PEARSON ©TRIBUNE
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
VOL. S—NO. 27
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told
in Pointed Paragraphs
The primary election in Emau
uel county has been fixed for
Wednesday, January 7.
Work preliminary to the erec
tion of the Caudler county court
house has been commenced.
The schools of Clinch county
are all supplied with teachers, and
the attendance much larger than
ever before.
The force of the Alma Times are
reveling in the juiciness of Bacon
county sugar- cane. Friends re
plenish the supply every morning.
Ocilla will spread a basket din
ner tomorrow in honor of the re
turned soldiers. It is to be hoped
they will all be there, and enjoy
the layout.
The City Court of Alina has put
on its business clothes and gone
after the law-breakers of Bacon
county without gloves. Results,
$ll4O in fines.
The Valdosta peannt market
continues on an upward tendency.
Spanish peanuts were quoted last
Monday at $l9O and North Caro
lina “runners” at $l6O per ton.
The grand jury of Coffee county
fixed the pay of the jurors and
bailiffs for next year at $3 per day,
while the Clinch county jury re
tained the old price of $2 per day.
The grand jury of Clinch county
has reappointed Judge Irwin Cor
bitt to succeed himself as Notary
Public and ex-officio Justice of the
Peace of the 1001st militia district
of that county.
Sylvester, Worth county, has
raised $lO,OOO for the organization
and operation of a Chamber of
Commeree, and for advertising
and promotion work. This is a
most businesslike action.
Lowndes county farmers are
busy gathering sweet potatoes.
The cut and bruised potatoes are
sold to the canning factories, and
the uninjured potatoes are carried
to the curing houses for attention.
The Clinch county grand jury
insists upon the enforcement of
the auto and vital statistics laws
and also the law against gambling.
Sheriff Lee is put on notice he
must stop card playing in the
court house.
The Nashville Herald charges
the Georgia & Florida railroad
management with discriminating
against Nashville in the matter of
freight rates, notwithstanding it is
steadily losing the patronage of
the city thereby.
Heard a Clinch county man say
a few- days ago that be comtempiat
ed planting a 25-acre pecan orchard.
He is financially able to carry the
project into effect, and should he
do so, with proper attention, would
have in ten years a regular bonan
za of wealth.
Judge Summerall, Solicitor
Spence and a special venire of trav
erse jurors are straightening out
the criminal kinks of Coffee county
this week. There are seven mur
der cases on the docket, and they
will have to hustle to dispose of
all the business in one week.
The death of Judge W. N.
Spence, of Camilla removes a most
interesting and prominent citizen
•of South Georgia He served asSo
lieitor General and Judge of the
Albany judicial circuit and United
States District Attorney of Alaska
He is survived by his wife and
seven children. This editor has a
letter from Judge Spence which
he prizes above rubies.
At Hymen’s Altar.
The Tribune chronicles with
pleasure two marriages of interest
to many of its readers:
BULLARD - MINSHEW.
Miss Belle Bullard, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. L.
Bullard, and Mr. Frank Miusbew,
were happily married Sunday
afternoon at the home of the
bride's parents. Judge George W.
Sweat officiated. These young
people are highly esteemed in this
community, and the Tribune joins
their many friends in wishing for
the.m long and happy lives in the
matrimonial estate.
B HINSON - MOM KIKK.
Miss Gladys Brinson, daughter
of Air. and Mrs. E. I>. Brinson, of
Surreney, and Mr. William 11.
Moncrief, of llomerville, were
united in marriage last Alonday at
the home of the bride's parents.
Both of the high contracting
parties are well and favorably
known in Pearson. The bride has
frequently visited here when her
parents lived near Pearson, and
hail many admirable traits of
character, while the groom was
born and reared to young manhood
here, and is a young man of un
questioned morals and the strictest
integrity.
The Tribune is .sure they have
the very best wishes of everybody
in this community for their success
in life.
An Appreciative Subscriber.
Col. T. R. Perry, of Sylvester,
writes:
“Air. Editor: lam in receipt of
a sample copy of your paper. 11
is so attractive 1 have decided 1
want it. 1 enclose $l.OO check for
a year’s subscription.”
The editor likes that letter. It
has the ring of true appreciation
of his efforts to print a clean, new
sy paper, emphasized with the cash
for a year's subscription.
The editor and Col. Perry have
been friends for many years, lie
has prospered, has plenty against
his unproductive years. The editor
has merely kept his head above
the tide of adversity. It lias made
no change in their friendly rela
tions, forming an oasis in the des
ert of the editor’s life.
Thank you, Bro. Perry.
Mrs. Monk of Worth County.
The most noted woman in South
Georgia agricultural circles is Mrs.
W. W. Monk,, of Worth county.
She is known all over Georgia as
the “Worth county woman farmer
who does things.”
During her husband’s life they
became interested in advertising
the agricultural possibilities of
Worth county, by exhibiting their
products at every convenient fair,
beginning with the Worth county
and the Tifton summer fairs.
After her husband’s death she
extended her efforts to include the
State fairs, whether held in Macon,
Atlanta or Valdosta, and has never
failed to win a county prize.
She is now at home with a Worth
county exhibit from the South
eastern Fair at Atlanta and the
State Fair at Macon, at both of
which she won first prize for best
county exhibit. The Macon prize
was SBOO.OO.
Traffic on the Georgia Coast and
Piedmont railroad, from Brunswick
to Collins, by the way of Darien,
Lndowiei and Reidsville, will be
discontinued next Monday. The
road is then to be dismantled.
Then what next for bottled up
Darien and Reidsvillel The war
has hit the people of that territory
an almost knockout blow. They
are resourceful, however, and will
find some remedy. The right-of
way remains.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919
MEMORIES OE THE LONG AGO.
Some Prominent People of Ber
rien County in 1867.
As one of the prominent people
of Berrien county in 1967 the
Editor’s mind intuitively reverts
to Elder Ezekiel J. Williams, a
Primitive Baptist Minister.
It was early in the history of
Berrien that Elder Williams set
tied in the western side of the
county. He built a home and
opened up a farm on the site of
the present little city of Sparks,
now in Cook county.
Contrary to the usual custom of
building back off the public high
way be settled on and his dwelling
faced the "Union” road, a Nation
al highway built by United States
military authorities many, many
years ago. This road extended
from Fort Hawkins, (now Macon),
Georgia, to Aligator, (now Lake
City), Florida. II followed a
ridge along its entire length, gen
erally hard and firm, and the peo
ple took a pride in keeping it in
good repair.
'l'he Georgia Southern and Flori
da railroad, from Macon to Lake
City, followed this same ridge and
practically paralleled the “Union”
road all the way. Within the
last decade this public highway
lost its identity as the “Union”
road and became a link iu the
"National Highway,” south of
Macon, which is to become a paved
highway.
This old road had been there for
many years when Elder Williams
selected the site for his future
home. Besides his farm he build
od on a branch of Bear creek a
water mill to supply the people
with meal and hominy, and much
of his mill products, together with
his farm produce, found a market
in Valdosta, twenty seven or twen
ty-eight miles away.
It was here that he reared his
large family of children —ten or
more in number. The sons were
Griffin, William, James, Edwin,
John and Irwin; there were at
least four daughters—Mrs, Willis,
Mrs. Lindsey, Mrs. Lovett, the
other name cannot be recalled just
now.
Elder Williams was a man of
superb character, and a minister of
ability. He had a fair English
education and an" abundance of
native ability, lie taught school
in his young manhood.
He was for many years the Clerk
of Union Primitive Baptist Asso
ciation, which was then and is now
a very large and interesting relig
ious body.
It was when he was clerk of the
Association that we became best
acquainted with and learned to ap
preciated each other. 1 printed
his Association minutes for a
number of years and so long as I
was connected with the printing
business he would insist on my do
ing his work.
He reached a ripe old age before
passing away, and was greatly be
loved by all who knew him wheth
er they were of his religious faith
or not.
His family was reared with the
utmost care, gave them the best
educational facilities >at his com
mand, so that his descendants were
intelligent and cultured.
One of his grandsons, a name
sake, and son of Mr. Edwin Wil
liams, is prominent in United
States military circles —Col. Eze
kiel J. Williams, of the regular
army —and held in the highest
esteem by the War Department.
One of his granddaughters, Mrs.
W. W. M.ohk, eldest daughter of
W. W. Williams, is the noted
Worth County Woman Farmer
who does things.
Another grandson, Thomas E.
Williams, son of Air. James Wil
liams, succeeded Judge James F.
Goodman as school commissioner
Minutes Board of Education.
Pearson, Ga., Nov. 4th, 1919.
The Board of Education met in
regular session in the Superinten
dent’s office on above date with all
the members present except Air. H.
11. Fielding.
The trustees of the Temperance
school enmo before the Board with
a request that another room be
add d to their building, as their
present enrollment is about 70
w ith only one small room. Their
request was granted and another
room ordered built.
11 was ordered that arrange
ments be made to convey Mr.
Albert Summerlin’s children to
school.
In the matter of the Shiloh
school house being built it was
left to Mr. K. L. Griffis and the
Superintendent to secure a deed
and proceed with the building as
to their discretion.
Air. Dan Brooker was ordered
paid a sum of $2O per mouth for
the conveyance of the children of
ihe White school who do not live
near enough to walk to Axson.
A resolution to borrow $7000.00
from the Old National Bank of
Hattie Creek, Michigan,was unani
mously adopted by the Board.
The Minutes of the last two
meetings were read and approved.
The following itemized state
ment was examined, audited and
approved for payment by the Board,
and a copy of the same appears on
file iu the office of the State Super
intendent of schools and in this
office.
Superintendent and per
diem M. B. E .$ 135.00
Incidentals and all
others 841.37
White teachers 2356.25
Colored teachers 50.00
Total $3382.62
This completed the business of
the day and the Board adjourned
to meet again at the next regular
session which will be on the first
Monday i ,x each month instead of
the first Tuesday as heretofore.
San key Booth, Supt.
Singing Convention.
The colored people up at Cross
Road, four miles north of Kirkland,
never do things on a small scale
nor on the “half shell.”
They are going to have a joint
meeting of the Coffee and Atkin
son county Singing Convention
and the Progressive I uionof Geor
gia up there Sunday, Novembw
16th. They are exbecting singing
classes from Oeilla, Ambrose,
Douglas, Willaeoochee and Lelia
ton.
There will be a bountiful dinner
on the ground at noon and it will
be served free.
There will be addresses by Prof.
A. H. Hinesman, of Waycross, and
Prof. S. B. Mitchell, principal of
Cross Road school.
It will be a big dav among the
colored people of Atkinson county.
Everybody is invited to be present,
behave themselves, and enjoy the
excellent singing, the encouraging
addresses and the big dinner.
The Tribune is always glad to
speak a good word for the colored
citizens of Atkinson county, to en
courage them in their efforts to
elevate their race, and lead them
in paths of virtue, industry and
thrift —essential to their advance
ment in civilization and good citi
zenship.
of Berrien county and served for
one or more terms. He was a cul
tured gentleman, thorough in his
undertakings and gave a decided
impetus to the county’s education
al affairs.
The absorbing question is shall
the government still live or shall
Bolshevist-poisoned labor unionism
succeed to command its affairs?
ATKINSON SUPERIOR COURT.
The Grand Jury Presentments
October Term, 1919.
We, the Grand Jurors, chosen,
selected and sworn to serve at
this the October Term of Atkinson
Superior Court, beg leave to make
the following general presentments:
1. AVe recommend that the Pau
per List remain as at present, after
dropping the name of Carrie Sauls
therefrom.
2. AVe recommend that L. M.
Guthrie, J. E. Lee and \\ T . B.
Lankford be appointed a commit
tee to examine the books of the
various county officers and report,
their findings to the next Grand
Jury, and that t hey be paid $3 per
day for their services.
3. We recommend that the jurors
and bailiffs be paid the sum of $3
per day for their services for the
year 1920.
4. AA r e recommend that the Sher
iff have the School Building now
being used for a Court House aud
the Toilets thoroughly cleaned
aud renovated at once, and that
the County Commissioners pay for
said work.
5. AVe recommend that the Coun
ty Commissioners establish and
operate a chain gang at their dis
cretion to work the public roads
of the county.
6. AVe recommend that the Coun
ty Commissioners locate a court
house on a suitable site on not less
than one acre of land.
7. AVe have examined the books
of the various Justices of the Peace
and Notaries Public, through our
committee, who report as follows:
“We, the committee, appointed to
examine the books of the various
Justices of the Peace aud Notaries
Public and find them correctly
kept, 'flic books of the Willacoo
chee District was not submitted
to us. Signed: David M. Doug
lass, David Kirkland and E. C.
Henderson, Committee.
8. AVe recommend that these
general Presentments be publish
ed iri the official newspaper of the
county, Pearson Tribune, and that
it be paid $lO for such publication.
9. AVe desire to tender our most
appreciative thanks to his honor,
Judge Robert G. Dickerson, for
the instructive charge given this
body at the opening of this sossion
of the court, as well as the earnest
and active manner in which lie has
endeavored to discharge the duties
of his office in the disposition of
the business before him. He is
courteous but firm in preserving
order and facilitating the*business.
It has been a pleasure for us to be
co-workers with him in the trans
action of the oounty’s business.
10 We, also, desire to tender
our sincere thanks to our able
Solicitor-General for the courteous
and efficient manner in which he
has discharged the duties of his
office. This jury is forcibly im-,
pressed that in Jesse D. Lovett
the Alapalia Judicial Circuit has
a most capable, painstaking and
fearless Solicitor-General.
Jesse M. Pafford, Foreman.
J. Walter James, Clerk.
The foregoing general present
ments read in open court. It is
ordered that the same be approved
and spread upon the minutes of
the Court. It is further ordered
that they be published as recom
mended, This October 31st, 1919.
R. G. Dickerson, Judge
Sup. Court Atkinson county.
The government is the Tribune’s
competitor for job printing, especi
ally envelopes. And the post
master is its solicitor. This illust
rates why the rural press should
decline the government’s request
for “free publicity” of any sort.
Instead of giving the rural press
protection as good government
should do, it is lending its aid to
crush it.
*I.OO A YEAR
Program Teacher’s Institute.
To be held at AVillacoochee,
Saturday November Bth, 1919.
10:00. Song.
10:05. Bible reading and prayer
by Rev. Moody Booth.
10:15. A talk with the teachers
by the Superintendent.
10:30. How to teach conij osition
and letter writing by Miss Forth.
10:45. Reading by Miss Emily
Curls.
11:00. A talk to the committee
and teachers on the Illiteracy
work in Georgia, and what is ex
pected of Atkinson comity by a
special teacher to be sent by the
Illiteracy Commission of Georgia.
11:30. Short talks by the differ
ent members of the Illiteracy com
mittee, led by Chairman John 1).
Paulk.
’ 12:00. Dinner w ill be served at
the Hotel, at the teacher’s table,
at 35c. per meal. All those attend
ing the Institute may eat at the
teacher’s table.
1:30. School improvements and
progress iu general, by Coi. B. T.
Allen.
2:00. Health aud Sanitation, by
Dr. Corbett, of Willaeoochee.
2:00. The importance of children
knowing how to write and how to
teach same, by O. (>. Taff.
2:30. Teaching the tots to read,
by Miss AVilliams of Willaeoochee,
(It is suggested that she have her
liny tots on the floor, those who
have never been to school before
this term and give us an object
lesson in this teaching).
3:00. How to teach addition,
subtraction, Multiplication, and
division of fractions, by Honior
Corbett.
.3:30 Calling the roll, distribution
of report blanks, etc.
It is urged that those on the
program take only the time allot
ed them.
It is urged further that all
teachers enter freely into these
discussions when opportunity af
fords. Respectfully.
Sankey Booth, Supt.
Beg Your Pardon.
“Uncle Jim’s Note Book” has
this to say:
"B. T. Allen, of the Pearson Tri
bune was over here a few days ago,
but lie passed right by me like he
didn’t know me. Now - if printing
one of the best papers in the land,
and general prosperity make me
treat my friends that way I don’t
need it.”
Beg your pardon, Uncle Jim,
Really didn’t see you; thought yon
was out of the city; peeped into
your den and you were not there.
Time was limited and many points
to cover, and it required some
thinking and hustling to get
through.
Coming round some time and
yarn you until you’ll wish some
body had died when young or
nevor had been born.
Seeking the Tribune.
Handed Solicitor General Lovett,
while he was in attendance at At
kinson superior court, a copy ol
the latest issue of the Pearson
Tribune.
He proceeded at once to read the
“Memories of the Long Ago.” He
finished reading the “Religious
Status of Nashville in the year
1867,” when he turned to the editor
and remarked: “I am more than
glad to get the Tribune every week
aud read with interest what you
have written about Nashville.
Numbers of the boys found out 1
was getting the paper aud they
come to my office and lead it with
avidity. I tell them they ought
to subscribe for it and 1 think you
will get a nice list from Nashville.”
There is always room for one
more name aud the Almighty sl.
