PEARSON TRIBUNE
Published Weekly,
Membe: 11th District Press Assaciatiori
I?. T. ALLEN, Editor.
Kntcrcd nl the PoftolHcc In I’carson. Georgia,
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Subscription price. SI.OO a year in advance.
Advertising rates are 111 m ral and will lx
made known on application.
It is too crtrly to talk about i
candidate for President. “Sufii
cieut unto the da/ is the evil
thereof.”
Bro. Griffin, of the Bainbridjp
Post-Soarrhliuh 1 , i.sks: “Wil
some one please tel! ns what lne
become of a certain Mr. Ilardwicl
that had the stage a few months
ago?” ft, was said he would
vegetate in Washington, bloomout
in New York, but now decides to
turn up in Atlanta.
When one understands a prop
osition their appreciation is de
veloped and enthusiasm awakened.
So it is with “Uncle” Johny Haw
kins. He was bitterly opposed to
the creation of Atkinson county;
but be attended a meeting of the
county executive meeting of which
he is a member, yesterday and
when he come to realize the possi
ble benefits of the new county, he
became not only reconciled to the
situation but really enthusiastic.
Beginning December Ist t in* cer
tificate plan of buying sugar was re*
scinded and, now, the purchaser
can buy bis regulations supply of
sugar —four pounds per person a
month in any market lie chooses.
Well, the people is getting some of
their liberty returned to them and,
oli, they are enjoying it! The
Tribune is proud of the sturdy
purpose of our people to deny
themselves in order to the proper
conservation of food and t lie win
ning of the war. Tliev have been
patriotic to the care.
The proposition to designate
November 11th, the day of the
signing of f lit' armistice which has
given universal peace and freedom
to the world, as a day for Inter
national thanksgiving is good.
The Tribune heartily approves it.
The nations should never forget
God who lias wrought this wond
erful change ill the history of man
kind. The events which has
marked the world’s history the
the past four years are as unique,
as picturesque, as orderly and as
decisive as those which marked
the deliverance of the children of
Iseral from Egyptian bondage, and
resulted in their receiving a per
manent inheritance in the land of
Canaan. The Tribune seconds the
motion.
Now that the war has ended, the
newspaper brethren are beginning
to draw the curtain down on the
free publicity business. There
should be an end to this “free
horse business" somewhere, some
time. Give it a jolt right now.
The Tribune lias taken very little
of the kind of medicine, and will
take none in the future. The Tri
bune has resolved never to grow
from its present size just the ac
commodate cheap joint advertis
ers. We are making a newspap
er; thepeople approve it, and our
circle of usefulness is growing by
leaps and bounds. We are going
to print ouly the advertisements
of people who are willing to pay
“our price" for “our service.” This
is tluj.only way to do a newspaper
business.
Eastern Star Chapter
The Tribune has been furnished
with the following result of the
annual election of officers for Fear
son Chapter Order Eastern Star,
to serve the ensueing year:
Mrs. Ethel Tyler, w. M.
T. S. Corbitt, W. r.
Mrs. U. F. Smith, A. M.
Mrs. Fannie Christopher, Sec'y
Mrs. Alice Bartley, Treas.
Mrs. Maggie Corbitt, a
Miss Estelle Parker, a. c,
1). J. Pearson, Chaplain.
Jesse M, PafTord, Marshal.
W. J. Tyler. Sentinel.
PEARSON TRIBENE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 6,1918
Tiiat illegal Assessment.
The Tribune is informed from
reliable sources that Hons. C. E.
Stewart and Jeff Kirkland went
before the Coffee county commis
sioners last Monday relative to
the illegal tax assessment against
the people' of the county. At first
the Chairman of the Board, who
practically controls matters, was
disposed to treat the matter light
ly and pooh pooh the gentlemen
Sown and out. But on second
thought, when lie sought legal
advice and caught visions of an
injunction, a tying up of the entire
tax assessment and a litigation
i hat would inevitably result in the
illegal assessment being set aside
he relented and talked business.
The Attorneys for both parties
will meet today at Douglas to ad
just the matter without litigation,
if possible, and to prepare an order
to be spread on the minutes of the
Commissioner’s Court eliminating
and expunging the illegal part of
the assessment.
Thus the clever effort of Com
missioner Tanner, or whoever is
responsible for it, to force Atkin
son county tax payers to share a
portion of that old school debt ere
they parted company with the old
county has failed, just as it should
fail. Coffee county (ax payers nor
Atkinson county taxpayers are un
der no legal obligation to pay that
debt.
The status of the citizen who has
voluntarily paid the illegal assess
ment, as the Tribune understands
the law, will not bo permitted to
recover it. They will be out that
much of their hard earnings that
they should not have paid.
It is manly to light for one’s
rights and the public will applaud
the tax payers of Atkinson county
in refusing to submit to the illegal
assessment, which would extort
from them from $5 to $7 on every
SI,OOO worth of properly they pos
sess.
As (lie Tribune Inis said before
the taxpayers of Atkinson county
are willing to pay, or have their
property sold to pay, a legitimate
tax into the coffers of Coffee conn
ty as the law requires them to do,
but they protest against all illegal
assessments.
Further, they understand that
the "Kid,” Atkinson county,starts
life January Ist without swaddling
clothes and that the mother coun
ty is under no legal obligations to
furnish her any. But she insists
on an even start in life, at least,
with a chance to survive.
Wednesday night after the polls
had been closed, was made hideous
with drunkenness and its accom
paniment of shooting of pistols and
shouting. It was. disgusting; the
editor saw it brewing at nightfall
and retired to his castle and re
mained there. When will our
people grasp the situation, that
such conduct is not only‘reprehen
sible, but demoralizing and dam
aging to the city? Is there no way
to get rid of it?
The gounty election is now over,
got ready for the city election next
Tuesday. A mayor and two coun
ilinen are to be elected for terms
of two years. The time lias come
when Pearson must have progress
ive men in office; men who are
wide-awake to the interest of the
city; men who believe that prog
ress and improvement are possible
and are willing to lend their aid
and that of the city in its accom
plishment. Finally, the city does
not need slumlierers on the job.
,T. Randall Wallker has decided
to resume the practice of law at
Valdosta when his term in congress
expires—March 4, 1919. He has
been at home some weeks arrang
ing for his passing out of puplic
life.
S. Gnyte McLendon, under the
law, will not assume the duties of
Secretary of State, to which office
he was elected in November. This
office was created by the Constitu
tion and is not affected by the new
law which refers solely to offices
created by Statute.
Passon’s Department Store
I. PASSON, Proprietor
IAM OFFERING MY STOCK OF ~
Clothing, Shoes and Hats at 25 per
cent, less than wholesale cost.
Have on hand 2,500 pairs of Shoes, also Full Line of Clothing and
Hats. Also a nice stock of Ladies’ Coats.
See my Prices and Quality before buying elsewhere.
This sale will continue only THIRTY DAYS. Positively no longer.
Meeting Executive Com.
The executive committee of At
kinson county met at the school
auditorium Thursday at noon, and
transacted the following business
The expenses of holding the el
ection for county officers were
complied, checks drawn in liquida
tion thereof. The remainder of
the fund was prorated back to the
candidates qualifying for the elect,
ion. Each receivesl a rebate of 40
per cent. This is something nfcw
in Coffee county politics.
The following managers for the
January election were named:
Axson —A. I). Brooker, B. F.
Sutton, Y. < >. Mathews.
Pearson —G. \V. Sweat, B. Kirk
land, Jr., T. J. Sweat.
Willacoochee —C. B. Linder, J.
F. Shearer, Willie Lankford.
Every member of the committee
was present and their proceedings
thoroughly harmonious.
J. M. Rohkrtb, Chairman.
J. G. White, Secretary.
Douglas papers please copy.
240 Pound Pigs.
Byron, Ga., Apr. 11, 1917.
Old Kentucky Mfg. Co.,
Paducah, Ky.
Gentlemen:
I had cholera in my heard of
hogs recently and began feeding
them B. A. Thomas' Hog Cholera
Cure and stopped losing my hogs
at once. 1 was losing from four to
five each night until I begah the
use of this preparation. 1 raise
about 200 bead of hogs |>er year
and never expect to be without
your remedy.
Yours very truly,
H. G. Hardison & Co.
For sale by Pearson Hardware
Store, Pearson. Ga.
Trustees and Patrons Notice.
There will be a meeting in Pear
sou Dee. 14th, of patrons and trus
tees, to plan for the Atkinson
schools to begsn promptly.
State Suporiutendaut, Hon. M.
L. Brittain, will be with us if pos
sible. Respectfully,
S. Booth C. S. S. E.
At the general election in No
vember Judge Frank Park received,
3,593 votes for re election to con
gress from the entire second dis
trict. His apponent, Mr. J. M.
Middleton, received 91 votes. The
primary renders the general elec
tion an absolute force.
Mr. Perryman Moore, who was
born and reared seven miles south
of Pearson but a resident of Tifton
for the past twenty-three years,
died last Tuesday morning in an
Atlanta sanitarium where he was
being treated for carbuncle on his
ueek- The interment will be in
Oakridge cemetery, Tifton. He is
survived by his wife and two
children —Wallace and Perry Lee.
FOR SALE —One mule weigh
ing about 800 pounds, in good con
dition. For furthur particulars
call at Pearson Hardware Store, tf
SAVE 16,000,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHING
Farmer*, Urged by Pood Admlnlstra
tlon. Provide Seven Extra Loaves
of Bread for Every American.
By adopting cleaner threshing meth
ods and by literally combing harvest
fields to gather grain formerly wast
ed, threshermen and farmers of the
United States this year saved fully
10,01X1,000 bushels of wheat, estimated
as equivalent to about seven one-ponnd
loaves of bread for every person In
the country. This result, accompanied
by corresponding savings of barley,
oats, rye and other grains, is shown by
reports from 3.T grain states to the U.
S. Food Administration. Other states,
although not prepared to furnish defi
nite figures of conservation In the
grain fields, report greatly reduced
harvest losses.
This rural food saving achievement,
accomplished In scarcely six months'
time, was In direct response to re
quests by the Food Administration,
which asked fanners and threshermen
to rednee harvest losses from about
814 per cent—the estimated average
In normal times —to the lowest possi
ble minimum. Country grain thresh
ing committees carried Into every
grain growing community the official
recommendations for accomplishing
the results desired.
In numerous Instances drivers of
racks with le«ky bottoms were sent
from the fields to repair their equip
ment and frequently bad order thresh
lDg machines were stopped until the
cause of waste was removed. But In
proportion to the number of persons
engaged In gathering the nation's grain
crop, cases of compulsion were com
paratively rare. The Food Adminis
tration freely attributes the success of
the grain threshing campaign to pa
triotic service by farmers, thresher
men and their crews. Incidentally
grain growers of the United States are
many millions of dollars “in pocket"
as a result of the grain saved.
NO ONE SUFFERED HERE.
The marvel of our voluntary food
saving, now' that we are “getting re
sults,” Is that no one ever actually
suffered any hardship from It; that
we all are better In healtn and spirit
and better satisfied with ourselves be
cause of our friendly self-denial.
Food control In America held the
price of breadstuffs steady, prevented
vicious speculation and extortion and
preserved tranquillity at home.
In no other nation Is there so willing
a sense of voluntary self-sacrifice as
tn America—that was shown In the
abstinence from wheat
Find more wheat. It came; more
pork, It came; save sugar. It was done.
So Americans answered the challenge
of German starvation.
Good will rales the new world a*
fear governed the old world. .Through
sharing food America helps make the
whole world kin.
Food control made sufficiency from
shortage, kept the rein on food prices
gave the nation's full strength exer
cise.
Starvation by Germany challenged
all the world; food conservation in
America answered the challenge.
Food conservation in America has
been the triumph of individual devo
tion to the national cause.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Representative of Atkinson County.
lot itizensof Atkinson County:
As Atkinson county is now a reality. I am asking you to elect me as
your first Representative. If elected I shall work as bard in behalf of
the best interests of the county as I have in the past for its creation.
I respect fully solicit your volt* and influence. Election first Tuesday
in January. < ibedientiy,
November 8, 1918. CHAS, E. STEWART.
SHE KEPT THEM ON TTffi JOB
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GEORGIA & FLORIDA RAILWAY
Schedule Effective July Ist, 1918
Trains leave Willacoochee lor Douglas, llazle
hurst. Vidalla. StlUmore, Garfield. Mlllen.
Swainsboro. MldvlUe, Keysvllle. Augusta
and Intermediate points.
Trains leave Willacoochee lor Nash vllle. Adel.
Sparks. Moultrie. Valdosta. Madison. Fla.,
and intermediate points.
T. E. HARRIS, G. P. Agent, C. W. GREENE, Agt.,
Augusta, Ga. Willacoochee, Ga
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