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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. 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