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PEARSON ©TRIBUNE
VOL. 3—NO. 20.
COFFEE COUNTY
News Items Gathered from Various Sources
The annual protracted meeting
at Antioch church, seven miles
northwest of Pearson, has been in
progress this week. Elder John
F. Smith, the pastor, has been as
sisted by Elder S. G. Tayler. Con
siderable interest was manifested.
The lawsuit between L. L. Sut
ton, the administrator of the es
tate of S. J. Sutton, and the heirs
of tlie intestate, which had prom
ised to assume abnormal propor
tions, was happily settled last
Saturday, through the advice of
Judge J. W. Quiucey who repre
sented the heirs.
Representative Stewart, of Cof
fee county, is getting considerable
publicity in connection with the
race for congress from the Eleventh
district and no man in Georgia is
enjoying it more than he, for he
always has an eye to the main
change in matters political, and
usually keeps his own counsel.
Let the band play “Hail to the
Chief!”
The trial of W. H. Wooten in
Coffee superior court, last week,
charged with poisoning his 12
year old daughter at Broxton, was
acquitted. The state failed to
show with any degree of certainty
that the defendant was in any way
connected with administering the
dose of poison from which his
child certainly came to her death.
The trial occupied two days —
Thursday and Friday.
The excitement incident to the
change in the administration of
Coffee county’s affairs having sub'
sided, it appears no real harm has
been done to any one. The old
commissioners who lost out have
concluded they have lost nothing
except a lot of wony. The new
commissioners are of the opinion
they have been given nothing save
a great burden of responsibilities.
The political atmosphere is now
down to normal.
The report on the Coffee county
link of the Central Dixie highway
says: “The road in Coffee county
from the Ben Hill county line to
Douglas is in good condition, but,
from the same sort of neglect
which has been shown in other
counties, the road from Douglas
to the Ware County line is very
bad in spots. The good old drag
system is recommended. The
county authorities of Coffee, in
fact, have given assurance to the
Dixie highway commissioners that
they will go to work on this part
of the road and will have it in
good condition before the opening
of the w inter season.”
Yes, there is an election to be
held on the third Saturday in Oc
tober for a democratic executive
committee for Coffee county, one
from each militia district and two
from the county-at-large. The
Tribune will be disappointed
should this office not seek the man
and not the man the office. Yes,
the Tribune editor was a member
of the committee .that was turned
out of office, but he is not offen
ded by the act; he was of the
opinion the committee, composed
of twenty-seven members, was too
large and unwieldy. The smaller
committee is better. This office,
w ith all others, belongs to the peo
ple and they have a right to say
whom shall serve them. Then, it
is democratic.
The post office at Simians,
f linch county, has been discon
tinued and its patrons will now
be served by a rural route out
from Stockton.
D. A. Smith, Jr., son of Jesse
Smith, who lives on the Clinch
county line, had the misfortune
some w eeks ago to fall from a wag
od and stick a rusty nail in nis
foot. He was carried to the hos
pital at Waycross, blood poison
ing became manifest and amputa
tion of his leg became necessary.
The Tribuue sympathizes with the
unfortunate boy.
“A great deal is heard about the
financial condition of the county,”
says the Coffee County Progress.
“It is true, the county has consid
erable indebtedness, but there is
nothing alarming about this. The
county only owes little more than
(what) one year’s taxes amount
to.” It was quite a “Nigger in
the woodpile" during the new
county campaign, and was worked
for all it was worth. It didn’t
alarm much then!
A young lady who secured a de
cree of divorcement on Monday of
last week was eager to try the
game again. She sent two mes
sengers to Judge Summerall to
know if it would be legal for her
to marry again, and finally went
herself and received the glad news
directly from his Honor. She
went away with a hop, skip and a
jump and soon there were “Two
souls with but a single thought,
two hearts that beat as one.”
Editor Ricketson, of the Coffee
County Progress, essays to tell the
Tribune about the ownership of
those three extra mules which
were advertised and sold by order
of Commissioner Tanner, lie says
they were “three rather discrept
(whatever that is?) ‘creeters’ be
longing to G. M. Stanton & Co.”
The Tribune has not said there
was anything wrong about it, Bro.
Ricketson. What got the Tri
bune’s goat was, there were four
teen advertised, fourteen sold, and
the objection raised by ex commis
sioner Lott that three of them
did not belong to Coffee county.
The inquiry was a legitimate one
and, to be candid, was not original
with the Tribune.
An effort has been made to have
the grand jury recommend the ap
pointment of a probation officer
for Coffee county, to work in con
nection with the juvenile court
presided over by Judge Warren P.
Ward. The result of the effort
will not bo known until the gen
eral presentments of that body
has been read in open court.
Judge Summerall will be deligh
ted to make the appointment
should the grand jury recommend
that he do so. There are num
bers of wayward girls and boys
in the county who need the strong
arm of the law thrown around
them —even forcibly. The Tri
bune approves of the proposition
as one of the real charities that
should obtain in every county.
The Yaryan Turpentine Com
pany, at Brunswick, are now get'
ting its supply of turpentine ma
terials from South Coffee county.
Mr. H. F. Sears has sold them all
the lightwood, including stumps,
on four lots of land. Dynamite is
being used to blow the stumps out
of the ground and in a shape to be
handled. An entire car load of
these explosives arrived at Pear
son Friday of last w T eek and six 2-
mule teams were busily engaged
all day Saturday hauling it to the
place of operation, about four
miles south of Pearson. There
are millions of cords of the finest
lightwood in the territory south of
Pearson, and there seems to be a
market for it.
PEAKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, I!U7
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
The powers that be have decided
finally to train negro troops in the
South and in the same canton
ments with the whites, but widely
segregated from eaeh other and
the white contingents will greatly
predominate. In this way it is
hoped good results wall be obtain
ed. Neither race w ill be permitted
to mix or mingle the one with the
other.
The war tax on incomes has
been fixed at from one to fifty per
cept. On incomes of $7,500 and
leas than SIO,OOO it is one percent.
It is gradually increased until
$1,000,000 is reached, all over that
amount must pay fifty per cent.
Thus, it is claimed, rich people will
be made to pay some tax. May
be so, but the Tribune can’t get
away from the conclusion that the
consumer pays the freight. For
instance coal oil and gasoline will
now take an upward tendency.
There is a strong protest over
the policy of the war department
in placing men graduated from the
officers training camps in command
of units having non-commissioned
officers deserving promotion. The
war department explains that the
assignments are temporary, and
will not interfere with deserved
promotions from among the non
commissioned officers.
Russia is undergoing the sever
est, ordeal of her existence. With
the fall of the Czar and the at
tempt to establish a new und un
tried government in the midst of
a world wide war for liberty and
permanent peace seems to be
rather too much for the simple
and untutored minds of the Rus
sian populace. Treachery and
scheming seem to be the order of
the day, producing “confusion
worse confounded. ” Dispatches
indicate that civil war is immi
nent. However, Premier Keren
sky announced, under date of
September 11, that the situation
w.as not so bad as appears upon
the face, and that all chaotic fea
tures will be reduced to order in
a short time; that the navy, army
and the people will remain loyal
to the provisional government.
The German advance has been
halted at Riga and may never at
tempt to reach Petrograd. In
military circles such a movement
on their part is considered suici
dal, as it would put them too far
from their base of supplies, while
the Russians maintain a hostile at
titude. German general officers
are too wise to be caught in such
a trap.
The loyal Russian army has be
gun a strong offensive along the
Austrian-Crownland sector in Bu
kowina, gaining some material .'id
vantages; the Germans are held at
bay on the Riga front and their
progress towards Petrograd im
peded.
In the Verdun sector of Hie
western front fighting is confined
to intermittent artillery duels; in
the Champagne sector the opera
tions have been more violent re?
suiting in French advantages. In
the Ypres sector, from the Belgian
coasts well down into Flanders
the artillery duels continue of a
most violent nature, British guns
doing mostof the work. Inclement
weather keeps the infantry within
the trenches, except the usual
raids w’hich are of minor impor
tance.
Special violations of neutrality
has brought considerable criticism
and there are threatened embargo
upon American food going to
Sweden. Notwithstanding the im
plicit denials of the Sweden gov
ernment of being guilty of such
violations there seems to be
ample proof to the contrary. It
is also probable, because of alleged
duplicity on the part of German
and Swedish legations at Buenos
Aires, the South American republic
of Argentina, will hand Luxburg
and Lowen their passports and
b ;ver diplomatic relations with
! Germany and Sweden.
ATLANTA LETTER
Atlanta, Ga., Sept., 15, (Special)
—Two representives of the Geor
gia State Bureau of Markets are
now engaged in organizing local
market depots in towns and cities
over the state, w here the farmers
of each particular community may
find ready sale for their surplus
food products.
Already some fifty of these lo
cal depots have been organized in
as many counties, the arrange
ments varying all the way from
locating a single merchant who is
willing to buy these products, to
the establishment of a $20,000 in
corporated company, with 68 farm
er members, at Carrollton, Ga.,
where it is proposed to assemble
products in carload lots and put
them in shape for market.
The services of the bureau are
promptly at the disposal of any
community in the state desiring
them, for this purpose. The bu
reau is anxious to have those com
munities whore such organization
has not yet been perfected, make
application at once. Every coun
ty in Georgia should have its own
well organized depot, and through
these the state bureau will be able
best to co-operate in finding the
most advantageous markets for all
of Georgia’s surplus food products,
xxx x x
Under that section of the state
market bureau law passed at the
last session of the Legislature,
which provides that it may insti
tute inquiry and proceedings to
prevent the unlawful combinations
or agreements in restraint of trade,
Director L. B. Jackson has written
Chairman Wm. J. Harris of the
Federal Trade Commission in
Washington, calling attention to
the seriousness of the coal situa
tion at practically every point in
Georgia, and the fact that no rem
edy lias come as yet, notwith
standing the action of President
Wilson in fixing standard prices at
mines.
Mr. Jackson, in his letter, furn
ishes the trade commission with
evidence that the coal miners are
disobeying the order of the Presi
dent and do not intend to sell at
the prices fixed. An Atlanta deal
er who has offerred spot cash for
coal to a number of miners in this
territory, has been met by the ans
wer that they have no coal for
sale at the prices named by the
President, but have already sold
their output to dealers at higher
prices. In this connection Mr.
Jackson says to the trade commis
sion.
“What good is there to come
from the President naming prices
if the people are to be met with
the statement that there is no
coal to be had at such prices!
Somebody is going to be hurt bad
ly, if something is not done at once.
If the people are going to have to
pay the high prices for coal which
have been prevailing, then the
quicker the better the government
lets them know what disposition
is to be made of this complaint."
A reply from the federal trade
commission as to action in this
matter will be awaited with much
.nterest.
xxx x x
The season for state, county and
district fairs is approaching, and,
undoubtedly, Georgia is going to
make fine showing in all of them
this year. She has the crops and
fail's everywhere in the State will
be bigger and better than ever be
fore.
It is the hope and wish of the
department of agriculture that the
best of exhibits everywhere shall
be made, and that the people gen
erally will attend all the fairs they
can. These fairs are great educa
tional institutes, and always mean
much for the better development
of agriculture throughout the state.
SOUTH GEORGIA
News of Our Neighbors Told in Short Paragraphs
Robert Hiley has commenced
the publication of The Rebecca
Appeal. Rebecca is a smail place
of about 350 inhabitants, a station
on the Atlantic, Birmingham and
Atlantic railway in Turner county.
The Milltown Advocate has
been revived by that übiquitous
printer-editor, Jack Powell. It is
little, four 5-column pages, but its
loud. Jack will give Milltown a
good iiaper if the people will hold
up his hands.
The handsome brick building
for the Milltown post office will
be completed by the 15th and the
new quarters will be occupied at
once. Postmaster Talley expects
to have one of the most conven
iently arranged offices to be found
in a town the size of Milltown
when he gets into the new build
ing.
The Vidalia Advance is correct
when it says: “Homeraised corn
muffins and biscuit, juicy Georgia
hams and red gravy, sweet pota
toes, South Georgia cane syrup, to*
gether with hog jowl and turnip
greens is the bill of fare that this
section has in view during the
coming year.” And the bill of
fare is all right; good enough for
anybody.
Evangelist Bob Jones, over at
Fitzgerald, was rather severe on
Georgia’s United States Senators
when he, in a religio-politieal ser
mon, said: "There were some men
now' in the United States Senate
who were not standing by the
President in the present war, and
that they ought to wear the
stripes of a convict.”
The Tribune has just issued the
program for the thirtieth annual
meeting of the South Georgia As
sociation of Congregational chur
ches. The association is to be
held with Antioch church, Bristol,
Pierce county, Georgia, October
4th to 7th. It is gathered from
the program that some very im
portant subjects will be up for
discussion.
The Dawson News has this to
say of the peanut crop of Terrell
county: “We have a lesson in
peanuts on practically every farm
here in Terrell county, and a tre
mendous yield is expected from
the new money crop. The work of
gathering them, which is already
actively under way, is giving em
ployment to a large number of
laborers. Some of the show places
out from Dawson are fields of two
to seven hundred acres in peanuts,
and in every direction one may
see fields in which the vines and
nuts are already stacked and
brown. The oil mills of the city
are prepared to take care of the
crop, and the good prices prevail
ing make it important that there
be no waste in harvesting and
marketing.”
The state market bureau has in
sight from 1,000 to 2,000 bushels
of seed wheat, as well as a good
supply of oats and some Abruzzi
rye, and is now in position to tell
farmers where they can secure
their seed for winter planting. Any
others who have seed for sale,
should write the bureau, as there
will be good demand this fall.
Commissioner J. J. Brown calls
attention to the fact that the time
for planting fall wheat is rapidly
approaching, and farmers in every
county should be getting their
best ground ready now. Two acres
to the plow, is the slogan, and no
where should there be any less,
but if possible always more. Geor
gia is going to need every bushel of
w heat that can be raised this fall
and the coming spring, and it will
be taken at very substantial prices.
SI.GO A YEAR
It is given out that our Clinch
county neighbor, Simians, is to
have a canning factory. A cor
poration, capitalized at $5,000,
will have it in charge. Among
other things it will can sweet
potatoes.
Clinch county’s first contribu
tion to the new national army
were Dan Durley, John Simians,
Olin N. Cameron, Joseph E. Five
ash, Conley Barker and George
Cason. They left for the training
camp last Saturday evening, via
Waycross.
It lias been ascertained that
there were 313 marriages in Ber
rien county for the fiscal year,
ending June 30, i <j l 7. of these
180 were whites a.al 133 negroes.
The same authority says there
were less than two dozen divorces.
Decatur county 'Tops are suffer
ing for the lack of moisture. Suffi
cient rains have not fallen in some
weeks, and sugar cane, sweet po
tatoes and late forage crops are
showing the effects of it, and
there are larger acreages of these
crops in Decatur county this year
than ever before in its history.
There is a three cornered race on
over in Clinch county for the
judgeship of the county court.
The candidates arc Judge B. A.
Harper, the present incumbent,
Col. Sherod Burkhalter and Mr.
Folks Huxford. The Tribune re
grets to learn that the campaign
has provoked some" bitter person
alities and, perhaps, this is what
holds up the appointment by Gov.
Dorsey.
Following advice from Hie State
Department of Agriculture cit
zens of Bulloch county have or
ganized a SIO,OOO corporation to
handle the county’s crops of com,
velvet beans, peas, peanuts, and
other like crops. The corporation
will also erect a “potato curing
plant” to take care of the .sweet,
potato crop of that county. The
corporation will also operate a
feed mill for the obvious purpose
of preparing the produce purchased
from t he farmers for market.
Mrs. Catherine Griffis, living
near Sandy Bottom in Clinch
county, died Saturday night after
a lingering illness of many weeks.
She w-as one of the grand old
mothers of Clinch county and
leaves many relatives and friends
to mourn her decease. Of her
immediate family surviving are
Mesdames J. Walter James, Lewis
H. Lockliear, Albert J. Lockliear,
all residing in Clinch county, and
Dr. Juniper Griffis, of Texas; Mes
srs. Wilburn and Richmond Grif
fis, of Arkansas, and Elias Griffis,
who remained with his mother at
the old home.
A CAR LOAD
Of I. H. C. Wagons just received
all kinds from alight one horse to a
heavy two mule Tie or Turpentine
Wagon. We can save you money
in Wagons, also on Stoves, Ranges
and all kinds of furniture. See
us before you buy.
If you know a good thing and
have confidence in it yourself,
your love for humanity compels
you to impart it to your friends
that which you know to be worthy
of praise. Wo positively tell you
that we cannot speak too highly
of Drew’s Salve in the treatment
of croup, colds, coughs, sore-throat,
bronchitis, tonsilitis and pneumo
nia. Try it and if not benefited
we, your druggist, will return your
m?ney.