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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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JL T. ALLEN, Editor.
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Men should seek after the truth:
it is the truth that makes them
free.
President Wilson has returned
to Washington and is fas! eonval
racing from his illiness. lie is tak
ing the rest cure pi escribed by Dr.
Grayson, his physician. Works
just a little daily. It is not known
if he will be in physical condition
to take part in the industrial con
ference on Monday.
The signs of the times are omin
ous, and the people know not
whither they are being led. Crimes
of every character, strikes and in
dustrial unrest, political and rcli
gious bickerings that points to
revolution and change that no one
seems to comprehend. Whither
are the people being led!
It is some time until the elec
tion for Court House and Jail
bonds will be held, but it is none
too early for the people to discuss
the question and decide whether
or not a bond sale is the best man
ner of raising the money to pro
vide the county with these neces
sary buildings. The Tribune
is convinced that it is the only
way the money should be raised, it
is the only way the money can be
raised without imposing a heavy
burden upon the people.
Lowndes county received only
SI,OOO of the State Auto-tag tax,
when she should have received
two or three timesthatinucli. In
vestigation brought to the light
the existence of a most nefarious
scheme. Dealers in autos in Ma
con and Atlanta are giving away
tags to induce trade. When a
sale is made the ilealer secures Un
necessary tag and places it on (lie
car and saves the buyer the duty
and trouble of buying a tag, and
that tag is credited to I!ibb or
Fulton county as the ease may be,
they getting the tax for ears to be
domiciled in Lowndes or some
other county.
It. now seems to be definitely do
termiued where Georgia's senators
are located on peace treaty and
the league of nations. Harris
favors ratification because the
President wants him to do so and
because he thinks it is the strong
side in Georgia. Smith, if free to
vote his convictions, would oppose
them, llut he must take care of
his return to the Senate next year,
hence be is trying to direct the
Georgia mind away from the sub
jeet. He is not talking on the
subject for publication: even Ralph
is silent. With him Smith's inter
ests must first be subserved, and
then the dear people. Hoke is a
sure enough joke.
The South Georgia contingent
of the Roosevelt memorial associa
tion should not forget, while they
are chipping in their dollars for a
Roosevelt monument, that the
grave of Gen. John A. Coffee, in
the cemetery at Jacksonville. Tel
fair county, has long been neglect
ed. The Tribune does not favor
South Georgians contributing to a
Roosevelt monument so long as
Coffee's resting place is neglected.
Even then would insist that the
Roosevelt monument be placed on
Georgia soil. Georgians should be
loyal to Georgia and Georgians;
dollars for a monument at Roswell
for his Georgia mother, but not a
sou for a monument to the son,
whose entire life detracted from
the glory of Georgia and Georgia
traditions, to be budded elsewhere
than in the State of Georgia.
VOTE FOR BONDS.
The Tribune editor has discus
sed the court house and jail bond
issue with citizens from nearly
■very section of the county and he
•bids the opposition growing “less
by degrees and beautifully small.”
Thinking people are amazed
hat there should be any oppose
ion at all, except from some ultra
aolive, or hope for personal or
eciional advantage. Rut citizens
• 1)0 have but one view in their
uind —"t he greatest benefit to the
.reatest number” of the citizens of
\tkiiison county, unhesitatingly
viy "it is the only sensible way of
•securing the means to provide
these county necessities —a court
house and a jail!”
The proposition is to bond the
county for $60,000 to build and
equip a court house and a jail.
These bonds are to draw 5 per
cent, interest annually. This
means that the interest for the
first year will be S3OO, and will
decrease $lO every year until the
indebtedness is wiped out. It is
provided in the contract that $2,
000 of the principal is to be paid
annually, so that tl high (
amount to be paid any year will
not exceed $2,300, and will require
a tax rale of only $1 on tbe SI,OOO
to make the payment.
Let the people get this calcula
tion straight in their minds, then
they can clearly see their duty and
perform it. The Tribune has an
abiding faith in the people doing
the right thing. If they go estray
and do the wrong thing, it is be
cause they have been wrongly in
structed and advised. Rut they
always perform their duty as they
see it.
There is not a citizen in Atkin
son county so simple that they do
not understand that the county
must provide a court house and
jail; that the county welfare re
quires it: that "the business of no
county can move along smoothly
without them. Show him how the
county can acquire these desider
ata with the least burden to Un
people, and they will surely adopt
it. -
These are the facts in the mat
ter of securing a court house and a
jail for Atkinson county. A jail
is needed at once, just as soon as
one can be built. It is true the
city of Pearson is under moral ob
ligations to furnish the county a
court room, a place whore court
can be held, and she will carry oul
the contract in good faith. Rut
this contract will terminate, and
it is not a wise policy to wait un
til the time expires before making
preparation to vacate.
When you vote for this issue of
bonds you will perform your duty.
ALBERT AND ELIZABETH.
The visit of King Albert and
queen Elizabeth, of Belgium, to
this country is one of the most
pathetic incidents of the world
war. During the entire war King
Albert was in the trenches with
the Belgian army; his country
overrun and the Belgian govern
ment destroyed by the mighty
German army. Queen Elizabeth
busied herself with the effort to
alleviate the suffering of the sick
and wounded Belgian soldiers.
The armistice signed, they return
ed to their devastated >• • < •
victors true, with nothing in front
of them but wreck and ruin, and
a long and tedious task of rehabili
tation. They come to America for
rest and to tell this people the
high esteem in which they are held
by the Belgians and their apprecia
tion of the good service of America
to Belgium during the struggle.
They come at the invitation of
this government, on the good ship
“George Washington” furnished
by this government, and will be
made thoroughly welcome when
ever they travel in this country.
It is probable they come, not as
royalty, but as bumble citizens of
Belgium. The prospects are that
the Kingdom of Belgium is at an
end; that she will be reorganized
as the Republic of Belgium and
that Albert, the most beloved
citizen, will be tbe first president.
Praise is the hire of virtue.
A! WOK TRIBUNE, PEAR SOX, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 3. 1010
TIMELY TOPICS.
A report from the state banking
department shows that the state
banks of Georgia, during the past
ti n years, have increased in resour
ces, from $85,000,000 to $252,000,-
000, or $167,000,000.
W. T. Anderson, of the Macon
Telegraph, is being groomed for
the next democratic national com
mitteeman, from Georgia, and a
South Georgia man is on the hook
for I ’nited States attorney general.
A cotton warehouse at Soperton,
the county seat of the now county
of Treutlen, was burned a few
days ago together with ten thou
sand bales of cotton; and this, with
the price of cotton advancing.
The loss is estimated at $200,000.
Piedmont Institute at Way cross
has been put under the Mercer
System. Can’t say whether it is
for better or for worse. Indepen
dence is a fine thing, but it is not
esteemed so well since the doctrine
of paternalism has superceded
licit of personal responsibility.
Several prominent Georgians
are being mentioned in connection
with the United States Cir
cuit Court judgship, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Doii A. Pardee. .1. Hooper
Alexander, the present United
States Attorney for the Northern
District of Georgia, is supposed to
have the best chance of appoint
ment.
The Citizens and Southern
Rank, of Savannah, has absorbed
tlie Third National Rank of Atlan
ta. This acquisition gives the
Citizens and Southern healthy
branches at Macon. Augusta and
Atlanta, and places it easily as
the largest banking institution in
southeast.' The new trade era
dawning upon the southeast from
Central and South American conn
tries makes such an institution a
necessity for the proper handling
of i he business.
Legal Advertisements.
Guardian s Petition for Leave to Sell Land
OFORfi!A—Atkinson County.
Notice is hereby Riven that the undersigned
guardian of the person and property of Etna
Chambliss, a minor, has applied to the Ordin
ary of said county, for leave to sell the land
belonging to said minor for lhe purpose of
her support and education. Said application
w ill bo heard at the regular term of the Court
of ordinary of said county to be held on the
tirst Monday In November, 1919,
This the 2nd day of October, 1919.
I. o. CHAM BLISS, Guardian.
Administrator’s Sals.
(Ho(>U< 51 A— Atkinson i ‘ounty.
t'nderand by virtue of an order granted by
the Honorable Court of ordinary of Atkinson
county at the Augurt Term. 1919, will Ik* sold
before the court house door of said county, at
Pearson, between the legal hours of sale on
the first Tuesday In November next, the fol
lowing land belonging to the estate ofTlunnas
Paulk, late of said county deceased, for the
purpose of distribution among the heirs of
said estate: Fifty-five acres, more or less, of
Lot of Land No, 381. In the Fifth Land District
of originally Irwin but now Atklnton county
bounded on the Fast by a public road, south
by the Salile Yawn branch. West by agreed
line and lands of F. i . Luke. North by the
original land line. Also Two Hundred and
Flehty-Flve acres, more or less, of l*otof Land
No 356, in the Fifth Laud District of original
ly Irwin but now Atkinson county, Georgia
bounded on the Fast by the Nashville and
Douglas public road, on the South, West and
North by the origlnal|land lines. Term made
known on the day of sale. This < >ctober 1,1919
JOHN M. I’ATI.K, Administrator.
Petition and Order for Bond Election.
State of Georgia—County of Atkinson:
At a meeting of the Hoard of County Com
missioners of roads and revenues of fhe
county of Atkinson duly adjourned from re
gular September term. 1919, and held In the
ordinary's office In said county, this the 2ki
day of September, 1919, it was by a majority
vote of said commissioners ordered that the
Resolution and Notice of Bond Flection, as
passed ait the meeting of said Commissioners
on September 2d, 1919, be rescinded and is
hereby revoked on account of a typographi
cal error apm aring in the said notice as pub
lished: 'Therefore, It is ordered, that the fol
lowing order be spread upon the minutes of
said Commissioners:
Whereas supervision and jurisdiction of
the public roads and buildings of said county
is by law vested in the said Board of Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues: and whereas
the interest of the County of Atkinson requires
a bond issue of sixty-thousand <860.090)
dollars, of which fifty-thousand (850,000) dol
lars shall be applied to the building and
equipping of a court-house for said county,
and ten-thousand (310.000' dollars shall be ap
plied to the building anil equipping a jail for
said county: therefore it is ordained that an
election be called, and held for the purpose
of submitting to the qualified voters of said
county, the question whether bonds in the
sum and ior the purpose above set out, shall
be isseut-d and sold: said election shall be held
on the 20th. dsy of December, 1919. under the
rules and regulations governing county elec
tions.
That notice of said election be pub
lished in the Pearson Tribune, the paper in
which the Sheriff’s advertisements for salt l
for the county are published for a period of
thirty days next preceding said election,
which notice shall be as follows:
Notice to the qualified voters of the county of
Atkinson, of an election to authorize the issuance
of $60,000 Bonds, of which $50,000 shall be
CPasson’s Department Stores
IS SELLING OUT
Clothing, Shoe*; and Hats at 50 per cent.
onjjte Ooiiar and Upward.
Have 3,500 Pairs of Shoes now on Hand
All Domestics from 3c to 5c a yard less than can be bough;: elsewhere.
Come Round, it will cost you nothing to see these great bargains.
THESEPRrC£ SCONTIN U E FQR3O DAYS)
PASSON’S DEPARTMENT STORE, Pafford Building.
applied to the building and equipping a court
house and SIO,OOO shall be applied to the
building and equipping a jail in said county.
In accordance with a resolution of tin
Board of ComnilaalonerH of roads and reve
nues of Atkinson county passed September
2d. 1919. Notice Is hereby given to the quali
fied voters of said county that an election
will be held in the said county of Atkinson,
on the 20th day' of December. 1919. Said elec
tion will Im,- held under the provisions of s« c
tions 440-41-42-43 volume 1 Code of * JeOrgla. to
determine the question whether bonds shall
be issued by said county of Atkinson in the
sum of Sixty-thousand (3(50,000) dollars prin
cipal for the purpose of building and equipp
ing a court-house and jail, of which $50,000 of
said issue shall lie applied to the building and
equipping a court-house for said county
and SIO,OOO of said issue- shall be applied to the
building and equipping a jail for said county.
Said court-house and jail bonds to be de
nominations of 31,000 each, numbering from
one (1) to sixty (flO) Inclusive: all to be issued
and bear date within a reasonable time after
their validation, and to draw interest at the
rate of five per centum per annum, said in
terest to be paid annually, and the principal
of said bonds to fall due and be paid as fol
lows:
32.000 on the lNth day of Dec. 1920
82,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1921
82,000 on the IMh day of Dec. 1922
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1923
$2,90(70n the 15th day of Dec. 1924
$2,000 on the 15tn day of Dec. 1925
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1920
32.000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1927
32.000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1928
32.000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1929
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1930
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1931
$2,000 on the 15th day of Deo. 1932
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1933
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1934
82,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1935
$2,1)00 on the 15th day of Dec. 1936
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1937
32.000 oil tlie 15th day of Dec. 1938
82,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1939
82,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 194 u
82,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1911
82,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1942
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1943
82.000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1944
82.000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1945
82.0000 n the 15th day of Dec. UNO
?2,0000n the 15th day of Dec. 1947
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1948
$2,000 on the 15th day of Dec. 1949
When all said bonds shall be fully paid off,
the principal and interest of said bonds shall
be payable in gold coin of the United states
of America of the present standard weight
and fineness at some financial institution in
the City ol New York, nr such other place ns
may be agreed upon In writing by the pur
chasers of said bonds and the iM.mty Hi At
kinson.
Those desiring to vote for sa i l court h -<
and jail bonds shall have written or printed
-*n their ballots “For Dourt-Hnuse ami Jail
Bonds,” and those desiring to vote against
-aid Court-house and Jail bonds, shall have
written or printed on their ballots "Against
Court-House and Jail Bonds.”
Jf.ff K iuklanp. Chairman of the Board.
Attested. Dave. VVeatakrs, Commissioner.
Wiley M, ni mnek. Clerk of the Board of
< ommissioners of Roads and Revenues.
Guardian's Petition for Leave to Sell.
STATE OF GFORGI V—Atkinson County.
After four weeks notice pursuant to Si-otion
3065 of lilt l civil code of Georgia. the under
signed. as guardian of the property and per
son of Avie Peterson, a minor ward, will make
application to the Honorable Robert G. Dick
erson, Judge of the Alapaha judicial circuit,
including the county of Atkinson, in which
both said ward and guardian reside and in
which county the hereinafter described pr»u>-
erty lies, at Chambers on the 18th day of < Octo
ber. 191$; next, at llomerville, (•»., for leave
to sell at private sale for the purpose of re
investment. certain real estate belonging l<»
said Avie Peterson, minor ward of the under
signed. said real estate is described as follow*:
A one-eighth undivided interest in. and to
the following lands in the 10th district of orig
inally Coffee (now Atkinson' county. Geor
gia. described ns follows:
480 acres, more or less, of I*ot of Land No.
116, being all of said lot except 10 acres in the
southeast corner thereof.
465 acres, more or less, of Lot of Laud No.
119, being ail of said lot except 25 acres previ
ously sold off in the northeast portion of said
lot of land.
390 acres, more or less, of Lot of Ijmd No.
159. being all of said lot except 100 acres In the
northwest corner of said lot of land.
Also, the north half of Lot of Iguul No' U»*.
containing 245 acres, more or less.
The above described property being nil the
land In said lots owned by IHrimis Pauik. sr..
at the time of his death.
Leave to sell the above described one-eighth
in and to said lands is sought for the purpase
of reinvesting the proceeds of the sale thereof
Iri other farm lands in Coffee county. Georgia,
or Atkinson county. Georgia, of such kind
and area as will be most advantageous to the
estate of said ward, and because there is no
income from said lands sought to lx* sold as
aforesaid, same being wild land upon which
taxes and assessments are required to be paid
thereon by law by said ward's estate, and said
ward’s estate will be best subserved by a sale
of said property and re-investment of the pro
ceeds of said sale be made as provided for by
law, and where a revenue commensurate
with the value can be had.
This the 17th day of September, 1919.
SAMANTHA PAULK,
Guardian ior Avie Peterson, a minor.
R. J. CORN ELI i s. Attorney for Guardian.
STATEMENT
<if IVarson Tribune, published
weekly ;it Pearson, Georgia, for
October Ist, 1 Hl*).
S i ate of Georgia, )
( ’t n xxY ok Atkinson. )
Before- me :i Notary Public and
Ex-Officio J. P., in and for the
state and county aforesaid, person
ally appeared R. T. Allen, who. be- j
ini'duly sworn according to law,
deposes and says that lie is the pub
lisher, Editor and Owner ot the]
P -arson*Tribune, and that the fol
lowing is. to the best of his knowl
edge and belief, a true statement
of the ownership, management,
etc., of the aforesaid publication
for the date shown in the above
caption, required by the Act of
Overstreet Gin Company
Will gin Sea-Js!and cotton on Tues
day, October 7th. If you have any
bring it that day.
OVERSTREET GIN COMPANY
Douglas, Georgia.
Tax Collector’s First Round.
Willacoochee, October 9th, 1919.
Pearson, October 11th, “
Axson 3 October 10th, “
ROWAN CORBITT,
1< x collector, Atkinson County, Georgia.
DELCO-LIGHT
The Complete Electric
1 ’ == G Light and Power Plant.
Light at (he touch of a buiion —bright, clean, safe —
no wonder IVleo-Ligli! users are enthusiastic.
Ii provides power to pump water, to ojierate the churn,
t icum sc;-ai aioi. washing machine, sewing machine, fans
and other light machinery.
It brings the comforts and conveniences of the city to
f lie farmer's home.
At the same time; it saves so much time and labor that
it actually pays for itself in a short time.
EXPERT HOUSE WIRING
McLean Electric Company,
DEALERS
DOUGLAS, - GEORGIA.
a. H. VAUSE,
Do all Kinds of Brick Work.
Build Tobacco Furnaces. Still and Boiler Setting.
MONEY TO LOAN
On i arm Lands at a Low Rate of Interest,
us before contracting DICKERSON i MiNGLEDORFF
' c iso where. Pearson, Georgia
tion 443, Postal Laws and Reguln
tions.
1. That the name and address of
the publisher, editor and business
manager is R. T. Allen, Pearson,
(leorgia.
2. That the owner is B. T. Allen,
Pearson, Georgia.
3. That the known bondholders,
mortgagees and other security
holders owning 01 holding one per
cent, or more of the bonds, mort
gages, or other securities is L. W.
Herrin, Millwood, Georgia.
R. T. Allen, Owner.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me. this 29tli day of September.
1910. R. K IUK land, Jk.,
heal) N. P. & J. P. A. U. G.
My commission expires 3-12-1920.
Angus: 24. i. 912, embodied in sec
BRICK MASON,
Pearson, Georgia.