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VOL. S—NO. 19 SOUTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs Three submarines of the Henry Ford type will be at Brunswick October 7,8, 9 and 10. Will Hayes, who murdered his wife July 15lh, near Alina, has been captured and lodged in the Douglas jail. Mrs. Minnie Crosby, who was shot by her husband at Sappville, September Ist, is dead. He is also expected to die from self inflicted wounds. The Douglas Telephone Company has filed application with the Bail road Commission for permission to increase rents on business phones lq $2.50 per month. Judge Walter W. Sheppard, of the Atlantic judicial circuit, will be in the race for congress next year in the first congressional dis trict, against Congressman Over street. A party of Cook county business men w ill tour middle and north Georgia advertising the advan tages of their county. Their pre sence in middle and north Georgia may be received courteously but not very sympathetically. The Atlantic Refining Company, of Brunswick, it is stated will be gin operation refining oil about Jan uary Ist, 1920. A little later it will also begin to manufacture good road materials. 1L Is con veniently situated to the asphalt fields of South America. The land clearing demonstration given in Mitchell county was a marvel to more than two thousand farmers from eight counties. < >ne of the demonstrations with dyna mite showed that a ditch eight feet wide and four feet deep could be cut at a cost of 15c. a lineal foot Tiro big distilling plants were captured last week by Sheriff Nix in Berrien county. The proprietors got hints of the raid in time to take to the tall timber, and are Still at Liberty. Due of these distilleries was located in a stone’s throw of the business section of Bay City. The eleventh District Press As ssoeiaUon will meet Monday at \ al dosta and will be the guest of the Times and Chamber of Commerce. The meeting proper w ill be at the Ocean Pond club house, ten miles south of the city, after the mem bers present have been given a sight seeing drive around the city. In the trial in Ware superior court of Waters aud Broxton on the charge of murder, in connec tion with the killing of the Me Quaig boys, they were found guil ty and, on the recommendation of the jury, were sentenced to life time imprisonment. \\ aters's at torneys, have made a motion for new trial. Lowndes county farmers are pre paring to wage war on the com weevil and rats. The farmers are building ratproof barns and when their crops are harvested will be gin a system of fumigation under the direction of a government ex pert. Weevils and rats have an nually destroyed large quantities of com which sho n ld have been conserved. The Blacksliear and Pierce coun ty school boards have joined bands in promoting vocational training, as adopted by the Blackshear pub lic school. Under the agreement a number of country pupils will attend the Blackshear school and get the benefit of vocational train ing. the county Board of Educa tion paying their tuition. Seeding Oats. Experience Inis taught the fann ers of south Georgia that October is the best time to seed for a crop of oats. It has also been demon strated that preparation for seed ing oats should begin in Septem ber. The land should be thoroughly prepared. Compost or barnyard manure should be broadcasted on the land, together with such hu mus as may be available, and then it should be turned under thor oughly and deeply. After three or more weeks it is ready to be seeded, and the seed should be harrowed into the soil. Atkinson county farmers have not adopted oats as a money crop. They grow oats for home forage only and, under ordinary circum stances, two or three acres in this crop is sufficient for a one-horse farm. Selecting Seed Corn. The time for harvesting corn is here and the best authorities say it is the proper time for selecting seed corn for the next year's crop. They say the largest, heaviest and most perfect ears should be select ed. The ears should be thorough ly matured and free from weevil or other insect. It should be shucked and the corn shelled off at, least one inch at both ends of the ears and then put away where it can be kept perfectly dry. lie sure to select enough not only to make your first planting, but to do all necessary replanting. The proper selection of seed corn is a most important matter and Atkinson county formers should so esteem it. and take cgre that it is properly done. Corn, in the di versified farming of the future, is to be a standard crop and farmers should accept it as a fact and pro pare to grow it successfully. Slightly Different. Running a newspaper is just, like running a hotel, only different. When a man goes into a hotel and finds something on the table w hich tloes not suit him, lie docs not raise, hades with the landlord and tell him to stop the hotel. Well, hardly, lie sets that dish to one side and wades into t he dishes t hat, suit him. It is different with some newspaper readers. They find an article occasionally that does not suit them exactly and without stopping to think it may please hundreds of other readers, make a grand stand play and tell the edit or how a paper should be run and what should be put in it. Hut such people are becoming fewer and fewer every year.—Nashville Her ald. This calls to mind the story told of Horace Greeley and an irate sub serjber to the New-York Tribune. On his way to the Tribune office one morning Mr. Greeley encoun tered a subscriber who had become offended at an article appearing in the paper that morning and, after detailing his grievance, informed Mr. Greeley that he had “stopped the Tribune.” “What,” queried Mr. Greeley, “You've stopped the Tribune?” “Well, I’ve stopped my subscrip tion to the Tribune,” said the sub scriber. “Aha,”-said Mr. Greeley, “That is all right; no harm done.” “All’s Well That Ends Well.” Georgia reports only half a crop of cotton, the estimates being based on the official August figures as to conditions. Which means that the Georgia farmer will rely upon a much smaller amount of cotton cash —the money crop yield, than in for mer years. But the Georgia farm er has made tobacco, raised lipgs and cattle, produced velvet beans and peanuts, potatoes and cane, peaches and melons, honey and dairy products, hay and forage of all sorts —and “some” corn. He is better off for the half crop of cot ton. —Savannah News. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMRER 12, 1919 ENNIS AND M’LENDON. Renewing Interest in American Home as Basis of Power. The naming of the new dormi tory building at the Georgia Nor mal and Industrial College, Mill edgeville, for Senator J. H. Ennis —which is to be known as “Ennis Hall”—has brought to light an oilier bit of development in behalf of the institution which has been devised by Senator John Henry Ennis and Secretary of State Sam uel Guyton McLendon. Some weeks ago Senator Ennis told Serctary McLendon ho spe cially desired to get, for 1920, the first six automobile number tags issued by the State; that is, the numbers running from 1 to 6; and wanted to know what could be done to insure getting them. Mr. McLendon’s reply was “Do something for the Georgia Normal and Industrial College that seems to be a particular and peculiar pride with you.” He then suggest ed that he offer a prize for the young lady student of the institu tion who will prepare the best es say on “The American Home, the Basis of American Power,” and the numbers would be set aside for him. “That,B fine,” replied Senator En nis, “I'll just go right back home and offer a SSO gold prize for that essay this year, and have it an. nouneed as soon as the college opens.” Thus these two men have met and shook hands over their re spective hobbies. The college is located in Senator Ennis’s home city and is his special pride. The subject he gives out lo the young ladies as a foundation for the prize es'say has been Mr. McLendon's hobby since the dawn of the “Now Woman” in the South, and he lias done much, with tongue and pen, to withdraw the feminine mind off such propaganda and centre it on the more wholesome theme, “The American Home, The Basis of American Power," The more the two men discussed the tlicmo the more enthusiastic they became over it. line line of thought: developed was that the whole fabric of the American gov ern incut and American society was budded around the “home” and its protection and preservation ; its freedom and its rights. In Race to the Finish. Hon. George B. Davis, of Dublin, replying to the correspondence to the Macon Telegraph, staling that lie had withdrawn his name as a prospective candidate for the office of attorney-general because of the expense necessary to make the cam psign, says: ’’These statements are absolute ly untrue. If Mr. Duke made these statements, he did so with out authority from me, and with out the slightest reason to justify them. If there is an error in re porting his statements, I trust that he will assist in immediately cor recting the error. “1 will be a candidate for the office of attorney-general of Geor gia in 1920. I will make tlie form al announcement at the proper time. J will enter the race with sufficient energy and finances to stay in until the close. My friends over Georgia are already expecting me to be in that campaign. 1 will enter it to win honorably, and will make no attempt to place any man who opposes me in a false light be fore the people of the State. “J am sorry that it has become necessary for me to make this statement at this time. Because J believe it is in itself an informal announcement, and any announce ment at this time for this office is premature. But 1 trust that you will gite space in your paper for this letter, as i have many friends in Georgia that might take the statement reported to have been made by Mr. Duke seriously.” George B. Davis. Reply to Dr. Mingledorff. At the earnest solicitation of citizens who take issue with Dr. Mingledorff’s lecture of Sunday evening on “Water Baptism,” Eld er G. Tom West will, this (Thurs day) evening, make a short reply at tlio Pearson Baptist Church. The mid-week prayer service will be led by the Tribune editor. The reply will be temperate and nothing will be said to wound the feelings of any one present, and all are cordially invited vo hear Elder West's discussion of the subject. It is, from a Baptist viewpoint, a most important memorial which the Lord has placed In the Church to he practiced until time shall be no more, and all the people should be taught the truth. News and Comment. The tobacco season in Georgia for 1!)1!) closed today. Growers are encouraged and are planning for a larger crop next year. Both Germans and Britons are in the market for large quantities of cotton; but they are held in abeyance because the treaty of peace has not been ratified. President Wilsop is well out on his speech making tour in behalf of the "Peace treaty and League of Nations." He may or may not visit Georgia. 11 is first speech was delivered at Columbus, Ohio. The tax rate in every county in South Georgia will be high this year. It is necessary to keep up with public improvements. It is a new era of road and bridge building; makeshifts are undesir able. "If every person in But|er,” says the Herald, “would devote t hirty minutes each week to clean ing u ( and beautifying t heir prem ises, they would soon live in a veritable Garden of Eden.” It would be true in any city or com munity. Some of the war brides which American soldiers brought home with them from Fiance are be coming dissatisfied because, with different language and customs, they cannot readily align them selves with American society and conditions. To stop “kiting” the Into legis lature passed an Act making it a misdemeanor to draw a check on a hank or other depository for any amount more than your deposit at such bank or depository. There is no provision for any time to make it good. Better keep your account straight-. The Virginia legislature has dis approved the'Anthony amendment to the Federal constitution. Pre sident Wilson, trying to influence the legislators favorable to wo man's suffrage, was told to get out and mind his own business. She is worthy of the honor of being “the cradle of democracy,” It, looks as if Cincinnati of the National, and Chicago of the American Leagues, will be the base ball teams that will contend for the world’s championship. In stead of the best four out of seven games the contest will be the best five out of nine games. The change was made to furnish opportunity ; to more cities and a larger number of people to Witness a champion ship game of ball. To Destroy Roaches. Roaches, which are one of the worst pests the housewife has to contend with in the South, can be eliminated by dusting sodium fluoride powder about their retreats and hiding places. The roaches take it into their mouths when cleaning their legs and antennae, and are killed almost instantly. ATKINSON COUNTY. Items of News Gathered from Various Sources. Atkinson county voters must register with tax collector, Rowan Corbitt, during the next sixty days if they want to vote in the Decem ber bond election. It is thought that the tax roll of Atkinson county will reach $2,- 500,000. Tax Receiver Wellborn Corbitt, is making an earnest ef fort to get the county’s taxable resources on the digest. People from abroad are looking Atkinson county over for farm homes. There is no trouble to sell your improved farm, and at a satisfactory price. Some of our farmer friends are selling their im proved places and buying and im proving other places. 'That was a serious matter occur ring in the northern part of the county when a Mr. Petty seriously wounded two young men, Taff bro thers, with an axe. One of the boys was cut on the arm and the other under the shoulder blade. Petty was arrested by Sheriff Leg gett and lodged in the Coffee coun ty jail to await the action of the grand jury. Mr. Moses Griffin, who started li is business career in Pearson but went to Douglas when she first showed signs of life and prospered with the growth of the city, has announced himself a candidate for county commissioner of mother Coffee. Nothing to say against the other candidates, but truly Moses Griffin is firsteJass timber for the office, <md would make an expoliont presiding officer'. An Atkinson couuty farmer is advising his neighbors to plant several acres of Rape for pasturage. Ile says it doesn’t cost much to plant an acre. When it gets about, six or eight inches high it is ready for use and you can pasture seven or eight head of cattle on an acre indefinitely. It is a rapid grower and a cold i nsistent. Suppose you try it. The seed can be had at al most any up to dale seed store. The Tribune has a letter from Mr. R. M. Striptin, the Secretary of the Southeastern Fair associa tion, Atlanta, which brings the in formation that two pig club boys from Atkinson county will be given free entertainment and a free,course in animal husbandry, teaching them how to select pro per animals for breeding purposes. Dont know fiow the boys are to be selected but guess the information will soon be forthcoming. The Fairview and White schools, the former two miles northeast and the latter about three miles southeast of Axsou, are being con solidated with the Axson school. This will necessitate the building of two more class rooms to the splendid building at Axson, and the employment of four teachers. The Tribune believes this arrange ment will give better satisfaction and service to all concerned. The children of the county must be educated and at the lowest cost possible. It would be beneficial to Atkin son county if a good delegation of her progressive farmers should at tend the landclearing dernonsta tion at Douglas next Tuesday. The time has come when many and radical changes will have to be made over the old Methods of clearing and preparing land for farming purposes. They will be forced to learn and use machinery in the place of hired labor, which is high and scarce. The farmer cannot compete with the manu facturers in securing labor as they have in the past, and there is no better time than now to learn how to accomplish their tasks without it. SI.OO A YEAR The Death Roil. C. ty. GRAVES. In the passing of Judge Charles N\ . Graves Tiff County has lost, a most efficient official and splendid citizen, his family an affectionate and considerate husband and fath er, and the Presbyterian church a loyal, God-fearing member. He came to Georgia from North Caro lina with his parents, who settled in Colquitt county, at lfartsfield. His father, Rev. Cyrus Graves, was a Presbyterian minister, and preached as opportunity afforded. He organized a Presbyterian church at lfartsfield and erected a building at, his own expense, being the first brick edifice in Colquitt county. Rev. Graves was engaged in farming and sawmilling and when the railroad was completed to Ty-Ty he moved and settled a mill site a short distance east of Ty-Ty, where he operated a saw mill until his death. It was hero that Judge Graves was reared to young manhood and became the home of his after life. x x x PR. JOB E. \V. SMITH. Died at his home on Excelsior farm, live iniies south of Way cross, on the 6th inst., of paralysis, in his sixty-fourth year. He is survived by his wife and eight children —three daughters and five sons. His funeral aud interment were at Waycross, Rev. Dr. J. S. Sibley, a Presbyterian minister and bin pastor, assisted by Rev. A. B. Herring, of Lake Park, Fla. Dr. Smith reared in Hamilton county, Fla-, about a mile northeast of Jasper, Fla., and was one of three neighbor boys who chose medicine as a profession; the other two were Dr. L. A. Carter, now of Nashville. and Dr. Ben A. Morgan. Dr. Carter was reared about two miles north of Statenville, Ga., Dr. Morg an about two miles south of Staten vide, on the public road to Jasper, Fla. In his young manhood the Tribune editor was a frequent visitor to the Carter, Morgan aud Smith homes and became intimate ly acquainted with these men dur ing their young manhood. Dr. Smith was always quiet and un abstrusivc, had little to say to any one except on matters of business. Ware county lias lost a splendid citizen, li is family a most exempla ry husband and father, and this editor a very dear friend. His wife was a daughter of Hon. John A. Carter, of Echols county. XXX G. F. GUEST. Buoyant and radiant with the prospect of a long and successful future before him George Floyd Guest was in Pearson pursuing his duties as salesman for the Central Grocery Company, Tiftou, Tuesday afternoon of last week. There fore, the people of Pearson was sincerely shocked to learn Monday morning of his diabolical murder by a speed-fiend, on the National Highway near lnaha, a few miles north of Tifton the evening before. He leaves a widow, boy, two brothers aud five sisters. The in terment was in the Tifton cemetery Monday afternoon. The speed fiend, a young man by the name of Hendersan, of Sycamore, has been arrested, charged with murder, and lodged in the Turner county jail at Ashburn. The Tribune has known Floyd from early boyhood, knew his parents and his brothers and sisters, and must say that a most exemplary young man has been robbed of his life. The editor deeply sympathizes with his family and relatives in their sorrow. “ I f you want to buy a good horse, buy a mule,” says Henry L. Wood ard, of the Tribune force. He has a good mule for ale. Subscribe for the Tribune, your home paper —$1.00 a year.