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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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It. T. ALLEN, Editor.
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VOLUME FIVE.
With tins issue the Tribune
enters upon the fifth year of its
existence, and is four years old.
The present owner lias been in
charge two years or since May,
1017.
These two years have been a
struggle, the bitterness of which
none can appreciate save those w ho
have been on the job. This strug
gle is likely to continue until the
paper, as an advertising medium,
is better appreciated by trades
people. It affords an excellent
opportunity to communicate with
the people of Atkinson county. It
reaches the people of every section
of tlie county.
In entering upon the labors of
the fifth volume, the editor pro
mines his best effort in making the
paper acceptable to the people of
Atkinson county. He realizes
that it is the only way to receive
anything like a respectable sup
port.
It takes years of hard work to
build up a newspaper enterprise,
but a puff of ill-will can send it to
the wall lifeless in an iufinitessim
ally short time.
The editor solicits the hearty
co-operation and assistance of
every citizen of Atkinson county
in making the Tribune a worthy
representative of their county. It
needs your cordial support—not
charity, but the loyal support due
il.
If you are not a subscriber send
a dollar and have yournameenter
ed upon the list, you will never
regret it; if you are a subscriber
and in arreas, send a dollar and
have il renewed.
Then, our merchants will find
our advertising columns a splendid
medium to give publicity to their
business ontefprise. You make a
great mistake in the idea that peo
pie do not read newspaper ad ver
Using. If you doubt it, hand the
Tribune your advrtisement and
you will be convinced.
The Tribune can do your job
printing, and w ill do it as cheaply
as first class niateiial and w ork
manship w ill permit. The prices of
material are very high and it
makes job printing also high.
Finally, the Tribune solicits
your subscription, your advertis
ing and your job printing.
Tift county raptured the Coastal
Plain Experiment Station on see
ond ballot. The final meeting of
the board was held at the Phoenix
Hotel, Way cross, last Friday night.
From accounts, it reminds one
forcibly of the sales of the agricul
tural schools. They all went to
the highest and best bi(filer.
Newspaper editorials, paid for as
advertisements, must be designat
ed by the word “advertisement”
studied out. A Federal law re
quire* this and the abbreviations
*'adv” or "advt” will not suffice.
Local readers furnished by the ad
vertiser iuhsl not be marked.
“Is lioke Smith out campaign
ing!” is a question put by the
Savannah News. Why, certainly,
and the Tribune hopes he will re
peat his Alpharetta harangue in
in every county in “Jawjaw."
Hoke is on the job for Hoke; no
way of successfully evading this
proposition. He may be busy in
congress during next summer's
campaign and, the wise guy that
he is, taking time by the forelock
in theeffortjto insure his re election.
ABOUT OUR ROADS.
A friend of the Tribune at Ax
son lias given the road question
considerable study. He gives an
answer to the all-absorbing topic,
“What should Atkinson county do
in the matter of building roads!”
This gentleman suggests that
Atkinson county take over or
rather assist in diverting the Cen
tral Dixie highway from Douglas
to Way cross by the way of Nicli
o:ls and have it- go from Douglas
to Wayeross by way of FaJes, Ax
soil, Millwood, Fairfax and Wares
boro. Ware county has already a
satisfactory road from the county
line to Wayeross. He wants At
kinson county to build a first class
road from the Ware county line
through Atkinson county to the
Coffee county line. He would
have the county vote bonds for
building this road, securing what
ever aid that may conic to it from
'. he state and national governments.
The proposition is not a bad one.
The trouble with road building
in Atkinson county at the present
is, she has no funds to start the
work. If the Ordinary had a road
and bridge fund, a line of road
building could be quickly settled
upon and the work of putting the
roads in good condition inaugurat
ed. This dilemna comes to every
new county during the firs! year.
If. can't be avoided so long as the
laws relative to new counties re
main on the statute hook.
From discussions by prominent
men of the county, in the presence
of the Tribune man, lie is of the
impression that a great majority
of the people of the county favor,
when it comes to building per
manent roads, giving preference to
the “East and West Highway,”
which traverses the county east
and west from the Ware county
line near Axson to the Berrien
county line near Willaeooeliee;
and the Douglas and Homerville
road, using the new short route
opened by Mr. Dan Metis while he
was a Commissioner for Coffee
county. There is merit in Gii>--
proposition; these roads are badly
needed.
The bare truth of tlu* matter is
Atkinson county has no road
worthy of the name, and there is
so much road building to be done,
our worthy Ordinary is embarrass
ed as to where to begin, lie rea
lizes that he is soon to turn over
his part of the work to a Board of
County Commissioners, and he is
likely to confine his operations to
keeping the rural mail routes in
passable condition. This is a big
job itself, especially when tjie
county is without funds with
which to do anything.
Let the people be patient; these
road problems will be solved as
fast as possible and to the satis
faction of all concerned.
Notes from Tillman.
"A friend" writes these gotos
from Tillman community and
iiopes they will escape the waste
basket.
Mr. Hard Ciddens and family
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
.). W. Wall.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. ITeston Roberts.
Mrs. \Y. M. Sutton and daught
er, Mrs. Rurklialter, spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. Jesse Wall.
Mrs. J. W. Wall and daughter.
Mrs. (1. C. Dukes, went shopping
to Willaooochoo. last Saturday.
Everybody who attended the
party at Mr. .1. NY Wall's Satur
day night report having had a nice
time.
Mr. and M rs. John Curry were
visitors at the home of Mr. J. \\ .
Wall Saturday afternoon aud
night.
Mrs. B. A. tlorsor and sister, of
Loliaton, spent last week with
their mother, Mrs. C* M. Fielding,
at Douglas.
A lai •ge crowd gathered at Mr.
Leon Simian's last Thursday night
and had a surprise party. All
present enjoyed themselves.
Misses Marie and Inez Horton
spent Saturday night aud Sunday
PEARSON TRIBUNE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, MAY 9. 1919
STANDARDIZING THE SWEET POTATO.
Tlfton Gazette.
The sweet potato, for many years
a by-product on the South Georgia
farm, promises to become, like the
hog, a standard money crop.
Less than ten years ago, a Tif
ton plant grower discovered by ac
cident that sweet potato plants
would boar transportation for two
or t hroe thousand miles, like cab
| bn< c, and out of that discovery has
grown the immense potato plant
! industry, which has spread through
on! South Georgia and into North
ern Florida. The number of
growers has grown into thousands,
the annual shipment of plants into
many millions, and the sum it
brings to this section every spring
season has reached stupendous
proportions. There are hundreds
of growers in Tift county alone,
and the annual shipments of plants
from this point amount to many
milions, with an almost equal
amount from Ty Ty and < tmega.
This entirely new industry is by
no means confined to this immedi
ate vicinity. At Valdosta it is
said that growers have orders on
hand for five milion plants more
than they can supply and corres
ponding reports come from other
points.
The sweet potato itself is being
standardized. Until recently the
crop was forced on the market in a
period of less than three months,
toward the close of the year. The
price obtained was in keeping with
the small demand and glutted
market, growers often being glad
to get 25 cents a bushel. Produc
ers who look ahead soon found it
profitable to bank their sweet po
tatoes and put them on the market
in the late winter months. Con
siderahle loss attended this, but it
was more than compensated by
the increased price.
Potato curing houses have
changed all this, now the grower
or the small community can store
a potato crop with a reasonable de
gree of safety market it at will.
Tile past season demonstrated that
these warehouses will pay for
themselves many timosover in one
crop. The sweet potato crop last
fall was a large one. During the
latter part of the season, potatoes
were going begging on the Tiftou
market at 50 cents a bushel. Soon
after Christmas the price advanced
to a dollar and by the lirst of
March they were being marketed
from the potato Curing warehouse
in car load lots at $1 and more.
No' inquiries are being received
at prices ranging as high as #2.25
a bushel.
Sweet potatoes, with ordinary
care and fertilizing will yield easily
'Jo > bushels per acre; with improv
ed seed selection it is said that as
high as 500 and it is even claimed
700 bushels per acre can be obtain
oil. A few years ago farmers said
they could make money on sweet
potatoes at 25 cents a bushel —
certainly they are a more profit
able crop even af that price than
cotton at 15 or 20 cents a pound.
At £1 a bushel and up the crop
should be an immensely profitable
one.
\Y it li potatoes curing warehouses
for standardizing and the demand
steadily growing as the people be
come familiar with the food value
of the sweet potato, it promises to
soon become one of the leadiug as
well as most profitable money
crops of this section.
at Leliaton. the guests of their
sister. Mrs. 11. C. Dukes. Their
little niece accompanied them
home.
There will be a picnic at Tillman
school house May 17th. Every
body invited to come and bring a
basket; there will be plenty of fish
to fry, Come and tell your friends
to come.
Think there will be a wedding
in this neighborhood before long if
the suit is pressed as lively as it
was at Mr. Simian's last Thursday
night.
Some strangers from Kirkland,
returning from the party at Mr.
Wall's, got lost and ran into a hole
with a big ear. The driver got
hurt but not seYiously.
A Frikxd.
N. E. HARRELL
The Rea! Value-Giving ant!
Itaey-Savinge ere in Pearson
I have just received a nice line of
ALLEN PRINCESS RANGES
Come and see them and get my prices before buying elsewhere.
I have also « nice line of Furniture, such as Dressers, Washstands. Buffets, Kitch
en Safes, Chairs, etc. Anything you need in Dry-Goods, Shoes, Hats, and Notions.
Also a good line of Staple Groceries.
More Goods for Less Money at
N. E. HARRELL’S
HARRELL BUILDING, PEARSON, GEORGIA.
VICTORY LOAN MUST SUCCEED
OR FAIL IN NEXT FEW DAYS
Appeal Made By Headquarters To Works To Put Full Force
Behind Drive During The Rest Of Campaign.
______________ Oj&puY
V*. Victory Loan drive U drawing
to a close.
Whatever re trails to be done must
bo accotupliobed In the next tew days
or the opportunity will be gone for
ever.
This to the last great popular war
loam It ULn reality the ‘last chance"
tbs people o< the Sixth Federal Re
serve District will hav* to invest ln
Ifce Liberty and Victory Issues of Oov
• lament seourities. It Is now or never.
The quota assigned to this district
has been nearly reached. But unless
•Very person who can. even through
a sacrifice of luxuries er comforts, in
veots to their l.mit It might be a fail
ure In all past campaigns the South
east has res: ended nobly. It must not
'■fail cow ln this filial drive,
j The loon must be a success. It has
behind -t the solemn call of a great
■aUrma'. duty to our -oMiers and sail
Hundreds of customers have already
taken advantage of the great saving
on goods bought in this selling event
of my entire stock, for the entire year,
at the greatest
PRICE REDUCTION
Offered Anywhere.
ors; the call of the nation's honor, and
the Imperative call of Its duty to the
reßt of the world.
An appeal has been sent out from
headquarters to the workers to put
their shoulder to the wheel during the
remaining days of the drive: to pull
together and push together and wind
up the campaign with a huge over
subscription. Some counties are lag
ging behind Most-of the counties will
go over. To fail now would leave a
j blot on the record of the county which
I does not reach its quota. That blot
| would remain forever because there
\ will not be another chance to "com*
back."
The crowning work of patriotism for
this district would be for the people
to make the Victory Loan the greatest
of all loans —-to put every county in
the district over the top. Then we could
| take pride in th« feeling that we had
"anished the course.”
Legal Advertisements.
Citation for Letters of Dismission.
<! E()R(JlA—Atkinson ( ounty.
W herens.loff Kirkland, administrator of the
c«tate of l Aicieu < 'orlx-tt, late of said county,
deceased, represents to the court by hla peti
tion, duly filed and entered on record,that he
has fully administered said estate. This Is.
therefore, to rite all persons concerned, kin
dred and creditors, to show cause. If any they
can. why said Administrator should not be
dischar;,. i f' »m his administration, and re
<•« f\e Letter- f Dismiss ion oa the first Mon
day in .June. I‘U9.
'• v - 1 "LEY ItOBKHTS. Ordinary.
Notice of Local Legislation.
Notha is h lehy idven that I will Introduce
and urge ; ,<• p:> -aic of a Bill to abolish the
Treasurer's <>LR-e <u Atkinson county at the
uomliur s-vGon of the l egislature w hich con
venes the Liui Ji Wednesday inline. Tills
< HAS. K. STEWART.
Ii latfvu Atkinson < «»nuty.
Victory Buttons for Soldiers.
The War Department has re
cently approved a “victory button”
to be issued lo all soldiers. 'I bis
provides that those who have been
discharged before a supply of bui
tons was available for issue, may
secure a but ton by mailing to the
supply officer of the nearest mili
tary post, camp or station, includ
ing recruiting stations, their origi
nal certificate of discharge or a
true copy thereof. These buttons
are being prepared and should be
ready for issue about the first
week in May.
This button is of silver for those
wounded in action aud bronze for
all others. It consists of a five
point star surrounded by a wreath
and with the letters “U. S.” in the
centre.
When writing for a button
please state the kind of button is
desired. Respectfully,
Z. F. Sisk.
Sergeant G. S. I nf.
Pecruiting station. U. S. Army, No.
3 Lott street. Wayeross, Ga.
Billie Kearst and Jchnnie
Graves have reached the parting
of their ways. Johnnie will mopnt
the lecture platform and tell what
he knows about the covenant to
the league of nations.
FOR SALE 1916 Model Ford
Car' It is in good running order.
Price. $325.00. Call on or address
Rev. O. B. Tally, Homerville, Ga.
