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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1918)
ri: Ait son tim in \e Publmhcd Weekly, I!. 'I. AU.EN, I'M i I or. I :iiti rcil ill tin I’imliiMli'l' 111 I'nurxon, < looriiltt, n.i mull nmtti r ot tlir w-eoml i-Ihmi. Siit«i:i'li>Ui)ii pril l', ttl.Wft year In ftilvftiiee. Ail I i'it lifintt nii«» ivrn lllxrnl 11 ml will lie lliaill- kllnWII nil Kplilllllllnll. Gov. 11. M. Dorsey is liookvd lo make tin' |n'iii<'i|nil iidilross ill. tin* I'il/.■><• i‘iilil auto show next I Inns day, r ritla.v aiul Sat unlay. I lavingsui'ii a I lii'i'c ringi'il I'irciis, (Iriuik old lasliioiit'd moonshine and gof onr ilium 1 on the odiloi ial |mg<* of l lie Savannah Ricks, our hnppi ness is ('oin|ilt'l(‘, and tliy sorvnnl is ri'iul.v lo di'imrl in penot*," says Hro. < ! ril'fin of I lie I lain hr nine I’on I Sonirliliglll. W i 11, Hud, are l hero an objectors lo I lie performance'? Scowl I lion a man with a dreamy look in his eye, oven I lie look t hat is dial of a sick chicken's? Worry not over his lioall h. II isnotseri on* In a low days he will betake himself lo the A lapalia river or other convenionl abode of (lie pis ealorial tribe and work il off.— < (cilia Star. 'I lie Soul h < Icorjiia candidate for l iiiled Slates senator, I lon. ('lias. D. Kdwards, has announced dial he is oul of die race, and w ill con line his act ivit ies lo die practice of law. Charlie Kd wards is more 10 our liking I hau Billie I larris, bill IMllie seems lo have President Wilson's “<>. K.” lan on and that means much in present day politics. The Tribune is pleased to an nounce the marriage at llomerville ol Miss I,oreii.i ITndley and Dr 11. Culpepper, l’aslor I'empsey. ol tile llupdsl ehureh, performed (lie cerenionv. The bride is a very al 1 1 act ive young woman, w bile I lie groom is a prominent physician and the present representative in I he louislal ure from Clinch enmity. 110 took an ael ive part and voted for l heereal ion of Wkinson enmity. The Tift on Hoard of Trade lias resolved itself intoa Hoard of War Ihneryeney to help first to win the war. The war ended it will resume activity us a Hoard of Trade. Alas. Pearson lias no Hoard of Trade, and as for winning the war, what la done receives no publicity, but 11 satislii's our patriotism. Il is onr "bii" to do our utmost to help win I In* war. It is tin* measure of our responsibility. \tv we tilling the measure ot our losponsibilin Kv-Presidenl 1.. ,1. Cooper, of the First National Hank of W ay* toss, will It,no to face prosecution in Chic.mo on the < ttnrgi* ot cheatinj; and sw inti lint*'. Cov. Dorse) lias honored flu* requisition papers from the Governor of Illinois. Hi* w ill now go lo Chicago and lie tried. The ehaices against him seems to lie very oUsoiuv. The statement of the affair leading to this prise cut-ion shows u to be a gameot "Do it »o the other fellow before lie din\s it to you" and CVnipor got safe on titst base There is a dotieieue) of HH'.iHk> school teachers in the United j States now. and the responsibility oi conduct ins; the rural schools for the future will devolve u|xm the; young piHiph* of Iwuli sexes who have not e \rt reached their ma joriiy. Now is the time to Begin making piepirai ion to assume that responsibility, and the Tribune eau i ue them to no lietter institution at which to make the necessary preparation than Piedmont Insti tute at V ayeross, The editin' of tlie Tribune is one <•; the trustees and he is prepared to guarantee those who attend tin* vx week's special teacher's ! .nimii; course, Ucginniug April H»th and ouding May tftli. that they will yet the very Acs; syriu e. The out in* *\*st of the six week's course. Is*.mi and tuition, will Is* only SBO. unless you vo urcaniy make it cost you more. The teachers arc* of the highest charm ter and ability. Weekly War News Review The 'Tribune had scarcely been issued last, week when the wires brought the news (hat what is sup posed to be the long threatened 'Teutonic offensive, gigantic in its proportions, began on a fifty mile st retell of the western bat tic front, if was truly a monster drive. 'Today is the eighth day since the terrible upheaval began, and it has been carried out with mat,he malical precision. 'The Allies did not know where Hindcnbuig would stage liin supreme effort and, as was expected and planned, the British gave way under the press ure of the initial Oennan assaults, but they retired in good order and the troops maintained their stub born morale. It is estimated that during the past eight days Ccrmany has sac rificed 500,000 men, Ihe flower of her army. The losses of the Allies have been heavy in both men and guns. Merlin dispatches say that the (iormans have captured 10,000 prisoners and 000 guns of various character and descriptions. The (icrmaiiN advanced in massed form al ion. division after division, and was mowed down by the British machine guns like so much grass. II is stall'd I haf many of I lie guns abandoned lo I lie Dormans had lie come red hoi from use and praeli eally out of commission. 'Tin* British and French retire men t docs not reach back to flic original llindcnburg line which was wrenched from the (lerniaiis lasi Summer; they have receded about half way. 'The latest news reaching us say that llu* titanic struggle continues furiously bill there is a perceptible weakening of the (ionium attacks and (lie outlook is that the hie bailie, the most horrible (lie world has ever known, will end in a tri uniph of right against, might, deni ocraey against autocracy, and for the salvation of civil Dal ion and human liberty. It is also staled (has llu* Allies have a strong and well equipped reserve force, more than a million men, mobilized and ready to begin a big offensive just as soon as i In* (ierman drive Ims spent its fury. In this movement il is expected that more than 100,000 American troops will participate and, except two regiments, about ‘2,500 men, ot American engineers, will tie the lirst entry of Cnited States' troops into the great battle. ’The Dor mans captured some of the Amen can engineers and it lias been giv oil out from Berlin that (he (liter ican army in France has been anni hilatod. Hut it must be remembered that, according to modern warfare, this battle of tin* Somne has just begun and its thud outcome is unknown, and (lie most encouraging feature of llu* situation is the prevalent optimism in (treat Britain and France. To Americans it emplia sizes their duty lo hasten troops? to France as a reserve force a* rap idly as possible. The Filled States are now forwarding thorn to the full capacity of her trausixmation faeilit ies. The Associated l’ress correspon dent dt'eribes the (ierman drive and says: "'The advance of the (iormans wore similar in character eveiywhere, wave sm reeded wave in the closest intervals, only to be shot down. It was something like a relay, when the tirst (ierman di vision was exhausted another im j mediately took its place. In some eases a single division of the Allies white retiring was attacked sue eessivoly by six (ierman division*:." Italian aviators reports tti.u new divisions of Vostro Hungarians are being brought from the Roumanian front to stage another effort to ad vanoe into Italian territory. It is not expected to ixeiir until the conclusion of the present drive in northern France has shown its re suits. Russia seems to In* slow h get ting haeh into the war. iTdexsa ■ h e- been recaptured from the tier mans. 1 .eon Trot iky. Minister ot War. siys that in eight or ten weeks Russia will have an army of ; *OO.OOO men ready to take llu* he'd ami around st the rest of Russia PEARSON TRIBUNE, MARCH 20, 1918 APRIL 1 LAST DAY FOR FEDERAL RETURNS Penalties for Income Dodgers Are Severe—Get Your Return in if You Are Liable, April 1, 1018, Is the final day al lowed under the federal income tux luw for tlie filing of federal Income lux returns. Persons who are requir ed to file returns under the provisions of law and who full to get their re turns In on time are subject to se vere penalties, as follows; For making false or fraudulent re turn, not exceeding ¥2,000 or not ex ceeding one year's Imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court, and, in addition, 100 per cent, of the tax evaded. For falling to make return on time, not less than S2O nor more than sl,- 000, and, in addition, 00 per cent, of the amount of lax due. If on account of illness or absence from home you are unable to render your return within the lime prescribed by luw you may obtain an extension of 30 days If a request therefor is filed with tlie collector of your district be fore the due date of the return. In lids request you must state the rea son why the return cannot be filed within the time prescribed by law. Collectors of Internal revenue are not authorized to grant extensions of more than 30 days, but tlie commis sioner of Internal revenue lias author ity to grant a reasonable extension beyond 30 days in meritorious cases, if you desire an extension of more than 30 days your request should be addressed to the commissioner and should eonlalu a detailed statement covering tin* reasons which make It Impossible for you to file your return on or before A pel i 1. The inlernal revenue men are now completing their tour of the country, during which they were In touch with Ho* people of every city and town. If you failed to get in touch with the deputy which visited your section it Is not too lute to get advice. Consult your postmaster us to where tlie near est deputy is now. (Jot your blank form, study the directions and the re quirements as shown thereon and make your return without fall If your Income was sufficient to come within the bounds named in the law. It Is pointed out by Commissioner Holier that it Is important that tie**, people comply with the federal laws as fully as they are complying with the drafts for men and the conserva tion of foods and fuel. "The war must la* paid for," says Commissioner Itoper. •'Congress lias as much right to con script a just portion of income ns It has to conscript our boys. The tax for HUT Is designed to reach moder ate as well ns large Incomes, so that nil persons who are in financial posi tion to hour a portion of the heavy government expenses can bo assessed In proportion to their ability to pay. "The man who is barely making a living or barely supporting a family is not affected by the HUT law. Hut the man who is aide to bear a shun* of tlie burden Ims been reached by tlie new law, and lie should accept Ids responsibility in tlie same patriotic spirit that our young men have shown In offering themselves for lids great purpose of tlie country to make the world safe for people of al! kinds to live in and to govern themselves." This tax Is one which recognizes women as on an equal basis with men. Tlie unmarried woman or tlie married woman with a salary must make tax return Just the same as any man. Only the woman supporting her mother or other members of her family may take oul $2,000 exemption. Under the law the head of the fami ly is the one whose earning j>ower con tributes to the family's support. Similarly a widow with small chtl dren to support etui lake out $2,000 exemption and s2iH' additional exemp tion for each of her children under eighteen. Thus it is Intended that the law shall work no hardship to wo men having to struggle to get along. Hut eaeh must file return if her ln eome is SI,OOO. A man whose wife dies and who is left with small children to support upon a moderate income may also take full exemption under the new tax law and also claim S2OO exemption for eaeh of his children under eighteen. The widower under the law is a single man and must make tax re turn accordingly. Married men need not file returns unless they are earn ing $2,000 or mere. "This is as much a national otilipn tlon as the reporting for duty of a man drafted for service with the colors,” says I*. 0. Roper, commissioner of in ternal revenue. “As it stands, it is much a matter of the man or wo man's own conscience. It is for 'o'- er for her to determine just how far he is liable to the tax. He tuns: figure his own income and if it reaches the figures named in the law must make faithful report upon it to the proper authority. "This tax is distinctly a war meas ure and will be in effect during the war. "This is a people s tax —it reaches rig’..t down into the pockets of the small wage earner; It makes him a par: nor in the Job of winning the war." '* il! organ; o. Do n ivrtiuy ; .v> aroused Ki;ss:rs to real Do that their liberties are endunjrorod. I v- o spies . stau tine appeared busy •« Divee-e. and ■a.i' promptly jailed. New Flour Permit Ruling. The Food Administration at Washington, owing to the growing scarcity of wheat, has found it necessary to curtail the use of flour to fifty pci' cent, of our normal con.- suni pt ion. Householders are requested not to exceed a total of one and one half pounds of wheat products per week for each person. Public eat ing places arc to observe two wheat less days per week, Mondays and Wednesdays, and in addition are required to serve in the aggregate food containing not more than two ounces of wheat flour to any one guest at any one meal. Public eat ing places are not authorized to buy more than six pounds of wheat products for each ninety meals served. Retailers of flour are re quired not to sell more than one eighth of a barrel to any town cus tomer at any one time and not more than one fourth barrel to a country customer, at any one time, and in no ease are authorized to sell wheat products without Ihe sale of ether cereals on the fifty-fifty basis, excel)! to producers having their own substitutes where a card is presented by th« purchaser from the proper food administrator. Producers are not to receive flour card permits for more than one and one-half pounds per week for each person in a family. 'These restrictions are absolutely necessary in order to insure an im parl ial distribution of the flour in the country and to conserve a suffi cient supply for our allies and sol diers, who are carrying on the war. The consumers of Coffee county are requested to study these rules and regulations and to conform to them in every way possible and to assist the County Food Adminis t int ion in carrying on this work by every man, woman and child giv ing their hearty co-operation in ev ery way possible. In tin* words of Dr. Soule. Fed ora! Food Administrator for Door gin. "’The time has come when wo must expect our people eaeh and ever) one to make, an individual sacrifice in the interest of our country's welfare. Lot us all stand behind tin* liovs in khaki and eat wheat flour substitutes to the liin it our ability." .1. W. (Jeincey, Chin'n Fed. Food Administ ra tion for Coffee County, Deorgia. Dr. hf:nr\ p. smi th Pkvrson. Georgia Office jn Post Office Building ,1. S. MORRIS. M. D. Pearson, Georgia Office ur stairs In New I’afiord Building. mCKKKSOS kV M lN(» LKI >OHFK VITOKXKYS AND COI NSRLORS Office In tin New PatTord Building Pearson. Georgia Practice In nil the <\nirts. State and Federal Mr. Dickerson will l>o in office every Thurs day unless other engagt nu nls pre\ •nt. 8F.N.1. T. A 1,1.KX ATTORNEY ANI) COUNSELOR Offices In the Allen building. Pearson. Georgia. Will do a general practice In State and Fed eral Courts. DR. I>. S. MALONK. Dentist Ofilet In Mfttone Murk PKARSOX. DA. City Marshal's Tax Sale. ST \ TK OK GEORG! Coffee Cmmtv. W 11! L*e sold h*'tore the court house door in Pearson, said statu and county, between the lawtui hours of sale, on Tuesday, the 2nd day ■ \prU. 18ia onc-eUhth acre, more or less, ot o: .-i \ -and \** the seventh district •*: * ofTee county. Georgia. lying and being in the (Tty of P»arson, saul county, and known ami ’iwiiikuishev. in the plan of said city as one- i « ,chth of an acre in tht southwest j > rtton «'i ck No. ' - - . !ow> Ouou north by land of Mrs. Alva Har rell. on the « as: by land ol dohn i-ov. on the south h> Shoor'.y stret t. and on the west b> I :i'.man atreet. and is the land on which Mrs Uc'i v orbitt IH'H lives, or so much theu> : as s .d * lent to satisfy the municipal tax .*. M r>. :Vii iVrbltt fx»r said v'lty of Pearson, for the year 19IT. amounting to Four and 22-UV dol vrs principal, and , s;. ;'!':** day of February. ivdS. V. .1. VYKj i.s. Marshal v ity o: Pearsum. City Marshal’s Tax Sale. >•' \V v ->F ('vK.iKHIA —v ofice t\ nnty. \V ; . £xc so’.- b» fore the court house d.H>r in Pearson. (ie\>rgia. between the lawful hours t sale, on the tirst Tuesday ot April, T. 5. all that tract or parcel o: and consisting of o*H! acrv lot of Ijtnd No*. T In the seventh I'lstrict of vVffee oounty. *»eorgt*. lying and N’tng in the ' tty o: Pe-arsor.. said county, and s pnvn and distinguished In th- plan : said as d ..vk X 44. and bounded as foVi *vo • u tht north b> Corbett street, on the east by Mam street, on the south by BnPard street and oa th.« we>: l\y King street, ami .s the laud on which M A. Pa fiord now lives, or s n:c.x t thv re-..’as sha ' ot suih.cit ut • sans the m nioHxsu ta\ o: Mrs. M A. Pafiord :or 1 *'u sa d (' 1 1 v x'f FVarss.AU for the years u * . : > and IBIT. amounting to Forty-Two and » h Pars. : run. a.. and A-c '. " - tht . dr.y oi February. : .?. \v> ; : >. Marshal City oi Pearsou. PEARSON CAR AGE T. G. HAMILTON, Prop. Service Rendered Day or Night We carry Accessories in Stock GASOLINE TUBES FREE AIR OILS and TIRES and GREASE IN STOCK WATER We have a set of first-class Mechanics that Do up to j date work. Try us. If we don’t please you, tell us. \ If we do please you, tell others. Your patronage is solicited pearson”garage, PEARSON, - - - GEORGIA Vfi 1 If you want to get rid UoAlibU ; JOHN F. SMITH, USERS. Pi arson, - Georgia. To The American People There is no foundation for the alleged violations of law attributed to our Com pany by agents of tlie Federal Trade Commission and I want to say emphatic ally that Swift & Company is not a party to any conspiracy to defraud the Govern ment. Nor has Swift Sc. Company been guilty of improperly storing foods or of making false entries or reports. Conferences of packers, where prices have been discussed, have been held at the urgent request and in the presence of representatives of either the Food Administration or the Council of National Defense. And yet the packers have been accused of committing a felony by acting in collusion on Government bids! We have done our best, with other packers, large and small, to comply with the directions of the United States Food Administration in all particulars, including the furnishing of food supplies for the U. S. Army and Navy' and the Allies, now be ing handled through the Food Adminis tration. We will continue to do our utmost,un der Government direction, to increase our production and assist the Food Adminis tration. We consider that the opportunity to co-operate whole-heartedly and to our fullest powers with this branch of the Government is our plain and most press ing duty. The Trade Commission Attorney has, by false inference and misplaced empha sis, given to disconnected portions of the correspondence taken from our private fles and read into the Record, a false and sinister meaning with the plain purpose of creating antagonistic public opinion. The services of the packers of the United States are most urgently needed, and I regret exceedingly that we should at this time have to spend our efforts in defending ourselves against unfounded, unproved, and unfair assertions such as are being daily made public. y- . /_ z*o.; C 'W'-jL. President Swift 6c Company, U.S. A.
