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PEARSONATRIBUNE YOL. 3—XO. 48 SOUTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs. The Folkston public school closed its spring session hist Friday night. There were t hree grad nates, one male and two females. Nashville has passed up the Iladtliffe Chautauqua; her people seem to be tired of them; complain of the program this year as being very ordinary. llerrien county has above its indebtedness about $40,000 in the bank with ■which to carry on its work of public improvement and pay current expenses. The Omega community of Tift county has this season shipped six teen carloads of hogs to market, and have plenty of hog and hominy remaining and to spare. It is stated that, notwithstand ing the backward Spring, the farm ers of Berrien county are up with their work and in fine shape for the year’s sow ing and reaping. Colquitt county superior court for the April term began Monday. The dockets are congested and it is predicted the court will be in session three weeks if not longer. The Georgia Society of Wardens and Public Road Superintendents will hold its annual meeting at Waycross on April lfith and 17th and, it is expected, will be well at tended. The city of Wrightsville, John son county, has voted for bonds with which to purchase the build ings of Wart ben college, located there,;tnd w ill use them for public school purposes. Worth county citizens have or ganized for the Liberty Loan drive tomorrow and expect to raise their entire apiortionment in one day. These jieople never do things in a half banded way. The grand jury of Berrien coun ty, at the recent session of superior court, recommended that the coun ty commissioners take the neces sary steps to eradicate the cattle tick in that county. The public schools of Clinch county closes to-day. The school at Stockton gave a rendition of the < tpeietta “Eulalia" Wednesday evening for the joint benefit of the School Library and American Red < l oss. The grand jury of Appling conn ty has requested the Sheriff, Over street, to resign instanter. If the resignation is not forthcoming Solicitor-General Sellars was order ed to proceed against him with impeachment charges. W. E. Lee, city clerk of WayJ cross, has been granted leave of absence to join the equipment di vision of the aviation corps at Fort Wayne, Wis. He is succeed ed as clerk by Reginald Porter, late receiving teller of the First National Bank. The negro, S. B. Johnson, in dicted for being accessory to the murder of Constable McGraw a few weeks ago, was promptly given his liberty by the white jury trying him last week in Berrien superior court. There was no evidence to connect him with Dancy’s deed. L’nder orders from W. G. Me Adoo, Director General of rail roads, the Atlantic ('oast Line railroad will take over and operate the Atlanta. Birmingham & At lantic railroad freight traffic at Waycross during the war. Busi ness at the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic freight depot will be suspended and the operating force used elsewhere on the road. Weekly War News Review. The great German drive on the west battle front, of which the Tribune gave a brief account last week, has fallen short of the desti nation it intended when it began, it is obvious that llindenburg had in his mind the capture of Amiens and the destruction of the linos of communication between the Brit ish and French armies. This has failed so far, but the danger has not yet passed. It is confidently stated, however, that the Allies will be able to hold it. It is fur ther stated that the French re serves arc intact and in fine condi tion should they be needed. Tne German effort to break the British lines in the vicinity of Ar ras has alko failed. It is known that llindenburg’s army is engaged in rebuilding the bridges burned by the Allies,as they were pressed back by t he overwhelming German force which started the drive, and in bring up the necessary big guns to renew the battle. Gen. Ilaig reports the British army is in fine condition and excellent morale. A large and well-equipped British re serve has been mobilized and ready for use. Gen. Pershing, of the American force, has placed 100,000 of his troops, including the celebrated "Rainbow Division,’’ at the com mand of the French General. Koch, who is now in command of the en tire Allied forces on the Western front. Reports from the American troops in France say t licy are prov ing their courage inarching through the snow, from one point to anoth er, and enduring ever 'conceivable hardship with line sunt and unex ampled cheerfulnes. Ralph Free man, a splendid yo og man who enlisted from Pearson, is with the Roinbow Division. it is given out from Washington that the men now in the canton ments are to go to France just as rapidly as transportation facilities can be provided for that purpose. The cantonments are to be refilled with new selectmen. Secretary of War, Hon. Newton I>. Baker, has paid a visit to the Italian front. He met and had a lengthy interview with the Italian commander,Gen. Diaz, and lunched with him. Mr. Baker also had an audience with King Victor Em manuel. During the social ameni ties .Mr. Baker was accompanied by Ambassador to Italy, Thomas N. Page, and by the head of the American Military Mission to Its? ly. Major General Ebon Swift. Gen. Diaz dcrired to take the put - ty along the battle front on the Piave river but the weather was unfavorable. There is some activity reported from Palestine. Gen. Allenby has captured many prisoners and much munitions of war, including four guns, several machine guns and a number of motor lorsies. W. F! Bartlett. Oakfiki.d, Ga.. May 10, 1917. Old Kentucky Mfg. Co., Poducab, Ky., Gentlemen: Please allow me to state that 1 have sold your hog cholera remedy for one season and have ordered more for this season. Last year I sold it to 12 or 15 men who raise hogs. I told each of them to take the remedy, feed it to their hogs and if they lost a single hog from disease of any kind not to pay me a cent for the remedy, but when they began to sell cotton every man came in and paid me for the medicine and every one of them told ine lhat it was the best hog medicine they ever used. One man paid me for t,iic small package and bought $5 wort i more and said it was the best he ad ever tried. Yours v' ry truly, W. F. Bartjlett. PEARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, A PL? IL o, 11)18 BAD CORN SHIPPED TO STATE Timely Warning from the State Agricultural Department. Atlanta, Ga., April 4. —Unless extreme precautions arc taken in the matter of feeding stock on corn shipped into Georgia, there will be more dead animals in the State in the next few months than ever be fore from any single cause. Thousands upon thousands of bushels of spoiled corn are being shipped into Georgia from the mid dle west, and the State Pure Food department is having more than it ean do in keeping track of and con demning such shipments. This corn was harvested under unfavorable' weather conditions and the result is when it comes into the Georgia climate, full of moisture, it becomes overheated, ferments and actually rots in the car. There have been castes in which State Pure Food Inspector, P. A. Methvin, on opening a car of hot corn or meal for inspection, found the stench so great that it had to he allowed to air for some time before anyone could go into it. Similar conditions have been found to prevail with a number of ears of “sweet foods” shipped into Georgia w ith excessive moisture in them. In Augusta the other day Mr. Methvin condemned $35,000 worth of spoiled corn, and ordered it de natured so it could not be used as stock feed. This corn had already been paid for. There is now 10, 000 bushels of meal in Atlanta un der condemnation for similar reas ons. More than 100,000 bushels of bad corn and meal are now tied up in tin' State, on account of its rotten and putrid condition. Unless a stop can be put to these shipments t here will be a million bushels here within the next thirty days, most of it paid for, after which the pur chaser is without redress. This corn is paid for by sight draft with bill of lading attached and is shipped “not subject to in sped ion.” Consequently when the purchaser gets it, it is hot and un fit for anything except a poor for tilizer. Cooked and sterilized it may sometimes be fed to hogs, but even this is not advised. This bad corn is going into every section of Georgia. Where the pure food department can find it, it is promptly ’condemned and de- natured; but it is manifestly im pos.sibla.for the department, with its small force, to locate all of it. (tonsmners of corn are, therefore, cautioned by the state department of agriculture to exercise the ut most care in their purchases, to see that the corn is not overheated or spoiled and, if necessary, call for an inspector. It should always be shipped subject to inspection and not paid for until inspection has shown it to be sound and good. X X X Georgia farmers now serving in the national army under the se lective draft, who desire to return to their farms to make this sea son’s crops, should make direct ap plication for furlough for that pur pose to their superior officers and let jt go through the usual milita ry channels, according to a tele gram from Congressman Charles 11. Brand, of the eighth district, to Commissioner of Agriculture, J. J. Brown. Congressman Brand and other members of the Georgia delegation have been working iudefaligably in behalf of the position taken by Commissioner Brown, that these young farmers should be furlough ed for farm service. After stating that the regulations for such fur loughs, under the Dent bill recent ly passed, have not yet been pre- Georgia Fairs this Year. Secretary Striplin of the South eastern Fair, Atlanta, has returned from Washington whore an impor tant conference of government offi cials and managers of the big fairs was held to discuss various details in connection with the movement of amusement companies, conces sions, exhibits and live stock, which arc of vital necessity to the fairs. It is gratifying to announce that arrangements have been approved and orders issued by Railway Di rector General Win. (i. Mi Adoo to place the movement of all such traffic in the preferred class, which enables the fairs to proceed with t heir plans with assurance that no thing will interfere with their suc cess. This act ion expresses the degree of importance in which the fairs are held liy the Administration and recognizes that they are not only potent factors to help to win the war liy encouraging and stim elating the production of all kinds of food and feed crops, cattle, hogs, poultry and especially the conser vation of foods, but it emphasizes the need of wholesome recreation after the summer’s toil by provid ing good, clean entertainment, which sends the visitor home with a new inspiration for their work next year. The dates for all the fairs have been arranged, the Southeastern Fair for October 12th to 19th in clusive, and President Hastings and the Fair management have de termined to show their apprecia tion of this co-operation on the part of the government by leaving nothing undone to make the 1918 Fair not only one of the best in the United States, but an effective institution for assisting in every way to further all efforts for win ning t he war. The other big fairs of the State, among them the State Fair at Ma con, the Georgia Carolina Fair at Augusta and the Georgia Florida Fair at Valdosta, have their dates arranged not to conflict with each other and are inspired by the same spirit of helpfulness. They will receive the same consideration as the Southeastern from the govern ment. The county fairs should be held as usual. pared by the war department, Mr. Brand wired as follows: “Time being of paramount im portance to all interested, I feel it my duty to suggest to those who desire furloughs to engage in farm ing, to apply therefor at once through regular military channels at the earn]). The soldier should file application with his superior officer, which, when acted upon, will be forwarded to the division commander w ho has full authority to dispose of the case finally. This application should be accompanied by affidavits supporting the facts set forth therein. Please give this information widest publicit y.” It was the first; intention of the war department to grant group furloughs for farming purposes, but the fact that the furlough was made wholly voluntary, has inter ferred with this plan. It is the hope of the department of agricul ture that the war department will now adopt regulations which xvill permit of individual furloughs for farming purposes, in all cases where desired. Carelessness Results in Failure. That is why we say "Feed B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder according to directions.” I><> Not Feed it Sloppy, but mix it with ground feed and moisten with just enough water to make a crumbly mass. Then each hog gets a beneficial dose. See full directions on pack age. Your money back if you arc not satisfied. For sale by Pearson Hardware Store, Pearson, Ga. COFFEE COUNTY. Items of News Gathered From Various Sources. Mrs. S. D. Thomas, a sister of Mrs. Daniel Roberts of Willacoo ehee, died at Stark, Fla., on last Sunday night. The interment was at Salem church in Tift county. 'Ten young Coffee countians en trained at Douglas last Wednesday for Camj) Gordon to receive mili tary instruction. Among them were Thomas Mixon of Axson, and John Grantham and Win. J. Bev erly of Willaeooehee. The Federal Land Loan apprais ers w ill be in Douglas on the loth instant. Farmers can borrow money on their land for long terms and a low rate of interest. If you want to take advantage of it see Judge W. G. Bryui, Douglas, Ga., at once. From the State Tax Commission er's report, which the Tribune has just received through the courtesy of Hon. John O. Hart, it is learned that Coffee county’s taxable re sou ices for last year was $5,807,226, a gain of $422,259 over 1916. And t his does not fairly represent what should be the taxable resources of Coffee county. The statements of the nine Cof fee county banks show that they are holding something near #750,- 000 in time certificates, upon w hich t hey are paying on an aver age of five per cent, compound in terest. Here is w here Uncle Sam should get some of his Third Lib erty Loan bonds cashed. It need not interfere with the sale of Thrift Stamps. The Tifton Gazette is authority for saying that Editor W. It. Frier, of till' Douglas Enterprise, xvill not run for prison commissioner this year. The Tribune would be glad he could secure a good paying of fice, but agrees with the Gazette that, as editor of the Enterprise, he ean serve Golfee county and the Stale better. Mr. Seward L. Moore has just bought a twenty-acre farm at Kirk land from Mr. Jodie L. Corbitt. Mr. Moore owns a house and an acre lot in the suburbs of l’earson; t here is plenty of woodland farm land all around him for his wants, but he could not buy a foot of it at any price, and was forced to go elsewhere to get w hat he wanted. The Tribune regrets the policy which seems to obtain in this com munity. The rural schools of Coffee coun ty xvill have their field day exerci ses the latter part of April. Train ing has commenced and will be en forced vigorously. On Friday, the 19th, the preliminary eoutests xvill j beheld: McDonald and Pearson militia districts at Pearson; Mora and Willaeooehee districts at Wil-j lacooehee; Pickren and Wooten districts at Broxton; Phillips Mill, 1 Tanner and Douglas districts at Douglas. ELIES AND MOSQUITOES Will be t roubling you before long. Prepare for them by Screen ing. We can furnish you with something to keep them out. AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND TUBES The Famous HARTFORD Brand, guaranteed for 5000 mile* — and t he best of it is, you will not have to worry with an adjust ment for they xvill give all that is claimed for them, and more. —HARDWARE AND FURNITURE— We carry a full line of Hardware and Furniture. Have you traded with us yet? If not, xve 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 oxve it to yourselves, and to us. We are expecting you. PARKER HARDWARE & FURNITURE CO. P. S. —Ladies, we have just received a Beautiful line of that Serviceable ALUMINUM COOKING WARE! #l.< 0 A YEAR Tribune Patrsns. It is gratifying to the editor that some of the business people of Pearson are permanent patrons of the Tribune’s advertising columns, and are finding out that well di rected and persistent advertising pays a handsome dividend. Mr. N. E. Harrell has been rep resented in our columns ever since the Tribune xvas established. He does this for at least three reasons; it keeps his business before tho people and helps to build up his trade; it. helps the local paper to present a respectable appearance when it visits its cotemporaries and begets a good word for the lit tle city from whence it emanates; it helps to boost the city into a bigger, better and more desirable place of abode. The Parker Hardware and Fur niture Company has been in busi ness here only a short while, and has been regular pat rons of the pa per from the opening of its doors for business. Two special reasons why ? It iutroducs his business to prospective, customers quicker and more effectively than by any other method, and because Mr. H. H. Parker, the head of the business, believes in loyalty to the city and the support of its institutions. The editor has knoxvn Mr. Parker for more than a quarter of a cent ury and confidently commends him and his business to the reader. Mr. 1. Passon has been connected with the business interests of Pear son since 1907, and from a very small business has grown the Pas son’s Department Store, and there is no prettier in the city. Mr. Passon believes in letting people know he has something to sell, and lie sells it. lb' is loyal to the city and its institutions. Morris Drug Company carried a handsomely displayed advertise ment last month, which brought to its new business many old and nexv customers. It is located in a handsome building and with very attractive furnishings the proprie tor makes a mistake in not keep ing it permanently before the pub lic in the local newspaper. Then there are Messrs. T. G. Hamilton, the garage man; J. M. Meeks, general merchant; 11. L. Lankford, dry-goods, notions, la dies’ and gents’ furnishings; West & Son, groceries, fruits and fresh meat; W. Roberts, cleaner and presser; Smith’s City Market, are, all new advertisers. They are all loyal citizens, carry firstclass stocks of goods in their respective lines. The Tribune trusts the relation of merchants and publicist now exist ing between t hem may continue in definitely and to their mutual . profit. The names on our local subscrip tion list are several hundred of the very best people of Coffee county, xvho will continue with us so long as the Tribune continues its pres ent excellent nexvs service.