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PEARSONffTRIBUNE
VOL. 3—VO. 39
COFFEE COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered From
Various Sources.
The latest comparative state
ment made by the governiw at of
the cotton crop of Coffee comity,
shows 21.585 bales ia 1917 agai is!
23,412 m 1916.
The Douglas Baptist church is to:
be formally dedicated soon, its in
debtedness having all been paid off
and the evidences of same having
been destroyed.
The farmers in the vicinity of
Nieholls will not only grow largely
of tobacco this year, but are going
to build a warehouse and sell their
product at Nieholls. The Tribune
sees where they are right.
A food conservation meet ing was
held in the courthouse at Douglas
last Monday afternoon. Judge J.
W. Quineey, Federal food adminis
trator for Coffee county, presided.
The meeting was held to impress
upon the people the absolute ne
cessity of conserving the county's
food supply.
The home of Mrs. IV. \V. Mc-
Donald, at Douglas, was burning
during the festivities attending
the wedding of her daughter, Mil
dred, and Mr. C. (’. Paulk, on the
evening of January 23rd. It was
not discovered until next morning
about 6:30. It was'put out with a
probable damage of SIOO.
The government has secured
100,000 tons of nitrate of soda,
which it proposes to sell to farmers
at cost. Coffee county farmers,
who may desire to secure part of
this nitrate should place their or
der for same, through the county
demonstration agent, not later t han
Feb. 4th. We understand that the
cost will be $75.00 per ton, plus
the freight and other charges.
Prof. John Ethridge has been
added to the faculty of the Elev
enth District Agricultural School
at Douglas. 11c is a graduate of
the Second District Agricultural
School at Tifton, and has just com
pleted a three year course at the
State College of Agriculture at
Athens. He is reported as a very
efficient and practicable teacher.
Box Social at Satilla Park.
There will be a box social at Sa
til la Park sehoolhouse tomorrow
night. This sehoolhouse is near
Covington bridge, about 4 miles
north of Pearson. The funds w ill
be used for the improvement of
the school building and grounds.
Misses Ilculah Roberts and Rachel
McKinnon are the teachers and
they are working hard to win one
of the the prizes offered by the
county board of education for the
best kept and improved buildings
and grounds.
Superior Court Calendar.
By actual count there is 197
cases on the civil calendar of Coffee
superior court, not counting the
business transferred to it from the
defunct City Court of Douglas.
The criminal calendar is equally
as bad. Four terms a year of the
court will be required to clear its
own dockets to say nothing of the
City Court business transferred to
it. Judge Summerall is taking the
matter complacently, knowing it is
absolutely impossible for him to
handle all this business within the
time allowed him. He will keep
busy w hile the court is being held,
do his whole duty and be satisfied.
Texas dealers have been offering
this week $1.25 per bushel f. o. b.
at Valdosta for sweet potatoes. 11
is a fine price.
Pension Payments Begin
Soon After February 15.
The Pension Department expects
to begin the payment of pensions
in Georgia about February loth or
March Ist, according to John W.
Lindsey, Commissioner of Pen
sions. It is hoped at that time to
be able to pay approximately
'600,000, half the entire appropri
ation for 1918 pensions.
No paj merits can lie made until
the school warrants amounting to
$1,600,000, due February Ist, are
paid, as these warrant s have prece
dence over all other matters.
Last year the first payment was
made about February loth, to
about one half of the counties.
The remaining counties did not re
ceive their pension funds until
April. This year the counties
which were paid in April last year
will receive the first payment this
year, and the others w ill be paid
when the remainder of the appro
priation is available. Under this
arrangement Coffee county will be
ini luded in the counties to be paid
out of the first issue.
Farmers Income L x Retain:
Collector of Internal Revenue,
A. (). Blalock, has had printed
100,000 blank forms for the special
use of Georgia farmers in making
their income tax returns. These
blanks have been placed with dif
ferent persons (the editor of the
Tribune has been furnished with
two or three) in the several coun
ties of the State for distribution.
The distribution of t hese special
blanks will greatly simplify the
matter of making returns for the
farmers, inasmuch as there are
many things on the-regalur blanks
which in no wise concern them and
which would be liable to puzzle
hem. In these special blanks
each farmer, required to make a
return, must set down every item
frem which he derives an income
of any soi l. The ret urns from each
crop, no matter how small, and
from the rent of animals or mach
inery must be set down; w hile de
ductions will be allowed for inter
est, taxes, stock and supplies
bought, wages paid and many oth
er items.
The special blanks contain 107
questions in addition to the affida
vit required.
Then, taro! tie Tribune is not
a filial. d Hie iwo or tbree
blanks in !i j n ion <an be had
bj any one wi: > needs them.
AutomoLils License.
Application blanks for automo
bile license will be found in the
hands of Sheriff \V. M. Tanner,
who will be pleased to accommo
date those in need of such papers,
it is incumbent upon the Sheriff
of each county to see that the law
requiring all automobiles and mo
tor vehicles of all kinds be regia
tered with the Secretary of State,
who will provide license tags, upon
the payment of the stipulated fees,
and Sheriff Tanner, in looking to
the enforcement of this law in the
county of Coffee, urges upon all
persons subject to this tax to pro
vide themselves w ith the necessary
tag at once. The law limits the
time of securing these tags to the
first of Manli. The Sheriff will
insist upon the observance of this
law to the letter and states that
no one will be excused, but he will
make eases against anyone operat
ing a car without a license tag af
ter the first of March.
Barrien county farmers have gone
to work jost as- if’ they had never
heard of a boll weevil, and many
of them will plant the largest
acreage in cotton they have ever
planted.—Milltown Advocate.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918
! NEW ANCLE OF FOOD WASTE.
Parents Discouraged in Seuding
Food to Army Cantonments
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, federal
food administrator for Georgia, and
the National Council for Defense
for the country generally, have
taken up a new angle of the food
waste at army cantonments, of
which there are three in Georgia
—Macon, Augusta and Atlanta.
Investigations have shown that
a great burden of t lie waste comes
not from the manner of handling
food supplies in the camps and
cantonments as from injudicious
home thoughtfulness and would-be
careful attention on tlie part of
parents, relatives and friends of
the men who are in the camps. In
respect to that practice generally
the following statement has been
promulgated:
“The Council of National De
fense desires to inform the people
of the country that abundant food
is supplied to the soldiers and sail
ors in the camps and cantonments,
and that the sending of food to
these men by their friends and
families is not in any respect nec
essary; that the aggregate quanti
fy of food thus privately sent is
enortnous and that much of it is
more or less spoiled and, conse
quently, injurious to the health of
the men. Therefore, in the inter
est of t he conservation of food and
also the health of the men, the
Council of National Defense re
quests the public to discontinue
the sending of food to the camps.”
It has been shown by investiga
(ion in tliis State, and attention is
directed to that fact by the food
administration in Georgia, that
the tender home tent intent which
naturally prompts the sending of
boxes or packages of food to men
in the camps is, from a food stand
point, not only superfluous but in
non conformity with the very pur
pose of conservation which is be
ing carried out to materially aid
these men in camp to win the war.
The war department looks very
zealously after the proper care of
the appetites of the soldiers and
in this country more than any in
the world, perhaps, is the matter
of food for soldiers fully provided
for. The result is that the thought
fulness of home folks in this res
pect deviates from and disrupts
the carefully prepared food sched
ule of the army, and at the same
time sends to an inevitable waste
much food that should be used at
and conserved by t he homes. This,
too, when it is an admitted fact,
the world over, that food is as im
portant in fighting this war as aro
bullets.
Cut and Save Cord Wood.
Georgia farmers w ho are clearing
new ground or who have wood
which cannot be used for lumber,
crossties or other commercial pur
poses, would do well to begin right
now to cut it up as cord wood for
use next winter.
This is tlic advice of State Com
missioner of Agriculture, J. J.
Brown. Jle says : “This is the time
to cut cord wood for next season’s
use, as it should be cut before the
sap rises in the spring. While we
cannot, of course, foresee condi
tions as they will exist next win
ter, I am inclined to thing that no
man will make a mistake in cut
ting a good supply of cord wood
now which will give him a surplus
for sale next winter. All indica
tions are there will lie a good de
mand for it, locally and otherwise,
and It may be sold at a splendid
profit.”
At any rate don’t waste wood in
clearing your new ground. Wood
is getting scarcer every year and
its conservation is a goed idea.
Georgian Boosted for
Governor of Florida.
A dispatch from Brunswick says
that Hon. Edwin 1). Lambriglit,
who was born and reared in that
city, but now a citizen of and post
master at Tampa, Fla,, is being
groomed by hundreds of friends in
South Florida and throughout the
State for Governor, and are urging
him to make the race two years
hence. Air. Lain bright is a news
paper man of brilliant attainments;
went from Brunswick many years
ago to accept a position on Tampa
Tribune, and for the past ten years
he has been editor of that paper
and forcing it to the front rank
among Southern newspapers, lie
left the Tribune some time ago to
accept the appointment as post
master of Tampa. He recently
visited Brunswick, called there by
the doatli of his grand mot her, Mrs.
Ellen M. Dart, who was known as
one of Brunswick’s oldest and most
beloved women. Floridians would
make no mistake in electing him
the governor of t heir State.
Cannon’s Assailant Captured.
Last Saturday morning Sheriff
Mizell of Charlton county, received
information that John Henry Ver
gil, the negro who shot at Deputy
Sheriff (’annon near Waycross sev
eral days ago, was hiding in the
St. Marys swamp a few miles from
Folkston. Upon reaching the scene
the sheriff arrested the negro and
carried him to Waycross Saturday
night and turned him over to the
sheriff of Ware county, Ilcnry J.
Sweat. Upon examination the ne
gro was found to be shot in approx
imately ten different places, but
the attending physician states that
the wounds arc not serious and he
will most likely recover.
Busy South Georgia Knitters.
Waycross has an enthusiastic
lot of knitters among the school
boys and girls as well as among
the grown folk, still they do not
equal some of the knitters in the
neighboring towns who take their
knitting to church.
A preacher who has just re
turned from holding a series of
meetings in some small towns in
southern Georgia stated that at
one Sunday morning service ho
had several knitters who left off
their work during the sermon, but
plied their needles most vigorously
during the song service.
Small Farms the Mi
Small, thoroughly cultivated
farms are the need of every section
of Georgia, especially of the south
east portion. Inducements should
be offered land owners —if indeed
a perception of the w isdom of such
a course docs not come to them —
-to sell wild lands at reasonable
figures to those who will cultivate
them. Many people want to come
to Candler County. A little un
selfish work along this line would
greatly increase our wealth and
make for our progress in every
way. —Motter Advert iser.
A dispatch from Brunswick says
that city is called upon to build
700 to 1,000 houses of three to five
rooms each, cosing approximately
$500,000, besides the land, to ac
commodate 1,000 or more ship
builders to be sent there within
the next thirty or sixty days by
the government. This is a big un
dertaking, but Brunswick people
are progressive and energetic and
will not have cold feet because of
it. Every citizen that can drive a
nail or saw to a scribe w ill have a
get together meeting and plunge
into the proposition aud —it will
be accomplished.
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told in
Pointed Paragraphs.
Liberty county grew 1000 bales
more cotton in 1917 than she did
in 1916.
The farmers of Thomas county,
with the weather moderated, are
making preparations for growing a
great provision crop; breaking the
land has already commenced.
Growing food crops at this time is
a fine policy.
A derelict John Henry, with 260
pints and one gallon packages of
whiskey on board, was found a few
days since on a prominent street of
Waycross deserted, having been
stranded because of punctured
tires. No clue to the ownership.
The owners of the Camden Can
ning Factory, of St. Marys have
applied for charter in Mclntosh
county and will establish a can
ning business at Valona, near Da
rien, under the name and style of
the “Mclntosh Canning Factory.”
Melon growers of South Georgia
are undecided whether or not to
plant a crop, because of the uncer
tain t ransportation problem. Mel
ons must be moved to market
promptly to prevent loss to the
grower. Some growers in Thomas
county will take the risk; the fine
prices are alluring.
Land owners of Charlton and
Camden counties are hastily taking
advantage of the Torreu’s land
registration law. South Georgia
lands are rapidly advancing in val
ue and the owners are seeing the
necessity of having no entangle
ments in their titles. Lands regis
tered under this law becomes free
from attack in the courts.
It is current that our old friend
and the founder of the Swainsboro
Bine-Forest newspaper. Col. Alfred
Herrington, will probably change
his residence to St. Marys. He
and his wife have been down there
prospecting. Col. Herrington serv
ed as Solicitor-General of the Mid
dle circuit for several years. The
'Tribune wishes him success.
The list of Christmas casualties
continues to grow, victims of the
open grate and the sportsman’s
shotgun. The latest reported is
Frances, the 11 -year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Bollard,of Valdosta.
While preparing for bed,the weath
er being extremely cold, the lad
stood fora few minutes before an
open grate; his clothes were ignited
and he was burned so badly that
lie lias since died.
Sheriff Lee, of Clinch county,
armed with a search warrant, a
few days since found a still and a
half barrel of whiskey in the smoke
house of Mrs. J. F. Loekamy, a
widow living some miles from
Homerville. Charlie Thompson
had been peddling it for the woman
and when caught with some of the
goods, gave the whole / thing away.
Mrs. Loeliamy, her son Ralph and
Thompson were all arrested.
T. W. Wrench, of Folkston and
formerly editor of the Chariton
County Herald, has bought and
shipped forty car loads of Yellow
Yam sweet potatoes this season,
and won for himself the soubriquet
of “Yellow Yam King.” Mr.
Wrench is a westerner, came to
Georgia at thy founding of the
Fitzgerald colony. Ho was con
nected with his father for many
years in the newspaper and print
ing business in Fitzgerald and
Brunswick. Leaving Brunswick
he bought the Charlton County
Herald, which he ably conducted
until he recently sold it to engage
in the produce business,
81.00 A YEAR
A Game Two Can Play.
The countryman who takes ad
vantage of the townsman’s unfortu
nate situation during this cold
weather and charges him such an
extortionate price for wood should
not complain if he finds himself
short on money and food products
next summer and the townsman
charges him $3.00 for a bushel of
corn that is worth only $1.50, or
70 cents a pound for meat that is
retailing at 35 cents. —Hawkins-
viile Dispatch and News.
Evidently, the ancient David
may not prove to be the only man
that “played on a harp of a thou
sand strings.”
Judge Banner 11. Thomas, Ordi
nary of Ware county, who is also
engaged in the buggy, wagon and
harness business, went down to his
store early enough last Sunday
morning to capture a burglar and
save his safe from being robbed of
about $200.00 in cash. There were
two of the robbers, the one cap
tured was a negro boy who claimed
the name of Claude Patrick, said
lie was from Jacksonville, Fla.,and
that an unknown tramp had put
him up to the job and helped him
into the building. He was turned
over to an officer and will be blis
tered by Judge Crawley, of the
City Court of Waycross, with a
straight twelve months chaingang
sentence.
Captain Homer (!. Parker, a
prominent young attorney of
Statesboro and a nephew of Judge
T. A. Parker, of Waycross, is very
ill from pneumonia in a training
camp near Houston, Texas, and his
relatives and friends are anxious
about him. He is a graduate of
Mercer law school, practicing law
in Statesboro and has served as
solicitor of the City court there.
He enlisted in the first officer’s
training corps at Ft. McPherson
and was given a captain’s commis
sion and sent to the Texas training
camp for service. He has since
been promoted twice —captain ad
jutant and judge advocate.
Gilbert Stewart, a negro turpen
tine laborer, of Jeff Davis county,
pleaded guilty in the Federal court
at Savannah, of highway robbery
in that he waylayed and robbed
H.. 11. Odum, a rural mail carrier.
Judge Evans gave hi in a 25-year
term in the federal prison. Stew
arl put Odum out of business by
filling his face and body full of No.
6 shot, and robbed him thinking
he was dead.
The Altamaha bridge project has
taken on new life, but it seems,
that the Doctortown proposition
has been abandoned because the
people advocating that route failed
to subscribe the amount required
within the time limit. Citizens of
Glennville, Tattnall county, have
taken SIOO,OOO of the stock upon
condition that the bridge be built
at Upper Sisters bluff between Ap
pling and Tattnall counties, about
ten miles above Doctortown.
Employees of the Savannah
sugar rclining corporation at Port
Wentworth have learned that it
pays to be known as a steady work
man. Recently the refinery an
nounced a plan of bonuses for the
workers who remained throughout
t lie year. The bonus is paid two
or three times a year, and with
those who earn large wages the
bonus amounts to a tidy little sum.
Since the refinery opened with the
new Cuban crop there has been no
trouble in securing employees.
Miles Whitfield, a prominent
Grady county farmer, was shot and
instantly killed by his son Tuesday
afternoon, at the son’s home,where
he had gone to see his wife who
separated from him. A quarrel en
sued between them. The son shot
in defense of himself and mother.