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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 111 fool Uncle f of football me W \ieres ^ 1 0 witk this! " v 11 ™ ' H He's my towel?" sure to kick it! A ■ A Ml •» V ft \ : ; T-W ■0 tT77i j? w \lM <3 — r - J u. Vs 5ft J 11 \ Ivl x »%>! i i fe c. <1 H ut cjiarl Brooks >«. it 1 it I 1 t 7 ■fry v ■ • i NO MORE WAR < • John Milton Sample! • ■ ■ ■ “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 • Eternal peace dawn with the morrow. • ■ 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! > ■ Yet, while we hope, and watch, and pray To see the dawn of that New Day. < ■ i • • ! i So long as hate and greed remain, ■ ■ 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, < • ■ • And still the waves of sin that roll; ■ Can make materialize the Plan s', V Of God—The Brothel hood of Man. I 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. < Love needs no law to set her bounds surrounds; • • ,? Like Ocean’s surge the shore She is law unto herself • > a * Despisi i.il-Q, d greed, and pelf; Tina let Love lave her blessed sway, J* And Peace forever come to stay! •S* t. * 4 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. o 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. -o 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. •o 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. -----o-- 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. The most Intensively circulated and thorough¬ ly read news and ad¬ vertising medium in its field. $1.50 Per Year In Advance. 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 *