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PEARSON TRIBUNE. Published Weekly by Tribune Publishing Company. U. T. ALLEN, Editor. Entered at the Postoffice in Pearson, Georgia, as mall niAtter of the second class. Subscription price, sl.ooa year In advance. —ii rr~ All hall to the American eagle. Proud bird of freedom, all hail! Thy hpoUphk name no man can inveigle, Or put suit on thy beautiful tall. NEGRO EDUCATION The Tribune is in receipt for publication from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Educa tion, a lengthy report on “Negro Education in Georgia,” with sug gestions for ils impi'oveinent. The eonelusions reaehed by the report is so out of harmony with the conditions existing in this community its publication would do harm rather than good. The Georgia negro, in this sec tion sjiccifirally, is being fairly treated in the matter of securing an education, they receive all pos sihle encouragement to that end. The generally accepted idea that the negro will live on a crust of bread in order to educate their children has no foundation in fact; the rule is negro parents are entirely indifferent to the educa tion of their children. Sending their children to school has lost it novelty, and the attendance of ne gro children upon I lie schools pro vided for them is exceedingly in different. The editor of tlie Tribune lias been closely identified with the educational interests of the State of Georgia for many years, lie can speak from elo.se observation and careful study of the situation. It is absolutely impossible to secure prompt attendance of negro children u|>on the common schools; they will drop in leisurely any time between 8 to 10;30 o’clock in the morning and the teacher, try as he may, absolutely fails to change the policy. The teacher is non plussed, he cannot gel good result out of the school. Capable teachers are plentiful, men and women, but finding themselves without t lieco-opera) ion of parents and patrons they give up in des pair, fall into the rut with the pu pils, and the school becomes praet i cully worthless. Ibe trouble is the negro has never ceased to be the ward of the nation, t hey look to the govern nient to do all in the way of edu cating their children, and shirk all possible responsibility; self-re lianee is not cultivated; they know nothing and are careless of the principle. “The gods help only those who try to help themselves.” They take no interest in the school buildings and grounds dedicated to tin l education of their children, with some exceptions, and are practically abandoned in their attitude towards schools and edu cation. the Savannah news quizzically inquires, “Is your number w ritten there?" The editor of the Tribune was especially anxious to attend the meeting of the Georgia weekly press at Thoniasville last week. He spent his boyhood days iu Thomasrille and it would have been to him almost like going back home. He has many friends there whom he would have lioon glad to meet again—K. T. Me Lean. It. t!. Mitchell, .1. T. Culpep per, If. Thomas and many others, all of whom stand four square for all the best traditions of Georgia. Alas, professional engagements slip|H‘d a cog in his arrangements and set aside liis planning for the trip. lie had promised Bob Let' Wylly to go see his mother, now blind, and not to do so was a great disappointment. The editor knew Mrs. Wylly in Valdosta when she was Miss ltalston. SOUTH GEORGIA Ncaws ot Oui* Neighbor! Told in Short Paragraphs. New crop sweet potatoes are on the market at Thomasrille and bringing $1.60 a bushel. Prices are long but t runs porta t ion is short is the complaint of south Georgia lumbermen. Walter E. l>ee, City Clerk of Way-cross, has also been elected city t reasurer. The salary is SI.OO a year. The election in Berrien county on the question of county-wide taxat ion for school purposes went against taxation. The Georgia Weekly Press As social ion held its annual conven tion at Thoniasville last week anil reports say it was a pleasant and profitable one. The election of Hon. 1). M. Park er as representative from Ware County in the Georgia legislature gives satisfaction throughout the State. He will make an admira ble member. The taxable resources of Irwin county shows an increase over DIG of $502,010. The total lax returns will be $3,240,668. It is a splen did showing for the small interior county of Irwin. Miss Katie Howell, a daughter of Mr. ll;imp Howell, of Milltown, succeeded in eloping wilii W. F. Spells, on Tuesday night of last week and was married at DuPont, where they took the train for Jacksonville, Fla. Knitting is now the pastime among the women of Thoniasville; they are knitting for the boys in the army and navy. The older women has stirred up interest iu knitting by rehearsing the fact that they learned how by knitting for the soldier boys of the sixties. Work on the government build ing at Fitzgerald w ill begin in a few days. The contractor has al ready erected tool houses and made all necessary arrangement to begin actual work on the build ing. The location is said to be one of the most beautiful in the city. A grain elevator is in o|H>ration at Quitman, the first built in Georgia. It pays the highest cash prices for corn, oats, velvet beans and similar crops, and has a capaci ty of twenty thousand bushels a day. It furnishes an ample mar ket to Hu 1 farmers of Brooks and contiguous counties for all the grain they can raise. The intervention in the matter of the validation of the Baaou county bond issue will be heard by,Judge James 1. Suinmerall at Alma to day. The election was held in June and carried by a big majority, and authorized the issue of SIOO,OOO bonds for several purposes. However, it is being attacked by a number of Bacon county citizens. The Eleventh District Masonic Convention, at Valdosta, elected the following officers: .1. N. Stin son, Waycross, W. M.; A, J. Gibbs. Homerville, D. M.; F. T. Bergstrom. Valdosta. S. W.; E. J Young, Fitzgerald, J. W.; C. T. Darley, Douglas, Secretary and Treasurer: B. E. Whittington, Douglas, chaplain; J. E. Young, Brunswick. S. D.; J. E. Webb, Hahira. J. D.; H. C. Dickerson, Homerville, S. S.; G. R. Corbett, Lake Park, J. S. The next an nual meeting will be held at Ha him. You are right, John I>. Spencer! When W. D. U. is elected United States senator, from Georgia, the time will have come to “Flee into the mountains of Hephzidam, . . . where the whangdoodle mourneth for its first born.” PEARSON TRIBUNE, JULY 27, 1917 Repair Work a Specialty YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED I wish to an nounce that I have procured the agency for DORT CARS and if you are in the market I would be glad to give you a demonstration. PRICE $780.00 Tires, Tubes, Etc in Stock COFFEE COUNTY News Item! Gathered from Va rious Source!. Coffee county’s quota under select ive draft was 221 men; she is credited with 78 enlistments, and the number yet to lie furnished is 143, or one of every fifteen regis tered. Cards are out announcing the marriage on Si nday, August sth. of Miss Ida Rainbow, of Broxton. and Mr. William Berman, of Ala mo, Wheeler county. Alamo will tie their future home. It is given out that the county board of registrars will notify I hose drawn in the competitive draft when and where they will have to appear for examination'.and to present their claims for exemp tion. It will be several days be fore the notices are sent out. < >ne of the real tobacco growers of Coffee county is Mr. J. A. Boone of McDonald district, who recent ly came from north Georgia. At the auct ion sale of tobacco at Douglas on Tuesday of last week Mr. Boone had on hand for dis jxisition tin' largest quantity of any of the growers present and of fair quanity for “spuds.” It sold for $3Ol. Mr. Boone came to south Coffee about two years ago, and is winning success in fanning by dint of energy and preservaiiee, and the exercise of bis native in telligence. The Tribune announces the death of Mr. Willy Vickers at his home near Mora one day last week. Mr. Vickers was a member of a large and thrifty family of Coffee county. Besides his relatives he had many staunch friends who genuinely sorrow over his decease. He had reached a ripe old age, he had been ill for some t ime and his death was not unexpected. Ho was of the Primitive Baptist faith but hail never united with the church. He lived a life replete with "good works. People who came to him iu distress were never turned away empty handed. Among his children, sons and daughters, is one of Pearson's jolly good citizens, Mrs. Matilda Corbett, who was married to Mr. Henry Corbett when she was about fourteen years of age. Low Excursion Fares to Atlanta Account Convention Woodmen of the World The A. B. & A. Railway will sell tickets from all Agency stations in Alabama and Georgia, July 8-9-10-11th. Tickets sold on the first two dates will be good returning until July 25th. Tickets sold on the last two dates, good returning July 15tn- The entertainment Committee has arranged three days of public entertainment for visiting Woodmen and their friends. These dates are July 11th. 12th. 13th. The A. B. A A. offers double daily service to Atlanta with sleeping cars on night trains from Waycross, Thoniasville and intermediate stations. W. W. Croxton, G. A. A. HAMILTON’S GARAGE The City Court of Douglas has been in session this week, Judge Walter C. Bryan presiding. Only civil business will be handled this week. * Criminal business next week. Judge Bryan informed the editor that, nut withstanding leaves of absenee had been granted at torneys in order to (ill engage ments at Atlanta in opposition to tile Atkinson county measure, there will be sufficient business to keep the court in motion the en tire week. The Tribune interviewed a num ber of Coffee county farmers Saturday as to crop conditions. D, A. Smith says his crops of corn and cotton are all he would desire, simply excellent, he has discovered no weevils in his cotton so far, and has more than a half crop safe on the weed. All side crops are good. Mr. Smith lives in the Pearson district, near the Clinch county line. A young farmer over in the .McDonald dis tri<-t. north of Axson, reported as favorably as Mr. Smith, and said his cotton was beginning to open. This reminds the Tribune to say that the firsi open cotton to reach its office came from the field of Mr. Carl W. Harrell, whose farm lies within the city limits. W. L. Kirkland has unusually good crops of corn, cotton, sweet potatoes, sugar cane and peanuts. His farm lies one and a half miles northwest of town. The Tribune is informed by Supt. Floyd that work began Monday on the SI,OOO negro school building to be erected a short dis tanee beyond Sunnyside. six miles northwest of Pearson It will be the best negro school house in Coffee county, and its erection has been made possible by the liberal ity of the negro citizens of that community, who contributed S7OO and the greater part of the land. The balance of the money camel from the Rosenwald fund, S3OO. and the County Board of Educa lion purchased the additional land. The education that will be iin par ted at this school will be distinct ly industrial. They have sufficient land for exi>eriinental gardening and farming, and the girls will be taught domestic science. These negro citizens have set a worthy example to their race in every community of the county, indus try and frugality will win. The Best Way is to take your Shoes to Martin s Shoe Shop before they wear too long Thirty Miles A, s> to the next Shop. Located in \ \dams Garage Building, look for V \s»_ V, J. S. Martin, Pearson, Ga. Excursion Fares VIA. G. S. & F. Ry. Account of the following Special Occasions. G. S. &. F. Ity. w ill sell teduced round trip fares from coupon stat ion. Athens, Ga. Vccount Summer School, Universi ty-of Ga. Dates of Sale June 30. July 1. 2, 3. 9.10, 10, 17 and 30th, Return limit fifteen. Knoxville, Tenn. Vccount Summer School of the South. Dates of rale June 10. 17. 18, 23, 24. July 1. 7 and 14, limit fifteen days. Nashville, Tenn Peabody College Summer School. Dates of sale June 11. 12, 13. 14, 21. 22, July 20, 21 and 20th. limit fifteen days. Black Moutain and Ridgcrest, N. C: Numerous Sjiecial occasions, during May, June, July and August. Dates of sale and limits upon application. The above excursion fares are open to the public. Excursion fares also on rale to Mountain and Seashore* resorts. For complete information as to fares and schedules call on any ticket agent. G. S. A K. Ry., or address J. W. JAMISON, T.P.A.orC. B. RHODES, G.P.A. MACON, GEORCIA SPECIAL OCCASION FARES VIA ATLANTIC COAST LINE “Standard Railroad of the South” At CCSTA. GA Grand Lodge. K of P. Tickets on sale July 89 and 10th, 1917. Limited July 10th. 1917. ATLANTA, GA National Convention, \V. O. W. Tickets . <>u sale July 8 9-10 and 11th, 1917. Limit July 15th. 1917. ATHENS, GA Summer School, University of Georgia. Tickets on sale June 30th. July 1 23 9 10 10 17 and 30th. Limited fifteen days. KNOXVIELE. TENN Summer School of the South, University of Teim. Tickets on sale June 16-17 13 23 24 30. July 1-7 and 14th. Limited fifteen days. LITTLE R< KK. ARK National Grand Ixxlge Mosaic Tomdlars of America (col.) Tickets on sale July 7 8 and 9tli. Limited July 17th, 1917. NASHVILLE. TENN Peabody College Summer School: Tickets on sale June 1112-13-14 21-22, July 20 21 MONTEAGLE AND and 20th. Limit 15 days. SEWANEE. TENN Religious Conference. Tickets on .rale July 6 7 13 21. August 3 0 91617 and 23. Limit Sept. sth. 191 7. MACON. GA— Gl OOF of America. Tickets on sale (From points in Georgia only) August 12-1,3-14th. Limit Aug. 21st, 1917. For information as to faros, schedules, etc., call on or write- A. R. HOUSE. Ticket Agent PEARSON, GA. Fire-proof Building I also carry a full line of tires, tubes and other auto accessories in stock. We also make a specialty of re pairing aul os and my juices are reasonable. PHONE No, 57. Satisfaction Guaranteed