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PEARSON®TRIBUNE
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
VOL. 5-XO. 18
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told
in Pointed Paragraphs
The first 1910 bale of Sea Islaud
cotton was put on the market
from Lowndes county, and sold
for BGe. a pound.
The sale of the Douglas paving
bonds has become a tangled skein;
it will have to be untangled before
work can be commenced.
The election to supply Tift coun
ty with an Ordinary will be held
on Monday, September 15th. The
vacancy was created by the death
of Judge C. W. Graves.
Cook county fair association
offers $2,000 in cash prizes at its
coming fair, October 14-18. Of
course this is her first fair, but
she is undertaking big things.
Judge Robert G. Dickerson will
make his debut as a circuit judge
at Nashville, lie will hold two
weeks of Berrien superior court,
beginning on the third Monday in
September.
Judge Bob Dickerson and Solic
itor General Jess Lovett received
their commissions and were sworn
in Monday, which formally organ
ized the Alapaha circuit court for
business.
Pierce county, on September
25th, will hold another election
for school anil road bonds. She
held an unsuccessful election some
time ago, and it is hoped she will
have better success this time.
The Georgia Coast and Piedmont
Railroad will again be but up for
sale on the first Tuesday in Octo
ber. The people along the line
have awaked to the importance of
its being saved from the junk pile,
and a strong effort is being made
to that end.
Maj. Hoiner ('. Parker, of States
boro, just returned from partici
pation in the world war, will be a
formidable candidate next year
for solicitor General of the new
Ogeechee circuit, composed of Jen
kins, Screven. Bulloch and Enfifig
ham counties. He is a nephew of
Judge T. A. Parker, of Waycross.
Malay Johns and ,1. C. Iligh
smifh shot each other with shot
guns on Wednesday of last week;
Johns is dead and Highsmith ex
jieeted to die. The shooting was
caused by Highsmith attentions
to John’sdaughter. Both men were
prominent in Pierce county; lived
near Screven, middle-aged and had
families.
The submission of the legisla
tive Act, creating the City Court
of Adel, to the voters of Cook
county, resulted in its defeat by
a majority of 146. It is stated
that the people of Cook county
are not opposed to a city court but
voted against this Act because it
was drawn so that there are only
two men in the county eligible for
the judgship. It is too onesided
for them.
The people of Candler county
are still being enlightened on the
subject of their county site, on
which the jail is built, but upon
which the commissioners have re
fused to build the courthouse.
The Causes Belli is a matter of
about $l,BOO difference between
the property bought and the one
rejected. The Ordinary bought
the higher priced property. The
delay in building the courthouse
has already cost the county more
than $l,BOO. What a lot of folly
some folks can indulge when en
trusted with a little brief authori
ty.
Subscribe for the Tribune, your
home paper —$1.00 a year.
Historic Lot of Land Sold.
Clinch County News.
The county site which, by the
Act creating Clinch county, was
located on Lot of Land No. 420, in
the 12tli Land District. A part of
this lot was deeded to the county
on which to build (lie courthouse,
jail and other public buildings.
By an Act of the Legislature, in
1852, the village which was to be
the county site was named Mag
nolia. In the year 1856 the court
house was destroyed by lire, and
the county site was moved to
Homerville, but Lot of Land Xo.
420 has since been known as the
Magnolia Lot.
During those days Magnolia was
a thriving little village, with one
Main street extending east and
west through the town, and today
this street is a wide lane running
through the plantation which fook
the place of the little town after
the courthouse was moved to
Homerville. After the county site
was moved from Magnolia the
place soon went down and the land
where the town was located has
been cultivated and some fine
crops made on it.
This lot of land changed hands
many times since then, and a few
years ago it was sold to Mr. Joshua
Lee for eight hundred dollars.
The enhanced value of Clinch
county lands and the growth of
pine and other timber has made it
a paying investment for Mr. Lee,
and last week he sold it to Mr.
C. Drawdy, of Homerville, for
$5,000.
Valdosta Courtesy.
Valdosta, through her Chamber
of Commerce, has tendered Judge
Robert (4. Dickerson of the Alapa
ha judicial circuit the use of the
Lowndes county court room in
which to hold his weekly Chambers
courts.
The courtesy is a beautiful one
and probably would be convenient
to the legal fraternity of Berrien
and Cook counties, but its accept
ance would be of doubtful propri
ety.
It is intimated that he will hold
his Chambers courts, in the conn
tics of his circuit, as the business
may demand. At any rate all his
courts will be held within the
circuit.
Be Loyal to Your Town.
Chariton County Herald.
Every man is a part of his town.
The town embraces the fortunes
and, in some measure at least,
takes on the character of t he man.
So loyalty to one’s town is no more
than loyalty to one’s self; and this
loyalty is in the line of all
well shaped human nature. There
fore, it is right to say that the
man who does not stand up for
his town is in some way dwarfed.
There is something wrong about
him. His fellows will pass this
judgment upon him, and the
clianccs are that, while he may
add to the discomfort of others,
he will not escape making himself
unhappy.
Lankford’s Extravganza.
A few days ago, during the de
bate in congress over the question
of daylight saving. Congressman
Lankford of this district indulged
the following extravaganza:
“A man the other day in my dis
trict- and county at Ambrose, Ga.,
said that he got out of bed in the
morning at 8 o'clock, caught a train
at 7:45 o’clock, rode fourteen miles
to Douglas, (ta., reaching Douglas
at 7 ■'.¥) o'clock; ate breakfast, at 7:15
o'clock; made some purchases and
caught a train back home at 7
o'clock. According to our different
times, be was gone from home an
hour and a half and got back home
thirty minutes before he started."
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919
VARNEDOE AAD SEWARD.
Prominent Antebellum Families
of Southern Georgia.
Reference, by a writer in the
Savannah News, to the ages of
Messrs. C. C. Yarnedoe and ,1.0.
Yarnedoe, and Mosdames Matilda
Smith and Sally Bacon, brothers
and sisters, the remaining repre
sentatives of Hon. Samuel M.
Yarnedoe, recalls to the Tribune
man's memory two of the most
prominent families of South Geor
gia before the war of the sixties —
those of lion. Samuel M. Yarnedoe,
of Liberty county, and lion, James
L. Seward, of Thomas county.
They represented the culture, the
refinement, the real civilization of
the “()ld Soulh.”
The Yarnedoe family, besides
the parents, consisted of fivechild
ren, three sons and two daughters.
The sons were Charles Carroll,
James Oglethorpe and Samuel
Lamartine, and the daughter’s
names were Matilda and Sally.
The youngest son, Samuel Lamar
tine, died at the age of about
forty-five.
The father of (his family, lion.
Samuel M. Yarnedoe, was a dis
tinguished educator and for sever
al years just after the Civil war
was at the head of the old Valdos
ta Institute. From this school
went forth girls and boys to bless
the world in all classes of business
and professional activity. The
Tribune men!ions some of them:
Wm. F. Pendleton, minister;
Brantley A. Denmark, lawyer;
Mills P>. Lane, bank president;
Charles R. Pendleton, editor; John
R. Young, naval stores factor;
Thomas B. Converse, merchant;
W. R. McCree, farmer. There are
many others, who made good in
the business world, who could be
mentioned if the Tribune could
spare the space, lie prepared the
Tribune man for college, and was
his strong friend.
Mr. Yarnedoe was a pupil of tlie
Hon. Alex. 11. Stephens who. when
a young man was starting out in
life, (aught school in Liberty
county.
The Seward family, besides the
parents, consisted of only two
children —girls. The older was
Miss Mattie, who acquired the
reputation of being the most learn
ed female mathematician of not
only Georgia, but of the South and,
in her young womanhood, was call
ed to the chair of mathematics in
one of the leading institutions of
('alifornia.
The younger daughter's name
has escaped the Tribune man. She
became the wife of Judge If. W.
Hopkins, lawyer and legislator,
of Thomasville.
Mr. Seward, the father, was a
noted criminal lawyer and very
popular throughout South Georgia
and many baby boys were named
after him. Seward Lott, of Doug
las and Seward Smith of Homer
ville, derived their names from
him.
In those days the first congres
sional district was composed of all
the counties bordering oil the
Florida line and reached across
the southern part of the State from
the Atlantic ocean on the east to
the Chattahoochee river on the
west. Mr. Seward represented
this big district in congress two or
more terms.
The political parties up to the
Civil war were Whigs and Demo
crats. The Whig party was domi
nant at that time, and Seward was
a Whig. Yarnedoe, true to the
teachings of Stephens was a
staunch Democrat. In 1858 or
1860 they opposed each other as
candidates for congress. Both
were fluent talkers on the stump,
very entertaining, but Seward had
the advantage of Yarnedoe in
oratorical display. The campaign
Letter from Atlanta.
Atlanta, September 4th. —
Stimulation of production through
organization of the producers and
reduced labor costs on the farm, is
suggested as one of the remedies
for tln» high cost of living, by the
Georgia state department of agri
culture.
Speaking of agitation over the
high cost of living, Commissioner
of Agriculture J. J. Brown made
this statement:
‘‘While there has undoubtedly
been some profiteering in the neces
sities of life, one of the greatest
causes of the high cost of living is
the fact that America is exporting
millions of tons of food to Europe;
and another is the policy of our
own government in paying wages
so much higher than can possibly
be paid for labor on the farms.
"The result has been a drainage
of labor from the farms for the
last twenty-four months; and the
real cause, in a nut shell, is that
we now have an excess of consum
ers with a scarcity of producers.
"The only way to encourage pro
duction, thereby reducing the
high cost of living, is to see
that the producer is paid for his
products a fair margin above the
cost of production, thereby enab
ling him to put his business on a
basis with other industrial lines.
I n other words, the producer should
be in a position to secure needed
labor in the open market and to
hold it.
"As cotton is the basis of cash
farm products in the South, the
business interests combined with
the farming interests, are now or
ganizing the American Cotton As
soeiation, with a \dew to maintain
ing a price that will mean a fair
margin of profit above the cost of
production. That will enable the
farmers of the South to increase
production by being in position to
offer substantial wages, thereby
inducing workers to come back to
I he farms.
"Organized capital and organiz
ed labor are protecting themselves,
and have long done so; but the un
organized fanners are being crush
ed between the upper and the
nether millstones, through the de
moralization of labor and its with
drawal from the farms, and through
the heavy costs put upon them for
their materials and supplies and
for increased freight rates. These
are some of the things which have
made it impossible for them to
meet the demands the world is
making upon them for food and
foodstuffs.”
For Rent.
Wooden store building facing
King street, can give possession
September Ist, 1919. For further
information apply to Miss Eu
<;i:\ia Allen, Pearson, Ga.
was hard fought; Seward won by a
small vote.
The close of the civil war saw
the death of the Whig party. The
contending political forces and
polices remaining were Democrat
and Republican. It is curious to
note the change to meet real or
fancied changes in conditions and
exigencies. To illustrate: At the
time of the Seward-Yarnedoe con
test, the democratic party stood
for absolute “Free trade” and the
Whig party for “Tariff for revenue
only.” But when the Whig party
disbanded, the Democratic party
advanced to its position of “Tariff
for revenue only,” while the Re
publican party took the ultra
stand of “Tariff for protection.”
Political science is an enticing
study; no wonder so many good
men are caught in its toils and
swept either upward or downward
with the regularity of the ebb and
flow of the tide.
ATKINSON COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered from
Various Sources.
Messrs. Martin, William and
Hosea Corbitt, in the southern
part of the county, have embarked
in the business of naval stores
manufacturers. The Tribune
wishes these young men all man
ner of success.
It was reported in the city
Saturday that Mr. L. B. Davis had
sold his farm over on the eastern
part of the county, and that he
had received a good price for it.
He will be looking out for another
farm to improve and sell.
The latest from the eastern part
of the county is that Fred Wilson
sold his pretty farm on the Satilla
river, between Axson and Mi 11-
wood, for $10,500; the trade soaked
overnight and he backed down,
saying that he had “to keep the
farm or lose his wife.” Powerful
strong inducement.
Mr. J. Henry McKinnon, than
whom there is no more thorough
going farmer in Atkinson county,
says he made a failure in growing
tobacco this year, but is not dis
couraged. lie says he has cut his
wisdom teeth on the subject and
proposes to really grow some tobac
co next year. His motto is: “If
at first you don’t succeed; try, try
again.”
Mrs. Nancy Cowart whose son,
Riley J. Cowart, was killed in bat
tle in France lias completed her
proofs so as to collect his insurance.
Everybody regrets that Riley was
so unfortunate as to make the
supreme sacrifice for his country,
but since it is so they are glad
that his dependent mother is to
receive his insurance to help her
along in the world.
It is reportrd of the James bro
thers, J. Walter and W. <>., that
they made a tremendous failure in
growing tobacco, on account of
their lack of experience in curing
and grading the weed. The report
er says, however, that these boys
have as fine corn crops as can be
grown in this section, and that is
saying much for their corn crops.
Both of these gentlemen were rais
ed on a farm and know the business.
The big Red Bluff creek rises in
Arabia swamp in the northern
part of Clinch county and flows in
a northeastern direction across
eastern part of Atkinson county
and empties into the Satilla river
two or three miles beyond Axson.
Along this creek in Atkinson coun
ty is some as splendid farms as
any farmer could wish to own.
The territory is also well adapted
to the raising of sheep, hogs and
cattle. If it were not for the
sheep killing dogs sheep raising
would be a fine business for that
section.
Speaking of the opportunties
of acquiring a competency in At
kinsou county, the Tribune man
naturally turns to the career of
Mr. Micajah Vickers, Sr., who set
tled a place on big Red Bluff creek
in his early msnhood, for an illus
tration. In all the years he lived
there be grew no cotton for market.
His crops were corn, rice, sweet
potatoes and sugar cane, and raised
hogs, cattle and sheep. From
these he amassed a competency.
Not a year passed that he did not
have large quantities of corn and
bacon, syrup and sweet potatoes
for sale. He reared a large family
ol children and, after the death of
his first wife, the place lost its
charm for him and he sold the
three lots of land, with his improve
ments for $16,500. The place is
now owned by Mr. W. M. Chauncy.
He made his way by staying at
home and working.
SI.OO A YEAR
News Notes from Cogdeil.
Mrs. E. L. Moore, of Valdosta,
is visiting at Cogdeil and the guest
of her niece, Mrs. A. K. Sessoms.
Mr. Alvin James, of Atkinson
county has accepted a position
as clerk with the Cogdeil Supply
Company.
Joe Pafford and LeGrande Smith
had business in Waycross last Sum
day afternoon.
Several of our citizens had to
attend county court at Homerville
Monday.
Mr. Jack Griffis, who has been
confined to his bed from being cut
two weeks ago, is improving nicely
and it is hoped he will be well
right soon.
Mr, W. 0. James, of Atkinson
county, was a business visitor to
Cogdeil last Monday.
Some of the Cogdellites arc ex
pecting to attend the annual reun
ion at Springhead church next
Sunday, while others will attend
the birthday dinner of aunt Rachel
Deon at the old home place of the
late Janies Deen. Hope all will an
enjoyable time.
Subscriber.
Republican Mass Meeting.
We want to call the attention of
every Robublicau in Atkinson
county that there will be a mass
meeting held in Pearson, Ga., on
Monday, September 15th, for the
purpose of organizing the party
and selecting the officers for the
county.
We will have with us the Chair
man of Coffee county, Mr. R. I).
Cardish, and other noted men of
the party. So everybody ought
to be present as it is your privilege
to do.
We want to urge everybody to
pay tlieir taxes, register and be
able to vote as citizens of Atkin
son county. Don’t forget the date,
J. P. Pearson,
J. G. Jowers,
A. C. Malone,
Former Chairmen of Pearson, M il
lacoochee and Axson Districts.
A thoughtful paraphrase from
the Savannah news: “Remember
September and then October,
November and December will take
care ot themselves in large mea
sure,”
Exchange Interest for Stamps.
1 he one million persons and cor
porations in the Sixth Federal Re
serve District who bought Third
Liberty Loan Ronds will have an
opportunity of turning interest
into more interest on September
15th, Wm. Smith, postmaster of
Pearson, Ga., said today.
On that day the Government
will make a semi annual payment
on the Third Liberty Loan Bonds,
amounting to the sum of $88,750,-
981.81. The Treasury Department
is urging that bondholdeesreinvest
their interest in Thrift and War
Saving Stamps and thus keep their
dollars working.
“Making a wealth heap has two
processes—addition and multipli
cation.
“Saving is addition —a dollar
and a dollar and a dollar. It comes
easier as one goes along but the
increase is no faster next year
than now.
“When you set the dollar to
work that is multiplication.
Your pile grows slowly this year,
a little faster, still a little, then
faster and faster, till interest out
runs saving.”
“War Saving Stamps do more
than add dollar to dollar. They
begin to multiply. No better in
vestment coidd be found for your
interest coupons. Remember this
on Sept 15th.”