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PEARSON 'TRIBUNE vol. :•>—no. ;u CC rVEE COUNTY News Items adhered from Various Sources Tiie Tribune regrets to lenrn ' bat the residence of Ron. C. E. H’e.v art. near Axsou, was destroyed 1 y fire last Sunday night, t.itt) • 0.- nothing of the household or ki 1 till | en furniture was saved. It is m. cert nisi wbetner there is any insur ance; he had a policy, but it was thought it had lapsed. There will be a box social at the NVilsonville schoolhouse, in the eastern part of the county, tomor row night. Misses Mattie Morris and Alma Lillis are respectively principal and assistant teachers at this school. The Douglas Red Cross society has named its committees, and named missionaries to several militia districts in the county, viz: Uroxton, Mrs. .1. L. Shelton; \\ il lacoochee, Mrs. J. M. Dent; Nich olls. Mrs. S. J. Stubbs; Pearson, Mrs. J. M. Ashley; Vest Green, M rs. Lawson Kelley; Ambrose, Mrs. T. 11. Clarke; Axson, Mrs, E. L. Tanner. The executive eommitteeo of Smyrna Baptist Association —com- posed of T. S. Hubert, H. M. Meeks, J. F. Smith, A. S. Min chew, R, W. Bugg, F. 11. Brown and .1! <). White —met in the Douglas Baptist church Decem ber 3rd and organized for work It will meet again on the 29th, when it is expected arrangements will be made to put an assoeja tional missfonery in the fielu at least for half his t iin*-. In the apportionment of the state school fund Coffee gets $22, 318.31. Douglas, $3,(154.84; Xicli olls, $1304.73; Willacoochee sl,- 200.99, and Pearson, 710.32. These figures will be materially chan ged twelve months hence when the next apportionment is made. The school census which will be taken next summer will show Pearson in a much better con dition. The Tribune announces the death, Tuesday morning, of Levi, the 11 year old son of Elder L. M. Guthrie, who lives in the Morris neighborhood about seven miles north of Pearson. Pneumonia was the direct cause of his death. The burial was at Arnie cemetery, Wednesday morning, Elder Wm. Tomlinson officiating. Thus wo are reminded that the Grim Reap er is no respecter of persons. In lays his icy hands upon the young as well as the old, and by it we are admonished to be also ready for we know not the day nor the hour of our departure. The Tri bune sympathizes with tlie par ents in the loss of their son. Mrs. Delaney Brooker, aged 8G years, died last Saturday morn ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. 11. Wall. She was the widow of John Brooker, Sr., and mother of Messrs. J. W., Thomas and A. D. Brooker and Mesdames J. H. and D. S. Wall. She had been a dutiful member of the Mis sionary Baptist church for 62 years, and the greater part of the time at Mt. Zion church, seven miles east of Pearson, and was in deed and in truth one of the moth ers in Israel. Her remains were interred in the Ml. Zion cemetery Sunday, being witnessed by many relatives and friends who mourn her departure. Elder S. E. Blitcb. her former pastor, officiated at the funeral. The Tribune extends to the bereaved relatives its sincere condolence. The government report gives the Coffee county cotton crop at 19,- 907 bales as against 21,233 last year. The deficit is only 1.32(1 bales, but it represents a loss to farmers of the count vof not less than $250,000 —quarter of a mil lion. It is reported that Elder N. C. Wilkes, of Milltown, will be the pastor of Willacoochee Baptist church the ensuing year, preach ing there two Sundays in the month. The other two Sundays will be given to Ray City, in Ber rien county, where he will reside. The Douglas Enterprise has been named by the county officials —Sheriff, Ordinary and Clerk —to be the official newspaper of Coffee County. This selection insures the Enterprise all the “county pap” re quired to be published in the pa per doing the Sheriff's advertising. The Tribune congratulates the Enterprise on its success in the matter. A dispatch from Douglas tells a most wonderful story of the cap ture by Sheriff Tanner of an auto mobile ladened with many bot tles of whiskey. The dispatch states that James Stalvey, a liveryman and “blind tiger” of Douglas, and a young man by the name of Tom Wesley became wise to an effort to run the Douglas blockade with some contraband and started out to meet the incoming “tigers” and ■capture the contraband for their own lair. When tigers met tigers Tom Wesley, aged 20, was killed, putting a crimp to the Stalvey ex pedition. Stalvey hastened back to Douglas from the scene of the killing, ont he Dixie Highway near Cbaftorton —eight miles east of Douglas—and gave the news to the Sheriff, who hurried to the scene, captured the auto and whis key and .carried it, with Wes ley's body to Douglas. The state license tag had been removed from the car and it is probable the owner will never be known; all efforts to trace them with dogs failed. Stalvey is a notorious .“tiger.” and a puzzle to court offi cials. He has no use of himself below his body, and a court is powerless to punish him. He can’t work on ihe chaingang or any where else; to confine him in jail v uld be too expensive to the ccunty, and to collect a fine out 1 f him is out of the question. The Democratic Executive Com mittee of Coffee county, elected in October —composed of Judge W. C. Bryan and Sol. Sears from the county at large; E. J. Barclay, Douglas district; George Gillis, McDonald district; Jonathan O'Steen, Mora district; Jesse M. Pafford, Pearson district; T. 11. Brown, Bhillips Mill district; B. T. Burkett, Piekren district; Gharlton Gillis, Tanner district; E. C. Henderson, Willacoochee dis trict; George Corbitt, Wooten district —met some days ago by electing Judge W. C. Bryan, chair man; Jesse M. Rafford, vice chair man; T. H. Brown, secretary; B. T. Burkett, treasurer. < )ne of the things expected of this committee is the most drastic economy, and the personnel of the committee is sufficent assurance that this part of the program will be carried out. This committee will also be char ged with the duty of supervising the elections of 1918, and to see that no flim-tiam game is played upon any candidate. Oh. indeed, these gentlemen hold very respon sible positions and, no doubt, will be equal to the task before them. PEABSOX, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917 PROGRESS OF THE WAR Gen. Alleuby, with his British army, is now in the possession of the ancient City of Jerusalem. It is stated that twelve centuries have passed on the cycles of time since it was given over to the de spoiling hands of the Mohamme dans ami Barbarians. This entry of a Christian army into the Holy, City have set the religious world agog, and the scriptures and proph ecies are being perused with stud ied attention to determine, if pos sible, the “signs of the times.” Great Britain gives il out that the eventuality will be a restored Jew ish nation, under her protection, but no movement toward the eon summation of the project will be made until the world war is over. But the British army in Palestine will continue activity to strength en its position in Jerusalem, and to clear the country of enemies. British and Russian armies in Mesopotamia continue to press on toward Constantinople but care fully guarding every movement. It appears that the Germans have lost sight of their Turkish allies and have left them to shift for themselves. Turkey is ready to quit the game. Hundreds of thousands of Japa nese troops have been landed at Vladivostok in Manchuria, at the eastern terminus of the Siberian railway, owned by the Russian government. This leads to the statement that they are awaiting transport at ion to the Russian bat tle line. There is nothing aut hen tic to t he story. In Russia chaos reigns supreme. The Bolsheviki and the Cossacks are fighting for supremacy. The Boi.Jieviki, led by Lenine and Trotsky, is finding its hands and brains too full looking after and trying to protect its tenure of When You Know What Is Best, Ask for it by Name By -T. R. HAMILTON Former Advertising Manager of Wanamaker's, Philadelphia Tf a man has anything he is proud of, he gives it a name whether it be a baby or a pair of boots. And the more he is proud of it, the more he talks about it. Nameless things are seldom good and never reliable. If you want to cut down your cost of living the very best way to do it is to learn to ask only for standard articles. When you know the name of a good maker of shirts or shoes, of furniture or pianos, of hardware or underwear, fix that name definitely in your mind and remember it when you come to buy. Do not allow strange things to come into your home any more than you would allow strange people. The brand and the trade mark and the copyright are the let ters of introduction from the maker to you. In this way he vouches for their respectability and guarantees their good be havior in your home. There is a name for every good product that is made. And most of these names arte known to every man and woman in America, Manufacturers have spent hundreds of millions of dol lars to standardize these names in your mind. From the lining of a dress to a laundry soap; from a cleanser to a baking powder; from a suit of clothes to a kit of tools; you could call every stand ard article on the market by name if you would only remember to do so when you come to buy. It is through your carelessness that lies and adulterations creep in. The standard is set by good men, but the standard is only maintained by you. It is time for you to forget the generic name of every article, and remember only the standard name of its quality. In the advertising news of this paper today you will find many of these standard names and brands of quality. This article is written for the sole purpose of remainding you to use those names. It is only fair that you should do as much for these good manufacturers as they are doing for you. It is only right that you should help in this great standardization of good products that is going on throughout America. Begin now to ask by name for everything you buy. And yon will find your satisfaction growing greater day by day and your optimism extending even down to your pocketbook. (Copyrighted.) power in Russia to give attention to the peace plans they have ar ranged, and it appears now that the only benefit Germany will de rive from the armistice is the op portunity to withdraw- her troops from the Eastern front for use el now here. The Roumanians have been forc ed to agree, to the armistice, which is to last three months, but have refused to permit fraternization between the soldiers of the two countries. With winter on hand the Tribune cannot see, even in wit hdrawal of troops, that Germa ny will be benefitted any by the armistice. The Italians, aided by British and French reinforcement, con tinue to hold the Teutons at bay along the Piave river; brisk artil lery duels cont inue but t here is no infantry activity of consequence. It is the gene-nil consensus of opinion that the Germans are con cent rating all of her available for ces on the western front, in Flan ders and Northern France for a desperate effort to break through the British and French defensive, before the American contingent in sufficient numbers can reach ranee, to take part in the fight ing. They have already launched strong assaults west of Cambrai, and made slight gains at heavy expense- in man power. The war department has with drawn many Christmas leaves of absence, and Secretary Baker has announced that there will be a speeding up from henceforth, and by spring have such a force t here that can bo of material help at the supreme moment. The Tribune is of the opinion that next spring will come the real testing of the strength of the coil tending powers, and it is wise in Secretary Baker to speed up the preparations for the contest. SOUTH GEORGIA News of Our Neighbors Told in Short Paragraphs The w ork of “Dipping the Ticks” w ill soon bo in full blast in Ware county. Vats are being built in every section of the county for that purpose. A "salting station” will be es tablished in Tifton next spring and will furnish a market for all mer chantable cucumbers grown in that vicinity. The salting process prepares them for shipment. The Way cross friends of Hon W. J. Harris has invited him to make the opening speech in his campaign for the United States Senate against Hardw-iek in that city. The Tribune has been un der the impression that the open ing speech was made in Thomas, vilie last summer on the occasion of the press meeting. Hon. Sam T. Wright, tin- effi cient A. G. L. freight agent has been elected Mayor of Wayeross for a term of two years. He is of good report, and doubtless will make a splendid Mayor. The ri diculous aftermath of the election is that Dan 'l'. Cowart, the slow est candidate in the race, asked a re count of the ballots. Dan has an eye to publicity that costs him nothing. The City of Moultrie has just had a disastrous fire. The five story Commercial building in tin heart of the city was wrecked. The belongings of the numerous tenants were burned. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. with less than $75,000 insurance. It was thought at one time that the lo cal fireman would be unable to control the fire and Thomasville was asked for help, and the trip wa- made in fifty minutes from the time the big auto truck left Thomasville. The little City of Cochran, was the successful bidder for the Twelfth District Agricultural and Mechanical School. She was in position to offer not only a site and a big body of land, but buil dings—including dormitories — fully equipped and ready to open s-hool at short, notice. The city owned the buildings of the Fben ezer Baptist High School, which was abandoned twenty years ago. Il is said the buildings are all in good repair, and the biggest work of the Board of Trustees is to .se cure a sufficient faculty to take charge of the school. J. B. Surles, who killed W. K. Rogers at a turpentine still in Way ne county twenty-three years ago, was tried for murder at the late term of Wayne superior court and the jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation. The history of this ease is a re markable one. Surles, after kill ing Rogers, succeeded in getting out of the country, going to the far West. There, under an as sumed name, he married and rais ed a family of bright, respectable children —two sons now reaching man's estate. Thinking his deed had been forgotten he came back, with his family, to Savannah where the' vigilant sheriff of Way ne county arrested him and car ried him back to Jesup and his trial. His faithful wife and two devoted sons sat by his side through the trial and will, doubt less, make an effort to secure for him a new trial. It must be a sad awakening to these innocent peo ple. WANTED- —A second hand bug gy and harness in good condition, Apply to J. C. Adams, Pearson, Ga. SI.OO A YEAR A German was found hanging to a limb of a t ree near M.orven, in. Brooks county. Wednesday morn ing. It was adjudged that became to his death by suicidal hanging. The Brunswick municipal elec_ (ion passed off quietly and was de void of interest. Tims it is in all the municipalities of South Geor gia. People are all busy and, con sequently, indifferent about serv ing the public in a thankless job. Work has commenced on the Sat.ilia river bridge in Camden county, near Woodbine, which is to furnish a crossing of that stream for the East U>i> > • Highway. A bridge across the St. Marys river will soon be nr. ter construction and, when comp d w ill remove two menaces to .is prong of the Dixie Highway v ’ ieh lias existed ever since it was designated. Wesley Coffee, .toe Sandor and W. C. Seeley ha\ been arrested by Sheriff Dormtney, of Ben Hill county charged v. Uh the killing of Tom Wesley in tot fee county, near Chattcrton, last Sunday. They were identified h.\ ilie motor num ber of the car that contained the contraband liquor now in the pos session of Sherill Tanner of Coffee county, and tlu-y will be carried to Douglas for t rink The Georgian "halloed before it got. out. of the woods” when it boasted that St. Marys had two fish canning factories. It. trans pires that the new has absorbed the old, so she has but one fish canning factory. But St. Marys is a plucky little city and, is reach ing out. for great enterprises. Her opportunities are many and she is improving them as fast as possible Work has commenced extending the Atlantic, Wayeross and Nor thern railway towards Folkston. Her shipbuilding enterprise, with contracts to build two schooners of 1(100 to 2000 tons capacity and four barges of 500 tons capacity, is no small undertaking. Progressive citizens of Tifton have undertaken to organize what is to be known as "Tifton Homo < Company.” The object is building more residences in Tifton for rent. The gentlemen at the head of the movement realized that the city’s growth is being retarded, because people who want to become citi zens cannot be accommodated with homes. No one man eonld fill the demand, so it was decided to or ganize a company of tavo hundred members who could do so. Tho plan mapped out is feasible and the desired end can be accom plished without any member be coming embarrassed. The idea is “In union there is strength.” It is a suggestion that might be use ful in other towns and cities need ing more homes than individual effort can supply. Freezing Coconuts to Get at Milk. A Pennsylvania man has devised a means of removing coconut shells by freezing the nut until the shell ts slightly contracted, and then subjects Ing It to a comparatively high tempera/- tore so a<? to cause rapid expansion. Cracks In the shell are thus produced. A series of hammer blows then com pletes the breaking of the shell.—Pop ular Science Monthly. Sure Scheme. Young Wife— “l am determined to lenrn at what hour my husband comes home at night. Yet, do what I will, I cannot keep awake, and he Is always careful not to make a particle of nolseu Is there any drug which produces wakefulness?” Old Wife—“No need to buy drugs. Sprinkle the floor with tacks.” .