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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1920)
VOL. S—VO. 45 SOOTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs The Chautauqua, to be held at Millwood on the sth, 6th and Bth, had to be called off on account of epidemic of influenza prevailing there. The Bank of Valdosta is being organized by Quitman and Valdos ta capitalists. It will begin busi ness with $150,000 paid in capital stock, and $37,500 paid in surplus. It will till the place of the South ern Bank and Trust Co., which was absorbed by the Merchants Bank some time ago. Mrs. Floyd Cuest, whose hus band was killed by the reckless driving of an automobile by Mar vin Henderson, has filed suit for $45,000, against .1. \V. Henderson and Marvin Henderson, in Turner superior court. The former is the owner of the car and the latter was driving it at the time Mr. (luest was killed. Methodist Church Directory. The preaching hours of the Bear son Charge will be as follows: Pearson —Second Sunday, 11 a. in. 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 11 a. m. Live Oak —Third Sunday; 3:30 p. m. Wesley Chapel— First Sunday at 11 a. m. and Saturday before at 11 a. m. Sweetwater— First Sunday at 3:30 ]i. in. Kirkland —Fourth Sunday at 11 a. in. Third Sunday, 7:30 p. m. Building Tobacco Barns. The farmers of Tift county have gone into the cultivation of tobac co on a large scale. Reports say that more than one hundred new barns are building to properly cure the mammoth harvest in ex pectaucy. The people who are growing to bacco in Tift county have gone at the business with a spirit to win. They have employed the best ex perts obtainable and these are giv ing careful attention to every de tail —from preparing the seed beds, seeding the beds and growing the plants, right along to the harvest ing and marketing Hie product. The barns are also being built under the supervision of these ex ports. In the fact everything nec essary to make the busines a suc cess in Tift county. Eternal Truth. The little red school house is the place to put radicalism on the bl i uk. —M aeon Tel egraph. Not so long as teachers are paid only $35 per month. —North Geor gia Citizen. The highest hopes of life, the far-reaching perspective, clear de velopment of mind and soul —all belong to the teacher in the school to a large extent. The teacher who is not paid to develop the best in self cannot well develop it in the children in school. —Cordele Dispatch. Nothing better is in sight so long as “Cheap .Johns'’ control our educational system. Barents, boards, superintendents, trustees — the “whole kit of fish" —are dwarf ing and check making the State's best asset, the children. It is the eternal truth. 666 has proven it will cure Ma laria. Chills and Fever, Bilious Fe ver, Colds and LaGrippe. Harmony Grove Items, Harmony Grove school is pro gressing nicely under the manage ment of Prof. IT. C. Douglass, and Misses Ethel Paige and Ethel Rat cliff. Only five more weeks before our happy school days v 'll be over for the 1919-1920 school year. It is sad to part with the friends made during the school. Mr. Henry Purvis, who Ims been working ill Florida, near Mulberry, for quite a while, was at home the past week, but lias returned to his work. He spoke very favorable of his job. Prof. 11. C. Douglass, Mr. Earl Doutliit, Misses Ethel Paige, Ethel Ratcliff, Blaimie Roberts. Mary Douglass, and several others went to the commencement exercises at Sycamore school last Thursday night, but the exercises had con cluded before they arrived. Good thing it was February instead of April. Messrs. 11. and E. O’Brien, Hiram Mancil, and If. M. Spivyy at (ended the commencement exercises at Live Oak school last Saturday, driving dow nin a car. They re port having an enjoya' le time. The candidates are not stran gers in this section. They have almost run all the car wheels off trying to catch votes. The farmers of lliis section is now real busy preparing Heir soil for planting tbe 1920 crops. The teachers and pupils of liar inony Grove school arc hard at work at their flower gai 'ens: hope they will succeed in thi splendid undertaking. They a. also plan ning for an up-to-date commence inent exercises. The school was honored last. Tuesday by the pro sence of visitors from \xson school and txvo pupils from Hie Arnie school. Hope they enjoyed their visits. F h’r-Rose Bi ds. [These with other items from Harmony Grove were intended for last week’s issue of Ihe Tribune. They miscarried in the mail and did not arrive until after I In paper had been issued The on velope bore the postmark “Brook field.” This explains their non appearenee last week, and why only a part is used. The Tribune will be pleased to got the news from Harmony Grcr e every week.] Berrien County Primary. The primary election to nomin ate officers for Berrien county for the next four years was marked with good feeling throughout. The result is as follows: Ordinary—. Joel I. Norwood. Sheriff—J. V. Nix. Clerk — J. 11. Gaskins. Tax Collector —Bryant Grincr Tax Receiver —A. McMillan. Coroner —11. L. Overstreet. Surveyor —\V. R. Futeh. County f'oininKsioiiers- —Bryant Roberts, W. H. Clyatt and .Joe Stalling. All are new men. Solicitor City Court- J. H. Gray. Several of the sueeecTul candi dates have relatives livivg in At kinson county. Mr. J. H. Gaskins is a brother in-law of Mr. W. O. James, who lives in the eastern pari of tin county. Mr. A. McMillan ; the father of Mr. J. C. McMillan v ho resides in Pearson. Ask Your Soldier Boy Ho# “Cooties" Got Such a Held. He’ll tell you that, the battle fronts of Europe weie swarming with rats, which carried the dan gerous vermin and caused our men misery. Don't let rats bring dis ease into your home. When you see the first one get it Vl'-SNAP. That will finis them quii k. Three sizes, 25c, 50c, $1.09. > Sold and guaranteed by F. E. McNeal, Pearson, Georgia. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1020 PARTED FOR HALF CENTURY Two Brothers Meet Again in ihe City of Valdosta. The Valdosta Times tells a very interesting story of the meeting again, after many years of separa tion, of Col. George A. Whitaker of that city, and his eldest brother, Mr. Joseph J. Whitaker of the Slate of Arizona. These gentlemen are first cousins to the editor of the Tribune, their father and his mother w T ere broth er and sister, and when he read the 'rimes' story, could hardly rea lize that it was a fact that .Toe Whitaker whom all the relatives in this section supposed was dead is alive and carrying his seventy two years with the appearance of a much younger man. His history is exceedingly romantic, and worth giving to the public. 11 is father, John If. Whitaker, was married twice and Joe was the oldest child of the first marriage. The second marriage was prior to the breaking out of the Civil War. They resided at Lloyd’s Station, Florida. When the war broke out his father took up arms in defense of the South, joining a Florida Artil lery company, commanded by • 'apt. Bloxham, afterwards Gover nor of the State. The company was divided into two batteries, ('apt. Bloxham retaining command of one and Lieut. Villapiguc the oilier, and Joe's father was a mem ber of ! he latter. His father’s absence in the army led Joe, a mere lad of a boy, to be come restless and wanted to join the army. Everything possible was done by his stepmother and his father's parents to disuade him from the idea of going to war. Fi nally lie was sent to his mother’s brother, Mr. G. A. Johnson, who lived at Georgetown, in Quitman county. In 1861, after the battle of Olus lee, Villapigue’s battery of artil lery was sent to Andersonville, Ga., to do service in guarding the Fed eral prisoners there. Joe soon heai d that his father was at Am ler sonville, not far from Georgetown, and lie clandestinely left his uncle and turned up at Andcrsonvdle. His father was surprised to see him. Joe insisted on remaining with liis father as a member of Villapigue’s artillery. He was about sixteen years of age, well grown; his fat her not knowing how else to dispose of the situation —he saw no particular danger that could come to Joe — consented to his staying and be coming a soldier. The records show he made a good one. When the war closed and the army paroled he went back home with his father to Lloyds. The father was an excellent mechanic and immediately upon his return home, he, Joe and the next oldest •-on, Sam W. Whitaker, plied ibis vocation until Hie two boys be came journey men and firstclass workmen. Then the two boys decided to go out into the world for themselves, j There was a difference of four years in their ages. Their first en gagement was assisting in building some flouring mills in North Geor gia. However, the younger brother became homesick after a few months when they parted company. Sam returned to his home in Flori da and Joe went to the great 1 Northwest where there was a great demand for skill mechanics in the building of flouring mills. His relatives in Florida and es pecially his brother, Sain, received letters from him spasmodically for four or five years, and then noth ing more was known of him until last Thursday afternoon when he went to the law offices of Whitak er & Dukes in Valdosta and intro dueed himself to his brother. His home is in Phoenix, Arizona, a live and progressive agricultural Cook County Primary. The Primary election, held in Cook county last Wednesday, the 3rd inst., nominated the following county officers for the next four years: Ordinary —C. O. Smith. Clerk —F. R. Booth. Sheriff —W. 1. Daugbtery. Tax Collector —J. B. Wright. Tax Receiver —J. A. Kinard. Coroner —A. D. Wiseman. Surveyor—E. R. Slade. Treasurer —W. M. Tison. County Commissioners —Hardy King and M. J. L. Griner. F. R. Booth, a brother of Prof. Sankey Booth of Pearson and Rev. Moody Booth of Willacoochce, led the ticket. Death of Elder J. S. Lindsey. News reached Pearson last Sat urday of the death of Elder John S. Lindsey, a Holiness Baptist minister of Adel, in his seventy second year. He was prominent in the circles of his church bretlisen, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. The Tribune editor formed li is ac quaintance thirty-five years ago, and enjoyed his society very much. He was a brother of Mrs. G. W. Goodman, and when Prof. Good man taught school here, Elder Lindsey visited Pearson frequent ly and preached on several occa sions. He was married twice, and is survived by his second wife, nee Miss Nannie Tyson, and seven children, six of whom were by his first wife, who was Miss Dora Shaw. section, is a largo contractor and engaged in building mills and oth er industrial plants. Last year lie determined to gratify his longing to know about his family and other relatives in Florida and Georgia, and became to the Confederate Reunion at At lanta; made sonic inquiry from the veterans present but learned noth ing satisfactory. Owing to the unfavorable weather and health conditions prevailing in Atlanta at Hie time he decided to return to his western home. His desire to know something of his father’s family was not appeas ed, and now lie comes to the scenes of his early life —Lloyds, Miccosu kic, Thomasville. At the latter place he learned that his youngest full brother, George, was a lawyer in Valdosta and then came their meeting. He lias learned that his brother Sam, is a resident of Roanoke, Va., that one of his half brothers, Wil lie, Jives in Tampa, Fla., and the other half brother, Jesse, lives in New York city, and that the other members of the family are dead. He learned further that a neph ew, Eugene Whitaker, son of Col. George A. Whitaker, and his fami ly were living in Arizona, not more than twenty-five miles of his own home. Eugene Whitaker’s wife is Helen, daughter of Col. and Mrs. C. W. Fullwood, of Tifton. He remained in Valdosta sever al days. The editor regrets that he received the news to meet and greet him with ahearty handshake. It would have given him infinite pleasure to join in the rejoicing. Mr. R. C. King Tells a Wonderful Story About Rats. Read It. ‘“For months my place was alive with rats. Losing chickens, eggs, feed. Friend told me to try RAT SNAP. I did. Somewhat disap pointed at first not seeing many dead rats, but in a few days didn’t see a live one. What were not killed are not around my place. RAT SNAP sure does the trick.” Three sizes, 25c, 50c, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. McNeal, [ Pearson, Georgia. COTTON VARIETIES For Growing Under 801 l Wee vil Conditions. The farmers in sections recently infested with the boll weevil are now confronted with tbe addition al problem of obtaining a variety of cotton which will not only pro duce well, but be early enough to set a good crop of bolls before the weevils multiply in sufficient num bers so as to destroy all squares as quickly as they appear. For a number of years the Geor gia Experiment Station has con ducted trials with varieties of the various field crops grown in the State. Last year twenty-two strains and varieties of cotton were includ ed in the test. As has been stat ed in a former article, Cleveland was the outstanding variety: Pied mont. Cleveland being first with 2160 pounds seed cotton per acre, and the average for the six strains of Cleveland being 19-12. There were but few weevils pres ent, but in order to determine in some measure the portion of the crop that might be counted upon with heavy infestation, the yields until October Ist were kept sepa rate. Here again we find Cleveland showing its superiority, as 1156 pounds per acre (the highest of any variety in the test) had been picked from Hie Piedmont Cleve land plot by Oct. Ist. The other strains of this variety also gave a high percentage picked by this date. 'While it is obvious that the re sults of one year’s trials cannot be regarded as conclusive, the fact Unit this cotton has stood at or near the top in our variety tests for a number of years, proves con clusively that it is well adapted for the Piedmont Section. The following varieties have also given good results with us, and are to be regarded as well adapted to conditions prevailing in this sec tion of the State: Cook, No-Chop, i’uion Big 8011, and Texas Bur. Owing to the fact that consider able areas in the Southern part, of Hie State are infested with the col ton root wilt, these results are not wholly applicable to that section. It is the opinion of the writer, however, that on land where no trouble is experienced by reason of the wilt, Cleveland will do well, probably as well as or better than any other variety. As it is not will resistant, some variety that does possess this quality should always be planted on land known or thought to be infested with wilt. The following are recom mended under these conditions: Lewis 63, Council-Toole, Coving ton Tooie, and DeSoto. Considerable interest is being manifested in the growing of long staple varieties, it being reasoned that inasmuch as the yield is to be reduced on account of the presence of the weevil, it will be advisable to plant cotton which, on account of its superior qualities, will com mand a premium, on the market. Before planting, *any considerable area in staple cotton, however, the farmer should bear in mind that generally! speaking they do not produce as well, and are somewhat later than the standard short staple varieties. Then some diffi culty may be experienced in ob taining a suitable market, for the buyers do not like to handle it in small qualities. The following varieties are recommeded: Webber, Keenan Goodson, Hartsville, and Meade. It might be well to emphasize again the absolute necessary of purchasing the best seed obtain able. Not only is this true oi cot ton, but of every crop the farmer plants, for the cost of seed is tbe least item of expense he has, but the one which will probably bring $1.50 A YEAR County Financial Statement. At the regular monthly court of the County Commissioners held in the Ordinary’s office Monday March Ist, 1020, the following bills were approved and paid: Pearson Banking Co $ 73.00 J. F. Lambert 2.00 W. L. Kirkland 125.00 Forest Browning 2.00 Leon Motts 15.00 J. R. McNeal 20.00 J. R. McNeal 6.08 T. J. Sweat 3.00 G. W. Sweat 6.00 11. F. Browning 3.00 Geo. McCranie 6.00 E. L. Moore 3.00 C. B. Linder 3.00 J. O. Sir mans 3.00 .T. C. Wall 3.00 J. A. Wall 3.00 C. R. White 6.00 J. L. Harrell 3.00 S. P. Davis 3.00 H. J. Brown 3.00 R. 11. Dickerson 256.11 R. 11. Dickerson 75.00 John Davis 30.00 C. A. Furney 3.28 W. M. Corbitt 28.90 Jonas Pearson 8.00 Sal lie Royal 5.00 Willie Myers 6.00 London Rhein 3.00 John Manner 5.00 Archie Taff 10.00 John Bennett 8.00 Carrie Sauls 5.00 Florence Emerson 5.00 Harriet Carver 5.00 J. Walter James 12.00 E. D. Leggett 24.35 Jeff Kirkland 28.32 J. M. White 5.00 I). Weathers 15.00 J. M. Roberts 20.50 Central Grocery Co 3.50 I). Palmer 13.50 W. Roberts 29.70 Forest Browning 26.00 Burrough Add. Ma. C 0... 22.26 Coy Belch 34.00 National Oil Co 37.40 Happ Bro. Co 59.50 Metts Drug Co 6.12 H. -J. J. Markey 50.29 J. M. I’afford 35.00 T. S. Winn 25.00 Pearson Tribune 35.75 J. S. Morris 35.00 L. A. Hargreaves 75.00 Foote & Davies 103.00 The Pearson Garage 103.13 Marshall & Bruce Co 98.97 J. W. James 200.00 Jack Rowell 1.00 Jefferson Mfg. Co 334.40 It E. Edwards 5.00 W. M. Tanner 25.00 Total $2229.05 Attested: L. A. Hargreaves, Clerk. Jeff Kirkland, Chairman. him the greatest returns. Now, as never before, particular atten tion should be paid to getting seed of the best quality and free of disease. Many of our worst plant diseases are carried in seed, and not only is the current crop affect ed, but the soil may become so in fested with the disease-Producing organism, that many crops in the future are seriously injured T. S. Buie, Agronomist. “The Rats Around My Place Were Wise,” Says John Tutbill. “Tried everything to kill them. Mixed poison with meal, meat, cheese, etc. Wouldn’t touch it. Tried RAT-SNAP, inside of ten days got rid of all rats.” You don’t have to mix RAT-SNAP with food. Saves fussing, bother. Break a cake of RAT-SNAP, lay it where rats scamper. You will see no more. Three sizes, 25c, 50c, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. Me- Neal, Pearson, Georgia. Rub My-Tism is a pewerful antiseptic; it Kills the poison caused from infected cuts, cures old sores, Utter, etc.
