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1* E A [{SON TUI I» l' N E
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H. T. ALLEN, Editor.
Entered at the Poatofflco in IVarson, Georgia,
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Are you a “corn-bread" patriot?
If not, why not?
The banks and postolfices have
a fresh supply of Thrift and War
Savinj; Stamps for sale.
May is the clean up month. Get
busy, the clean up swat is sure
death to the fly and mosquito.
The second campaign for SIOO,-
000,000 for I lie use of the Ameri
can Red Cross begins Monday and
closes Saturday night. Let us all
contribute liberally to this neces
sary and worthy cause, and help
to win the war.
Every American should give
enough of his time and money to
the Government to establish him
self as a good citizen. In these
wartimes an ext ra quantity of hot h
is necessary. Be a good citizen;
you will never regret it, you will
make the world richer and happier
thereby.
Give the “Womanless Wedding”
the grand go by. The Tribune can
see no wholesome lesson it can
teach. Marriage is of solemn im
portance, hallowed by the sanct ion
of the Great Creator, and should
bo presented to the public only in
a dignified and Godly way. "Wo
manless Weddings” and “Lilli
putian Weddings” only tend to
diminish the dignity of this solemn
institution. On their very faces
they carry the lesson of levity and
unimportance. The Tribune fears
the doctrine of "civil contract” is
pushing aside the divine insli
tut ion, coming down to us from
liden, when the Great Creator"
saw that "it was not good for man
to live alone,” and provided him
with a helpmeet. "God made
them male and female. For this
cause a man should leave his father
and mother, and cleave to his wife;
and they twain shall be one flesh.
. . . What, therefore, God hath
joined together, let not man put
asunder.” God help us to be true
to Him and all His institutions.
Give the solicitor your contri
bution to the Tribune's special
edition promptly, be it ever so
small —something to show your
good will for the Tribune, your
city and section. It will do you
good—make you feel more like
meeting your fellow-citizens with
a smile and a glad how 'dye do.
Candidate Howard declined a
short debate with Candidate Dean
last Saturday, saying "lie was not
running against anybody but Hard
wick." He may learn at the end
ol the race that somebody lias run
against him besides Hardwick.
These are days of great activity
and one must be busy with brain
and brawn to keep up with the
procession. Besides one's own
affairs to look after, there are
patriotic tint it's to he performed—
national, state, county and com
munity interests to be subserved.
But it should be done bravely,
cheerfully, prompt ly.
There is to bo a wide awakening
among “Georgia Profiteers" if t In
state Food Administration's threat
is enforced. Hr. Soule says that
much complaint is being made of
excessive charges, contrary to food
administration rulings, in the
matter of sales of tiour and sugar
on time. He saj s the charges made
are far beyond a reasonable profit.
However, the Tribune thinks Dr.
Soule makes a mistake when he
locates all this lawlessness in South
Georgia, w hose citizenship averages
up iu fair proportion with any seo
tiou of the State.
Did He or Did He Not?
It. is being denied in some quar
tors that President Wilson gave
his “<). K,” to Wm. ,1. Harris in
his race for United States senator
from Georgia. The Tribune, “from
the straw's that point to the wind
ward,” is decidedly of the opinion
he did.
Harris says he did, and for that
reason he is in the race. It is sig
nificant that a registration of his
chairmanship of the Federal Trade
Commission is on file in Washing
ton, still adorned with a string
ready to release it should Harris
fail of election to the senate; a
repetition of his race for governor.
Wm. Schley Howard does not
deny he promised President Wil
son not to run against Harris,
which presumes that Harris was
in the race as President Wilson's
preference and had his endorse
ment.
Edwards says Harris was the
President’s favorite and the sena
torial race had the appearance of
being blocked to new entries with
out a “barrel of money.” Charlie
couldn’t arrange for the necessary
money and stepped aside.
Burwell gets out of the race be
cause he had desire to antagonize
tin; wishes of President Wilson
during this war against democracy.
What does lie mean? Just this,
the President had endorsed Harris;
and for him to continue in the race
and be defeated would spell his
political demolition. He is un
willing to lag himself upon the
political altar when there is no
emergency for it.
The Tribune is glad that, after
mature reflection, the President
has discovered his mistake and
now notifies Georgia democrats
that he Inis no choice between the
candidates who are in sympathy
with the administration and its
war policies, and will help in the
program of winning the war.
Florida Going Dry.
The most pleasing election to
the law-abiding citizens of this sec
tion was that of Tuesday when the
l>eople of Jacksonville, Duval conn
ly. Florida, said at the ballot-box
that whisky should be banished
from their confines.
Among the prohibition and tom
perauee forces it. is cause for re
joieing. The necessities of the
war, coupled with the general wel
fare, had aroused the people of
whisky-soaked Jacksonville as nev
er before'. They had begun to re
alize that their fair city had come
to be a stench iu the nostrils of
people everywhere', a byworel and
a reproach to them, on account of
her liquor traffic.
.lust where the liquor merchants,
who had their businesses in Jack
sonvilie for years, will pilch their
tents is hard to surmise. Some of
them seem to have no inclination
to engage' in any other calling.
There will now be a general
clearing of t lie' moral atmosphere
of that e'ity ami county. The many
crooks and debauchees, who flock
eel to Jacksonville under the whis
ky regime, will now have to hunt
“Fields new and pastures greem."
Some of them may be led ftom the
error of their ways and eleveloped
into good e'it izens.
But there is a feat ure of Georgia
temperance that the Duval county
election does not cure. The clan
destine stills, of various sorts and
sizes, will continue with us until
our public sentiment shall make it
too warm for them to exist. They
are in evidence in every county in
Georgia, and sheriffs are kept busy
running them down and destroy
ing them. It will take something
besides prohibition statutes to rid
Georgia of the liquor traffic.
Notwithstanding this election
does not entirely drive the demon
from Georgia, it cannot be denied
that it will be productive of a very
wholesome influence upon bur peo
ple and help to more easily handle
the still proposition.
The Tribune congratulates the
people of Jacksonville and Duval
county upon their splendid day's
work, and trust that they will
have the moral stamina to stand
by their action.
PEARSON TRIBUNE, MAY 17, 1918
Weekly War News Review.
There has been no very inten
sive fighting on the western front
during the past, week. The Ger
mans have done much feinting or
testing of the British and French
lines all along the front, from Ami
ens to the North Sea, but no per
manent advances made. All the
fighting has been favorable to the
Allies.
Hindenburg has not yet attempt
ed his second drive to reach the
North Sea at (’alias, though there
is every indication that it is near
at hand. Many new divisions have
been brought tip to the firing line
for that purpose, and the Allies
are puzzled to understand why the
delay.
The Allies have been and are
busy strengthening their line of
defense, and are confident of their
ability to hold Hindenburg’s hosts
at bay without using any of the
American t roups for t hat purpose.
There seems to be a well-defined
plan to hold the American troops
in France as reserves to be used,
when sufficient strength lias been
secured, in a grand offensive when
the opportune time arrives. It is
conceded that young men, such as
compose the present American ar
my, are ideal troops for an offen
sive movement such as will be
commenced as soon as Hindenburg
has butted his brains out against
the British and French stonewall,
.lust how soon this will happen
cannot be conceived. That Hin
denburg is surely reaching toward
this period iu f war's progress
can no longer be doubted. The
Tribune does not mean that the
war is nearing the end, but that
it is reaching the hightide of Ger
man effort and accomplishment.
It now seems to be the American
purpose to train, equip and trans
port to France, as quickly as pos
sible, a magnificent army of two to
three million men this year. All
the training camps are to care for
selectmen to their utmost capacity.
It is tin' program for 370.000 new
men to go to camps for training
during the mouth of May.
The predicted Austro Hungarian |
drive against the Italian front has]
»ot yet materialized, although the
indications arc that is is close at
hand. The shifting and placing
of new t roops all along the front
bespeaks an early beginning. Nu
merous air battles between Austri
an and Italian aircraft are of daily
occurrence, the Austrians fighting
desperately to prevent the Italians
from finding out the movement
and destination of Austrian t roops.
The Italians took the offensive
on Saturday and captured Mont,
Goruo, a commanding peak south
of Asi ago, a most desirable posi
l ion, which overlooks t he plains of
Asiago in every direction. The
Austrians have made desperate
efforts to retake this position, but
without success.
The British forces in Mesopota
mia have advanced further up the
Tigris river, captured the city of
Kirkut, and are within sixty miles
of the important city of Mosul, the
site of the ancient city of Ninovah.
This objective is the southern ter
minus of the railroad from Con
stant inople.
The Germans, realizing that the
Americans ami their Allies have
mastered tno present type of under
sea craft, are planning to construct
a new series of U boat cruisers.
with which she hopes to again as
sume the advantage in her under
water warfare. She will find it ex
ceedingly difficult to get these
boats to see after they are built.
Ostend and Zebrugge art'both bot
tled up. and tin' Allies are praeti- |
cally the masters of the oceans and I
arc keeping a close watehoul on all
Teutonic endeavors along naval !
ativity.
Provost Marshal General Crow- j
dor has called for 51.600 more men {
qualified for general military ser- j
vice, from 24 States. Georgia's
quota is 700 men, 200 of whom
will train at Ft. Oglethorpe and
500 at Ft. Screven.
The rulers of Germany and Aus
tria have entered into a renewed
alliance which is to continue for
the ensuing twenty years. The]
pact is complete but for prudential j
reasons signatures are withheld.
A little Talk With Farmers
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N[ UABPn ! PEARSON, GA.
■L■ nnSIEILLL, Harrell Building
W may 31st, 1918
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