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PEARSON TRIBUNE.
Published Weekly by
Tribune Publishing Company.
B. T. ALLEN, Editor.
Krite red at the Postolflce In l’eanwm* Georgia,
as mail matter of thenc-cond class.
HubacTfptlon price, ?l.ooa year in advance.
All Ji;t 1114> the American cattle.
Proud bird of freedom, all hall!
Thy spotless name no man can Inveigle,
< >r put salt on thy beautiful tail.
Young men. buy you a homo.
Employ your idle moments irn
proving and beautifying it. It
may bo humble, but it will prove
the dearest and sweetest piano on
oart h to you.
The Tribunu urges the young
men who rogistcrod themselves
June nlh as prospective soldiers,
that they stand true to their conn
try and shirk no responsibility.
Thus you will honor yourselves,
your loved ones and your God.
Jloke Smith is quoted assaying
“He couldn't vole for Judge W.
E. Thomas foi lin' United Stales
jugeship because he ran for eon
gross while he was yel judge of
the Southern judical circuit.”
Now. isn't he a beaut? lie should
remember the time when Hoke
Smith rail for the United States
senate when he was yet governor
of (Jeorgia and how, after his elect
ion to fill the Kcrrefl vacancy in
the Senate, lie continued to hold
the tin' office of Governor of Geor
gin for throe or four months and,
as governor, signed his own crod
<•111iaIs as l niled Stales senator.
Yes, actually loft the Ferrell seat
ill the United Stales senate vacant
for these three or four months
while he manipulated the office of
governor of (leorgia. saying that
Sen. La Follette would advise him
when his presence and vole was
actually needed in the Senate.
Consistency! Oh, consistency, thou
art a jewel of rarest ray serene,
lint you don’t abibe in lloke
Smith's anatomy, lie is the same
old traitor to (leorgia now he was
I hen.
The constitution of the I'nired
Stales provides that “the I‘resi
dent shall nominate and, by ami
with the advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint" judges of the
Fokeral courts. There is nothin”,
in the law that requires President
Wilson to consult, advice with, or
get the consent of Mitchai lloke
or Tom ilillie as to w hom he shall
nominate for any office. The Sen
ate has the right, for any good
and substantial reason, *to reject
the nominee and prevent his ap
pointment President Wilson has
sent to the senate the names of
two of Georgia's purest and ablest
jurists to be confirmed as judge to
till the vacancy of the late lamen
ted Symbyin. These gentlemen
have been turned down by the
Senate committee, not because
they were dishonorable or ineoin
indent, but on the ground of sen
atorial courtesy—the President
did not consult lloke and Tom in
making the nominations, when he
is under neither moral, legal or
other obiigaeions to do so. The
Senate is under moral obligation
to the President and the nominee
to assent to the appointment,
unless charges are brought against
the nominee of immorality or in
competency that would unfit him
for holding the office. The frame
rsoflhe constitution never eon
templated that personal spleen or
petty polities—should inter into
the rejection of any nominee of
the President.
Growing Pole Beans
Not only as an excellent food in
Itself but also as a possible substi
tute for wheat in the making of bread,
the production of beans in Georgia
should be enormously increased. A
quantity of green and dried beans cafc
be produced in the cornfield for table
use during late summer, fall and win
ter.
SOUTH GEORGIA
Nows of Our Neighbors Told in
Short Paragraphs.
The farm of W. 11. Gaddis is
the only one in Tattnall county on
whicn cotton boll weevils have
been found.
Wheeh -has joined the list of
counties having county-wide taxa
tion for the support of her public
schools. Hurrah for Wheeler
county!
Having been elected president
of t lie Citizens Hank of Wayeross
Harry I). Keed has withdrawn
from the race for representative
from Ware county in the legisla
ture. The election takes place
to-day.
The Hoincrville postoffice was
added to the fourt h class at the
beginning os the fiscal year, July
Ist. This indicates a largely in
creased business at that office.
Toe announcement of the change
came as a very agreeable surprise
to postmaster, Flenn ('. Dame.
Charter is being asked for the
■‘Baxley Slate Hank” of Baxley,
Da., to be incorporated with a
incorporated with a capital slock
of $25,000. The petitions are I. I.
Moody, of Bunnell, t Fla., \V. A.
McWilliams, of St. Augustine,
Fla., and J. <’. Dean, of Baxley.
A Justice Court at Berlin, Geor
gia, has been suspended for ninety
days, because the removal from
one court room to another was
made without confirming to the
law in such eases. During the
ninety days the law will he com
plied with and the court resume
its fund ions.
II is reported of the crops of
Berrien county that the prospects
were never better, except for the
ravages of the boll weevil in some
sections. Berrien, in spite of the
bill weevil, will make an average
crop of corn and cotton, and a
crop of peanuts way above the
average. There will he plenty
and some to spare of provisions in
Berrien county next year,
A “lard can" w hiskey distillery,
two barrels of boor and a lot of
whiskey was cat tired by United
States officers on the premises of
M. G. Langsdale, in Clinch county
near Milltown, last week. In
Langdale's ice box was found three
gallons of high proof whiskey,
made from meal and cane syrup,
and was almost as strong as aleo
hoi and burned freely. Langs
dale has been placed under a S3OO
bond for his appearance for trial
before the I nited States court at
Valdosta.
Judge John U. McDonald, of the
City Court id Wayeross, sentenced
Nora DeLeon, a white xvomon. to
twelvemonths in the state farm.
Officer Carman was detailed to
carry her to the farm, and lie
started with her in an automobile.
When Abbeville was reached the
woman screamed and told some
men she was being kidnapped.
They gave chase and wired to
Hawkinsville, but Carman got
away and safely landed his prison
er at her destination. Returning
Carman stopped at Abbeville and
gave the joke away.
Since Supt. Brittain has com
menced enforcing the law, which
declares no state school funds
shall be paid to sectarian schools,
it brought about a separation
between Sparks Collegiate lusti
tute and the Sparks public
schools. It is now necessary for
Sparks to build a public school.
house, and in an election for per
mission to issue bonds of the town
for that purpose, bonds were do
feesed. What brought this result
about the Tribune is not advised,
but if the friends of the collegiate
institute brought this result about
expecting to force a continuance
of the old regime, they have made
a woeful mistake. That school
will never get any more public
school fund so long as it remains a
sectarian institution.
PEARSON TRIBUNE, JULY 20, 1917
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COFFEE COUNTY
News items Gathered from Va
rious Sources.
All the counties in south Geor
gia traversed by the “Dixie" high
way are rushing to put the trail
in good condition. Betetr hurry
in Coffee before It. 11. abolishes
l he convict gang.
The protracted meeting at
W esle\ Chapel Methodist church,
seven miles north of the city,
closed Thursday night of last
week. The Tribune learns that
there were severable aecesions to
the membership of the church.
Protracted service began at
Harmony (trove Baptist church,
eight miles north of tin* city, on
last Friday night. The pastor, 11.
M. Meeks, has the assistance of
Elder Walker in the preaching
service
The eampmeet ing at Gaskins
spring, near Douglas, begins to
day and w ill close next Wednes
day. The meeting will be in
charge of Dr. J. I*. Tyson, I’resid
ing Elder of the Wayeross district.
The preaching will be by. Dr. Has
com Anthony, of Valdosta. Dr. C.
R. Jenkins, of Macon, president of
Wesleyan college; Dr. Walter An
thony, of Cordele; Dr. L. J. Bal
lard, of Brunswick, and Rev. C. A
Jackson, of Wayeross.
A correspondent from Coffee
eounsy, writing to the Savannah
News, says; "Crop conditions in
Coffee county have made wonder
ful advances within the last ten
days, and now indications are that
a good cotton crop w ill be made
unless the boll weevil gets in
some late work. The corn and
bean crops in Coffee is exception
ally good, with largely increased
aercagci and a large increased
acreage of peanuts are unusually
good.”
A tire in the third story of the
Dickerson. Brewer & Gaskins build
ing at the corner of Ward street
and Madison avenue. Douglas, on
the night of the 12th instant, put
the Douglas Telephone Exchange
out of business for several days
this week. The exchange was lo
cated in the third story of the
building. The fire workek enger-.
getieally and saved Jthe building
with small damage. Mrs. W. \\ .
Terrell's millinery stock was
damaged by water and removal.
Low Excursion Fares to Atlanta
Account Convention Woodmen of the World
The A. B. & A. Railway will s<'ll tickets from all Agency
stations in Alabama and Georgia. July 89 10 11th. Tickets
sold on the first two dates w ill be good returning until July
25th. Tickets sold on the last two dates, good returning July
lotn- The entertainment Committee lias arranged three days
of public entertainment for visit ing Woodmen and their friends.
These dates are July 11th, 12th, 13th. The A. B. A. offer
double daily service to Atlanta with sleeping ears eti night
trains from Wayeross. Thomasville and intermediate stations.
W. W. Croxton, G. A. A.
The Tifton Gazette publishes
the following abstract of a short
story it printed twenty live years
ago: “Charges that Kev. W. L
Carter had-gone into the office of
the clerk of the superior court, in
Douglas,and changed the number
of one or two lots of land were in
vestigated by the committee ap
pointed by the conference, which
found the evidence only eiretim
stautiul." f rom Ibis incident be
gan the feud bet ween Carter and
Rawlings which brought about the
killing of the Curler children rat
that fateful • night in Lowndes
count.!', the wceking of two fund
lies, the sending of two men to the
gibbet and three to the peni ten
tiary, but the third, despite all
efforts of able counsel is still pay
ing the penalty of that night's
terrible crime.
Marketing
Georgia Products
Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
Upon (tic business men of the stale
re.sis the responsibility of establish
ing consuming markets for Georgia
products, not only at home, but abroad
also. For Instance, one community
last year shipped several hundred car
loads of sweet ixttatoes to northern
markets. The individual farmer can
not do work of this kind; the respon
sibility for organization rests with the
business men. There are several Geor
gia crops w hich are not appreciated in
northern and eastern markets, simply
because there are no large consuming
markets for these products. An organ
ized campaign in exploiting the possi
bilities of these crops would undoubt
edly react as favorably us has such
work in connection with cottou seed
and peanut oil.
Educational forces, such as the State
College of Agriculture and its County
Demostration Agents, could promote
diversification with greater rapidity
in Georgia and aid in the early so
lution of tlie present food problem if
the business men would “clear the
decks for action" with the statement,
' Go tell the farmers to grow the va
rious kinds of food needed and we will
find acceptable markets for all they
prtJduce.’* At present the educational
character of the work they are called
upon to perform separates the college
workers in a measure from the mar
keting end of the proposition which
is strictly a business question. Unfor
tunately business men have not. been
as aggressive or interested in this
line of work as they should have
been. For this reason the attemp’s
of our agricultural college to pro
mote diversification have often been
nullified to a considerable extont. If
the handicap is removed our agricul
tural college workers will be able to
perform a service work of the utmost
importance in the present crisis with
assurance of immediate results. Let
us all stand together—our country de
mands it.
The Best Way
I- to take your Shoes to Martin's
j Shoe Shop before they wear too
,/\ tong
q.. Thirty Miles
filter y. to the next Shop. Located in
Y Adams Garage Building, look for
X ] J. S. Martin,
Real-son, Ga.
Excursion Fares
VIA.
G. S. & F. Ry.
\ccount of the follow ing Special Occasions. G. S. &.
U. Ry. will sell ted need round trip fares from coupon
stat ion.
Athens, Ga Account Summer School, Universi
ty of lot. Date.', of Sale June 30.
July 1. 2, 3. 9. 10, 16, 17 and 30th,
Return limit fifteen.
Knoxville, Tenn \ecount Summer School of the
South. Dates of sale June 16, 17.
18. 23. 24, July 1. 7 and 14. limit
fifteen days.
Nashville, Tenn I’eabody College Summer School.
Dates of sale June I 1. 12, 13, 14.
21. 22, July 20, 21 and 26th, limit
lift ecu days.
Black Moutain and Ridgcrest, N. C: Numerous
' Special occasions, during May. June. July and August.
Dales of sale and limits upon application.
The above excursion fares are open to the public.
Excursion fares also oil sale to Mountain and Seashore
resorts.
For complete information as to fares and schedules
call on any ticket agent. G. S. iV F. Ry.. or address
J. W. JAMISON, T.P.A. or 0. B. RHODES, G.P.A.
MACON, GEORCIA
SPECIAL OCCASION FARES
VIA
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
“Standard Railroad of the South”
Al til sTA. GA - * 1 rand Lodge. K of I’. Tickets on sale
July SO and loth. .1917. Limited July
Kith. 1917.
ATLANTA. (.A - Nat ional Convention. W. <>. \V. Tickets
eti sale July 8 9-10 and 11th, 1917. Limit
July 15th. 1917.
ATHENS. GA Summer School, University of Georgia.
N ickels on sale .Tune 30th, July 1-2-3 9-10
Ui 17 and doth. Limited fifteen days.
KNOXVILLE. TENN.. Summer School of the South, University
of Tenn. Tickets on sale June 10 17 18
2324 30. July 17 and 14th. Limited
fifteen days.
I.UI IT.E Rfii 'K, ARK National Grand Lodge Mosaic Temdiars of
America fool.) Tickets on sale July 7-8
and 9th. Limited July 17th, 1917.
NASHVILLE, TENN iVabody College Summer School: Tickets
on sale June 11-12-13-14-21-22, July 20-21
MONTEAGIiE AND and 26th. Limit 15 days.
SEWAN'EE, TENN Religions Conference. Tickets on sale
July (i 7-13-21. August 3-6-9-16-17 and 23.
Limit Sept. sth. 1917.
MACON. GA (iUOOE of America. Tickets on sale
(From ixiints in Georgia only) August
121314th. Limit Aug. 21st, 1917.
For information as to fares, schedules, etc., call on or write:
A. R. HOUSE.
Ticket Agent
PEARSON, GA.