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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.