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Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
VOL. S—NO. 15
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told
in Pointed Paragraphs
The Folkston postoffice, with
the appointment of Postmaster
Vickery by President Wilson, is
advanced to third class.
Robert S. Smith has been ap
pointed postmaster at Alapaha,
vice Wiley .1. Chambliss resigned.
The office is in the fourth class.
A Cuban tobacco grower has
bought some land in Pulaski coun
ty. paying $2OO per acre for it. He
will grow tobacco for cigar wrap
pers.
Irwin superior court meets next
Monday to face a long calendar of
cases. And still some people say
the superior court dockets are not
congested.
The “Land Clearing Train” will
be at Douglas on the 15th and Kith
of September, and a demonstration
made of clearing land of stumps
and trees.
Federal officials say it is an easy
matter to buy booze in Savannah;
that the city is not as dry as here
tofore reported. The officials are
rounding up the retailers.
The Tax Collector of Charlton
county, M. ltoddenberry, figured
as a defaulter by an Auditor, has
been completely exhonerated by
the county commissioners.
The Tift county road bonds,
$200,000, have been sold to J. 11.
Hilsman & Co., of Atlanta, at par
plus $1,570. Making available
$301,570 for use on her roads.
Colquitt county has just recent
ly voted in favor of county wide
taxation for public schools. Like
the politicians “pups,” the people
have just got their eyes open.
Capt. Eustace C. Butts, a well
known young lawyer of Brunswick
who has just returned from raili
tary service overseas, has been ap
pointed judge of the city court of
Brunswick.
The city council of Valdosta has
enacted drastic health ordinances;
they authorize the closing of any
dairy, hotel, resturant or other
public place that fail to meet the
requirements.
The Waycross city council is in
vestigating the feasibility of a
central City Market. The object
is the elimination of “high” in the
cost of living. A committee has
been appointed to look into the
matter.
Hon. Roscoe Peacock, of East
man, who resigned from the legis
lature to go to war, is at home and
already a congressional bee is buz
zing in his bonnet. He wants to
go to congress from the twelfth
district in place of Judge Larsen.
The Douglas tobacco warehouse
have closed, because of the rail
road employes’ strike, and will
probably remain closed for the
season. There is considerable to
bacco in the hands of the growers
unsold, some of it the best grades.
The railroads declined to receive
tobacco for shipment is the cause
assigned for the unceremonious
closing of the warehouses.
There is no kick coming at Ha
hira. A carload of sweet potatoes
was shipped from there Saturday
' They were of fair size and brought
a good price. The yield of pota
toes promises to be abundant and,
with good prices prevailing, the
fanners will make handsome pro
fits. The watermelon crop was
good, tobacco is paying well, more
hogs are being raised, and there is
plenty of corn. This is optimism
of the right sort
Primitive Baptist Revival.
From the Ocllla Star.
The services last Sunday night
at the Primitive Baptist church
closed a very remarkable protract
ed meeting lead by Elder V . 11.
Course, of Fitzgerald, assisted by
divines of that faith from this sec
tion. Fifteen meutbeers were add
ed by profession of faitli, fourteen
joining the Brushy Creek church
and tw o uniting with the Willacoo
chee church. The baptizing took
place at the Brushy Creek baptiz
ing place, after which the members
and those present repaired to the
church for a short service.
The meeting just closed was un
usual in Ocilla, interest seldom
running so high, and people of all
churches attended the services as
regularly during the week as their
duties would allow. Sunday morn
ing seats from the Missionary Bap
tist church were carried to the
Primitive congregation, the build
ing having been filled to capacity
at several services.
As is well known Primitive Bap
tists do not pay their preachers a
stated salary, all contributions to
their ministers being free w ill of
ferings, and Friday night a collec
tion was taken up for the preacher
and a liberal amount was contribu
ted. Sunday morning at the close
of (he services, Hon. .1. A. .1. Hen
derson gave a talk which left few
dry eyes in the congregation, and
suggested another collection in
appreciation for the notable work
accomplished during the series of
meetings. He headed the collec
tion with a gift of $50.00, stating
that, the money raised was to be
used as tlie deacons of the church
saw fit. A very liberal amount
w’as given by the congregation.
Georgia-Florida Fair.
Mr. W. E. French, the new sec
retary-manager of the < icorgia- Flor
ida fair is making great progress in
preparing for the 101!) exposition.
The county agricultural exhibits
promise to be larger and more
varied than ever before.
The canning club exhibits, very
fine last year, will be the best
ever seen in South Georgia.
The exhibit of livestock, always
superior, will be excellent.
The Government exhibit will
be of greater variety and volume
and far more interesting than last
year.
The great packing plant of Ar
mour & Co., and perhaps others,
will present an extensive exhibit
of their products.
There will also be an elaborate
display of road building materials.
There will be many other attrac
tions, an up-to date midway,and so
forth.
In fact, effort will not be spared
to make it the show of South Geor
gia this year.
Rural Carrier Drowned.
Mr. Carl Sauls, a young man
and carrier of rural mail route No.
2, from Kingsland, was drowned
in a creek near that place on Thurs
day of last week.
It was the tragic ending of a
picnic party who were spending
the day ot Shellbine picnic grounds
on the bank of the creek. The
picnic dinner had been served and
young Sauls with other young
people, donned their bathing suits,
and went in the creek bathing.
He w f as seized with cramps and
sank; a Mr. Coulson and a Miss
Higginbotham, in their efforts to
rescue him, came near being drown
ed themselves.
The body was recovered during
the afternoon and carried to his
father’s home at Callahan, Fla.,
for the funeral and burial.
Barrel of good syrup for sale.
Apply to G. W. James, Pearson, Ga.
vote in its favor.
L’IvAKSON, GEOIIGIA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 15, 1919
i MEMORIES OF THE LONG AGO.
A Short Biographical Sketch of
William H. Dasher.
Hon. AY in. if. Dasher, the pro
posed Solicitor-General of the
Alapaha judicial circuit of 1870-1,
was a most unique character.
lie was born and reared in
Low ndes county, near Valdosta, of
affluent parents according to the
measurement of those days.
His parents, as the name indi
cates, were Salzburgers and came
to Lowndes county from Effingham
county in company with a number
of other families among whom were
the Zippercrs, Zittrouers, Lineberg
ers, Wisenbakcrl, Zants, Kellers
and others.
Mr. Dasher was educated at a
boarding school and his career was
very much on the order of Dr.
Longstreet's character, “Bill Mil
ten,” wild, uncouth, and indifferent
to everything save his own plea
sure. Hence, like “Bill Mitten,”
his education was of an uncertain
character. At school and from
his after associates he acquired
many striking apothegms. One,
in particular, is recalled and given
here to illustrate their character.
He had disagreement with a bro
ther attorney whom he thought
had displayed narrow' littleness.
He fairly shouted in the ears of
his antagonist: “Your soul is so
infinitesimally small that a dozen
of them could dance a quadrille on
the point of a cambric needle and
imagine themselves reveling in
infinite space!”
My best information is that
Mr. Dasher read law in the office
oi Hon. T. J. Sheftall, of Savannah.
In the 1840 s Lowndes county was
in the same judicial circuit as
Chatham and Sheftall was the
Solicitor--General at the time Mr.
Dasher was reading law in his
office. So he became enthusi
astically imbitious lo become a
Solicitor < Icucral.
During the 1850 s many new
counties were created in South
Georgia, so that the one circuit
became more than one judge could
handle the business and, according
ly, if was divided into three cir
cuits —Eastern. Brunswick and
Southern. Lowndes was placed in
the Brunswick circuit, and William
11. I)asher reached the goal of his
ambition, he became Solicitor-
General of the Brunswick circuit
and served one term.
He was contemporaneous with
lion. Martin L. Merslion and din
ing his term of office he and Mer
slion met frequently in the trial
of cases w here they were opposed
to each other —Dasher prosecuting
and Merslion defending. It was
told that during the trial of a
certain case in Wayne Superior
court, the foundation of which
occurred in the big bend of the
Sat illa river. M ershon’s defendan t
had no defense whatever and had
little or no evidence and Merslion
began to play upon tin* fancy of
tbe jury during the argument by
copious quotations from Shake
speare, giving in part the legend
of Don J nan. Dasher knew no
thing of the classics and didn’t
understand Merslion’s tactics; so,
when he began bis closing argu
ment to the jury he vehemently
asserted that "he knew every man
woman and child living in the big
bend of the Satilla river and there
was no such man Jiving there as
Don Juan.” Of course it brought
a smile to the faces of the Judge
and members of the bar who heard
it.
He was thought to be a confirm
ed old bachelor when he decided to
take a wife. „\ tbe age of fifty or
more years he married a young
widow', Mrs. Warren, a daughter of
a Lincoln county farmer anil gold
mine ow ner and operator, said lo
be immensely wealthy. When
they married Mrs. Dasher was the
before he passes hence.
The Blackshear Mystery.
The capital city of Pierce coun
ty, Blackshear, is in the throes of
a ghost that bids fair to rival that
of Surrency, Appling county, some
fifty years ago.
'tiie Blackshear ghost mystery is
located at the home of Mrs. Ella
Summerall, who has a 10-year old
sou, Willie, the victim of the
strange phenomenon.
It is said that at night when the
boy retires a peculiar knocking
sound, like some one tapping on
the walls with their knuckles,
lakes place in the room and not
only keeps the boy awake but pro
duces a painful effect on his person.
Hundreds of people visited the
home of Mrs. Summerall on Wed
nesday night of last week, all
skeptical, but intent on an invest!
gat ion. They went, they heard
the noise, but tbe mystery remains
to be solved. Various theories
have been advanced, all unsatis
factory.
The Surrency mystery was at
tlie hotel and the sounds were like
some one throwing billets of wood
against the house. I’eople went
there from Macon, Savannah, Val
dosta and other places at a dis
tance to investigate for themselves.
Finally, the building wascondenm
ed and torn down, but the, mystery
was never solved.
Pays to Harvest Corn Early.
From Progressive Farmer.
1 1 pays to harvest the corn crop
as soon as the ears are thoroughly
matured and dry. This w'ork can
usually be done before cotton pick
ing is begun, but no matter how
pressing other farm work may be,
il does not pay Lo neglect the
gathering of the corn. Where
corn is gathered early in the season
the shucks arc clean and bright,
and have a feed value almost
equal to prairie hay. And then,
i hen- is always more or less waste
or damage where the corn is left in
the field until late in the season.
After the stalks begin to fall down
birds, rats, and domestic fow ls will
do considerable damage, and if the
fall happens to be a wet one, a
portion of the crop will rot. On
bottom lands I have seen whole
fields of fine corn swept away by
Hoods, when early gathering would
have saved it all.
It seems to be, a general opinion
among farmers that weevils do less
damage where corn is left in the
field eulil late in the season. I
think this is true to some extent,
but there are less costly methods
of combatting the weevil. Where
corn is stored in a well ventilated
barn there will be little damage by
weevil, and a bottle or jug of dis
ulphide of carbon placed in the
barn with the cork partially re
moved will largely prevent dam
age.
owner of considerable property but
it was hedged under the
law', so that it could not be fritter
ed away—she received only an an
nuity. A son was born to them,
after which Dasher returned to his
old habits of dissipation; in self de
fenso Mrs. Dasher returned to
Lincoln county with her tw'o child
ren —she had a daughter, Fannie
Warren, by tier first husband.
Dasher went from bad to worse,
finally took sick and lingered sev
eral months before he died. My
recollection is his wife returned to
him when he became sick and re
mained with him until death came
and took him away.
He met his w ife during ope of
his many*visits to MillCdgeville,
during the session of the legislature.
He always went in good style, and
impressed his w ife, who was a wo
man of culture and refinement, that
he also was cultured and a man of
wealth. He was a man of fine ap
pearance, but the result of wasted
educational opportunities,
peupxe are rno only ones who never
make mistakes.”
ATKINSON COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered from
Various Sources.
There is every indication that
Atkinson county will harvest a
great crop of sweet potatoes and,
so far as the Tribune is advised,
the farmers are making no prepara
tion for curing them. It w ill soon
be too late to build and equip a
curing house for this year’s crops.
Mr. Boone, the expert tobacco
man down at Axson, had the mis
fortune to lose one of his curing
barns by fire. He had completed
curing his own crop, and the barn
was being used by Mr. Y. O. Math
ews. The loss to Mr. Boone is near
$2OO, and to Mr. Mathews, who
lmd several hundred pounds of to
bacco in the barn, under going the
process of curing. No insurance.
Tax Receiver Corbitt says there
is not an acre of land but what is
worth more than a dollar per acre,
even if it be covered with water,
lie says he has a pond on his place
and he considers it as valuable as
any part of his premises, because
if affords ample and wholesome
water supply for his stock, and
saves him a lot of trouble and
worry.
Refuge Primitive Baptist church,
two miles north of the city, con
tinucs in a revival state and mem
bens are being added at the month
ly meetings. Mr. Dan Courson
joined at the July meeting and Mr.
Levi Courson last Sunday, the
August meeting. This church was
organized a little more than a year
ago, and already about twenty
new members have joined.
The season for cattle dipping is
now being utilized by some of the
Atkinson county owners. Mr. H.
W. Woodard, who lives on Mr. H.
F. Hears’ place about two miles
north of town, reports that lie dip
ped in the vat on the place about
eighty or ninety head belonging to
himself and neighbors last Satur
day. Mr. Woodard is heartily in
sympathy with the tick eradiea
lion movement, and the dipping of
hogs to clear them of lice.
The pecan crop of Atkinson
county will be a good one this year,
and growers are anticipating fancy
prices for them. Interest in grow
ing pecans is being revived in oth
er sections, and why not in Atkin
son county? Every farmer should
have at least a 10-acre grove on his
or her premises. It is very little
trouble to grow' them. The big
gest part of the work is to get
them started to growing. The land
can be used for crops right on.
Atkinson county should have a
camp of The American Legion of
Honor. Only those who were in
Uncle Sam’s army during thew'orld
war are entitled to membership.
Enough went from Atkinson coun
ty to form a very respectable camp.
They are being organized in nearly
all the other counties and why not
have a camp in Atkinson county?
The organization is something sim
ilar to the Grand Army of the
North and the Confederate Veter
ans of the South. Let some young
soldier take the initiative in form
ing the organization.
There is going to be some cotton
harvested iu Atkinson county this
year. The Tribune man heard
some farmers talking Saturday
about the crop, and said they were
ready to begin picking. It is
thought only three or four ginner
ies will operate in the county to
prepare the crop for market. These
are located at Axson’ Kirkland and
Briston. The owners of the Pear
son ginnery are of opinion there is
not enough cotton made in its ter
ritory to warrant the expensive
preparations necessary to get their
gins in working order,
serve Atkinson county better than
three terms of the superior coin-L
SI.OO A YEAIi
Birthday Dinner Sunday.
Last Sunday was the seventy
ninth birthday of Mr. J. T. Hen
derson, fimiliarly known as "Uncle
Jack, who lives two miles north
of the city.
His good wife, who was a Miss
Overstreet, and the children who
were at home w ith him. prepared a
great feast, dinner, in honor of the
occasion. At this dinner was
gathered a host of children, grand
children and other relatives and
friends.
the editor acknowledges the re
ceipt of an invitation for himself
and daughter to be present. How
ever, both had to forego the pleas
ure it would have given them to
be present to speak words of cheer
and helped to make the day a
pleasant one for the aged honoree,
because of being unwell.
I here was a goodly number
present and the Tribune man is
assured that the day was a most
pleasant one to all.
Uncle Jack” settled his present
home about fifty years ago. lie
was a wheelwright and blacksmith,
so he built a shop on the place
and plied his vocation until bis
health and strength failed. He
has operated a small farm all these
years having varied results. He
made the first experiment in wheat
growning in this section and it
was a great success.
He and his wife reared a large
family of children, nearly all <>l
whom have gone out from the
home-roof to make homes of their
own.
The editor regrets he could not
go out to see “Uncle Jack” last
Sunday.
Taking the Census.
Every ten years Uncle Sam
counts his family and gathers such
information about the “national
household as will facilitate his
taking care of his folk in every
w'ay possible. Preparations are
being made for this work which
starts on Jan. 1, 1920, when within
the space of three weeks Uncle
Samuel expects some 90,000 work
ers under 400 supervisors to count
the souls in every county, city and
hamlet, and to harvest other val
uble statistics to be filed in the
office of the Department of Com
merce and Labor for use during
the next ten years.
So, it is not going to be very
long before Atkinson county’s
numerical strength will be known .
—by cities, towns and districts.
The horses, mules, cattle, hogs,
sheep, goats and all manner of fowl
will be numbered. The personal
property will be passed up to the
census enumerator with the same
degree of care as to the receiver of
tax returns.
Mrs. W. L. Kirkland’s Guests.
The following guests are visiting
at the country home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Kirkland, Sr.;
Their second daughter, Miss
Irma, who is a trained nurse at a
hospital in Savannah.
Her youngest sister, Miss Lovie
Turner, a school teacher in the
puplic school of Douglas.
Her father, Mr. Robert Turner,
who stays the most of his time in
Douglas. The Tribune regrets to
say he is now an invalid and help
less; can get about only in a rolling
chair. He is iu his 86th year.
Her sister, Mrs. W. M. (lad)
Kirkland of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Mr. Kirkland is a carpenter and at
work in South Carolina. Their
only children, two sons, are both
grown, working for themselves
and doing well. They maintain
their home st St. Petersburg, Fla.
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