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PEARSONffiTRIBUNE
VOL. 3—NO. 47
ANNOUNCEMENT
Hew Spring and Summer
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I wish to call your attention to the fact that my Spring
and Summer HATS have arrived
and are now on display
Call and take your choice —a look will prove to you that my line is
complete and worth your attention. You find the very Latest styles.
MRS. ALICE BARTLEY,
PEARSON, - - GEORGIA
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told in
Pointed Paragraphs.
The small crowds attending
Berrien superior court last week
was very noticeable, and became a
subject of comment. Nobody there
except those who actually had
business t here.
.1. \V. Merritt, a wealthy Colquit t
county farmer, having become tired
of life, deliberately committed sui
cide. The deed was committed
almost in the presence of his fami
ly, they having been commanded
to vacate t he room a minute before
the pistol shot which ended his
life was fired.
The grand jury of Berrien coun
ty has prepared a bill of indict
ment against A. 11. Weathers the
bank promotor who soaked the
little banks at Enigma in Berrien
county, Ambrose in Coffee county,
and Alma in Bacon county. Weath
ers has gone to parts unknown and
they will have to catch him before
lhey try him.
.1. 1). Stringer, of Pine Park,
(Irady county, was called to his
door one night last week and pre
sented by a stranger with a big
basket, which upon examination
proved to contain a few days old
baby girl. He will keep her. of
course, and no quest ions asked. It
was not intended for it to go to an
orphan's home.
The Mayor and Council of Oeil
la have followed Mayor llargretCs
precedent and shut carnivals out
of their city. Tilton, Oeilla and
no other community need the di
versions usually provided by that
class of shows. The Tribune agrees
that the people who run these
shows should be put to work at
some useful labor to the country.
The blackberry crop is now in
danger from the boll weevil says a
statement from a South Georgia
county. Emerging early from his
winter siesta and finding no cotton
to satiate his apixdite he has at
tacked the blackberry crop. The
Tifton Gazette sounds the alarm
to its editorial brethren that their
crop is being invaded and calls
upon the* boys of the country press
to “Rally to the colors . . . and
swat the weevil while swatting
may save the pie!" Dog bust his
hugship. just let him come this way!
Six Weeks’ Spring Normal at
PIEDMONT INSTITUTE
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA.
From April 10th to May 17th, 1918.
IF YOl WANT TO Make a License;
Make a Better License;
Teach a Better Scliool;
Receive a Better Salary;
Come right on to PIEDMONT and we w ill help you to do so.
Board and Tuition only $30.00 for the Six Weeks.
Write at once for reservation of room.
M. O. CARPENTER, Pres. Waycross, Georgia.
Clinch Superior Court.
The above tribunal has been in
session this week. It drew to Ho
merville others besides court offi
cials and lawyers. Candidates
were present, notably \Y. G. Lank
ford for congress, ,L I. Summerall
for judge of the superior courts of
the Waycross judicial circuit, Levi
O’Steen and A. I>. Spence for solic
ito general of the Waycross judicial
circuit. Don't know what, prog
ress they made with t heir candida
cies, but heard some favorable
comments of Mr. Spence as a can
didate for solicitor-general. Dr.
A. H. Culpepper seems to have the
inside track for representative in
the legislature from that county.
Mr. Egbert L. Turner, of The
Valdosta Times, was there collect
ing from old subscribers and secur
ing new ones. The Times has been
a favorite newspaper with the peo
pie of Clinch county ever since its
publication began in March, 1867.
under the name of “The South
Georgia l imes." The South Geor
gia Times was for many years the
official newspaper of Clinch county.
The court was organized, the
calendar called and the trial of
cases begun by I 1:45 a. m.
The grand jury, with lion. Geo.
M. Dame as foreman, was said to
he the ablest and most represent a
five body of men impanelled as
a grand jury in Clinch county
for many years, and it was predict
cd that there will be something
doing toward law enforcement and
the clarifying of the moral atmos
phere of the county.
In his charge to the grand jury
Judge Summerall stressed the ne
cessity of enforcing the law against
vagrancy and insisted that this
criminal slat ute should be specially
enforced at this time; that farmers
need ail the help they could get to
produce foodstuffs to help win the
war; that there is plenty of work
at good wages and there is no ex
cuse for loafing; t hat those who re
fuse to work, with no visible or
legitimate means of support, should
be made to work; there should be
no drones in the hive.
The indications were that the
session would be a short one. The
farmers were anxious to get hack
| to their farms and take advantage
lof the splendid rain of Sunday
| night by planting t heir crops. The
season up to date has been too dry
| to plant with the expectation of
I the seed germinal ing.
PEAK SON, GEORGIA, Fill DAY, MARCH '2S>, IJHB
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
Increase Your Food Products by
Using Nitrogen Bacteria
Atlanta, Ga„ March 25. —The
state department of agriculture
has made it a comparatively easy
and inexpensive matter for every
farmer in the state to inoculate
his seed for leguminous crops with
nitrogen bacteria, and thereby
produce a larger and better yield
per acre.
In this year of scarce labor and
demand for more food and feed
products, it is important to take
advantage of every possible agency
which will increase the per acre
yield. The nitrogen bacteria will
do it, when properly applied, with
peanuts, alfalfa, velvet beans, soy
beans, cow peas, and other legumi
nous crops, as is indicated in hun
dreds of letters which the depart
ment has received from those who
have used it.
The department furnishes this
nitrogen bacteria to Georgia fann
ers at the small price of 20c per
acre, which is slightly less than
the actual cost of production; and
it does this in order to encourage
its use and to assist in getting
larger crop yields.
A few extracts from some of the
letters reaching the department
will give an idea of the splendid
results attained;
Jeff Davis county—“ Made more
peas and hay per acre. It paid
me well to use it.”
Museogee county—“lnoculation
with your cultures increased my
crop of peas and vines 100 per cent.”
Troup county—“On a field of
Brabham peas I left six or eight
rows uninoculated, and in July the
difference in growl h was noticeable
a quarter of a, mile.”
Houston county —“Have used it
for several years on peanuts. In
some cases il increases the yield
200 per cent.”
Oobb county—“ Have used cul
tures on garden beans and can
state that it nearly doubled the
yield.”
Fulton county —“Cultures had
the most marked effect on soy
bean plants—raw, red clay soil
producing soys at the rate of 100
bushels to the acre.”
Habersham county—“We ma
tured 100-day velvet beans with
inoculation where others failed,
planting at the same time.”
Lowndes county —“Have been
pleased with results and expect to
apply this inoculation to all my
seed this year.”
Baldwin county—“ Much better
stand and much larger growth of
peanuts where seed were inocu
lated.”
The foregoing are but a few of
the many favorable statements
coming to the department relative,
to the good results from the use of
nitrogen bacteria. Farmers in
writing for this bacteria should
stair' the kind of crops they expect
to plant, as most crops require a
special bacteria.
The state department of agricul
ture is exerting its utmost efforts
to bring about the earliest possible
furloughing from the national army
of young farmers w ho are so badly
needed on the farms on account of
the labor shortage, and for increas
ed food production.
Congress has already passed a
law providing for such furlough
ing, and leaving the manner of it
discretionary with the secretary
of war. Commissioner J. J. Brow n
has not only wired the secretary
of war urging the necessity for
prompt action, but sent a telegram
to every Georgia congressman,
asking him to do his best to get
the matter attended to at once.
Moreover, Mr. Brown has wired
the commissioners of agriculture
and other officials in all the soutli-
Big Valdosta Bank Closed.
The Southern Bank and Trust
Company, the largest financial in
stitution of Valdosta, closed its
doors Friday morning and it s affairs
turned over to state bank officials.
President Blalock states that this
trouble has arisen because sudden
and unexpected demands had been
made upon it and ils utter inability
to realize upon its securities in
time to meet it. It created a tre
mendous sensation in Valdosta
business circles. .Depositors are
fully secured; the loss, if any, will
fall on the stockholders. The ut
most confidence is expressed in the
integrity of the bank officers and
financiers and are ready, as soon as
the hank is examined by the state
officials, to finance it and continue
the business.
Georgians Gontrol G. & F.
Messrs. J. F. Lewis, of Valdosta,
and E. P. Lewis, of Montezuma,
brothers, have bought the Balti
more Trust Company's interest in
the Georgia \ Florida rail rod.
They became the owners of the
largest single interest in the road,
but not a controlling interest as
some have expressed it. The road
is to be reorganized in the near
future, taken from under the re
ceivership, and it is possible for
its control lobe rested in Georgia
men, and hacked by Georgia
money. No radical changes in the
management of the road will be
made over for some time. Val
dosta people are elated over the
news.
ern states, asking them to take
similar action and bring every
possible pressure to bear, so that
there may be no further delay.
The war department lias advised
that ils ruling will he issued at an
early date. Much depends upon
the department's plans of action
under the law. To prove effect ive,
these men must be furloughed in
dividually wherever they wish ii.
Georgia farmers are suffering I<>
day for need of labor.
“Every day is precious as the
planting season is on.” wired Com
missioner Brown. “The assistance
of these young farmers will mean
many additional tons of food pro
duct ion for the nal ion.
The President's Order.
“The situation arising from the
scarcity of farm labor demands
that the call to the colors of
men actively, completely, and as
siduously engaged in the. planting
or cultivation of a crop, but who
are in Class 1 and within the new
quota, should be deferred until the
end of the new quota. Please
instruct your Local Boards, there
fore, that the President directs
that, in filling this Emergency
call, they shall pass the order
numbers of such men and defer
their call, for the present. It must
be bora in mind that this step is
taken solely in the need of the
nation, and not for the benefit of
any individual. Therefore, while
boards should consider it a grave
duty to exercise this power to con
serve and augment the agricultural
production, they should observe
closely the conduct of those de
ferred, and immediately upon be
coining convinced that any person
so deferred is not giving his entire
time and earnest attention to agri
cultural duty, or that he is trifling
with the deferment thus granted
him, the Board should forthwith
call him to the colors. All citizens
should assist in making this ex
pedient effective, and in bringing
to the attention of the Boards
cases meriting deferment, as well
as eases in which deferment is br
ng abused.”
ANNOUNCEMENT
Millinery Opening ,
Mrs. Fussell takes this method to inform her many friends
that her SPRING and SUMMER
pfr hats
Have arrived in the latest SHAPES and designs and, are now ready
for your inspection. Your patronage is solicited. : ; :
MRS. HATTIE FUSSELL,
PEARSON, . . . GEORGIA
COFFEE COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered From
Various Sources.
It was reported in Pearson Sat
urday that there was a heavy hail
storm the previous Wednesday
night up on Satilla river. That
was the cause of the cold wave
Thursday.
The Paulk fish pond, a short
distance North of Wiilaeoochee, is
to be drained off and followed by
a fishing on Friday, April sth.
Tickets of admission will be sold
at $1,50. Mr. Paulk says there
will be plenty of fish for all.
Eggs are not as plentiful as they
were a few weeks back. Madam
Hen is plying her vocation as
usual, but the low price of eggs
and the high price "of bacon is
causing our country cousins to use
them as meat substitutes at home.
Mr. E. I). Brinson and family
moved last week to Kirkland
where Mr. Brinson is engaged in
the turpentine business. Homer
vill(l hates to give up such a fami
ly as this, 1 >ut it was to their
interest to move closer to his place
of business. —Homerville News.
Mr. J. J. Vickers, of Willaeoo
ciiee, makes a report of the results
of his one horse farm last year:
“Killed 21 head of hogs, sold 24
head for $738.00, and made plenty
of everything else needed.” This
is a great country, but our home
people do not appreciate it as they
should.
The Sunny Side school is pre
paring for a gala closing day on
Saturday, April 27th. The day
will be given over to Hu* com
munity at large. There will be a
number of addresses and picnic
dinner served at the noon hour.
Among those invited to make ad
dresses are Judge J. I. Summerall,
Elder (J. Tom West, a lady who
will discuss female suffrage from
an affirmative view, and Ye Editor.
That is one of the best communi
ties in Coffee county and the Trib
une is expecting a pleasant and
profitable day.
Break your Cold or LaGrippe
with a few doses of 666.
FLIES AND MOSQUITOES
Will bo troubling you before long. Prepare for them by Screen
ing. We can furnish you with something to keep them out.
™AI?rOMOBiLE"TiRi5 — AND TUBES
The Famous HARTFORD Brand, guaranteed for 5000 mile*— •*
and the best of it is, you will not have to worry with an adjust
ment for they will give ail that is claimed for them, and mokk.
-HARDWARE AND FURNITURE—
We carry a full line of Hardware and Furniture. Have you
traded with us yeti If not. we have both lost. We are here
to serve you, and Honesty iis our Motto.
See our stock and get our prices—compare them with others —
convince yourselves of Quality and Quantity before buying.
You owe it to yourselves, and to us. We are expecting you.
PARKER HARDWARE & FURNITURE CO.
P. s. —Lacies, we have just received a Beautiful line of that
Servibeable ALUMINUM COOKING WARE!
SI.OO A YEAR
Patriotic Rally at Douglas.
Judge J. W. Qi incey* Chairman
of the Coffee Connty Council of
Defense, has requested t he Tribune
to announce that a patriotic and
an educational rally will be held
in Douglas to-morrow, and it is
hoped that every citizen of Coffee
county who possibly can will be
present.
it is very necessary that the pa
triot ie sensihilit i< s of our people
he aroused to a full understanding
of the emergencies our country is
up against, and what is their reas
onable duty in the premises.
The speakers for the occasion
are Governor Hugh M. Dorsey,
Attorney-General Clifford Walker,
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown, and probably a French offi
cer from "over there," who can tell
our people from actual experience
and contact with it, just the kind
of warfare we are up against and
what we must do to win the fight
Let us all spare one day from
our routine affairs and go to Doug
las and receive the information so
necessary to a proper understand
ing of what our country and the
world expects of us in this crisis.
Don’t forget if; to-morrow is the
date and all are earnestly solicited
to attend.
Rogers Judge of City Court.
Gov. Dorsey has finally nomi
nated Judge J. .1. Rogers to be the
Judge of the City Court of Coffee
county, and that gentleman was
sworn in by the Governor last
Thursday morning. The first term
of the court will be held on the
first Monday in June. Mr. A. W.
Haddock will he the clerk, and
\\ . M. Tanner the Sheriff. It is
understood that Solicitor-General
Dickerson will be the prosecuting
officer.
A South Georgia man, Judge
Henry B. Strange, of Statesboro,
lias been appointed Secretary of
State by Gov. Dorsey to fill the
unexpired term of Hon. Philip
Cook, deceased. Judge Strange is
an excellent selection for the place.
11 is stated that he will be a candi
date for the full term and will be
opposed by Hon. Crawford Wheat
ley, of Americus.