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PEARSON TRIBUNE.
Published Weekly by
Tribune Publishing Company.
B. T. ALLEN, Editor.
Kntered at the Pogtoffice In Pearson, Georgia,
as mall matter of the second class.
Kuburlption price, 81.00 a year in advance.
All hall to the American eagle,
Proud bird of freedom, all hall!
Thy spotless name no man can Inveigle,
Or put salt on thy beautiful tall.
Can all the vegetables you can.
Can all the fruit you can. Can all
the berries you can. Then put up
all the jam. jellies and preserves
you can. They will be valuable
next winter, hut now is ihe can
ning i i m,*.
“To be called ;i small potato has
lost much of its odium during
these war times." says the Albany
Herald. “Even a small potato is
not to be despised, and is ten to
one better than being no potato
at all.” Mclntosh always was
philosophic.
Here is a wail from the South
east (ieorgian: "When an inno
cent from bone-dry (leorgia
watches a boat at the dock at
Eernamlina loading up will) all
kinds of liquor, Ik* doesn't wonder
where she's going, he wonders
where she’s coming." Ilushhli,
does she really come somewhere;
Home Ceorgia sheriffs applied to
Oov. Harris to relieve them from
duty as registrars, staling that if
they served it would made it liar
der for them to perform (he duties
of sheriff afterwards. These
Sheriffs ought to have their com
missions revoked, and full-grown
men put on their jobs.
The Walton Tribune remarks:
“There may be a smaller man in
the Senate than Tom Hardwick
but, if so, we have never heard of
him." He seems to esteem it as
his religious duty to antagonize
President Wilson on every issue
and, in so doing, has made him
self ridiculous in the eyes of all
fair-minded people.
Holy Writ tells us, in Mathew
15, ‘ill: "It is not meet to take
the children’s bread and to east it
to dogs.’’ Vet. this very thing is
done when a fasher with four or
five children, earning 51.50 or
#‘-•00 |x*r day, keeps on hand and
feeds a dog. Do you plead guilt)
to this soft impeachment;
Hive the boys time to visit the
swimming hole occasionally. If
there is not a good, clean, one eon
venient —provide an artificial one
for them. It is worth while these
summer days, if they will remem
her not to jump into cold water
when very* hot; cool off before
jumping into the water and all will
be right.
As nearly as can be gathered
from the news stories," says the
Savannah News." the lighting
Sunday resulted in the loss by
the British of one cemetery and
two windmills, the capture from
the (icemans of several churches
and an rrtesian well, and the trad
ing by the French of two perfect
l.v gotxl chimneys fora barn and a
front gate. Surely a blood-curd
ling story!
Ihe \ aldosta Times shows a
captious spirit when it prints this
editorial sentiment: "The big
cities are the only ones to lx* eon
sidered for the , training cmni>s,
but the little cities and towns will
bo considered when it comes to
furnishing soldiers for the army,
and ftKxl supplies to help carry on
the war.’ Valdosta requested
that she lx* given one of the camp
sites, but the request was not con
sidered because Valdosta was too
small a city.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Commercialists tell us tha I
business were never so good as
now, and it w ill continue to grow
better as the yerr advances. It is
well to drive pessimism away
with such pronouncements. It
is well to keep the high prices of
all commodities before the people.
It stimulates them to activity in
their effort at production.
Every thing is high and all
producers seem to be on the high
road to pros|x*rity. There is one
notable exception to this rule
—naval stores, which is quoted at
prices below cost of production,
There is something radically
wrong about this matter and the
Tribune believes il should be in
vest igated.
Corn and all provision and feed
stuff went so high that Congress
took a hand and fixed the maxi
mum price of corn at $1.05 per
bushel and everything else ac
cordingly. Cotton is liighe- 1
I hau at any time since reconstruc
tion days. Lumber is soaring
from S2O to $55 per thousand fee.t;
cross ties from 150 c to 00c each.
Vet spirits turpentine has draped
10c per gallon in less than a
month —from 49c to .‘{9c. The
cause is neither overproduction
nor iindci-.-consumption. 11 is a
settled fact that the pro
duct ion of spirits turpentine is
decreasing yearly and eousumpt ion,
if then* be any change, increasing.
Then, what is the solution of this
problem?
There is a way of finding out
what kind of a fly is in the oint
meat and it should be rigidly
applied. The Tribune suggests to
Representative Stewart that —
while he is legislating on the
naval stores question, he insert
a provision that all account
sale's shall show not only the mini
der of gallons sold and the price,
received per gallon but also the
name and address of the pur
chasers. A provision should also
require that uo sales shall be made
without the express consent of the
owner of t he product.
But after all, the real prosperity
that comes to this people will be
worked out by them saving a part
of their earnings. Those who live
up to and beyond their earning
capacity will never know real
prosperity.
It is widely published that Sena
tor Hoke Smith has contributed
two sons in law to the United
States navy in these troublous
war times. It is in order now for
tin* associated press to tell us what
has become of the Senator’s sons.
The Tribune has understood all
along that one of these sons in-law
had reached the navy before he
united with the Senator's house
hold.
The editor of the Conyers Times
threatens: “Some of these times
we are going to take a month off at
some quiet place and write a six
column treatise on the trials and
tribulations of a country editor."
How’s this? Some people, mostly
the uninitiated, think it elysium
to mount the tripod of country
journalism. They mount, and
then comes the awakening.
Reports by Natchitoches. Ver
non and Sabine county, Louisiana,
farmers confirm the theory that
the boll weevil is not a permanent
pest but. like the caterpillar, will
pass away. After several years in
festal ion they agree that the rav
ages of the weevil has become less
severe, and they believe he will
gradually disappear. They fur
t lu*r agree that the remedy is to
plant small areas to the mule,
fertilize highly and cultivate
quickly, and just as soon as practi
cable and before frost to plow the
stalks undr deeply and thus stamp
him out altogether.
Shafting, Pulleys, Belts, Repairs and
Files, Teeth, Locks, Etc.
LOMBARD IRON WORKS. AUGUSTA. GA.
Get our circular before you buy.
PEARSON TRIBUNE, JUNE 8, 1917
TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES
OUR GLASSES IMPROVE YOUR LOOKS
1st —They remove t hat frown and worried expression. 4th —They are made to fit your face comfortably.
2nd —They restore that happy smile, and good temper. 5th —You know y«Ju have the best obtainable.
3rd —You see with comfort and enjoy near work. fith —Because no whete can you get better service.
Come now. 90 percent of all acquired blindness could have been prevented by correctly fitted glasses. Save your eyesight
W. R. WILSON, O. D.
Morris Drug Store, every Saturday
DUTY WELL DONE
The Tribune congratulates the
young men of Coffee county, of
both races, upon the promptness
and unanimity with which they
marched up to tin* booths and
offered t heir services to t lie govern
ment in her time of trouble.
Coffee has done herself proud.
The government estimated that
Ihe regist rat ion in Coffee county
would be I.Xtiti but that number
is exceeded by 285, i. e.. 2.250, of
which 840 were negroes. There
wen: very few. jf any. slackers;
the Tribune has heard of none.
Hurrah, for Coffee county!
She did her duty well.
John Herring's last "Saturday
night" romance reminds one very
forcibly of that poetical romance
of the late Montgomery M. Kolson, I
entitled "John Hancock's Bull.’' i
They must have got their inspi
ration from Ihe same stock of cat- j
11<*. for ‘(Joinery was well aequaiu- j
ted in Colquitt and John in Worth. I
Then, it was so natural for John j
to make the Worth county bull i
lick the Colquitt county animal. I
That's what got Pied's goal.
The Home Garden
T. H. McHatton, Prof, of Horticulture,
State College of Agriculture.
Never before in the bisloiy of this
country has tlie home garden been
of more vital importance to the \v. I
fare of the nation than at this par
ticular time. This is not the time
to plow up the home garden and plant
it in cotton. The farmers with the
large home garden should be able to
produce sufficient supplies for the
family for the whole year.
Where the garden is large, eaough
Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes
should be made for the winter use
The ever-present Georgia col lard
should he on hand in great abundarce
this year; cabbages should he a prom
inent fall crop; turnips also should
be In the fall garden. If one Infs not
planted carrots in the spring, carlo's
should be planted In tlie late summer
or early fall for winter use. In most
sections of Georgia salsify or oyster
plant planted now or later in the sum
mer will remain in the ground and
can be used all along. The abund
ance of tomatoes and string beans,
and other vegetables that demand
warm weather for their maturity
should be put into cans. There is not
a woman in Georgia who should not
try to put up and can alt of the vegeta
bles of various kinds that she expects
to use on her table during the fall,
winter and early spring months. Any
woman who overlooks this at this
time cannot be considered a patriot.
Canned goods of all kinds are going to
be extremely high this year, even if
the war is over. It is a man's place
about the home to see tliar enough
stuff is raised so that the good woman
will have it to can. The home garden
is going to be the most valuable small
piece of ground on the farm, and any
one who neglects it this season is cap
able of "selling his birthright for a
mess of pottage.”
Fall Irish Potatoes
T. H. McHatton. Professor of Horti
culture, State College of Agri.
The farmers of northern Georgia
should lay their plans to put in a
large crop of fall Irish potatoes. It
transportation is tied up this fall and
winter, It will not be possible for us
to call on Maine and the other pota
to producing states for our supplies.
They will have to be produced at
home. The North Georgia farmer can
make a good fail Irish pota*o crop:
and if the farmers ot this section w ill
give this matter due consideration,
we should he able to produce in our
mountain sections enough potatoes
to carry Georgia through until the
spring crop comes in from the south
ern portion of the state. This is
the time to show- to the rest of the
country what the mountain soils of
Cx'ortb Georgia can do.
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tar THE BOSTON STORE KS
Another Way to Rejuvenate Eggs.
A Maryland man has found a means
of preserving eggs with a substance
known as “liquid petrolatum." which
he claims will rapidly penetrate eggs,
when applied externally, and make
them proof against moisture or bac
teria. The preserving substance is a
mixture of hydro-carbons. When
properly treated, eggs can he preserved
under a normal temperature for many
weeks without deteriorating.—Popular
Science Monthly.
How Much Dust in Air?
A scientist is using an ingenious new
method of ascertaining just how much
dust and smoke the atmosphere con
tains. A ribbon of filler paper is
stretched over a small slit in the side
of a hollow brass cylinder, and the air
is passed through the paper by ex
hausting the interior of the cylinder.
After a half hour’s exposure the rib
bon is automatically moved on and a
fresh surface exposed.
Freezing Coconuts to Get at Milk.
A Pennsylvania man has devised a
means of removing coconut shells by
freezing the nut until the shell is
slightly contracted, and then subject
ing it |o a comparatively high tempera
ture so as to cause rapid expansion.
Cracks in the shell are thus produced.
A series of hammer blows then com
pletes the breaking of the shell.—Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Sure Scheme.
Young Wife—"l am determined to
learn at what hour my husband comes
home at night. Yet, do what I will. I
cannot keep awake, and he is always
careful not to make a particle of noise.
Is there any drug which produces
wakefulness?" Old Wife —"No need
to buy drugs. Sprinkle the floor with
tacks.”
1 Nl> if first-class goods, and courteous
,*V treatment is any inducement we feel
IffiSsgJ eonfiident that we will merit your
patronage.
We have recently procured the agency
for the famous
REXALL PREPARATIONS
And it makes no difference what you
may need in the way of a toilet or medical
preparation you will find it here.
CTOTHING IN THE LATEST STYLES.
No matter what your age. figure, or
taste maybe, you’ll find clothes here to
fit vou and suit you too. Quality is
found in these clothes.
Phone No. 35 Autos For Hire
T. KIRKLAND
Dealer In
Ice, Cool Drink*, Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Fish, Etc.
Country Produce Bought and Sold
, PUBLIC DRAY FOR
New Arrivals
\\ e have just received and opened
up the following Summer Goods
Palm Beach Suits, Ladies’ Hats, Panama Straw
Hats. We Have a New Line of Slippers
We are the Agent for Strauss Tailoring Co.
Inspect these goods and get prices
H. L. LANKFORD EE
