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PEARSON TR BUNE
VOL. 4—NO. 14
SOUTH GEORGIA.
New» cf Our Neighbors i old 1.
Pointed Paragraphs.
All south Georgia counties an*
increases in their taxable
.resources. Toombs county comes
'forward with an increase $750,000.
The election in Lowndes, for
eouuty wide taxation in support of
public schools, was favorable to
the tax by a big vote. Only one
district in the county, Naylor,
gave a majority against the tax.
Under a bill filed in the United
States District court, at the in
stance of bondholder's, the Way
cross & Western railroad has been
placed in the hands of Alex. K.
Sessoms as receiver. The road, it
.is stated, is hopelessly insolvent.
It is stated that Mr. A. B. Hur
, of Jeff Davis county, will re
alke • $5,000 from about seven acres
plant °d to tobacco. Sounds ex
tra vat ant to the Tribune, but
Judge Clemonts of Irwin county
is yet fci ' he heard from on the to
bacco <iu estion.
Elder 1. ■ L. Courson, a former
ministerial student at Biedmont
Institute, V, T aycross, has resigned
the pastorate °f ”*e hirst Baptist
■church at A A * Lo ( 1° an,| y '• M.
V. A. work. I' e has made a mis
take in quitting ” le work of an
under shepherd even for a season.
Mr. Hixson Kn of lif ton,
died a few days sin* " e * übercolosis
at the state sauatat. ' um a ’ Alto,
and his remains were buried near
Enigma. He. was a brot her ol Mr.
W. M. Smith who wat il lof '°
motive engineer, driving ,’he log
train, for the Daugherty N I<* K»\v
Lumber Company at Pearsoi 1 1111
til it’s mill was recently fc hut
down.
Revenue officers -captured si. ;
illicit distilleries in the vicinity
of Waycross within, a ]>erio(f of
three days, one hist. Saturday in
Clough’s bay having- a capacity of
60-gallons. The officers say illicit
distilling is on the increase in
Georgia, and in Sout It Georgia, the
“lard can” variety is tin- favorite.
It is only now and then a still
above the “lard can” capacity is
found.
Clerk J. W. Grover, of Thomas
'county, has conceived the idea of
•decorating a room in the court
house with the picture of (-very
lx>y, white and colored, called to
jut.iy service from that county
Relatives of the men are asked to
furnish the pictures and County
( Commissioners will have the pie
tu res framed and given a place in
jljj, county court house. The idea
is a good one from an historical
st-indi »int and especially in keep
in,, t [ u ‘ir memories fresh in the
minds o. f tbe peoplc-the boys
who offer, xl t}lplr :111 m dpf(,llßC of
home and . sentry, many of whom
will never s* borne again.
Bank Bton Bro *-
Roberta, C a - ’ all - 21 * 191
Old Kentucky M
Padu by.
Gentlemen: , .
A Mr. Will Wa, ’bter of this
county had some bo S- 5 that were
down with cholera an. * ha<l gpven
up all hope of saving th( ‘ m al “ l
would not spend one j i_’*'® ny °°
them. I give him one 15 b pail ot
your B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder
and he has just come in and ptaid
me for it and advises that eveij
one of his sick hogs got well and
that be had killed them and now'
had them in his smoke house* ant
that they were as fine as an y be
had killed this year.
I want to add that he said his
hogs were down and so sick t hat
he bad to prize their mouths ojoen
and his wife poured the powder
down their throats.
Please find check in full of m y
account and with kindest regard s
we beg to remain
Yours very truly,
Bankston Bros.
For sale by the Pearson Hard
*ARK Store, Pearson, Ga.
Protracted Meetings
All of our I’ear-.on ministers
have engaged in protracted meet
mgs some where during the pasi
two weeks:
Rev. O. B. Tally assisted in a
protracted meeting al Ward Mr
thodist church, near Blackshear.
although suffering from a painful
carbuncle on the back of his neck.
He reports a very spiritual meet
ing but no additions to the church.
Elder G. Tom West was engaged
in a meeting at a Baptist church,
near Cordele, of which he was pas
tor for several years before .lie
moved from Albany to Coffee
county, lie reports a good meet
ing, the Holy Spirit was present
in convicting and converting
power, and a number of souls were
added to the church.
Elder John F. Smith served Mt.
Pleasant church, near Broxton, of
which he is pastor, in a protracted
service in which there was much
interest manifested.
Our young licensed minister,
David M. Douglass, who lives
near Harmony Grove, has just re
turned from Big Creek Missionary
Baptist church, near Ochlochonee,
Thome ’ county, where he spent a
week in protracted meeting, lie
gives a glowing account of an old
time revival meeting. He says
the entire community was stirred
by the Holy Spirit and there were
many asking the way of salvation.
There were thirty-two accessions
to the church oil confession of
faith, and among them some ap
parently hardened sinners, con
firmed in “hardness of heart and
reprobacy of mind.” The sword
of the Spirit is a powerful weapon
and, when properly wielded, con
quers all opposition even to the
“dividing asunder of joints and
marrow.”
Rev. O. B. Tally has been hold
ing protracted services this week,
commencing Sunday night, at. the
s 'weet water Methodi t church.
PL e attendance and interest has
l#*ei i good.
6tjt) i 'ures Headaches, Biliousness,
l,os* l of Appetite, or that tired ach
ing feel.'ng, due to Malaria or
Colds- Fine Tonic.
Opposing Compulsory Dipping
Considerable opposition to the
compulsory dipping, of cattle has
developed iu Clinch county.
A government agent has recent
ly appeared before the < ommission
ois-of that county asked them to
begin on a small scale, build a few
vats divided among the several
districts of the county, by way of
educating the people to the neces
sity of tick eradication arid the
feasibility of the dipping process.
On the other hand some of the
large cattle owners of the county
held a meeting at’ Homervilie on
the first Monday instant and
adopted resolutions of protest
against the passage of the state
wide compulsory dipping bill,
championed by Senator Dickerson
and others and which had past the
Senate, and instructing Represent
ative Culpepper to not only vote
against its passage in the House
but to do all he could to defeat it.
These opponents say it would be
impractical in Clinch county and
work a gieat hardship upon the
great masses of the county. They
say it is an impossible undertak
ing to dip several hundred head of
almost wild cattle as the new lav
will require, to say nothing of the
great expense incident to gather
ing them up from the swamps and
liays where they have been raised.
They say further that the present
law requires all cattle to be dip
ped before being shipped out of
the county, to which they sub
scribe heartily, and which they
think is sufficient law on the sub
ject for Clinch county.
r KAHSON. UKOIiUIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST lt>, 15118
AGRICULTURAL BEMSSii
Give* Goo a Advice as to Cotton,
W n~> 1 and W‘ l ja v.
Atlanta. Ga., August !(> —Com
missionor .1. J. Brown, vi the State
Department of Agriculture, de
elated today that farmers all ovei
Georgia are responding strongly to
the plan of the Cotton Slates
< >fiicial Advisory Marketing Board,
providing for the gradual market
ing of the cotton crop.
Under this plan, the fanners of
Georgia and the South are agree
ing to retire every third bale and
not to market more than 20 per
cent of their crop in any one
month.
Organization to this end, which
is rapidly being perfected in Geor
gia under the direction of the
State Market Bureau, is already
promising of splendid results.
Chairmen have been chosen in
each cotton growing county and
these are securing their canvass
ers in the various militia dist ricts
where the pledges of the farmers
are being rapidly signed.
“The plan adopted”, said Mr.
Brown, who is President of the
marketing board for the whole
South., “already gives promise of
splendid success. We are not go
ing to permit the market to bo
flooded or overstocked this fall.
Too often have we experienced the
total effects of such a market plan.
Through the movements which tin
board has adopted ami which 1
am glad to see arc being carried
out in Georgia and the other
States, we are going to hold the
marketing of the crop to tin- basis
upon which the supply can be
most easily and satisfactory al>
sorbed, which will mean that cot
ton will come nearer to command:
ing its fair and legitimate price.”
x x x
As time goes on there, are in
creasing indications that'the fuel
situation this fall will‘be, if any
thing, worse than last year.
The State Department of Agri
culture urges all farmers who can
do so to prepare against this situ
ation, not only for themselves, but
for their neighboring communities,
by cutting cord wood and having
it ready for delivery when needed.
It looks now as if every cord of
wood that can possibly be cut for
fall use will be needed and con
sumed. The cutting should begin
about September Ist, when the
sap goes down in the trees, and
continued from then on through
the fall.
Undoubtedly there will be a de
maud for cord wood this fall at a
good price and those who are in a
position to do so, should lake ad
vantage of it.
X X X
From some sections reports have
reached the Georgia Department
of Agriculture of a purpose to plant
wheat this fall. But these are no
thing like in proportion to what
should be done to meet the neces
sities of the situation. The de
mand for food products this fall
and especially wheat and other
grains, is going to be larger than
ever; and, unless Georgia makes
her own supplies, the people of
this State will have difficulty in
getting what they will need.
If every farmer in Georgia will
plant al least two acres of wheat
to each plow, it will give us ap
proximately 10,000,000 bushels, an
apiount which will easily be ab
sorbed at the prevailing good price.
In planting wheat the Department
urges each farmer to select his best
acres and to begin as soon as the
crops are off the land to prepare
the ground thoroughly in order
that he may get a full yield and a
good crop.
WANTI) to purchase, six or eight
hogs prepared or fattening. Call
I at Tribune office for particulars.
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I L . t(» •; i'vii ,j
(• '-nth < ieorgin be: ;; : :it> 11
. lit ■ ivk \ Li" '<! ' S i ■ :• i:
I his year il i.-> going i j i
previous records :i> a hi.si procur
ing section. A drive through flu
country from Albany going .south
east .lo llie Florida line. pa.-.dug
lliioiigli the lotiniies of Wor h.
Mitchell, Colquitt, Thomas and
Brooks, will reveal to the interest
ed observer a veritable Land ol
Plenty. On every side there may
be seen splendid fields of waving
corn, velvet beans, field peas, pea
uuts, cotton and an almost endless
variety of “side crops,” such as
sweet potatoes, sugar cane, tur
nips, cabbages, etc., etc. And more
over and better still, if possible,
large herds of cattle and hogs are
in evidence are on every farm.
The season for nearly all food
crops has been a favorable one
throughout South Georgia, and ail
crops have now passed the critical
stage insofar as (lie seasonal condi
tions are to be considered, and
bountiful harvests are assured.
The farmers of South Georgia
have abandoned (lie all-cotton
plan of farming which kept them
poor for forty years following ilie
Civil War. and heve turned to a
system of diversfied agriculture,
and tin-result is general anil mi
precedentcd prosperity.
This year's crops in South Geor
gia. including the hogs and cattle,
will he worth millions, and a few
more such years will make this
I in- richest part of the Umpire
State of the South. —Albany
Herald.
Absolutely Wrong.
We understand that the report
has gotten out that the people of
Douglas are going to make an or
ganized fight against the ratifies
tion of the new county of Atkin
son at the election this fall.
This report is absolutely-with
out, foundation, as the people of
this part of the county have no
idea of further fighting the new
county.
We hated to lose Pearson and
all the territory taken from us by
the new county-, and made the best
possible fight, in the legislature
against the proposition.
We lost and as good losers have
only- the best wishes for the new
county, and Ihe idea of trying to
defeat the county at the polls is
not to be considered.
We are glad that the Commis
sioners are going to build a good
road to Pearson. We want to get
over to see the good people there
more often and they may rest as
sureil as their county grows and
prospers that the people of Doug
las will rejoice with them. —Coffee
County Progress.
Coffee County’s First Bale.
The first bale of cot tori grown
and marketed in Coffee county for
1918 weighed 196 pounds; classed
as high middling and brought on
the Douglas market 35 l-2c. per
pound, besides a bonus given as a
premium for the first bale. Tin
growers, Messrs. Jeff Seromh-r and
J. 1). Perry, who lives seven miles
northeast of Broxton, gave the pre
mium to the Douglas Red Cross
Chapter. This cotton was ginned
at Ocilla and shipped to Douglas
to be marketed. T. B. Itushin was
the purchaser, and the price paid
was a boost for the Douglas cotton
market for this season.
Mr. J. Mark Shaw has moved to
Adel from Willacooeheeand opened
a barber shop. To him it is like
going back home; he was born
and reared near Adel —his father
being the late Judge Charlton
Shaw- who was among the fore
most citizens of that section.
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’ems cf Gathered From
■ -■ ", - - on,i - U -d!r : iq-i>i> to
;(, ■ e- 'amp t :<>i<im
Augu .1 'Ait !).
The Doujdas « rorresp>.-m',oiit. of
• h-c Ma oil Telegraph a l e- ! bat
7 • h:n a populsitioil of 6 <
pie and will soon have iui! t h!••-:-
doctors—TY.rl. Wln-lehel and Sri;
belt, Sr. Guess these doctors are
not kicking.
Messts. Wallace and Grantham
have declined to make the race for
representative in the legislature
from Coffee county, it is current,
however, that former Representa
tive James I. Hatfield thinks the
running is good and his announce
ment is expected at any- time.
Among the names reported
wounded, undetermined, of mem
bers of the 151st machine gun bat
talion, attached to the celebrated
“Rainbow” Division, in the thick
of the fighting in France, is that
of Jefferson B. Kirkland, of N'ieli
oils, (la. Thus Coff e county is
sharing in the war casualties. Jeff
is as brave and true as steel.
Representative Stewart has se
cured an appropriation by the leg
islature of $7,500 for an additional
dormitory at the Eleventh District
.'..and M. School, at Douglas. Mr.
Stewart has ever since he became
a member of the legislature kept a
sluiit'p lookout for the needs of this
and the other District schools of
the State. Hi- is a strong friend
of agricultural and other technical
ed ucation.
The sales of tobacco at Douglas
and Nicholls last week shovCa gain
in prices due to better grades, tin
average price being 40c. per pound.
The maximum price paid was 48c.,
while the Red Cross tobacco, se
lected, sold for 65c. per pound. It
is stated that “All the tobacco
growers of Coffee county- have plen
ty of money-,” and the growers ad
mit that, tobacco has proven a sat
isfactory money crop and will he
grown on a larger scale next year.
Tin-sales at Douglas and Nicholls
last, week amounted to more than
200,000 pounds.
The marriage of Miss Madge Ba
ker and Mr. George F. McCranie,
Jr. was consummated Sunday
night, the 4th inst. They, with a
couple of friends, drove to the
Douglas Methodist parsonage and,
while sitting in the car about ten
o’clock, Rev. B. K. Whittington
spoke the words that piade them
husband and wife. They- then re
turned to the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Baker,
and notified them of their union.
They then sped on to Willacoo
cliee, where they caught the early
morning train for a bridal trip to
Florida. The Tribune man con
gratulates the young couple upon
the happy consummation of their
plighted troths and wishes them
long and joyful lives together.
AiiTO CASINBS
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 15 LOCK -0- PE All SOX, GA.
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I SF- i f ' r :Li >*■ tj.-l ■"» •:»
«Ct L -j, < 5, '.F J . C: ..J.-,:
j Saturday 'merning a' mt t
' o’clocl; ! lie wire-, b: ought t .v
--' from Willaeooela-o of Ihe 1 ■' : !-;■
\ 1711: ha .Feeiv 1y I! :c!;s F. • ;
. The I ragedy s -Cllis to I he ■
I i In- milcumc of a druiiken ... . v;.
! during' which Muon- had nursed in
Ids image, hm that ccriain uueq
\: d,i.' repnr s in regard to hi nisei,
had cmanalcd from liieh.x iVri.y
and his bio! lu-r.
Those stories followed the in< I
Mlenl of Moore's automobile being
wrecked in an accident and carried
to'the garage of Berry brothers for
repairs. It seems that it was then
i those stories became current. It
| is stated that Moore charged Berry
with start ing them, but Perry de
nied it very positively.
Moore believed firmly that lie
had not misjudged Berry, and Sat
urday morning he started out to
get satisfaction and, it seems, pre
pared for any- eventuality. He
conducted a grocery store just back
of the Atlantic Boast Line rail road
depot and, if is stated, that Satur
day morning, just before the trag
edy, he went into the store and
opened the back door which led
into a garden; he opened his safe
am! took out his valuable papers,
placed them in front of the safe
with pistol on them; he then took
out what money he had on hand,
laid it down iu front of the safe
and placed a pistol on top of it.
He left the back door open, went,
out the front door and fastened it
and going immediately to the gar
age where ho met Hicks Berry and
where the altercation took place.
Only a few words passed between
them before the sad tragedy occur
red. It is stated that Moore had
beat Berry with his pistol and had
started to leave but turned at the
door as if to go back. It was then
the fatal shot was fired, the con
tents of a double barrel gun being
emptied into the side of Moore’s
face and ranged into the brain.
Both parties are from excellent
families and the tragedy is greatly
deplored at Willacooehee. Both
parties were married. Berry has
a wife but no children; Moore
leaves a wife and four children —
two sons and two daughters. 'Fite
deceased was born and reared in
Willacooehee, his father being tlio
late Aaron Moore, a pioneer citizen
of that thriving little city, and his
mother still lives at the old homo
built when the town was started.
Elisha Moore is survived by
three brothers and several sisters.
Ills brothers are Dr. Henry Moore,
the resident dentist of Willacoo
ehee; William Moore, a trusted
employe of the A., B. & A. railroad
and the present Mayor of Man
chester, Ga.; the youngest, Alex.
Moore, also a trusted railroad em
ploye.
Under the evidence before tho
Coroner’s jury t he verdict was jus
tifiable homicide, but the Tribuna
is informed that a more thorough
investigation of the affair is to b(J
made by Moore’s relatives. "