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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. Subscription price, 91.00 a year In advance. jW 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 SPECIAL OCCASION FARES VIA ATLANTIC COAST LINE “Standard Railroad of the South” M( INTEAGLE AND SEW AN EE, TENS' Religious Gon forenoon. Tickets on sale August 3-6-9TtiJ7 and 23rd. Limit Sop tember sth, 1917. MACON, GA. GUOOF of America. Tickets on sale < From ;M)ints in Georgia only) August 12 13 and J4l h. Limit August 21st, 1917. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. National Negro Business News la-ague. Tickets on sale August 13th and 14th. Limit August 20th, 1917. BOSTON. MASS Grand Army of the Republic. Tickets on side August Hi 17 and 18th. Limit Au gust 30th, 1917. ST. LOUIS, MO Supreme Lodge and Military Eneampent K. of P. (colored) Tickets on sale August J 7 18 and 19th. Limit August 29th, 1917. ATLANTA. GA National Baptist Convention. Tickets on silc Sept. 2-3 4 and for trains scheduled to arrive Atlanta before noon Sept. sih. Limit Sept. 14th. 191 7. MUSKOGEE. OKLA National Baptist Convention (colored) Tickets on sale Sept. 2 3 and 4th. Limit Sop.t. 15th, 1917. \l< KSltl RG. MISS National Reunion and Peace Jubilee. Tickets on sale (let. 14t h and 151 h. Limit < let. 31st. 1917. F'or information as tp fares, schedules, etc., call on or write: A. R. HOUSE. Ticket Agent PEARSON, GA. 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 84110 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'tbeir friends. These dates are July 11th. 12th. 13th. The A. B. &A. offers double daily service to Atlanta with sleeping cars on night trains from Waycross, Tbomasville and intermediate stations. W. W. Croxton, G. A. A. Patronize Tribune Advertisers 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 autos and my prices are reasonable. PHONE No. 57. Satisfaction Guaranteed