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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1918)
PEARSONffiTRIBUNE VOL. 4—ISO. 10 SOUTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs. The inert...te in Thomas county’s tax returns over 1917 is #668,770. The greatest increases were in the Tlioinasville and Boston districts. The present legislature will be asked to incoporate the “Dußignon Institute” school district, located in the city of Homerville, Clinch county. , Handley Harrison, of Bain bridge, a lineal deeendant of Presi dent William Henry Harrison, has just been admitted to the bar at Bainbridge. St. Marys held an election on the question whether or not cows should be banished from thestreets. Sis cow, or the negative of the proposition, won out ,by a large majority. The Folkston canning factory is now running full time canning ok ra, tomatoes, peaches and pears. There seems to be a ready market for its entire output. The products sent out are of superior flavor. Berrien county tax assessors have completed their work and the digest shows tax values of SB,- 757,284, a gain of #862,583. The three largest gains were in the Nashville, Alapaha and Sparks districts in the order named. The Clinch county census has been completed. It. shows the to tal number of school children in the county to be 2,263, of which 1,478 are whites and 785 are colored. It shows further that of these numbers there are 753 white and 408 colored boys; 725 white and 377 colored girls. Mr. A. if. Thurmond, a former banker of Fitzgerald, has an nounced his candidacy for the leg islature from Ben Hill county,inop position to the present incumbent, Hon. W. It. Walker, who will ask to be reelected. Walker was a strong supporter of Atkinson county, and the Tribune wishes him well. In Prof. James F. Watson Pied mont Institute at Wayeross has a new president, succeeding Prof. M. O. Carpenter who has been the President for the past several years. The new president is from South Carolina, a graduate of Newton Theological Institute and experienced as a teacher and bnild er of high class schools. Hon. Wm. Pafford, of Milltown, speaking from his observation tells the Nashville Herald readers that local dipping is a failure as a means of tick eradication. He insists that the dipping must be universal and persistent to secure results, and argues that a county, under the expensive practice of dipping, when surrounded by non-dipping counties, will make haste to get rid of the tick exceedingly slow. Miss Sutton, the Ty-Ty corres pondent of the Tifton Gazette, and who is a firstclass one, condemns the practice of “tagging” as a means of raising money for any purpose whatever. She is right; all laudable causes or enterprises should be supported by free will offerings —worthy causes have nev er been set aside by our people. “Tagging” partakes of rudeness, exceedingly rude when carried to an extreme, which is too often the case. Another objectionable fea ture about it is, it trains our girls .to a familiarity which breeds con tempt. The Tribune favors manly men and womanly women, and its face is set fast against any custom or practice which tends to destroy these excellencies. Sunday at Ozias Church. Last Sunday was a memorable day for Ozias Freewill Baptist chureh (Bradwell school house) in the Corbitt settlement in Clinch county, seven miles south of Pearson. Besides the religious feature of the day, there was a reunion of the Corbitt and Starling families, which are very large ones in this section and the occasion was the means of bringing together a large concourse of people. The building was erected jointly by Messrs. Newsom and Lewis Corbitt, and is located about mid way between their respective homes. Both these gentlemen married into the Starling family — two brothers married two sisters — thus it was a reunion of the Corbitt and Starling families. The people in that neighborhood are “good livers” and the ladies excel in the culinary art, and hence the splendid dinner that was spread bountifully upon the improvised dinner table. The day was a splendid one, a little w’arn|j but the heat was tem pered by the breezes which sprang up about 10 o’clock, so that it was •ot uncomfortable for those present and they enjoyed themselves to the utmost. Boosting Mutton. Manager Brooks, of the Tifton packing plant, says sheep are about as hard to kill out as boll weevils. Just to look around, one would think there were no sheep left in South Georgia, but one grower drove 900 to the plant the other day, and every day or so a carload or two comes in. Brooks said a man over near the state line offered him two car-loads of sheep, and he told him to send them in, thinking there would be about 150. But the seller doubled decked the cars, just like Mr. McAdoo says do, and packed his sheep. Instead of 150, there were 1.200, and Brooks is now boosting mutton as an article of diet. He says he sails in and kills sheep for a day or two each week, puts several hundred in cold storage—then looks around to see if there are any left, and be hold, he has more sheep than when he started. Therefore, Brooks is sure that if the sheep and boll weevils ever get mixed, the multi plication table will have to lean against tin* wall and fan for breath. —Tifton <lazette. Father-in-Law vs. Son-in-Law. About a month ago Mr. Edie Hayes, a young farmer living be tween here and Adel, was arrested and landed in jail on a charge of kidnapping, it being alleged that he stole Miss Louvinia Sanders, a daughter of Mr. Eula Sanders. The girl claimed to 'be of age, but the father said she was not, and proceeded to swear out the war rant for the young groom, taking the girl back home. The young man gave bond, and the case was set for trial here on Wednesday of this week. But it is said that the father whipped his daughter a few days ago, and the young husband hearing of it, stole the girl again last Saturday night and succeeded in getting away with her. It is further rumored that the young husband has put the father on notice that he will later hold him personally accountable for whip ping his wife. —Nashville Herald. Strayed. ONE big white and black spotted Sow, unmarked. Weighs about 350 pounds. Liberal reward for information that will lead to her recovery. R. A.Brinson, Kirkland, Ga. Subscribe for the Tribune, your home paper —$1.00 a year. ‘EARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY i 9, 1918 MARKETING COTTON CROP. Many Obstacle* that Must be Met and Overcome. Atlanta, Ga., July 17 —In an official statement issued by the Cotton States Official Advisory Marketing Board, following its New Orleans meeting, at which plans were made for the gradual marketing of the 1918 cotton crop, the board pays tribute to the na tional administration for the splendid showing made in hand ling the war, expresses regret that there should be any pessimism at all with regard to handling the cotton crop, and gives assurance that, with the proper spirit of co operation, the crop can be handled with satisfaction to all concerned. The amount of the old crop car ried over, the board points out, will not be as large as it has been many times in the recent past. The carry ov«r this year is 4,231,000 bales as against 5,006,000 in 1916 and 7,730,000 in 1915. It is about 300,000 bales larger than in 1917, caused w holly by inability to ship cotton abroad, and not by any lack of demand. As a matter of fact, the world’s stock of cotton is lower than it has been for a long time; and what there is will be eagerly taken up as soon as ships can be provided. Nevertheless, the board recog nizes the fact that in order to handle the cotton on hand and successfully market the growing crop, at fair and equitable prices, all the people of the south must lend their best efforts to the Con summation of this purpose. In this connection, the board says: “The cotton farmers must resolve now that they w ill not ask the cotton trade to absorb the entire cotton crop in three or four months, as has so often been the practice in the past. They must determine that they will market the crop only as the trade demands it. Further, the board states: “The bankers of the country must not only assist in every way in financing the cotton crop, but must encourage the cotton farmers to pursue the policy that will least tax the ability of the banks to handle the situation. “The merchants of the country to whom a large percentage of the farmers are indebted, must collect the obligations as slowly as eon sistant with practical business methods and like the banks, must encourage the farmers to market their cotton gradually.” The board finds that the cost of producing the 1917 crop, based on figures received from all tiie cot- ton producing states, averaged ap proximately 30 cents per pound. According to the United States Census Bureau, there are 2,000,000 families in the South engaged in the production of cotton. Based on the last crop of less than 12,- 000,000 bales, or an average of six bales to the family, this gives each family an everage of S9OO or only $75 a month gross, for those owning their own land. For the 60 per cent of tenants who pay om-fourth rental, the average in come was only $675 a year or about $56 a month gross, The board says no one will seriously contend that this is more than a family should be permitted to earn. Continuing, the board congratu lates Southern Bankers on their prompt action looking toward fin ancing the cotton crop, and ex presses the hope that they will be able to work out a plan for carry ing the new crop, until the trade iu its regular course, can absorb it. The government is urged to pro vide more tonnage for moving cot ton, as well as better railroad fa citities for handling the home needs, if this be not inconsistent Letter from France. Many of the readers of the Tri bune, acquaintances of Corporal .1. Fred llunnicutt, will be glad to peruse the following letter which his mother has kindly sent us for publication: ' SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, June 20, 1918. Dear Mother: Have at last landed and Gee you can’t imagine how glad I was when I did put my foot, on land once more. This is sure a pretty country and is a very queer one to me. All the houses are cn the old type and it sure looks odd. The people here seem to be very kind, and you should have heard them shout when we Americans came in. Sure did make me feel good. All the little children came out and walk ed holding on to our hands as we marched by them. They are sure to be pitied. They were begging us for cigarettes and pennies all the time, but they are very good natured and bear the war calmly. , Mother, here is a flower given me by a little French child; I saw the most children on the march that I ever saw in my life. lam sure glad that 1 can do my “bit” to help a people in need as are t hese. This is a very pretty place. Ev erything is so green and looks just like spring, only the trees are dif ferent to those in the States. The houses are funny to me, but to tell the truth it is all funny to me and strange. The people here sleep in the same house with their horses and cows. All under the same roof, the barn at one end and the stable at the other, and the people in the middle. Hal don’t you think that very queer? And most all the people wear wooden shoes. Gee, the people here sure loves to drink wine, they drink wine just as we would water. The days are very warm now but the nights are cool. But, don’t worry about me, I am “o. k.” You wouldn’t worry if I could only tell you where I am. Will say that 1 am close to a large city and am having the best of health. I was not sick one bit on my way over and have not ever felt better in my life. lam here in the Y. M. C. A. and the grapbi phone is playing “My old Ken tucky Home.” Wouldn’t that make me homesick? Mother, I have seen a camp that Napoleon built since I came over, ami several other things that I dare not write. I believe I will like France very much, and I be lieve 1 will be home before very much longer. Your loving son, Fred. 240 Pound Pigs. With coni above 50 cts. hogs oat their heads off very quickly. The hog that takes two or three months to get on full feed never brings you a profit. When you are ready to put your shoats on feed, begin with the B. A. Thomas’ Hog Medicine. Use regularly and watch your shoats round out into fat hogs in nine months —hogs going w'ell over 200 pounds and as high as 240 pounds. Figure the average feeding and you will see why the B. A. Thomas medicine is a good investment. Try feeding out your hogs on this plan and if you are uot more than pleased, we will refund the cost of the medicine. Sold by Pearson Hardware Store, Pearson, Ga. with the needs of the government in the prosecution of the war. Another thing urged by the board is that foreign purchasers be induced to pay for their pur chases in advance —a plan which would greatly relieve the strain on the banks in the heigh th of the season. COFFEE COUNTY. Item* of New* Gathered From Various Source*. PRIVATE INSTRUCTION ON Piano. Twelve half-hour lessons a month, $3.00. Eugenia Allen. The regular State examination for teachers in Coffee county will be held at Douglas on Friday and Saturday, August 2nd and 3rd. The published statements of the several banks of Coffee county shows they had on dejxisit June 29th the magnificent sum of $1,356,180.29. This is a splendid showing in the middle of summer and the prevailing conditions. Coffee county is called upon to send 163 men —75 white and 88 negroes —forward to the training camp during the month of July. Some of the finest specimens of manhood, of both races, will gofor wasd from Coffee county during July and August, patriots every one of them. J. J. Lott, who was born and reared in Coffee county, for many years a successful business man of Brunswick, died in an Atlanta san itarium Tnesday morning of last week. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his departure. I le had many relatives and friends in Coffee county who genuinely sorrow because of his death. The latest news from Solicitor- Goneral Dickerson is that he is slowly recovering from the opera tion for appendicitis, and getting along excellently. He will remain at the sanitarium two or three weeks before returning home. It is said by a friend, who was in At lanta last week and called to see him, he was caught eatiug a beef steak, which sounds good for a con valescent. A civil service examination for clerks and carriers for the Douglas postoffice will be held at the Doug las postoffice on August the 24th. The age limit of applicants is 18 to 45. The tests will be in spelling, arithmetic, penmanship, letter wri ting, accurate copying of manu script. or printed matter and the deciphering of addresses. Salary from SBOO to $1,200 a year. Blank applications with full information can be had at the Douglas post office. The large weights which opera ted the clock in the county court house, the wire cable breaking, fell a distance of about 75 feet, crush ing everything they came in con tact with until they reached solid foundation. It happened one night last week and the tremendous noise startled the natives. It is sad to relate that a bench in the lobby at the entrance to the building was demolished and the idler’s rendez vous materially circumscribed for the present. These weights have done duty for nineteen years. AUTO CASINGS PORCH SWINGS MOSQUITO NETS ROCKERS FOR THE PORCH, AND EVERY thing usually kept in Hardware and Furniture. Prices right.— COME AND SEE PARKER HARDWARE & FURNITURE COMPANY Hardware, Furniture, Paints, Farm Tools Etc. MALONE BLOCK -0- PEARSON, GA. SI.OO A YEAR Cdffee Coumty’s Good Road. There is one good road in Coffee county. Beginning at the corpor ate limits of Douglas and extend ing to the Ware county line, by the way of Fales and Axson. The Tribune man visited the county seat Monday and had the pleasure of riding over this de lightful road, from the Gillis bridge to the corporate limits of Douglas, at a very lively clip. Just why Chairman Tanner, who is the whole cheese —so ho says —of the Board of Commission ers of Coffee county did not finish this beautiful boulevard up into the County city has not been given out and is beyond the Tribune’s ken. The Babe’s ways are mar velous and past finding out. Commissioner Tanner assigned as a reason lor not wishing to be cut off into Atkinson county that the bulk of his wealth was at Douglas, in Coffee county; and he wanted to stay in the good old county with it. And yet, while he has the authority, he just won’t complete that boulevard up into the capitol city of Coffee county where his treasures are deposited. Well, he is the whole cheese and that settles the prop osition. There is no mistake Commission er Tanner has had a splendid roail built from near his treasures in Douglas to his home at Fales and his shipping point at Axson. The Tribune will wager a “Thrip to a ginger cake” Joe Brewer will not poll any votes over on that side of Coffee county. Commissioner Tanner is the whole cheese and he’ll see to it. That stretch of highway begin ning at the city limits, where the boulevard ends, to Ward street — a distance of about a mile —could not be in a worse physical con dition. If the Commissioner per sists in ignoring this link in the road the city authorities should see to it that it is relieved from its present horrible condition. Annual Meeting at Mt. Zinn. The annual “meeting of days" at Mt. Zion began Wednesday night before the first Sunday instant and continued eight days. There were six additions to the church —one by restoration and five on confession of faith and bap tism. The ordinance of baptism was administered on Thursday morning prior to the close of the meeting, iu the Satilla river at the Gillis bridge. The pastor, Elder O. O. Wil liams, did the preaching and, as a whole, it was pronounced a splen did meeting. The church was re vived and will move forward with greater vigor in the work where unto it was cstabiished. 666 cures Headaches, Biliousness, Loss of Appetite, or that tired ach ing feeling, due to Malaria or Colds. Fine Tonic.
