Newspaper Page Text
PEARSON TRIBUNE.
Published Weekly bF
Tribune Publishing Company.
B. T. ALLEN, Editor.
Kntered at the Postofflce in Pearnon, Georgia,
a« mall matter of the necond cl&fsti.
KubHcrlption price, SI.OO a year in advance.
All hall to the American catrie,
l'r«>u<l bird of freedom, all hail!
Thy spot leas name no man can Inveigle.
Or put salt on thy beautiful tall.
There arc* ‘Void nights in Au
gust.”
Call il “speckled gravy” or
“brindled sop” as you please, but
il is a fine accompaniment to a
baked “yellow yam.”
Savannah consoles herself with
the fact that if she lost the judge
ship she has gained a citizen who
will be t he judge.
The farmer who has grown his
own broad, meal, sugar, syrup and
vegetables can snap his fingers at
the high cost of living.
Men are like cabbages “when
they are green, when (hey grow,
when they are hardheaded, when
they are white headed and when
t hey are cut down.
!( makes no difference.* what
our opinion may have been eon
corning the right or wrong of on
tering into t his war, we are now
in it and we must either fight out
and win out, or run out and loose
out. To stand in opposition to
our government now means giving
aid and encouragement to our
enemies, a thing no true American
can afford to do.
''Representative Charlie Stew
art, of Coffee county, goes after
his political enemies like Kaiser
Bill goes after the entente allies.
Charlie is running things to suit
himself in our old home county,”
says the Nashville Herald. Well
Abbie dear, Itepresentat ive Stew
art would be unt rue to his const i
tuents were he to do loss than he
has undertaken to do; therefore,
you pay him the unintentional
compliment of being true to his
people.
The Legislate
The session of the legislature
expired by limitat ion at midnight
Wednesday night. But the appro
priations had not been agreed up
on, an extra session had been call
ed by Governor Dorsey to convene
•immediately upon the adjourn
ment of the regular session:
The extra session convened
promptly at midnight and after
about four hours wrestling with
the unfinished business the two
houses agreed to a compromise
whereby appropriations were pro
vided for one year, 1918. The
common schools, the problem
which caused the division of the
two houses, will get $3,200,000 and
the State College of Agriculture,
$40,000.
The imiHU'tant bills passed din
ing the session were: The creation
of a Council of Defense, the Tor
reus system of land titles, a State
Market Bureau, the establishing
of Home Guards and giving them
legal standing; the eradication of
the cattle tick, to abate lewd
houses, the Neill Primary law. and
placing immigration and employ
ment agents under the jurisdiction
of a state commissioner of com
merce and labor.
The local bills affecting Coffee
county were; The substitution of
a board of five oommissiners in
lien of one of nine, which went
into effect the first Monday in
August, the creation of the County
of Atkinson, and the rc|>eul of the
Acts establishing the City Court
of Douglas, effective October Ist.
County Tax Rate Fixed
At a called meeting of the Com
missioners of Roads and Revenues
of Coffee county, held last Mon
day, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
It appearing to the Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues for the
county of Coffee from the Tax di
gest and report of the Tax Recei
ver of Coffee County, Georgia, for
the year 1917, that the values of
taxation of the real and personal
property of said county of Coffee,
for the year 1017, iw the sum of
$5,800,000 and it also appearing
that the tax rate fixed by the
state of Georgia for state purposes
is Five Mills, or Fifty Cents on the
Hundred Dollars:
It is therefore ordered by the
commissioners of roads and reve
nues for said county of Coffee, that
the county tax rate of Coffee coun
ty, Georgia, for the year 1f) 17, be,
and the same is, hereby fixed at
7 1-2 mills or 75c on the hundred
dollars, making a total of $7.50 on
the thousand dollars, and the same
is hereby levied in the following
amounts for the following purpo
ses;
1. To build or repair the court
house, jail, bridges, ferries, or
other public improvements, accord
ing to contract —1 I 2 mills.
2. To pay the expenses incur-red
in supporting the poor of the conn
ty sis in-escribed in the code I 1-2
mills.
3. To pay the expenses of work
ing the roads in sind for said conn
ty under provisions of the road
law, 2 I -2 mills.
4 To pay coroners all fees that
may be due by the county for
holding inquests, the sum of 1-8
mills.
5. To pay sheriffs, baliffs, jtt
roi-s or other officers fees that may
be legally due, the sum of 5 8
mills.
(i. To pay expenses for bailiffs
at court, non resident witnesses in
criminal cases, fuel, servants' hire,
stationery and the like, the sum
of 14 mills.
7- To pay jurors a per diem
compensation, serving both in the
Superior Court and City Court of
Douglas, said couuty, the sum of
14 mills.
8. To pay any other lawful
charges against said county, the
sum of I mill.
9. For funds for school purpo
ses, on all real and personal pro
perty in Coffee county, located
outside the incorporate limits
of towns of cities as follows:
Douglas, Willacoochee, Unix ton,
Pearson and Xieholls, an additional
tax, over and above the tax here
tofore levied, upon all of said pro
perty inside of said county, and
outside of said above mentioned
towns or cities, is hereby levied
for school purposes in accordance
wilh the law by a special election
held and the rati* fixed by the
county school board of education
in the sum mills.
It is further ordered that the
taxes herein levied, be, and the
same shall be by the proper offi
eers collected and be expended for
the purposes herein named.
It is further ordered that this
levy be entered on the minutes of
t his court.
In open court this 13th day of
August, 1917.
B. H. Tanner, Chairman.
S. J. Stubbs,
J. B. Harper,
V. M Merrit,
Dan Metts,
( omniissioners.
The Tribune is in receipt of in
quiries from Middle Georgia peo
ple for one and two-horse farms.
If any of the Tribune’s readers
have such farms for rent and will
let the editor know about it he
will put them in communication
with the parties. It would be
good for land owners, and this sec
tion, to improve some small farms
for rent or side; it would be the
means of bringing to this section
from North and Middle Georgia
some excellent citizens and far
mers. The people should have an
eye to getting new blood into this
section; it will help us wonderful
ly.
PEARSON TRIBUNE, AUGUST 17, 1917
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLSS
AND BOYS SLACKER ?
Are Not Patriotic Unless They Com
plete Their Education, Sense of
Noted Educators.
The United States Government, not
ed educators and all men of broad
vision maintain that we must bend
our every effort to maintain our edu
national standards and through ex
pert leadership prepare for the “fi<„re
est industrial struggle of the ages,"
which is sure to follow when the war
is over.
A call is made to all students who
have just finished high school train
ing to complete their education and
not fall into the “slacker" class. With
this idea in view the Board of Trus
tees of the University of Georgia pass
ed the following resolution on June 19.
1917, and careful consideration should
be given it by every clear thinking
mother and father.
‘‘Resolved, That it is the sense of
the Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity of Georgia that the work of the
University and all the Branch Col
leges should be vigorously pushed dur
ing the coming session.
“That it is the sense of this Board
that, there should be no slackening of
the educational work of the state on
account of the war; that the war rath
er should quicken the work of educa
tion. not weaken it, for the problems
after the war will call more and more
for educated men and women to han
dle them for the future.
“That this resolution, as the sense
of the Board, should be communicat
ed to the Boards of all the branch col
leges and the district agricultural
schools of the state, with the earnest
request that there will he no slacken
ing In the educational work of the
University System during the war.”
ECONOMY HINTS FOR
PATRIOTS TO FOLLOW
On account of the high price of food
there Is a tendency to sacrifice dairy
cows, beef producing animals and
breeding stock of all kinds. Save
them and grow* them out for breed
ing purposes. We should fight animal
diseases on every hand.
Waste and idle lands may lie culti
vated. There are many acres in the
state that should he in cultivation and
those who neglect the opportunity to
do this should not expect sympathy
and commiseration if food supplies be
come short during the winter.
The cultivation of a limited number
of staple food crops should be empha
sized rather than fancy and short-sea
soned crops, for these are generally
difficult to grow and produce hut lit
tle food. We need an abundance of
corn, legumes, potatoes, beans, gab
bage, turnips and collards. Legumes
are used extensively as meat substi
tutes iu the far east.
There Is a shortage In farm labor
and to supply this deficiency we r ust
resort to machine power and labor
saving devices. The present ratio of
production on American farms has
only been maintained through these
means and southern farmers have
been slow to appreciate this fact,
though we can use and handle ma
chines as efficiently and economical
ly in this section as elsewhere.
Our soils are frequently deficient in
one or more of the essential plant
food elements and by fertilizing liber
ally we may greatly intensify produc
tion. Besides applying commercial
fertilizer we should be sure to save
all the compost possible and re-apply
to the land all the refuse from the
barnyard.
Plant something every month in the
garden and on the farm.
A crop rotation that will keep the
land busy at all times will greatly in
crease average production per acre
and prevent soil erosion.
PECAN CASE-BEARER
CONTROLLED BY SPRAY
The best time to apply spray mate
rial to control the case-bearer of the
pecan tree is during the last of Au
gust and the first of September, says
J. W. Ftror of the State College ol
Agriculture.
In spring the larvae of the case
hearer feed upon the tender buds and
unfolding leaves, but it is almost im
possible to control the* pest at this
time, inasmuch as the rapidly growing
foliage offers a protection to the in
sects and fresh food is constantly be
ing supplied them. However, spray
ing is effective in August and Septem
ber.
The spray is made up of one pound
of powdered arsenate of lead, two
pounds of unslaked iime and fifty gal
lons of water. It is made in the fol
lowing manner; Slake the lime and
add to this fifty gallons of water.
Make the powdered lead into a paste
with water, add to the fifty gallons
of lime water and then strain before
using. It should be kept constantly
agitated and, if the pecan grower has
a large orchard, he should purchase
a power outfit to make his applica
tions of spray material. However, a
barrel outfit may be used efficiently
In small operations.
Arsenate of lead comes as a powder
and as a paste and, if the powdered
form is not convenient, two pounds of
paste must be used instead of one
pound of powdered material, as called
for above.
“FEED YOURSELVES’ ’ BY
PLANTING FALL GARDEN
An Eleventh Hour Call To Those
Who Have Not Already Done Their
Part To Help Feed The Nation
In planting the fall garden there
comes the last opportunity in 1917 to
many of us to answer the call of
President Wilson to help “feed the
nation and the peoples everywhere
who are fighting for their liberties
and for our own.” Thousands and
millions of men have changed from
producers to consumers and with an
army in the field an abundance of
suptdies, especially foodstuffs, is the
superlative need of our country.
The most suitable crops for the fall
garden, says Mr. E. Ragsdale of the
College of Agriculture, are: beans
(snap), beets, cabbage, carrots, col
lards, celery, kale, kohl-rabi, lettuce,
bvustard, onion (seed), rape, rutabaga,
spinach and turnips.
Carrots and beets may be planted
to within six weeks of frost. The
beets may be used for pickling or
may he left In the garden to be used
as needed.
Mustard, spinach, kale and turnips
are good greens and may be sown any
time during the fall. Rape, a good
green also, should be sown in rich
soil during September. It may b<
used for grazing chickens and hogs
Cabbage may be set any time from
July to December and those set in
late fall and early winter are left to
mature in the spring. Collards may
be set any time during summer and
fall to be used during winter.
Snap beans is one of the surest
crops and may he planted with seed
from the early crops to within eight
weeks of frost.
Lettuce may be grown in the open
during the fall and in cold frames dur
ing the winter.
Onion (seed) may be planted in Oc
tober and allowed to mature the fol
lowing summer or may be used as
bunch onions in the spring.
The rutabaga should be sown July
t<f September and used after frost.
Careful preparation, fertilization
and cultivation are just as necessary
for the fall garden as for the spring
garden. For any information regard
ing the above crops write the Depart
ment of Horticulture, S’ate College of
Agriculture.
PROPER STORE HOOSE
FOR IRISH POTATOES
The problem of keeping Irish pota
toes through the winter without in
jury from getting too cold or too hot
and the still greater problem of keep
ing them through the summer with
out injury from severe sprouting or
shrivelling Is practically solved when
a store house in which an even tem
perature may be maintained ts pro
cured. Fall grown potatoes make ex
cellent seed for the following spring
and fall crops, when carried through
the winter In good condition, and In
order to prevent all waste of an ex
cellent food crop more nttention
should be paid to storing than ever
before, urges the Horticultural De
partment of the State College of
Agriculture.
Specifications for special buildings
may he secured from this department
and advice as to changing buildings
already on the farm.
To keep in the best condition Irish
potatoes should be kept at an even
temperature. They will have to pass
through a heat or sweat al first so they
jshould not be stored In very large
piles. A special storage house is
better of course, and more convenient,
but any barn or out building with
tight walls can be converted Into a
storage place. The walls should be
sufficiently tight to prevent cold
winds from blowing In and to keep
out cold to some extent. The floor
should be very tight, if not it should
be covered with an Inch or two of
dry dirt and the potatoes piled on
this. They may be stored in a base
ment but should be put in barrels or
boxes or placed in slatted shelves.
There is usually danger of a base
ment getting too warm and, if this is
the case, it should be avoided.
They should be kept at a temperature
of 33 to 45 degrees during the win
ter. If the weather is very cold they
may be covered with straw or sacks
and a little dry dirt. They should not
be unoevered during a warm spell.
If Irish potatoes are to be kept
through the summer for fall planting,
they should be removed from their
winter quarters in the spring when
they show signs of sprouting, and be
placed in a light airy place. An
empty loft is an ideal place if it has
plenty of light. They should be
spread out thinly and should not be
allowed to come in contact with soli.
They may be placed outside in di
rect sunlight for a few weeks before
planting. When kept in the above
manner they will form short, green,
tough sprouts, which do not injure
the vitality of the potato. If left in
a dark, moist place, long white
sprouts will be formed which are in
jurious to the potato and will have
to be removed at planting time.
A storage house 20x40 feet will hold
3.090 bushels of potatoes easily. The
cost of such a house will vary from
$250 to SSOO, according to the kind
of material used.
Piedmont Institute
In the breezy Metropolis of
South Georgia
Offers thoicugh courses in
cluding business
Rare teachers, delightful Lo
cations, splendid oppor
tunities.
Boy Scouts for younger stu
dents. Christian spirit
thru all.
For particulars address
M. 0. CARPENTER, Pres.
Waycross, Ga.
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
1. I’ASSON, Prop.
PEARSON, - - - GEORGIA
SPECIAL OCCASION FARES
VIA
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
“Standard Railroad of the South”
MONTEAGLE AND
SEWANEE, TEXN Religious Conferences. Tickets on salt*
August 3-6-9-IV-17 and 23rd. Limit Sep
tember sth, 1917.
MACON, GA GCOOP of America. Tickets on sale
(From points in Georgia only) August 12
13 and 14th. Limit August 21st, 1917.
CIIAI I AXOOGA, I FNN. National Negro Business News League.
Tickets on sale August 13th and 14th.
Limit August 20th, 1917.
BOSTON, M ASS - Grand Army of the Republic. Tickets on
sale August 16 17 and 18th. Limit Au
gust 30th, 1917.
S'L. LOl IS, MO . Supreme Lodge and Military Encampent
K. of I*, (colored) Tickets on sale August
17 18 and 19th. Limit August 29th, 1917.
ATLANTA, GA National Baptist Convention. Tickets on
silt* Sept. 2-3-4 and for trains scheduled
to arrive Atlanta before noon Sept. sth.
Limit Sept. 14th, 1917,
MUSKOGEE, OKLA National Baptist Convention (colored)
Tickets on silt* Sept. 2-3 and 4th. Limit
Sept. loth. 1917.
\ ICKSBI RG. MISS National Reunion and Peace Jubilee.
Tickets on sale Oct. 14th and 15th. Limit
Oct. Jllst. 1917.
l’or information as to fares, sell, 'doles, 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. Pail way will sell tickets from all Agency
stations in Alabanui ami Georgia. July 8-9-10-llth. Tickets
sold on the first tvo dates will be good returning until July
25th. Tickets sold on the last two dates, good returning July
lotn- The entertainment Committee has arranged three days
of public entertainment for visiting Woodmen andjtheir friends.
These dates are July llth. 12th. 13th. The A. B. &A. offers
double daily service to Atlanta with sleeping cars on night
trains from Waycross, Thomasville and intermediate stations.
W. W. Croxton, G. A. A.
Patronize Tribune Advertisers