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PEARSON ©TRIBUNE vol. 3—xo. 4«> SOUTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs. The wheat crop of Brooks conn ty is reported to be very fine and a yield of fifteen to twenty bushels per acre is confidently ex pected. Mr. J. E. Rioketson has been re elected superintendent of the Fitz gerald” public schools. He will add a business course to the curriculum of the high school next year. Thotnasville grocers are handling rice Hour and it is becoming popu lar. It is especially fine for w allies, mu (tins and battercakes and many like it for these purposes as well or better than the wheat flour. Alma. Bacon county, have orga nizod a "Booster's Club," another name for Board of Trade, and pro pose to put the little city properly on the map of Georgia. E. M. Ray is chairman. If w ill be incorporated and become permanent. The Waycross Herald-Journal prints a petition, signed by ail the county officials and twenty three members (practically all) of the Waycross bar, requesting the re-election of Judge J. 1. Summer all without opposition to the su perior court bench. The building of a court house for the new county of Candler is up for discussion again in the Met ter Advertiser. Bro. Camp sees no good reason for waiting for the mythical “more convenient season.” The eternal now is the time to do things. Moultrie subscribed her quota of Liberty Loan Bonds, SIBO,OOO, in two hours. Why spread out over three or four weeks a job you must do and can accomplish in two hours. Get it behind you and then proceed with your regular vocation. Moultrie is right. Postmaster Albert C. Sweat, of Nashville, has resigned. The pay was SI,OOO a year hilt he decided it was insufficient for the service rendered. Indeed his duties had been added to here lately until they had become onerous. He was not allowed sufficient help. The Advocate complains that Milltown is a goat pasture. Bro. Powell says there is an ordinance prohibiting his goat .ship from per ambulating the highways and by ways of that little city, but sup poses it has been suspended as a war measure in the interest of meat culture. The Ware Count y Sunday School Association will hold its annual convention at Waycross April 20 and 27. The meeting will be held in the tabernacle on Brewer and A streets. Hon. W. B. Stubbs, the great prohibition champion of Sa vannah, will be one of the speakers for the occasion. Homerville and Milltown joined Nashville in passing up the Rad cliff Chautauqua for next year. Tribune thinks they have made a mistake. The program, as rendered at Pearson was excellent, instruc tive, entertaining and elevating. The "Wake up, America” program was put on at the request of .the government, and was worth while. The late Clinch county grand jury sent in to the News its pre sentments, covered by eighteen closely typewritten legal cap pages, to be published for the munificent sum of Ten dollars. It would have cost the News Twenty dollars to have had the matter put in type. The News made a grimace at the jury’ and declined, printing only the salient parts of the document. faster Builder Passes Away. In the death of ('apt. L. Johnson, of Waycross and St: Marys, South Georgia's most constructive genius has passed to his reward. His life was a most attractive one, devoted to farming, saw-mill ing and railroad building, and in all of it he had an eye to the up building of South Georgia. He had great faith in the possibilities of this section and lie demonstrat ed his faith by his works. lie was a prime fin or in giving to Georgia the great lanta. Birm ingham and Atlanti; railway sys tem, when it was known as the Waycross Air Line and extended from Waycross to Douglas. The latter years of his life were devoted to developing the port of St. Marys and in giving the little coast city a railroad outlet to the balance of Georgia, by organizing and building the Atlantic, Way cross and Northern connecting St. Marys with the Seaboard Air-Line Railway at Kingsland, and opened tip the possibilities of St. Marys as a seaport, and awaked her from a sleepy village to a live, industrial lit!le city. In his passing Waycross, St. Marys and all South Georgia have lost a good and faithful servant, and they mourn his departure. Dr. Weathers Convicted. The Tribune was in error when it saiil Dr. Weathers, the promoter of the chain of small banks, among them one at Enigma, Ga., had been indicted on the charge of embezzle ment, but had gone to parts un known and would have to be caught before t ried. Dr. Weathers showed up at Ber rien superior court last week and stood his (rial. The result was hi.s conviction for the embezzlement of $1,900 from the Rank of Enigma. The jury trying him recommended that belie punished as for a mis demeanor. Whereupon, Judge Thomas gave him twelve month on t lie chain gang. A motion for a new trial has been made and it may be some time before he will labor on the chain gang. Drying Sweet Potatoes. A dispatch from Tlioniasville says: “Herbert Neel, one of Thomas county's most progressive young farmers, has je. T sold a lot of sweet potatoes, which have been pet through a drying out process and obtained a fine i ce for them. Mr. Neel did not 1 e a drying plant so he put his j .(aloes in the basement of Neel Brothers’ store in this city, and turned on tig furnace and the heat from it dried them out successfully in a short time. They were in fine condition as a result of the drying process and the" price obtained for them was much in advance of the prices before dried. These experiments prove that drying plants for pota toes would be of wonderful advan tage in this section and there is talk of having one here before another season. The dry ing plant of John F. Arch bold on his estate here, hasattraeted much attention and'Mr. Arch bold has been using it most advantageously.” Carelessness Results in Failure. That is why we say "Feed B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder according to directions.” Do Nor 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 are not sat isfied. For sale by Pearson Hardware Store. Pearson. Ga. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1918 WHY BUY LIBERTY BONDS? Twenty Things for Our People to Think About. 1 — Germany isn't licked —YET. 2 After three years of trying Eu rope HASN’T BEEN ABLE to do the job. 3 America has been called on. ■I —If America can’t finish the job —IT WON’T BE DONE. s—America can finish the job if she tries. (i —She will be able to try IF she gels w hat she needs. 7 The need is for ships, guns, tanks, trucks, airplanes, cloth ing, food, ammunition and ma terials —all of which can be se cured ONLY if the country has money. 8 — These can be secured only if the people LEND their money to the government. 9 This lending is done through Liberty Loans, the t bird of which was pulled off April (J. 10 — If the loan fails the materials CAN’T be secured. 11 — If the materials are not se cured the war will be LOST. 12 — If the war is lost Germany w ill MAKE YOU PAY the Kaiser the money you didn’t lend your country. 13 — German ships will sail into your harbors. 14 — German soldiers will walk on OUR streets. 15 — We shall be insulted, taxed, oppres- ed, ENSLAVED. 10 —The things that happened in Belgium will happen in New York, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, California and Georgia —to YOU and YOUR wife and YOUR children. 17 — Are YOU going to let those things happen? 18 — Who is going to buy Liberty Bonds if you don’t? 19 — Read sentences It and 12 AGAIN. 20 — Read sentences 10,17 and 18 again before you say YOU CAN’T buy Liberty Bonds. You Must [fegister. To Collectors of Internal Revenue, and Others Concerned: Attention is called to Article XXIV of Regulations 43, relating to war tax on admissions and dues (T. I). 2081) which provides that every person, corporation, partner ship or association, including ticket brokers, required to collect the tax on admissions to any place, shall on the first day of April, 1918, and annually thereafter on the first day of July, file in the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district in which the place of business is located, application for registration on Form 752. < living to the short time elapsing between the publication of these regulations, and the date fixed in said Article for registration, the time is hereby extended until April loth, within which such ap plica!ion may be filed. You should give the widest pub licity to this requirement of the regulations and to notice of exten sion of time herein authorized for compliance therwitb. Daniel C. Roper, Commissioner. From the Held. Worth county has subscrided her quota and $25,000 in excess. She expects to double up. Every body up there wants a bond. Moultrie subscribed her quota in two hours. She is ready to do more than her apportionment. The campaign in Tift county will be over by Saturday night. Then those people will be ready to do something else. If South Georgia is a sample of the country’s patriotism tbeThiid Liberty Loan is not only safe but many millions to the good. Furloughs and Marketing. Atlanta, Ga., April 9, 1918. — Spurred on by Georgia congress men, at the request of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the war department has at last pro mulgated regulations under the Dent bill for the furloughing of certain soldiers in the National Army who may desire to return to the farms for the 1918 planting and harvesting season. This farm service is, of course, made wholly voluntary with the soldier. If any beneficial results are lobe accomplished under these regula tions they must be acted upon speedily. The planting season over most of Georgia is now r well under way and there is no time to be lost. X X X 'l’lie Georgia Department of Ag riculture is in receipt of an inter esting letter from Edison, Ga., de tailing tin' plans for the organiza tion of a “Farmers’ Protective As soeiation,” with the view of solv iug the marketing problem. The purpose indicated is to buy t he farmers’ products and sell t hem direct to packing houses, milling houses and wholesale produce peo ple. It seems to be in line with the work of the Georgia Bureau of Markets connected with the State* department of agriculture. It is a part of this bureau’s work to es tablish Farmers’ Exchanges at cen (tral points throughout the State, thus solving the marketing prob lem in a large degree. “The Market Bureau,” says l>i rector L. B. Jackson, “will not oa ly be glad to see such agencies es tablished in every community of the State, but will heartily coop erate with them along the line of securing proper markets for pro duce raised by the farmers of the Slate. The Bureau has already secured the cooperation of whole sale merchants over the State in purchasing and handling Georgia grown diversified prod nets," The present object of the Mar ket Bureau is, as speedily as possi ble, to extend and perfect the sys tem to the end that these products, in wbateverainount offered, wheth er a wagon load or ear load, shall find a ready and satisfactory mar ket. The bureau will be glad to cor respond and cooperate with and assist in I he organization of similar agencies, looking to creating more ready markets for diversified farm products. xxx The State Bureau of Markets is publishinga weekly bullet in, which is mailed regularly to all persons desiring it, giving all the essential market information al itsconunand pertaining to the food and feed products of the farm. The information contained in this bulletin will be found of par ticularly valuable assistance to those communities which have es tablished or expect to establish an exchange for the handling of farm products. Market prices of food and feed products at the principal market centers of t he State, includ ing Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, are quoted weekly. Following the quo tations is presented a list of prod nets for sale, with the name and address of the party offering it; also there is given a list of buyers and the products they desire to purchase. In this bulletin the bu reau will be glad to list the prod ucts of any Georgia farmer and to publish the wants of any buyers of farm products. It is at the service of sellers and buyers of farm prod ucts alike, many _ producers and consumers have been brought to gether and sat isfaetory trades made. These bulletins will be sent regularly by mail, free of any cost to those who desire it. Write the agricultural department for it. COFFEE COUNTY. Items of News Gathered From Various Sources. Farmers of Coffee county have practically completed their plant ing- and are now siding their corn and preparing to chop cot ton. The current story that M iss Daisy Burns, the Postmistress at Axson, had married on Sunday, March 31, was an unkind April fool canard, and must have emanated from some very thoughtless person. Judge W. (’. Lankford of Doug lasumde the principal address at the Brunswick liberty loan rally last Saturday. Under the inspira tion of his earnest appeal $200,000 was subscribed before nightfall. Coffee county’s quota of the Third Liberty Loan is $210,000 and every effort is being made to over subscribe it. Every section of the county will be thoroughly canvassed to accomplish that pur pose. Success to it. Messrs. Burrell Davis and Law rence Gillis, of the McDonald dis tiit t, have each several acres of wheat growing, and it is reported 1 0 the Tribune that the prospects are exceedingly fine and it promi ses a yield of from fifteen to twen ty bushels to the acre. The 'Tribune learns from a source it considers reliable that Miss Maggie Wilson and Mr. Doll Mur ray were united in marriage hist Sunday, the 71 li inst. The high contracting parties live near Ax son, and the 'Tribune extends t hem its heartiest congratulations, “May they live long and prosper.” George White, wdio lias been con fined in the Coffee county jail for nearly two years under indictment for murder, has been admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000. He has been tried and convicted once, bu( on appeal was granted a new trial. Immediately upon his re lease lie immediately went to work in Corn’s barber shop at Douglas. Its reminiscent friend hands the 'Tribune another chapter in the history of the old William Gaskin farm, five miles south of Pearson, lie tells how it was that it came to be abandoned. At the death of Mr. Benajah Pearson, the father of the present owner, Mrs. W. T. Dickerson, Mr. William Meeks be came her guardian. He leased the place to Mr. Matthew Cowart who installed a negro family on the place to make a crop. During that year, through the carelessness of these negro tenants, the buildings were destroyed by fire. After wards forest fires destroyed all the fencing. The character of the land is good, being a gray sandy loam with a pebbly clay subsoil. Many splendid crops had been raised on the place before its abandonment. 1 1 was considered and is among the very best lands in Coffee county. FLIES AND MOSQUITOES Will be troubling you before long. Prepare for them by Screen ing. We can furnish yon with something to keep them out. automobile “Tires and tubes The Famous HARTFORD Brand, guaranteed for 5000 miles— and the best of it is, you will not have to worry with an adjust ment for they will give all that is claimed for t hem, and more. —HARDWARE AND FURNITURE— We carry a full line of Hardware and Furniture. Have you traded with us yet? 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. —Ladies, we have just received a Beautiful line of that Serviceable ALUMINUM COOKING WARE! sl. 0 A YEAR Coffee County Kar Interest. A review of the part Coffee county people have acted since the toesiu of war was sounded on tho (ith day of April, 1917, is no mean leaf in the history of the times. When the call for volunteers was made as many young men an swered from Coffee county in pro portion to population as from any section of the country. Since the selective draft was put into operation there has been lit tle, very lit tle, complaint of slack ers. The local board in charge of the selective draft, composed of Sheriff Tanner, Clerk Haddock and Dr. Wlieleliel, have managed it w ith consummate skill, with the result that there has been so far the least possible friction between the board and the registrants. And yet her full quo!;; of men have gone forward to the training camps. The second call has not yet been made, but it is expected at any time. Coffee county is not without her martyrs to the cause of freedom and the perpetuation of civiliza tion: Walter J. Bennett, of Kirk land, sleeps benuath the sod “Somewhere in France”; Luther J. White, of Axson, died at his post of duty in a training camp. There may be others not reported as they are “there” at the battle front: Ralph Freeman, Frank Summerlin and others. Every interest connected with the prosecution of the war has re ceived cordial and energetic atten tion. A rally for the benefit of the American Red Cross was held at Pearson, soon after Avar was de clared, and the proceeds (about $275) forwarded through the Sa viinnali committee. Since then the Red Cross work has spread to eve ry section of the county and thou sands of dollars sent forward in its behalf. Much hospital supplies, soldier’s comfort kits, sweaters, socks, gloves and books have been forwarded to headquarters. Coffee county took part in the first and second Liberty Loans, and is noiv engaged in raising her quo ta of the third loan of $210,000. It is confidently expected that the loan w ill far exceed the apportion ment. The sale of Thrift Stamps and War Saving Stamps have reached many thousands of dollars; there is no way of knowing the amount. While a great majority of the people have engaged heartily in doing their "bit” in helping to win the Avar forced upon the American people, the Tribune regrets to say some are sour and indifferent about the war and its results. There are some of our people, lethargic by nature, who refuse to see the im pending danger until they are face to face with it. The War Young Men’s Christian Association has its friends in Coffee county and they are supporting it with a hearty good will.