Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955, April 25, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPEARSON#TRIBUNE VOL. 4—NO. 40 SOUTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs The election for road bonds in Colquitt county was carried for bonds by an overwhelming ma jority. The issue will be for half million dollars. Lem Waters and Ferudoßroxton, slayers of the McQuaig brothers iu Ware county, have surrendered to Sheriff Sweat and are now in jail. They will plead self-defense. Private Charlie Walker tells how he knows he has two Germans to his credit. He says he drove his bayonet through one and shot the other with his pistol at close range. Valdosta is to have a corpora t ion, to conduct a wholesale dry goods and notions business. The corporation will be known as Ashley & Co., and capitalized at SIOO,OOO. Charlton county will have a bond election May 6th to author ize the issuing of sufficient bonds to build the Dixie Highway through that county. It is to be a pared road. Lowndes county farmers will soon have borrowed SIOO,OOO from the Federal farm loans system. The interest rate is attractively small and term of years all you could desire. Prof. A. H. Moon has been re elected superintendent of the Tit ton public school for the next scholastic year. He went to Tif tou from Baxley and is highly re garded as an educator. Fourteen carloads sweet potatoes were shipped last week from Fitz gerald to Pittsburgh, Pa., for dis tribution to Eastern markets. It is claimed to be the largest single shipment ever made from Georgia. C. C. Thomas, Eleventh district vice president of the good roads movement, has called a meeting to be held at Waycross on the first day of the May Term of Ware superior court. Every county in the district is expected to be re presented. A Homerville farmer and busi ness man says he has 160 young pigs on his farm with less than ten days difference in their ages. If he raises a supply of corn, he hopes to have a little “Hog and hominy” next year. Lookout for those pigs or the cholera will get them. Mr. Abner Sirmans, an old and highly respected citizen of Clinch county, living near Sirmans, was found in bed dead last Friday morning. He was !)2 years of age pioneer and patriarch of Clinch county, having a large family of descendants and all good citizens. I|#SALE! King’s early cotton seed No. 1, at $1.50 per bushel. WAGONS at FACTORY COST CASH BARGAIN HOUSE, MUJLWOOD, GA. Our Atlanta Letter. Atlanta, April 23 —The State Bureau of Markets has located in St. Louis a large sheller of peanuts who is in the market for fifty car loads of Avhito Spanish peanuts and is offering 6 cents a pound for them in bulk, or 6 14 cents picked F. O. B. cars at Georgia shipping points. This price which amounts to $l2O and $125 per ton. respective ly, is considered good, in view of the recent market iu Georgia, and is about in line with what the bn reau stated they should bring, when it advised the growers last fall, not to let them go at the low prices then prevailing. When in St. Louis a few days ago on business for the market bu reau, Director L. B. Jackson call ed on this firm of peanut shellers and secured the foregoing offer. The company desires a strictly high grade White Spanish Peanut, as they are to be used as food. The market bureau will be glad to put in direct touch with the St. Louis firm anyone who has peanuts of this character for sale. Plans for putting Georgia grow ers of watermelons and cantaloupes into touch with markets where they can secure the highest prices for their product this summer, are now being made by the State Mar ket Bureau. The bureau is preparing to se cure information regarding the leading brokers and fruit dealers in cities all over the country, and through them to keep posted on the actual market conditions in their respective communities. The bureau also desires to got, into close touch with growers of watermelons and cantaloupes, and to have on file at the State Capi tol in the department of Agricul ture the name and address of each grower, the acreage planted, the probable yield in carloads and when they will likely be ready for market. Havjng this information, it will be a comparatively easy matter for the bureau, in touch with the leading markets, to noti fy the producer promptly where the best prices are being offered. The bureau is glad to perform this service for the producers and only ask that they will send in, as soon as possible the necessary in formation relating to probable yield and approximate shipping time. If there are Georgia growers of hogs, or a number of growers in any community who have, at any time, a carload shipment of hogs for market, and will notify the State Bureau of Markets, the bu reau will be glad to bring them into communication with the mar kets paying the highest prices. In vestigations have been made by the bureau in this direction, and it is prepared to furnish growers of hogs Avith information that will be of material advantage to them when they have carload lots of hogs to offer. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1019 TEACHERS GOME FIRST State Faces Problem of Meet ing Obligations. Atlanta, Ga., April 19. —That changes in the state's system of appropriating money, and paying it out to institutions it supports must be made, before any solution can be found to Georgia’s financial difficulties, according to Comptrol ler General Wright. At present there is only SIOO,OOO in the treasury, and heavy demands arc to be met. During the coming month about $220,000 is in prospect. The Gov ernor has the power to borrow $500,000, of which $200,000 has al ready been used. Now the pension payment of $620,000 is duo on May 1. In a short time the payments due to the University of Georgia and its branches must be paid, and war rants for the payment of school teachers are already coming in. The Governor is expected to ex ercise his full power by borrowing every cent he is able to do, under the law, although this will not en tirely relieve the situation. The salaries of the school teach ers, it is pointed out by State Treasurer Speer have precedence over all other items to he paid for by the state, and practically all the money to he taken in for the next month or so xvill be needed for the purpose it is declared. According to State Comptroller General Wright the state is run ning exactly one year behind in meeting its obligations. The rem edy' suggested is the establishment of a sinking fund to represent the difference and to continue in force until the handicap has been over come. How to Keep Boys on Farm. Dublin Tribune: 'the question of how to keep the farmer lads and lassies on the farm has long been a problem. All realize that until a means has been found to induce the “sons and daughters of the soil” to remain on the farm, farm ing will never be that ideal of liv ing that we all realize it should be. Mr. C. Ik Lobdel, a member of the federal farm loan board, has given us a good remedy and one that will solve the problem if it were carried out. Here it is. “When we have good roads, modern homes and efficient schools we will be able to keep the people on the farms, where they will pros per and be content. Boys and girls will not stay ou the farms be cause they are not modern, be cause rural society is not attractive and because rural schools do not provide the necessary educational facilities.” To our way of thinking, Mr. Lobdell gives the host reason why they leave the farm. To attract young folks living conditions must bd wholesome and ideal. The country offers better opportunities for ideal living conditions if proper means are employed. Withoat good roads, comfortable homes and efficient schools, it is impossible to make conditions at tractive anywhere. It is true that these alone are not enough, but with these three things the others will come. Make country' home life as at tractive as the city life and you will see where the boys and girls decide to stay. They will decide in favor of the country two to one. WANTED! Will pay' 50c. each for ten young hens; 20c. a pound for good coun try' lard; best price six good heal thy Piney-Woods Hooter, Guinea or Big Bone Guinea sows. Write me at once. Dk. Butch, Brookfield, Ga. Feeding and Management of Pigs Before Weaning. Pigs should learn to eat by' the time they are one month old. At that age it is well to provide a pen in which they may be fed away from the sow and other hogs. Voung pigs soon learn to eat such feeds as the sow receives but t hese may not be best in all cases. Skim milk with a small amount of mid dlings makes a satisfactory feed for pigs learning to eat. Soaked corn or almost any other grain, scattered in the pen, will prove beneficial in getting pigs to take exercise. This is of great impor tance in preventing thumps and iu developing strong and healthy animals. Scours and other troubles in di gestion may be prevented by prop er feeding and sanitation Chang ing from sweet skim milk to sour skim milk often causes indigestion. The same is true of too much pro tein feeds, such as tankage or lin seed oil meal, when the animal is not used to them. If the sow is fed too heavily and the milk flow is increased greatly very young pigs will get more than they can utilize, thus causing them to scour. This trouble may be brought about also by allowing sows to run through filth and then be suckled. To avoid such trouble with pigs, only gradual changes should be made in the feeds they are receiv ing, and it should be placed before them in the most sanitary manner. Skim milk, when fed, should be sweet at all times or sour at all times, to avoid sudden changes in feed. Animals having scours should be given a good physic. A teaspoonful of castor oil or Epsom salts makes a dose fora pig. When bothered Avith this trouble special attention should be given tasani latum, Pons should bo cleaned and disinfected. Sleeping quarters for pigs, and other bogs as well, should be well ventilated and not allowed to be come dusty. Pigs sleeping in dust are apt to get lung passages stop ped and be troubled with thumps or pneumonia. The use of a floor or good bedding may avoid such trouble. When bedding is used care should be taken to avoid pigs piling together and becoming too warm during nights and then cool ing off suddenly as they leave their beds. Boar pigs not intended for breed ing purposes should be castrated before weaning. This is a simple operation but is well to do it with care. Sanitation should be practic ed in the operation and disinfect ant used upon the wound. A mix ture of five parts of crude carbolic acid to 100 part s of water makes a good disinfectant. Some of the patent disinfectants such as Ohio ronaptholcum or Zenolcum give good results. For greatest profit in general hog raising, it is necessary to wean pigs early enough to permit the raising of two litters a year. Wean ing pigs at seven or eight weeks of age gives ample time for them to leam to eat and be thriving on their feed. If show animals are desired it may be necessary to al low them to remain with the sow for a longer time, which of course would prevent the raising of two litters a year. When pigs are first weaned, it is well to feed four times a day. Only small quantities of feed should be placed before them at a time, care being taken to re move filth and clean troughs. When well started, they may be fed only three feeds a day. For S^ale Seed Peas. Two varieties, Early and Unknown. Apply .to G EOJiGK TAFF, 2t. Pearson, Georgia, WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Items of News Gathered from Various Sources. A civil service examination will be held tomorrow, at Douglas, to fill the position of rural mail car rier out from Ambrose. The 1919 sale of automobile tags were 20,000 in excess of that of 1918. This comes from Atlanta and from authorized sources. The sales have reached 99,700 —300 loss than 100,000. Tobacco growers have about completed the work of transplant ing their plants. Those having surplus plants can dispose of them by giving notice of the fact through the local paper. Charlie Calliban, who has been getting his Tribune at Blacksliear, writes and asks that his address be changed to Atkinson. He says he enjoys reading it ant does not want to miss a single issue. Georgia Washington, a negress, shot and killed George Washing ton, her husband, with a shotgun a few days ago. After the act she ran into the arms of a policeman to whom she stated that the killing was an accident, that she and her husband were tussling for posses sion of the gun when it went off accidently. Maybe she was trying to kill George and he was not man enough to prevent her from doing so. The children and grown folks, living in the vicinity ofOzias Free Will Baptist church, six miles south of the city, had au Easter egg hunt last Sunday morning. Just imagine Newsom Corbitt, Lewis Corbitt, William Wilson, Jim Kirby and others of their class hunting eggs like ’steen year old boys, and that on Sunday morn ing! You know “the Sabbath Avas made for man.” Tragedy Near Stokesville Willie Tcston, a young farmer living in the Gillis settlement in Atkinson county, near Stokesville, insane from illness and jealousy, shot and killed his pretty young wife and himself last Friday about noon. The wife was a Miss Smoak; her parents live at or near Axson. She was a good woman and highly esteemed by all the neighbors. The groom came from a reput able family and was raised near Nicholls in Coffee county. He volunteered for service in the United States’ army soon after war was declared with Germany. Remaining in camps tor some time was rejected because of tubercular troubles and sent home. lie has not been himself and gave his Avifo much trouble. Sheriff Leggett was summoned aud when he arrived he found Mrs. ! WE SELL THE EARTH | 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, GEORGIA. SI.OO A YEAR In Memoriam. Mrs. G. W. Daniel, nee Miss Edna M atson, Avas born July 30, 1876. in Laurens county, Georgia. She became a member of Shady Grove Baptist church in early girl hood and has always been a devout member of her chosen church. In the year 1910 she moved her membership to Harmbny Grove Baptist church, near Pearson, Georgia, where she has ever been known as a friend to whom none ever went in vain for sympathy. Her married life was one of de votion to all domestic ties and du ties; and she made a home for her husband in the truest sense of that magic word. Her friends Avill ever remember the delightful hospitality always found in her home. The writer spent nearly a year in her home, and no matter how dark and dreary the, way may have looked there was always a bright and cherry smile on her face. Having no children of her own she took ail orphan boy and made him know a mother’s love instill ing much of her beautiful Christian character in him. Her health has been failing for more than a year, but during all her illness her strong faith in God’s love kept her able to bear all pain without murmering. She died Feburary 23, 1919, of pneumonia, leaving to mourn her absence her husband, Mr. G. \V. Daniel, two brothers and one half brother, and three sisters, viz: Lemuel Watson, Douglas, Ga,,; F. W. Watson, Brewton, Ga.; James Graham, Minter, Ga.; Mrs. Malcolm Me Intire, Winter Park, Fla.; Mrs. Clarence Walker, of Denton, Ga. May God give to all the bereav ed ones grace to bear tlieir loss. Maggie Dugger. Carelessness Results in Failure. That is why we say “Feed B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder according to directions.” DO NOT FEED IT SLOPPY, but mix it with ground feed and moisten with just enough water to make a crumbly mass. Then each hog gets a beneficial dose. See full directions on package. Vour money back if you arc nob satisfied. For sale by PkaksoN llakdwake Stock, Pearson, Ga. Teston had been shot four times and Test,on had a bullet through his heart. Ilis clothing had been set on fire and practically burned off of him. Sheriff Leggett says t he uxorcido wins committed in Atkinson coun ty, but the suicide in Coffee coun ty, the county line being only a few feet from where the wife was killed. A prominent Koc-helle banker and manufacturer, Thomas ('. Wells, was drowned Wednesday of last week iu the Satiila river near Burnt Fort. II is remains were forwarded from Folkston to Rochelle for interment.