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PEARSON ©TRIBUNE
VOL. S—NO. 28
SOUTH GEORGIA.
News of Our Neighbors Told
in Pointed Paragraph*
The criminal suberior court of
Coffee county, last week, was a
busy session. A good volume of
business was transacted.
The farmers of Colquitt county
are seeding an increased area to
oats. The demand for oats is in
creasing yearly, as food for man
and beast.
Everybody who went to the
Georgia Florida fair at Valdosta,
say it was worth while in every
way, and the attendance came up
to expectation.
The Crisp county fair was such
a splendid success, the promoters
have determined to make it an an
nual event. A county fair is a
wonderful stimulant.
Thomasville is threatened with
a coal famine; has just enough to
operate her water and light plant
until the 18th instant. Just fall
back on lightwood knots.
The News says Adel is to bavo
free mail delivery. The streets
are to be named and put in condi
tion and the houses numbered;
then the expected will happen.
Prof. Lazenby, of the Nashville
High School, was seriously stabbed
recently by a seventeen-year old
pupil, Prentiss Morris. Young
Morris was resisting punishment.
Bro. Majors, of the Advocate,
says syrup is selling at 80c. per
gallon in barrels at Milltown, and
it is better syrup than can be had
at Cairo. He ought to know, he
has lived at both places.
Milltown was early to secure a
meat curing plant and a potato
curing plant. Now she wants a
canning plant to take care of the
refuse sweet potatoes and also a
syrup canning plant. Good idea.
It is stated that the eastern
division of the Dixie Highway,
via Savannah, Darien and Brun
swick to Jacksonville is in good
condition. The service over the
Altamaha river at Darien remains
very satisfactory. The travel over
4his route is heavy.
Colquitt county is getting
numerous new settlers from North
Georgia and other sections. The
influx is expected to be greater
this winter than ever; the people
are seeking a balmier climate with
better opportunities for securing a
competency.
Robert Rivers and Gus Harris,
tenant farmers of Colquitt county,
disputed relative to a well both
were using for their water supply.
Thev separated, going to their
homes; both secured firearms —
one a shotgun and the other a pisj
tol —returned to the scenes and
Rivers is dead and Harris a
fugitive as the result of the duel
which ensued.
Mr. A. J. Gibbs has resigned as
Clerk of the superior court of
Clinch county to enter the naval
stores business. Mr. Folks Hux
ford and Editor T. R. O’Steen are
candidates for the vacancy. A
special election to fill the vacancy
will occur in time to supply the
place when the incumbent's resig
nation becomes effective, Decem
ber Ist.
The city and rural schools of
Ben Hill county have just under
goue a thorough hygienic inspec
tion by Miss Susan Myriek, the
health and hygienic supervisor for
Georgia. She made an inspection
there two years ago. and at this
inspection she finds conditions
much improved, particularly the
condition of the teeth.
Matters of Interest.
The exhibits of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture at
the Southeastern Fair have been
pronounced the best of any that
have yet been shown in the South.
This fair was in Atlanta.
The boll weevil and the continu
ed rains of the summer reduced
the cotton crop of south Georgia,
and in many sections there will
not be more than .50 to 40 per cent
of a crop. The cotton crop of
north Georgia is excellent.
The tobacco acreage in Georgia
has increased from 6,000 acres to
30,000 acres, this year as compared
with last. Wet weather serious
ly interfered with the gathering
and the curing of the crop. The
acreage will probably be increased
next year.
Demonstrations in the use of cal
cium arsenate to poison the boll
weevil have shown that it can be
used under favorable conditions
with profit. On account of the
exceedingly heavy rains this sum
mer much of the poison which
was applied was washed off and
hence interfered with the demon
strations. The cost of the poison
per acre including the cost of ap
plication was estimated at $2O per
acre.
Land Clearing Demonstrations
held for six weeks in South Geor
gia touched 18 towns in as many
counties and were attended by
36,000 people. Often as many as
twelve eonnties were represented
at a demonstration. Demonstra
tions were given in stump pulling,
stump blasting, ditching with
dynamite, and in tractor plowing.
A train of nine cars carried the
thirty demonstrators and their
equipment
Co-operative hog sales under the
direction of the agent in market
ing have been most successful.
While hogs were selling for thir
teen and one quarter cents in
neighboring states, Georgia hogs
sold in co-operative sales for four
teen and one half to sixteen and
one half cents per pound to local
butchers and Georgia packing
plants. One sale topped the
Chicago market on that day by
one half cent.
Governor and Showman.
Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 8. —When
Gov. S. J. Catts of Florida, met
Johnny J. Jones, the showman,
here Thursday, upon the occasion
of the Governor's visit to Valdosta,
two old cronies shook hands and
thereafter were inseparable.
During the morning Governor
Catts was the personal guest of
the showman and special perfor
mances were ordered at all of the
leading attractions for the benefit
of the governor. While the gov
ernor wasspeaking in the afternoon
the showman closed down every
show and stopped all noise in order
that the crowds might hear his
friend speak and there w r ould be
no disturbing noise.
The showman is a voting resident
of Florida and it is told of him
that when Governor Catts was
running for office Johnny Jones
made a special trip from some
point in Arkansas to Orlando in
order to cast his vote for the gov
ernor.
Arm in arm these tw r o friends
walked the entire distance of
merryland Thursday morning and
had a real good time together, free
from care, one leaving aside the
business of amusing people and the
other task of governing the people,
and both were just men together,
out for a pleasant time.
Unruly passions destroy the
peace of the soul.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1919
MEMORIES OF THE LONG AGO.
Some Prominent People of Ber
rien County in 1867.
Judge James F. Goodman was
another of the early settlers of
Berrien county, whom 1 knew and
loved for his work's sake.
lie came from Bulloch county to
Nashville soon after the new coun
ty of Berrien was created, in 1856,
and engaged in teaching school.
He settled a place about three
fourths of a mile southwest of the
courthouse, and it was there he
reared his large family of children.
There were seven sons —John,
Isaac, George, Penn, Robert, Owen
and Alexander —and three daught
ers —Mrs. A. H. Turner, .Mrs. Al
fred Simpson and Miss Ella, the
name of whose husband 1 cannot
now recall.
John became a local Methodist
preacher and did much good in
the community where he lived, a
few miles northeast of Tifton.
Isaac studied medicine; he was
one of the many young men of
Georgia who taught school and
earned the money to pay his ex
penses while securing a profession
al education. When he came home
with his diploma he began to cast
about for a location to practice
and settled about eleven miles
west of Nashville on a piece of
land purchased from Elder E, J.
Williams. He was successful in
his practice and accumulated con
siderable wealth. He married a
Miss Hutchinson. When the
Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road was being built he owned a
large portion of the land upon
which Sparks is located and his
father-in-law owned the land upon
which Adel is located, so that Dr.
Goodman acquired the name of
“Daddy of Sparks”and Mr. Hutch
inson was known as the “Daddy of
Adel.’’ Dr. Goodman represented
Berrien county in the legislature
one term, but declined to run fora
second term.
George became a school teacher
and, with the exception of one term
as clerk of the superior court of
Berrien county, has persistently
Bowed that profession.
Penn learned the newspaper
game and soon after went west to
Arkansas, where he followed the
newspaper business until his death.
Robert graduated as a physi
cian and located at Sparks to prac
tice. lie was a bright, ambitious,
fellow, and was launching out into
a most successful career when he
died suddenly.
Owen graduated as a dentist and
is located at Sparks. He is an
adept at his profession and doing
a lucrative practice.
Alexander laid an afflicted arm
which carried him to the grave be
fore he reached His majority.
Judge Goodman’s daughter, Mrs.
Turner, was the mother of Mr. E.
[,. Turner, the Business Manager
of the Valdosta Times.
Mrs. Simpson was a farmer’s
wdfe and 1 know nothing of her
career. After going to Tifton I
lost sight of her and Miss Ella.
Returning to the subject of this
sketch I want to say that Judge
Goodman was what I would term
a “Grand old man.” He acquired
the title of “Jndge” from having
been a Justice of tbe Inferior
Court of Berrien county before the
civil war. Tn 1867 he was County
School Commissioner and he held
that office continuously until a
year or two before his death, a
period of twenty-five or more
years. He came to be known as
“A young man’s friend.” He help
ed many a worthy youngster quali
fy to teach school; would take
them in his home and teach them
until they could pass the examina
tion. The good he did as school
commissioner of Berrien county
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
By the President of the United
States of America.
“The season of the year has
again arrived when the people of
the United States are accustomed
to unite in giving thanks to AI
mighty God for the blessings which
lie conferred upon our country
during the twelve months that
have passed. A year ago our peo
ple poured out their hearts in
praise and thanksgiving that
through divine aid the right was
victorious and peace had come to
the nations which had so courage
ously struggled in defense of hu
man liberty and justice. Now
that the stern task is ended and
the fruits of achievements’are ours
we look forward wit h confidence to
the dawn of an era where the
sacrifices of the nations will find
recompense in a world at peace.
“But to attain the consumma
tion of the great work to which
the American people devoted their
manhood and the vast resources of
their country they should, as they
give thanks to God, reconsecrate
t hemselves to those principles of
right which triumphed through
His merciful goodness. Our grati
tude can find no more perfect ex
pression than to bulwark with
loyalty and patriotism those prin
ciples for which the free peoples of
the earth fought and died.
“During the past year we have
had much to make us grateful. In
spite of the confusion in our econo
mic life resulting from the war we
have prospered. Our harvests have
been plentiful and of our abund
ance we have been able to render
succor to less favored nations, our
democracy remains unshaken in a
world torn with political and soci
al unrest. Our traditional ideals
are still our guides in the path of
progress and civilization.
“These great blessings vouchsaf
ed to us, for which we devoutly
give thanks, should arouse us to a
fuller sense of our duty to our
selves and to mankind to see to it
that nothing we may do shall mar
the completeness of the victory
which we helped to win. No sel
fish purpose animated us in be
coming participants in the world
war and with a like spirit of un
selfishness we should strive to aid
by our example and by our co-oper
ation in realizing the enduring
welfare of all peoples and in bring
ing into being a world ruled by
friendship and good will.
“Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
Bresident of the United States of
America, hereby designate Thurs
day, the twenty-seventh day of
November next for observance as a
day of thanksgiving and prayer by
my fellow countrymen, inviting
them to cease on that day from
their ordinary tasks and to unite
in their homes and in their several
places of worship in ascribing
praise and thanksgiving to God
the author of all blessings and the
master of our destinies.
“In witness whereof, 1 have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be
fixed.
“Done in the District of Colum
bia, this fifth day of November, in
the year of our Lord, one thous
and nine hundred and nineteen,
and of the independence of the
United States, the one hundred
and forty-fourth.”
“Woodrow Wilson.”
will never be revealed this side
the grave.
In religion he was a Missionary
Baptist and served as Clerk of the
Smyrna Association for several
years prior to and after 1867.
Berrien county never had a no
bler or truer citizen than James F.
Goodman, nor one who did more to
advance her moral and educational
interests.
ATKINSONJOUNTY.
Items of News Gathered from
Various Sources.
Miss Nannie Littleton, of Tifton,
in Willacooehee last Saturday
spending the day with friends and
incidentally attended the teacher’s
institute.
The late Mrs. Samantha Paulk
left a will, but the contents will
not be given out until it is offered
for probate, perhaps at the Decem
ber term of the Court of Ordinary
of Atkinson county.
The Catholic church has been
moved from Willacooehee to the
Neugent settlement near Mora, as
a majority of the membership live
near Mora it will be more conven
ient to them at the new location.
Most of the farmers of Atkinson
county have already banked their
seed sugar cane, and some of them
have commenced making their
syrup. November is usually the
month in which this farm work is
done.
Reports from the Sunny Side
school, taught by John W. Carver,
is growing in numbers and interest.
The patrons say John is succeed
ing as a school teacher and his
management of the school is en
tirely satisfactory.
Mr. John I). Paulk, a member of
the Willacooehee Baptist church,
has been selected as a special
booster of the $75,000,000 drive,
began at the last Southern Bap
tist Convention. His latest ap
pointment was at Sparks, in com
pany with Mr. Henry Webb of
Tifton.
Mr. Dan Wall, of Leliaton, and
Dr. Touch ton, of Douglas, have
formed a copartnership to manu
facture naval stores, opening up
an entirely new place at and near
Leliaton. They have a large quan
tity of splendid turpentine timber
and their prospects for success are
good.
The Woman’s Baptist Mission
ary Union will hold its annual con
vention in Macon November 18-20.
Mesdames John I). Paulk, L. W.
Summerlin and J. T. Brakefield, of
Willacooehee, are slated to be
present and representing the Bap
tist Woman’s Missionary Society
of Willacooehee.
The farmers of Atkinson county
are planting extensively of oats,
and they arc wise by doing so. It
is a profitable crop; the demand
for oats is much greater than the
supply. The Tribune notes that
a large proportion of the Atkinson
county crop has come up and are
growing off nicely.
There is one thing of which the
Tribune is proud; that is, Atkin
son county school teachers get
their salaries promptly at the close
of the month and don’t have to
hawk scrip on the market. The
County Board of Education is to be
congratulated on their sense of
justice to the teachers.
Willacooehee was represented at
the teacher’s institute last Satur
day by Mesdames Elias L. Moore,
Jesse S. Paulk and George F.
McCranie, Sr., and Dr. Henry T
Corbitt. And the institute was
held in Willacooehee; this was dis
sapointing to the teachers, as they
expected to be greeted by a large
representation.
State Tax Commissioner, Henry
J. Fullbright, has called the tax
officials of Atkinson county to meet
at Douglas to-day, in conjunction
with the tax officials of Appling,
Bacon, Berrien, Clinch, Coffee,
Irwin, Jeff Davis and Ware.
He is seeking a quarter of a
million increase in taxable values
in the State. The increased ap
propriations made by the legisla
ture of 1919 makes it imperative
that there be larger resources from
whence to get the necessary reve
nue to meet them.
81.00 A YEAR
Mortuary.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, wife of
Mr. J. W. Davis, who resided
about six miles north of Pearson
for many years, passed to her re
ward Sunday, November 2d, 1919,
at her home near Bannockburn in
Berrien county, in her sixty-second
year.
She had a stroke of paralysis
some months ago, and while she
recovered to the extent that she
could go about the house and look
after her household affairs, she
never was completely free from its
influence. She gradually grew
worse until the end came.
All her childr on were present at
her death except the two oldest
sons —Sam and Lewis. Sam is in
France, and Lewis down in the
Okeechobee region of Florida.
Lewis was notified but did not
arrive until after the burial. She
was a Miss Knight and reared in
Bulloch county. ()ne of her
brothers reached her bedside be
fore she died.
Tbe interment was in Riverside
church cemetery, on the banks of
the Alapalia river and near her
home, Tuesday morning after her
death and was witnessed by a
large concourse of people—her
neighbors and friends.
She is survived by her husband
and six children, three sons —
Sam, Lewis and Frank —and three
daughters —Mesdames Isbin Guth
rie, J. B. Crosby and Levi Guthrie.
The Tribune editor tenders the
sorrowing family his sincere con
dolence. There is no loss so great
as that of a wife and mother, and
it is not strange that the husband,
James W. Davis, is inconsolable
in his grief.
Crop Conditions in Georgia.
The Progressive Farmer.
The corn crop is the poorest we
have had in years and indicates a
yield of 13.8 bushels per acre. Des
pite the very material increase in
acreage our total output will be
far below last season, according to
the co-operative crop reporting
service for Georgia. Reviewing
the growing season of maize, it
may be said that the spring was
favorable for the early crop in the
South. In June, July and August,
the unusual rainfall, coupled with
the shortage of help, prevented
cultivation and spoiled the main
and late crops,
In the Piedmont and mountain
sections, the corn remained rather
good till the dry weather of late
August and September. This cut
the yield very badly, and has much
to do with decreased estimates.
Almost all of our other crops
have followed the downward trend
with our leading cereal. Here and
there are especially favored spots,
where sufficient moisture fell, and
where the promise still is good.
Taken altogether the season has
been unusual both in amount and
distribution of rainfall, with the
result that all crops are spotted.
Even adjoining fields show very
great variation.
Of the important items only
sweet potatoes remain above aver
age. Sorghum and sugar cane are
slightly below; velvet beans, cow
peas and peanuts still lower. Of
the minor crops, grapes, pears and
pecans are above the ten year
standard. Pastures went rapidly
to the bad during the month. They
are now poor.
Final estimates of the oat crop
furnish one bright spot. They
made about twenty bushels to the
acre, on a par with last year.
On the whole the year has been
a bard ones on the farmers. With
such short production they are en
titled to high prices. 11 costs as
much to make a subnormal crop as
a bumper.
Cruelty to a female is tbe crime
of a veritable monster.
