Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

PEARSONfiITRIBUNE VOL. 3—XO. 2(5 COFFEE COUNTY News Items Gathered from Various Sources It is said that more than a hun dred Coffee county people visited the Southeastern Fair at Atlanta, last week. Mr. E. D. Brinson is the new manager of the Kirkland Naval Stores plant, lie was reared on a turpentine farm and knows the business thoroughly. Mrs. E. L. Moore has been elec ted president of the Willacooohee Woman's Club for the ensuing year. She will prove an intelli gent and energetic officer, and her selection is excellent. The Nashville Herald brings the sad intelligence of the death of Mr. Will Register, of Coffee coun ty. He had been in the employ of the Nashville Lumber Co. just a week, when he was accidentally killed while working with the skidder gang in the Teumile bay. llis hotly was brought back to Coffee county by his father for burial. The Nashville Herald says: “A big delegation of Woodmen ac companied the family of Mr. \V. H. Lee to Willaeooehee Sunday for the purpose of unveiling a monument over his grave. It is saitl that the Willaeooehee camp failed to turn out and assist in the ceremonies. However, the Nash ville camp made a very creditable and impressive affair of it.” The Coffee county public schools will all begin next Monday the 1917-1918 session. The Tribune will be glad to hear from them all, and especially those located in the territory which is soon to be At kin son county. This will proha bly be the last session of school un der the Coffee and Clinch county authorities, and all the people in terested in education should keep the matter in mind and lay plans for a get together and get acquain ted meeting next summer, at which the important question of county education shall be discuss ed. and tentatively agree upon suitable leaders in the work. At any rate the Tribune will gladly publish short articles of publlic in terest in connection with the work furnished it, and all items of gen eral interest from the several com mu nities. Surgeons agree that in eases of Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds, the first treatment is most im IKjrtant. When an efficient an tiseptic is applied promptly, there is no danger of infection and the wound begins to heal at once. For use on man or beast, B< >R< >Z< >N L is the IDEAL ANTISEPTIC arid HEALING AGENT. Buy it now and be ready for an emergency. Price 25c, 50c, 81.00 and $1.50. Sold by Morris Drug Co. When the chest feels on fire and the throat burns, you have indi gestion, and you need HERBJNE to get rid of the disagreeable feel ing. It drives out badly digested food, strengthens the stomach and purifies the bowels. Price 50c. hold by Morris Drug Co. City and Farm Loans at 6 Per Cent. SZf FOR FIVE OR TEN YEARS LOAN CORRESPONDENT FOR COBB. JESUP * COMPANY fpjJ) Quick Loans Competent Service WRITE OR SEE L. A. HARGREAVES Pearson, Atkinson County, Georgia A Douglas couple, 'Bailey-Wil liams, skiddoed to Homerville last week and were joined in marriage by Judge Kimery. Jess Willard, the champion pugi list, will be in Douglas next week a an attachment to “Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.” Wonder what he lookes like! Will not have time to visit him. Has the Coffee County Progress stepped down and out! It has not called at our sanctum for two or three weeks. Both the county seat newspapers seems to be in hard lines in getting printers and electric juice to run their ma chines. Mrs. Henry C orbett' of Willa cooehec, underwent an operation at Tifton hospital on Thursday of last week. The operation was very successful. Her husband, Dr. Henry Corbett, who is a lieu tenant in the Medical Reserve Corps at Ft. Oglethorpe, secured a leave of absence and came down to be with her during the ordeal. There will be an innovation at the Coffee county fair this year, a "Gospel Tout Concession,” under the leadership of Elder T. S. Hu bertof the Douglas Baptist church. A number of religious services will be held each day. it will be a veritable bearding the devil in his abode. Secretary Tanner and the Fair Association have, unless there has been a change from last year, granted concessions which permits the enactment on the fairgrounds of many incongruous follies to say the least of it. Mow the mixture will harmonize remains to he seen. 11 reminds the Tribune of a wed ding that took place in a palatial Florida homo. The mother of the bride-to-be was a very zealous re ligionist. When the preacher and the guests had arrived there was a host of people present, and to the, mind of the old lady came the thought that it was an opportune time to have preaching before the marriage, and so suggested. The daughter at first timidly demurred to the proposition but, finding the mother somewhat determined, fin ally declared "If there is preach jug, there will be no marriage here to-night.” The preaching service gave way to the marriage. It may he, in this instance, that the follies will give way to the preaching. CARELESSNESS EES LETS IN FAILURE. That is why we say “Fend B. A. Thomas' hog powder according to directions.” DO NOT FEED IT SLOBBY, hut mix it with ground feed and moisten with just enough water to make a crumbly mass. Then each hog gets a beneficial dose, See full directions on pack age. Your money back if you aro not satisfied. Sold by Rearsen Hardware Store. Dr. B. S. Malone. S. W. Harrell F. E. MeNeal, Malcom Tanner and B. T. Allen were Pearson people who attended Clinch superior court the first of the week. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1!)17 PROGRESS OF THE WAR. The war news of the week seems more encouraging for the Allies than for the previous month. The British in the Ypres sector has driven another wedge into the Teutonic battle front, gaining ad vantageous positions across the Ypres Stadeu railroad and captur ing many prisoners. The French, in one of the swift est and most dashing drives of the war, on Tuesday smashed through tin* German lines north of the Aisne river for a depth of more than two miles, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, besides cap turing more than 7,500 prisoners and 08 pieces of artillery—2s of w hich were heavy guns and the re mainder field guns. The war department at Wash ington has given out the informa tion that the American forces in France are ready to enter the trenches, and Ihe probability now is that there "will be no cessation of active warfare along the west ern front during the ensuing win ter. It is stated the Allies’equip ment. is such that they will be able to keep the enemy busy all winter and give them no opportunity to recuperate and strengthen their defense. The A Hies objective is to shut Germany off from the North Sea, which includes Ostend, Ze brugge and other of her subma rine bases, hoping to cripple and render less effective her submarine warfare. However, it is thought the German operations in the Bal tic Sea are with the view of chang ing their submarine bases from the North Sea. Brit ish warships have shelled the North Sea with long range guns and allied aircraft have bombed them until life there is intolerable. The Germans have made a sec ond attempt to land on the Estbo nian coast, threatening Betrograd, but they were frustrated by the Russians. Russian submarines are also giving the German fleet at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland. Several of the German ships, in cluding two dreadnaughts, are re ported as having been torpedoed ami sunk by the Russian subma rines. In this quarter naval oper ations will soon cease for the win ter, the sea being frozen over nav igation will be attended with great danger to the vessels. From what is supposed to be re liable sources it is reported that Germany Is threatened with in ternal troubles. It is said the people are getting exceedingly tired of war. They are demanding that it should not continue through another winter. The Austro-Italian front has been practically quiet for a week past, except intense artillery duels along the Julian front and the re pel Ting of an Austro German at tack in the Cordore region at Monte Blana. W. F. BAR LETT. Oakfieid. Ga., May 10, 1917. Old Kentucky Mfg. Co., Paducah, Ky. (lentlemen: Blease allow' me to state that I have sold your hog cholera remedy for one season and have ordered more for this season. Last year 1 sold it to 12 or 15 men for raise hogs. 1 told each of them to take the remedy, feed it to their hogs and if they lost a single hog from disease of any kind not to pay me a cent for the remedy, but when they began to sell cotton every man came in and paid me for the medicine and every one of them told me that it was the best hog medicine they ever used. One of them paid me for the small package and bought $5 worth more and said it was the best he had ever tried. Yours very truly, \V. F. Bari.ett. Bold by Pearson Hardware Store. IT PAYS TO OWN LAND For t lie encouragement of young men, ami old ones as for that mat ter, to own a home —some land —a farm in fact, the Tribune prints the statement of Hon. Jesse M. Pafford relative to his ownership of one and a half lots of land three and a half miles north of Pearson. He bought this land about thir teen years ago, paying therefor $12,00; he has paid out in improve ments about $2,400, making the gross cost, of the land about $1,500. He sold the saw-mill timber privilege for S9OO, the turpentine timber privilege for $350, the tie timber privilege for S3OO, a small tract of t he land for $550, another small tract of the land for $650 and the remainder of his original purchase for $15,890. He farmed on the land ten years, reaping an average annual net- profit of SSOO or $5,000 for the ten years. To re capitulate: the land cost him $4,500: he received from it, during his thirteen years ownership, the nice sum of $24 640, or a net profit of $20,150. Has it paid Mr. Pafford to own this land! Can you figure out the the per centum of profit? Can yOu conceive of any investment he could have made of $4,500 that would have paid a greater profit? A like opportunity awaits every homeless man in Coffee county, even under the prevailing high pri ces. Any young man with a dis position to work and get ahead in the financial world can now' buy a tract of land on terms which he will be able to meet, and in five years he will have, a home, pleas ant surroundings and be indepen dent The Pafford fncidmt above is not an isolated case, an excep tion to the rule, for the Tribune can add stacks of cumulative evi deuce upon the subject. Young man, you without a home, why not t ry to own your home and stop moving from pillar to post, Learn to be self-reliant and inde pendent. Slop being a “hewer of w ood and drawer of water” for the bothersome landlord. Baptist Association Meetings Mell association has just closed an interesting and a harmonious meeting at Brushy Creek church, near Sparks in Berrien county. The Willaeooehee Baptist church is a member of this body. Piedmont association held its annual session with the Nahunta church in Wayne county, last week. It is one of the strongest associations in South Georgia. The churches of Brunswick, Jesup, Biackshcar and Waycross belong to this association. Little River (Freewill) associa tion has just closed a profitable session at Ozias church, Clinch county, seven miles south of Bear son. A number of Bearson people attended Sunday’s services. [Union (Brimitive) association has just closed a three day’s ses sion at Arnie church, Coffee coun ty, nine miles northwest of Bear son and was well attended on Sun day by people from this city. < >ne Smyrna association begins its annual session at Big Creek church, in Bacon county, seven miles north of Alma, to-day and continues through Sunday The other Smyrna association holds its session with Millwood church, Ware county, beginning today and continuing three days. These two associations arc largely composed of churches seceding from thcorig inal Smyrna association. The churches differed on the subject of footwashing. Those of the former do not wash feet, while those of the latter do. Both retain the old name, “Smyrna,” and the same time of meeting. SOUTH GEORGIA News of Our Neighbors Told in Short Paragraphs The Consolidated Mercantile Company, of Oeilla, has filed a vol untaiy petition in bankruptcy. Its liabilities are $45,000; its assets are not given. The 35th annual convention of the Georgia Woman’s Christian Temperance Union has just been held at Dawson. Reports say it was a great session. Robert M. Cooper wasl elected Ordinary of Colquitt county to succeed the late A. B. Buxton. The election was held last Satur day. Mr. Cooper is a native Col quitt county man. 'the mammoth sugar refinery at Fort Wentworth near Savannah, has had to discontinue operat ions for a lack of a supply of raw sugar. II is not expected to resume op orations until the first of next year. , Military training is to become a part of the curriculum of the Quitman and Hawkinsville high schools. In fact, the idea is grow ing throughout South Georgia. Americus high school adopted military training several years ago and is now the model. The tobacco acreage in Ben Hill county will be greatly increased next year, making a local ware house and market necessary, so a brick warehouse will be built in Fitzgerald, convenient, to all the railroads entering the city, having a floor space of 15, square feel and full equipment for fire pro tection. Mr. Edwin Sterne, of Albany, says he is quite certain that the thirteen counties of the southwest Georgia district, of which he is chairman, will subscribe $1,000,000 of the second “Liberty Loan” bonds. He says, further, that De catur county alone will take one fourth of the amount. He has just returned from a trip through some of the counties and found the peo ple generally enjoying great pros perity. The booze-loving citizens of Georgia are equal to the heathen Chinese in their "ways that are dark and tricks that are vain” when it comes to finding means to procure a fluid t Hat will slake their thirst. Over in Thomas county they extract booze from silos. The drippings, when fermented, forms an alcohol which mixed with a little water and sugar creates a “stagger juice” on a par with “buck” and similar concoctions. The fire fiend is getting in some destructive work in Berrien coun ty. Mr. W. E. Flair, nine miles southeast of Adel recently lost his barn, with its contents of 350 bushels of corn, a lot of hay, fod der and farming implements; also a horse and two mules were burn ed to death. Later the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harrelson, with its contents, was destroyed. One lived on the Tittle place anil the other on the Homer Hall place. Neither of them carried insurance. PIEDMONT INSTITUTE In the Breezy Metropolis of South Georgia Offers thorough business courses. Rare teachers, delightful locations, splendid opportunities •*►•**••*► Boy Scouts for younger students. Christian spirit thru all. ■ For further particulars address 1 M. O. CARPENTER, Pres. Waycross, Ga. SI.OO A YEAR President A. 11. Moon, of the defunct Citizens Banking Com pany, of Baxley, indicted for felony in connection with the failure of tin 1 bank, has been acquitted. Mayor Scott Beaton, of Way cross, makes the largest single sub scription to the second issue of "Liberty Loan” bonds of any per son in that city. He took $20,000 worth. The $20,000 bond issue of Cam den county has been sold for par to M. B. Lam*, of Savannah, and now the work of bridging the St. Mary’s river on the Eastern Dixie Highway will be commenced at once and pushed to completion. The municipal election of Adel was held on We luesday of last week. 'Phc incumbents had be haved themselves so nicely during the past year that they were un animously re-elec I e d —m ay or, councilmen, clerk and marshal. “Well done good and faithful ser vants,” etc. Royal Daniel, of Hie Quitman Free Press, has recently visited many counties in South Georgia in the interest, of the B« d Cross work, and reports the p> ,q ,■ solidly be hind President Wilson in liis views and methods in conducting war preparations, lie has traver sed South Georgia from Bruns wick on the east to Fort Gaines on the west. Processioners are busy marking and establishing the boundary lines of the Mizell Bros. 10,000 acre tract of land in Camden county. The reason for the sur vey and plat is a pending sale of the land to the New Jersey Zinc Company. It is said the Zinc Company has two large govern ment contracts for lumber and the timber on this tract will In 1 uti lized to fill these contracts. RESULTS OF ELECTION The election for a county demo cratic executive committee last Saturday resulted in the trium phant election of the gentlemen who had been suggested and whose names were published in last week’s Tribune. The com mittee is composed of eleven mem bers —two from the county at largo and one from each militia district, viz: County at large —W. C. Bryan and Sol Sears. Ambrose —T. H. Brown. Douglas —E. J. Barclay. Mora —Jonathan O’Steen. McDonald —George Gillis. Beamon —Jesse M. Bafford. Bickren —B. T. Burkett. Willaeotchee —E. C. Henderson. Wooten —< leorge Corbitt This is one race in Coffee coun ty where the offices sought the men. The election was unanirnous, and all are delighted at the result. Give us your next order for job printing.