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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1920)
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. VOL. .3—NO. 40 SOUTH GEORGIA. News of Our Neighbors Told in Pointed Paragraphs The Cook County Live Stock Chautauqua has been postponed until April 13, 14 and to. It is the result of health conditions. M iss Lovie Turner and her neiees. Misses Ethel and Carolyn Deen, of Douglas, have just returned from a visit to Metier, Candler county, where they were guests of Mrs. A. J. Bird. Win. H. Woodard, formerly of Willacoochee, who learned some thing of the “Art Presentative” under Henry Futrell, has accepted a position in the mechanical de partment of the Douglas Enter prise. Hope William will succeed. Coffee superior court attended to civil business for three days last week. It has looked over the criminal docket this week, cleared the jail, and adjourned. Much sickness prevailing the court was handicapped and made slow pro gross. The Woman’s Club, over at Folkston, is having much fun out of a rat killing contest, open to all who desire to compete. The mer chants of l-'olkston will pay four prizes: £3, $2, si, and 50c. Poor rats! Mice doesn’t seem to be under bah. The Grim Reaper, “Death,” vis ited Douglas several times last week, llis victims were Mesdames Lonnie Ward, Doe Johnson and K. Hilton and Messrs. T. J. Kirk land, ,J. L. Wiggins and J. Humpy Smith. They died from pneumonia following attacks of Spanish influ en/.a. The Supreme Court has affirmed the order of Judge \V. K. Thomas requiring the owners of the Mill town Air Line R. R. to operate the same. The ease will now be heard before Judge Dickerson and a jury in Berrien superior court. In the meantime the road will be.operat ed as formerly. An old man by the name of Bar ton was killed a few days ago by another old man by the name of Hagan. It appears Hogan had learned that Barton, armed with .a shot gnu, was on the warpath for his (Hagan’s) son: so he, armed with a pistol, went in search of Barton and w hen they met both began shooting with the above re sult. Hagan is in jail at Folkston, awaiting trial. The little city of Cairo,-over in Grady county, following the lead of Atlanta and. perhaps, one or two more of the larger cities, have adopted an ordinance giving to the white women of the city the right of voting in all municipal matters. It is stated that the good women of the city were greatly surprised; it came to them without asking. Doubt is expressed that they have a mind to exercise the honor thrust upon them. Preparations are making to er adicate the cattle tick in Cook county. Thirty to thirty-five vats are being erected under the super vision of Federal and State rep resentatives. The county is fur nishing the materials and the peo ple of the several communities where they are to be located will do the work. Another step for ward. These little new counties sets the pace and cause the old ones to take notice. Ask Your Soldier Boy How “Cooties” Got Such a Hold. He'll tell you that the battle fronts of Europe were 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 seethe first one get RAT-SNAP. That will finis them quick. Three sizes. 25c. 50c, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. McNeai., Pearson, Georgia. Robberies in Clinch County. A bold robbery was perpetrated on Mr. Tony Howell, of Fargo, one day last week, by a young travel mg salesman by the name of Wilee. He was in Mr. Howell's store with a number of other salesmen and saw Mr. Howell pay another man some money and then place his r011,{5225.00,in a side pocket of his coat. After the other salesmen had gone Wilee took iiis turn in trying to sell Mr. Howell some goods. In talking with Mr. How ell he familiarly placed his arms around him and at the same time abstracted the money from Mr. Howell's pocket, lan kily a little girl saw Wilee take the money, and when it was missed and search made for it, she told what she saw and identified Wilee as the thief. He was arrested, the money —di- vided into two lots~-woiv found in his socks. He was lodged in the Valdosta jail to await, disposition at Clinch superior court. A bold thief lifted .*3OOO in sil ver, currency and checks from the automobile of Mr. ClauOc Harvey, the mail carrier between Homer vilie and Cogdell. It was entrust ed to Mr. Harvey at Cogdell to carry to Homerville and deposit in bank. There was $2,100 in checks and th<' balance in cu rein-.) and silver. He put the package in the automobile and stepped into the store for something. It is suppos ed that the package was taken during the few minutes lie was in the store. Rub My Tism is a powerful antiseptic; it Kills the poison caused from infected cuts, cures old sores, tetter, etc. Prosperous Lanier County. In reviewing the si: us of ilic future Lanier county, the Milltown Advocate makes a most muguifi cent showing of her material re sources, the exports in carload lols being: Corn 24, hay Hi syrup 10, sweet potatoes lit. peanuts 7, sugar cane 1, cotton seed 3,cross (ies 150, lumber 22, shingles 2, cotton 21. naval store 50 and I risb potatoes I. There are yet 0 carloads of sweet potatoes in the curing house. Her banks had on deposit, March I, 1020. $310,451,03. as against March 1, 1018, $252,458,03, an increase of $86,008, 00. The Advocate shows furl her t hat “There has not been a business failure in Milltown in several years and all lines of business jn a pros perous condition. Wi.ii the rail road situation getting in better shape in all probability business in all lines will bdgin to pick up, and Milltown grows.” Rub My Tism is a great pain killer. It relieves pains and see less caused by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, etc. “The Church Evangel,” the lit tie church paper representing the interests of the churches of Smyr na Baptist Association, published at Douglas by Elder T. S. Hubert, has made its appearance and fills the niche intended. It may con fidently look out for squalls com ing from Indexward notwithstand ing protestations that it is not a substitute for the Index. We tried it once and can speak as one who knows what he is talking about. 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 set* 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. McNeai., Pearson, Georgia. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920 THE ATLANTIC & GULF CANAL Speech of Hon. W. C. Lankford, In Congress, Feb. 20, 1920. Mr. I.an'kfoei). Mr. Chairman, there ate now pending for consid eration by this Congress bills for two canals affecting my district in Georgia. One of the proposed canals —the St. Marys St. Marks —begins at Cumberland Sound on the Atlantic Ocean near St. Marys, in my dis trict. proceeds along the border of Camden and Charlton Counties, through the Okeefenokee Swamp, possibly touching the counties of Ware and Clinch in the Okeefeno kee Swamp, and thence into Flori da to the Gulf of Mexico. The other canal —the Altamaha- Apalachicola Canal —would use the harbor at Brunswick, Ga., in my district, as (be Atlantic terminal and would proceed along the Alta maim and Oemulgec Rivers, bord ering on the folowing counties in my district, to w it: Glynn, Wayne, Jeff 1 >avis, Coffee, and across near Cordele to Flint river, and down Flint to Apalachicola river and to the Gulf. This canal would l>e in close touch with every county in my district and within easy ac cess by motor truck and' railroad with every community in tlieelev en 111 district. The Allamahn Apalachicola can al would help not only my district but would touch about 25 south Georgia counties, and would do more to improve all of south Geor gia than has ever been done by an) improvement. The St. Marys St. Marks canal, if dug on a sea level basis, would also lie the financial salvation of my district, and while it would not touch near so much of my dis I rict as the olher canal, yet il could be reached easily by every body by motor trucks and rail service. But, Mr. Chairman, my heart is set on legislation looking to the drainage of the Okeefenokee Swamp and the level wet lands of south Georgia which are near the < tkcefcnokcc and which make up a large part of my district, and I am now working on a bill along this line. A sea-level canal through the Okeefenokee would drain the swamp and would drain thousands of square miles of good land in the counties of Cain den, Charlton, Wayne, Pierce, Ware, Atkinson, Clinch, Echols, and other counties in my district where live some of flic best people God’s sun ever shined on. I would be oh, so happy, if a sca-lcvel canal is built through Ihe Okeefenokee. It would mean so much for not only the whole Nation but especially for the peo ple of my district and would mean everything for the people of the low level lands. I am for a sea level canal through the Okeefeno kee first, last, and all the time. When a barefootplowboy in Clinch county there was implanted in me the ever-present burning desire to be of service to the good people of not only the county of Clinch, where I first saw the light, but to all the good people who make their living by the sweat of their brow, and I will never be untrue to that heart felt desire. < )ue of the greatest desires of my life has been to be helpful in some way in the drainage of south Georgia. I shall do everything I can here in Congress to secure the drainage of the low-lands of that section. The »St. Marys-St. Marks sea-level canal would in a large measure accomplish the drainage of the Okeefenokee and the adjoining level lands, and it is not in the minds of men to under stand the good that would result. 1 would be one of the most happy of men if I could help in the con struction of a sea-level canal through the Okeefenokee Swamp and adjacent wet lands. But it is suggested that if ajsea-level canal can not be built, then a lock canal should be built. A lock canal means to dam the Okeefenokee Swamp and St. Marys and Suwannee Rivers and hold the water in the Okeefenokee and back the water up the Suaunoochee Creek and other creeks flowing in to the Okeefuokee and these rivers, and means tu flood the thousands of square miles of land which I have been praying to got drained. A lock canal means to make the wetlands of south Georgia still wetter and means good-by to all hopes of drainage, if means for thousands of people in a half dozen counties around the Okeefenokee Swamp to move away from their little water sobbed and ruined homes. It means that the fields where 1 plowed shall be left va cant and bare and that my kin people and other hundreds of pod pie that 1 love as I love my life shall sacrifice 1 heir all. It means that 1 will never stand for it. I may be untrue to myself, but I never will knowingly be untrue to the great mass of men and women who toil and whom I love* as I love my own life. Mr. Chairman, I am extremely anxious for a sea-level canal through the Okefenokee. It would, be valuable to the Nation and would drain the lauds 1 want drain ed so much. But if a lock canal is to be built then I shall object to it going through the Okefenokee Swamp unless the Government pays the people of the half dozen or more counties to be injured full value for the lands to be flooded. I want the canal, but 1 also want drainage. If I can get tlu* canal and drainage, then good. If the canal kills the possibility of drain age, then I want drainage and favor a barge lock canal up the Allamahn and Oemulgec Rivers and across to the Flint and down to the Gulf. This canal will not injure any large tract of land. 'The Altama ha and Oemulgec arc navigable now and so are the Flint and Apalachicola Rivers. It will be necessary to deepen these in some places and possibly put in locks at each end of the canal across from the Ocmulgee to the Flint. This canal would be about 25 miles long through the hilly section of Geor and would brobably follow other streams most of the way and would not injure the hilly land close by. Suppose we can not get a sea level St. Marys St. Marks Canal, then is it not best to build a barge lock canal along the other route. It would moan much for Bruns wick. It would make half a dozen counties in my district on one of j the largest inland waterways in the Nation. It would put a great inland waterway through the very heart of south Georgia. With good roads and trucks the people of all my district could carry their cotton and freight to cheap water transportation in two or three hours. Freight rates would be cheaper in my entire district, and every man, women, and child in my district and in Georgia would be benefited. Mr, Chairman, I do not want to be rnisundeistood. I am for the St. Marys-St. Marks Canal on a ses level basis. But if a lock canal must be built, if any at all, then I am for the Allamaha Apalachicola Canal. If I know myself, I am for the thing which is Dost for the greatest number of the people of my district and Nation. Mr. Chairman, I pray for guid ance that 1 may never prove false to the people whom J represent. I was reared among them, and shall never cast a vote nor take a ATKINSON COUNTY. Items of News Gathered from Various Sources. Owing to the Spanish influenza scourge at Axson and vicinity the public school there has been sus pended for the term. The lost time will be made up in the early fall. A trip over the now Poarson- Dotiglas road shows that it needs being repaired and especially on the Atkinson county end. It will require the gang but a few days to put it in good order. 'The 'Tribune learns that the prospects for a tobacco crop for Atkinson county is not very flat tering. 'The seed beds will fur uish plants for not exceeding a half crop, owing to drouth, cold and windy weather. The influenza scourge has not been severe in Atkinson county generally, the disease seems to have been of a more virulent type on the eastern side of the county, the other portions being light. The Tribune is glad that as warm er weather approaches the disease is subsiding. Mrs. Elijah Stone, whose Ims hand lives on Mr. 1). S. Wall’s place in the eastern part of the county, died Sunday about noon from Pneumonia following an at tack of Influenza. She is survived by her husband and several child ren. The interment was in Mt. Zion cemetery Monday afternoon. Mr. John W. • Carver, who has just closed a most successful term of school at Sunny-Side, entered the Georgia Normal school at Douglas last Monday. He is using every opportunity to better pre pare himself for his life’s work. The patrons of the Sunny-Side school are well pleased with him as a teacher. Why can’t Atkinson county have a Fair this f«llt It would boa splendid advertisement .to make a display of her material resources. People—good, sturdy, people — from the Middle West are coining to this section looking for a moie genial ciimaLc, health, and better agricultural opportunities. No, they are not coming to Atkinson county, because they have no know ledge of her resources and the ad vantages she can offer immigrants. If Atkinson county is to grow and prosper her people must get behind the situation and push her splendid possibilities to the front, where people can see and become ac quainted with them. The old slogan indulged in by our forefath ers, “We must hold our lands for our children and our children’s children,” has become obsolete, because their posterity, as a gen eral rule, have not and are not ap position which 1 do not honestly believe is for their interest. If 1 take a wrong stand, and I probably will some time, as all men do, then it shall be an error of a mind seek ing for the light and not of my heart. In the cabins and in the cottages and in the larger homes by the roadside, among the pine trees in my district, lives the farmer sur rounded by his toil-worn wife and little flock. “God grant that no act or vote of mine may ever add to the burdens which they now bear, and that in every word I ut ter and every vote I cast while 1 stand as their representative on this floor I may have no higher motive and no loftier aim than to promote their best interest and to alleviate their condition. Then when 1 return to my home I can look them in the face and say of a truth, ‘Thy people are my people, thy country is my country, thy God is my God.” ’ $1.50 A YEAR The Marriage Notice. In no other class of writing do editors, particularly country edit ors, show so much diplomacy, kind ness and good will as in the publi cation of the marriage of young people. A peach blossom of a maiden may hitch the car of her destiny to the most useless dude in the neighborhood, yet the local editor will come across with a nuptial essay that will gladden the heart of most doubting and tearful mammas. —Dawson News. And a snaggle tooth spinster may harness up with a brow-beateu bum, but the words of the editor will be to the same star-spangled general effect. Every bride is talontec and charming, and ail the grooms are prominens and respected citizens of the community. Every sermon is a strong, soul stirring discourse; every speech an oratorical gem. A miserly old geeser may pass in his checks and start on his perilous journey to unknown parts, but in the kindness of his heart the editor grabs him up and shoots him straight through the gates of paradise. The editor is an awful liar —but he lias to be. —Walton Tribune. Mo might add that the two other big liars are the preacher who “says the last sad words” and the tombstone which “marks our last resting place.”—Nashville Herald. Ring down the curtain. Selah. County Singing Convention. At the request of many citizens it is announced that the annual meeting of the Atkinson County Singing Convention will convene at Pearson, in the school auditor ium, on the Fifth Sunday in May. Everybody is cordially invited to come and bring well-filled baskets. N. A. Cox. [The Tribune understands that this meeting is for the purpose of reorganization, and with the view of inspiring renewed interest and love for the fine art of music in the county. With this in view the 'Tribune gives the movement its unqualified endorsement, and hope all the people will join in making it a complete success.] STRAYED —A Hampshire male hog. Marked undersquare in one ear and crop and split in the other. Liberal reward for his recovery. Homkk C. Apams. preciating their thoughtfulness. The trend of events are educating them away from the country and the farm. It is a matter for deep regret, but their seems to be no remedy save to supply their places in the country and on the farm with people from elsewhere who appreciate the soil and will help to build up the country-sides into prosperous communities. We have all the possibilities they are look ing for but agricultural fairs and other moans of advertising are nec essary to illustrate these advan tages and possibilities in a shape prospective immigrants can grasp them. Almost every one of the counties of South Georgia are avail ing themselves of this character of 1 advertising and find it a paying in vestment. Then, why not a coun ty fair for* Atkinson this fall? Now is the time for the people to make up their minds about it. “The Rats Around My Place Were Wise," Says John Tuthill. “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, 50e, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. Mc- Neae, Pearson, Georgia.
