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Volume No. XXXVI, Number 33.
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FORT VALLEY; SURVEY
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H. T. CROSBY, ASSOCIATE
KETING ECONOMIST OF
U. S. DEPT. OF
BEGINS STUDY.
The United States Department
Agriculture has assigned two men
work with the state marketing
of the State College in making
practical analysis of the farming in¬
dustry in this section and to study
especially the marketing of the more
important crops for the purpose of
bettering practices wherever pos¬
sible.
H. T. Crosby, asosciate marketing
economist, arrived in Fort galley
Wednesday to begin this important
survey, which has large
for the benefit of our farmers and
fruit growers. Mr. Crosby invites the
interest and co-operation of all
farmers in this section.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce
is encouraging this work with all of
its energy. It gives the folowing
• oview of the agricultural survey
under way:
I. The study is to be essentially a
business like analysis of the farm
ing industry in Bibb and the adjoin¬
ing counties. The farm practices, es¬
timate of the cost of growing and
marketing the local crops, and the
possibility of improving local prac¬
tices will be made in the of
the information obtained.
II. The volume of consumption
agricultural products
with those produced locally will
had from the records of the
and other carriers, with a view to
termining how much of this can be
displaced. It is the net income of a
community that determines its
perity.
III. Marketing of the more impor¬
tant crops will be studied for the
purpose of bettering practices wher¬
ever possible. This will embrace
.study of the marketing channels,
present and possible markets,
volume and characteristics of the
cal demand, the seasonal movement
of selected crops, disposition of sur
pluses, and transportation with es
pecial reference to rates.
IV'. The United States Department
of Agriculture has assigned two men
to this study, one of whom has made
similar studies in the South and other
section Tot State College has as
sq.i.ei n . a e ar . mg gent to
the work and has instructed its
county agents and , other ,
workers to cooperate m every way
pos. e. i in “irnocT o
has placed us entire organization at
the disposal of those conducting the
r* rK j. f ra K apartment should
be of particular . . value this
in con
nec ion.
V ’ Two months wdl be devoted to
.. he assembly of the data outlined
in
paragraphs II and III, and another
month will be devoted to analyzing
this data and preparing a report on
the study for publication.
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FORT VALLF.Y, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1924.
SHERIFF HURT IN RAID;
DROPS JUG ON HIS TOE
Perry, Ga., Aug 10.—While mak
mg a faid on a still six miles from
here, yesterday, Sheriff T. S. Chap¬
man dropped a five-gallon demijohn
of whiskey on one of his big toes. As
a result the sheriff wasn’t able to
walk today.
The raid was successful, 15 gal¬
lons of whiskey being seized in a
store house. Not far distant the still
Was found and it was also destroyed.
The still was operated by negroes.
Sheriff Chapman and his deputies
conducted the raid.
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Friends of Mrs. R. S. Braswell
were grieved to hear of the death
of her sister, Mrs. W. R. Kiley, on
I x ueS( j a y morning at her home in
j Birmingham,
Mrs. Kiley, nee Nora Sanford, had
‘ friends and acquaintances in
many
Fort Valley who mourn her death.
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Mrs. Braswell she leaves a
sister. Mrs. J. M. Bass, of Macon,
and two brothers, Ep Sanford and !
Henry Sanford of Nakomis.
Mrs. Kiley was reared in Fort Val- i
ley, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j
Ben Sanford, .
who livqd on their
large plantation at Everett’s Station
for nearly half a century.
Another sister, Mrs. Nina San¬
ford Hartley, died about two months
ago at her home here.
KIV/AN IANS TO RESUME
! MEETINGS FRIDAY
The Kiwanians have been
ing a vacation, but that is over now,
and they will begin work Friday
promptly at twelve. The members
tlie Library Auxiliary will provide
i. work” for the first month.
ENTERTAINS CLUB BOARD
Mrs. W. J. Braswell, vice-presi¬
dent of the Woman’s Club enter
i tained the board on Tuesday after-
1 noon at her home on College St.
Business was discussed after which
I delicious refreshments were served.
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ELMER GILES
The funeral of Elmer Giles, 17
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Giles, of Crawford County, Ga., was
held Monday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock at Union Church. Elder Yan
C y j or j an officiating. Interment took
p] ace j n Union Church Cemetery.
it, Besides -j his , • parents, , he . survived . . ,
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hrothors> „ E . f D w j. R „
jn J( Ray> L E) Char)ie c<> j. c .,
anc j Wallace Giles, and four sisters,
Mrs . Eva Thomson> o{ Centerville;
Mrs _ Florence Scofield, of Fort
| ey and Misses Nettie Lee and Lucilc
Giles, •, of r Crawford County. . T1 The ,
died Monday at the Oglethorpe In
fjlrmary, his death resulting
gangrene in a broken arm which
sustained while cranking a truck,
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BIS GATHER SERE
FORT VALLEY WILL ENTERTAIN
NINTH DISTRICT ROYAL ARCH
CONVENTION ON TUESDAY,
AUGUST 19.
Leading Masons from various
points in this section of Georgia will
gather in Fort Valley next Tuesday,
August 19, for the ninth district
Royal Arch convention to be held
with Austin Chapter No. 18 of
this city. Among the officers of this
district are A. ,1. Wright, high priest,
and E. M. Sammons, secretary, of
Fort Valley.
The program follows:
Morning Session
10:00—Chapter opened and turn¬
ed over to district officers.
10:15—Delegates enrolled and
convention opened.
10:30—Reception of grand high
priest or his representative.
11:00—Address, “Shall We Build
an Old Folks' Home?”—C. R. Mc¬
Cord, Macon.
11:80—Address, “History of Most
Excellent Master’s Degree,” and a
Study of Its Symbolism” Frank O.
Fort Valley,
12 :00—Address, “Character of
Benevolent Work that the Grand
Chapter Should Undertake Indepen¬
dently”—B. S. Willingham, Forsyth.
12:30—Recess for dinner.
Afternoon Session
1 :00—Suggestions by grand lec¬
turer.
3:00 to 4:00-—Ten-minute talks.
Subject—“How Best to
Members from Becoming in
for Daes”—R. L. Swatts,
ville.
Subject—“Would it be Wise
Automatically Suspend
One Year in Arrears for
C. E. Brunson, Perry.
Subject—“How Best to Secure
instatement Members Suspended
Non-payment of Dues •Syd
Milledgeville.
Subject—“Under What
Should Dues be Remitted? 5 > R.
Bethel, Thomaston.
Subject - “Life
Should They be Issued—If So, Un
der What Conditions?”—G. B.
ley, Zebulon.
Subject — “What
Should Secretaries
F. Baker, Macon.
4:00—Question Box.
4:30—Five-minute tall
5:00—Degree work.
Adjournment.
Chapters composing the
| are as follows: Constantine, No.
Macon; Hiram, XT No. 5, r I r- orsyth; ,, ,,,
pIe , No. 0, Milledgeville; Austin, No.
18> Fort Valley; Thomaston, No.
Thomaston; Mystic, No. 51,
ville; Perry, No. 62, Perry;
67, Danville; Zebulon, No. 95,
Zebulon; A. M. Wolihin, No. 104,
Macon.
The ninth district officers are: A
Wright, Fort Valley, high priest
# j oe Bishop, Macon, king; S. A.
Bryan, Danville, scribe; J. T. Me
Mullen, Milledgeville, treasurer; E.
m. Sammons, Fort Valley, secretary;
T. C. Gibson, Forsyth, chaplain;
Frederick Bonner, Perry, captain of
host; G. B. Ridley, Zebulon, princi¬
pal sojourner; Syd Jones, Milledge¬
ville, royal arch captain; R. M. Beth¬
el, Thomaston, master third veil; R.
L. Swatts, Barnesville, master second
veil; F. O. Schofield, Macon, master
first veil.
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Wife Sues For Crude
Interment Sf Husband
Charging that the Atlantic Ice and
Coal Company, at Fort Valley, Ga.,
would not deliver the body of her
husband to her the day following his
death, and instead crudely buried
the body in a cheap box, Walten
Watkins yesterday filed suit for
$5,000 damages against the Fort
Valley firm in the City Court of Ma¬
con,
According to tl\e petition, Silas
Watkins was killed on the night of
July 29, 1924, while at work at the
plant. It is alleged that the widow
notified the company that she would
come for the body on the next day;
but upon her arrival found that Silas
Watkins had been buried. T .A. Ja¬
cobs, Jr., Macon attorney, repre¬
sents the petitioner.
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Miss Emily Sites, daughter of Rep
resentative Sites ol' Harrisburg, Pa.,
taken at tlie girl scout camp at Pine
Grove Furnace, Pa. Miss Sites recent¬
ly was awarded a Carnegie medal for
saving the lives of two girls from
drowning in the Susquehanna river.
near her home, and followed this up
by saving two men, each twenty-one
years old, from drowning in a 200
foot deep ore hole, She is a graduate
of Wilson college.
On Thursday morning a dead
gro was found in a cornfield
Zenith. He was identified as
James, who lived about four
from Fort Valley.
At the inquest the coroner’s
rendered a verdict of murder at
hands of Sim Summings, who up
the present time has not been
It is alleged the negroes were in
dispute over some private
when Cummings shot James six
with an automatic pistol, killing him
almost instantly.
A negro girl, Rosalie McKay, who
was with James, was shot through
the arm.
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OPENING NEW STORE
Earle P. Smith is opening a furni¬
ture refinishing store in the Marshall
building on Macon street. He renews
old furniture and guarantees satis¬
faction, having been in this business
for the past fifteen years. He will
also carry all spare parts for pianos,
organs and phonographs.
Miss Mary Ray we! I gave a birth¬
day party on Monday afternoon, her
eleventh birthday.
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U. D. C. SCHOLARSHIPS 1924-25
Mrs. T. R. Ousley, president of the
Chas. D. Anderson Chapter U. D. C.
has just received from Mrs. Julian C.
Lane a list of 150 U. I). C. scholar¬
ships for 1924-25. For want of space
the list will appear in next week’s
issue of The Leader-Tribune. If any
deserving boys and girls desire one
of these scholarships see Mrs, Ous
Jey immediately.
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Accident Unavoidable
Says Coroner’s Jury
Rendering a verdict of unavoidable
accident, the coroner’s jury in Macon
Wednesday, after an investigation
lasting seven’hours, closed its investi¬
gation of the cause of the death of
C. F. Nobles, street car conductor,
who was injured in an automobile
accident Monday night in Macon. R.
G. Wheeler, Fort Valley druggist
who was driving the automobile, and
E. II. Coppedge, who accompanied
hirn, told the jury that they were
forced to the curb to avoid striking
two negro women and that as they
did, Nobles, who was crossing Mul¬
berry Street, stepped backwards in¬
to the path of the car. Each repeated
his former statement that the car
was stopped before the back wheels
passed Nobles, and that they were
going at a moderate rate of spe’ed.
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JAMES D. FAGAN, JR., IS
INJURED ON
James I). Fagan, Jr,,
painful injuries Wednesday
noon at Botun, when he was
between a wagon and a freight
while watermelons from the ,1. D.
Fagan farm were being loaded for
shipment.. His many friends were
glad to learn Thursday morning that
his injuries were not serious. The
wagon team got out of the driver’s
control and backed up against Mr.
Fagan, pressing him dangerously
against a freight car. He was rushed
to Fort Valley whore J)r. R. <\
Smisson examined him carefully, ro
Jieving the fear that he had suffered
serious internal injuries.
A telegram received Saturday by
Ralph Roberts conveyed the informa¬
tion that his father, Wynne W.
Roberts, died at his home on Elgin
Avenue, Baltimore, Md., just before
the noon hour.
The elder Mr. Roberts and his
family had been coming to Fort Val¬
ley for about a quarter 0 f a century,
and remaining throughout the peacli
season; he operated one or more can¬
neries each year, and he and his fam¬
ily were always given a most hearty
welcome. He was stricken with ill¬
ness- about ten days ago and despite
the best medical attention, together
with trained nurses, and the
ministrations of his wife and
dren, he did not improve. A
car was secured and the family with
Dr. Roy Smisson, of this place, and
trained nurses accompanied him to
Baltimore.
The party reached there early
Saturday morning and a wire to his
son stated that he had stood the trip
well, but this was followed in a few
hours by the information of his
death.
The operation of his canneries of¬
fered an opportunity for the sale of
fruit that otherwise would have been
unprofitable to the growers. It was
his custom to come down early in
the Spring and when contracting to
buy fruit would always make liberal
advances to the orchardists. He was
•an honorable man at all times in his
dealings and held in the highest es¬
teem by the people of this communi¬
ty.
CHILDREN’S FOUNDERS ROLL
The list of names below is an ad¬
dition to the Childrens’ Founders
roll, Stone Mountain. Mrs. T. R.
Ousley will be glad to receive names
at any time. This makes a total of
124 names handed in up to date.
Robert Lee Wells, Roland S. Jones,
Jr., Julian Flint Jones, Lena Eliza¬
beth Allen, Annie Jane Prator, Louis
Roy Prator, Jr., John William Pra¬
tor.
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Miss Cornelia Brown is visiting
in Newnan, the guest of Miss Laura
Cater.
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J.H. WERI REIDS
CIIT SCHOOL STSTEM;
SEASON OPENS SEPT. *
COMES FROM SUPERINTENDEN¬
CY OF THE SANDERSVILLE
SCHOOLS—NEWTON TO EN¬
TER BUSINESS HERE.
.1. H. Lambert, superintendent of
the public schools of Sandersville,
has been elected to succeed Ralph
Newton as head of the Fort Valley
public schools, the 1924 term of
which opens on Sept. 8th, fhe second
Monday.
Prof. Lambert conies highly rec
ommended and will be given a cordial
reception here. His election was the
result of efforts on the part of Prof.
Newton, whose resignation in order
to enter business in Fort Valley was
accepted by the board of educati on
only upon the condition that he se
cure a satisfactory man to take his
place.
The Fort Valley schools have made
splendid progress in modern de
velopment under Prof. Newton’s ad¬
ministration during the last twelve
years. They are on the A-l accredit¬
ed list and are recognized as one of
the best systems in Georgia. Prof.
Lambert comes with such excellent
recommendations as to assure their
continued improvement.
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FAGAN PRODUCES
WATERMELONS LIKE ICE
Jimmy Fagan teased ye editor’s
palate with a graceful slice of Span¬
ish watermelon Saturday. The meat
of this melon had a nice, white,
frosty appearance, as if it were a
vegetable ice. Its flavor was—
um-m-m! come again, Jimmy!
Mr. Fagan planted a quarter-acre
of these melons from seed presented
by Frank Lowenstein, president of
the Norris Candy Co., who got them
on a tour of Spain. Rats destroyed
all but eight hills of the test patch,
but Mr. Lowenstein, who is again ;n
Europe on his way to Spain, will
bring another lot of seed for further
experiment, which, if successful lo
a prolific extent, may give us some¬
thing sweetly new under the Geoi - -
gia sun.
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MRS. MABEL A. HARVEY
News was received here last Fri¬
day night of the death of Mrs. Mabel
Aldredge Harvey, wife of Van Har¬
vey, of Atlanta.
Mrs. Harvey came to this place as
a bride and had many friends here
where she lived for a number of
years. She had been in declining
health for some time.
She is survived by her husband,
Van Harvey, who is connected with
the Southern Railroad, and three
sons and one daughter.
The body was carried to Means
ville, Ga., her girlhood home, for
funeral and interment.
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