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PEARSON®TRIBUNE
VOL. 3-XO. 23
COFFEE COUNTY
News Items Gathered from Varius S u rces
The annual meeting of Smyrna
Baptist Association convened with
Stokesville church, in the eastern
part of the county, today, and will
continue in session through Sun
day. Elder T. 8. Hubert is mod
erator and Elder H. M. Meeks is
the clerk.
The third Saturday in October
is near at hand and if you want
to be a member of the Democratic
Executive Committee, either from
the districts or the county at
large, you had better let it be
known so you can be elected.
Don’t be modest about it; some
body must serve and you will do
as well as anybody within the
Tri bu lie’s acquaintauce.
Mr. R. A. Brinson has resigned
as cashier of the Merchants and
Farmers Bank, of Willacooehce.
llis private affairs were of such a
nature they required more of his
attention than he could afford to
give it and remain cashier of the
Bank. The Tribune wishes Mr.
Brinson much success in his every
undertaking. lie was genial and
courteous to all the patrons of the
Bank while lie was cashier, and
they all regret his resignation. 1
Having resigned the pastorate
of Mt. Zion church Elder S. E.
Blitch will close his services with
that congregation to-morrow and
next day. preaching at 11:0y a. in.
each day. lb* has served that
church three or four years in sue
cession. 11 is probable Elder
Blitch will accept work in the
Colquitt County Association and
have his headquarters at either
Moultrie or Norman Bark. A faith
ful servant of God can always find
plenty of work.
The Coffee county boys corn
club contest will take place at
Douglas tomorrow. County dem
onstrator, G. B. Eunice, lias in
1 meted the boys contesting to
gather their corn and have it ready
on that date. The best selections
from this contest will be put aside
for display at the county fair in
November.
Five weeks from this date the
Coffee county fair will be in full
blast. What are you doing to help
make it an assured success?
The Tribune made a blunder in
this column last week in reference
to tick eradication and dipping
vats in Coffee county. Since the
item appeared in print it is in
formed that there are several Cof
fee county gentlemen interested
in tick eradication and have in
stalled dipping vats. 11. F. Sears,
J. L. Sutton and Thos. Summerlin
are among those on the south side
os the county who Jiave vats.
Several gentlemen on the north
side of the county also have vats.
There are perhaps a dozen or more
vats in this great big Coffee coun
ty, and reminds the Tribune of
the fellow who insisted that he
must have a SIOO and couldn't
possibly get but $5. So that the
mistake was not so great after all.
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Pearson, Atkinson County, Georgia
The reports of the dynamite
sticks used by the Yaryan Com
pauy in blowing up slumps can be
heard audibly at Pearson, although
four or five miles away. If would
remind an old soldier of a cannon
duel which usually precede infan
try activity in bat t le. 11 iram Scars
is going to have some extra fine
farm property when these people
get through ridding his land of the
st umps.
The motion for bail in the cases
of Dan and Sullivan Sheppard, of
Willacooehce, charged with the
killing of an old negro at that
place, was heard before Judge ,T. I.
Summerall, at Waycross, last Fri
day. An earnest appeal by Col.
Mark Wilcox induced the Judge
to grant the prisoners bail in lhe
sum of $4,000 each. Tlic bonds
were signed by several citizens of
Willacooehce, and the boys arc
now at liberty. Sullivan spent
Monday in Pearson with relatives.
The Tribune is in receipt of a
letter from Dr. S. L. Vinson, of
Nicholls, in which he announces
that a Fiddlers’ Convention will
be held at that place on the second
Saturday instant, and that the
Wiregrass singing convention will
be held there the next day, second
Sunday. He invites everybody,
especially the fiddlers and singers,
to be present and help to make
both occasions enjoyable and the
best ever held yet. In the fid
dler’s contest prizes will be award
ed. The fiddler’s convention is an
annual affair.
It is a slogan throughout Amor
iea that a “bountiful food supply
will win the war.” Hence the
State and Federal governments
arc preparing to make a strong
drive against the enemies of food
supply. They are going to make
la strenuous light upon the pre
vailing hog cholera in this section
land to that end will locate Dr.
A. E. Stettler. a government vete
rinarian, at Douglas, whose duty
it will be to demonstrate and train
the people of Coffee, and contigu
ous counties, in the use of (lie hog
cholera serum, which has proven a
wonderful preventive of (he dis
ease. His services will be abso
lutely free to the people, no charg
es being made except for the actual
amount of the scrum used. He
will have an automobile and will
keep on hand a supply of serum
and virus, enabling him to give
prompt service to all who ask for
it. lie will also advise as to the
treatment for other diseases of
hogs and all stock raisers of his
territory ( Coffee, Ben Hill, Jeff
Davis, Bacon, Ware and Clinch
counties) are urged to take advan
tage of this exceptional opjiortuni
ty to put the hog raising industry
on a permanent and profitable ba
sis. This is very important matter
in the governments plan of econo
my in food production and
conservation.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1017
SINGING CONVENTION.
Bright Day, Good Singing
and Hundreds Present.
The Coffee County Singing Con
vention held its annual session
here last Sunday. The day was
bright, clear and balmy—an ideal
day for a large gathering of any
character.
'The convention was held in the
high school auditorium, and it was
filled to its utmost capacity. Or
der was called at 10:30 a. m. Two
fine old gospel hymns were sung
by the audience. Prayer by Prof.
Sankey Booth. Address of wel
come by B. T. Allen and response
by Judge J. 1. Summerall.
The singing commenced with
the Pearson class being the first on
the program; Cox’s quartette and
King’s quartette following in order.
One and a half hours were taken
for dinner. Singing commenced,
Pearson class again leading, and
was followed in order by Sunny
Side class, Harmony Grove class,
Mt. Zion class, Willacooehce class
and “Old Sacred Harp” class.
A short business session was
held. The old officers were re
elected; the name changed to “At
kinson County Singing Con veil
lion,” which the Tribune thinks
was rather previous, but there
seemed to be no dissenting voice;
a collection was taken to have the
complete minutes printed for dis
tribution in the different class
communities.
It was the general concensus of
opinion that the singing was splen
did and that it was the quietest,
and most successful singing con
vention ever held in Coffee county.
The Tribune believes that more
interest will be taken in future
conventions and that the people
will grow away from the idea that
it is a Sunday frolic.
Surgeons agree that in eases of
('ills, Burns, Bruises and Wounds,
the first treatment is most im
port ant. When an efficient an
tiseptic is applied promptly, there
is no danger of infection and the
wound begins to heal at once. For
use ou man or beast, BOROZONE
is the IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and
HEAPING AGENT. Buy it now
and be ready for an emergency.
Price 25c, 50c, SI.OO and $1.50.
Sold by Morris Drug Go.
Dynamite glycerin for use in
making munitions for the Allies
is being manufactured in large
quantities in Savannah, although
the government censorship pre
vents the naming of the firm or
its actual location. It is not an
explosive in itself, hut treated
with nitric acid or nitroglycerine,
it becomes the most powerful ex
plosive known to warfare. Cot
tonseed is the raw material used.
The plant is closely guarded.
STATEMENT
Of the Ownership, Management,
Circulation, etc., required by the
Act of August 24,1912,
Of Pearson Tribune, published
weekly at Pearson, Georgia, for
October Ist, 1917.
Editor, B. T. Allen, Pearson, Ga.
Managing Editor, B. T. Allen,
Pearson, Georgia; Business Mana
gers, Tribune Publishing Company,
Pearson, Georgia; Publisher, Tri
bune Publishing Company, Pear
son, Georgia; owner, B. T. Allen,
doing business as the Tribune Pub
fishing Company; L. W. Herring,
mortgagee, Millwood, Georgia.
B. T. A i.len, Owner.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 29th day of Sept., 1917.
Bernard H. Allen, Notary
Public Coffee county. My commis
sion expires April 10, 1920.
Mr. It. A. Brinson, of Willacoo
chee, was in Pearson Wednesday
on business,
ATLANTA LETTER
Atlanta, Ga., Octobei -1 —“There
is no more important thing any
Georgia farmer can do right now
than to get ready to plant all (he
wheat he can take care of,” states
Commissioner J. J. Brown. “Geor
gia needs wheat as never before,
and at the price fixed by the Pres
ideal there is a good profit in it to
every farmer who will give it the
attention it needs. Good soil pre
paration is necessary lo the mak
ing of a crop, and this should not
he delayed another day.”
XXX
The Department urges that bank
ers and merchants in every com
munity see to it that every farm
er gets seed wheat and plants it.
The State Bureau of Markets in
vites inquiries for seed wheat as
they are in touch with eonsidera
ble quantities of home grown seed.
The best planting time is immedi
ately after tin' first killing frost
which gels iid of the Hessian fly
the “boll weevil” of wheat. Bulle
tins relating to wheal planting and
cultivation will be supplied by the
Department on request.
x x x
The State Market Bureau has
just succeeded in securing from
the Slate Railroad Commission a
readjustment of the freight on
sweet potatoes, which means in
many instances a material reduc
tion. Formerly the rate on sweet
potatoes shipped in boxes and
crates has been just double what
it was in barrels and bags, and
there was no good reason for it.
The commission has ordered that,
effective October 1. sweet potatoes
in boxes and crates shall take the
same rate as those in bags and baij
rels. Thus, however packed, all
sweet potatoes shipped in Georgia
this fall, will be handled at the
lower'rate.
X X X
It has been brought to the at
tention of the Georgia State Bu
reau of Markets (hat some mills in
Alabama have gone into the conn
try and made contracts for future
supplies of velvet beans at prices
entirely too low, considering the
food value of velvet bean meal. In
order to arrive at some idea of a
fair valuation of this product, the
Bureau has made a careful invest!
galion and finds that the actual
food value of pure velvet bean
meal is greater than that of cotton
seed meal. This has no reference
to its value as a fertilizer. This
test as a food value shows that in
calculating the protein, carbohy;
drate and fat contents the velvet
bean meal yields 150,520 calories
to the 100 pounds, whereas, 7 per
cent cotton seed meal only yields
140,060 calories to the 100 pounds,
it is further shown that velvet
bean meal made from the bean and
pod mixed yields 139,912 calories
to the 100 pounds. This is practi
cally the same as 7 per cent, cotton
seed meal, which is selling light
around $44.00 per ton. It must
also be borne in mind that the
manufacturing expense on velvet
bean meal is no where near as
much as that on cot ton seed meal.
The fanners of the State should
figure over this carefully before
entering into future contracts for
supplying velvet beans.
Neuralgia of the face, shoulders,
hands, or feet requires a powerful
remedy that will penetia'e the
flesh. BALLARD'S SNOW LINE
M ENT possesses that power. Rub
bed in where the pain is felt is all
that is necessary to relieve suffer
ing and restore normal conditions.
Price 25c, 50c and SI.OO per bottle
Sold by Morris Drug Store.
Miss Kittie Burns, of Axson,
spent several days this week in
Pearson, a guest of her sister, Mrs.
W. W. Stewart.
SOUTH GEORGIA
News of Our Neighbors Told in Short Paragraphs
Judge \V. A. Covington has been
elected Mayor of Moultrie; a splen
did choice.
Charlton comity superior court
has been in session this week and a
quantity of business was gotten off
1 he docket.
Upon the recommendation of
the recent grand jury the county
commissioners of Berrien will pur
chase an auto truck as an aid to
road work.
Tax Collector Byrd Belote, of
Lowndes county, has discovered
that there are 70 lots of land of
490 acres each not given in by any
one for taxation. He calls it “No
man’s land.”
Thomasville entertained the an
nual encampment of Georgia Con
federate veterans this week, and
reports say she gave the dear old
boys a royal time. Atlanta gets
the 1918 encampment.
The iee-breatli of frigid weather
up in Pennsylvania and other
points north is sending the South
Georgia negroes, xvho went up
there last spring and spent the
summer, back home and. fudging
from what they say, to slay.
The Waycross Journal Ilerakl
makes the charge: “We have a
sneaking idea some deacons, elders
and Sunday-school teachers have
made trips from Jacksonville (o
Way cross carrying suit cases when
handbags would have answered.”
Pa-ans of praise arc being sung
to “Sorghum Syrup” throughout
South Georgia. People of the
eighteen sixties remember it with
feelings of disgust. Those who
ate it accuse it of being a fright
ful source of diarrhiea. Il has ils
virtues, however, as a “drench”
for colicky horses and mules.
Prof. Ira W. Cavender, who has
many friends in Pearson, has ac
cepted 1 lie prineipalship of Mill
wood high school for the session of
1917-18. The Tribune wishes Ira
success and believes lie will give
eminent satisfaction as the head
of the head of the head of the
school.
The banks of Waycross will as
sist the farmers of Ware county in
securing a good portion of the
blooded cattle being shipped from
Texas to South Georgia. They
will buy beef cattle to utilize the
great quantities of feed stuffs now
in (heir fields. They will also get
many of the cattle for breeding
purposes.
Judge J. B. Clements, the big
farmer and legislator of Irwin
county, lias just sold his crop of
tobacco for SIB,OOO. He harvested
a crop of hay from the same land
worth nearly as much as the tobac
co. He lias also “enough hogs to
make meat for all of Irwin county.”
Jim is a great farmer, but he is
only following in the foot steps of
bis father.
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SI.OO A YEAR.
II is probable that Colquitt
county farmers will plant no cot
ton at all in 1918.
The tax collector of Chatham
county has just turned into the
state treasury $4,628.67 inheritance
tax collected from only three es
tates.
The farmers of Lowndes county
are preparing to put in a big wheat
crop this winter: in fact, fanners
all over South Ceorgia will try
growing wheal fo. home consump
tion.
Prominent citi. ns of Ocilla are
demanding the i'( iguation of the
Mayor because a uantity of con
traband was foi .1 in his office.
It surely was a <1 example for
the Mayor to spo ;or, sure enough.
The Waycros postoffice has
been made a ci Iral accounting
office for I lie pos iffices of Ware
county. Under t liis arrangement
they make their quarterly reports
to the Wayer< s office begin
ding with this quarter.
From all seethe. South Geor
gia comes the < unplaint of the
scarcity of labor, both skilled and
unskilled. It is attributed lo the
immense quantity of government
work on hand in the State, and
the over reaching price paid for it
by Uncle Sam.
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will
hold a ceremonial on Thanksgiving
day at Tifton, according to arrange
ments perfected by Illustrious Po
tentate, Upheld 1,. Golding, of Sav
annah. A class of 100 will make
the trip across the burning sands.
Drs. Woodward and Hall, of
Adel, and the father of Miss Sadie
Avera, of Cecil, have kissed and
made friends in relation to the
suit for damages by the young la
dy against the doctors for unskill
ful surgery. The ease had gone
against the young lady and Dr.
Woodward had magnanimously
agreed to give her a receipt in full
for the cost of t he operation.
If the recommendations of the
Berrien county grand jury are
heeded, another election ou the
question of county-wide taxation
for school purposes wi 11 be held in
the not distant future. The Ber
rien advocates of taxation for the
benefit of the public schools are
getting to be in real earnest about
the matter and that is w hat it
takes to win.
The Savannah Rotary Club and
Hie greater Savannah Commercial
Club are launching a movement to
repeal or greatly modify the exis
ting bankruptcy laws, which it is
believed are being grossly abused.
Ft will hardly be successful fora
few years; but the Federal bank
ruptcy act as well as the State
constitutional homestead law
should be repealed at the earliest
possible moment: Both were war
measures and their repeal cannot
be hoped for during war times.