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PEARSON#TRIBUNE VOL. 3—NO. 29 COFFEE COUNTY News Items Gathered from Various Sources The Coffee County Pair will op en its gates for patronage next Tuesday at Douglas. Dr. James McDonald, of Axson, is reported very low and is not ex pected to survive many days. He has been a quiet and very useful plan in his day and there w ill be many jieople besides his family to mourn his going away. Pure Georgia cane syrup is in demand. Rev. D. J. Pearson, liv ing three miles southeast of Pear son, has just filled an order for 5 forty gallon barrels, which he has put up in new cypress barrels, re ceiving 75c a gallon for it. The Douglas Bar Association is a new organization at Douglas, composed of all the lawyers of the city. The officers are F. \V ill i s Dart, president; .1. \V. Quineey, vice-president; J. .1. Willingham, secretary: Levi O'Steen, Treasurer. Rev. D. C. Kaufman, the Con gregational evangelist, began a protracted meeting at Union Hill church bust Thursday. The meet ing will continue ten days and everybody is invited to attend. The church is four miles south east of Pearson. Mr. R. R. Woodard, as next friend of his son, Jack, has filed suit in Coffee superior court for SIO,OOO damages against the City of Douglas, because its officers, agents and employees negligently left a highly charged wire to hang loose upon the ground whereby the boy came in contact with it and was injured. News from Douglas tells us that Editor Fred Ricketson is laid up for repairs for a few days, because of serious injuries sustained by an auto collision, in which the cars of Archie Roberts, Eugene Merier and Lester Lott participated. The editor was thrown face forward through the wind shield of Rob erts'car. cut ting some ugly gash es about his face and badly bruis ing a leg. Lester Lott re eived slight injuries. The three cars were all badly damaged. The districts captains for Cof fee county in the food conserva tion drive are: Pickren, Mesdarnes W. L. Hall and J. A. Cromartie; Tanner, Mesdantes Carl Meeks and J. S. Parker; McDonald, Mes dames Y. O. Mathews and Minnie Brooker; Pearson, Mesdarnes Jeff Kirkland and C. 11. Dudley; M il lacoochee, Mesdarnes J. M. Roberts and J, S. Paulk; Mora. Miss Ethel Turner; Wooten, Mesdarnes B. M. Poer and Homer Ricketson; An - brose, Mesdarnes Bob Vibbert and Bailie Royal; Douglas, Mesdarnes Irene McDonald and E. L. Vick ers. The drive will be continued through the month of November and it is expected that as many as 3500 signed pledges will be re ceived from Coffee county. Tin captains are authorized to name helpers. City and Farm Loans at 6 Per Cent. FOR FIVE OR TEN YEARS LOAN CORRESPONDENT FOR COBB, IESUP t COMPANY vj Quick Loans Competent Service WRITE OR SEE L. A. HARGREAVES Pearson, Atkinson County, Georgia Special Notice! A letter from Elder 11. M. meets, pastor of Stokesville Bap tist church, over in the eastern part of the county, says: "There will be special services held at Stokesville church on next Sun day, the Llth, in the interest of Piedmont Institute. John W. Bennett and others from Way cross will be present and have charge of the services. A cordial welcome awaits all who w ill come and en joy the day with us.” David Cowart, who lived with his widowed mother near Axson, has gone off to the war and left his mother at home with no one to care for her. She is old and get ting feeble and needs some one to lake care of her. News from the eastern part of the county announces the death of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gills's baby. It was buried in the cemetery at ML Zion church. The Tribune sympathizes with the sorrowing parents in their bereavement. The new spapers of Coffee coun ty—Progress, Enterprise and Tri bune —are agreed that the public roads of Coffee county are in a very deplorable condition. The two Do lights papers have paid their respects to the Dixie Highway part of it. The rural teachers of Coffee county held their first institute for the scholastic year, 1917-1918, last Friday and Saturday. All the teachers were enlisted in the food conservation scheme and are expected to make a good showing from their several communities. It is announced that an entire ly new grand jury will be drawn to serve at the November Term of Coffee superior court w hich coil venes on the third Monday in No vember. It is understood that Judge Suntmerall will adjourn Ba con superior eout t, wit h which it conflicts, and hold this court be cause the business is more urgent than that in Bacon superior court. Editor Ricketson, of the Pro gross, is endeavoring to stir up en thusiasm over the long-talked-of railroad from Douglas to Savan nah, by way of the Savannah Southern railroad now terminating at Collins. The 'tribune thinks tile railroad Douglas should be come interested in now is the Ab beville Southern from Abbeville via Broxton, Douglas, Pearson, Homerville, Fargo and McClenny into Jacksonville, Fla. There is no Altarnaha river to be bridged; it can be built cheaply; helpful to all the points touched; a short route from the West into the Me tropolis of Florida; when complet ed it would be readily taken over and operated by the Seaboard Air Line as a trunk line from tl e West into Northern Florida. How ever, this is not au opportune time to build railroads, labor is too scarce and materials too high. It would not hurt to plan and be ready to act when such time does come —it is hoped not in the far future. I’EARSOX, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917 PROGRESS OF THE WAR. For the past ten days the eyes of the w orld has been turned, irre sistibly, to what is taking place along the Italian battle front. The best information attainable is that Gen. Cadorna and the Italian arm ies have been forced to give back from the Tagliamenta river to oth er and more secure positions, and to shorten the battle line from 160 to approximately 60 miles. The new positions are along the Plave river, east of Venice and north westerly to the Trentino boundary. The movement will also give the British and French reinforcements opportunity to arrive in sufficient numbers to check the invaders. Notwithstanding the sudden re verses the morale of the Italian army remains splendid. The peo ple of 1 taly are aroused as never be fore and are more determined to press the war with vigor. The British forces in the vicin ity of 7 pres have capt ured the im portant position of Passehenaele and the Canadians have estab lished their lines eight hundred yards beyond. The next objective is Roulers, the fall of which would shut off Germany’s communication with her submarine bases at Os trend and Zeebruggo from the south. These positions are of so much importance that the German chief of staff, von Hindenburg, has ordered them held regardless of the sacriliee. Since the closing in on the Ger man retreat from the Aisne river this sector of the French front has been comparatively quiet, the ex ception being occasional cannonad ing on both sides. The French are doubtless occupying their time in establishing themselves in their new positions in front of the forti fied city of Laon, while the Ger mans are equally busy preparing for its defense. The inactivity of the British forces in Mesopotamia during the torrid weather of summer has been broken and Gen. Maude’s army, last week, captured the fortified city of Ramadie, with its garrison, a number of field guns, pompoms, machine guns and rifles. The Turk ish commander, Ahmed Bey, who has been on the Euphrates through the campaign from the battle of Shaiba in March, 1915, saw resist ance was hopeless and surrendered with his whole force. All South America is in a tur moil. Brazil has already declared war against Germany and is regu lating her internal affairs to fit the program. The Argentine republic is considering a similar line of con duct, and her Minister of Foreign Affairs declares such should be the policy of all South American coun tries in defense of their liberties. The American w r ar council, as a matter of prudence, has ordered all enemy aliens cleared from the seaports, and they will be kept at least 100 miles away. The fre quency with which the munition plants, located at the various sea ports, arc being destroyed has led to t his policy. The activity of German subma rines arc gradually decreasing, the past w'eck’s toll being twelve of all descriptions. A bit of news which has set all America bristling was called the “First Casualty List,” and told of the killing of three, the wounding of live and the capture of twelve of Gen. Pershing’s American troops by the Germans. It has stirred American war spirit as it has not been since war was declared. It has dawned on the American mind that victory in this war is going to cost this people much precious treasure of men, munitions and money. They are brought face to face with the fact that the burden of the war Is now upon them and NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION Emergencies in life need to arise to put men and women on their mettle, to bring out their real worth. Emergencies are times of experiment, expansion of mental ity, growing in knowledge, inven tion. So the emergencies begot ten by the war of the Sixties gave to the world "Postum,” a cereal coffee. Our mothers and grand mothers, who needed a “hot po tion” at the beginning of the day to stay headache, found that parched corn, rye, barley or even sweet potatoes, steeped in boiling water, furnished a substitute and satisfied their desire for a hot beverage: An enterprising (?) individual, from the Isle of Some where, had one of these recipes for coffee patented under the name of “Postum” and has made a fortune out of it. Recent experiments, by a real enterprising hotel proprie tress at Banviek, over on the wes tern side of Brooks county, has in troduced a substitute for coffee, a brew from parched velvet beans, which her traveling customers have pronounced equal to the best “Java,” and the fact has been widely published. If it is true, the lady should have it patented now while the patenting is good. In the days of the long ago our parents and grandparents were wise to many medicinal prepara tions for various diseases, and brought them into use as occasion demanded. These remedies are now protected by patent, nearly all of them, but our foreparents never dreamed them to be of com mercial importance, as they were of too general use. The only dif ference between the domestic and commercial article is the latter has sufficient alcohol added to prevent spoiling. Great fortunes have re sulted frem the commercializing of these simple but effective reme dies, among them “Sweet Gum and Mullein,” “Honey and Tar,” a worm candy made of honey and juice of the Jimscn (Jamestown) weed, and various concoctions from Dogwood, ('berry and other bark. Blackberry cordial has been cut out by prohibition. In the line of new discoveries in the culinary art one comes from Albany, where Miss Willie Wal ters (a daughter of Got. Jesse W. Walters) has evolved from home ground corn meal and parched Spanish peanuts, stirred together, and baked, “Something better than crackling bread.” Col. Wal lers grew enthusiastic over the discovery and has distributed many samples among his Albany friends for their delectation. It is said "just enough of the rich oil of the Spanish peanut is dif fused through the eornbread in the process of cooking to make it irresistibly appetizing and rich in nut riinent.” Neuralgia of the face, shoulders, hands, or feet rejjuires a powerful remedy that will penetrate the flesh. BALLARD’S SNOW LINI MENT possesses that power. Itu! j 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 b*ttle Sold by Morris Drug Store. they must carry it if their dreams of universal democracy, lasting peace and the rights of humanity held inviolate are to be realized. They are are also brought face to face with the further fact that spasmodic effort accomplishes no thing substantial, but that every advantage must be followed up with vigor, and it requires mil lions of men, tons upon tons of munitions and food to accomplish the stupendous task. SOUTH GEORGIA News of Our Neighbors Told in Short Paragraphs Pierce superior court convenes next Monday, ft is understood the session will not be a lengthy one. The campaign to raise $30,000 for the Betbesda orphanage, near Savannah, closed last Saturday night, resulting in a grand success. The grist mill and ginnery of W. J. O’Quinn, at Odom, Wayne county, was destroyed by fire last Friday. The loss is estimated at $4,000. The Savannah Milling Com pany will install, as soon as the necessary machinery can be se cured, a commercial grits mill. Its products will be kiln dried and will not spoil as easily as home ground grits. A Buick roadster, ladened with xvhisky, took a plunge off the bridge into Cox creek, near Wares boro, last Thursday night. Ware county officers captured the car, its owner and 116 quarts of the liquor. The Waycross Journal-Herald publishes a sulphurous diatribe on the subject of the Dixie Highway in Ware county. The editor says Ware county should build some decent roads or acknowledge her impotency to do so. The Coastal Plains Horticul tural Association is the name of tlie organization in the southeast which grew out of the pecan con ference held at Waycross, Sept. sth. Arrangements are being made for a fruit and tint demon stration day to be staged at Way cross the 14th of November. The gins of Folkston have been working early and late ginning the long and short staple cotton grown in Charlton county. While there is not a large acreage plan ted to cotton in Charlton county, nearly every farmer plants for a bale or two, and have never failed to make a good crop. This is the only satisfactory way of handling a cotton crop as a general rule. Over in Clinch county last Sun day afternoon Ed. Gilbert was shot and killed by Frank Allen. They were at the home of Allen, both w ere drinking, and it seems that a di spu te arose between them abo u t some matter of business. Gilbert attacked Allen with a knife and followed him into the house where the shooting occurred. The fore going is the best information the Tribune has been able to obtain of the affair. The coming of the boll weevil and the war has developed some unadulterated cussedness as can be evolved from human brain. It is reported that at Boston, in Thom as county, a peanut pickers com bine lias been organized to force those farmers, who are depending on hired labor to gather their crops, to sell their crops for much leas than the market price. The combine is formed of speculators who own picking machines. PIEDMONT INSTITUTE j In the Breezy Metropolis of South Georgia | mm Offers thorough business courses. •**■■**••*► Rare teachers, delightful locations, splendid opportunities -MS- SK- Isoy Scouts for younger students. Christian spirit thru all. For further particulars address M. O. CARPENTER, Pres. Waycross, Ga. SI.OO A YEAR The Wayne county fair will op en next Monday and promises to be an exhibition worth going to see. Thomas county has what (hey call a “County Policeman,” some thing like the anti-war patrol or, as the negroes call (hem, "pater rollers.” The Germania Bank of Savan nah will change its name to “Li berty Bank and Trust Company.” It has been in existence under the old name for thirty years. St. Marys will have a canning factory, owned by a corporation. Its products will be fish, oysters, shrimp and sea foods generally. There is a great demand for these goods. An industrial school for negro girls has been or; anized in Chat ham county, near Savannah, un der the patronage of I ho Northern Methodist church. The building is new and well equipped for (he purpose intended. Ben Williams, son of Sheriff Williams of Tell; ir county, shot and killed J. J’. Reynolds last Saturday. Both men are farmers and live near M.nu;, where the shooting occured. The killing was in self defense as Reynolds had at tacked Williams and cut him with a knife. Preston Williams, the young man who was convicted in Thomas superior court of the murder of Deputy Sheriff Johnson, seems to have an unsavory record accor ding to the Oeilla Star: “He was the young man who killed Jesse Sumner and Robert Gay near Ir vinville; he was tried, but acquit ted iu Irwin superior court. He has been connected with other court experiences. Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall, chief editor of the Savannah Press, who lias spent the past four years in Switzerland as the representative of the United Slates, arrived in Savannah St aurelay on a vacation. The city received him home with wide-open arms and a cordiality that spoke louder than words, "Well done good and faithful ser vant.” A dinner -was spread iu his honor Tuesday, He will soon return to his post of duty iu Switzerland. Mrs. W. W. Monk, the woman farmer of Worth county, pulled down first prize at the Southeas tern Fair for the best county dis play of farm products. She is oue of the most indefatigable women in the State; she has been a con slant visitor to the State Fairs for many years and kept Worth county in the public eye, and her prize money has always more than paid her expenses. Site is now gathering in the shekels at the State Fair. Such a woman is worth more to the world than all the woman suffragists combined.