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Volume No. XXXVI, Number 38. FORT VALLEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1924. $1.50 Per Year in Advance.
WE ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE
fv WOMAN’S CLUB HOLDS
MRS. BOYKIN
The executive board of the
Valley Woman’s club held its
meeting of the fall season
afternoon with Mrs. Edgar Duke. -
The officers of the club with
chairmen of standing
constitute the board of directors
whom is delegated the authority
discuss all matters of importance to
the club and make
to the body. Membership is conferred
by the board and at this meeting sev¬
eral new members were admitted.
The program committee has pre¬
pared an unusually interesting pro¬
gram for the year 1924-25.
The direction of the club woi-k will
be in the hands of a new adminis¬
tration this year with Mrs. J. M.
Green, president, who will give to
the club vg men of Fort Valley un¬
tiring and constructive leadership.
Although there has been a change
of officers, there will be no break
in the continuity of the federation
work, for all projects fostered by
the National Federation of Clubs of
which the Fort Valley Woman’s Club
is a member will be supported by
this club.
World conditions challenge the
club women to keep awake to new
creative forces and to hold the wo¬
men responsive to the great new
movements that give them the op¬
portunity to serve, not alone our own
community and state hut the whole
country.
Because of the vital nature of the
vital nature of the problems that
are facing the women of this day
they cannot afford to be content
with anything less than constant
striving for better methods of work,
efficient service, and outstanding
achievements.
Mrs. B. M. Boykin of Atlanta,
corresponding secretary of the Geor¬
gia Federation, will be a guest of
the Fort Valley Woman’s club at its
first meeting early in October and
will speak to the members at; this
time. Mrs. W. J. Braswell will be
hostess to the club at its first meet¬
ing for the fall season.
Members of the executive hoard
are: Mrs. J. M. Green, Mrs. W. J.
Braswell, Mrs. C. Z. Wilson, Mrs. R.
D. Hale, Mrs. C. E. Martin, Mrs.
C. N. Rountree, Mrs. E. L. Duke,
Mrs, A. M. Solomon, Mrs. Frank A.
Vance, Mrs. F. W. Withoft, Miss Wil¬
ma Orr and Miss Katie Mre Williams.
Work right, prices reasonable, at
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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.
SENATOH-ELEGT fnlLTON 0.
CARR TRANKS THE
To those who supported my
dacy for State Senator from the
District in. the recent primary,
am deeply appreciative and
hope to be permitted the great
ure of serving the whole district
the best interests of all concerned.
Gratefully yours,
MILTON B.
JOE DAVIDSON BUYS
COMPANY
One of the most important
estate deals in Fort Valley within
recent weeks was that on last
day in which J. E. Davidson
the Marshall Grocery Company
ing on Macon street. It is under
stood that the consideration was
$12,500.00 Senator Davidson is
ing congratulated upon his acquisi
tion of this valuable property.
F. 0. MILLER RETURNS
F. O. Miller returned Wednesday
fi-om a trip to Portland, Maine, and
other points of interest. He
i delightful trip. The members
the Men’s Bible class of the
church, of which he is the gifted
teacher, will be highly pi a ed t <
have him with them again Sunday
morning.
.Return Cads to Post
Many Fort Valley people, especial¬
ly those who receive mail by carrier
delivery, do not return notification
cards when calling for parcel post
packages, special delivery and regis
tered matter, according to the local
post office authorities, who urge that
the public return these cards and thus
co-operate in maintaining good,
prompt service.
Miss Emily Murray, of Miami, Fla.
was the attractive guest of Mrs. Louis
L. Brown the past week.
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Hard luck for the dope fiends:
the opium crop in M clC edonia is
scarce. This means higher prices.
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j A prominent citizen, marking his letter “personal ’' and thus
preventing mention of his name, writes in hearty commendation of
a recent editorial embracing the declaration, “We are building a
| city here!’’ He suggests its adoption as a watch-word, or slogan, in
Fort Valley. What do you suggest— YOU, each individual reader?
Certainly WF. ARE BUILDING A CITY HERE, but you may think
of a more impressive way of declaring that glorious fact. If so, tell
The Leader-Tribune about it. Remember, battle cries and the beat
of drums have done more than shot and shell to win many great
battles, and over in Ecclesiastes the Preacher asserts: “Wherefore
I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should re¬ i
joice in his works; for that is his portion. yy
own
KILL 1925 BOLL
WEEVILS NOW
By Frank C. Ward, Cotton
! Georgia State College of
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The boll weevil is just as much
potential menace to future
I crops in Georgia as it was to any
those in the past. Because boll
vils did so much less damage in
gia in 1924 than for several years
past many people have the mistaken
idea that they have migrated to
ev tates and left Georgia uninfested.
These people and others seem also
think that the weevil may have
ouv c i; ma te to differ from that
Mexico in a way that makes them
less vigorous and less able to damage
0 ur crop or that parasites of the wee
v j| may have found our climate so
much more favorable to
than to the boll weevil as to make
them a permanent obstacle to holi
weevil damage to future crojs in
Georgia.
None of these ideas have any foun
dation in fact. Having the same
weather eonditons in 1925, or any
future year, that we had in 1922 or
jn 1923 and with no more intelligent
0} , vigorous fight on the weevil than
those years we may have in any
f u p ure year as much weevil damage
as j n 1922 and 1923. Any intelligent
and observant cotton farmer in the
•states west of us or in South Georgia
who has had boll weevil live years
or more knows that we have less
damage from weevils in seasons fol
] ow j na - ( j ry weather in late fail, in
reasons following winters having ex¬
ceedingly low temperature and in
season having long dry spells dur
ing the fruiting season. Any one of
these favorable weather conditions
has a noticeable effect on the wee
v il damage and most of Georgia
had for the 1924 season a combina
tion of all three of these so that wee
vil damage has been very much less
than normal. But it is not often that
we have the combination of these
three favorable conditions or any two
them and it is possible in any year
i not to have even one of them. In
any year that we do not have these
favorable vveattier conditions there
will be great loss from 4ipll weevils
unless we fight them with every
means at our command. There are
boll weevils in every cotton growing
community and In nearly every cot-
If service and satisfaction are what j Miss Mary Emma McElmurray has
looking for, get it 1 returned home from a visit to Miss
you are you can
at DuPree’s Garage, 'phone 161. ltpd ' Lucile Champion in Macon.
1,687 Bales Received
In Fort Valley from this season’s cotton crop up to Wed¬
nesday night, Sept. 1 7th.
BRING YOUR COTTON to Fort Valley and enjoy the
benefits of modern ginneries, good, safe warehouses which
properly handle and insure every' bale, buyers who give you
the best prices, every sound and satisfactory banking serv¬
ice, and merchants whose fresh stocks of goods offer you
highest quality for the lowest possible prices. You have
splendid roads to Fort Valley. It will be profitable to use
them, and a sincere, hearty smile and handshake await you
here.
F. W. Withoft, of Fort Valley, who
is vice-president of the First District
of Rehoboth Association’s Sunday
School organization, has announced
the following program for the annual
1 district rally which will be held
on
Sunday at the Henderson Baptist
Church, beginning at 2:80 o’clock in
the afternoon: Song, congregation;
devotional, led by Mrs. J, W. Hodge;
address, W. H. Lord, Perry; vocal
nnis ic, Tharpe Memorial Sunday
School; address, The Boy and His
Teacher, Ralph Newton, of Fort Val
h>y; reading, representative of the
p erry Sunday School; reports of an¬
perintendents; song, congregation;
address, Influence of the Teacher;
song, congregation; benediction. The
chairman is J. L. Eubanks, of Elko;
time keeper, S. D. Harrison, Houston
Factory; song leader, J. P. Ethridge,
Perry,
Mrs. II. T. Haprjn, of Fort Valley,
has been among the guests t.his week
at the George Vanderbilt Hotel,
Asheville, N. C.
When the allied powers opened
their conference they looked for the
U. S.—for the cash.
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ton field in the Plate of
right now and they will eat up (Air
1925 crop unless we have another
year of very unusually favorable
weather or unless we fight them In¬
ifelligently and persistently,
We cannot control weather eomli
tiojis but if we Jdll all our green cot
or) s talks three weeks or more be
f ore f rost this lal! we can have the
same bene.ficiahcffeet on the weevil
<j ama ge to the 1925 crop that the
dr y weather of last fail and the cold
j n January had on the 1924 crop.
j Boll weevils do bolls, not feed blooms anything tender ex
C epfc squares, or
leaves of green growing cotton and
j n warm weather they cannot live
more than two or three weeks with
out food. If we kill all our growing I
stalks three weeks before frost in
1924 we kill all,our 1925 weevils j
without having to depend upon the
uncertainty of having dry weather
j this fall and extreme cold this winter.
J- E. DAVIDSON THINKS
THE VOTERS OF
The voters of Houston county
always have my deep, sincere
for the generous manner in
they have again honored me in
mg me to the important office
representative in the General
bly of Georgia. It will be my
desire at all times, as it has been
the past, to serve each and every
zen, and the entire State, to
very best of my ability.
Respectfully,
J. E.
GHURCH NOTES
September is a busy month in
B. W. M. society circles, for the
hoboth associational year closes
October and all the reports must
in hand. The district of which
Fort Valley church is a part will
a rally at the Houston
church on Thursday, Sept.
which will be an all day session.
Mrs. Alva Davis is
of this district and will preside
this meeting. A splendid program
been arranged and many of the
tist women here are planning to
tend, several having a part on
program.
The September general
of the Baptist W. M. S. held
afternoon at the church was
attended.
The meeting was full of
as we being a most
one. New officers for the next
cirdional year were elected and
circles drawn. Mrs. W. J.
president, was in the eba’r and
heard the program, the subject
which was “O'ur State,” arranged
Mrs. Bettio Williams, chairman
the Gray circle, which was
as follows:
Devotional, Mrs. W. D. Tharpe.
(i Prayer and Prayers” was the sub¬
ject of a talk by Mrs. Bettie Will¬
iams, which was particularly inter¬
esting and inspirational.
The individuality of the states',
common bond and abiding char
acteristies, with the apllication made
to the Baptist ranks was told by Mrs.
C. N. Rountree, who was followed by
Mrs. J. D. Duke, who told something
of the wonderful spirit of courage
Thc Bank of Fort Valley hag been fully organized
and will open for business immediately upon the grant¬
ing of the Charter, a legal requirement.
The Capita] Stock of $30,000.00 (with which we will
commence) has been over subscribed, banking quarters
have been secured, and all necessary supplies purchased;
in fact, every detail has been attended to.
The Bank of Fort Valley will conduct its affairs in
such manner as to meet the best interests of the people
of this community. We shall handle the business entrust¬
ed to us with courteous efficiency.
The Bank of Fort Valley will be in a position to
handle all business consistent with sound banking prin¬
ciples, and our first consideration will be the best inter¬
ests of our customers.
Your account, whether large or small, is respectful¬
ly solicited.
Your moral support will be deeply appreciated.
BANK OF FORT VALLEY
W. B. Nichols O. E. Pearson
J. W. Hodge E. T. Murray l
F. J. Frederick J. E. Davidson
W. R. Edwards A. R. Ware
J. D. Duke J. L. Brown
C. L. Shepard
The most intensively
circulated and thorough¬
ly read news and ad¬
vertising medium in its
field.
J. W. Wool folk, prominently suc¬
cessful for a long time in the spray
material, pea and peach business,
announces that he has formed a
partnership taking in W . L. Snow
and Ralph Newton. The partnership
will bo known as J. W. Woolf oik and
Co.'
Mr. Snow already is well known
in connection with this business, hav¬
ing been identified actively with Mr.
Woolfolk for several years. Mr. New¬
ton, too, needs no introduction, hav¬
ing established his high ability and
worth as a citizen and public official
during his twelve-years administra¬
tion as superintendent of the Fort
Valley public schools. This combi¬
nation of successful, progressive
men forms a most promising partner¬
ship.
that prevails throughout the state
of Georgia. The circle program was
concluded with a solo, “Does Jesus
Care,” by Mrs. W. H. Hafer, which
was a reminder in song of Jesus’ love
and His care.
The new circles were drawn in the
democratic way and the election of
the, following officers followed.
President, Mrs. W. J. Braswell;
vice-president, Mrs. F. W. Withoft;
Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Lee; assistant,
Mrs. J. M. Allen; treasurer, Mrs.
Mittie Wynne; assistant, Mrs. W. D.
Tharpe; literary chairfnan, Mrs. E.
! B. Hughes.
After the business session Mrs.
jEi'fie Cumby put all hearts in an at¬
titude of consecration with a splerx
! did talk on personal service.
The whole program was full of in
terest and spirituality and the so
ciety started the fall season with
8' re at promise.
Beginning next Monday afternoon,
Sept. 22, a program will be held at
, the Baptist church every afternoon
during the week, in observance of
the annual week of prayer.
Each circle will have charge of
one program, the meeting on Wed¬
nesday will he conducted by- the
young people, members of the junior
organization, which is always one of
special appeal to the Society, which
fosters the work of the junior organi¬
zations.
The meetings will begin at three
o’clock and close promptly at four
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