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South Georgia tobacco markets
are good, better and best; which is
the latter has not been determined.
Every city with a warehouse is ii
the running. Met on Douglas.
When legislators essay to dictate
the wants of their counties and
districts, the inevitable result is
that what their constituents want
and,need in the matter of law is
not enacted.
ft is predicted that Tom Hard
wick will re-enter polities to be
come a candidate for governor to
succeed Dorsey. A tomtit to suc
ceed an eagle, in comparison.
What do you think of it?
The little Republic of Switzer
land is growing weary of being the
homo of exiled kings, dukes and
princes. She has a plethora of
of them and they are esteemed as
undesirable citizens, and the Swiss
authorities will take steps to get
rid of them.
Cotton mill owners, of Oldham,
England, are preparing to ostab
lish a direct line of steamships
from Savannah to Manchester.
England. They will then buy their
supply of cotton in Savannah. The
transportation facilities between
Manchester and < >ldham are ample.
These are not days of idleness.
These are days when American
citizens dare not rest on t heir jobs
or take a vacation. The liberty
which they enjoy today may not
lie theirs tomorrow. The nation is
in turmoil; seems not to know
whither it is drifting. Wise lead
ership is necessary to save the
country from anarchy and chaos.
< Iptiinists are buying large stocks
of goods and otherwise preparing
for a big fall and winter business.
Pessimists are watching the com
mercial ocean. U> see whether its
tide will ebb or flow; before they
recover from the trance the tide
has both flowed and ebbed, and
they have wasted much valuable
time in “watchful waiting.” The
business is here; the merchants
who are ready and bid for it will
reap a rich harvest.
The Tribune favors a living wage
to all toilers. No man wants to
eke out a miserable existence for
himself and family. They are hu
man beings with natural aspirations
to be the equal of anybody, and
they may be expected to fight to
the bust ditch to maintain it. But
there is another view—the em
ployer’s side of the question. He
has rights and equities that must
Ik* respected in all adjustments of
differences arising from the wage
scale and hours of labor. There is
no necessity for the owners of pub
lic enterprises of any character to
be sacrificed, his property rights
injured, in order to meet inordin
ate demands of employees. As the
Tribune sees it. both the employer
and employee should be and are
interested in the success of the en
terprise they are engaged in and
to which both are looking to yield
them a livelihood, and both should
exert themselves to make it prosper
and continue to bo a blessing to
them. There is a limit to the
earning capacity of all enterprises;
and if the operating expense exceed
the earnings it comes to grief and
the result are the owner loses his
property rights and the employee
an opportunity for earuiug a live
lihood. Let both parties do equity!
HOTCH-POTCH.
The Baptist meeting of days be
gan Wednesday night as an
nounced and will continue for sev
eral days. Dr. Anderson, of the
Duitnian church, will not take
part in the meeting.
Two small boys were arrested
Tuesday afternoon and locked up
for theft. If the parents of these
boys had kept in mind the Tri
bune’s oft repeated injunction
"Keep the small boys at home,”
these boys might have been saved
from their sin and humiliation.
The democratic executive com
mittee of Mare county will meet
tomorrow to nominate eight bond
commissioners, under the recent
Act of tlie legislature, who are to
be charged with the disbursement
of the county road funds. The
•lection is to be held on the 22d.
Henry C. Roloph, in charge of
ihe Federal food administration
sugar bureau, last Tuesday set 12c.
a pound as a fair price of sugar to
the consumer. He declared that
any retail price in excess of this
figure was “outrageous profiteer
ing.” Grocers have been selling
at l ie. to Hie. per pound.
Friday afternoon Gov. Dorsey ap
proved the Bill creating the Ala
palm judicial circuit, settling the
mat ter in favor of the people of the
counties interested. Gov. Dorsey,
up to the time of going to press,
was holding the appointment of a
judge and solicitor in abeyance,
but there seems to lie a certainty
that Dickerson and Lovett will be
the appointees.
Gov. Dorsey has also approved
Ihe Hill creating the new county
of “Lanier." It will nowi have to
successfully run the gauntlet of
ratification by the peoply to be
come a law. There is scarcely a
doubt but- that it will be ratified,
but the people of the territory will
have to ciuietly await the time
when they will be called upon to
select their fust officials.
The legislature, which now
stands adjourned, lias done well by
the public school System and very
justly. The most liberal appro
priations have been made for the
schools and these appropriations
are now made subject to the Gov
ernors cheek for public school
purposes only. It, prevents the
custom heretofore existing of
“Borrowing from I’cter to pay
Paul, and by which means the
school fund was never on hand
when needed. The Solons are be
ginning to realize that primary
education is that which the State
should foster.
Atkinson Locals.
Messrs. Ed. and Walter (hitler
were business visitors in Atkinson
last Monday.
Miss Osgood Spence, of Way
cross, is a welcome visitor in At
kinson this week.
Mr. <W. Callihan made a lnisi
ness trip to Way cross Friday night
accompanied by his small son,
Warren.
We are glad to say that the
small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
T. King is convalescing after an
illness of malarial fever.
Mrs. Woodie Drewry and child
reu have returned home after a
prolonged visit to relatives and
frieuds at Damascus. Ga.
Mr. Perry Middleton has re
turned home after a very delight
ful trip to Hot S, rings. Ark. His
health seems to be very much im
proved.
M iss Veruie and Master Marvin
Callihan have returned home, af
ter a long and pleasant visit to
friends in Willaeooeheeand Worth,
Georgia.
Air. Tom Newsome, after endur
ing excruciating pain several days
with a decayed tooth, went to
Brunswick last Friday and had it
extracted.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnson are the
proud possessors of a fine baby boy.
Mrs. Johnson has been seriously
ill. but we are glad to say she is
now improving.
Miss Alice Averitt spent Sunday
with her sister. Miss Lillian Aver
itt. who has been in a Brunswick
hospital several weeks. She re
l»orts her sister's condition very
much improved.
“No-Body.”
BE ARSON TRIBUNE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 16, 1919
Tha South’s New Day.
From the Editor and Publisher.
The South is not “newly rich.”
She is merely utilizing and devel
oping the assets which have always
been hers. And this accounts for
t he magnificent prosperity her peo
ple are now' enjoying and which is
but the harbinger of what is to
come.
It is fortunate for the nation
• hat the South is coming into her
own in a material way —fortunate
f fiat her long dormant resources
erenow being converted into na
tional wealth.
For Southern prosperity cannot
be fenced in. It overflows the old
boundaries of states and sections,
end enriches all who have the vis-
I m to understand and to partici
pate'in this great industrial devel
opment, The products of her soil,
. nd of her forests, mines and fac
tories. now made available for her
own people and for the people of
Ihe world, bring to her, properly,
a Hood of gold. But they add as
v ell to the sum of the nation’s
wealth, and become a basic treas
ure of the Republic.
In this new day of the world,
which witnesses the passing of the
old order, a revivified Southland
is playing a momentous part. The
old lethargy is no more, the old
barriers to a full and free commer
cial expansion have been destroyed.
In the industrial transformation
row going on the South Joses no
thing —she merely finds herself.
She sacrifices no cherished tradi
tion, abandons no high ideal. The
grandsons of Pickett’s men hold to
i heir heritage of chivalry and cour
age. In the great war for world
freedom they have added new lus
tie to a record which has always
been spotless. Southern women
are quite as beautiful and charm
ing as were their grandmothers
who ministered with unmatched
devotion to t he soldiers w ho fought
euder Lee. They are worshipped
as of old. The day of chivalry has
not passed in the South. But the
day of commercial and industrial
greatness has dawned.
The publishers of Southern news
papers . . . have ample reason for
pride and satisfaction —pride in
the memory of unstinted service
to the nation's cause in the war
and satisfaction because of the
turn of the wheel of life which
brings the South into the en-
joyment of its inheritance. South
< rn newspapers are grow ing rapidly
into the full stature of dominant
American publications. They are
putting behind them the old. slow
processes. They are marching with
t he procession, well up to the front.
They are reflecting Southern life
and aspirations, interpreting the
new order in the world's life with
understanding and clarity. They
have made great strides within a
lew years. They w ill attain to now
and higher levels of accomplish
ments.
Notice to Parents of Deaf
Children.
The Georgia School for the deaf
at Gave Spring will open its doors
to our deaf children on Wednesday.
September 10th. Every deaf child
in Georgia between the ages of 7
and 25 years has the right to the
education there offered and he
should get it. If thechildsparents
cannot provide the railroad fare
and clothing a letter to the Prin
cipal, Mr. ,1. C. Harris, enclosing a
certificate from the ordinary, will
obtain money for these purposes.
The advantages of the School are
free to all.
The Georgia School for the deaf
is a part of the educational system
provided by Georgia for her child
ren. a system which proposes to
give equal opportunity ta all. Our
deaf children are there taught
to interpret the lip movements of
others into words, to read the
printed page, and to write their
thoughts in good English senten
ces. They are trained to habits of
neatness and politeness. They are
trained to expertness in some use
ful occupation by daily work on
farm or in wood shop or print shop
or machine shop. They are edu
eated to be happy and useful and
intelligent citizens.
COTTON GROWERS OFTHE SOUTH
WILL BE STRONGLY ORGAN'ZED
Atlanta, Ga., August IS.—The Amer
ican Cotton Association, which is to
stand back of the producers of the
South upon the basis of "a reasona
ble profit above the cost of produc
tion,” has inaugurated a rapid and
determined membership campaign to
cover the entire cotton belt.
In a few days organizers will be
in the field, and every county in
Georgia will have its own organiza
tion. Heading the Georgia Division
are Judge H. A. Boykin, of Sylva
nia, President, and J. A. Davis, bank
er and farmer, of Sardis, Ga., Secre
tary-Treasurer. Both of these expect
to take the field.
Assisting them in the work in Geor
gia will be the Central Campaign
Committee, composed of C. H. Kit
trell. of Dublin; T. S. Johnson, of
Jefferson; E. C. Teasley, of Toccoa;
J. W. Williams, of Sylvania, and Min
ter Wimberly, of Macon, in addition
to the officers who are ex-officio mem
bers.
To Organize Every County
Well known citizens in every coun
ty in Georgia will assist in the work
of forming the county organizations.
A similar work will be done in each
<>f the twelve Cotton States, until there
is formed for the first time in the
history of the South, an organization
which will not only speak with au
thority for the producer, but stand
ready to assist him in the marketing
of his product at a price that will
yield him a living wage.
With regard to the necessity for the
American Cotton Association and the
service it is to render. President Boy
kin has just made this statement:
"In 1914, when war was declared,
cotton was selling at 15 cents a pound.
Fluctuations followed, and within ten
days it had slumped to low as six
cents. The result was a loss to the
producer of $485,000,000. The busi
ness of the entire South was stagnated
and bankruptcy and ruin confronted
business in this section.
“In 1917 the Cotton States Advis
ory Marketing Board was organized at
New Orleans. Cotton was then selling
at 17 and 18c. An investigatino disclos
ed that, by comparison, and on a basis
of cost of production, cotton should
lie bringing around 30 cents, and the
producers were so advised. Those who
heeded the advice got 30 to 33 cents.
"In the beginning of the saason of
1918, cotton was bringing around its
market value, and middling rose on
the New York exchange to as high
as 37.20 per pound. At this time, the
President appointed the price fixing
board which attempted to fix the price
of cotton; but it was found the Pres- 1
ident had no authority in this direr- i
tion, nor could his commission do this '
without legislation.
N. E. HARRELL
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.
Seiling Below Cost
Following thfa attempt to fix the
price, an investigation as to the cost
of producing cotfoa showed that the
Price of middling cotton with a rea
sonable profit to the producer, should
be 35 to 37 cent* a pound.
“When these facts were disclosed hy
the investigation, the price fbring
board announced that they were hands
off, and that cotton would be left to
the law of supply cud demand- In the
face of this statement, the war fade -
tries board was resolved into a pur
chaeing agency for the benefit of the
Allied Nations. As the Allies were the
only ones outside of the American
spinners who could purchase cotton,
competition was immediately de
stroyed.
“The promise that cotton would not
be interfered with was further cloud
ed by the licensing for export as well
as the statement that if cotton rose
to an unreasonable price, legislation
would be asked to put it under the
control of the food admlnistration.
"These conditions, together with
subsequent embargoes, destroyed the
cotton market. Speculation was elim
inated by reason of the uncertainty
,of the atUtnde of the government.
Spinners and manufacturers would
only buy their running supplier Herce
the market became congested and rap
idly declined to a price far below the
cost of production.
Holding Movement Helped
“About this time there was inaug
urated the great holding movement by
the Southern States. This was prar
tical and necessary far the reason th»i
the banking and financial interest of
the South had underwritten or loaned
millions on 35 and 37 cents cotton;
and to have sold at the market of
18 to 20 cents, would have meant
bankruptcy to many of the best farm
ers of the South.
“The farmers, backed by great fi
nancial and business Interests of the
South, were In a position to hold their
cotton, and the result is that fa less
than six months cotton has drifted
back to Its former level of 35 and as
cents.
"The unsettled conditions af com
merce as well as peace still leave the
cotton industry threatened by disas
ter. This can only be averted hy
perfecting an organization to assist the
producer and others in keeping it of:
the market Thorough and efficient
organization must be had fa order that
financial institutions may be fa a
position to lend the needed assistance.
In no other way can It be done.
"The American Cotton Association
is the only answer. We of the Sooth
must not only organize it. but eee that
it grows and lives for the future sarv
ice it will render every man. woman
and child In our section."
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.
Legal Advertisements.
Atkinscn Sheriff’s Sale.
• ;k- >UGI A—Atkinson County.
\v be .-■* iid befoM the courthouse door in
said oui . at Pearson, between the legal
; hours of s on the first Tuesday in Seplem
-1 ber j • xt, the follow It." property, to-wit:
Ai! thosi iFactional parts of Lots of Land
Nos. :m<i v 7. In the seventh land district of
Vtkinson 'formerly Coffee) county, bounded
as follow< m tiie west by a certain branch,
running said branch north to another branch;
then followln said branch east to its head;
; thei-ffc an os ablished line southeast to an
<>: .t r. h. thence following said branch
to t e original land line; from thence to
the branch first mentioned oral the starting
point, said tract of land containing seventy
at-res. more or less, being known as the Lewis
White place.
. i . ied o.i and to be sold as the property of
M’s. < E. Stewart to satisfy a tax execution
is td :>y ii. Morris. Tax Collector, for taxes
due the county of Coffee for the year 1918.
This the 2nd day of August, 1919.
K. i). LEGGETT, Sheriff A. C.
Application for Letters of Administration
< iKoIH < I A—Atkinson County.
l i rill whom it may concern: Mrs. C. L.
Starling having in proper form applied to m«
for permanent letters of administration on
the estate of C. L. Starling, late of sold coun
ty. this is to cite all and singular the creditor '
and next of kin of C. L. Starling to be and aj
pear at my office within the time allowed by
lav . and show cause, ii any they can. wh
permanent letters of administration should
not be granted to Mrs. C. Starling on C. i..
Starling's estate.
Witness my hand and official signatun .
this 4th day of August, 1919.
•J. WES LEV ROBERTS, Ordinary.
Application for have to Sell.
GEORGIA' —Atkinson County.
To all whom it may concern: Notice Is
hereby give?! that the undersigned has an
plied to the < ordinary of said county for lea\<
to sell alt the land belonging to the estate of
Thomas I’aulk, late of said county deceased,
for the payment or the debts and distribution
Said application will be heard at the regular
term of the Court of Ordinary for said county
to lse held on the first Monday in September,
1919. This the 4th day of August’ 1919.
JOHN M. PAULK, Administrator.
Application for Letters ot Administration.
UKORIHA —Atkinson County,
| To all whom It may concern: Mrs. H. I.
j Wilson having in proper form applied to me
| lor permanent letters of administration on
j the estate ol 1.. J. Wilson. Sr., late ol said
| county, this Is to cite alt and singular the
, creditors and next ol kin ol L. N. Wilson. Nr.
to he and appear at my ollice within the tlno
allowed by law. and show cause. II any the:
| can. why permanent letters ol administration
j should not l>e granted to Mrs. K. 1.. Wilson on
1- .1. Wilson. Sr's estate.
Witness my hand and official signature,
this 4th day ol August. 1919.
.1. \\ i.si.KV lIOHKKTN. Ordinary.
For Rent.
Wooden store building faring
King sD'eet, ean give possession
September Ist, 1919. For further
information apply to Miss Eu
genia Ai.i.kn. Pearson, Ga.