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PEARSON TRIBUNE.
Published Weekly by
Tribune Publishing Company.
15. T. ALLEN, Editor.
Kntered at the Postoffice In Pearson, Oeorgla,
as mall matter of the second class.
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All hall to the American eagle.
Proud bird of freedom, all hail!
Thy spotless name no man can Inveigle,
Or put salt oi\ thy beautiful tall.
THANKS, BRO. FRIER
The Pearson Tribune is one of
the best edited weeklies that
eoines to this offiee. Aside from
its well written editorial page, it
is brim full of local events, and
jnsl now is giving some facts about
Pearson, her past and future, and
of the possibilities of the proposed
new county of Atkinson. Editor
Allen knowsasmuch about manipu
lating a country weekly as any
man in (leorgia, and the Pearson
l>eoplc are lobe congratulated on
the fact lluii he has been induced
to take over the Tribune and give
it personal attention. —Douglas
Enterprise 4.
You can shoot some doves this
mouth if you will be real nice
about it. and not try to kill them
all a! one fold swoop.
Mr. C. I!. Hawk succeeds Turner
Rockwell as assistant to Ihe editor
to Die Valdosta Times. Mr.
Hawk has been connected with
South (leorgia journalism for
more than a quarter of a century,
and is still a young man.
Editor Riley, of (lie Rochelle
New Era, says editing a country
newspaper is a regular “snapdoo
die." That's so; but there are lots
of people, who are dead failures at
every other vocation, just crazy to
edit a country newspaper.
(low Dorsey has joined the
forces trying to save the "Hand
wine," or the value thereof, to the
State university. Thus is empha
sized the fact, that the habit of
educating children on revenue ob
taint'd from the sale of liquor is
deep rooted in (leorgia.
< iovernment agents art* endeavor
ing to impress upon the people the
necessity of fall and winter kitchen
gardening. Our people have been
notably wasteful of (heir oppor
t unit ies along this line. During
this war period (hey should arouse
themselves from their lethargy,
sow lettuce, mustard, radishes,
turnips of all sorts, and plant
beans, held and garden peas, beets,
and melons and cucumbers for
pickling purposes. Such of these
crops as cannot be used on the ta
hie. can be utilized in feeding
poultry, pigs, and milk cattle.
Savannah is proud of her mili
taiy contingency. The news says:
‘'Everything from pistols, through
rifles, machine guns, light held ar
tillery to the heaviest of guns can
be properly used by Savannah
boys. The Hoards are handlers
of heavy artillery, the Hussars arc
ready for mounted work, the First
Regiment is an ex|>erienced infant
ry unit, and the two local bat
teries of [lie Chatham Artillery
have proved their value as users
of light held pieces." The Yolun
teer Hoards were mustered into
Federal service last Sunday.
One of the most mischievous
bills now pending before the legis
lature is that to place all public
utilities under the supervision of
tin 4 railroad commission. Under
its provisions every city and town
in (leorgia would be hampered in
the exercise ot local seif-govern
ment. Municipalities could neith
er withdraw a franchise, nor grant
one, norenter the field in com pc
tition with established utilities,
no matter how inferior the service
given, without first consulting the
commission and having a long
drawn out and costly hearing.
Georgia doesn't need such a law .
IDLE TALK
Ever and anon some fellow takes
delight in inveighing against law
yers, by way of pun or anecdote,
in a strenuous effort at entertain
ing their hearers or readers.
By way of illustration tin* follow
ing is taken from I'ncle Jim's
Note Book in the Douglas Enter
prise: "The old saying that the
homes of lawyers are built with
fool’s money is true, to a large ex
tent. Some people won't be rea
sonable and a good level headed
man is needed to adjust the dif
ference's and, of course, the laborer
is wort I) of his hire.”
I’ncle Jim had an idle moment,
Satan entered into his brain, and
had him pen that paragraph
which added absolutely nothing
to his entertaining Note Book,
.lust like Satan’s work it is gar
nishod with some truth.
As an abstract fact —no lawyer's
home has ever been built with
fool’s money, —it couldn’t possibly
be true in the sense advanced by
Uncle Jim. Before the lawyer's
house is built “the fool and his
money has parted" and it has be
come the money of the lawyer
who, Uncle Jim says, is a “level
headed man," a characterization
unbecoming a fool.
Uncle Jim's paragraph is unfor
lunate for another reason: Law
yer’s, like other men, take unto
themselves better halves —yclept
wives—and some lawyers’ homes
are built with their wives’ money.
Don’t call these little ladies fools!
Uncle Jim's paragraph is unfor
tunate for still another reason:
“Miss Colonel Mary, Lizabetli"
has arrieved in the court room —
a full Hedged lawyer according Io
Hit 4 statute in such cases made and
provided—and you dare not call
her a fool! The Tribune declines
to say anything about her home,
built with her husband's money,
except that, she will be fortunate
to marry a —and so forth.
The abstract proposition is true:
Lawyers homes are never built
with fool’s money.
The Rule of Thrift
Thrift is not synonymous will)
parsimony neither is it merely
economy. The miser may or ma>
not be thrifty, but- miserliness is
not thrift. The thrifty person
makes the most possible out of his
opportunities; he avoids waste of
all kinds, and always has an eye
open for the future.
The rule of thrift, when money
is cheap and relatively abundant,
is to save it against the time when
it will be worth more. This seems
so plain as to be self evident; yet
it is exactly contrary to the
practice of most people, who usual
custom is to spend money more
lavishly and recklessly just w hen
it is worth less. By saving money
when it is cheap in anticipation of
the coming time when it w ill buy
twice as much, the actual
value of the money is doubled,
in addition to the interest that will
accrue.
The rule of thrift has anoljier
imimrtant application. A man’s
debts are in so much money; pay
ment of, the money cancels the
debtentirely.no matter whether
money be cheap or dear at the
time. It follows that the best
timo to pay debts is w hen money
is cheapest. By delaying until
the value of money increases, the
weight of the obligation also in
creases. And the creditor w ill be
just as satisfied, so long as the face
value of the debt is liquidated: in
fact, the earlier the better.
Obviously, now is the time for
the cotton grower to save money"
Because he is getting much more
for his cotton is no good reason for
spending it with lavish hand.
The rule of thrift is. pay up debts,
spend wisely, and save the rest for
lilt 4 time, sure to arrive, when the
monev will be worth more. This
time may- not come in a liurry,
but the longer it is delayed, the
mote the opportunity- to save up
against it.
In this is no suggestion that the
cotton fanners of Georgia should
PEARSON TRIBUNE, AUGUST 10, 1917
Repair Work
a Specialty
1 wish to an
non lice that I
have procured
the agency for
DORT CARS
and if you are
in the market
I would be glad
to give you a
deilionst rat ion.
PRICE $780.00
Tires, Tubes,
Etc in Stock
not now seize the opportunity' to
make their homes and surround
ings more attractive than ever lie
fore, to put labor saving machinery
in the home for t in 4 use of the
wife and daughters, put in new
furniture where it, is needed and
do what is necessary t o make t In
home pleasant for the mother and
the children. Thrill does not
mean denying oneself the use of
tools. machinery, furnishings,
newspapers. 1 hat make life more
worth living. The farmer who
hoards while hi-- wife and
daughters long for occasional
amusement and brighter home
surroundings is not thrifty. Ib
is missing an opportunity to make
an investment of the w isest sort. —
Savannah News.
ATLANTA LETTER.
If the (leorgia legislature ad
jouriis without enacting the pend
ing market bureau bill, it is going
to mean a serious situation for
many (leorgia farmers who have
loyally responded to their conn
try’s call and grown more 4 food
crops and feeds! offs than ever In
fore in the history of the state.
It isn’t a question of consump
tion, for there will lie need for
every' pound of food produced for
man and beast. But it is an ini
perative*problem of proper distri
bution —of getting surplus foods
to the markets that most need
t hem.
(leorgia faces the problem of
properly marketing more than
520u.0u0.000 worth of foods and
feed st tiffs. The department of
agriculture has planned an efficient
system for bringing about tin
most satisfactory distribution.
The successful operation of tills
system w ill require both legislative
authority and funds to meet ex
IH-nses. The legslature has been
asked to appropriate from the
fund now paid into the state trea
sury by Georgia farms, less than
one fortieth of one per cent, or 25
cents on SI,OOO of the value of the
Georgia produce to be handled.
There is real danger that ill the
rush incident to the close of the
session, this bill may not come up
for action at all. which would
have tii go over to next year.
I f the farmer- of (leorgia want
this bill passed now. so that thoy
may be assured of efficient assist
a net 4 in the marketing of their
food crops, they should get busy
at once and insist upon action on
on the part of their legislative
members. It is their bill and
their interests which are at stake
and there is not a day or even an
hour to loose.
hile Georgia has fairly well
solved her fall food problem
through the splendid efforts of her
farmers, there is still the late fall
aud w inter to be provided for.
Every Georgia fanner in every
section of the state, should plant
some wheat and oats this fall, and
where possible, also some barley,
rye and oats.
There are approximately 500,000
plows in Georgia. We ought to
plant at least an average of two
acres of wheat to each plow.
HAMILTON’S GARAGE
YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED
Even with the low- average of ten
bushels to the acre, this would
give us tile grand total of 1,000.000
acres with a splendid aggregate
production of 10,000,000 bushels
of wheat or enough to feed the on
I ire stale.
The Georgia Department of
Vgrieult lire urges every farmer to
get busy now planning to put in
his winter wheat and oats. Rick
out the best ground for them and
prepare it vail. Don't slop with
two acres, but plant all you can
properly take care of.
Available wheat now should be
saved for seed. Instead of grind
ing it, buy flour and plant the
seed. The market bureau of this
Depart incut will be glad to assist
any farmer in disposing of any
surplus seed w heat he may have,
or in procuring seed for him for
plant ing in < ictobcr.
But by all means plant wheat.
But it on your best acres and for
tilize well. It will return you an
abundance in tin* sqi'ing that will
profit you well for the attention
and labor gi veil it.
WINTER COVER CROPS
SWELL FRUIT RETURNS
Prevent. Washing of Land and De
crease Fertilizer Bill
t *
One of the most important prao
iices in orchard management Is the
growing of a cover crop under the
trees during the winter. This cover
crop helps to cut down the nitrogen bill
if winter growing legumes are used;
adds organic matter to the soil; and
prevents washing in our hilly sec
tions, says Prof, Mcilatton of the
Georgia State College.
if we can do so, it will be well to have
hairy vetch as part of this cover crop.
To go along w ith the vetch we should
have either oats, rye or wheat. It
takes about a bushel of grain seed
and twenty pounds of hairy vetch to
sow an acre. Where used, the hairy
vetch seed should be inoculated be
fore planting.
In North Georgia the cover crop
should be sown about the last of
September to the first of October. In
Central Georgia it should be sown by
the lath of October. In South Geor
gia it may be sown as late as the
last of October or first of November.
Where orchards are on rolling land,
it is well to sow this cover crop with
an open-furrow drill. The open fur
rows not only protect the grain, but
are a great help in keeping the land
from washing until the young grain
can became well established. The
value of a cover crop in an orchard
cannot be estimated, as we have no
way of knowing the monetary value
of organic matter in the land. We
know, however, it greatly improves
the soil and will help u s to make a
crop of good fruit the following sea
son.
If the above mentioned seed cannot
be obtained for sowing the cover
crop, it would be a good plan to sow
something under the trees, —turnips,
rape, or anything that will grow
through, the winter, so that when
plowing time comes in the spring
there will be something to turn
under.
15. T. AI-LEN. B. H. ALLEN.
ALLEN & ALLEN,
Attorneys and Counselors,
Cilices In the Allen building,
I’eakson. Georgia.
Will do a general practice in State and Fed
oral Courts,
ATTENTION PUBLIC!
I have just received a full line of
Fall Goods, at which I bought be
fore the prices advanced. I am
going to give my customers the
benefit of the Bargains. Call
around and let us show you our
stock before you buy.
PEARSON BARGAIN HOUSE
I. PASSON, Prop.
PEARSON, - - . GEORGIA
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tember sth, 1917.
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ATLANTA. GA National Baptist Convention. Tickets on
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