
field.
$1.50 Per Year In Advance.
HEROES OF SIXTIES
EX-GOVERNOR NAT E. HARRIS
DELIVERS ELOQUENT AND
TOUCHING ADDRESS KINDLY
REMINISCENT OF CIVIL WAR.
Memorial Day was obsedved in this
city Monday with the usual dinner
to the veterans, address at the school
house, and placing of flowers on the
graves of soldiers at the cemetery.
The dinner was served by the la¬
dies of the U. D. C. at the Winona
Hotel. The Veterans present were the
speakers of the day, Ex- Gov. Nat.
E. Harris; Veterans T. J. Burden,
J. M. Cliett, O. A. Cliett, J. B. Wal¬
ton, W. G. Jordan, W. A. Moore. A
few others were preventd by illness
from attending. Others present were
Rev. Loy Warwick, Rev. E. J. Say
well, Editor J. M. Martin, and Mayor
A. C. Riley, Jr., and the officers of
the U. D. C.’s.
After the dinner the party ad¬
journed to the school auditorium,
where a large and appreciative au¬
dience listened to a beautiful ad¬
dress from Ex-Gov. Harris which Was
mainly reminiscent of war incidents
and actual experiences as a Confed¬
erate soldier with Lee in the Army of
Virginia. It was a rare treat to all
heard him. The beautifully dec¬
stage with the flags and
flowers made a lovely setting for this
old soldier resplendent in his
of gray and badges of other
Beautiful songs were rendered by
school and choir.
The five dollar gold pieces given
. L by the Chas. D. „ Anderson A
prizes
U. D. C. to the Fort Valley
school boy and girl writing the
best essay on the Stone Mountain
were won by Miss Alice
and Mr. Marvis Baldwin and
presented them after the address by
Mrs. T. R. Ousley, president of th*
Chas. D. Anderson Chapter. The sub¬
ject assigned for these essays was
Stone Mountain, Its Message and
Its Memories, ’ ’ Miss Ethel Smisson
and Mr. Edwards Norton received
honorable mention for their essays.
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SHOULD NOW
RECEIVE THIRD SPRAY
Hiley peaches in Middle Georgia
are now ready for the third applica¬
tion of spray, and growers are ad¬
vised to start spraying that variety
immediately. This application is ap¬
about two weeks before the
fruit enters the stone hardening
stage, and is primarily for scab and
brown rot. Elbertas, Georgia Belles,
and Uneedas will be ready for the
third spray by the latter part of this
week, and Carmen, Early Rose, and
the other early varieties should re¬
the third treatment next week,
Self-boiled lime-sulphur, 32-32-
200 , should be used alone for this
spraying, unless the first application
for the curculio was omitted, in
winch case four pounds of powder¬
ed arsenate of lead should he used
with the self-boiled lime-sulphur. If
the first two sprays have been ap¬
plied at the recomgnended time no
arsenate of lead is necessary in the
third application. If dust is used in¬
stead of the liquid the 80-5-15'form¬
ula is recommended.
A special effort should be made to
do a thorough job in putting on the
third spray as no more treatments
are to be given the late varieties un¬
til four weeks before the fruit rip
ens.
Government and State Laboratory,
Fort Valley, Ga.
Issued April 29, 1924.
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Friends here of Mr. Caughey Cul¬
pepper are sorry to know of his crit¬
ical illness at the Wesley Memorial
hospital in Atlanta where he under¬
went a serious operation. Members
of his family here have constantly
been at his bedside.
Mrs. Elizabeth Warswick left
Thursday for her home in Montgom¬
ery after a ten days’ visit to Mrs.
Susie Seifert and Misses Pauine and
Lila Braswell.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Saxon and
young son of Moultrie came Wednes¬
day night. Mr. Saxon will attend th»
Georgia Educational Association in
Savannah and Mrs. Saxon will re¬
main here for a visit to her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. C. Z. McArthur.
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Leader-Tribune want ads. are real
little “go-getters. >>