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PEARSONftTRIBUNE VOL. 3—NO. 21. GENERAL PRESENTMENTS Of Grand Jury, September Term, 1917. We, the Grand Jury, selected and chosen and sworn to serve at the present term of this court, herewith submit these our General Presentments: We met in regular session on Monday, September 3rd, 1917, and elected f)r. Jno. M. Mall as fore man and Wm. Smith as clerk. The hours of meeting and adjourn ing were as follows: 8 a. m. to 32 m; 1.30 to 4p. m. The following com mittees were apiiointod: Hook Committee: 11. F. Sears, G. .1. Meeks, ,1. L. Shelton. Public Buildings Committee: I> Weather, .1. .1. Vickers ,1. L. Par ker. Convict Camp Committee: J. L. Sapp, E. 1.. Bledsoe, Y . Vickers, Sr. We recommend that Tax Collec tor's books be audited once each year. We recommend that Tax Collec tor's books be closed on the 20th of December as prescribed by law. We recommend that County Commissioners employ an auditor to examine and audit the County Commissioners’ books from Jan. 1, 1917, to July 31st, inclusive. Wo recommend that all Grand Jurors and Petit Jurors recieve $2.00 per diem and that the Fore man and Clerk receive $3.00 per diem for their services, also bailiff $3.00 per diem. Miss Agnes MoKinna, State Pro bation < ifficer, made an excellent talk and appealed for the appoint meat of a County Probation officer and the establishment of a Juve nile Court for Coffee county, and after some deliberation the matter was tabled indefinitely. We recommend that these pre sent men t.s be published in the Cof fee County Progress, the Douglas Enterprise and the Pearson Tri bune, and that each be paid $5.00 for same. We recommend that lion. A. W. Haddock, clerk, be paid $5.00 for transcribing these presentments. We recommend that County Commissioners publish in detail auditors’ report of County Com missioner’s books in the Official or gan uf County. We recommend that the County Commissioners purchase a farm not to exceed two hundred and fifty acres to be designated as “Coffee County Poor Farm.” We recommend that Dave Weathers and Y. Vickers, Sr., as sist County Commissioners in pur chasing said farm. Report of Committee on Chain Gang. We the committee appointed to inspect the County Chaingang and convict camp after having person ally visited and inspected the same, do hereby render the following re jsirt. ’ . We find that the two convict camps previously maintained by the County have been united and formed into one camp and we find the grounds surrounding the camp to be clean and the sleeping, eating and cooking apartments were in a clean and sanitary condition. We found one negro convict sick in bed but he had and was receiv ing proper medical attention. All the convicts were being fed three times daily with wholesome, well cooked food and we found all bed ding clean and clothing in good condition and we heard no com plaints among the convicts. We would suggest that our Com missioners have the Warden desig nate one of the convicts to act as Shoe Cobbler and keep the shoes repaired which will lower the costs of keeping the convicts in shoes. We would also suggest that the Commissioners purchase three to five hogs and utilize the slops and scraps which accumulate daily from the camps and table. Very respectfully submitted, Committee: E. L. Bledsoe, J. L. Sapp, Y. Vickers, Sr. Retort of Book Committee. We have examined books of the different Justices of the Peace of the county and find them correctly kept with the exceptions of the following districts: 102(1, 1127,437, 748, 1353, which we find very in complete. Report of Public Buildings. We recommend that the sewer age j.n the jail be fixed, and find that the tap leaks and were com mend if be fixed by putting cloth over leaks and put a stick tight on that. We find that closets in Court House in bad shape and we recom mend that a cement floor be put in with good drainage. We recommend that hall through court house be opened up clean through. Committee: J. J. Vickers, I*. Weathers, J. L. Barker. It is the unanimous desire of the members of this Grand Jury that there be left upon these minutes an expression of our appreciation of the various acts of kindness and courtesies shown us, and that the numerous instances of advice and counsel rendered us during this term of our service. We have thoroughly enjoyed, and received with gratitude, the splendid hos pitality accorded us by the citi zens of Douglas, whose thoughtful consideration of our wants did much to add to our pleasure and comfort while in their city. We extend deep and heartfelt thanks to Hon. J. 1. Summerall and Hon. M. 1). Dickerson for their valuable advice and constant service which they freely and graciously render ed us in our deliberations over the important matters that have been entrusted in our care. And to all others who in any way contributed to our welfare as members of this Grand Jury we express our sincere appreciation. We believe no more fitting close to the duties that have devolved upon us at this time could be sug gested, than one which expresses our earnest approval of the plans that our president- and country are adopting to establish peace again among the nations of the world. While we are not unmindful of the hardships that we are called upon to bear, yel we are conscious of the fact that the cause involved demands sacrifice on our part, and we express our desire to stand ioy al to those upon whom this great responsibility rests. Our earnest and fervant prayer is, that the voice of sedit ion in our land may be hushed, and that peace on earth may soon become a reality. JNO. M. HALL, Foreman, Youngie Vickers, G. J. .Meeks, J. H. Osteen, J. E. Causey, J. J. Vickers. I). J. Giilis. J. L. Barker, E. L. Bledsoe, J. L. Sapp, A. F. Tanner, David M. Douglas. Jesse McKinnon. 11. F. Scars, 'l'. Tanner, M. J. Ferguson, W. M. Thompson, J. A. Hodges, R. J. Taff, J. W. Morris. Wm. SMITH, Clerk. The foregoing General Present ments received and read in open court. It is ordered that same be admitted to record and published as therein recommended. In open court this 13th day of September, 1917. J. I. SF.MMERALL, Judge Superior Court, W. C. .\r. D. DICKERSON, Sol.-Gen. W. C. Elder S. E. Blitch has resigned the care of the Pearson Baptist church. The Tribune knows noth ing of his future plans. PEARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917 SOUTH GEORGIA News of Our Neighbors Told in Short Paragraphs It is now settled that Moultrie is to have a two-story post-office building and that it will be rushed to completion. There came near being a jail de livery at Wayeross last week. Two files, a butcher knife and a .screwdriver were found in a cell occupied by negroes, and it was discovered that two or three move nights work would have given freedom to eleven negro prisoners. How they got the tools is a mys tery. Mr. W. J. Mullis, of Ware coun ty, experimented this year with a new species of the seed be ing furnished by the United States department of agriculture. He found the lint is extra long, equal almost to Sea Island varieties, as early maturing as the short staple and about as easily picked out. The variety is unknown. PROGRESS OF THE WAR The news of the past week has been [favorable to the entente al lies, and the way seems to be chair ing for a forward movement from every theatre of activity. The Russian revolt has gone t o pieces and tin* leaders arrested. The army under the supreme com mand of Gen. Alexioff is getting in bet ter shape and have commenced an offensive which the Germans and AustTo Hungarians are unable to resist. The central allies will not find an easy road to Petrograd. The Roumanians are pressing an offensive against the Austrian de fenses near ()ena, and made some advances. The remaining eastern front is quiet. The Italians have been more active on (he Trentino front. In a forward movement near Corzano, cast of Trent, the Kalians captured 200 prisoners. All efforts of Aust ro-1 Bulgarians to dislodge the Italians from the Bainsizza plateau has been unavailing. Military ex ports are of theopinion that'Priest, the Italians objective, will be forced to surrender in the next few weeks. The Italians are now within twelve miles and are prac tically surrounding the city. On the w estern front Hie British artillery has*boinbarded the Ger mans fora week in the Y pres sec tor in Flanders incessantly and with great intensity, but there has been no infantry activity in force. The Germans are apparently much exercised at the increasing volume and destructiveness of shells from the British big guns. The British artillery increased its volume of shots to drum fire every day for a week. There has been no major opera Lions along the Flanders front oc cupied by French. In the Aisnc valley to Lorraine the French have made raids in the German defenses, but no advantages have been gained. The week along the western front has been notable only for the intense artillery fire and the great expenditure of ammunition. It lias been intimated that Gen. Pershing and his American army are at the front ready to do serj vice at (he opporlune time. The Argentine Republic, South America, have broken off with Germany and her allies. The German ambassador came near Ic ing mobbed and it was with the utmost difficulty he escaped the country alive. He was guilty of abusing the confidence of two neutral nations in forwarding mes sages to the German war office, through the Swedish consulate, to destroy ail Argentine vessels with- Every Berrien county soldier will receive a handsome khaki bound Bible as a gift from.. Elder s. S. Mathis, pastor of the Nash ville Baptist church. Good! Judge B. ('lemonls, Irwin coun ty’s legislator, will insist upon the .creation of the forty-fifth senator ial district composed of Irwin, Hen Hill and Telfair. A bill for this purpose was introduced at the last session by Representative Alex. Lawrence of Gharlton coun. ty. Hr. C. K. Chapman Ims been convicted in Sumter superior court of Hie murder of Walter Wade and sentenced to life imprisonment. A motion for new trial will be made and the ease will probably terminate in the Supreme court. The trial of Warren Johnson, for the same offense, w ill begin next Monday. • AUTO EXHIBIT AT FAIR Atlanta, Ga. —Almost every known make of automobile used iu the South and some that have not been heretofore seen here will be on display in the automobile building at the Southeastern Fair at Lakewood. Oct. 13 to 20. Not, only will it be one of the largest automobile shows over held in the South, but it will be notable as being (lie first to be host in its own building. The building has a total exhibition s pace of 40,000 square feet and will be devoted exclusively to au tomobiles and automobile acces sories. The automobile show is in charge of a special committee with J. B. Renshaw, Studcbakcr mana ger, as chairman. W. O. McCul lough, chairman of the committee on publicity, says that the total value of cars on the floor at this show will be more thans2,ooo,ooo. Automobile dealers and.manu facturers from all over the United States will be represented by the newest of their products. The cars will he loaded up with gaso line and oil and will not only be ready for exhibition, but for trial tests. 'the man who wants an automo bile or a truck or a motor vehicle of any kind, w ill have opportunity to see everything offered in this, line right under one roof and to make the choice that suits him. The Grand Circuit races, mar velous open-air stunts in front of the grand stand and on the wa ter, nightly exhibition of exten sile fire works and the famous Lackland, will furnish a week’s de lightful amusement to all who come. out trace (that is the vessels and t heir crews). The American government will tighten the embargo of foodstuffs to Sweden, Holland and the Neth erlands, it having become appar ent that much of it was finding its way to Germany, The preparations for active par ticipation in the war by the Fni ted States is on a greater and more exacting scale than this country has ever known before. The President and those in auth ority recognize that this war is of a character entirely different from anything the world has ever known before, and the utmost care is Ix.-ing taken that no American soldier shall go to the trenches un til he is thoroughly prepared. The |iast week has shown a de crease in u-boat tolls. Vessels over 1.000 tons, 8; under 1,000 tons, 20. This shows a weakening of submarine activity, ATLANTA LETTER Atlanta, Ga., September 20 — Director L. B. Jackson of the Georgia State Market Bureau has made a special investigation into the subject of the prevailing price of cotton and finds that there is no apparent reason why the price should be as low avS it is today. Statistics show that within the past twelve months consumption has exhausted production by over three million bales, which was pro vided for only by the big surplus of 1914. The government estimate for 1917, Mr. Jackson points out. shows that there will be a short crop, and there is every indication that the surplus will be exhausted. Comparing the price of cotton with the price of wheat, Mr. Jack son shows that where wheat sells at $2.20 per bushel, the price fixed by President Wilson, cotton ought to sell at. 28c per pound. This is arrived at by a comparison of the prices of wheat and cotton cover ing a long period of years. For this reason, the State Mar ket Bureau urges farmers all over Georgia to hold their cotton and not to let it go at prevailing prices. In his presentation of the subject urging the farmers of Georgia to hold their cotton for better prices than those now prevailing, Mr. Jackson says: “During the past ten years the price of cotton has averaged 11 cents, and wheat 87 cents per bushel. On this basis, $2 wheat is equivalent to 25c cotton, and $2.20 wheat is equal to 58c cotton. The comparative prices of the two for the ten year period have been: Cotton Per Wheat Per Pound. Pound. 1915 11.2 92.0 1914 7.3 98.0 1913 12.5 79.9 1912 11.5 7G.0 1911 9.(1 87.4 1910 14.0 88.3 1909 14.3 98.0 1908 9.2 92.8 1907 11.5 84.7 1006 10 00.7 “The Southern farmer w-ill be in good financial condition this fall, and he should resist declines in cotton by stubbornly holding off the market. Especially is this so during the next three months, when there is usually a tendency to try to sell too fast. We should have at least 25c, or more, for our cotton —and we will get it if we market our crop gradually.” xxx x x The opportunity is presented for Georgia farmers to secure some of the best breeding cattle in tho couutry at prices which are paid for beef. The Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States De partment' of Agriculture has just brought it to the attention of the State Department of Agriculture that there is an enormous number of high grade Herfords, together with some Short Horns and Angus, for sale in Texas, and unless they are bought for breeding purposes within the next thirty days, they will be sold for slaughter. According to the information reaching the State Department of Agriculture, these cattle can be purchased at 7c to 8 l-2c per lb., a very reasonable price, consider ing the value of other classes of meat animals. High grade heifers up to 18 months old may be had at S4O to $45 per head anil good grade cows from 2 to 0 years old at SOO to S7O each. It is said that these animals are in strong enough flesh to stand a long shipment. The State Department of Agri culture considers this one of the best opportunities ever presented to Georgia farmers for securing at reasonable prices high-grade cattle for breeding purposes. Georgia will be looked to wore than ever SI.OO A YEAR EDITORS MEET AT JESUP. In November, 1910, a call was made and a meeting of the editors of the Eleventh Congressional District was held at Wayeross. A tentative organization was effect ed, and then monthly meetings were held at Valdosta, Douglas, Brunswick and Quitman. At the Quitman meeting a permanent or ganization was perfected with Mr. E. L. Turner, of the Valdosta Times, president, and Mr. Royal Daniel, of the Quitman Free Press, as secretary. Jesup was named as the next place of meeting. The Jesup meet ing was called to order by the Pn ident at 11:30. The address of welcome by Editor Milikin, of the Je up Sentinel, was replete with cordi dity, while the response by Edi or Daniel was short but pithy. E very one pres ent was made to f - I at home, and entered upon tin business of the meeting with can - (ness. There was an ii. jrmal but thor ough discussion <T several news paper problems. The delinquent subscriber'came i. ) for an airing audit was tin- u: ominous opinion that he must be eliminated from the newspaper In im-ss. He may feel rumpled for a time but will soon discover bis error and come around all right. In these times when everxt . b g that en ters into the making of a news paper has practi aily trebled in in price the editor cannot afford to carry any dead weight and be true to his business. In discussing the newspaper's advertising department it develop ed afresh the stubborn fact that it is an easy matter to lower rates but a hard one to raise them un der any circumstances. Some ad vertisers readily grasp the situa tion but others apparently do not. A minimum scale was agreed upon and members are urged to observe it in making their contracts. This s cale will be furnished to mem bers by the secretary. Before the meeting adjourned Editor Sutlive, of the Savannah Press, elected an honorary mem ber, made a pleasant talk, full of sympathy with the rural news paper fraternity, one ol whom he had been, lb* knew and appre ciated their difficulties; thought that, notwithstanding the rocky road upon which they are now traveling, there was a brighter dawning in the distance for the faithful. In answer to the direct question relative to the building of the Altainaha bridge, he said it was surely coining and that he ex pected to at tend the annual meet ing of the Eleventh District Press Association at Pearson on the third Monday in January, 1919, coming by automobile over the new Altainaha bridge. The Wayne county school su| perintendent and also the farm demonstrator made short addresses detailing the splendid progress in education and agriculture, showing Wayne county people to be alivo to these great interests. The citizens of Jesup had map ped out an elaborate entertainment for the editors —dinner at Hotel Wayne, an automobile ride to points of interest and a fish supper on the banks of the Altainaha riv er at Doctortown —but owing to unalterable railroad schedules some of them could not remain to par ticipate in all the good things that had been provided for them. The Tribune man regrets very much that lie was among those who had to leave early. within the next few years for an abundant supply of meat and for many years to come it is going to bring high prices. Send us your printing.