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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1918)
PERSONAL and LOCAL 666 cures Chills and Fever. Sergeant Tom Browning from Camp Wheeler, whose parents re side in Pearson, served as drill master to the Home Guards last Tuesday afternoon. He is splen did as a drillmaster; the Guards were well pleased and only wish he could stay longer with them. 666 cures Bilious Fever. The Tribune’s foreman, Mr. G. E. McCormick, Jr., is on the list this week, and the editor has had to substitute for him. Hope he will be well soon. GGG cures Malarial Fever. Mr. Cox, the barber, is a citizen of Pearson again, and has the dis tinction of being the only tonsorial artist in the city. Uncle 84m has called for all of Pearson’s barbers and are making soldiers out of them. Mr. Cox expects this time to linger long in Pearson as he has all the business to himself, GGG cures by removing the cause. Dr. W. L. Pritchett has gone on a visit to his parents, who reside in Middle Georgia, for a week or ten days’ stay. He has a brother at Camp Wheeler under orders to go to France, and he wanted to see him before he left for over there. (Jo to Ilarrelson for second-hand -Shoes. - rl Mr. 1,. <>. W hitley has moved from the Daugherty McKee mill and occupies the Corbett cottage on the corner of Slioofly and Court streets. The family have been having chills and fever which ne cessitated the change.' Mr. W hit ley purchased a farm when the sawmill shut down but. too late to plan for a crop this year. He is expecting to move to the farm next year. ' • GGG contains no alcohol, arsenic, nor other poisonous drugs. 10t.. Mr. Allen Hawkins, a 17 year old lad of Pearson, with the per missioh of his mother, has volun teered in the Const Artillery, form erly Savannah Volunteer Guards, and is now at Fort Screven. Ilarrelson puts solid side leather on your shoes. Mr. K. L. Griffis has moved his family back to the farm in the Stokesville neighborhood. The’ scarcity of farm labor had some-’ thing to do with the change. See Ilarrelson when you want yonr Harness Cleaned or Re paired. Mr. [C. H. Dudley and family will {move to Atlanta, where ,he will have the management of the Daugherty MeKee lumberyards in that city. His father-in-law, Mr. W. R. Ghihis, will move with his family back to Savannah. These are all splendid people and we re gret to lose them. The Daugherty- McKee lumber interest's here' is quite at an end. Goto Ilarrelson for your Rubber Heels and Toe Caps —he puts them on. Miss Fronie Hodges, a ebarming young lady of Cogdell, is a visitor in Pearson this week and a guest of her sister. Mrs. W. .1. Deem Pearson young people are always glad to have her visit here. When your Shoes need repairing take them to Ilarrelson at •the’. Blacksmith Shop. Prof. Sankey 1 tooth, of lVarton, spent Saturday with his brothers here. Prof. Booth is a strong teacher and has made a fine record at Pearen, and has been re-elected for another term. —Adel News. GGG cures If eadaches, Tflliousnesfe, Loss of Appetite, or that tired ach ing feeling, due to Malaria or Colds. Fine Tonic. Mrs. J. B. White and children have gone to Burnelle, Florida, to visit her mother. She went down to Xalnmta Saturday morning and from thence her husband accom panied them on their journey as far as Jack- onville. FOR SALE. My fine milch cow. Also one female hog in exellent order. Apply to W. R. Childs, at Moore's Mill. In Memorium. Elias M. PafTord was born in Cof fee county, Ga., near the present Springhead chuieh, March JO, 1860. His parents were Rowan and Elizabeth Pafford. His mother before marriage was Miss Elizabeth Smith, a daughter of Elder Win. Smith, a noted Primi tive Baptist minister. lie was reared on his father’s farm, and had all the experiences of<£ farmer’s boy. llis education wa\j obtained in the country school house, hard by his father’s home, and around the fireside of his Godly parents. In his 19th or 20th year his father sent him to boarding school at Waycross oiie year, where he received splendid training under Prof. Charles J. Jenkins. It was then that he and the editor of tlie Tribune became acquainted and learned to appreci ate one another. The Tribune editor* then in the newspaper galne.aS editor of the Waycross Reporter. The editor and student passed many hours of pleasant labor together, the former assist ing the latter in his pursuit of knowledge. Soon after he returned home he professed conversion and united with the Fussell Methodist church at that time a flourishing congreg ation, that worshipped in a church building located about a half mile south of, and on the same lot of land, where Mr. W. T. Fussell now resides. The pastor who received him into the church was Rev. J. E.‘Tboke, whose remains rest in the little Pearson cemetery. In;lßfs3 he was united in marri age with Miss Levizanu Hull, a splendid young woman of Berrien county, Ga. ’They were blessed with seven, children —feur sons And three daughters —all of whom are grown and a source of joy to tlieirparents. The wife and child ren all survive him and were pres ciit at his burial. His children are: Sons —11. M. Pafford, a civil engineer of Jonesboro, Kan.; Rev. B. A. Pafford, a member of the So. Ga. Conference, and in charge of the Woodard circuit; ii. E. Paf ford, pf Wadsworth, S. C.; .1. W. Pafford, of Statenville, Ga.; Daughters: Misses <>l lie Mae, Mag gie and Carrie, all of whom reside with their mother at Waycross. Surviving him are also one sister, Mrs. 1). .1. Carver, of Sparks, and six brothers, M. A. and J. M. Paf ford of Pearson, William and O. 11. Pafford of Millfown, Rev. N. 'l'. Pafford of Blakely, and J. R. Paf ford, .of Galveston, Texas. All were at the burial except the lat ter. lie was a licensed minister in th(‘ Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for about thirty years, and a teacher in the public schools of South Georgia and Florida for miSrc than twenty-five years, and was teaching in Echols county wh.pn he. was stricken with his last illness. Hence it will be seen that the greater portion of his life was spent in the public service, trying to lead the young in the way of knowledge and right living. U'hs life was as an open book, hidden or secret about where lie went or what We did. He was kiUing'ffoir all • tp know’ what Was in In I *mind.and heart. He was as meek as a lamb and as confiding a.-Ca child. Bore no one ill will; know no eyemy, but was friendly to all. -• He died at his home in Way cross, July JGtb, of pleural effusion, in his 59th year. His burial was in the cemetery at Spriughead chneekw-about six miles south of Leliaton on Saturday, July 20th. The funeral was conducted by Lay man Thomas G. Hilliard, a mem ber of Trinity Methodist church of Waycross, by the special request of the deceased. Many friends and relatives witnessed the last sad rite. Verily, a good man has past away. A Friend. i Übe editor of the Tribune regrets his jnability to attend the funeral of jis friend, Prof. E. M. Pafford. The twain had been friends for more than thirty-five years and the editor feels a personal loss in Prof. Pafford’s death. One by one we are passing away. PEARSON TRIBUNE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, JULY 2<J, 1918 MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Lands at a Lo \f Rate of Interest. us before cbnt racking OICKERSbN & MINGLEDORFF, elsewhere. Pearson, Georgia. Death of Mrs. Browning The Tribune chronicles with sorrow the death of Mrs. Browning, consort of our fellow citizen, Mr. J. 11. Browning. She has been a sufferer for years with malignant cancer of toe breast, ami hence her death was not unexpected. She was a good Christian woman, a devout member of the Methodist church, and to her it was a crown of rejoicing to pass away, and be at home with Jesus. Her husband and six children, all boys, mourn her death. They loved her with a tender, filial af faction and did everything pos -ible to make her comfortable during her illness. The burial was at Sweetwater cemetery, two miles north of Fear son, Pastor O. B. Tally officiating. Social Party. Misses Eva and Juanita 'HI! mail entertained Tuesday evening in honor of Misses Er a and Rati; Griffis. In the early part Of the evening “punch” was served. 'I lie guests enjoyed themselves with music and playing different games. At 10:30 refreshments of icecream were served. The hostesses, wen bidden goodnight, with assurances from all that they had Spent a very pleasant evening. Th°se present were Misses Gleo Kirkland, Charlotte Uickctson, Belle Pafford, Eugenia Allen. Fin nic Parley, Dailey, of Homerville, Edna Meeks, Etta White, Fronie Ilodgcs of Cogdell, Reva- Corbett, Eva and Ruth Griffis, and Mrs. Floy Starling. Messrs, Broughton Kirkland, Charlie Min.shev, Clar- Viummcrlin, Clyatt James, Dr. Knox Averett. and Masters Reiner Sweat, Edison Pafford, Frank Gun ter and Johnnie Kirkland. Colored Red Cross Work President Ellis, of the colored industrial school at Dougin*;. was in Pearson last, Saturday slid Sun day in the interest of t lie American Red Cross work among the colored citizens of Coffee county. ITo delivered an address in .lx - half of the work, at the Colored Baptist church, Sunday uftorhobn, and was heard by a crowded houke, there being quite, a mi ml mm- of white people present. All arc agreed that it was a splendid ad dress. The excellent singing was n fea ture of the occasion and a subject of favorable comment. A collection tvus taken up and responded to liberally. He asked for a certain amount and il was quickly given twice over. Meld rim Coming. Brigadier-General’Peter W. Mel drini, of the State Home Guards, Savannah, is expwted to come to Pearson on Thursday, August Ist, and formally muster the Pearson Home Guards into the'Slate ser vice. He;will arrive on (lie 7:15 train in the evening and return to Savannah by next, morni# strain. He will be entertained*at Hotel Malone, and a reception in'his honor will be held from 9 to 10 o’clock. , I). P. Douglas, who is making headquarters in Brunswick and working in the shipyard, was in the city last Saturday to look aftor some business connected with the death of his mother. He made the Tribune a pleasant call and dropped a dollar in the con tribution box. Messrs \V. T. and \V. R. Dicker son, of Homerville, passed through Pearson Jast Sunday morning en route for Douglas to visit their brother, M. D. Dickerson, who had just returned from the Baptist Sanitariun at Atlanta, where he was operated upon for appendicitis about six weeks ago. Note of Thanks. ( W VVOEOSSS, Ga., July 24, 1918 Wo should like to express our sincere appreciation to the good people who so' beautifully mani feSlod tbjpir personal sympathy on the occasion of the iliness and death in bur home. These things • menu to u*> far more than can be expressed ip words. Mrs. E. M. P.vmiKD, 1 ‘ and family. Messrs. John Vickers and Bud Guthrie united with the Primitive Baptist church at Sweetwater the last second Sunday. Mrs.. Sam G. Fackler. after spend ing a week with friends in IVarson, left Sunday morning for Hazel hurst to visit her mother. • David M. Douglas will be engaged next week in a protracted meeting ov'or in Thomas County, at, Big Greek church, near Ochlockonee. lion. Jeff Kirkland returned from his trip to Atlanta last Fri <Jay. Reports politics iii the Capi tol cilj as red hot and still heat ing. ' A couple of khaki clad boys, Tom Iliggs and Toni Browning, came home Sunday morning on iHjloughs. Their people were glad to see them. Judge. .!. M. "Humineral 1 passed through IVarson last Saturday •morning enroute to Springhead church to at lend the burial of his friend, Rev. E. M. Pafford. ’Layman Thomas G. Hilliard, a member of Trinity church. Way cross, will conduct the services at ! lie Pearson Methodist church next Sunday. Pastor Tally will be iiway engaged in a protracted nice ting.’ . The readers attent ion is called to -the “Money to Loan” advertisi - went of Dickerson and Mingle- Worff in this issue. They represent first, class connections and can give you good service, if you eon template borrowing money be sure to see lhem. The protracted meeting at Har mony Grove, seven miles north of Pearson, closed last night. The meeting was one where the Spirit of God was manifested in The add it ion to the eh inch of souls. 'About twenty were baptised by 'The pastor yesterday afternoon. Funny, things . are occurring Vvery now and then. Thirty-five years ago the weekly press of Georgia withdrew from the Geor gia PriLc Association, forming the Georgia Weekly Press Association. The old organization soon died. The -other day at VTighlsville, the daily press was there in full force, the Georgia Weekly Press Association was killed, a funeral ilirgc sung and upon the corpse was resurrected the Georgia Press ,A soejutiou. Prepare for another funeral soon. HOW’S YOUR LIVER? PLA!.T’3XIVER FILLS do contain Calomel, v.hich is • the only r:;k! Liver Cleanser, (but not the sickening griping Calomel you’ve dreaded all your life); it is so scientifically combined with other cleansing drugs that it will not sicken, gripe or interfere with your work. Kmown and endorsed by thousands. *- 25c AT DRUG AND GENERAL STORES. Made by the makers of Plank's Chill Tonic Used 40 Veers MDUI The Woman’s lonic Sold Everywhere Passon’s Department Store I. PASSON, Proprietor I have a full line of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes and Hats, bought at the old prices, which I am offering for quick sale at 30 per cent, less than they can be bought elsewhere. _________ wammmmummß I bought this stock six months ago; the same goods cannot be bought at wholesale for the prices I am offering them at retail. Come in and see this line of goods. It will cost you nothing to look at them. Pafford Bld’g., - Pearson, Ga. FI 8 K THE RIGHr TIRE Right in quality, in price and mileage, with the right pol icy back of it. The Itli dependable, eco nomically-priced automobile tire. FOB SALE BY Pearson Hardware Store PEARSON, GEORGIA FORD GARAGE E. R. WILLIAMS, Prop, Service Rendered Day or Night Accessories Carried in Stock PARTS TIRES FREE AIR OILS and TUBES AND GREASES IN STOCK WATER STARTERS AND GENERATORS A SPECIALTY First-class Mechanics—all work guaranteed Your patronage is solicited Telephone 57 - Pearson, Ga.
