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PEARSON#TRIBUNE
VOL. 3—NO. 4.
GLEANINGS OF COFFEE COUNTY
Items Gathered From Various Sources By Our Lynx-Eyed Reporter
Absorbed in the tasks of looking
after military registration and
scouting after “bone-dry” liquor,
Sheriff Tanner is a very busy man
these days. But he is dependa
ble.
'Phe closing exercises of Har
mony Grove public school occurs
to-day. The exercises will consist
of singing and public addresses.
On the program is a patriotic ad
dress by Rev. B. E. Whittington,
of Douglas, and an educational ad
dress by Judge T. A. Parker, of
Waycross. No doubt there will be
a large attendance.
A short trip along the Pearson
Douglas road revealed some very
pretty crops of corn, cotton. The
O'Brien brothers, who lives on the
old Jerry Batten place, just across
Pudding creek, have the finest
corn, one field waist high and
abo A e. Jerry Batten, who lives
on the old B. W. Douglass. Sr.,
place—among the oldest settled
places in the county —has a fine
crop of oats on land thought to be
worn out. But, put him where
you will, Jerry will show his farm
ing sense.
Sheriff Tanner, Clerk Haddock
and Dr. Gordon Burns arc in re
ceipt of full instructions in the
matter of military registration
officer in each militia district of
the county who, in turn, will se
lect two helpers. June 5 is desig
nated as registration day, and all
males between 21 and 80, inclusive,
will be required to register —it
doesn't matter what your color?
occupation or condition in life—
and the matter of eliminating the
ineligible* will occur later. Aliens
w ill not be required to register, as
the United Stares government has
no jurisdiction over them. The
first increment of 500,000 men it
is estimated will take about 100
men from Coffee county. Apply
to sheriff Tanner for further in
formation. The Tribune advises
every young man, white or black,
between the ages 21 to 31 on June
5 to register without hesitation.
TO TRIBUNE PATRONS
The Tribune desires to make a
definite statement of its policy:
First —The subscription price of
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year so long as it remains at its
present size, or the high cost of
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find many of those on our present
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tinue reading the {taper. The law
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Second —Our best asset is the
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chasers, but under no considera
tion will we give publicity to
fakes and fakirs. We want to
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any person or article we advertise.
Our prices will be just, and in
keeping with present conditions,
and will be furnished on applica
tion.
Third —The editor desires to
publish marriage, birth and death
notices —short notices —as a matter
of news, and such news notes are
solicited for publication- How
ever. long memorials and obituaries,
also all notices of church, society,
school or other entertainments for
profit must be paid for at regular
advertising rates. The Tribune
Just as was expected the new 8
that "City Court is postponed" ar
rived Saturday via the Douglas
Enterprise, and the* two hundred
and more cases on the calender
will not be heard from in May.
What you t hink o’that?
John Moncrief and his children
ate having a big law suit over some
cattle, a Rossessary Warrant hav
ing beon sworn out. The case was
to have been tried in the Justice
Court at Axson last Saturday, but
the cattle not being before the
court as the law requires, the ease
was |K>st poned until Tuesday, when
the cattle will be penned at the
old homestead and ease threshed
out there. Levi O'Steen repre
sents Mr. Moncrief and Chastain
& Henson the children.
The effort to save G. W. Lott,
convicted of murder in Coffee
superior court, February Term,
1910, now very old and feeble,
from serving his few remaining
days in the Georgia penitentiary,
is a real labor of love for frail
humanity. It is true he commit
ted a grave crime against the state
and society, took the life of his
own son; it was done in the heat
of passion and, doubtless, as soon
as reason was restored he would
have given all he possessed if he
could have recalled it. It was one
of those unfortunate affairs that
occur, throughout the length and
breadth of the land. JJic Tribune
is in favor of releasing the old man,
if only under parole; his punish
incut has already been severe, per
haps more severe than if he had
suffered the extreme penalty of
the law. lie has lost practically
all his earthly belongings—his
wife, children, home and property,
lie has suffered till the pangs of
heart destitution. Let him breath
the fresh air of liberty the feu
years left to him, and may God
forgive him his great crime.
will be just as liberal in all those
matters as the interest of its busi
ness will permit. It is aware that
misunderstandings about these
matters have ever been a source
of friction between patrons and
publishers of country newspapers.
This statement is made now that
our patrons may understand it.
Fourth —The Tribune job print
ing plant is prepared to print all
grades of commercial printing and
at prices that will compete with any
legitimate printing business. Ail
orders for job printing will be
turned out promptly and on first
class material. Paper stock has
advanced Bom 100 to 200 per cent;
withjn the past year, and our pa
trons must, not lie surprised if they
are charged similar advances for
their work.
Atlanta has just emerged from
a $2,000,000 conflagration—sixty
bloeks of residences and other
buildings were consumed. The
city has declined all generous
proposals of help from the outside
Mayor Candler stating that, the
city would be able to take care of
the situation. Remarkable city!
The general assembley of
Presbyterians in session at Birm
ingham, Ala., has declined to
adopt Oglethorpe University, at
Atlanta as a denominational
school, but passed resolutions of
commendation and confidence in
the projectors of the University.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1917
AT HARMONY GROVE
The editor went out to Har
mony Grove church last Saturday
to be present at the ordination
service which would set apart T.
R. Hat away and W. Gillispie to be
deacons of that church, but missed
it by being too early. He reached
the church about 11:30 a. m., but
the service was not held until 3
p. m. The presbytery was com
posed of Elders 11. M. Meeks, the
pastor of the church, l>. M. Doug
las and S. E. Bliteh. The latter
gave the new deacons the custo
mary charge. Don't know what
was his charge, but suppose he
told them that the origin and ob
ject of the deacon's office was to
“serve tables," and it was an all
sufficient reason for the office.
This editor has served as a deacon
and found it an office abounding
in good work and opens a fertile
field for spiritual growth. To
“serve tables” is a wonderful and
most exhiliarating work. The pri
mary duty of a deacon is to look
after t he temporalities of t he church
and reaches far beyond its finan
cial exigencies. The true deacon
must always have his eyes, his cars
and his heart open to distress in
all th»‘ community surrounding his
church, as far as its influence can
reach. He must not only see and
observe distress, listen and hear of
it, but go out and find it —“visit
the widows and orphans in their
affliction.” It is his business to
report all destitution to his church
at the earliest possible moment,
and the duty of the church to
furnish the means of alleviating
the suffering. This calls for a
melding of the church on the first
day df each week, and the mem
bers to lay by in store, “as the
Lord has prospered them," in or
der that a common treasury may
be had out of which may be met
the expenses of this work. Re
ports arc that the two new dea
cons are well qualified for the
work assigned them.
The Sunday morning service was
a memorial of Hon. Itilcy Wright,
who was a member of that church,
and a large concourse of people
were present.
REGISTRARS FOR JUNE 5
The county board of registrars,
consisting of Sheriff Tanner, Clerk
Haddock, Ordinary Ward and Dr.
Gordon Burns, have appointed the
district registrars, as follows:
Ambrose —Dr. 1. W. Moorman,
Robert Vibbert and Jack Fer
guson.
Douglas—A. W. Haddock, W.P.
Ward, W. M. Tanner, Gordon
Burns, W, R. Frier, T. S. Hubert,
B. E. Whittington, E. L. Tanner,
E. L. Grantham, .1. N. McDonald.
McDonald —V. O. Mathews, Joe
McDonald and M. I). Davis.
Mora —B. Morris, T. J. Douglass
and M. L. Aldridge.
Pearson —W. C. Patterson, Dr.
H. P. Smith and J. O, White.
Pickren —J.C. Ellis, W, B. Cour
son and S. A. Lott.
Tanner —John Kirkland, J. A.
Davis and Col. Axon.
Willacooehee —J. T. Guldens, E.
L. Moore and J, M. Roberts.
Wooten — P. L. Moore, Homer
Picket son and J. L. Sapp.
These gentlemen are required to
complete their work in one day.
Every male citizen, white and
black, between 21 and 30 years, in
clusive, will be required to register
and any neglect or refusal to do
so will subject the person to a
straight twelve months sentence
in prison and then be required to
serve in the army. There is no
getting around this service. You
might as well walk up to the
“captain’s office” and put your
name in the i>ot.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
Last week the Tribune told of
the arrival of an United States
flotilla of submarine destroyers at
Queenstown in the war zone, aud
the promptness with which it set
about its opening the way for safe
carriage of provisions and muni
tions to the European allies. This
week it carries the news that Ma
jor-General John J. Pershing has
fleen assigned to lead an expedition
of land forces to France that will
he sent immediately. The Tri
bune would not be surprised if ten
or twelve divisions of United
States troops, composed of regu
lars and National Guard will be in
France by August Ist.
4 The government is making all
possible haste in mobilizing and
training units of a tremendous
army —not less than a million and
a half of men —to meet every re
quirement. It will lose no time in
bringing the National guard up to
144 regiments, which will require
approximately 31 new regiments
of all branches of the service. Of
these Georgia will tie required to
furnish two battalions of infantry,
one regiment of field artillery, one
batalion of engineers, one wire com
pany, and one outpost company,
signal corps.
The Italian commission has ar
rived at Washington and will re
ceive their proixirtion of the mam
moth loan the United States is
making to the several ententes.
It will be spent in the United
States for food and munitions.
There is no where else it can be
purchased.
(resident Wilson is insisting
upon the adoption of rigid meas
ures for food conservation and
censorship. The latter, he says,
is made necessary for the protec
tion of the nation against persons
who cannot be relied on to main
tain patriotic reticence. To illus
trate the insistence for secrecy,
the necessity therefor, the Tribune
states that Gen. J off re, Viviani
and other members of the French
commission, lately in this country,
have arrived safely in France.
Their sailing was known to hun
dreds of newspaper men but it
was withheld from the public, who
were of the opinion they were still
in Washington.
Declarations of war against
Germany is imminent in Brazil.
( hina, Spain and Sweden, and
poor w arid den Mexico seems to be
ready to hump her back against
Germany.
Everthing seems to be quiet
along the Mesopotamian, Mace
donian and Russian fronts, with
only desultory artillery duels as
reminders of each others presence.
Activity has been resumed along
the Italian front and the Italians
are making some advances on the
Austro Hungarians, territory and
prisoners being taken. Along the
western front in Franco the fight
ing continues with unabated fury.
The Germans have withdrawn
many divisions of her troops from
other fronts in the attempt to
stay the* continuing advances
made by the British and French.
However, the British and French
are battering away at the Hinden
burg line, ever and anon making
slight headway.
The result of submarine war
fare during the past week has been
greatly descreased, and has brought
rejoicing to the British admiralty.
It is expected the result will hence
forth continue to decrease. The
American flotilla’s activity, their
method of “getting there” when
they start, has won meads of
praise from British naval officers.
Among Our South Georgia Neighbors
READABLE PARAGRAPHS [GARNERED BY THE PENCIL AND
SCISSORS PROCESS
According to Sheriff Sweat the
Ware county jail is now empty.
Hon. Martin V. Calvin is in
sisting upon the acceptance of his
resignation as Secretary of the
Ware county Board of Trade, to
be effective June Ist.
Savannah shipbuilders are ex
pecting and will probably receive
contracts for building some of the
government wood craft, which is
one of the proposed methods of
overcoming the submarine menace.
The regular session of Piedmont
Institute, Waycross, was closed
last Friday, David M. Parker de
livering the literary address.
Thirteen graduates received diplo
mas. The summer school begins
June 15th and continues two
months.
Rev. Bascom Anthony, of Lown
des county, has sold to the Madi
son county, Fla., pig club boys
forty-five head of pigs, raised on
his farm at $lO a head or $450 for
the lot. Mr. Anthony is Some
farmer and stock raiser as well as
preacher,
Sylvester was the scene of de
plorable tragedy last Monday
when J. T. Gregory, 13-year old,
accidentally shot and killed Ids
10-year old cousin, Aubrey Gre
gory with a 22 calibre parlor rifle.
The slayer was 100 badly frighten
ed to give a coherent account of
the affair. The families of both
boys are grief stricken.
The city council of Moultrie, has
placed a bail upon “matching” and
the City Recorder was among the
first to get caught in the meshes of
the new ordinance. He had four
comrades, and the five men were
tried befere (he mayor, W. J. Ve
reen, and paid for such violation.
They were “matching” for cold
drinks.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CONVENTION
This religious Ixxiy holding its
annual meeting at New Orleans,
has just adjourned. Among the
developments of the session was
the announcement of Mr. Browlow,
of Tennessee, that the convention
itself was an illegal organization —
not having been properly chartered.
A committee was appointed to
look into the matter.
The convention also took a
strong stand against excessive
governmental paternalism in the
matter of education —the thought
being advanced that the Stale
should foster education no farther
than secondary schools, that high
er education received at colleges
and universities, technical and pro
fessional education, should be
relegated to the people. This is
the Tribune’s position in the mat
ter —holding that young men and
young women who aspire to tech
nical and professional training can
secure it without the aid of the
State. The Tribune holds that all
the ixiwer and energy of the State
should be devoted to primary
education —give the children of
the State a basis to build upon
and they and their friends will do
the rest. Many children cannot
receive an education under any
circumstances, perforce of natural
endowments.
Another matter which claimed
the attention of the convention
was the pensioning of aged and in
firm ministers, and an endowment
SI.OO YEAR IN ADVANCE
The grand jury of Ware county
found thirtyseven true bills —two
of which were for murder. The
court disposed of twenty-nine cases,
the majority on pleas of guilty.
The annual convention of the
Eleventh district masons will be
held in Valdosta on July 18th and
19th- An interest ing program is
being arranged for the occasion.
W. L. Darley, of Douglas, is the
district secretary.
Sheriff Frank Passmore is in
high dudgeon over the discovery
that a large quantity of whiskey,
he had captured in divers rail'
had been stolen from the vault in
the court house where he had it
stored. He is a sadder but wiser
man.
The grand jury that has just ad
journed recommended the adoption
for Ware county of the Ellis
health Act. However, another
grand jury will have to pass upon
the matter before it becomes effec
tive; It requires the concurrence
f two grand juries to make it effec
tive in any county.
An interesting criminal prose
cution is on in Glynn county.
Last December Philip Boroez
heimer, the millionaire owner of
the Eagle Pencil Company, spent
some time on his island —Little
St. Simons. While there he enter
tained] and among other amuse
ments arranged was a deer hunt
on his own property for deer
brought by his agents from the
North. Twenty-one citizens of
Brunswick and St. Simons, who ac
cepted an invitation and particip
ated in the hunt, have been indic
ted under the State game laws.
Mr. Boroezheimer lias taken up
the gauntlet on behalf of his guest,
and will have his right to kill his
own game on his own premises
judically settled.
fund of $4,000,000 will lx* sought
for this purpose, the Sunday-
School board already lias set aside
SIOO,OOO to this purpose. The
convention of 1918 will be held at
Hot Springs, Ark.
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