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The only newspaper published in Fort Val¬ ley, the largest peach¬ shipping station in the world. Volume No. XXXVI, Number 33. il I FORT VALLEY; SURVEY ft 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. (' New Bobb ! V hop FORj ; LADIES and CHILDREN *0 Will open September 1st next to A. H. Lubetkin. 40 PLENTY ROOM WELL VENTILATED 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 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. o 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. i ! Besides 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. -o 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 . . , | 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, •o For best results advertise your wants in The Leader-Tribune. 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. -o 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. O Is your subscription paid? SAVED LIVES OF FOUR * . ■ m 4 \ / IP A t m si r:: f: | : ipl 3 i»> i m m ymk j§ ■ lii t ij; |;«?« f I Msi $ 'N 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. o 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. o— 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. o— 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. (Continued on last page.) 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. «• Miss Cornelia Brown is visiting in Newnan, the guest of Miss Laura Cater. tree / Ail & and ( I Vi ' Don’t forget that along with our efficient, economical repair service, we supply your car with air and water tree whenever it is in need. We do this in order that you will come to realize that we are trying to make our serv¬ ices complete in every detail. Will you not show your ap i predation of our attempts by making use of them? Fort Valley Motor Company Fort Valley, Ga. ^Ji The most intensively circulated and thorough¬ ly read news and ad¬ vertising medium in its field. $1.50 Per Year in Advance. 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. •o 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. ■o 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. For best results advertise your wants in The Leader-Tribune.