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VOL. 4—NO. 15
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told in
Pointed Paragraphs.
Moultrie is planning for a Col
rpiitt county fair in October. The
grounds have been secured and
work on the necessary buildings
will begin at once.
Mr. Lovic Pharr, formerly with
the Tribune, now manipulates the
types on the Ware County News,
at Millwood. He is getting out a
neatly printed paper.
The legislative scheme in re
apportioning the counties into sen
atorial districts leaves the Sixth
intact, composed of Lowndes, Her
rien and Echols. Valdosta is very
much pleased.
The Mill town Advocate gives out
the information that the proposi
tion of creating Lanier county is
not dead. That a campaign is just
opening to boost, its interests, and
and that it will be a very live
question next summer. Success to
Lanier county.
Hon. L. J. Cooper has announced
himself a candidate for senator
from the Fifth district. Bowden
is to have opposition after all, and
whether it be Bowden or Cooper—
the successful candidate —he will
be Atkinson county's senator and
she will be satisfied.
Yearly meeting at Arabia Prim
itive Baptist church,over in Clinch
county, was held last Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday. Large crowds
of people from all this section of
country were present, and candi
dates who were there had a regular
people-seeing time.
Baxley is moving lively in the
matter of holding an Appling
county fair this fall, October 22nd
to 26tli inclusive. Appling is one
of the most progressive count ies in
Southeast Georgia, and her display
of resources will be of immense
benefit to those who attend.
Tift county lands are changing
hands; about $60,000 worth was
sold last week to new settlers; the
price per acre was the highest
ever known in that section. These
lands were purchased because they
were cleared. It emphasizes the
fact that every acre of fresh clear
ed land in South Georgia can be
marketed and at satisfactory
prices.
Way cross and Savannah, upon
the advice of Senator Hoke Smith,
worked themselves all over to get
a government cantonment. Their
disappointment was keen upon re
ceiving the last word —“the govern
pient will establish no further con
tonments.” What does Hoke know
about what is going on in Wash
lngton, anyhow? He is too busy
admiring himself to find out.
There are six legislative candi
dates in Lowndes county, and only
two places to fill; the present in
cumbents, O. K. Jones and W. T.
Staten, ,J. E. Webb, W. 11. Stan
ford. Lee L. Robinson and Geo. A.
Whitaker. They are all good
friends, the Last named a first cou
sin, of the Tribune editor. Wish
they all could get elected. Jones
and Staten stood by Atkinson
county to the finish.
Today there will bean unveiling
of a beautiful drinking fountain,
built be the W. C. T. IJ. on the
court house lawn in Cairo to the
momory of Codgressman S. A. Rod
denberry, the great Prohibition
advocate. The principle addresses
will be delivered by Judge W. M.
Harrell of the superior court, Bain
bridge, and Judge Roscoe Luke of
the Court of Appeals, Thomasville,
both life-long friends of the de
eeased congressman.
Selection of Seeds
The Tribume calls the attention
of its farmer friends to the fact
that they are living in a new agri
cultural era. New conditions, new
policies and new methods are
crowding in upon them. These
must be adopted or you will find
yourselves laggards in the van.
Among the new policies which
farmers are called upon to adopt
is the selection at the proper time
seeds to be used in the growing of
crops. The heads of our agricultur
al deportments insist that the
best time to select corn for seed is
at the harvest time. Within the
next sixty days corn will be har
vested and that is the time for the
selection of seed for next year's
crop. Don’t forget it, and re
member also that the government
is insisting upon an increased acre
age of corn next year.
The farmers of this section have
determined to plant some wheat
this fall. To the success of this
venture if is needful for them to
have proper seeds, and now is the
time to secure your seed. Those
who have had experience in grow
ing wheat in this section insist
that Georgia seed produces the
best: results. Don’t forget this, it
is very important, if you want
some home grown wheat flour next
year.
If you continue to grow cotton,
you must have selected cotton
seed —early disease resisting var
ieties —and transfer the harvest
season from October and Novem
ber to July and August and not
later than August and September.
< )ur farmers cannot afford to-on
tirely abandon cotton raising, be
cause of the existence of the boll
weevil, but they must learn to
plant smaller areas, plant early
and rush it to an early harvest.
It is being successfully raised in
Decatur, one of the first Georgia
counties to be infected with the
post, and it can be doin' in Atkin
son county. I’ropc" seed selection is
the sequel to successful cotton
growing under all circumstances.
Sweet, potatoes as a mon
ey crop are coming into
prominence, and the outlook is
they will remain so for many years.
The war has created a tremen
dous market for them at big pri
ces —now selling in i’earson at $2
per bushel, when formerly 50c
per bushel was considered a high
price. It is the duty of the farm
ers t o grow sweet potatoes in abun
dance, and of a selected early and
hardy variety.
The farmers of this section are
experimenting in tobacco culture;
their experiments have proven en
tirely satisfactory; they have
grown some excellent samples of
tobacco and have received a good
price for it, and they are delight
ed with the result. It is expected
much larger crops will be grown
next year; the Tribune suggests
that care should be exercised in
the selection of seed; it was whis
pered around that so-and-so got
better seed than 1 did. There are
a variety of grades of tobacco,
as there are in corn, cotton, peas,
and other products of the farm,
and makes apparent the necessity
of selecting seeds that are best
adapted to this soil and climate.
The Tribune might partienlarize
further, but it is sufficient to say
that the question of proper seed
selection extends to every crop
grown, and the new era of farming
demands that it be observed.
“Judge Lankford was born in a
log house, learned to crawl on an
old-fashioned clay floor, plowed an
ox and worked out his own educa
tion and is in almost sympathy
with the laboring man and farmer
and their folks and will make a
good congressman for Wiregrass
Georgia.” 15-3.
PIS ALISON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1018
STATE MARET BUREAU
Gets 35,000 Recognition from
the Late Legislature.
Atlanta, Aug. 17. —The Geor
gia Legislature which has just ad
journed, recognized the splendid
service rendered by the Georgia
state market bureau, a division of
the state department of agrieul
tare, by an appropriation of $35,-
000.
This recognizaf ion, came as a
result of (In' work the bureau has
already done in finding good mar
kets for Georgia products, with
its smaller appropriation. It will
now have opportunity to render
far better sendee in bringing to
gether the producers and consum
ers of the state, and in assisting
Georgia's farmers with their im
portant marketing problem.
While no program has yet been
mapped out for the broader scope
of the market bureau’s work this
will be one of the early problems
(o be taken up by Commissioner
J. J. Brown, with a view to mak
ing the market bureau the most
effective possible factor in assist
ing Georgia farmers .satisfactorily
to dispose of their products.
W ith the more adequate support
given it by the Legislature the
market bureau will have oppor
tunity to render the broader and
better service that was contem
plated at the time of its establish
nient.
Fanners all over the state, and
for that matter consumers too, are
invited to correspond with the
slate market bureau, setting forth
what they have for sale or what
they wish to buy. All the means
at the command of the bureau and
the department of agriculture will
be placed at their disposal in find
ing the best markets for their
crops and the best produce for
those who wish to buy.
x x x
The cotton states official ad vis
orv marketing board liasj been call
ed by President J. J. Brown to
meet in Washington, D. (A, on
Monday August 26, immediately
preceding a big meeting of-farmers
from all parts of the country
which will be held in that city on
August 27.
This meeting of the cotton mar
keting board will have before it.
subjects of the /most vital import
ance to farmers of the South. In
the first place, the food adminis
tration had planned to reach some
conclusion last i week as to the
price to be fixed for cotton seed
products. Assurance has been
given that the producer would be
allowed a hearing before final act
ion was taken on this matter. It
is the purpose of the cotton states
marketing board to present the
producers’ side of this problem
and to urge that a price shall be
fixed for cotton seed and its pro
ducts which will be fair to the
producer.
This board has persistently held
out fora price upon these products,
based upon the comparative value
of hog lard prior to the war, and
still holds that the same parity
which then prevailed should now
also be maintained. If this party
should be maintained in the new
prices to be fixed, cotton seed
would be worth around S9O a ton.
Other important problems which
the cotton marketing board will
consider in this meeting, are the
loan value for cotton and oppositi
on to the reposed freight rate in
crease on this product. Arrange
ments have been made to take up
the question of the freight rate
with the director general of rail
roads and to show him why, in the
opinion of the board no increase
should be made at this time.
Z X X
In urging every farmer of Geor
gia to plant two acres of wheat to
Fanner’s Commercial Body.
Thomas county farmers have re
cently organized a body known as
the "Thomas County Commercial
Association,” in which all sections
of the county are represented.
A tentative organization has
been in existence about a year and
the advantages provided and the
good accomplished by its agency,
its mutual helpfulness, emphasized
the necessity for a permanent or
ganization.
To illustrate the purpose and
spirit of the Association the Trib
une reproduces the following four
paragraphs from the Thomasville
Press, which followed its report of
tlu> meeting at which the organi
zation was perfected:
“Thomas county has had enough
of inaction an indifference. Re
member if any man bad a griev
ance, if he did not, get it straight
ened out iu the past, let him now
forget, it and show his manliness
by doing liis best for his county.
Remember those that are not pull
ing on the load are being carried
by the efforts of the others.”
X X X
“The grandest opportunity that
ever faced t he county is before us.
An active force is in charge of our
commercial affairs, but they need
cooperation. There is an abun
dance of work to be doin',and they
must, have help. F, very man on
the committee should do the work
assigned him, even if it does cause
sacrifice. This is the time for sac
ritiee for the general good; a time
for unselfishness."
X X X
“We must gather the crops; we
must provide land for those who
want, to buy and settle; we must
have factories for our products; we
must make eve ry acre produce its
utmost in feeding man or beast,
and we must, get the best prices
for the products as well.”
“The era of jubilee for the farm
ers is here, and when the farmer is
prosperous exerybody prospers. If
we fail to thrust in the sickle and
reap while we may, can we look
t lie next generation ill the face and
say we have done our duty! And
can we look at the American Flag,
the greatest emblem of unity on
earth and call it ours, when we be
lie in our own lives that for which
it, stands? It is up to you.”
the plow this year in order to as
sist as far as possible in meeting
theextraordinary demand for flour
that will Ik' greater than ever in
1919, the state department of
agriculture calls attention to the
fact that, the planting of the grain
should be so timid as to avoid de
struction from the, Hessian fly.
The grain should be selected
and preparations made for plant
ing as early as possible, but the
time of planting should be late
enough to avoid damage from this
destructive pest. This, time dif
fers in various sections of the
state, but can easily be arrived at
through inquiry and experience.
Georgia will need every pound
of wheat she can produce for t lie
coming year, and while every
farmer should plant liberally, all
necessary precautions should be
taken to prevent the destruction
of the crop through this or other
posts.
The Ocilla Star is authority for
the information that Hon. William
Henderson will have no opposition
for representative in the legisla
ture from Irwin county. Well, he
will make a good one.
Yearly meeting at Arnie church,
nine miles northwost of Pearson,
begins to-day and lasts through
Sunday. There will be a big crowd
there and candidates galore; great
time to see the voters.
COFFEE COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered From
Various Sources.
The Tribune learns that Judge
W. C. Bryan has failed to qualify
in Coffee, his home county, for the
j udgeship race. This leaves Judge
Summerall without opposition.
Bro. Stanton, of the Coffee Coun
ty Progress, says: “We will have
to admit that Mr. Stewart retires
as the undisputed legislative cham
pion of Coffee county.” And you
couldn’t help it?
The county registration board
has given notice that the young
men of Coffee county who have
become 21 years of age since June
.illi must register tomorrow, and
it, will require a trip to Douglas to
do so.
The legislature in re apportion
ing the counties into senatorial
districts has placed Bacon, Coffee
and Pierce in the 46th, and the
glorious old Fifth will be composed
of Atkinson, Clinch and Ware
counties.
The sales of tobacco in Douglas
on Thursday of last week amount
ed to $40,000. The Tribune is in
formed that Mr. L. L. Sutton, of
Pearson, had the best grades and
icoived the highest prices paid at
l his sale.
Coffee superior court has been
adjourned from the first and .sec
ond Mondays in September to the
second and third Mondays in Octo
ber. In the meantime the farmers
will have harvested the bulk of
their cotton crons.
Coffee is In the class of counties
that grow 100 carloads of liogs a
year. Indications are that number
will be doubled anot her year. Jt
is a great day when the county be
comes self-sustaining and some to
spare the less fortunate.
A i Ihe last moment I)r. I). 11.
\b oks, of Nicholls, qualified as a
candidate for representative from
Coffee county in the next legisla
lure. The race in Coffee county is
now up to Judge Quincey and Dr.
Meeks; both are well qualified to
fill the place.
“Fncle Jim, of the Douglas En
terprise,” is growing ill tempered
instead of mellow and sweet spir
ited with age. He has it in his
"noggin” that the Tribune editor
doesn’t want Douglas and Coffee
county to have a city court. He
couldn’t be worse mistaken if he
had killed his sons-in-law for mil
lionaires. The Tribune man has
:no enemies in Douglas to punish;
if he had, lie would just insist on
the present city court of Coffee
county standing. What they are
entitled to and should have is a
constitutional city court, with offi
cials and jurisdiction adequate to
to the needs of the people and the
times.
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 -O- PEARSON,GA.
SI.OO A YEAR
Card from Judge Quincey.
To the People of Coffee County:
T am a candidate for Representa
tive in the white primary to be
held on September 11th, In ask
ing the people of my home county
for their support I promise them,
if elected, to use all the energy and
ability which I possess to secure
the passage of laws which will be
fair and equitable to the people as
a whole, and not to legislate in the
interests of any particular person,
class or section of the county.
I am opposed to extravagant ap
propriations and expenditure of
the people’s money. I believe in
and favor the same careful man
agement of public affairs that is
exercised by a prudent business
man in handling his own money
and property. For years to come
our people, owing to the great war
which we are fighting to preserve
our civilization, will of necessity
be heavily taxed in money and
man power by the National govern
ment, and it behooves our legisla
tors in State affairs to save the
taxpayers every dollar possible.
The men whom the people send to
represent them in the Slate legis
lature are the men who fix the
stale taxes and appropriate the
money wrung from the taxpayers.
In the past our legislators have
not always been as economical in
appropriating and spending the
people’s money as careful businsss
judgment demanded. Economy iu
public affairs should be the watch
word of men elected to office.
i was reared and worked on a
farm until I was 21 years of ago
and for the past twenty-five years
have lived in Coffee county; all
that I have was made in this coun
ty and most of my earnings are in
vested in farm lands, which 1 have
bought, developed and put into
cultivation. Ours is largely an
agricultural county, and I believe
that my rearing, experience and.
association has been such as to
make me familiar with the trials
arid needs of the farming and lab
oring class as a whole.
II the people with whom 1 have
lived and labored for tweuty-ffve
years feel that my experience and
ability fit me to represent them
in the legislature, and are willing
to entrust their affairs in Atlanta
in my hands I will appreciate their
votes and support and will give
them the very best service that
lies in my power.
1 hope to meet all the people
possible and discuss with them tire
issues of tho campaign between
this and the primary.
Very sincerely,
J. W. Quincey,
The Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict School will not get the $7,500
for a new dormitory. This is the
first time Representative Stewart
has failed to get what he wanted
for the agricultural schools. But.
the Eleventh has only shared the
fate of the other State schools.