PEARSON ®TRiB UNE
VOL. 4—NO. 48
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told
in Pointed Paragraphs
Statesboro has a new postmaster,
Freeman Hardisty. lie succeeds
E. M. Anderson.
The Enterprise Lumber Com
pany's plant at Waycross was de
stroyed by fire a few days since,
together with much lumber. Loss
is estimated at $30,000, and only
partially insured.
Sheriff Sweat has been unable to
find any trace of the whereabouts
of Verando Broxton and Ed.
Waters charged with being the
slayers of the McQuaig boys in
Ware county a few days since.
The amount of the State and
county tax in lien Hill county is
$72,243.21; of this amount $71,643.
21 has already been paid, and the
balance of S6OO will be in hand in
a few days. A fine showing for
Ben Hill.
The partial destruction by fire
last Thursday night of the Sal ilia
l iver bridge, six miles north of
Way cross, forced all A. I>. & A.
trains in and out of Way cross to
detour by Offerman and Atlantic
Coast Line. The cause of the fire
is unknown
On the petition of more than
live hundred tax payers the Tift
county commissioners will call an
election to be held about the 1
middle of May for the purpose of
authorizing a bond issue of S3OO,
000 for permanent roads. The call
was probably made yesterday.
Savannah has, at last, invited
the United Confederate veterans
to hold their 1919 reunion in that
city. It will no doubt be accepted,
and Savannah have “The old boys’
within her borders. May they
have a splendid good time. They
are fast approaching their last re
union.
The commissioners of Glynn
county have definitely decided
upon a bond issue of $350,000 for
permanent road building and have
called the necessary election to be
held May 14, so that the issue can
be authorized. This means that
Glynn county would have an avail
able road fund of $700,000, the
Federal government duplicating
the amount of the bond issue.
The Lowndes county comm is
sioners, after a three day’s busy
session trying to bring order out of
chaos, finds that they have plenty
of local law but it is a general
misfit. They will call upon their
legislators to unravel the tangle
and give them such laws as will
enable them to do effective work.
Lowndes county is not an excep
tion to the rule in all the counties
of Georgia.
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MILLWOOD, GA.
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sponses, to show that the paper is
appreciated wherever it goes:
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writes: “Enclosed please find
cheek for another year of the Tri
bune. I would not do without it
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ville says; "I must have the Tri
bune; here is the subscription
price for another year, and when
it gives out just notify me and if
will be honored.”
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fee Superior Court, writes: Find
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J. M, Freeman, an old newspaper
man, says: “Editor Allen, of the
Pearson Tribune, issues between
600 and 800 copies of his splendid
paper. He ought to have 1,000
subscribers.”
Judge Jos. W. Rennet, Bruns
wick, sends these cheering words:
"I am enclosing you herewith
Post < )fficc money order for SI.OO
for a year's subscription to the
Pearson Tribune. 1 shall want to
continue my subscription to it for
so long as you continue its Editor.
For about forty years 1 have had
and appreciated your friendship,
and during all those years 1 have
admired your loyalty to and ad
voeacy of sane views on political,
economic and moral questions.
May you live long and continue
the good work for your community
and country. 1 hope the Pearson
Tribune will have the support
which I know its true merit will
deserve.”
Mrs. C. W. Furlong writes from
Branford, Fla: ‘ Inclosed find $1
for renewal of my subscription for
the Tribune. 1 certainly look for
ward for its coming, as it is like
getting a letter from home.”
Second Warning.
Officers and privates who have
been discharged from the military
and naval service of the country
are being warned that if they con
tinue to wear their uniforms in
disregard of the Federal law and
army regulations they will be sub
ject to arrest and local authorities
will be instructed to take such
action throughout Lin* state.
In New York and other cities
many such arrests have already
been made, and the offenders are
now being prosecuted.
Orders will be given for the im
mediate doffing of the uniform a>
soon as discharges are received be
cause of flagrant abuses of the
uniform, such action having become
necessary because of numerous re
ports on the conduct of discharged
soldiers who were still wearing
their uniforms.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
I’EARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18,
MEMORIES OF THE LONG AGO.
Some of the Men Who Gave
Character to Waycross.
1 remained in Waycross until
after the Spring Term, 1881, of
Ware superior court, it had be
come current that 1 was an at
torney and it led to my accepting
fees in several small matters.
< >ue of my clients was Capt. N.
Dixon. He had, like many good
men of that day, homesteaded his
property to save something from
the capacious maw of his creditors,
and wanted an order to sell a tract
of real estate for re investment.
Anot her client was a negro man.
lie had gone into Lovenstein’s
store and bought some small
article and tendered the merchant
a S2O gold piece from which to get
his pay. Lovcnstein treated the
S2O gold piece as a $1 in silver and
gave change accordingly. No
power of persuasion could be
brought to bear by the Negro to
to get Lovenstcin to make eorrec
tion. A warrant was sworn out
for the merchant, and it finally re
sulted in Lovcnstein paying back
the S2O gold piece, my fee and the
court costs. The negro had his
employer there ready to swear he
had paid him the S2O gold piece
only a few minutes before and it
was all the money he had when he
went into the Store and there
could be no mistake about the
matter. Hon. John C. Nieliolls
represented the Defendant.
The court was presided over by
Judge Martin L. Mershon in an
efficient and painstaking manner.
This reminds me to say that J udge
Mershon was reared in Clinch
county, at or near Magnolia the
old county seal. My research
leads me to I he opinion t hat J udge
Mershon had little or no opporl uni
ty as a young man for cultivating
his mind. His surroundings were
also unpropitious, and his environ
ment was the father of his future
dissipation. He was a rare genius,
a perfect gentleman, with a most
remarkable memory. He had
read Shakespeare's plays and it
was his delight to repeat
page after page of them from
memory. lam not sure where he
received his legal training if, in
deed, he received any at all. My
best information is he caught the
inspiration to become a lawyer
from attendance upon the semi
annual visitations of “big’’ (super
ior) court, and the monthly
sessions of the justifies’ courts at
Magnolia; that he borrowed books
and read law at home and at the
same time he acquired his know
ledge of Shakespeare, and that be
became an attorney and advocate
despite himself.
The State’s interest in the court
was looked after by another Clinch
county boy—Simon W. Hitch —
who read law in the office of Hon.
John C. Nieliolls. Like Judge
Mershon, Mr. Hitch secured what
he knew of the law by native
ability and a dogged determina
tion to succeed. And they did
succeed.
My recollection is that Lieu
tenant-Colonel Atkinson, an uncle
of Judges Spencer R. and Sam At
kinson, was the foreman of the
grand jury at that term of the
court. At that time there was
not such a strenuous effort to
make people good by law and
hence the grand jury did not re
main in session but three days and
not exceeding a dozen bills of in
dictment were sent up to the
court for attention. The solicitor
general's office was not the bo
nanza of recent years.
There was not a very large ar
ray of attorneys at the court, but
among those who were there was
one, Nathan P. Bedford, who
sought prominence in the political
world as a scalawag; a republican
Salvage Work in France
[Private Matt Lacey, one of the
soldier boys from the West who
came by Pearson and was [served
to postal cards and cigarettes by
the girls of the Canteen Depart
ment of the A. R. C., writes of the
activities of his battalion in France
to one of the young ladies of the
city, and we are permitted to print
it. It is possible that some of our
readers may not understand what
“Salvage” means, the Tribune will
state that they follow the army
and gather up the soldiers’ shoes
and repair them, they vulcanize
and repair automobile tires, in
fact they reclaim and conserve
everything that can be repaired
for further use] :
The Conservation & Reclomation
Depot No. 301.: —This organization
was established at Jacksonville,
Florida, Camp Joseph E. Johnson.
Six hundred healthy young men,
the pick of the camp, enough to
form a battalion were placed with
this organization.
The battalion was formed, of
four companies: Co. A, which were
entirely expert vuleanizers, Co. 15.,
shoe repairmen, Co. C., was form
ed into a field battalion and Co.
I)., men of various trades.
This outfit started to organize
on August 10, 1918. Were all
equipped and ready to sail for
overseas on the twenty third of
the same month. The day they
arrived at the port of embarkation,
Newport Nows, Va.
Measles broke out the first day
in camp, which caused the battal
ion to be quarantined which lasted
for I hirty days.
We set sail from Newport News,
Ya. on (he 23rd day of September,
on the steamer Pastures, which
was to be the thirteenth trip across
the waters.
After fourteen days of sailing wo
landed at St. Nazaire, Franco. We
did not stay there but for a short
while, as we were to do salvage
work at the front as the troops
moved forward.
Our hopes were shattered at
Tours, France, the armistice being
signed which caused us to be
broken up and sent to different
parts of the country for salvage
work.
The main body of the men, were
sent to the city of Nantes, build
ing our own barracks and establish
ed the largest Salvage plant in
France.
By, Pvt. Matt. Lacey,
American Salvage Shops,
A. P. O. 767 Nantes, France.
American Expeditionary Forces.
Carelessness Results in
Failure.
That is why we say “Feed 15. A.
Thomas’ Hog Powder according to
directions.” I><> NOT FEED IT
SLOPPY, but mix it with ground
feed and moisten with just enough
water to make a crumbly mass.
Then each hog get s a beneficial dose.
See full directions on package.
Your money back if you are not
satisfied. For sale by Peakson
Hakdwake Store, Pearson, Ga.
WANTED!
Will pay s()c. each for ten young
hens; 20c. a pound for good coun
try lard; best price six good heal
thy Piney-Woods Rooter, Guinea
or Rig Bone Guinea sows.
Write me at once.
Dr. Blitch, Brookfield, Ga.
for the spoils of office. However,
his efforts to secure office under
the republican administration was
very dissapointing to him, as it
was not forthcoming. Bedford, I
think, was a resident of Camden
county and a man of some learn
ing. He was at Ware superior
court trying to get a Republican
lineup that would send him to
congress from the old first district.
The Savannah republicans would
have none of Bedford.
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
Items of News Gathered from
Various Sources.
Miss Delilah Purvis who swap
ped school teaching for journalism
has met the rude awakening early.
She is now assistant postmistress
at Alamo.
Mrs. S. W, Harrell and children,
of Eugene, Fla., are visiting her
parents and other relatives at Adel.
Mr. Harrell’s parents live near
Pearson and any news of his fami
ly is interesting to his relatives
here.
The 82d (Rainbow) division is
now on the high seas homeward
bound. It was reviewed in Brest,
France, last Sunday just before
embarking. Our boys xvill soon be
at home —Spencer, Herbert and
W. 0.
The young people in the neigh
borhood of Ozias Free Will Baptist
church —six miles south of the city
—will engage in an Easter egg
hunt next, Sunday afternoon. They
celebrate the risen Lord in a pe
culiar way.
The box supper at Sycamore
school, three miles north of the
city, last Friday evening was a
very pleasant and successful one.
Thirty dollars was realized and ex
pended for the incidental expenses
of the school.
Congressman Lankford is visit
ing every county in the Eleventh
district, mingling with and getting
Hie views of his constituents on
the various questions which will
come before congress at the special
session in May.
Mr. John G. White, who lives
on the old 15. Frank Sears’ home
stead near Axson, has completed
the planting of his crops except
sweet potatoes. He will put out a
large crop of Porto Picas. He is
not a Tobacco enthusiast.
Rev. <). 15. Tally’s newspaper,
“The Methodist Journal,” April
number, is at hand. II is brighter
than usual. Has much news of
Methodist activity in the Homer
ville charge, It dues not seek to
take the place of the local secular
paper,
The Ware county chaingang is
encamped just beyond M ill wood
anrl the road from M ill wood to
Axson has been worked up to the
Ware and Atkinson county line.
The road is soft and dusty as yet,
but after a shower of rain will be
in fair shape.
Mrs. Benajah Peterson, of Doug
las, is reported quite ill in Alanta.
Her health has been such for some
months that she closed up her
handsome home in Douglas and
took apartments in Atlanta where
she can be attended by three sep
arate specialists. She is not ex
pected to live.
WE SELL THE EARTH
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Corbett, Sumner & Co.
Joe Corbett, W. M. Sumner and J. M. Pafford
have opened a Real Estate Office in the Pafford
Building and offer their services to those having
Real Estate for sale.
We have perfected connections whereby we
can serve our patrons efficiently,
List your land with us and give us a trial.
CORBETT, SUMNER & CO.
Pafford Building, PEARSON, GEORGI A.
SI.OO A YEAH
Orange Rust on Blackberries.
People who observe plants, note
that each spring the wild and cul
tivated blackberries bear leaves
covered with orange colored powd
er. This powder is in reality
thousands of spores or seeds of a
fungus which lives on the black
berry plants. These spores are
spread and serve to reproduce the
fungus on other blackberry plants.
Although the powdery masses of
spores are rather attractive on the
leaves of the blackberry, the my
clium or roots of the fungus grow
into the leaves and steins of the
berry plants, and use up the plant
food so that such diseased plants
become pale, and weak and fail to
produce good crops of fruit.
Once a plant becomes diseased
it never recovers, but serves as a
center from which surrounding
healthy plants are infected; there
fore the best means of controlling
the casual fungus is to destroy the
diseased plants.
Orange rust is not of much
economic importance except where
people are growing blackberries
under cultivation for home or com
mercial use, but once this fungus
gets a foothold in a planting of
blackberries it eventually destroys
its value for fruit production.
If it is desired to grow black
berries under cultivation it is im
porlaut that wild blackberry
bushes in woods and waste places
be destroyed as such wild plants
are usually diseased and serve as
centers from which the fungus
spores may spread to the cultivat
ed plants.
As far as is known all cultivated
and wild varieties of blackberries
are attacked by this rust fungus.
However, the Georgia Experiment
Station is conducting some tests
and has some data relative to the
control of this rust fungus through
the growing of disease resistant
berries. While t hese data are not
yet ready for general publication
in bulletin form, those desiring
more information along this lino
may obtain same from the Plant
Pathologist, Georgia Experiment
Station, Experiment, Georgia.
A young man told his girl the
other night that if she didn’t mar
ry him, he’ll get a rope and hang
himself right in front of her house.
“< )h, please don’t!” she said, “you
know father doesn’t want yon
hanging around here anyhow.”—
Ex.
Atlanta police, peering into a
window, saw a pile of bills and
coin on a table around which was
sitting several Negro men. They
thought they were on a hot trail
of a crap game, but imagine their
chagrin when they pulled them
and found they were church
deacons counting the money
taken in at the last collection.
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