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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1919)
PEARSON VOL. 5-XO. 23 SOUTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs The Tift county road bonds were sold to J. H. llilsman & Co., of Atlanta, for par and a premium of $1,570. The Yidalia Advance suggests the resuscitation of the Twelfth District Press Association. It could be of great value to the craft. South Georgia is having a num ber of fairs this fall —Nashville, Fitzgerald, Albany, Moultrie, Adel, Valdosta, Jesup, Blaekshear, Thomasville and Donaldsonville. The effort to secure a parole for Dr. McNaughton. convicted in Emanuel superior court of poison ing one Flanders, whose wife was jointly indicted with the Doctor, has failed. Flander’s wife has never been tried: Why! There was not sufficient evidence to convict her. News comes from Congressman Lankford to Postmaster Peterson, of Douglas, that work on the Federal building in that city would be delayed until he could get a Kill providing a larger appro priation through Congress, which will take not less than six months. The present appropriat ion is made quale to erect the building accord ing to the plans and specification accepted. Several Thomasville merchants have established a policy of pur chasing from the farmer every thing he can raise in the way of potatoes,corn, peanuts, syrup, hogs and, in fact, any sort of produce from the farm; they pay in cash the highest market prices. This is the forerunner of a permanent cash produce market in that city, affording a safe and sure market for what they have to sell. The battle is still on between the Bowen Telephone Company and its ((cilia patrons. A get to gether meeting was held last week, but instead of getting together, the breach was widened beyond repair. Mr. Bowen insists that tin* increased rate was necessary and would be enforced. The eiti zens say we will not pay the in creased rate, Mr. Bowen, and you may discontinue the service. In the special election last Satin day, held in Coffee county, T. N. Henson was named judge of the City Court of Douglas; .LA. Bob erts was elected Solicitor. Moses Griffin was chosen county commis sioner from the Douglas district and will no doubt be chairman of the Board; David Tanner won in the Nieholls Pickren district, and William Carver in the Broxton Ambrose district. The city court officers will assume their duties as soon as commissioned, but the commissioners' term does not com mence until the first day of Jan nary. The Ben ien county fair was held last Thursday and Friday. The big tobacco warehouse in Nashville was utilized, in which to display the exhibits, and they were taste fully arranged in their places. The exhibits in the different classes were excellent, no entrance fee was charged and the citizens from all sections of the county went to see the display, caught inspiration and encouragement to do better work on their farms next year. The corn and pig exhibits by the boy's and girl's clubs were worthy of the effort bestowed upon them, and will greatly encourage the boys and girls to greater effort. This, however, was not Berrien's first fair. Berrien had her county agricultural fairs thirty-five or for ty years ago. Effort to. Free Lott. Mr. G. W. Lott, the aged convict who is serving a life sentence for the homicide of his son several years ago near Broxton in Coffee county, is reported to be in a pre carious physical condition and is likely to die at any time. llis attorneys, Messrs. John B. Cooper, of Macon, and Calvin A. Ward, of Douglas, are now making an extra effort to secure for him a pardon before he passes hence. This homicide for which he is serving the penalty is one of the most unfortunate in the criminal annals of Coffee county. However, his relatives and the people of the county generally,thinks he has suf fered quite the sentence imposed by the jury and, as he has only a few more days on earth, that he should be permitted to spend these few days at home as a free man. The hearing before Gov. Dorsey will be held in a few days, and it is understood that the application for pardon will be strengthened by a petition from hundreds of the best citizens, including relatives, of Coffee county, asking that his application for pardon be granted. Bennett Assumes Duties. The District Court for the South ern District of Georgia, Judge Beverly 1). Evans presiding, con vened in Macon last Monday morn ing.. Hon. John W. Bennett was pres ent and assumed the duties of Fnited State's District Attorney under special appointment by the President, not being, as yet, eon tinned by the Senate. The con firmation is expected to take place in a few days. Mr. Bennett is anot her example of how a country lad. without wealth or prestige, has risen to prominence by slieerdeteriniiiat ion and force of character. He seized his opportunities as they passed his way. He stands to (he front in all public enterprises. Mr. Bennett's family residence will be maintained at, Way one -, but his official headquarters will be in Macon. St. Marys-St. Marks Canal. Fernandina, Florida, has joined St. Marys in her fight, fur the Si, Marys-St. Marks ('anal, proposed to he cut by way of the St. Marys and Suwanee rivers arid connect ing the At laut ie ocean at St. Marys with the Gulf of Mexico at St. Marks. This is a project in which all Sout h Georgia is vitally interested and should lend assistance when ever and whenever possible. The cutting of this canal will settle some of the agricultural problems of the counties bordering on the (tkefinokee swamp. It would supply the necessary drainage to bring into cultivation of thousands of acres of some of the finest farming lands in South Georgia. This, in itself, is suffici ent incentive for the people; of Echols, Clinch. Atkinson, Ware and Charlton counties to keep their minds and hearts on this movement and aid in bringing it to success. Berrien County’s Industry. Eighty seven carloads and 218 baskets of tobacco, aggregating 1,- 570,032 pounds, of tobacco were shipped out of Nashville over the Ocilla f Southern railroad during the past season. The freight paid on this amount w as- $12,407.32. The war tax amounted to $363.38. In addition to this amount hand led by the Ocilla Southern, two car loads, aggregating 36,000 lbs. was handled by the Georgia & Florida. Then, estimating the amount shipped by express and freight and handled by trucks to other markets because the ware house facilities were inadequate in the heaviest rush, the total crop went well bbyond a million and a half pounds. —Nashville Herald. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. I’EAKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, Ot TOREK 10, 11)10 MEMORIES OF THE LONG AGO. Berrien County’s Circulating Me dium of 1867. The year 1867 was a trying one for tin- people of South Georgia, and those of Berrien county were no exception to the rule. Everything was in a turmoil. The people had not recovered from the effects of the war. Money was scarce, and provisions and cloth ing wore high. The people were cast ing about for some means of relief. A mass meeting of citizens was held, and it was determined that Berrien county should issue some scrip to be used as a circulating medium in addition to the little Fnited States currency that was afloat. Scrip was issued by, not only Berrien county, but by Brooks, Lowndes and other counties, by the Atlantic and Gulf railroad,the Quitman cotton factory, then known as the Brooks County Manufacturing ('ompany. On the part of the counties the Ordinary and Clerk of the Superior Court, signed the scrip and put it in circulation. My present recol lection is that W. E, Connell was the Ordinary and I). I’. Luke Clerk of the Superior Court of Berrien county at the time. I>. B. Luke is still living at or near Cecil, ninety or more years of age. There was a bit of suspicion at tached to this issue of scrip by the people, and wV-n the Republican congress passed an Act, during the summer of 1867, taxing all these issues of scrip ten per cent, upon the amount put in circulation, t here was a fit of denunciation — not against congress —but of the men whose names were signed to the scrip, and it came near cost ing these- two men, as holiest and Straight forward as there was in the county, their reputations for t rut li and honesty. They were condemned without stint. Just what was the amount of the scrip issued was known only to Judge Lake and he, after the tirade of abuse and criticism be gan, vcr.\ wisely kept his mouth scaled on the subject. It, was cur rent at the time that it amounted to between >30,000 and $25,000. \t any rate it was. plentiful and well circulated among the people. At first il was received in good faith and it was generally conceded that it would have answered the purpose intended and been retired without injury to any one had congress not inlerferred with the expectation of getting a few thous and dollars to help pay the war debt. Then, as now, everything was taxed save the air you breath ed. The ten per cent tax, of course, put the scrip issue out of business. It was made a criminal offense against, tin* Federal government to issue or use it. There was talk of redeeming it, gradually, but the legal fraternity could figure out no way to do it w ithout getting into trouble. Consequently the loss fell upon those who had accepted it in payment for merchandise. This editor’s father pocketed a loss of $2,000 without a muriner. He knew the scrip had been Issued in goad faith, was present at the meeting of citizens that had au thorized its issuance and that, cen sure of anyone connected with it was tantamount to censuring him self and it would be unbecoming of him as a man and a citizen. There were many, however, who did not take it so philosophically. These became very abusive in their denunciation of everybody connect ed with it, and especially Judges Connell and Luke whose names appeared on the scrip—the simili tude of money. For a time it was feared that. Judge Luke would The Battle of Olustee. Uncle Jimmie Callaway, the historian of the Macon Telegraph, generally states correctly the facts about which he writes. But in writing of General Alfred IL Col quilt, and his connection with the battle of Olustee, he gets his facts a little mixed. He says: "General Colquitt liad charge of two brigades and the smaller one was commanded by Col. Goo. I’. Harrison, in which was the gallant Thirty-second (leorgia. "The bat tle was brought on near Olustee by advance of the Sixty fourth Georgia, supported by Col quitt's brigade and Harrison’s. General Colquitt commanded the line of battle.” The facts are the bat tle was brought on by Florida troops-, in cluding Villipigue’s battery of Florida artillery. These troops were under command of General Bat. Finnegan, and had been watching the Federate from the time they advanced from Jackson ville. The Federal’s superior numbers forbade an engagement. Reinforcements were expected. General Finnegan's troops slowly retreated, first to Bald win, then to MacClenny, and then to Olustee, harassing and checking the Fed eral's advance. Couriers kept Gen. Finnegan advised of the approach of the re inforcements and as soon, as con venient he sought an interview with Gen. Colquitt and they de cided upon a plan of battle, Gcu. < 'oliinitt taking command. Gen. Finnegan's Florida troops, including Villepigue’s artillery, brought on the battle. An uncle of the Tribune editor was a mem ber of Villepigue’s Artillery, and talking of the battle he said that < 'olquil t's and Harrison’s brigades were deployed in a crescent shape and was laying down in the bushes and sedge. Their presence was unknown to Finnegan’s command, as well as to the Federate, who ad vanced rapidly almost up to the battery of artillery. He expected to be captured every moment, and could not understand why the re treat was not sounded. At the supreme moment Gen. Colquitt’s reinforcements rose up out of the grass and charged the advancing Federate and complete ly overwhelmed them and chased them back to Jacksonville. But Gi n. Colquitt's sobriquet of "I h-ro of < Mustee,” has never been challenged. suffer bodily harm from these madmen. It, resulted in the political death of both of these men, and they were no more responsible for the situation than other good citizens of the county who were afterwards given political preferment, x x x It is fresh in the memory of many Tribune readers that during the panic of 1907 the Banks in each county in this section formed Clearing Houses and issued Clear ing House Certificates to bridge over the crisis. This was a similar condition to that of 1867. The purposes were the same, but the plans different. The Berrien county scrip was issu ed on the faith of the county, while the -Clearing House Certifi cates of 1907 were issued upon the faith of the Banks composing the several Clearing Rouses, By care ftil handling the latter was a suc cess —business was kept at normal and the issue was retired without any body losing anything. For Rent. Wooden store building facing King street, can give possession September Ist, 1919. For further information apply to Miss Eu genia Allen, Pearson, Ga. ATKINSON COUNTY. Items of News Gathered from Various Sources. An order was passed Monday afternoon by the county commis sioners granting a public road from 1). R, Corbitt’s home on the Homerville road to Red Bluff school house. The farmers have commenced to manufacture their cane crop into syrup. There will be more syrup made in this section than last year; the cane crops are much better generally than last year. Go to Union Hill church to the Sunday School rally. The people of that community, four miles southeast of Pearson, are expecting you and will treat you royally. It convenes next Sunday. Brof. Cauley Taft tells us that there is a tine attendance at the Sat ilia Park school, the pupils are energetic and enthusiastic in their studies and he is expecting great results to follow the efforts of him self and assistant in leading the pupils in the way of knowledge. William Wilson, Jr., has taken the teacher’s examination and is expected to blossom out as a school teacher. He is expecting to teach at a school at the old still quarters near li is home, seven miles south of Pearson. There is no reason why he should not succeed as a school teacher. A colored woman, living on one of B. If. Tanner’s places on the east side of the county, was shot Saturday afternoon and seriously wounded. Dr. H. P. Smith, of Pearson, was called and ministered to the needs of the wounded wo man. It is claimed that the shoot ing was accidental. Fp to the typhoid vaccination episode at Harmony Grove school it was getting along finely under the leadership of Prof. Sellars and his young lady assistant. More than a hundred pupils had enrolled and they had taken hold of their work enthusiastically and harmoni ously. Hope the school will get in line again right soon. The vaccination at Harmony Grove, ordered by School Superin tendant J. G. Floyd, of Coffee county, has practically put that school out of business for a time. Superintend ant Booth, of Atkin son, under instruction from his Board of Education, has issued orders that no vaccination of any sort should be submitted to with out the expressed wishes of the parents,or guardians, unless there be a threatened epidemic. The experience at Harmony Grove school is not without its lesson and reward. The consolidated school at Ax son will begin the scholastic year next Monday. It is under the management of Prof. Homer Cor bitt, assisted by Prof. J. G. White, Misses Belle Pafford and another young lady whose name the Trib une failed to learn. The citizens of Axson aud vicinity are determ ined to make this among the best schools in the county. The Trib une is glad this community is uni ted on the school question and working harmoniously together for the education of their children. The Tribune learns fVom a relia ble source that a strong Methodist church, with sixteen members, has been organized at Sandy Bottom as a result of the protracted ser vices held there recently, in the schuol house, by the Rev. W. C. Balm, pastor of Pearson charge. The community of Sandy Bottom is an unusqally progressive one, is forging ahead in matters of reli gion and education. They have a good school and school building; they have a strong church organi zation aud will have a church edi fice in the very near future. #I.OO A YEAR Program Teacner’s Institute. To be held at Pearson Public School building Saturday, Oeto ber 11th, 1919. 9:00. A talk with the teachers by the Superintendent. 9:30. Sanitation and Health, by Dr. H. P. Smith. 10:00. The place Beading holds in the school curriculum by Prof. Warren. 10:30. Prerequisite to High School Work, by Miss Emily Curls. 11:00. Importance of Order and how to maintain it, by Prof, Sellars. 11:30. Members in the first three Grades, by Miss Beulah Roberts. 12:00. Adjourn. Dinner at the Teachers’ Table at the Hotel will cos! only 35c. 1:30. Importance of Knowing the meaning of Words and how this should be taught, by Prof 11, M. MeNeal. 2:00. How to teach the Primary Grades, by Miss Margaret Liles. 2:30. General Discussion on the Working Plan for the year. Everybody is attend these meetings, especially arc pat rons, trustees and menib rs of the School Board requested to attend as much as possible. Respectfully, Sankky Booth, Supt. Program Sunday-School Rally. For Division Sunday School Con vention, Sunday, October 12th, at Union Hill church. 10:00. Song and prayer service, led by Tom Corbitt. 10:15. Scripture reading, by Mrs. Minnie Corbitt. 10:20. Ways of increasing the Sunday School membership, bv Miss Lilia I jOVC. 10:50. Hymn. 10:55. The Sunday-School pro gram and what it should contain, by J. <). White. 11:25. the ten efficiency or ( Banner School) points, by Sankey Booth. 11:50. Measuring the efficiency of the Sunday-School by marking them on the division Chart, by Dave Kirkland, 12:00. Who will pledge to gel, their school to put in some one or more of the Banner Sunday School points, by Rev. AV. C. Kalin. 12:30. Adjourn. Basket Dinner <>n The Ground Afternoon session. 1:15. Song and prayer Service, by IL H. Parker. 2:00. Scripture Reading, by Miss Emily Curls. 2:05. What are good records and how they help the Sunday-School, by Rev. Dan Pearson. 2:35. Methods of teahing the Lesson, by G. H. MingledorfT. 3:05. Hymn. 3:10. Bound table Discussion. All are requested to make sugges tions, give any helpful information, or ask any question. D. Kirk land, Division-Pres. Naming a Postoffice. The recent robbery of the post office at Enigma recalls how the village and postoffice came to be named “Enigma.” Many years ago, when the saw mill of Weston & Gunn was locat ed at that point on the old Bruns wick <N Albany railroad which is now the pretty little town of Enigma, the late John B. Gunn made application for a postoffiee. I he application was granted, and several names were sent in to the department for the office’s chris tening. All were rejected, for various reasons, and after awhile Mr. Gunn said: "Naming this town seems to be an Enigma.” “Make it that,” said Mr. Weston, and the town was named. To get the county news subscribe for the Tribune, $1 a year.
