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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1920)
PEARSON©TRIBUNE Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. VOL. S—NO. 42 SOOTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs Tifton was visited last Thursday by a stiff wind and rain storm. So one was injured but there was considerable damage to property. Adel is to have a new enterprise in the shape of an Ice Factory. It is to be owned by Mr. Frank Shiver, recently of Quitman. It will cater only to local demands. Savannah is to observe “Loyal ty Week,” February 22-28 inolu sive. The week will be given over to patriotic meetings and the dis cussion of American principles of government. J. Maxey Ashley is again Secre tary of the Valdosta Chamber of Commerce, succeeding W. E. French who resigned to devote his entire time to the management of the Georgia Florida Fair. Nashville people are moving in the matter of erecting two monu ments on the court house square — one ir honor of Berrien's Con federal veterans and the other in honor o. her World War heroes. The Atlantic Refining Company, at Brunswick, is receiving cargoes of crude oil from Mexico. The plant is now manufacturing kero sene and is expected soon to com mence the manufacture of gaso leue. A Colquitt county farm of 455 acres, seven miles north of Moul trie, sold a few days since for S4O, 000. Twenty years ago it could not h.-.ve been sold for one-fourth that amount. Moultrie’s excel lent markets for all farm products is what has wrought the change. The business men of Brunswick and the owners of the Altamaha bridge, at Darien, connecting Mc- Intosh and Glynn counties on the Dixie Highway' have been unable to agree upon its price. They of fer $40,000 but the ow ners want more —how much more is not stated. It is stated that lion. Stanley S. Bennett, of Quitman, isconsider iug the advisibility of entering the race for governor as a South Geor gia candidate. Stanley is a fine piece of timber, and would make a splendid race. He has many friends throughout the state who would gladly support him. It, was authoritatively stated that the rumor, to the effect that the Tifton packing plant was to be discontinued, is false. It is to be operated conjointly with the Ar mour plant at Jacksonville, Fla, under a single management. Stock will be distributed to the two plants according to their capacity, so neither will be idle. The banks of South Georgia are making changes to fit the changed condition of the financial needs of this section. The Enigma Bank ing Company, at Enigma in Ber rien county, with a capital stock of $15,000, has been granted a charter. It will now' organize for business. The Merchants Bank, the oldest bank in Valdosta, is seeking authority to do a trust business. Bank of Alapaha will double.its capital stock from $15,- 000 to $30,000. All this indicates prosperity and an optimistic out look. Why Mr. Joe Armstrong, Celebrated Dog Trainer, Uses Rat-Snap. “Noticed rats around my ken nels, having hundreds of prize dops, couldn't take chances. Tried RAT-SNAP; in three weeks every rat disappeared. Noticed that the dogs never went near RAT-SNAP. I tell my friends about RAT SNAP.” Use this rodent exterm inator, it’s safe. Comes in cake form. Three sizes, 25c, 50c, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. MvNe-H-, Pearsou, Ga. Coffee County Industries. The contract for the erection of the building, a large two-story brick structure, for the tobacco stemming and drying plant at Douglas has been let to 11. N. McEachern and will cost in the neighborhood of $40,000. It will be equipped with the neccessary machinery by the China Export Tobacco Company, who has leas ed it for a term of years. It is to be Completed and ready for operation when the tobacco season opens. The county commissioners of Coffee have had the convicts busy for some time building dipping vats and preparing for the eradi cation of cattle ticks at an early date. It is not anticipated, when the vats are ready, that owners will give any trouble about dip ping their cattle, but will cheer fully co operate with the officials in complying with the law in this matter. The vats will bo ready iu a very short time, by early spring when cat tle penning begins; they have been built under the government plan of construction and under the supervision of Com petent veterinarian. Tne tobacco crop in Coffee coun ty w r ill be as large or larger than last year. The farmers are profit ing by their experience of last year. Seed beds have been prepared with more care and are better seeded; the farmers are also mak ing sure that plants will be plenti ful. The success of these prelimi naries is half the battle of a suc cessful tobacco crop. The next steps to require especial care and painstaking are the harvesting and curing the tobacco. It must be (plly ripe before harvesting and plaJhig it in the barn; then see to it that the amount of heat is just right. Clinch County Activities. Mayor Hughes, of Ilomerville, has another progressive project for that little city in hand. It is to construct concrete sidewalks in certain parts of the city and con nect.up the Scattering links so'as to make the through fares present able and a joy to pedestrians The work will be done by convict labor in accordance with an agree meat with the county cornmis sioners. The county commissioners of Clinch county has employed Mr. S. W. Elliott as a county police man, and he has entered upon the discharge of his duties and ex pects to red nee the vice and crime of that county to a minimum. He is an experienced officer and goes about his business in a very sys tematic way. Clinch county authorities con template building, at a eost of approxmately $5,000a mile, a first class sand clay road, with concrete culverts and bridges, from the Ware county line to the Lowndes county line, this year. It will probably follow the railroad through the towns of Argyle, Ho merville, DuPont and Stockton. The authorities have applied for and is expecting the general govern ment to assist the project to the amount of $30,000. Your Money Back If Rat-Snap Doesn’t Come Up to These Claims. RAT-SNAP is absolutely guaran teed to kill rats and mice. Cre mates t hem. Rodents killed with RAT SNAP leave no smell. liats pass up all fowl to get at BAT SNAP. Their first meal is their last. RAT SNAP comes in cakes. No mixing. Cats or dogs won’t touch it. Three sizes, 25e, 50c, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. McNeil, Pearson, Ga. PEAK SON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1920 SOUTH GEORGIA PIONEERS. Dr. Robert J. Bruce a Resident of Thomasville. The subject of this sketch is an other disciple of Esculpius who came to South Georgia from the East. Dr. Bruce arrived in the village of Thomasville, a young physician, about the same time Dr. Henry Briggs arrived in Brooks county. However, he did not have the cot ton fever, but came to Georgia for the sole purpose of practicing his profession. Thomasville was se lected because of its being the centre of the great agricultural section —big cotton plantations and thousands of slaves. He sought population who would need his professional attention. He, at once, settled down to business, became absorbed in it, permitted no engagement to step in between him and his patients and their receiving proper atten tion at his hands. By his prompt ness and reliability he won his way as a physician into the confidence of the people and secured a large and lucrative practice. Div Bruce was a man of learning and culture, but eschewed society. He had come to Georgia for busi ness and had given himself so com pletely over to pills and powders that he had no time for association with the young people of the com munity and came to he viewed as a very erratic young man. 11 is ideals were himself and his profession. To be skilled in bis profession and respond promptly to the call of the sick his highest aims. He frequently remarked: "People send for a physician be cause they feel the need of one, and it was the highest duty of the profession to respond promptly to the call of the sick and distressed.” Such was his professional watch word. Holding himself aloof from so ciety rendered him not only ec centric, but gawky and uncouth. He eschewed society and as a re sult society eschewed him, and he was reaching well up toward mid dle age before he married and be gan to build a home anu, rear a family. Dr. Bruce commanded the high est respect of everybody within his acquaintance and they had un limited confidence iu his skill as a physician. This incident will illustrate one phase of his character —his eccen- tricity: Among his patrons was a widow lady, Mrs. Alderman, who owned a big plantation and many slaves. She was, of course, a very desirable patron. Dr. Bruce was the retain ed physician of her husband during his lifetime, and his widow had never seen fit to make a change. I t was in the early spring one of Mrs. Alderman’s house maids was taken violently sick. Dr. Bruce was summoned and went post haste, reaching there about 11 o’clock iu the morning. Mrs. Alderman’s home was a doublepen log house, but nicely finished and exceedingly comfort able. Dr. Bruce had ministered to the sick woman and had decided to re main until after the noon meal be fore returning to Thomasville, about- nine miles. He was sitting on the piazza quietly waiting for dinner to be announced. His attention was called to a big gawky Brahma rooster that persisted in making the house his headquarters. No amouut of shooiug changed his mind about staying in the house. He was one of Mrs. Aider man’s pets, and she permitted him the freedom of the house. However, Dr. Bruce decided that the house was no place for the rooster. He was sitting alone, Program for Fifth Sunday. Meeting of Smyrna Baptist Associ ation at Big Creek church, Feb ruary 27, 28 and 29, 1920. Friday. 10:30. Devotional. Rev. William Aldridge. 11:00. Organization. 11:30. Sermon. Rev. S. G. Tay lor. 12:30. Refreshments. 2:00. On what phase of Church work should special emphasis bo immediately placed! Revs. John F. Smith and David M. Douglass. 2:30. IVho should lead in this work, and in what ways should all our members co-operate! Prof. Mel vin Tanner. Saturday. 10:00. Devotional. Rev. A. S. Minchew. 10:30. Is growt h iu Grace quali tative or quantitative! Rev. H. M. Meeks. Recess. 11:30. Does baptism qualify one to partake of the Lord’s Supper? If so, are persons who have been baptized and afterwards join a Methodist church qualified to par take of the Lord’s Supper? Rev. J. I). Poindexter. Refreshments. 1:30. Should women preach the Gospel from the pulpit as men do? Rev. Budd Burkett. 2:30. Does the final judgment take place before, or after, the gen eral resurrection? Revs. It. W. Pugg and L. A. Miller. Sunday. 10:00. Sunday School lesson, in charge of Supt. J. G. Barber, with short talks on the lesson. Recess. 11:30. Some recollections of my ministerial life. Rev. T. S. Hubert. A cordial invitation to all. Par ties coming by railroad will meet at Alma, Ga. Please notify, if you are corning on the train, J. G. Barber or J. F. Lovell, Rockingham, Ga., or N. A. Odum, Baxley, Ga. Judge PhilipNewbern, of Oeilla, is a candidate for superintendent of schools in Irwin couVity. He would make a good one. Mrs. Alderman being busy with her house work. He picked up a small stick that was laying on the floor, threw it at the rooster, struck him side the neck and knocked him out on the ground, where In lay as if dead. Mrs. Alderman came on the scene just in time to see the per formance, and gave him a severe lecturing about killing her pet chicken. They disputed for a minute, Dr. Bruce maintaining that the chick en was not dead and Mrs. Alder man that he was. Finally, Dr. Bruce said to her: “Mrs. Alderman, bring me that rooster?” She went out in the yard, picked up the rooster and handed him to the Doctor. He placed the chick en fiat on liis back across his knees and poured some kind of liquid down its throat. Presently the rooster struggled from his lap, jumped out in the yard and crowed lustily. “There,” said Dr. Biuce, “Mrs. Alderman, I told you he wasn’t dead. “Why, you couldn’t kill him!” How Big New York Grocery Firm Keeps Down Rats and Mice. Vroome & Co., Butter & Cheese Merchats, New York City, says: “We keep RAT-SNAP in our cellar all the time. It keeps down rats. We buy it by the gross, would not be without it.” Farmers use RAT SNAP because rats pass up all food for RAT SNAP. Three sizes, 25c, 50c, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. MuNeal, Pearson, Ga. . ATKINSON COUNTY. Items of News Gathered from Various Sources. 666 has proven it will cure Ma laria, Chills and Fever, Bilious Fe ver, Colds and LaGrippe. Mrs. T. J. Strange, of Willacoo chee, visited relatives and friends in Homerville and Clinch county last week. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Gaskin, of Willacuoehee, spent several days last week with their daughter, Mrs. J. Mark Shaw, at Adel. Mr. O. S. Stanaland is the new manager of the Pearson Naval Stores Company, whose plant and business is about six miles south of Pearson. There is no reason why John Barleycorn should play any part in the Atkinson county primary elec tion. If lie attempts it, he or she should be handled without gloves. The ]Fie supper at the Axson school was a great success. About $75 was realized from tho sale of the pies, and the trustees say they will now be sure to fence the ■school ground. The farmers of Atkinson county are selling and shipping their Sweet potato crops, The potatoes seem to have.kept well and are in good condition for shipping. Many car loads have been shipped from the county the past two weeks. Rev. Moody Booth, pastor of the WiltCooehce Methodist church, had the misfortune a few days since to fall from a wagon and break one of his arms. Surgical attention is bringing the injured member around all right. 11c is spending his enforced vacation with relatives and friends at Add. The cold weather Monday caus ed many fat hogs in Atkinson county to be converted into pork. The farmers were glad of the splen did opportunity to lay the founda tion for their bacon supply. For the next two or three weeks the people of Atkinson county will be enjoying the good things of the hog killings. Mr. J. T. Brooker and family, who have been living at Axson, IcfL for their new home in Arizona the latter part of last week. They were accompanied by his uncle, Mr. Joel W. Brooker, who will re main out there for some time for the benefit of his health. Mr. Brooker has been in Arizona for some time anil is pleased with the country. Methodist Church Directory. The preaching hours of the Pear son Charge will be as follows: Pearson —Second Sunday, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Fourth Sunday at 7;30 p. m. New Providence —Second and Fourth Sundays at 3:30 p. m. Bridges’ Chapel—Third Sun day at 11 a. m. and Saturday be fore at 11a. m. Live Oak —Third Sunday; 3:30 p. m. Wesley Chapel—First Sunday at 11 a. in. and Saturday before at 11 a. m. Sweetwater —First Sunday at 3:30 p. in. Kirkland —Fourth Sunday at 11 a. in. Third Sunday, 7:30 p. in. Mr. Fred White Says, “Don’t Idle Because You Only See One Rat. “I did, pretty soon 1 found thy cellar full. They ate my potatoes. Alter trying ItAT-SNAP I got 5 dead rats. The rest later. They pass up the potatoes to eat RAT SNAP.” If there are rats around your place follow Mr. White's ex ample. Three sizes. 25c, 50c, SI.OO Sold and guaranteed by F. E. MuNeal, Pearson, Ga. $1.50 A YEAR Better Butter on the Farm. Methods used in butter-making at the Georgia Experiment Station, at other stations, and in creameries are too valuable not to be used more generally on the farms. In some sections of the country it is customary to ripen and churn the whole milk instead of the cream. Butter made in this way is inferior to that made from cream and sells as “country butter” at a reduced price. Churning whole milk requires a high temperature which injures the quality of tho butter and causes considerable loss of butterfat in the buttermilk. The farm-made butter of today is consumed very largely at home and in tho near by towns or is shipped to renovating factories. The large markets do not use very much of it. This, of course, helps to hold the price of it down. Considering the large quantity of butter made on the farms, it would mean a great saving if the cream ery system should be practiced more generally. To obtain practic ally all the cream from the milk and have it in the best condition, requires the use of a cream separa tor. On farms where only a few cows are milked it might not be profitable to invest in a separator. There are other methods of separ ating, though, which are used exten sively with satisfaction. The deep setting method, which consists of placing the'milk, as soon as it is drawn from the cow, iu a deep can with small diameter and placing the can in cold water for 12 hours, is considered very satisfactory. The quick cooling causes the cream to rise quickly so that it may be skimmed before its fresh sweet liavor’Ms lost. Cream should bo kept ad cold as possible until t ime for ripening ( 12 hours before churn ing), when it. should be warmed to from 65 to 75 degrees F. and held at that temperature until it thick ens and has a mild-acid flavor. When cream has ripened at the above temperature it should be cooled quickly to churning tem perature. .This temperature de pends upon the season uf the year and other factors, is usually from 52 to 60 degrees P. in tho sujjnncr and from 58 to 66 degrees y. in the winter. When cream is properly prepared it usually re quires from 30 <o 40 minutes to churn it at the right temperature. There is no short cut in churning and undesirable results may be expected when such is undertaken. The churn should he stopped when the butter granules are the size of grains of wheat. While in tho granular condition, butler should be washed twice with pure water at about the same temperature as the buttermilk. The buttermilk should be washed out, not worked out. Salt should be added at the rate of three-fourtlis of an otirce to the pound of butter. The butter should be carefully worked until the salt is evenly distributed and a solid, smooth -body is formed. To overwork it produces a salvy body with greasy appearance and injures the keeping qualities. Biitter that is to be marketed should be in prints, wrapped in parchment paper, aud inclosed in paraffined cartons. D. G. Hullins. Animal Husbandman. Income Tax Return. Editor .Tribune: I will be in Pearson on February 19th, 1920, for the purpose of re ceiving the 1919 Income Tax Re turn. Kindly give this as much publicity as possible, through your paper, as this service is being ren dered the taxpayers of Atkinson county for their benefit and con venience. Respectfully, A. E. Adams, Deputy Collector. STRAYED —From my place one young and dark brindle cow, has a calf and marked crop and half crop in one car and crop and two splits in the other. Any informa tion that will lead to their recov ery will be rewarded. Notify H. W. Woodard, Pearson Ga.
