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The only newspaper
published in Fort Val¬
ley, the largest peach¬
shipping station in the
world.
Volume No. XXXVI, Number 20.
BEHIND THE HOUSE
3 Y CHARLES H. WACKER,
CHAIRMAN CHICAGO PLAN
COMMISSION, IN PROPERTY
OWNERS MAGAZINE.
(The Leader-Tribune is indebted
to Mr. T. F. Flournoy for the follow
big article, which will furnish some
suggestions, especially to those who
inmpete for the $100.00 in prizes
offered by the Fort Valley
( lub for the best kept yards.)
The back yard is peculiarly
American institution;
T. rope knows it not. The
1 me-owner, whether in city or femall
town, is always confronted with the
j roblem of what to do with that plot
e" ground in the rear of his dwelling.
If he lets it run to weeds or be strip
j e l bare of all vegetation, it will
r eedily become the refuge of every
itinerant piece of paper, rag and bit
r f refuse in the neighborhood, as
veil as the dumping ground for all
his neighbors' old tin cans as well as
Ms own. In this condition, it will
speedily become a menace to the
he. ];h of the community; an invita¬
tion to the trespasser (who will cer¬
tainly have no respect for property
whose owner displays so little him¬
self) ; a nightmare to all lovers of
beauty and cleanliness and a chal¬
lenge to the civic pride of the neigh¬
borhood.
There is only one ,course to pur
sue in the case of a back yard: Clean
it thoroughly and keep it clean; then
seal it against further intrusions of
dirt and decay by planting every ^ j
square inch of it with some sort
growing thing. The simplest expedi¬
ent, insuring a minimum of care and
expense, is to sow the plot with grass]
seed and perhaps plant a tree or a
few shrubs. 0
The majority of small home own¬
ers, however, may reap the rich re¬
wards that cowie to those who beau¬
tify the back yard for all it is worth.
First of all comes the grass plot.
The wise householder will buy the
very best quality of grass seed, re¬
gardless of the expense; for he
knows that the cheaper quality, with
its usual admixture of sand, dirt and
weed seeds, is always more expen¬
sive in the end. He will pay particu¬
lar attention to those bare spots
around the back porch, where the
grass has been worn off by hard us¬
age and the rain water has dripped
from the roof, making endless pud¬
dles and turning the soil “sour.” He
will stir the soil on these spots vig¬
orously with a rake and sprinkle it
with lime or wood ashes to sweeten
it, mixing the alkaline material tho¬
roughly into the surface of the soil.
Finally, he will sow all the bare
places thickly with grass seed.
After a good stand of grass,
shrubbery is probably the next most
important feature of yard landscape
gardening. When planted around the
back porch, shrubs soften the harsh
and often ugly lines of foundation.
They make an excellent screen for
out-buildings and ugly spots in the
yard, a graceful border or hedge for
grass plots, and an admirable con¬
trasting background of green for the
gay bloom of ttye flower garden.
Planted against the back fence, they
veil the unsightliness of the alley and
decidedly improve the view from the
back porch, to say nothing of shield¬
ing the backyard from invasions of
dust and dirt from the alley. Lilacs,
honeysuckles, spireas, syringas and
hydrangeas are all excellent for
their decorative effect, besides being
easy to grow. The elderberry, Japa¬
nese barberry, highbush cranberry,
coral berry, Japanese quince, viburn
uni and mulberry are all good shrubs
for the back yard, offering special
attractions to the wild birds, whose
cooperation in keeping the vegeta¬
tion free from insect pest3 is always
worth securing.
H. R. O. Lee, a Chicago home
owner, who promotes the annual
clean-up campaign of the Chicago
High Schools on behalf of the Chica
Chamber of Commerce, reports
that he has experimented with castor
beans planted in a row along his al¬
ley fence and has found that, with
their tall, strong stalks and large,
palm-like leaves, these vines provide
just the right degree of ornamenta¬
tion and screen the alley from view
without shutting out too much sun
li ht from the yard.
Mr. Lee has laid out his yard on
n simple, convenient plan. The back
)ialf of the yard is occupied by the
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 15, 1924.
Fort Valley Man Author
Book
Mr. Geo. B. Culpepper of Fort
Valley is the author of a book just
published by the Pioneer Family
Record Company of Fort Valley that
is unique in filling a place that no
other book has entirely supplied and
one that should be owned and cherish
ed by every individual who has any
personal or family pride, reverence
forbears, or regard for his pos
terity. It is a “Family Record, Al
and Sketch Book,” providing a
place of record of the date and place
of birth, baptism, marriage, death,
burial, etc., of members of
“from great grandparents to
grandchildren,” with additional pages
for individual and family histories,
notes, clippings, and photographs,
No book that we know of except
the old family Bible and
album has ever before supplied this
need even partially. Mr. Culpepper’s
book provides a very complete record
of one’s family history for six or
seven generations, and should be a
valuable and cherished addition to
every family library and a family
souvenir for every child.
DIRT IS BROKEN FOR
WOOLFOLK BUILDING
Excavation work was begun Tues
day for the two-story store and of
fice building to be erected by J. W.
W oolfolk at the southeast corner of
Main and Macon streets. Three
mule shovels are busy piling up two
big mountains of dirt, blocking
porarily half of both streets, but
which is being hauled away gradual
Three stores will be constructed
Main street and one facing
Macon street. The corner store will
be occupied by Copeland’s Pharma¬
cy and one of the others by E. P.
Smith, who recently came here from
Nova Scotia, a friend of Rev. J. W.
Smith. Mr. Smith will open a gentle¬
men's furnishings store.
The floor above the stores will
be devoted to offices.
vegetable garden and a fair-sized
ethawberry bed, the whole garden
running the entire width of the yard.
In its midst he has planted a few
fruit trees and has fenced it off
from the upper part of the yard by
a planting of grapevines on a trel'is.
The other half of the yard is a grass
plot bordered by a flower bed two
feet wide, in which he grows only
the hardiest flowers, most of which
he raises from the seed in the spring.
Like most householders, he has no
space for hot-beds or cold frames
and no time to attend to them, so
he grows directly from the seed. Tu¬
lips, pinks, peonies, zinnias, cox¬
combs, Chinese woolflowers and as¬
ters from the bulk of his flower gar¬
den and can qualify, he htinks, as
ideal flowers for the back yard, since
they require a minimum of care.
Some of them even live through the
winter if their roots are well muf¬
fled in straw or excelsior.
A well-kept backyard of this type
is a householder’s best title to his
own self-respect and the respect of
his neighbors. Passersby will hesi¬
tate to throw trash and refuse into
such a yard, &nd less enterprising
neighbors are almost always stinri
lated to some degree of emulation.
This fact is the practical basis of
Chicago’s annual “Clean-up Cam¬
paign,” the California “Tree-Plan¬
ing Week,” and similar activities for
civic betterment carried on through¬
out the country. Probably the best
results from these campaigns are se¬
cured from property owners, who by
an example of the enthusiastic cam¬
paigners are literally shamed into
cleaning up their alleys and making
ebauty spots of their back yards.
UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICKS
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“No more war,” Did someone say? • >
Would that God might speed the day; < •
And banish strife from the world forever,
Nor the hearts of dissever; ••
more men ..
Would wipe away all tears and sorrow, i
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Eternal peace dawn with the morrow.
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That Dream, The Brotherhood of Man • •
Be realized by class and clan; < •
No more the gory, reeking sod—
-<* Break, Holy Light! Dawn Day of God! >
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Yet, while we hope, and watch, and pray
To see the dawn of that New Day. < ■
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i So long as hate and greed remain,
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Men sow sin’s seed, and reap its grain;
Bo not deceived, full real is life,
' Its love and hate, its greed and strife!
j Until His base man’s impulses heart take and their nature range. change,
j ^ ’Tis Love alone can e’er transform, >
Avert the doom, becalm the storm;
Can heal the heart and soothe the soul, < •
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And still the waves of sin that roll; ■
Can make materialize the Plan
s', V Of God—The Brothel hood of Man.
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Religion, oft by men decried, •
% Scorned at where foolish tongues deride < •
V V Sti'l struggling bravely with the gale
E’en when bereft of mast and sail, *
Still pleads with never-failing voice
.5 That bids the yearning heart rejoice.
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Love needs no law to set her bounds
surrounds; • •
,? Like Ocean’s surge the shore
She is law unto herself • >
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Despisi i.il-Q, d greed, and pelf;
Tina let Love lave her blessed sway,
J* And Peace forever come to stay! •S* t.
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CITY COURT JURORS
FOR MAY TERM, 1924
Following is the list of jurors
drawn for the May term of Houston
City Court, which convenes Mon¬
day May 19. The jurors are to report
Tuesday, May 20.
O. E. Rape, W. O. Hartley, T. M.
Anthoine, W. H. Carithers, W. W.
Lowe, R. F. Scarborough, Geo. T.
Walker, W. H. Murray, M. S. Baze
more, J. F. Aultman, C. J. Gresham,
C. M. Mathews, R. E. Thomas, W. C.
Lankford, S. S. Hartley, J. G. Brown,
W. G. Brisendine, C. B. Almon.
Tales Jurors
O. G. Boler, C. H. Tucker, 0. G.
Roland, G. F. Campbell, 0. B. Ed
mundson, B. F. Marshall, J. H. Wim¬
berly, G. L. Slocumb, L. P. Single
ton, L. L. Bartlett, J. B. King, J. T.
Hancock, H. S. Kezar, E. F. Tharpe,
J. H. Smisson, J. W. Hodge, C. C.
Howard, W. F. Jordan, Crowell F.
Frederick, E. C. White. S. P. Crowell,
Fred H. Seals, E. F. Wilson, II. D.
Causey, H. W. Hall, Hugh Lawson,
A. T. Smith, Sa. E. Parker.
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SPRAYING FOR FRUIT ROTS
INDICATES GOOD RESULTS
Spraying strawberries for the con¬
trol of leaf-spot diseases has fre¬
quently been recommended, and a
few growers in widely separated lo¬
calities have sprayed regularly for
fruit rots and have reported an appa¬
rent reduction in losses. The first
systematic experiments, however, for
the control of fruit rots by spraying
were made by the United States De¬
partment of Agriculture last year,
and although the results of this one
season’s work must be regarded as
inconclusive, some favorable results
seem to be indicated.
Various sprays were used, and no
one seemed to show a marked superi¬
ority over another, indicating that
no really satisfactory spray schedule
has yet been worked out. The inves¬
tigators feel, however, that the re-
EIGHT PAGES.
FT. VALLEY CHILDREN
JOIN FOUNDERS’ ROLL
The following additional names of
Fort Valley children and their Con¬
federate ancestors have been added
to the Children Founders Roll of the
great Confederate monument and
memorial crypt at Stone Mountain,
according to report of Mrs. T. R.
Ousley, president of the U. D. C.
Chapter, who are receiving applica¬
tions for this honor. The names of
102 children were published last
week.
Children Confederate
Founders Ancestors
103. Geraldine Crawford
William H. Crawford
104. William Wooddall Marshall
Merrill Harbin Wooddall
105. Mary Ellen Budren
A. C. Barron
105. Annie Grace Burden
T. J. Burden
107. Lonnie Bertha Burden
A. C. Barron
108. Ella Lee Burden
T. J. Burden
109. Lera Barron Burden
T. R. Stripling
110. Earle Neil Wester, Jr.
Major Sterling Neil
111. Charles Leighton Shepard, Jr.
Hiram Washington Mattox
112. Charles Leighton Shepard, Jr.
Charles Wesley Shepard
113. Annette Shepard
Dr. William I. Greene.
suits justify the conclusion that
spraying with Bordeaux mixture, and
in some cases dusting, reduced the
loss from rot which developed after
the fruit was picked sufficiently to
more than justify the expense of the
treatment.
Strawberries are grown in this
country under a great variety of con¬
ditions, and spray schedules must ne¬
cessarily be varied accordingly. The
result of the first season’s work
seems, however, to indicate that in
the region of Beebe, Ark., where this
Thtsi Merchants to
Close at Six O’clock
Nine of the dry gooda and men’s
furnishing stores have signed the pe¬
tition which was recently circulated,
requesting them to close their stores
at six o’clock each afternoon, except
Saturday, beginning Thursday May
8Lh to September 1st, 1924.
The petition was gotten up by the
employees of the dry goods and
men’s furnishings stores with the dif¬
ferent employers mutually cooperat¬
ing.
It is the desire of these dry goods
salesmen to render better and more
efficient service to the trade of Fort
Valley.
The average retail salesman is
forced to work from ten to fifteen
hours daily.
With the many exactions placed on
them to serve the public, with the
long hours of working, naturally
they grow tired and fail to give the
buying trade the courtesies due them.
We are sure that this matter will
meet with the approval of the buy¬
ing public of Fort Valley.
The different employees of these
stores, who have willingly signed the
petition, take this means of express¬
ing their appreciation to their em¬
ployers’ which will put them in a
better position to serve the buying
public of Fort Valley.
The following dry goods and men’s
furnishing stores have signed the pe¬
tition to close at 6 o’clock each aft¬
ernoon, except Saturdays, beginning
May 8th and ending Spt. 1st:
Edwards Bros., H. Moskovitz, Frank
Morse, Ga. Agr. Works, S. Arenson,
Evans Trading Co., R. S. Braswell
and Son, Lee’s Department Store, S.
Halprin, Mrs. M. T. Wise.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK
The annual union picnic of the
Sunday Schools of Fort Valley will
be held Friday, May 23, at Houser’s
Mill.
Everyone will meet at the Baptist
Church at 8 o’clock that morning.
The following eommitteess will
have charge of the various details of
the outing:
Committees
FINANCE—VV. M. Wright, Chair¬
man; Burch Norton, W. L. Nance.
TRANSPORTATION Glenmore
Green, Chairman; W. G. Brisendine,
Joe E. Davidson, J. W. Robinson.
TABLE—W. D. Tharpe, Chair¬
man; J. W. Woolfolk, W. L. Houser,
Roe Green, William Wood.
LEMONADE Gus Wouvis,
Chairman; Jeff Evans, Frank Harri¬
son, Buddie Almon, Harry Flowers.
ENTERTAINMENT—Col. C. L.
Shepard, Chairman; Miss Louise En
loe, Miss Duncan, Sanders Harris, F.
W. Withoft, A. J. Evans, J. M. Allen,
Miss Mary Parker, Mrs. B. H. Finch
er.
BASKET Sanford Hartley,
Chairman; Pierce Greene, W. D. Du
Pree, Louis Brown, Jr., Rev. E. J.
Saywell, T. J. Hallman.
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FORT VALLEY HI WINS
GAME FROM ROBERTA
Fort Valley’s snappy baseball nine
was victorious over Roberta Hi by
the score of 17 to 4, here Wednes¬
day.; Both pitchers were hit hard
with Fort Valley coming out with
the better end. Pearson of Roberta
was knocked out of the box in the
third inning.
Fort Valley has made a good rec¬
ord, having won G games and lost
only 2. Fort Valley has defeated
work was done, strawberry rots may
be reduced by spraying. It is accord¬
ingly planned to extend these spray¬
ing tests.
The total number of registered
voters in the county is between
4,400 and 4,500. Of these 1,059 arc
in the Ninth District and 430 in th
Sixth District.
The Fort Valley polls are in the
two new stores of the Marshall Gro¬
cery Company on South Macon
street, and will be open from 8:00
A. M. till 6:00 P. M.
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I wearied of the pictures,
When I spied a lovely blonde
Glancing at the paintings
Of which I am -most fond.
“You are interested
In art,” I sighed, “my dear?
“Yes,” she answered sweetly,
<< I’m waiting for him here. ’ ■
—Edgar Daniel Kramer in Judge.
high school teams from the fo’low
ing towns: Hav.klnsville, Bvro .
Marshallville, and h- • lost to there
from Cochran and Reynolds. For::
Valley has a good team and if pro’ -
erly supported would win more
games.
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BATTLE OF BILLOTS
CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF
COUNTY OFFICES BETWEEN
FACTIONS FOR AND AGAINST
DIVISION OF COUNTY.
The primary for the nomination
of officers for Houston County is
on today. Interest in the election is
county-wide and one of the largest
votes in the history of the county is
likely to be polled.
There are two tickets in the field
for all offices except those of the
tax collector, surveyor, and coroner.
The lines are drawn between the
faction in favor of the division of
the county and that opposed to divi¬
sion. Incumbent officers who we c
put in office by the faction proposing
the creation of Peach County but
who did not remain true to the Peach
County side, but worked and vo -d
against the ratification of Peach
County in the election of November
1922, are being opposed by a new
set of Peach County candidates, an 1
those incumbents who did remain
true to and work for the Pc-ach Coun¬
ty cause are being opposed by anti
Peach County candidates.
While the election will be hard
fought, it is* a conspicuous tribute
to the high type of citizenry on both
sides throughout the entire county
that there is little or no personal ill
will felt on either side, that good
natured bantering between friends
on opposing sides is common, and
that ' untoward event has
no
ever marked these elections. Hous¬
ton County folks have always differ¬
ed and fought like gentlemen—and
now that the ladies are also in the
fight, it might be opportune to quote
the advice of a wise wag of old Erin:
this, politeness pays, I»
Said courteous Mike O’Grady,
And always be a gentleman-—
Unless it happens ye’re a lady. } i
Following is the complete list of
candidates for all offices, the?*
marked with the asterisk being those
supported by the Peach County side:
For Sheriff
G. D. ANDERSON *
T. S. CHAPMAN
For Clerk of Superior Court
EMMETT HOUSER
H. L. WASDEN
For Judge City Court
M. KUNZ
A. C. RILEY *
For Solicitor City C.jurt
J. W. BLOODWORTH
R. E. BROWN ❖
For Tax Receiver
C. N. ROUNTREE *
W. C. WATSON
For Ordinary
C. F. HAYS
C. T. STUBBS ❖
For Treasurer
A. M. ANDERSON
E. H. HOLLAND *
For County School Superintendent
W. H. LORD
M. C. MOSLEY *
For County Commissioners
(two to be elected)
0. J. BATEMAN *
A. W. TABOR ❖
G. D. TUCKER
For Tax Collector
T. E. THARPE *
For County Surveyor
C. S. VANCE *
For Coroner
A. B. SCHILLING *