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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1918)
?EARSON®TRfBUNE VOL. 4-NO. 27 ANNUAL MEETING RED CROSS Atkinson County Chapter Elect Officers for Next Year. Next Wednesday is the day set apart for the annual meeting of the Atkinson County Chapter of ■he American Red Cross. Among the business to be transacted nil 1 be ;he elec(ion of officers for next year. It is greatly desired that all ! le members possible be present. ') he following committees have been selected to look after the ac t vitics of the day : A risashexkxts —Messrs. F. E. McXeal, J. M. .Meek. Jeff Kirkland, N. E. Harrell and l>r. 11. i\ Smith. Lunch Countes—Mrs. ,1. M. Nieck, chairman. Mesdamcs Viola Kirkland. 11. 11. Parker, Floy Star ling, 11. P. Smith. NY. L. Kirkland and J. O. White. Coi i) I)ri\ks —Mrs. B. S. Ma lone, chairman. Mrs. W. J. Tyler ami Misses Eugenia Allen and Es t lie Parker. Masters Ben Brown i ig. Joe Williams, Ernest Parker and Cleo. Kirkland. Program —Mr. F. K. McXeal, Pee. <). P. Tally and Mesdamcs M. ,1. Meek. B. S. Malone and Jeff 1 irkland. FROG SAM. Prayer. “America,” sung by audience. Introduction, (J. I!. Minglodorff. Address, Hon. John SV. Bennett Election of officers for Atkinson ( minty ( hapter for the ensuing y sir. Xoon recess of twenty minutes for lunch. Red Cross Tableau. “Star Spangled Banner,"sungby audience. Benediction. Sra Ricketscn Offers jor Sheriff Hew County Mr. Ira Bieketson resigned his position on the police force here effective Nov. 1. and will return to Pearson, liis home, ay ho re he will engage in a campaign for the office of sheriff of the new county of At kinson. the primary election comes off in December and Mr. Our Hobby i Is Good — 1 ■ . .. Ask to see j rrmtmg samples of , our busi- J ness cards. , 1 cards, wed ding 1 and other Invitations, pam ] phicts. folders, letter heads, j statements, shipping tags, J envelopes, etc., constantly j carried in stock for your | accommodation. j Get our figures on that j printing you have been | thinking cf. j Mew Type, Latest Style Faces JUST RECEIVED: Ladies and Misses Coats and Coat Suits 3 FULL LINE OF & Ladies’ Boots, Mens’ and Boys’ Shoes and Boots. Mens’, Youth’s and Boys’ Suits and Overcoats. Giad to have you call H. L. LANKFORD. Mass Meeting Monday Pursuant to a call a mass meet ing of citizens of Atkinson county was held in the Pafford building, Pearson, last Monday afternoon. The meeting was organized by the selection of F. E. McXeal as chairman and J. IS. White as sec retary. It Avas the unanimous sense of the meeting that an Executive Committee should be selected to serve for the ensuing tAvo years. It Avas then agreed that the rep reseutatives from the three dis tricts retire and nominate tAvo committeemen from their re spective districts Avith the privi lege of naming a third man from the abutting Clinch county terri tory, making a committee com posed of nine members. The following nominations were made: Willacoochee —John 11. Haskins, T. G. Lindsey and J. M. Roberts. Axson —C. E. Griffis, W. O. James and ,T. G. White. Pearson —J. O. White, Newsom Corbitt, Sr., and I). M. Douglass. The nominations Avere unani mously approved by the meeting. The executive committee will meet at Pearson to day, organize and begin to give direction to the holding of the elections for county officers and a member of the Gen eral Assembly. The meeting Avas harmonious throughout. Not. a discordant note aa as sounded. Judge E. L. Moore, of Willacoochee, expressed the general sentiment of those present, Avhen he said: “The citi zens of Atkinson county are now one people; the issues between the sections have been settled beyond recall and should remain settled: citizens should vie with each other in being the Ik citizen, and in doing the most in building up the new county and placing her in the front rank of Georgia counties.” The sentiment expressed was unanimously adopted by arising vote. Thus the initial meeting of citi zens from all sections of Atkinson county to transact business for the public welfare is an augury of not only good will, but of a successful organization and development along all lines of endeavor. Bieketson has already announced for this position. Mr. Bieketson has been on the police force here in several capcai ties for some time and has made the city one of the best officers she has ever had. He has served as deputy sheriff of Coffee county, and has plenty of experience to handle the office of sheriff. Atkinson can make no mistake in electing him, although xve do not mean to dictate in the premises, and ayc do not know of any other announced candidate. Ira Rieket son is competent, faithful, and Avill make Atkinson or any other county an officer which they might well be proud of. —Douglas Enterprise. Subscribe for the Tribune, your home paper —$1.00 year. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 15118 WORLD WAR ENDED. Autocracy Dethroned and Dem ocracy Enthroned. In joint address to Congress Monday President Wilson offici ally notified the American people that German plenipotentiaries signed the United States —Allies armistice terms at 5 o’clock Mon day and fighting ceased at 12 o’clock Eastern time. The terms of the armistice in clude: The cessation of hostilities. Thb evacuation of invaded terri tories, including Alsaee-Loraine and Luxemburg. The surrender of vast amounts of guns and equipment. The evacuation of the left bank of the Rhine. The surrender of vast amounts of rolling stock in occupied terri tory. ' The abandonment of the Buch arest and Brest treaties. The unconditional surrender of all German forces in East Africa. Reparation for damage done. The surrender of scores of sub marines and larger war crafts. 'l’he concentration of air craft at stipulated points. The evacuation of all Black Sea ports. The restoration of all Allied and merchant vessels. Tue armistice is limited to thir ty days, but the terms laid down by Marshal Foeh is of such a character as to absolutely preclude the renewal of hostilities. There fore it may be definitely stated that the Avorld war has ended, and that the reconstruction of Europe Avill soon begin, involving great problems. The preliminaries av ill be ar ranged and Avritten out at a peace conference, sitting possibly at Brussels, at which av i 11 be assem bled delegates from all countries that declared war against Ger many. Germany, Austria-Ger many, Turkey and Bulgaria av i 11 have representatives there to hear the sentences pronounced and sign an agreement to abide there by. The peace conference will be a most solemn occasion; the world’s destiny being shaped and marked out for many centuries. America, the “Giant of the West,” and her delegates will be the cynosure of all eyes. They will be there from a country that has put billions of dollars into the war and performed an unparalleled feat in the moboli zation, training and transporting to France an army of tAvo mil ion splendid fighters within eighteen months from the declaration of Avar; they will go from a country from whose almost limitless re sources the world has been fed for the past tAvo years, and must con tinue to feed and clothe the world until it can adjust itself to new conditions, and sow and reap for their oavu sustenance. The talk seems general that President Wil son will attend the conference and be its presiding officer, to proclaim that the world is safe for democ racy, and that autocracy will be no more —that the world is free! There is never a tragedy with out its comedy: It is stated in the dispatches from the American armies in France, that immediate ly after the signing of the armis tice —Motorcycle couriers tore along the roads today shouting “it’s Over Boys!” Marching columns, tired and mud spattered, were galvanized into new life. They shouted, laughed and sang. i saAv several doughboys under full packs foxtrotting in the mid dle of the road. Cheers rang from column to column. In the race back to the nearest 1 cable office 1 passed many delach- County Executive Committee The executive committee of At kinson county met in regular meeting and transacted the follow ing business: Organized by electing J. M. Ro berts, chairman; C. K. Griffis, vice chairman; J. G. White, secretary, and J. O. White, treasurer. Assessed the candidates, viz: For Ordinary, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, Tax Collector, and Tax Receiver, $15.00 each; Represent ative, $50.00 each; Superintendent of Schools, SIO.OO each; coroner, SI.OO each. Agreed that members of the Executive Committee be paid $3.00 per day for actual services in attendance upon tho meetings of the committee. Agreed that announcements bo closed and the assesmont fees paid by 12:00 o’clock noon Monday, No vember 25th, to insure the names going on the official ticket; to be paid to J. O. White, treasurer. This does not apply to Represent ative, as this election does not oc cur until January, J9L9. An nouncements for this office closes, and the fee paid to the treasurer, by 12:00 o’clock noon, December lfith. The folloAving managers of elect ion Avere appointed: Pearson —B. Kirkland, Jr., G. W. Sweat and M. A. Pafford. Axson —K. L. Griffis, Y. O. Mathews and A. D. Brooker. Willacoochee —C. B. Linder,Wil lie Lankford and J. F. Shearer. The Managers shall select their oavu Clerks, not exceeding three to each precinct. Managers and clerks to receive $2.00 per day for their services. Agreed to pay Pearson Tribune $5.00 for publishing the minutes of this meeting. J. M. Roberts, Chairman, J. G. White, Secretary. meats avlio had not heard of the armistice. It Avas easy to tell by their appearance who had heard the news and who had not. Shortly before 11 o’clock, French time, the American gun ners stood Avith watch in hand. They fired right up to the last sec ond, saving the shell eases of the final rounds as souvenirs. The dispatches furthur state that the Kaiser lias abdicated, the Crown Prince renounced his “Divine right to succeed to the throne of Germany,” and the en tire Hohenzollern family, Avith Gen. von Hindenburg and all the noted German military leaders, have taken refuge in Holland, where they will escape the just punishment which they deserve, Throughout America Monday afternoon was given over to gener al rejoicing, that the war had end ed and that bloodshed and carnage had ceased. The air was perfum ed with the grateful prayers of America’s citizens that God had brought success to the Allies'and Ameaica, that right and justice will prevail among the nations of the earth. All Draft Boards have been no tified that calls now outstanding for military services be cancelled, and pending further instructions no more inductions will be made into the army nor entrainment permitted under these calls. The demobilization of the American army and reducing it to peace proportions, it is stated, will require at least two years. The utmost precaution. It is yet pos sible that many of the troops now in American training camps may yet go to Europe to perform patrol and police duties until nor mal conditions shall exist. It is probable that the American first army will be the first demobilized and sent home, and that will be done gradually. NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. Items of News Gathered from Various Sources. The W. W. Stewart Manufact ing Company are moving their saw mill from Axson to a point south of Pearson. Mrs. S. J. Sutton has purchased a tract of land from Mr. L. L. Sut ton, located tAvo miles east of Pearson, which includes the dwell ing and part of the farm. She and family Avill reside there. Villaeoochee polled 217 \-otes an 1 McDonald 7 votes against At k son county, but Coffee county ay cut for ratification by 273 votes. Only 737 votes, out of a registra tion of nearly 4,000, Avere cast in the county. Nearly half of these were polled at the Pearson pre cinct. Mr. Mudge Tanner has sold his farm near Douglas for $12,000 and Avill come to Atkinson county, lie OAvns a splendid farm three miles south of Pearson, and anoth er a mile Avest of Kirkland. He lived on the Kirkland farm several years and the Tribune figures it out that he Avill return to Kirk land. Elder Monroe Carver, avlio lives near Axson, has the sympathy of ail avlio know him in his great be reavement, having recently lost his Avife and four children by death. It is said two more of his children are not expected to live. The Tribune sympathizes Avith him and prays that the Father of all grace may comfort him in his bereavement. Dr. M. M. McGovern, son Mr. of and Mrs. Thus. J. McGovern, com mitted suicide at Broxton some days ago by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. The rash act is unaccounted for except upon the theory of des pondency over the death of his wife from influenza a feAv days be fore. He has been a practicing physician at Broxton for several years. The second chapter in tho Chas. Hughes homicide matter is uoav being staged. Three men were sleeping in the room when the fatal dose was administered to Hughes. Bratcher was first arrest ed but the evidence sustained the theory in his behalf that the ad ministering the strychnine cap sule Avas an unfortunate accident, and he Avas released. Noav the third man, McCoy Waters, is in t! toils charged Avith murder of C 1 as. Hughes by poisoning. A b ithcr of Hughes swore out the Avar rant. The Tribune is not ad vised of any new developments. PRIVATE INSTRUCTION ON Piano. Twelve half hour lessons a month, $3.00. Eugenia Allen. REMOVALS I respactfully announce to our Customers and Friends that our Stock of Hardware and Furni ture have been moved from the Malone Block to the Mancil Building next door to the Morris Drug Company, and cordially invite all to call and see me. Courteous treatment to all. H. H. PARKER, Manager. PARKER HARDWARE & FURNITURE COMPANY Hardware, Furniture, Paints, Farm Tools Etc. MANCIL BUILDING -O- PEARSON, GA. T————lMPMMa——MS——BJ 81.00 A YEAR Organizing Atkinson County The election of officers for the uoav county of Atkinson will be held at Axson, Pearson and Will acoochee on the first Wednesday, -lth day, of next month. Citizens living Avithin the Mc- Donald district must vote at Ax son, those in the Pearson district at Pearson and those in the Will acoochee district at Willacoochee, but those living in neither district must vote at their nearest polling place. A J ustice of the Peace and two freeholders, or three freeholders, Avill be competent to hold the election; each polling place will be entitled to three clerks. The officers to be elected will be an Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Treasurer and Corner. Mr. J. A. Crosby, the present Sur veyer of Coffee county, living in the Atkinson county territory, Avill not lose his office but will be the Surveyor for Atkinson county. All these offices are very import ant and should bo filled by the best talent available. Judge Summerall will appoint Jury Commissioners early in Jan uary. The Jury Commissioners aa ill select jurors, grand and petit, from those citizens from the terri tory subject to jury duty. After they have completed this work they, AYitb the Sheriff and Clerk of the Superior Court, Avill draw a list of grand and petit jurors to serve at the Januaay Term, to be held on the fourth Monday, of At kinson superior court. II Avill be a part of the work of tlie Grand Jury to nominate a Board of Education for appoint ment by tlic Judge of the Superior court. Unless they refuse to serve Messrs. Thomas Morris, Sr. and Elisha Corbitt, present mem bers of the Coffee county board of education, residing in Atkinson county, will be entitled to places in the Board. In turn the Board of FducfiC 'u will choose a County School Superintendant. It Avill be the duty of the Ordi nary to divide the county into Militia districts, and to call elections for Justices of the Peace and Constables in the districts not now supplied. The Justices of the Peace and Constables now in office Avill continue to serve the districts for which they have been appoint ed or elected. H. G. Harding & Co. Bykon, Ga., April 11, 1917. (>ld Kentucky Mfg. Co., Paducah, Ky. Gentlemen: 1 had cholera in my herd of hogs recently and begun feeding the B. A. Thomas’ Hog Cholera Cure and stopped losing my hogs at once. I was losing from four to five each night until I began tne use of this preparation. I raise about 200 head of hogs per year and never expect to be without your remedy. Yours very truly, H. G. Hashing & Co. j For sale by Pearson Hardware I Store, Pearson, Ga.
