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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1919)
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.
