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PEARSONftTRIBUNE
VOL. 3—NO. 33
COFFEE COUNTY
News Items Gathered from Various Sources
The rural schools of CoiTee coun
ty doses this afternoon for the
holidays. The Tribune wishes ail
the teachers and pupils a plea ait
Christmas and happy New Year.
The Tribune learns with regret
that a son of Mr. Elisha Corbett,
who lives near Oberry station on
the Georgia and Florida railway,
is very ill and not expected to live.
The legal fraternity of Coffee
county has been busy all the week
assisting registrants in progaring
their questionaires. To the unini
tiated they are equal to a Chinese
puzzle.
There wifi be a Christinas Tree
and Fish Pond at the Temperance
school-house, near the Irwin coun
ty line, to-night. There will be
two prizes, boxes of chocolate, one
for the prettiest girl and one for
the ugliest boy. The winners are
to be determined by ballot.
A note from Mr. Wm. Maine re
quested that the Tribune announce
that the Secretary of the Singing
convention, held in Pearson on the
fifth Sunday in September last, is
having a thousand minutes of that
meeting printed for general distri
bution. lie also wants to borrow
a photograph of Pearson High
School building, iu order that he
may have a cut made to be used
as the frontispiece.
Tom Freeman, negro drayman
for the Douglas Grocery Company,
was shot and killed Sunday night
by another negro named Coot Mor
ris. The killing occurred at a ne
gro restaurant in one of the many
negro resorts of that city. Morris
immediately surrendered to the
Sheriff, claiming that the killing
was in self defense; t hat the dead
negro was drunk and had a pistol
pointed at him when lie fired the
fatal shot.
The municipal elect ion at Willa
coochee was held last Sat unlay,
and passed off very quietly. Mr.
D. E. Gaskins was re elected May
or without opposition. Four of
the Councilmen elect were J. M.
Shaw, E. C. Henderson, Alexander
Moore and \Y. L. Lankford. The
Tribune failed to get the name of
the fifth councilman. Willaeoo
chee can congratulate herself upon
this selection of officers for the en
suing year; they are all good men
and true.
The friction between Mr. E. 1).
Douglas, foreman of the late grand
jury of Coffee county, and Mr. 15.
H. Tanner, chairman of the board
of county commissioners, has been
the means ol bringing about a dis
cussion of the rights of grand jur
ies by the state press. The Thom
asville Press has the following to
say relative to the tendency of
county offiicials to disregard the
recommendations of grand juries:
“There is a tendency in some coun
ties of the state to look upon the
work of the grand jury as a mere
matter of form. It is treated very
lightly because it is not recognized
as the true voice of the real people.
Negligence on the part of lax offi
cials who have failed to obey the
commands of the people, has caused
this condition of affairs. Where
such conditions exist, succeeding
grand juries should make it a spe
cific part of their business to see
that the recommendations of the
last grand jury have been obeyed,
and in case of failure or negligence,
call the proper officials to books
and demand an explanation. What
ever success this nation has at
tained is due principally to an ad
herence to the voice of the people.”
The report from Secreeary of
State, Hon. Philip Cook, shows
that 469 automobiles are owned in
Coffee county. These care repre
sent an expenditure of not less
than $300,000. It is further stated
that many of them have not been
returned for taxation. The Tax Re
ceiver will be wiser next year and
have the ow ners come across.
The weather for the past two
weeks has been well adapted to
saving pork and many thousands
of pounds have been put away for
next year’s bacon in south Coffee
county. Trust those who have
killed their meat, or a portion of
it, w ill have the good fortune of
saving and curing it nicely. There
is going to be a large quantity of
provisions iu this section next
year.
A sad tragedy occurred near
Nicholls a few days ago when a
young man named Carter was shot
and instantly killed by a young
man named Johnson, both about
sixteen years of age. An investi
gation by Coroner Sims resulted
in young Johnson being held for
murder. Johnson claims that it
was an accident; they had a tussle
for the possession of the gun when
it was discharged. There were no
eye-witnesses to the tragedy.
The following are names of some
of the young gentlemen volunteer
ing in the various departments of
Uncle Sam’s military act ivity from
Coffee county: Dan S. Wall, Jr.,
reported to Camp Gordon Monday:
Archie Roberts, Crossly Kirkland,
J. Fred llunnicutl and Carey Las
tinger have volunteered in the
quartermaster's corps; Gordon L.
White and Clyde K. Bennett have
volunteered in the aviation section
and W. W. Terrell, Jr., has gone
to the navy.
Mr. R. A. Rrinson, ex Cashier of
the Merchants and Farmers Bank,
of Willacooehee, is devoting his at
tention to his farm —his father’s
old naval stores place, seven miles
south of Kirkland. Mr. Brinson
tells the Tribune he proposes to
devote his wisdom and energy
next year to giving diversified
farming a thorough trial. If he
does that his success will be real
ized beyond his most optimistic
conceptions. The Tribune wishes
him the greatest success.
Editor Rieketson, of the Pro
gress; gritted his teeth some last
week because of his failure to land
the public advertising of Coffee
county. By the time he has had
the experience with tin* county
advertising business as this editor
he will decide it isn’t worth a bau
bee. Make a paper that stands
for the rights of the masses, some
thing attractive to the people, cre
ate a demand for t he Progress and
you will be patronized, Bro. Fred.,
and you w ill soon forget there is
such a tiling as county pap.
The Douglas municipal election
was held Saturday and passed off
quietly. The result was: Lawson
Kelley, for Mayor; J. W. Quincey,
for Councilman from the city at
large; Arthur Brooks for Council
man from the first ward, Oliver F.
Deen from the second ward, J. L.
Young from the third ward, and
Elijah L. Tanner from tlie fourth
ward. The defeated candidates
have much for which to congratu
late themselves. A year's free
labor in behalf of an unapprecia
tive public is a most exasperating
and nerve-wrecking undertaking.
The inauguration of the new offi
cere will occur on the first Monday
in January.
PEARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917
INDUSTRIAL GEORGIA
Never before in the history of
the State of Georgia has there
been more enthusiastic activity in
the development of her resources.
Agriculture, fruit and nut grow
ing, stock raising and the neces
sary industries to preserve the
products for future use and for
shipping abroad.
War is a great developer, it pro
duces necessities that are the
mothers of invention and the
utilization of dormant energies
and opportunities. The opportun
ities for acquiring wealth in Geor
gia, and especially in South Geor
gia, has been here in a dormant
state ever since Oglethorpe landed
on Yamaeraw bluff.
The war of the eighteen-sixties
developed new ideas in domestic
economy, it brought about great
er diversification in farming, es
tablished an impetus in stock
raising. Cereal coffee —post u in —
was known and used by t lie peo
ple as a substitute for the genuine
article and when properly prepar
ed was satisfying. Potato bread
about which so much ado is being
made in connection with the Tins
begee, Ala., negro school was
known and used widely in the
rural dist ricts during the war of
the eighteen-sixties, and no doubt
it has been introduced at, Tuske
gee through some good old negro
mammy who learned about it dur
ing the civil war. The great,
quantities of corn and bacon that
was raised in South Georgia, es
pecially Southwest Georgia, gave
it the name of the “Granary of
the Confederacy.” Cattle, sheep
and hog raising were engaged in
extensively and were the foun
dation of some of the biggest for
tunes of I he present generat ion.
The high price of cotton follow
ing that war, together with the
demoralization of labor, created a
monomaniaism for the growing of
cotton. To that one idea all the
energy of I he fanners of t hat time
was bent. They grew cot ton and
depended on the West for their
provision supply. Then followed
the industrial undoing of Georgia,
as well as other southern states.
The civil war in Mexico has ser
ved the purpose of restoring to
Georgia the industries of cat t le,
sheep and hog raising. Cattle
raising in Mexico became unprofit
able, the great Scssom's ranch was
practically wiped out. But for
the Mexican troubles Georgia and
Clinch county would never have
received the benefit of Alex. K.
Scssom’s knowledge and energy in
stockraising; but for the present
world war the present awakening
of the people of the state on the
subject of growing food products
would have been long deferred if
ever restored to Georgia.
Cotton is now bringing as great
a price as it did at, the close of
the war of the eighteen sixties,
and conditions at the close of the
present world war, come when it
may, will be of such a character
that the people of Georgia will
not return to the cotton mania
that followed the war of the
eighteen sixties. First they will
have to contend with the boll
weevil, that is now making the
production of cotton side issue;
the demoralization of labor is more
pronounced than ever, it takes
much labor to grow and harvest
cotton, the many and costly pre
parations that have and is being
made for the profitable growing of
s ock, the less labor required, and
the pleasure and profit to be de
rived from it guarantees that the
change w ill be permanent.
Let the sheep ranches of Wyo
ming and the cattle ranches of
Mexico and Texas be transfered to
South Georgia. There is plenty
of room and greater opportuities
for them here than anywhere else
in this country. Properly hand
led they will lay the foundation
for wealth and independence that
South Georgia has never known
before.
QUIT IT
In hundreds of homes there are
hundreds of women now puzzling
their brains and spending their
time over the question of Christ
mas gifts for a similar number of
women who are likewise planning
to send gifts as fine, as they believe
they are going to get.
Every one of them would like to
be relieved of the burden of gift
giving which has grown up in the
course of years, but each of them
fears to break the custom.
Now would be a good time to
stop it. This yoar, of all years,
our women ought to spend every
spare minute making those things
for our soldiers that make life tol
erable. This is no time for fancy
work for frivolous gifts.
How break the custom? Just
sit down now and write a letter to
your friend, tell her how much you
appreciate her, but tell her how
you both ought to be spending
your time and money for needed
work for t Ini soldier boys, and tell
ing her that you are not going to
send her a present this year, and
request that she likewise refrain.
Then you both do the work that
you feel that you ought to do. —
(><*i Ila Star.
Bro. Flanders, in the above, ex
presses the Tribune’s sentiments
exactly. There is no more uncalled
for custom, unless it be that of
treating among the men. Both
should be relegated to the realm of
forgetfulness.
Small Farms Pay Big
Profits in South Georgia
(By W. \Y. Croxtoii, A., B. A V. By, Atlanta.)
The day of the big plantation is
fast, passing, and the era of the
small farm personally owned and
worked, has come and is taken as
a sign of “better days” and "bigger
profits.”
Farming in South Georgia is not
accompanied by the usual trying
hardships of country life, but its
mild climate, well distributed rain
fall, level farms, loamy, friable,
easy to work soil, good roads,
schools and churches, all combine
to give contentment and pleasant
employment and big profits. South
Georgia is no “one crop” country,
and t he number of profitable crops
are limited only by the capacity
and the labor at the command of
our farmers.
Beginning as early as January
every fanner should plant a lew
acres of Irish potatoes; 2 3-4 acres
in this crop at New Lacey this
year made a net return of $600.00.
Then tobacco (the bright variety)
is another “coining” crop in South
Georgia. The Douglas, Georgia,
market paid an average of 20 cents
per pound for the half million
pounds grown in the vicinity this
year.
No section is better adapted to
peanuts than the Coastal I’lain
area and South Georgia farmers
made a “killing” this year with
this crop. The Oil Mills at the
present time are reported paying
$135.00 per ton —over $2.00 per
bushel —for “run of the field pea
nuts.”
In growing corn, cotton and vel
vet beans cheaply, South Georgia
yields first place to no other sec'
tion, and the yields per acre com
pare favorably with any other
place growing these crops.
With year round pastures, an
abundance of cheaply made feed —
6 modern meat packing houses in
operation —South Georgia outrivals
any section for raising live stock.
She will sell a million hogs for
slaughter this winter and her
farmershave purchased 10,000 head
of cattle from Texas and elsewhere
for breeding purposes and to sup
ply her milk requirements and
creameries.
SOUTH GEORGIA
News of Our Neighbors Told in Short Paragraphs
Col. Bob Hendricks will be May
of Nashville for the next two
years.
Jenkins, Bulloch, Appling and
Pearce counties have joined the
fight for tick eradication.
Hons. R. L. and W. T. Dicker
son have just returned from St.
Louis, Mo., where they purchased
stock for the llomerville market.
The grand jury of Wayne coun
ty recommended that its foreman
and clerk be paid each $1 per day
for their services. Wonder if the
balance of them worked for noth
ing.
The Milltown Air-Line, a short
railroad running from Milltown in
Berrien county to Waylor in
Lowndes county, has escaped tax
ation for years. AVas it too little
to be seen?
In the case of The State agrirst
Hall Verun, charged with the
murder of Lloyd Moore at Tell
more, in Ware superior court last
week, th<> jury made a mistrial.
Both parties were negroes.
A launch having on board a car
go of contraband liquors, valued
at $5,000, bound for Savannah and
for the use of Savannahiaus, was
captured by a United States pa
trol boat recently and the cargo
confiscated.
Glynn superior court convened
Monday, minus grand or petit
juries. Judge High,smith, after
hearing all matters not requiring a
jury, adjourned the court until af
rer the holidays, some time in
January, when the complete term
of the court will pe held.
There seems to be a plethora of
fires throughout South Georgia
within the past few weeks, and
public buildings seem to be the
victims. Hotel at Hawkinsville,
school building at Coolidge. Na
tional Bank building at Thomas
ville and courthouse at Black
shear were among the number.
The Eleventh District Press As
sociation will meet in Adel the
third Monday in January and it
is greatly desired that every news
paper in the district be represen
ted in the meeting. Go to the
meeting, brethren, you will greatly
enjoy your visit to Adel, besides
the inspiration of the meeting it
self.
It, has been thirty years since
Mitchell county built, its present
courthouse and it has become in
adequate to the demands for a
temple of justice. The county
commissioners are laying plans to
build next year a commodious
and imposing structure, wherein
shall be written the Latin maxim;
“Fiat justitia ruat coelum.”
Within the next sixty days it
is expected the members of the
Savannah Volunteer Guards, now
at Fort Screven, will be sent to
France. This is the basis of a re
port current in Savannah this
week. Six companies of coast ar
tillery, comprising the fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh companies
(formerly the Guards) and two
companies of regulars will be mer
ged into three batteries of heavy
railroad artillery. No definite an
nouncement eas come from officia
sources regarding the movemen of
the coast artillery but it is ex
pected momentarily. Mosr of the
four companies mentioned above
contain ninety per cent of Savan
nah boys, the remaining percen
tage being made up of gallant
youngsters from the towns near
Savannah.
SI.OO A YEAR
Berrien county has 100 volun
teers, 34 from Nashville, in Uncle
Sam’s fighting force.
Some South Georgia schools had
to close two weeks ago for the
want of fuel to make the buil
dings comfortable.
The Berrien county convict
gang is working in the Alapaha
district. Hope some of it is being
done on the East and AVest High
way.
A carload of 16.000 pounds of
pecans, crop of 19!6, has just becu
shipped from Albany. They have
been kept this long time on cold
.siorage. A fancy price was paid
for them.
In the ease of The State against
Leon Crawford, indicted for a
misdemeanor in AVare superior
court, the Defendant was dischar
ged, the state being unable to
make out a case against him.
Miss Eva Mae Russell, of Ro
chelle, and Mr. Sam J. Tankersley,
of Ocilla, were united in marriage
a few days ago. The groom is a
brother of Miss Annie Tankersley
—now Mrs. Williams —who taught
music in Pearson la -t year.
Jesup high school gets a voca
tional department under the
Smitli-Ilughes Federal Statute.
The money received under this
law can he used for no other pur
pose than vocational training
along industrial lines.
The Ruby House, Boston, Ga.,
has been destroyed by fire. It
was built by Mr. Ben I. Stone
about 30 years ago and named for
his youngest daughter, Miss Ruby.
It was noted for its comfortable
lodgings and excellent cuisine,
during the time it was conducted
by his widow.
Sunday and Thursday nights
will be lightless in Savannah ac
cording to orders from the fuel
administrator. This means only
such lights as are absolutely ne
cessary will be burned on those
two evenings. Violation of the
order will render the offender lia
ble to prosecution by the govern
ment.
Hon. Leon A. Wilson, of Way
cross, has been appointed speical
master in the case of Georgia
(toast and Piedmont railroad. He
went, to Brunswick yesterday to
hear arguments in the matter of
fees to be allowed receivers, at
torneys, etc. He will fix the fees
of all parties connected with the
litigation.
Hon. Tim Furlow, of Americus
is an enforced father. A moman,
stylishly attised and apparently a
lady of refinement, met him in the
Macon union railroad station and
requested that he buy her
a ticket naming the point to
which she was going. He per
formed the service and on hand
ding the woman the ticket was
told it was punched to the wrong
place. He offered to have the er
ror rectified but she replied by
asking him to hold her baby and
permit her to have the change
made. He gallently took the
babe and the woman went in the
direction of the ticket office, and
that is the last he has seen of her
although delinquent search was
made to find her. lie and Mrs.
Furlow carried the infant home
with them to Americus and will
number it as oue of his already
large family of children.
