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PEARSONftTRIBUNE VOL. 3—NO. 14. COFFEE COUNTY News Items Gathered from Various Sources The < iaskin Spring campmeeting located near Douglas, closed its 1917 session on Wednesday of last week. It was largely attended and the services pleasant and enter taining. There are about 100 teachers, from Coffee and adjoining counties, attending the summer school at Douglas, conducted under the auspices of the Normal school of that place. The Enterprise remarks: “The Douglas City Court has been doing a land office business this week and is booked for a big business next week. Who said this court was a dead one?" Nobody, it only needed prodding to awake it from its three or four years siesta. The Weathers Banks at Ambrose and Enigma have been reorgan ized, with the principle office at Ambrose in Coffee county, and both banks are now open for busi ness. The original promoter, Dr. Weathers, is not connected with the new organization. A meeting was held in the Cof fee county courthouse to consider some interesting war time subjects. Prof. E. Lee Worsham and J, F. Hart and .Mrs. .1. D. Williams, of the State College of Agriculture, made interesting talks on the sub jects of food conservation, increas ed productions, proper distribu tion and better prices of Georgia’s foot! crops. They urged it to be the duty of every citizen, old and young, to do his or her bit in the great food struggle brought about by the world war. From the published list of 300 Coffee countians drawn under the selective draft for service in the United States army, the Tribune finds that 25 get their mail at Am brose, IS at Axson, 1 at Bainbridge, 3(i at Broxton, 4at Bushnell, 93 at Douglas, 15 at Kirkland, 3 at Mill wood, 28 at Nicholls, 1 at Ociila, 35 at Pearson, 1 at Stockton, 38 at Willaeooehee, and 5 at West Green. Coffee county's gross quota is 221 men; she has a credit of 78 volunteers, leaving 143 to be obtained under the selective draft. The protracted meeting which was conducted at Cnion Hill church, four miles southeast of Pearson, closed Sunday. The preaching service was led by ltev. Neil McQuarrie, the evangelist for southeast congregational ist churches, while the singing was led by Dr. C. E. Roberts. Both of these gentlemen reside at Stuart, Fla. From Pearson they went to a point in South Carolina to con duct a similar meeting. Our fel low.citizen, Rev. 1). .1. Pearson, is the pastor of Cnion Hill church. Tobacco sales continue daily at the Douglas tobacco warehouse. The sales are at auction; 2,500 jKjunds were sold last Thursday at an average price of 18 cents per pound. Coffee, Ben Hill, Sumter, Irwin, Wilcox, Bacon and Toombs county tobacco growers were repre sented at this sale, and all went home pleased at the results. Geor gia tobacco has been shipped to South Carolina warehouses to test the prices, and in every instance the Douglas prices were the best Tobacco growing in Coffee and con tiguous counties seems to have come to stay. Notices were sent out last Tues day to the persons drawn in Wash ington for the selective draft, re turning their appearance for ex amination by the Coffee county exemption board Tuesday, Wed nesday and Tliurs of next week. An all day sing at Willaeooehee is announced for next Sunday. The program will be under the leadership of Prof. N. A. Cox. All leaders present w ill have place on tht' program if they so desire. A pleasant and profitable day is ex pected. A note to the Editor from Dr. D. 11. Meeks states: “The Meeks an nual reunion will be held at the usual place, on the grounds near the old Meek’s home, about two miles from Nichols, on Friday, August 10th. You are especially invited to attend this meed ing.” Mr. ,T. M. Tanner placed on our desk Wednesday morning an open boll of Sea Island cotton from the David M. Douglas farm, seven miles north of Pearson. Mr. Tan ner says Mr. Douglas and himself have forty-five acres of this cotton, which appears to be first class sta ple, and cotton picking will com menee just as soon as the fodder season is over. The Tribune is informed that work lias begun on the SI,OOO ne gro school building to be erected a short distance"beyond Sunnyside, six miles northwest of Pearson. It will be tin* best negro school house in Coffee county, and its erection has been made possible by the liberality of the negro citizens of that community, who contributed S7OO and a greater part of the land. The balance of the money, S3OO, came from the Rosenwald fund, while the addi tional land needed was purchased by the County board of education. The education imparted at this school is to be distinctly industrial. They have sufficient land for ex perimental farming and gardening, and the girls will be taught do mestic science. These negro citi zens have set their race a worthy example to be emulated in every community in the county. Proper ly directed industry and frugality will win. HOW DIFFERENT SHIPS SINK Nearly Every Class or Design of Ves sel Has a Particular Way of Going Down. Nearly every class or design of ves sel sinks In a particular way, For In stance, the old type of single-bottom steamers, with few or no bulkheads— that Is, In the modern sense of the term —almost Invariably founders on more or less of an even keel, which means that they sink level, and not with their how or stern up In the air, London Tit-Bits says. This Is accounted for by the fact that at whatever point the water may enter, It practically finds It own level, as there are no subdivisions to ob struct It. Now, In the case of a modern ves sel, which Is built with numerous sub divisions, it invariably happens that she founders with her bow or stern high out of the water; or else she sinks with a heavy list, or cant, to one side or the other. The reason for this Is that the bulkheads prevent the water which enters the vessel from finding its level; consequently, when one par ticular portion of the ship Is full of water, while the remainder D prac tically watertight, that part which Is water laden sinks first, owing to Its greater weight. It Is for this reason that such terri ble loss of life frequently occurs In modern shipwrecks. Owing to the un even sinking, It Is often found Impos sible to lower the majority of the life boats, as they would fail to reach the w*ts»r. ; PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 11117 PROGRESS OF THE WAR The news from Russia is more encouraging than a week ago, when the Russian northern army began a precipitate retreat and gave up to the Germans all the territory and advantages gained by its gif at drive of the previous week. The Russo-Roumanian army lias remained faithful and are making valuable gains in the C'asin and Putra valley regions. Kerensky has assumed the mili tary dictatorship, and applied the strong arm of military law lip on recalcitrants; this policy is gradually rendering the situation normal, and it is confidently ex pected the gigantic Russian army will soon turn its face again to wards Jamibcrg. There is no news from the Meso potamian, Macedonian or Austin Italian fronts. The latest from the Macedonian front, however, presaged a movement of entente allied forces, including a Greek army of 200,000, northward through Serbia and Bulgaria to wards Constant inople. The Greeks and Turks are inveterate enemies and it is understood the former are anxious for the expedition to start. They want to get at the throats of their old enemy. After three weeks of stupendous preparations a great assault was made, at the first peep of day on July 30, by British and French troops jointly, the French captur ing two lines of German trenches and the British three, in addition to ten or more towns and villages and more than 3,500 German prisoners. These positions have been in the hands of the Germans since they invaded Belgium, and extends from a point south of Dix mude and between Boesinghe and Warneloi). French t roops operat ing on the Aisno river have con tented themselves with remaining on the defensive, and have been able to checkmate all efforts of the Germans to advance. Reported efforts of Germany to establish submarine bases on Central and South American coasts are being investigated. As yet no trace of such bases have been found. The reports of the week of sub marine activity is of a spasmodic and indefinite nature, but it is be lieved the losses to the entente thereby was a slight increase over t he previous week. Within the past week a second American expedition of troops lias safely landed in France, and other contingents are being forwarded with regularity. The mobiliza tion of the new American army under the selective draft is begin ning to be accomplished. This unit of a half million men will be gathered by the first of September and a system of rigid training be put under way. The American government has taken another chance at Russia’s continuity by another big loan of $75,000,000. It is now given out from Wash ing that the young men, at the officers training camp, who were not awarded commissions are to be invited “to enlist in the foot ser vice at the close of the present course of training" as non-eommis sioned officers, with the under standing that they will be trans ferred on or about Sept. 1, 1917, to units of the national army to be organized in their local training areas. Those who except the in vitation will be granted furloughs until Sept. 1, 1917. The non-com missioned grade to which each man will be appointed is to be de termined by recommendation of the training camp commander. This will place these meu in line for early promotions. ANENT NEW COUNTIES. The staid old Savannah News, heretofore opposed to the creation of new counties in Georgia, has had a new and more rational vision on the subject. It now declares: “New county movements should not be opposed merely because they are new county movements. Every one of them should be eon sidered on its merits. Atlanta may be desirous of preventing the manufacture of new counties in South Georgia and Macon may not be wholly saintly in its desire for the creation of new divisions in the same section of the state, but these things should not influence the Legislature's decisions. There should be no new county unless there are good reasons for its crea tion; and there should be a new county wherever one is needed.” Planting itself on this platform the News would not be opposed to the creation of Atkinson county, which would be a sub division of two of the largest counties in the State —Clinch and Coffee. Neith er of the old counties would lx* hurt by the loss of the te, itory requir d for the creation of Atkinson county. Clinch county would have remaining not less than would have remaining not less than 977 square miles of territory and Coffee not less than 620. Roth would remain large and prosperous counties. It would not oppose the creation of Atkinson county, because such new county is needed for eonven ience of the people in the perform ance of the ditties of citizenship, some of whom live twenty-five and thirty miles from their present county sites. It would not oppose the creation of Atkinson county, because it would be abundantly self support ing—the records showing that she would have $2,250,000 of tax val ties, and about 12,500 live and progressive people. If Atkinson county should be created thousands of acres of splen did farm lands would lx* brought into market that otherwise might lay dormant for years; people don't want to buy land and have their homes so far from the seat of conn ly government. They naturally want the burden of citizenship as light as possible; don’t want to serve on the jury under tlx* most favorable circumstances; when they have to go 20 to 30 miles to per form this service—forced to stay away from their homes for a week at a time —it surely gets their goat. xxx x x The Albany Herald says: “Many of our counties are too large, re quiring citizens in corners remote from the county scat to attend the courts, make t heir (ax returns, pay taxes, etc. And in other counties the building of railroads has caused the centre of popula tion to drift away from the old county scats. We believe, too, that it is good State policy to per mit the formation of new counties where the conditions arc such as to justify it. It means more churches and school houses and better religious and educational facilities and more material (level opment generally.” xxx x x James M. Freeman says, in the Douglas Enterprise: “Nicholls, Pearson, Willaeooehee, Broxton and Ambrose want new counties. Why not cut Coffee county up and make nine new county-sites, one for each malitia dist rict? Pearson is really the only one, from ill-con venience, that needs one. There is no direct railroad, and that is the most remote and inaccessible point from the court house.” SOUTH GEORGIA News of Our Neighbors Told in Short Paragraphs It is unofficially stated that Terry, the eldest son of Col. R. A. Hendricks of Nashville, is in France with Gen. Pershing's army. Lowndes county is infested with a band of cattle thieves. It is stated they kill the animals, re move the hindquarters and leave the remainder in the woods. The first bale of Georgia cotton for the season of 1917 was shipped last Friday to Savannah from Doerun,. Colquitt county, to be auctioned off. it was grown by (’. H. Tullis, a farmer living near Doerun. President Powell, of the South Georgia State Normal College, says the outlook is that, notwithstand ing the increased capacity of the school provided for this year, the school will be taxed to its utmost to accommodate the patronage of fering for next fall. Judge J. I. Summerall, at the hearing last Friday at Alma, over ruled the objections of the inter venors and passed an order valida ting the Bacon county SIOO,OOO bond issue. The money arising from the sale of the bonds will be used to build a courthouse and jail and improve the public roads. Swift &• Co., the new owners of the Moultrie packing plant, have already commenced work on the addition and improvements con templated when it was purchased. Its capacity will be doubled, and a fertilizer plant inaugurated which will require the erection of four new buildings. It is probable that the ordinary of Clinch county will call an elec tion, to be held some time in August, to pass upon the question of county-wide taxation for school Purposes. Some of the school districts of the county arc already supporting their schools by taxa t ion. Thomasville will have a grain elevator in readiness to handle the crop of grain grown in the terri tory cont iguous to her. Wayeross is to have a sweet potato storage plant; also a modern feed mill. This fall and winter will partially demonstrate to the world what a resourceful country is south Geor gia. The Tifton Grzette reports that ther is a little worm doing more damage to cotton in the Omega section of Tift county than the boll weevil. It seems to be quite small to start with, one eighth of an inch long and begins by cutting around the square; later grows to an inch long and bores into the bolls. Some crops in that section arc reported almost if uot entirely destroyed by this worm. After the manner of tin* wise man, Solomon, Judge Long of the City Court of Quitman allowed a 13-montlis-old baby decide its own fate. It was a habeas corpus pro ceeding between the parents for the custody of tlx* child. After hearing the contention of both par ents he decided to let tlx* child choose between them. Several persons held out their arms to the infant, a girl, but she dung to the father's neck. When the mother stepped in front of the child, with out any sort of persuasion, she immediately made choice of the mother, who was then awarded temporary custody. SI.OO A YEAR Ware county’s quota, first call, has been reduced by enlistment to 71 men. The quota of other coun ties have been reduced in the same way. Brunswick is bidding to lx* made a naval training station to be located on Blythe island, which is now owned by and in the pos session of the government. The Board of Trade is bringing the matter to the attention of the Pioper officals. Miss Mary Bliteh, daughter of Mr. J. B. C. Bliteh by Ids first wife, and Mr. Thomas Leggette Burns were married at the bride’s father’s home in Brunswick a few evenings since. Elder (’. D. <>gg officiated. The bride is a grand daughter of Elder and M rs. S. E. Bliteh, living near Pearson. William Tyson, a young farmer living near Adel, Berrien county, killed his young wife of a few weeks Tuesday and then commit ted suicide. His mind had lx* come unbalanced from being drafted for service in tlx* army, lie had been brooding over tlx* matter for some time. The Southern Magazine, will be issued from Brunswick about August 151 h. Judge Frank H. Harris is the editor. It promises to create quite a.sensation in Geor gia. Judge Harris is a forceful and fearless writer and will picture men and things as he sees them, regardless. It is predicted, in the initial number, lie will handle some of Georgia’s public men with out glsves. Uis hoped, however, that he will not reach out for the opposite extreme from Tom Mat son. A letter from B. A. Folsom tells the Tribune of the Folsom family reunion on the 4th of .Inly, at the Folsom bridge on Little river, near Cecil, Ga. There were about six hundred of (lx* family connec tion present. Mr. Folsom is a son of the late Dr. J. R. Folsom, who was a resident of Cecil at tlx* time of his death, and a half brother of the late Montgomery M. Folsom, who was quite a litcrateur a quar ter of a century ago. This Mr. Folsom is a namesake of the Tri bune editor and resides in Thomas ville. RED BLUEF NEWS. Miss Mamie ITurst, a charming young lady from Blackshear, Ga., is visiting at the home of Mr. J. Walter James. Mr Clyatt and Miss Yefdic, son and daughter of Mr. J. Walter Janies,and Alvin, son of Mr. Sherod James, are attending the summer school at Douglas. Miss Lizzie Hodges, an accom plished young lady from Tatnall county, will teach the Red Bluff school during the next scholastic year. She attended tlx* summer school at Douglas and is now visit ing at the home of Mr. J. Walter James and getting acquainted with her patrons to be. Slie is highly recommended as a very competent teacher. Mr. W. M. Moore, of Brunswick, was here this week substituting for A. R. House at the railroad de pot. The latter was called to at tend the United States court at Valdosta.