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•Pearson jgributtr
WEEKLY.
Membe r nth District Press Associatior
15. T. A KEEN, Edilor.
lilntt rrd at the I'oHtofJifu in Pear aim. Georgia
A* mall matter of the second elass.
SulMcrlptlon Sl.flOn year lna«lva»ie*.
Advertlwlnc rates are liberal and will be
iiuuii* known on application.
HOW ATLANTA CAME TO
BE CAPITAL.
The Bill providing for submi.s
sion of capital removal to a vote
of the i>coplc has been laid on the
table in both houses of the General
Assembly. The advocates of sub
mission saw that an edueal ional
campaign was necessary to the
success of the movemant. 'I his
campaign will be made before the
next nieetig of the legislature. II
is a fact that many (ieorgiansdo
not know ( low nor why the capital
was moved from Milledgeville to
Atlanta: The change was made in
18(j8, , rimarily to bring the State
government under the influence of
the military rule that obtained at
the time. It is true that the form
of an election was resorted to, but
it did not speak the will of the
white people who had guarded her
destiny from the days of Ogle
thorpe. Atlanta palters talk aboul
the submission of the question at
this time being submitted to a ve
nal vote, a ballot of ignorance and
stupidity. They purposely forget
that the capital was moved from
Milledgeville to Atlanta by the
vote of negroes, who had no con
ception of the best interest of the
State; scalawags, who deserted de
cency for the glamour of office;
carpetbaggers, who came to Gcor
gia for no other purpose than to
despoil her. Atlanta became the
capital of Georgia by a venal vote,
a ballot of ignorance and stupidity
the like of which the world cannot
duplicate. It was at a time when
the State was under reconstruc
tion, radicalism was in the saddle,
the people awed by military stir
veillanec, and thousands of the
white mon of Georgia were disfran
chised and not permitted to vote.
It was a time long to be remem
bered by the Old Guard of Georgia.
It is true that after I his reign of
terror, in 1877, an election was
held on the question of removing
the Capitol to Milledgeville from
Atlanta. At that time the State
was impoverished. Atlanta had
furnished the State the present
governor’s mansion, the Kimball
o|>era house for a capitol, and the
present capitol site. Atlanta was
in possession of the State govern
ment, nine points in the eontrov
orsy to be decided. Her spell
binders went up and down the
State making the same argument
they now present—the State owns
a mansion and capitol in Atlanta
that answers all purposes and she
cannot afford the expense of re
moval.
It was an outrage in its incop
lion; it was a grave wrong, one
which the people resent and. re
gardless of expense, they will place
their capitol in the centre of the
State where it belongs.
The people of Bacon county
have asked the General Assembly
to create the City Court of Alma,
the people of Cook prays the estab
lishment of the City Court of Adel,
ami Treutlen county wants ihe
City Court of Soiterton. They see
the need of these courts, and so
does the peopleof Atkinson county
when they petition the legislature
to create the City Court of Pearson
A city court conserves county
expensis.
A Georgia man is accused of
naming his newest baby “Fabie,"
a name formed from the initial
letters of Frange, America. Bel
gium. Italy and England. That
babe w ill prove a wonder if it sur
vives that fortuitous name.
If the writer who declared that
"President Wilson is the greatest
man that ever lived next to Jesus
Christ" is not careful he will make
both Pope Pins and the ex-Kaiser
mad at oue and the same time.
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y OU are requested to visit our store during our
Majestic Bargain Week
and see the many superior features of this wonderful Range;
ils supremacy in baking, water heating, fuel saving and lasting
The Bargain: qualities. e •
During this bar You must see the new smooth finish mod
gain week only els, the lasi word in beauty and labor srving.
we will give free OLE WEEK ONLY,
with each Majes july twenty eighth to august second
ha n! I some set \> f _ McCRAW HARDWARE Co.
cooking ware. Wiliacoochee, Georgia.
The Colon News.
Mr. J. L. Harrell was a business
visitor to Jacksonville, Fla., last
Friday.
Cncle John Young has finished
planting swest potatoes for this
year. We know he is glad.
Mr. E. 1). Morris spent Monday
in Valdosta on business for the
Harrell Manufacturing Company.
Kaint Yes we have had plenty
of it for the past six months. The
creeks and ponds are overflowing.
The saw-mill business is a lively
industry. There are nine mills
within a Radius of twelve miles of
< 'olon.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. C. Tillman spent
Sunday in Colon, being guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. I, Harrell and Mr.
and Mrs. M. 15. Wood.
Mr. W. P. Howard, of the Con
solidated Pole Company.spent the
day here Thursday placing orders
for telephone poles with Messrs.
Jim Young and J. E. Harrell.
Mr. J. M. Watts went to Valdos
ta Sunday night to attend to busi
ness for the Courson Manufactur
ing Company. Mrs. Watts. Mary
and little Joe joined him Monday
morning.
Mr. M. B. Wood has accepted a
position with the Courson Manu
facturing Company, of Colon, as
shingle sawyer, and expects to
move here as soon as he can get a
house. Mrs. Wood returned to
Pearson to ship their furniture.
Mr. and Mrs. W . S. Courson are
spending a month at Hot Springs.
They will return about August Ist
and make Colon their home, as
Mr. Courson is putting in an up
to-date shingle mill with sufficient
timber to last him three or four
years.
The lumber market is on a boom
and has the mill men on a move
tilling orders for fancy priced
lumber. Busy Bke.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
Located at \\ illaeoochoo, <»a.,at the close of business July 22. 1919
RESOURCES.
Demand Loans 8 27.942.40
Time lamuis 8ft.475,44
t >verdr*fts, secured. 9U9.48
overdrafts, unsecured 748.88
Stocks and bonds owned by the Hank I.7S7,tk>
Hanking House... 2,400.00
Furniture and Fixtures 2,300.00
other Heal Kstate 572.33
Hue from Itanks and Bankers in this
s *ate 38,700.34
Hue from Hanks and Bankers in
other States 1,850.82
Currency S 3,905.00
Fold 855.00
stiver. Mckles. etc 223.80
Fash Items 2.538.20
Advances on Cotton 1,255.25 6.772.25
TOTAL $ 169,489.40
8f ITS OF GKoUGI A— \TKINnhn i »n nxr.
Before m« came Ik tl. Oberry. President of Merchants A Farmers Bank, who being duly
sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement Is a true condition of Said Bank as
shown by the books ol file In said Bank. ~ ( . OBKR , { y
sworn to and subscribed before me. this 22nd day of Jaly, Ud9.
_ _ _ JIMMIE I.INDKR. Notary Public Atkinson coknty, (^eorgla
PEARSON TRIBUNE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, .IDLY 25, 191 ft
Cable Placed Under Ground
A force of Electricians have
been busy the past week placing
i lie wires of the Pearson Tele
phone Company, which heretofore
crossed the railroad overhead,
under ground.
D was quite a tedious job to
gather up the single wires, eon
solidalo them into a cable and
place them underground. It is an
improvement to the* service.
Mrs. W. P. Janies returned
Monday from a short visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Will Sims, at Ray
< ity.
1‘ ’ t<o ['< :ssi oijq 1 Gqi<ds.
DR. 15. S. MALONE,
Dentist
Office in Malone Block
PEARSON, GA
PEON A. HARGREAVES,
Attorney and Counselor,
Pearson, Georgia.
office In the VafTord Building.
Prompt attention given to business in both
Lie State and Federal courts.
CHRISTOPHER C. HALL,
Attorney and Counselor
Office in PafTord Building,
Pearson, Georgia.
Will <li>!» general practice In all the Courts.
State and Federal.
TALMA DUE S. WINN,
Attorney and Counselor.
Pearson, Georgia.
Will do a general practice.
U.eated lor the present In the Allen build
ing with Mr. 11. T. Allen.
DICKERSON A MINGLEDORFF
attorneys and counselors
Office in the New CafTord Building
1 ’PARSON, ( iEOKGIA
Practice In all the Courts, state and Federal
Mr. Dickerson will be in ottice every Tliurs
day unless other engagements prevent.
BENJ. T. ALLEN
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
Office* In the Allen building,
Pearson, Georgia.
Will do a general practice In state and Fed
cral Courts.
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock l-ald . ? 18.000.00
surplus Fund 7.500.1K1
Undivided Profits, less Current Fi
ne uses. Interest and Taxes Paid 8.240.28
Dne to Banks and Bankers In
this State 10.000.00
Due to Banks and Bankers in oth
ei states none
Due unpaid dividends nolle
Individual Deposit* Subject to Check fl9.aM.eß
Savings deposits non .
Demand certificates none
Time Certificates 56.001.49
Certified checks none
Cashier's Cheeks
Due to Clearing House nolle
Notes and bills rediscounted none
Bills payable. Including Time Cer
tificates representing borrowed
moHey - none
TOTAI * 169*489.40
Women!
Here is a message to
suffering women, from
Mrs. W. T. Price, of
Public, Ky.: “I suf
fered with painful...”
she writes. “I got down
with a weakness in my
hack and limbs... I
felt helpless and dis
couraged... I had about
given up hopes of ever
being well again, when
ft friend Insisted I
Take
CARDUI
Die Woman’s Tonic
, I began Cardul. In
ft short while I saw a
marked difference...
1 grew stronger right
along, and it cured me.
I am stouter than I
have been in years.”
If you suffer, you can
appreciate what it
means to be strong and
well. Thousands of wo
men give Cardul the
credit for their good
health. It should help
you. Try Cardul. At all
druggists. £-73
Drastic Penalties.
Editor of Pearson Tripune:
I suggest that, now we have
national constitutional prohibition,
the congress parsing laws to put
this section outdf the constitution
in force, they should fix the pen
alties as follows:
Importing—death, by hanging.
Bootlegging —life imprisonment
on starvation diet.
Having a drink in possession—
Imprisonment, 14 years.
Manufacturing—death by shoot
ing.
There are now about fifty per
cent, of the labor of the country
employed; the truth is the larger
part of it doesn’t want employment.
But if these drastic penalties were
adopted there would be no unem
ployed labor. They would hie
themselves to fields of activity and
proceed to get busy at some useful
occupation. The loiterers would
become a blessing to themselves
The Real Value-Giving and
Money-Saving Store 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 a 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.
GO TO
J. M. MEEKS’
FOP. YOUR
TOBACCO TWINE.
G. H. VAOSt,
Do all Kinds of Brick Work.
Build Tobacco Furnaces. Still and Boiler Setting.
DELK & McGAHEE
Wheelwrights ™ Blacksmiths
'Having bought out the Wheelwright and Blacksmith busi
ness of A. I!. Harrelson, we are prepared to do all classes of
work with promptness and satisfaction.
Your Patronage is Solicited.
Cut Over Land Problem.
Valdosta, July 19. —The recent
statement sent out from Washing
ton that the government would
soon begin a study of the cut-over
lands in the country, has a special
interest to large land owners in
Lowndes and other South Georgia
counties.
With many thousand of acres of
cut-over lands throughout this part
of Georgia, it is a problem with
and their country; but it will take
the enforcement of draste penal
ties to put some of them to work.
If everybody were doing some use
ful labor, this would be. indeed, a
land of prosperity.
At least these is my views.
Pro Bono Publico
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.
L.'ICK MASON,
Pearson, Georgia.
hundreds of owners what is the
best means of hand ling and making
these lands available for some use
ful purpose without sacrificing
them at nominal prices.
Very few- owners of these large
bodies of lands are able to develop
them, and yet they hesitate to dis
pose of the lands at a sacrifice.
As the timber has been cut from
the lands, which has progressed
much faster than the lands have
been used, there are vast tracts lef t
idle; producing neither-crops nor
timber of any worth. It is be
lieved that the interest of the
government will develop some plan
whereby these lands may be made
worth while without being sacri
ficed in price.