Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-11
Fort ValIeyans to Give Ex-
preston. to Exuberant
Feelings Always Engen-
dered "When Peaches
Bloom"
BY CLEONE ID. BRASWELL
When Peaches Bloom!

When Peaches Bloom!
When peaches bloom, then life's in
it's spring,
High hope holds fast this hapless
heart Of me,
The flowers bliss is the breeze's
And my faith is fine and my faith
is free!
For as on the tree the blossoms
swing,
There's but one message they seem
to bring
IT'S that every heart must learn to
singi
When peaches bloom, and their bios
soming
Reflected 1 find in the face Of thee,
Then life is bliss, though all else
OF the joy that might be coming
For then all the cares Of mine take
wing
And the mean old doubts Of life I
fling
On the breeze that sweeps the bios.
somingi
Well, that is the way Fort Val
leyans feel about it and because they
feel that way when peaches bloom
they are going to begin this year a
great annual peach blossom festival
so that beauty-seekers in all the
southland around may come and
gaze on the loneliness Of the roseate
bouquet of Georgia, which she seems
to wear right against her heart as a
treasured gift from loving friend!
OF course there is room for much
speculation just why the Fort Val
ley folk who have in charge the
peach blossom festival deliberated
for some time between the days of
Friday, the tenth, and Tuesday, the
fourteenth, for the great gala day,
but since we are not at all supersti-
tious, the decision of Tuesday is al
together satisfactory. Some folks
are still just a little scrupulous about
Fridays, and then, too, since four
teen is just double Of the perfect
number, perhaps the decision was
one of at least a measure Of wis
dom.
Anyway, the peach blossoms will
have more time to get ready for the
beautiful occasion, and since they
are not exceeding the speed limit in
opening on account Of the continued
rains, perhaps Tuesday, March the
fourteenth, is after all the ideal day
for Fort Valleys and the peach
lands first great blossom festival.
Governor to Attend
All the committees are at work
and the arrangements for the big
barbecue, which is to be served to
three or four thousand people, are
moving along smoothly. with every
citizen not only cooperative. but cor
dial in the general invitation extend
ed to all who want to come to par
take in the affairs of the day.
Governor Hardw1cK and other
statehouse officers have accepted
the invitation to be present, and a
special table will be arranged for
them at the great barbecue spread.
Mrs. w. D. Tharpe, with commit
tee of six, will have charge Of serv-
ing the governor and his co-laborers,
and his table will not only be deco
rated with the lovely pink peach
blossoms, but it is little secret that
the folds of Georgia flags will mark
the honored place where he partakes
of the feast.
Fort Valley, March 8.
The hardest rain that ever fell in
this section according to the knoWl-
edge Of some of the Oldest citizens,
was that which swept the streets
and orchards Monday night. 1t was
as if the pluvial gods were joining in
preparation for the great event, as
the mythologically inclined might
say. Anyway, the drenching, sweep
ing rain and the brisk March wind
which came after has had a large
part in cleaning-up for the festival
season.
"The Sun Goddess"
Following the serving of the big
barbecue in the main business street
of the city there will be beautiful
play called "The Sun Goddess"
staged in the Oakland Heights Park
in East Fort Valley. This will be
in honor of the king and queen of
the festival, Robert S. Braswell and
Miss Thelma Wilson, who will wit
ness the performance, wearing royal
apparel and in royal equipage gen
orally.
The local committee has made ar
rangement for the parking of all
automobiles in Braswell's Park,
where free of charge local police
and others deputized will guard and
protect the visitors cars. In other
words, the arrangement is very
much like that provided at the State
fair every year, only the cost Of
same will be of no concern to the
visitors.
Along with the great interest that
is being manifested in the approach
ing Peach Blossom Festival, Fort
Valley is also in the midst of other
things social, religios and educa-
tional.
Sunday School Convention
On Thursday, March Is, two days
after the Peach Festival, the Reno
both association will hold it's an
nual Baptist Sunday School conven-
ton here with a delegation of pos
sibly several hundred. These Sun
day school workers will be served a
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