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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1920)
PEARSON IftTßi B UNE VOL. S—NO. 52 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. Sylvester has voted $40,000 in bonds to be invested in street pav ing, to be done in the fall. Hon. T. L. Pickren has been nominated for re-election as Charl ton county’s representative in the legislature. The merchants of Douglas have commenced to observe the early closing hours. They will close every day except Saturday at 4:30. Thursdays will be half holidays. Colquitt county is now rated as cow tick free. She has had to en dure much opposition and over come many obstacles to reach the place where she can begin to raise high grade cattle. The man Karada, who was forc ed to leave Moultrie for interfer ing with the laborers, has bobbed up again as the plaintiff in a suit for damages against the parties who forced him to leave. Attorney William I). Turner, of .Tesup, has received the appoint ment of special assistant United States attorney, and will have his headquarters in Savannah, with offices in the federal building. The effort to create “Peach” county, with Fort Valley as the county seat will be renewed before the legislature this summer. Sen ator Feagin has the Tribune's best wishes for success. His is a most progressive section. Mally Jones was convicted in Berrien superior court of the mur der of Cleveland Guthrie some weeks since. Judge Dickerson, upon the recommendation of the trial jury, sentenced him to the penitentiary for life. Eleven of the twelve dipping vats built in Echols county, locat ed on the east side of the Alapa ha river near that section of Lowndes county where so many vats were dynamited, were blown up a few nights since by unknown parties. Mr. C. Raleigh Folsom, a brother of the late Montgomery M. Folsom and a mail clerk on the Royal Palm train from Macon to Jackson ville, narrowly escaped death when the train turned over in the Macon yards a week or so ago. lie saved himself by grabbing the iron rod, which runs through the ear, just in time to save himself from being crushed by a ton or more of mail and baggage. The Bacon county court house is completed and superior court was held therein last week. Judge Sum moral 1, in his charge to the grand jury, is reported as saying: “We have been handicapped in getting at crime in the past on ae count of eonrt house and jail facili ties, but now we are in the new court house and have a good jail there is no longer any excuse. It is the duty of the jury to hunt up evildoers, especially those who violate the prohibition law% and punish them. A large per cent of the crimes committed in this coun try is directly tracable to liquor.” He urged the jury to be diligent in their search for this species of law-breaker. “Found Seven Rats Dead in Bin Next Morning." Robert Woodruff says. “My premises were infested with rats. I tried RAT-SNAP on friend's re commendation. Next morning found seven dead rats in bin, two near feed box, three in stall. Found large number since. No smell from dead rats —RAT-SNAP drys them up. Best thing J have ever used.” Three sizes, 25e, 50c, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. McNeal, Pearson, Ga. Residual Effects of Fertilizer. Some fertilizer experiments with sweet potatoes were begun at the Georgia Experiment Station in 1908. Six plats of Cecil Clay soil were planted to sweet potatoes and fertilized in the same way, except ing one plat, through the year 1919. The following was the plan for fertilizing the plats each year din ing the tests: Plat 1, Stable Manure alone. Plat 2, Acid Phosphate alone. Plat 3, Sulphate of Potash alone. Plat 4, Nitrate of Soda alone, until 1919. Plat 5, Complete: Mixture. Plat 0, Check —no fertilizer. In 1919 plat 4, which had recciv ed nitrate of soda alone since 1908. was divided and one-half received sulphate of ammonia—nitrogen equivalent to the nitrate of soda on the other half of the plat. As soon as the potatoes were harvested in 1919, the land was sown broadcast to rye. No fertilizer was applied to rye, but when the cover crop was turned under April 12th, 1920, there was a very mark ed difference between the growth of rye of the several plats. .Plat 1, which had received stable manure since 1908, had by far the rankest growth of rye. The half of plat 4, which had received sulphate of ammonia, fol lowing nitrate of soda in 1918, stood second, and the half receiv ing nitrate of soda continuously stood third. Plat 5, receiving a complete fertilizer, was fourth in yield of green rve, though was far behind the plats above mentioned. Plats 2 and 3, receiving acid phos phate and suit hat e of pot ash alone, respectively, produced a growth of rye very little better than plat 6, the check plat, which received no fertilizer at all. The important point in this work to be emphasized is that quickly available nitrogenous fer tilizers, such as nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia, are not leach ed out of the soil as quickly as some investigators have thought. From this work, we would expect liberal applications of such soluble fertilizers to be effective to some extent for at least two crops fol lowing the one receiving the applicat ion. 11. P. Stuckey, Director, Georgia Experiment Station. 666 has more imitations than any other CHILL AND FEVER TONIC on the market, but no one wants imitations. They are dangerous things in the medi cine line— Ad v. School-Girls Prepare Dinner. Misses Carolyn Kirkland and Dorothy Taylor were joint host esses at a delightful dinner on the evening of the 21st at the model home of the Eleventh district school at Douglas. Their guests included Misses Edna McLean, Lovffe Turner, Charline Sasser. Grace Brown, and Messrs. Ira Dent and Carroll Relihan. Miss Kirkland is a representative of At kinson and Miss Taylor a represen tatlve of Bacon counties at that school. The Tribune wishes them both much success in preparing for the duties of life. “I Never Knew You Could Keep Rats Out of a Butcher Shop." What Ralph Watkins says: Fig ured rats around store had enough to feed on; wouldn’t touch any thing suspicious. Heard about RAT-SNAP, gave it a trial. Re sults were wonderful. Cleaned all rats out in ten days. Dogs about store night and day never touch RAT-SNAP.” Three sizes, 25c, 50c, SIOO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. Mcneal, Pearson, Ga. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1920 LAST APPEAL To the Taxpayers of Atkinson County. My final appointments to meet the Tax-Payers of Atkinson coun ty for 1920 are as follows: WILLACOOCHEE, SATURDAY, APRIL 24. PEARSON, SATURDAY, MAY 1. And 1 urgently request all tax payers, who have not as yet made their returns, to meet me at one of these, appointments and attend to same. All men living in the county, between 21 and 60 years, are subject to a poll tax, and they are required to make returns thereof, whether or not they have any other property. Readers of the Tribune are requested to see their neighbors and remind them of these appointments so they will know to meet me and make their returns, if they have not already done so. H. \V. CORBITT, Tax Receiver Atkinson county. ATKINSON COUNTY. Items of News Gathered from Various Sources. Rub-My-Tism is a powerful anti septic; it kills the poison caused from infected cuts, cures old sores, tetter, etc. Mr. W. P. Cady and Miss Allie Brinson, of Willacoochee, were joined in holy wedlock on Sunday afternoon, the 18th, Rev. Daniel Roberts officiating. The bride is a recent comer to Willacoochee. Willacoochee observed “Decora tion Day’’ last Monday. The cere monies were under the auspices of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the American Legion. April 26th, this year, has a triple signifi cance in Willacoochee, as in her cemetery sleeps Confederate sol diers, a Mexican Expedition sol diet and World War soldiers. The election to dispose of the hog question in Willacoochee was held last Thursday. Mr. Hog won out by a small majority, and will continue to do scavenger work. As the late Judge If. P. Brewer, when stock claim agent for the A. (’, L. railroad, once said: “Willa coochee will now “Raise fine hogs for the railroad market.” It may not be the host market, however. Dr. Jefferson Wilcox writes the editor that he has returned to his farm, five miles northwest of Wil iaeoocbee, and will endeavor to make a crop and rest from the sirenuosity of professional life at Willacoochee. Dr. Wilcox is one of the most companionable men the editor has ever met; he has a superb memory, observes and trea sures up every passing event worth while, and it is a source of much pleasure to him to discuss them with his friends. -His affliction, deafness, is a sore trial to him and prevents his enjoying life as is his want. His conversation with you is by your writing to him. He on joys your writing him on current events of interest. The rural schools of Atkinson county have all closed. The rec ord for 1919 1920 has been made up. The custom of Bqard and Su perintendent dismissing the school interests from their rands in the interim between the closing of the old year and the beginning of the new, is a mistake. Their work should be continuous; with the ending of a scholastic year, plans for the new year should begin. The procuring of teachers for The new year should receive earnest at tention. The children of Atkinson county deserve the best instruc tion possible; they can get it only from competent and earnest teach ers. Too much care cannot be be stowed upon the selection of teach ers. Now is the time to begin making contracts; don’t wait until all the available material has been gleaned over and have to accept what is left. Fifteeu or even thir ty days before the schools are to open is too late to look for people to conduct so important an inter est as the Atkinson county schools. Watson Symposium. My, how Tom Watson must feel his oats. Verily the Sage of Mc- Duffie is comining back strong in bis old days. —Nashville Herald. About the worst surprised man, doubtless, is Tom Watson himself. The light vote doesn’t help matters. It might have been worse had the vote been heavier. — Adel News. The result of the presidential primary this week does not decide anything. Palmer has the greatest number of convention votes, but Watson polled the greatest popu lar vote. —Oeilla Star. The surprise of the presidential preferential primary was the show ing made by Thomas E. Watson. Mr. Watson carried 54 counties, with a convention vote of 128 and a popular vote 61,776.—'Way cross Labor Index. The big surprise of the primary was the heavy vote for Thomas E. Watson, who ran a close second in most of the large counties and piled up a popular vote that un official returns place at 43,197. — Metier Advertiser. Now watch the two old factions in Georgia polities begin trying to carry favor and establish trade re lations with Tom Watson for get ting together in the State Demo cratic convention on the JBtli of May. —Albany Herald. The worst feature of Tuesday’s primary, as we see it, is I hat it brings Tom Watson back into the political affairs of Georgia We may look for his announcement for Governor or U. S. Senator in the coming primary this summer. — 1 louglas Enrerprise. The campaign for a “Southern man” and the talk about “ernlors ng a Georgian” was taken serious ly, but it was not applied in the direction it was intended. Instead of giving the vote to the senior senator, it went to his archenemy, Thomas E. Watson. —Valdosta Times. For twenty-five years, old coun ty unit has been Watson’s hobby. And now, under the county unit system, the Georgia convention must send Palmer delegates to San Francisco, which might he called hoisting a fellow with his own petark, so to speak or any thing else that iits. —Tifton Gaz ette. Hofstra removes flies, mosqui toes and other insects from your home. Morris Drug (Jo. And There Wasn’t the Slightest Smell, From Dead Rats" Writes John Simpkins, farmer of Annandale, N. J.: “Rats were cost ing me hundreds yearly; tried dogs, ferrets, poison, could not get rid of them. Bought SI.OO pkg. of RAT SNAP (5 cakes). Used half, not a live rat since. Dead ones, a plenty. I like RAT-SNAP because after killing rats it dries them up — leaves no smell.” Three sizes, 25c, 50c, SI.OO. Sold and guaranteed by F. E. McNeal, Pearson, Ga. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Investigates the Primary Elec tion at Axson Precinct. The Democratic Executive Com mittee of Atkinson county held a special meeting in the office of the Ordinary April 23rd, 1920. The comnytteemen present were Messrs. J. M. Pafford, chairman, J. 11. Haskins, P. M. Lang, J. B. Mills. J. M. Roberts and J. (). White. J. <>. White was elected secre tary pro tempore. The chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting to be to in vestigate charges and protests re ceived by the committee respect ing the vote at the Axson district in the presidential preferential pri mary held on April 20, 1920. T. M. Mixson xvas sw'orn by the Clerk of the Superior Court aud stated that he did not vote in the election and that lie knew of no other man of the name in the coun ty. Mr. Mixson’s name appears on the poll list as No. 66. Joe McDonald was sworn by the Clerk of the superior court and stated that C. K. Bennett, whose name appears on the list as No. 4, was not in Atkinson county on the day of the election; he had told Mr. McDonald about ten days ago that he was going to Oregon, and Mr. McDonald had not seen him since. Mr. McDonald further stat ed to the committee that C. R. White, one of thfe election mana gers, told him on Thursday, April 22, that the correct number of votes east in the election at the Axson district was sixty-nine, and that the returns so appeared at the time he signed them. Mr. McDonald also said that lie had talked this morning to Mr. J. G. White, another one of the election managers, and that Mr. White had told him that the correct number of votes was 69, and that he would be glad for Mr. McDonald to have the Executive Committee change the return from the Axson dietrict back to that number, lie further staled that Mr. White would be satisfied with any action that the committee might take. The committee also had before it W. J. White, one of the mana gers, who made a sworn statement in writing, viz: State of Georgia, Atkinson county. In person appeared before the undersigned officer, authorized to administer oaths in and for said county, W. J. White, who, after being duly sworn, deposes and says on oath that he is a resident of the State and county aforesaid; on Tuesday, the 20th day of April, 1920, deponent was requested by C. R. White and J. G. White, who had been selected by the Demo cratic Executive Committee of At kinson county to hold the presi dential preferential primary elec tion in the Axson district* of said county, to act with thenU’as one of the managers of said j election for said district; deponent acceded to the request of said managers, and consented to act as one of the managers of said primary election. Deponent did not spend much of his time at the polls, but was en gaged the greater part of the day in other occupations; in the even ing, after the polls had closed, one of the other managers, either Mr. C. R. White or Mr. J. G. White, requested deponent to sign the re turns of the election in said dis trict, and stated to deponent that sixty-nine votes had been polled in said district —sixty-three votes for Smith and six for Palmer; both of said managers were present when the statement was made to depo nent, and when deponent was re quested to sign the returns there of. Acting upon the statement made to deponent, and without any personal knowledge ol the facts, $1.50 A YEAR A Thought for the Week. Here are three golden rules which young and old, rich and poor, great and humble alike, may put into practice: 1. Every day a little knowl edge. One fact a day —only one! But wait ten years aud you have 3,650 facts. 2. Every day a little self-denial. At first this may be difficult, but if it be repeatedly attempted, it will become easy and then —? 3. Every day a little persever ance and cheerfulness. In every walk of life, in all our labers, we will find opportunities to use this rule. —Selected. Rub-My-Tism is a great pain kill er. It relieves pain and soreness caused by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains etc. deponent signed the returns as a manager. Deponent had no knowl edge that any different or other returns had been made to the County Executive Committee until Thursday, April 22, when it came to deponent’s knowledge that the return of votes from the Axson district had been increased. This morning the 23rd of April, 1920, deponent had a conversation with Mr. J. G. White at Axson, Geor gia, and Mr. White authorized this deponent to report to the County Executive Committee today, at the special session of said cemmittee, that the correct vote at the Axson district in the presidential primary election was a total of 69 votes, 63 for Smith and 6 for Palmer, and that the County Executive Com mittee were authorized to change the returns from the Axson dis trict to conform to these figures. Deponent makes this affidavit for the purpose of enabling the Ex ecutive Committee to change the consolidation of the votes for At kinson county to make it conform to these corrected figures from the Axson district. W. J. White. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 23rd day of April, 1920. Wiley M. Sumner, Clerk Superior Court Atkinson Co., Ga. After consibering the evidence before the committee, the commit tee being satisfied that irregulari ties existed in the voting and in the returns from the Axson dis trict, decided, on motion duly sec onded and unanimously carried, to eliminate the entire vote from the Axson dirtrict, aud to consolidate the vote of the county without the vote from that district. The consolidated returns were, therefore, changed to appear as follows: A. Mitchell Palmer, 179; Hoke Smith, 86; Thomas E. Wat son, 6. There being no further business the committee, on motion, ad journed. Jesse M. Pafford, Chairman. J. O. White, , Secretary Pro Tem. J. M. Roberts, J. H. Haskins, T\ M. Lang, tf. B. Mills. Before the adjournment of the meeting of the committee the fol lowing delegates to the State Con vention to be held on May 18tb, 1920, were named, and the naming of the delegates heretofore made by the committee was revoked and rescinded: B. T. Allen, with N. E. Harrell as alternate. J. M. Roberts, with E. R. Smith as alternate. Jesse M. Pafford, Chairman. J. O. White. Secretary pro tem. We Buy, raise and sell fur bearing rabbits and other fur-bearing ani mals. Place your order with us, and list whatever stock yon have with us, stating lowest flat prices on large shipments. Address 515- 517 N. P. Ave., Fargo, N. D.
