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VOL. 4—NO. a
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told In
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chat ham is one of the large
counties of Georgia haviug no
bonded indebtedness.
The St. Marys paper mill is now
running on full time idling a ('uban
order for 100.000 pounds.
The May Term of Irwin superior
court has been adjourned. The
farmers cannot be spared from
their crops.
Mrs. Geo. T. Dame, of Cutting,
Clinch county, committed suicide
a few days ago by hanging. Her
mind was impaired. She left her
husband, and a son who is in the
army, to mourn her sad end.
Savannah reports a large capture
of contraband booze near that city,
a solid carload of bottled whisky
and valued at $85,000. The cap
ture also included four men, six
automobiles, two wagons and three
mules.
The marriage of M iss I )ona,eldest
daughter of Col. and Mrs. R. A.
Hendricks, of Nashville, and Mr.
Wilbur M. Gaskins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. I>. Gaskins, of Alapaha,
has been announced. Roth are
accomplished and popular young
people.
The people of Homerville and
Clinch county are jubilant that
their purebrse of Liberty Loan
Bonds were more than double the
quota allotod to them. All South
Georgia counties over subscribed
their allotments. The showing of
each county was magnificent.
As a part of the physical educa
tion of Ihe girls of the South Geor
gia State Normal College, the
different classes have been enjoy
ing outings at the lakes under the
physical instructor, Miss Edith
Pratt, who is an expert swimmer.
The girls are being taught to wim.
Thirty teachers of Waycross and
Ware county, arid some of their
friends, went to Billy’s Island in
the dept h of the Okefenokee swamp
last Saturday for an out mg. Lucki
ly none of the party had to ling a
bear, ride an aligalor or nurse a
snake; there was no snake-bite
remedy with the party.
The Nashville Herald announces
that the race for postmaster of
that city has practically narrowed
down to Judge A. W. Patterson
and Mr. R. JL Wheless. R. S.
Turner took the examination, but
is ineligible because of non-resi
dence. Judge Patterson is an
uncle of our own Billy Patterson.
In the City Court of Waycross
Judge J. L. Crawley has sustained
the habeas corpus proceedings
brought by L. J. Cooper, to prevent
his being taken to < hicago for t rial
on a charge of “false pretense,’
growing out of a real estate trails
action. The judgment of the
court was that the defendant,
Cooper,be discharged from custody.
The lion. W. Schley Howard
spoke in Waycross Monday in the
interest of his candidacy for the
United States senate. The Harris
organs made a ridiculous effort: to
minimize the meeting and say it
was of small dimensions, but the
Journal-Herald admits that a good
sized crowd heard him. and that it
made a good impression. The Tri
bune has not espoused the cause of
any of the senatorial candidates,
but insists upon fair play to every
one of them even to Mr. Hardwick,
whom it could not support at all.
It may be Mr. Harris, in this as in
his gubernatorial race, may need
to pray, “Good Lord, deliver me
from my fool friends.”
Fair Warning.
The Tribune wants to sound a
warning to the merchants and
to the farmers xvho buy their quota
of flour under the “flour permit
system.”
The editor assumed the duty of
issuing these flour permits, under
the law regulating the same, for
Die accommodation of the people
from purely patriotic motives, and
expected those he served to deal
with him fairly.
It has come to him within the
past week or ten days that a mer
chant of Pearson had told a custo
mer that tln> permit, system had
been abandoned presumably to sell
flour on the fifty-fifty plan and
thus increase his sales. The state
ment was untrue, and it was a
violation of the law to make it.
This must not be repeated under
penalty of being exposed.
The editor has discovered that a
certain young farmer made mis
statements iu order to secure a
permit issued to him. If the law
was strictly enforced against him
he would be cut off from the pur
chase of flour under any plan.
This must not be repeated or an
exposure will follow.
H)8 Schools are Closing.
All (lie secondary schools of
South Georgia closed their years
work this week.
They all report,notwithstanding
the pressure of war times, they
have had a remarkably successful
year. The attendance has been
good, the discipline exemplary and
the work done progressive and
substaut ial.
The piri t of the times empha
sizes tin' duty of pa rents, guardi
ans. and others having the charge
of children, that the} must edu
cate them if t hey would have them
keep in the front, rank of the
world's progress.
Just, because the war is on, and
everything looks unpromising, is
no reason why they should relax
their energy and determination,
and neglect to give these children
the best education possible.
'l'ake a lesson from the war of
the sixties, when the existence of a
school was an exception to the
rule. Little or no opportunity was
afforded to the young people of
t hose days and many men and wo
men are now plodding through the
world unable to read, write, or to
make the simplest ealculation-r
--handieapped beyond remedy.
Let. us not put it in the power
of the rising generation, in after
years, to lay it to our charge that
their education was neglected and
their chances in life curtailed to
the level of “Hewers of wood and
drawers of water" to the more for
tunat e.
It. is a serious proposition and
our people should meet it like true
citizens.
Newspaper Best Medium.
At a meeting of bankers of group
live in Macon, a week or more ago.
a young man from Fort Valley,
Cashier ('. E. Martin, read a paper
which would have tickled the cars
of the average newspaper man,
says the Dublin Tribune. Martin
was discussing the various methods
of advertising a bank, and he said
he b;wl come to the Conclusion, af
ter trying all kinds of schemes,
that, newspaper advertising was the
cheapest and most effective of all
for banks. He said bill boards, cal
endars. hand-bills. ofY\, jK had their
good points, but for' producing re
sults. for bringing business, he re
commended judicious newspaper
advertising. He also said that a
bank, like .any other business,
needed steady newspaper publici t y.
Don’t forget to subscribe for the
Tribune; only $1 a year.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1918
BROWN’S REPORT IN PRESS.
Will be Ready for Distribution
About the First of June.
Atlanta. Ga., May 15th. —The
annual report of J. J. Brown, Com
missioner of Agriculture of Geor
gia, covering the activities of the
Department for the past year, is
now in the press, and will bo com
pleted and ready for distribution
by J une Ist.
In addition to dealing with the
activities of the Department, and
each of its separate divisions, as is
customary, this report will contain
a new and unusual feature, em
bodying t lie distribution of ferti
lizers throughout the Stato and
the amount used in each county;
the acreage in each county of the
principal crops raised in Georgia,
for 1917, and fifteen or more maps
showing the distribution of live
stock, farm crops and fruit trees in
the various sections of the state.
This information, which has been
carefully compiled by Assistant
Commissioner B. 11. Groover, adds
a feature of material value (o the
report, which will make it useful
in every county of the State.
Those desiring a copy of Die De
partment’s report, have only to
write for it, and it. will be mailed
to them as soon as it comes from
the state printer.
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Hundreds of letters have already
been received by the State Bureau
of Markets to its questionnaire,
sent to every militia district in
Georgia, for the purpose of securing
a basis for accurately arriving at
the cost of producing cotton in this
State. Many others are yet to
come, bill the response so far
received has been large and grati
lying.
This information is being gatli
crod primarily for the use of the
Washington representative, E. A.
Calvin, of Texas, of the Cotton
States Official Advisory Marketing
Board, of which Commissioner J.J.
Bruwn is president; and will be
used in the campaign which this
board is conducting looking to the
defeat of the Emerson bill, or of
any other effort to bring about
congressional action fixing the
price of cotton.
W hile the information has not
yet been tabulated, it has been
well supplied by the correspon
dents of the State Bureau of Mar
kets, and will furnish a foundation
for a valuable report as to the cost
of cotton production in Georgia.
The Bureau is very grateful to its
correspondents for the prompt care
and attention given to its request.
Sample ol Red Cross Work.
“God bless the Red Cross and
the ladies of Valdosta. We will
never forget either.”
This was the'unauimous voice of
something over five hundred
United Slates marines who passed
through Valdosta on the night of
I lie eleventh instant, about 8
o’clock bound from Paris Island, S.
C., to some port west of here, either
New Orleans, Mobile or Pensacola.
They were on a special train over
the Atlantic Coast Line.
About two hours before the
arrival of the train in Valdosta
the ladies of the Bed Cross receiv-
ed notice of theii coining. Although
tin* time was very short the ladies
of the canteen committee were im
mediately busy, and when the train
arrived with its horde of tired, hot
and dusty marines, an abundance
of ice cream, cake and sandwiches
were there to refresh the young
men.
A large number of the young
men from the soft drink stands jii
the city volunteered to assist in
serving, and the party was handled
jn a remarkably short time. And
the way that ice cream and cake
and the sanwiehes did strike the
Need Women for War Work.
W ashington, D. C., May 15. —
More and more, as t he war program
progresses, is the Government de
pending upon women to perform
the t remendously increased volume
of work in the Civil branches. The
force of civilian employees in
W ashington, I). C., increased from
30,000 to approximately 70,000
(luring the first year of our partici
pation in the war. <)f this increase
of 10,000 more than 25,000 are
women. Women make up the
increase in Government offices and
establishments outside of Washing
ton in less proportion, for the
reason that the greatest expansion
in the field has been in the large
manufacturing plants of the War
and Navy Departments, where
thousands of mechanics and labor
ers arc cniplaycd in shipbuilding
and in manufacturing ordnance and
other war material. Women are
not available for employment in
trades positions lo any great.extent,
but their services are being utilized
in every way that is practicable.
The United States Civil Service
Commission is calling for women
for Government work of not less
than 00 different kinds. ♦The lisl
includes stenographers, typists,
bookkeepers, other clerks of a score
or more of classifications which re
quire training in some special or
technical line, statisticians, opera
tors of various kinds of calculating,
addressing, and duplicating ma
chines; proof readers, law clerks,
wt*] fare cx'ccu t ive secretaries,d rafts
men of a dozen kinds, telegraph
and telephone operators, trained
nurses, chemists, physicists, library
assistants, inspectors of under
garments, finger-print classifiers,
and many others.
The Commission urges women
lo offer their services to the Gov
ernment at this t iine of great, need.
As men are called to the colors,
women must, take their places and
keep the machinery behind the
armed forces moving at the maxi
mum of efficiency. Representatives
of the Civil Service Commission at
tlic post, offices in all important
cities arc prepared to furnish defi
nite information and application
blanks.
spot with those boys! They could
not express themselves, and huiul
reds of them shook hands with the
ladies of the Red Cross and tried
lo voice their appreciation of the
thoughtfulness. Jt was their first
attention since entraining yester
day, and when Valdosta was
reached they were just in-themood
for refreshments.
They declared that they would
never forget Valdosta and the Red
Cross no matter where they might
go.
They were traveling under sealed
orders and every man declared he
had no idea whither he was bound,
but that lie certainly was glad that
Ihe route lay through Valdosta.
As tin* train pulled away from
the station cheers for this city and
the Red Cross showed some of the
appreciation the men felt for the
attention given them. —Valdosta
Times.
H. G. Harding & Co.
Byron, Ga., April 11, 1917.
Old Kentucky Mfg. Co.,
Paducah, Ky.
Gentlemen:
I had cholera in my herd of hogs
recenty and begun feeding the B.
A. Thomas’ Hog Cholera Cure and
stopped losing my hogs at once. 1
was losing fro if? four to five each
night until I began the use of this
preparation. I raise about 200
head of hogs per year and never
expect to be without your remedy.
Yours very truly,
H. G. Harding & Co.
For sale by Pearson Hardware
Store, Pearson, Ga,
COFFEE COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered From
Various Sources.
Mr. George Stanton succeeds Mr.
Fred J. Ricketson as editor of the
Coffee County Progress, and Mr.
Fred IhiVall succeeds to thi* busi
ness management. They have put
new energy and life into the paper
judging from its appearance. The
Tribune welcomes them to the fold
and respectfully invites them to
attend the annual meeting oi the
Eleventh District Press Associa
tion next Monday at "Waycross.
Go and get acquainted with the
editors of the district.
Early last Friday morning a fire
of unknown origin swept away one
entire business block at Nicholls,
entailing a loss of some $40,000.
The insurance was light. The
Douglas fire department received
a call for help and promptly re
sponded, but when it arrived the
lire had gained such a headway it
was of little or no assistance. The
block contained the Merchants and
Farmers bank, Xieholls telephone
exchange, Johnson's pharmacy,
Powers ia Meeks hardware store,
Burkett & Street stores, Dr. Meeks
office and a barber shop.
The cattle owners of Coffee
county, xvho own vats, are busy
with the work of dipping their cat
tle and ridding them of the tick.
In talking about the tick and its
destroying power, they tell some
incidents that appear incredible.
(>nc said that he had been a cattle
owner for forty years and he had
never realized that the Texas cat
lick xvill actually kill cattle, but
since the agitation of the question
of cattle protection he had been a
more careful observer and found
that it was true that they can ami
do actually kill cattle. He has a
vat and is giving assiduous atten
tion to the protection of his cattle
from these vermin.
The Tribune sympathizes deeply
with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Crosby, of
near Willaeoochec, in their great
distress over the sudden disap
pearance, two weeks ago, of their
twin daughters, aged about sixteen
years. One of them xvas recently
married to Mn J. B. Fountain and
went xvit h him to Savannah to live.
She was at the home of her par
ents’ on a visit, txvo weeks or more
ago, and when Mrs. Fountain, Sat
urday morning, May 4th, apparent
ly started for her home her twin
sister accompanied her, and they
have not been heard from since.
The editor saw Mr. Crosby enroute
to Savannah the following Monday
morning to investigate the matter,
but in our conversation there was
no hint given out as to his sad
mission. Later, (hey have been
heard from in Macon at the home
of a married sister, Mrs. James L.
Tison, where they are having a
very pleasant visit. The anguish
of parents had not been considered.
PORCH SETS,
PORCH SWINGS,
PORCH ROCKERS.
HAMMOCKS. NEW STOCK
MODERATE PRICES
GRAIN CRADLES, HAY WIRE, ETC. CAN’T WE
SERVE YOU?
PARKER HARDWARE % FURNITURE COMPANY
HARDWARE AND FURNITURE
Malone Block Pearson, Georgia
sl.( ) A YEAH
S. S. Conventic : at Kirkland.
The Sunday-School Convention
of the Pearson charge of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South,
was hi'ld at Kirkland last Sunday.
The weather was delightful and
every Sunday-School in the circuit
was represented. There was also
a large number of visitors.
The program of exercises was a
interesting one, and was observed
111 rough (iu I. The singing led by
Mr. Wellborn Corbitt was really
splendid.
Dinner was spread at the church
at the noon hour and, reports say,
visitors appeared just in time to
partake of the dinner, depleting
the supply, and left before the af
ternoon session began. If this re
port is true it is a sad commentary
upon the good breeding of the peo
ple who so behaved.
There were txvo familiar faces
missing from the occasion. Those
of Mr. and Mrs. Filer Kirkland
w ho for the past ten or more years
xvere most prominent iu the relig
ious life of Kirkland. Business in
terests carried these good people
to Florida last year.
li had been arranged for a Red
Cross rally in the afternoon but,
owing to illness, the committee of
ladies, having the work in charge,
could not attend and the matter
had to be deferred.
Coffee County Tax Equalizers
The tax books of Coffee county
were promptly closed by Tax Col
lector Sapp as the law required,
and now the work of equalizing
the assessments will begin.
The terms of service as tax
equalizers of Hons. Jeff Kirkland
and Daniel Lott having expired,
they declined to serve longer, and
Hons. I). J. Pearson and Thomas
Byrd have been named to succeed
them.
The selections are good; these
gentlemen are of the highest char
acter, and they command the re
spect and confidence of the people
with xvhom they xvill have to deal.
They will do their work honestly
and fearlessly.
J udge Rogers, of the City Court
of Coffee county, reports that he
handled eight criminal cases dur
ing the month of April, netting to
the county $104.10, and the labor
of one man for eight mouths. It
is a good showing; may it continue
to pan out that xvay. There has
been 124 misdemeanor cases trans
ferred to it from the suixirior court.
The Douglas Enterprise says:
“We announced last week, three
days before the time limit expired,
that Broxton had taken the lead,”
in t he matter of subscribing for the
third Liberty Loan bonds. "We
were correct in the matter of Brox
ton being the first district to sell
her quota and more, but at the last
of the period, Pearson comes for
ward as leading every district in
the county in oversubscribing he*
quota. . . Broxton comes second.’