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Volume No. XXXVI, Number 25.
SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE AROUSING INTERES1 I
LUCIUS MALLORY PAYS
Lucius Mallory, colored, convicted
in Houston Superior Court a year or
more ago of the murder of an aged
negro woman in the lower part of
this county with a motive of rob¬
bery, paid the penalty on the gal¬
lows at the Perry jail Wednesday
shortly after one o’clock. Two Fort
Valley physicians witnessed the ex¬
ecution, which was carried out with
perfect px’ecision and efficiency.
There was not a quiver after the
trap fell, and the negro was pro¬
nounced dead in thirteen minutes.
He is said to have made a full con¬
fession of the crime after the black
cap was adjusted.
The case had been fought hard by
the negro’s attorneys up through
the supreme court and the execution
had been delayed several times. All
other appeals having failed, petition
was made to Governor Walker to
commute the negro's sentence
a delegation of prominent and
fluential Houston County citizens
called on the Governor for that pur
pose. It is said that about ten
grams were sent to the Governor
Wednesday morning asking clemen
«y.
The negro’s confession justifies
the Governor’s unflinching refusal to
interfere with the established pro¬
cess of lav/, as the murder was an
extremely cold blooded and brutal
one.
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R. R. RATES RELATIVELY
LOWER THAN BEFORE WAR
Savannah, Ga.—That railway serv¬
ice is now being sold at rates rela¬
tively lower than before the war is
the statement of L. A. Downs, presi¬
dent of the Central of Georgia Rail¬
way, who gives some interesting com¬
parisons as to rates and costs.
Mr. Downs shows that coal, mate¬
rials and supplies, taxes, labor, loco¬
motives, cars, and in fact everything
that the railroads must spend money
for in order to produce transporta¬
tion has increased from 92 to 118
per cent in cost, in the last 10 years,
while rate increases have been but
41 per cent for freight and 44 per
cent for passenger fares during the
same period. The president declares
that only increased efficiency and
the installation of cost-reducing fa¬
cilities have made it possible for the
railroads to serve the public at the
rates which they are receiving. He
says they have borrowed many mil¬
lions of dollars to improve their
erties and have done this because
their faith in the fairness of the
American people.
Records of the Central of Georgia
show that coal which cost $1.00 in
1913, cost $2.15 in 1923; that
every dollar of taxes 10 years ago
the railroad is paying $1.92 now;
and- that the increase in labor re¬
quired $2.05 now for every
,10 years ago.
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Prof. Newton Addresses
Glynn Academy Graduates
Brunswick, Ga., June
largest class in the history of Glynn
Academy graduated tonight,
forty-seven pupils were presented
with their diplomas at the graduat¬
ing exercises held in the
new Memorial auditorium,
was crowded to its capacity.
The exercises tonight which
• to a close the commencement which
started Sunday, included an
by Prof. Ralph Newton,
ent of the schools of Fort Valley. Mr.
Newton was connected with the local
schools for a number of years and be¬
cause of his popularity here an
i tation was extended him some
ago by the board of education to
liver the graduating address.
The salutatory was delivered
Miss Maida Sasser, while Miss
tha Weinstein handled the
tory in a most pleasing manner.
class was presented for
by Prof. K. D. Eadie, principal
Glynn Academy, while the
were presented by Hon. J. T. Colson,
vice-president of the Glynn
Board of Education.
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 JUNE 19, 1924. FOURTEEN PAGES.
PROPOSALS TO LEASE POST
OFFICE QUARTERS WANTED
Mr. J. K. Pickett, Post Office In¬
spector, Atlanta, Georgia, will re¬
ceive sealed proposals up to and in¬
cluding July 27, 1924 for furnishing
suitable quarters for post office pur¬
poses at Fort Valley, Houston Co.,
Ga., at a stated price per annum, in¬
cluding heat, light, water, toilet fa¬
cilities, safe or vault, and all neces¬
sary furniture and equipment, under
a lease for five or ten years from
March 1, 1925.
Floor space of about 1850 to 2300
square feet is desired. Good daylight
and a reasonably central location are
important considerations.
Specifications and blank proposals
may be obtained from the postmaster,
and a sample form of lease may be
examined in his office.
Diagrams of the rooms offered
should be submitted, on paper of
about eight and one-half inches by
eleven inches, showing inside dimen¬
I sions, offsets, doors, windows, etc.
The city and Rural Carrier desks
an( j stools, facing slip case, two
standing desks and storage cabinet
will be i oanec t successful bidder by
the U. S. Government,
The Post Office Department re¬
serve the right to reject any or all
proposals.
PEACH MOVEMENT
291 GARS HIE
The total carlot movement of
peaches from Fort Valley this season
had reached 291 cars up to Wednes¬
day night. Of these 170 cars were
moved during the past seven days.
Twenty seven cars were ordered for
today’s (Thursday) movement.
The Uneedas are about cleared up
and several intermediate varieties
are now moving prior to the begin¬
ning of the regular Carman move¬
ment.
The demand and prices have not
been very satisfactory and many
shipments have been consigned. With
better varieties now beginning to
move an improvement in the market
is hoped for.
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TEN MILLIONTH FORD IS TO
MAKE COAST TO COAST TRIP
Detroit, Mich.—A new and out¬
standing achievement in the automo¬
bile industry of America was attain¬
ed here when the ten-millionth Mo¬
del “T” Ford Car left the final as¬
sembly in the Highland Park Plant
of the Ford Motor Company.
I 11 celebration of having attaine.l
a 10,000,000 production record, the
Company announces that Ford Car
No. 10,000,000 will make a coast to
coast trip as signifying the nation¬
wide pouiartiy of the Ford Car and
its appeal to every class of driver.
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RESOLUTION ON ILLNESS
OF HON. EMMETT HOUSER
By The Board of Trustees of The
Twelfth District A. and M.
School
Whereas, it has come to the at¬
tention of the Board that Hon. Em¬
mett Houser has been continued in
bed and that he is yet a very sick
man,
Whereas, that we the Board of
Trustees deeply regret this affliction
of Mr. Houser, one of our best and
most beloved members and energet¬
ic and faithful trustees, and,
Whereas, it also appears that he
is now enroute to an Eastern hospit¬
al for treatment, therefore be it
now,
Resolved, That we the Board of
Trustees now in session, do hereby
tender Mr. Houser our sincerest
sympathy and regrets at his illness
and that we sorely miss him from
our sessions, his wise and gentle
counsel and advice always being a
welcome feature of meetings annual¬
ly, and
Resolved, Second, That we trust
the he will soon regain his health,
that his treatment in the near future
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IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE TERRITORY COVERED BY THE LEAD
ER-TRIBUNE MANY NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT IN; AND
FEW HAVE EXPRESSED DESIRE TO COMPETE FOR THE VALU¬
ABLE PRIZES—PLENTY OF ROOM FOR LIVE WORKERS—AN
EARLY START MOST IMPORTANT.
LIST OF NOMINEES:
(In Alphabetical Order.)
Miss Jewel Avera ............... ............... Byron
Mrs. Ralph Braswell .......... .................... Nakomis
Mrs. Guilford Brown ........ ............. Fort Valley
Miss Susie Darley ............. ............. Marshallville
Miss Miriam Edwards ........ .............. Fort Valley
Mrs. Jno. D. Epting ........... .............. Powersville
Miss Florrie Everett .......... .............. Fort Valley
Miss Helen Gassett ............. ....................... Byron
Miss Blanche Hartley ......... . Fort Valley, Rt. 5
Miss Ida Mae Holloman ... ............... Centerville
Miss Allie Houser ................ . Fort Valley, Rt. 1
Mrs. Howard Jackson ........ ................ Lee-Pope
Mrs. M. M. Lowery ............. .................... Perry
Miss Charley Matthews .... .............. Fort Valley
Miss Delma Mathews ......... ............. Fort Valley
Miss Frances Marehman .. ........... Fort Valley
Mrs. Frank Vance .............. .. Fort Valley, Rt. 4
Miss Helen White ........ ............... Fort Valley
Miss Martha Sue Woolfolk ...................... Perry
Mrs. C. T. Woodall ............. .............. Fort Valley
The announcement of the Mam¬
moth Subscription Campaign by The
Leader-Tribune last week has caused
a great deal of comment among the
citizens of this section and everyone
is asking “how can you afford to
do it?” Never before in the history
of newspapers in this section has any
campaign of like proportions been
undertaken by a newspaper, and the
surprise that it has created is noth¬
ing but natural. However the answer
is easily given: As was stated in the
opening announcement, this is no
money-making scheme, but is being
put on to increase the already large
circulation of The Leader-Tribune
and thus enhance its usefulness to
Fort Valley and surrounding section.
It is the Leader-Tribune’s purpose to
keep stride with the growth and de¬
velopment of Fort Valley, and to tru¬
ly “reflect'’ the steady advancement
of this section, and to do this prop¬
erly it is necessary for the paper to
reach all the people of this section,
hence the campaign. Increased cir¬
culation is the ambition and goal of
all good newspapers.
In campaigns of this nature the
old and well-known saying, “The ear¬
ly bird catches the worm,” applies
with full force and effect. Not only
are there more non-subscribers and
people whose subscriptions are about
to expire for the candidate to ap¬
proach, but the money collected dur¬
ing the first period of the campaign,
extending from the opening until Ju¬
ly 2nd, secures four times as many
votes as during the closing days of
the campaign. Read the schedule of
votes in the page advertisement in
this issue and you will understand
this.
Plenty of Room for Live Workers
There is plenty of room in this
campaign for live workers and one
BOYS AND GIRLS!
Do You Want A Fine Fair
of Stilts?
Call and we will tell you how to earn
a pair in just a few minutes.
A
Fort Valley Motor Co.
does not have to live in Fort Valley
in order to compete. In fact residents
of smaller towns adjacent to Fort Val¬
ley have just as good a chance to
win as the ones right here in town.
The rural routes are expected to pro¬
duce some mighty good entrants. It
does not matter where you live, if
you have confidence in your ability
there is nothing to prevent you from
sharing in the distribution of the
prizes. Wherever you live, if you
contemplate entering the campaign,
lose no time. Determination and con¬
fidence cannot be beaten. Pick out
the prize you want then get busy
among your friends and have them
give you their new or renewal sub
scription. You have no idea how easy
it will be to poll a large vote during
the opening period.
This Campaign I* Different
This campaign is designed to dis¬
courage the auction or gambling
feature that has proven so obnox¬
ious in most campaigns and as a re¬
sult of the plan of this campaign the
workers arc most invariably winners.
The manager of the campaign has
conducted similar campaigns on pa¬
pers in nearby counties and the pub¬
lishers and contestants will both at¬
test as to the clean manner in which
the campaigns were conducted. The
motto of the company conducting this
campaign is “No Losers, No Risks, No
Regrets,'’ and it istheirdetermination
that this campaign will prove no ex¬
ception to that rule.
Work I* Pleasant
It is easy to secure subscriptions
to The Leader-Tribune. Most every
one wants the home paper. But peo
pie will naturally give their subscrip¬
tion to the first to ask for it. Even
your best friends may give their sub¬
scription to some other candidate be¬
fore they know you are working un-
PRESIDENT WHO USES
VETO IS APPRECIATED
Within certain definite lines, the
people of our country appreciate a
president who vetoes appropriation
bills not provided for by exisiting
taxation.
The public, generally, appreciates
very much reducing federal taxes
about 25 per cent in the interest of
the people. Cutting that amount
from the budget, President Coolidge
should veto every new burden put
on the people by Congress, right
down the line.
Fred I. Kent, vice-president of
Bankers’ Trust Company, says there
are 2,700,000 employes on the pay¬
rolls of the federal and local gov¬
ernment and 700,000 former em¬
ployes drawing pensions—3,400,000
who are being provided by govern¬
ment with their living.
There are 41 to 42 million persons
in the United States “gainfully em¬
ployed,” so that every twelve citi¬
zens are suporting one in office.
The amount paid for services by
government—federal, state and lo¬
cal—represented 6 V 2 per cent of the"
national income in 1922.
This sum was nearly one-half that
paid out in wages by all manufac¬
turing plants in this country in 1921.
This sum represents an average
payment of $91 by each person over
ten years old engaged in a gainful
occupation.—Industrial News Bu¬
reau, The Manufacturer.
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Charley Lyon’s Louisiana Aces,
“jazz hounds,” are furnishing an en¬
tertaining feautre at the Franklin
Theatre this week, in addition to the
regular run of pictures. This quin¬
tet of college boy performers—pian¬
ist, saxophonist, banjo picker, cor
netist, and trap drum artist—are
putting on an act of concert and solo
work that is drawing big crowds, not
only from the peach season transi¬
ents but also from the resident popu¬
lation, some of whom are not often
drawn to the movies. While the per¬
formance is not classical, it is clean
and creditable—and different.
(Advertisement)
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NEGRO BAPTISTS WORKING
FOR BIG UNION CHURCH
Plans have been launched for a
union of the colored Baptist church¬
es of Fort Valley and a campaign is
under way for funds for the comple¬
tion of the church on the Marshall¬
ville Road. The churches have or¬
ganized ten clubs of workers who
will solicit contributions for this pur¬
pose throughout July and August.
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
About $18,000,000,000 is invested
in the privately-owned gas, electric,
street railway, and telephone prop¬
erties of this country.
As nearly as can be estimated,
about the same amount of capital is
invested in tax-free securities in our
country.
The utilities pay some $230,000,
000 annually in federal and state
taxes.
What would happen if the utilities
were taken over by the states and
nation, and government bonds is¬
sued to carry on their work were
tax-exempt?—Industrial News Bu¬
reau, The Manufacturer.
less you see them. Begin now, devote
all the time possible to the campaign
and you will be surprised to see how
easy it will be to win the automo¬
bile or one of the other valuable
prizes.
There is no red tape about enter¬
ing the campaign; just sign the nomi¬
nation coupon in the large adver¬
tisement which appears in this paper
today or call phone 119 and ask for
the Campaign Manager. We will do
the rest—supplying you with receipt
books and all the information that
is necessary. The Manager will give
you advice as to the best method of
procedure and help you in every way
possible. But begin at once—this is
all-important.
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The moat intensively
circulated and thorough¬
ly read news and ad¬
vertising medium in its
field.
$1.S0 Per Year in Advance.
ELBERTAS SHOULD GEI
The Elbertas have now reached the
correct stage for the final applica¬
tion of spray for the control of the
curculio and brown rot, and peach
growers are advised to treat them
during this week with four pounds of
arsenate of lead and 32-32-200 sell
boiled lime-sulphur, or 80-5-15 dust.
A special effort should be made to
thoroughly cover every peach on the
trees at this time, as it is desirable to
produce a residue on them that will
remain thei'e until harvest. Hileys
should have received the final treat¬
ment week before last, and Geor¬
gia Belles last week.
The new generation of curculio
beetles is now emerging from the
soil in Middle Georgia peach or¬
chards. The appearance of these new
generation beetles has caused the
curculio population in some orchards
to be four times as great at the pres¬
ent time as it was two weeks ago.
This new generation of beetles can
be successfully controlled if the
sprays have been applied as ad¬
vised, however, if this last important
spray is delayed or if it has been ap
lied too early efficient curculio con¬
trol is doubtful. Growers are further
advised to use the extension disc
under the spread of the trees as fre¬
quently as possible to destroy cur¬
culio pupae that have not yet ma¬
tured.
Government and State Laboratory,
Fort Valley, Georgia.
Issued June 16, 1924.
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NEWSPAPER SELLS SERVICE
SAYS THOUGHTFUL EDITOR
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*. If some newspaper advocate told
a press association that it is not the
paper covered with print, nor the
news contained in that print which
the publisher sells, but the service
of gathering that news, the skilled
labor of expert typists, the genius
of pressmen, the brains of the edi¬
tor and above all the space wherein
the merchant may display his goods,
or where ‘Pro Bono Publico’ may
join the forum and relieve his pent
up thoughts, or the grief stricken
may offer thanks for sympathy, he
would be quoted in every Associated
Press paper. These are real things
supplied for your two cents a day.”
Thus Park S. Warren, in an edito¬
rial in his newspaper, the Wichita
Democrat, calls to the attention of
other editors the fact that there is
a very real difference between the
sale of a commodity and the sale of
service. Basing his comment on the
fact that the delivery of gas when
and where wanted and in sufficient
quantities without fail is the serv¬
ice the customer is asked to pay for,
he observes:
<< The public utilities of Wichita
pay more taxes, employ more men,
support more families, have larger
sums of money invested, pay for
more mechanical and engineering
skill, and sell more courtesy than airy
(Continued on last page.)
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New Buich Six Takes
To Tobesofkee Swamp
A new Buick Six afitomobile en
route from a point above Macon to
Fort Valley about one o’clock Tues¬
day morning took a header off the
paved highway into Tobesofkee
swamp near Seven Bridges, spend¬
ing the remainder of the night in
mud and water. The driver, whoso
name is witheld out of consideration
for friends giving the information,
suffered no serious consequences
other than the expense of salvaging
his car, which he had bought brand
new just last week.
The cause of the accident could
not be ascertained. This and the
name of the owner must be left to
the interested speculation of . our
readers.
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and climatic conditions, from Cotton
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