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PEARSONffiTRiBUNE
VOL. 6—VO. 23
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
The Valdosta Times has christen
ed the Jesup route to the Altama
ba bridge at Big Sisters bluff the
Atlantic and Gulf highway.
The Omega District of Tift coun
ty has voted affirmatively on the
“Slock Law.” This means that
cattle and hogs are to be fenced in
and the crops are to be fenced
out.
Itev. J. It. Uallenger, quondam
preacher for the Pearson Baptist
church, has gone into the drug
business at Omega, Tift county.
Wonder if he has quit trying to
preach?
Judge It. G. Dickerson is very
sick at his home in Homerville.
He is suffering with malaria, weak
heart and a stubborn case of hay
fever. He will go to Baltimore
for special treatment as soon as he
is able to make the trip.
The Coffee County Sunday-
School Convention is in session to
day, the meeting being held in the
Methodist church at Douglas.
Strenuous efforts have been put
forth by State Superintendent
Webb to attract interest and at
tendance.
The friends of Prof. John H.
O'Quinn, who taught school at
Harmony Grove about thirty years
ago, will regret to learn that he is
suffering from a second stroke of
paralysis and is in a critical con
dition at the Mary street hospital,
Way cross.
The people of Tifton are busy
in their efforts to secure govern
ment aid to establish a tobacco
experiment farm in connection
with the Coastal Plain Experi
ment station. They are authoriz
ed to experiment in tobacco grow
ing. but they have no funds for
that purpose.
Irwin county will probably
follow the example of Tift and put
on duty a county policeman, who is
expected to be vigilant in hunting
down the lawbreakers and bring
them to justice. There is no
doubt such an official would find
plenty of business in any South
Georgia county.
The Bacon County Board of
Trade has been revived and is find
ing plenty to do and to be done in
the interest of the county. The
one great project is the “Advertise
Georgia Enterprise.” A strong
effort is to be made by the Board
of Trade to raise Bacon county's
share of the fund.
Hebardville, the northern sub
urb of Waycross, was treated to
a bomb or dynamite explosion just
as the month of October was being
ushered in. It wrecked a garage
and an automobile in the rear of
the home of John M. Hopkins, the
general manager of the Hebard
saw mill and railroad interests.
Coffee superior court convenes
next week. Judge Summerall
will preside and Solicitor S]>ence
will look after the interest of the
State. Both the civil and the
criminal dockets present a lengthy
array of business and, doubtless,
the term will consume the entire
two weeks permitted by the
statute.
A political mass meeting was
held Tuesday night of last week,
at Douglas, to name a municipal
ticket to be voted for at the De
cember election. It failed to
secure a nominee for Mayor.
Messrs. J. H. Bankston and S. J.
Stubbs, were named in order, but
both declined the nomination.
The meeting resolved itself into a
fiasco. Attorney L. E. Heath
presided.
Subscribe for the Tribune now.
Hunnicutt in South Georgia.
Dr. Geo. F. Hunnicutt, the eru
dite editor of “Southern Cultiva
tor," has recently made a trip ever
the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
laiitic railroad, for the purpose of
learning at first hands the mystery
of tobacco selling, liis first ob
nervations were made at N'icholls,
then Douglas, Eitzgerald and Tif
ton. After seeing the sales and
talking with tin*growers, he reach
es the conclusion: “As long as
the weevil remain a menace to cot
ton, as long as diversification is a
sound principle of agriculture, so
long will it be w ise for our South
Georgia farmers to grow a few acres
of tobacco, and learn how to grow
a good grade and cure it properly."
Discussing the cot ton and cotton
seed proposition lit' concludes:
“Let every farmer who can do so
hold their crops off the market
until after the holidays and new
year. By so doing he will get,a
fair average price; otherwise he
will lose millions of dollars. “The
cotton farmer has one great advan
tage —the staple will keep for
years. But. it under shelter or in
a warehouse and keep it off the
market.”
In reference to cotton seed he
says: “It seems that the farmers
have to declare war every fall and
we are in for another big light.
We are glad that the farmers
are in good shape, and we need a
great grain crop in the South, so
let’s put our cotton seed under the
wheat and oaf crops of the South
and we will make money and
get more independent.” Then the
price of cotton seed will adjust
itself in the farmer's interest.
Relative to the corn crop in
South Georgia lie says: "It did
our heart good to see the corn crop
down in Sontli Georgia. No indi
cations of uny famine in this sec
lion. Many a line field of corn and
velvet beans greeted our eyes at
every turn. The farmers will have
many a bushel to sell, and any
farmer in the Piedmont section
who has to buy corn should get it
from South Georgia, instead of
sending to the Northwest for it.
You can save money both in flic
price and in the freight charges,
which have become quite an item
now. From above Douglas, Ga.,
to N'icholls, some twenty miles, we
only saw four pieces of cotton.
These farmers are perishing the
boll weevil out and preparing to
feed the hungry men and live stock
with corn.”
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.
Congressional Ex. Committee
The Adel News, whose editor
was a delegate to the late Eleventh
District congressional convention,
at Waycross, publishes the names
of the new congressional executive
committee, to w it:
1. Appling, Ira Leggett.*
2. Atkinson, Dr. 11. B. Smith.
3. Bacon, L. I>. Luke.
4. Berrien, Alva Gaskins.
5. Brooks, W. R. Knight.
6. Camden, S. < . Townsend.
7. Charlton, \V. A. Wood.
8. Clinch, J. <>. Rodgers.
9. Coffee, R. A. Moore.
10. Cook, C. O. Smith.
11. Echols, W. (’. Howell.
12. Glynn, J. T. Rowell.
13. Irwin, .J. 1,. Paulk.
14. Jeff Davis, A. S. Minchew.
15. Lowndes, A. T. Woodard.
16. Pierce, Dr. T. E. Oden.
17. Ware, C. M. Sweat.
18. Wayne, W. B. Gibbs, Chair
man.
We are proud of the confidence
doctors druggists arid the public
have in 666 Chill and Fever Tonic.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEAHSOX, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1920
ATKINSON COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered from
Various Sources.
The delegates representing
Union Hill church at the annual
South Georgia Association of Con
gregational churches, held at a
church near Doerun, returned
home the first of the week and say
they had a delightful occasion and
a glorious meeting.
Mr. Roan Corbitt, tax collector,
has opened his books for the col
lection of State and county taxes.
The first round lie will be at Pear
son on October 25th. He also
warns taxpayers that he will posi
tively close his books on Decem
ber 20th, as the law requires him
to do, after giving every taxpayer
ample opportunity to pay.
Sheriff Leggett went over to
Willacoocliee Monday afternoon
and brought back with him a de
mented Negro woman. As soon
as all the provisions of law have
been complied with in her case she
will be sent to the State sanitorium
at Milledgoville for care and treat
ment. It is a sad, a pitiful, sight
to look upon a person whose rea
son has been dethroned.
The lines defining the territoy
covered by the consolidated Ax
son school have been definitely
established, and the people of that
school district will have no further
discussion about it. Mr. J. 11.
King, who lias been employed by
the County Board of Education to
carry the children to school from
the extreme points of the district,
knows exactly the points he must
cover.
The Banks of Atkinson county
make a splendid financial showing,
judging from their published
statements as of September 21st.
They show nearly three-quarters
of a million capital in the little
county. This, to say nothing of
the money our people have in
financial institutions outside the
county. The Tribune is quite
certain that her Banks represent
less than one half of Atkinson
county’s monetary resources.
A most pathetic incident has
occurred in the southeastern part
of the county. A daughter went
cstray; in a fit of anger, so informa
tion comes, the father beat her
and drove her from his home, and
she is now domiciled with an
uncle by marriage. The incident
becomes pathetic from the fact
that the father has permitted his
wrath to lead him estray and to
act very rashly. The Tribune
hopes this otherwise good citizen
will more thoroughly consider his
ways and make amends for his un
wise conduct. The miscreant
who led the daughter estray
should be the victim of his wrath.
Hon. Roan Corbitt, to be in line
with the nineteenth amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States has placed registration books
at the pastoffice in Willaeooebee,
Morris Drug Company’s store in
Bear.son and the postoffice at Ax
son, with deputies authorized to
register all women who desire
to qualify themselves for voting.
The ladies can go to these places
and receive courteous treatment.
The Tribune editor has never
favored female suffrage —not be
cause he thought them inferior
beings to men and incapable of
exercising the suffrage wisely and
justly, but because he believed it
out of harmony with the Divine
policy, and because he believed
that they wielded already a potent
influence on the electorate and, in
large measure, controlled it with
out exposing themselves to jest
and ribaldry. But now it has been
thrust upon the people and they
must make the best of it. The
Tribune, therefore, advises the
ladies to go and register and thus
place themselves ready for meet
ing any emergency that may arise.
Statement of the Ownership,
Management, etc., required by the
Act. of Congress of August 24,
1912, of Pearson Tribune, publish
ed weekly, at Pearson, Georgia,
for October Ist, 1920.
STATE OF GEORGIA 4
f ss.
County of Atkinson )
Before me, a Notary Public, in
and for t he Stale and County afore
said. personally appeared Benj. I'.
Allen, who, having been duly
sworn according to law, says that
lie is the owner of Pearson Tribune,
and that the following is. to the
best of his knowledge and belief,
a true statement of the ownership,
management, etc., of the aforesaid
publication for the date shown in
the above caption, required by the
Act of August 24, 1912, embodied
in Section 443, postal Laws and
Regulations:
1. That the name and address
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor and business manager is
Benj. T. Allen, Pearson, Georgia.
2. That the owner is Benj. T.
Alien, Pearson, Georgia.
3. That the known bondholder,
mortgagee, and other security
holder owning or holding 1 per
cent, or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages or other securi
ties is L. W. Herrin, Millwood,
Georgia.
Ben,t. T. Allen.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 6th day of October, 1920
T. S. Winn, N. I’. (Seal.)
My Commission expires Feb. 12,
1923.
Com. J. J. Brown’s Appeal.
Atlanta, Ga., October Bth. —
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown lias just issued the following
statement with regard to the ser
ious situation existing in the cot
ton market:
You have been informed through
the state press of the important
cotton meeting held in Atlanta
last Thursday. This meeting was
attended by many of the most in
fluential men of the State, repre
senting every section and includ
ing a number of members of Con
gress, among them U. S. Senator
Hoke Smith. Other congressmen
wired their approval of the meet
ing and its action.
At this meeting a committee of
nine was named to consider the
advisibility of calling a national
convention of farm organizations
in Washington on October 12 and
13. Up to date nineteen farm or
ganizations, covering every section
of the United States, have wired
their approval and cooperation,
and the meeting will be held.
Practically every line of agricul
ture has been seriously affected by
the policy of Secretary Houston in
his effort to deflate prices; and to
day the prices offered for many
agricultural products, including
cotton, wool and others, is far be
low the cost of production. A
pound of your cotton which is
bringing only 23 cents today, is
still making nine yardsof gingham
which is selling on the market at
$4.50. It is evident that deflation
is being pushed at the wrong end.
As to cotton there has bcAn no in
flation at any time, and we propose
in this Washington meeting to
correct this unwarranted situation.
I earnestly appeal to all cotton
producers and merchants not to
sell another bale of cotton until
after this meeting in Washington
on October 12 and 13, unless, in
the meantime, cotton should reach
the price of 40 cents a pound.
J. J. Brown,
Commissioner of Agriculture,
Georgia.
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Sprains, etc.
THE GEORGIA- FLORIDA FAIR.
Every Day of the Exposition will
Be a Special Day.
With its week of harness, run
ning and pacing races, carnival
circus, gorgeous fireworks every
night, wonderful free acts in front
of grandstand twice a day, aud the
exposition of agricultural and in
dustrial products of Sout h Georgia
and North Florida, the Georgia
Florida Fair will open its gates
Monday October 25th 1920, giving
the greatest show of its history.
The new fair ground, with its
new race track, grandstand and
new agricultural building is now
complete.
The railroads centering in Val
dosta have all offered special low
round trip rates for the people de
siring to come here to see the one
big show of this section.
The week’s program includes
South Georgia’aud North Florida
day, Monday October 25.
The Woodmen Of the World
day, October 2Gth, with the Geor
gia Log Rollers convent ion meeting
here and a special program of in
terest to the women.
Wednesday October 27th will be
Women’s day, with a program es
pecially arranged to feature the
progress of South Georgia and
North Florida.
Thursday October 28th is Edu
cational day, with the schools and
colleges participating in a great
program of interest.
Friday October 29th is given
over to the Traveling men and Ro
larians with the Holloween Cele
bration at night.
Saturday October 30th is for the
colored people. They will have a
special and separate program, in
their own building with a promin
ent. speaker, while the other fea
tures will be of special interest to
the white people.
Every day will be a feature day,
with great feature programs, and
on Friday there will be a football
game between Mercer University
and the University of Florida.
Georgia Newspapers.
J. Kelly Simmons of the Georgia
Bress Association has named Fri
day, October 22nd as Bress Day at
the Southeastern Fair, and a form
al letter has been mailed out; by
Jack Patterson, Exchange Editor
of the Atlanta Journal, telling the
boys some of the preliminaries of
the day.
The Southeastern Fair Associa
gives the country press of Georgia
more credit t han any other single
force, for the great success of the
Southeastern Fair, which opens
October 16lh and continues
through the 26, with a program
that has never been exceeded by
any Southern Fair. In apprecia
tion of this help by the press of
Georgia, Secretary Striplin endea
vors annually to express apprecia
tion by inviting every editor in
the state to be the guest of the
Southeastern Fair on Press Day.
Complimentary tickets of admis
sion have been mailed to all the
newspapers of the state, but if any
fail to get them, all the editor has
to do is come, bringing his wife or
best girl, and by identifying him
self at the entrance he will be pro
vided with a guest badge which
gives him permission to do about
as he pleases except to carry off
“Stella” or go “Over the Falls”
without a bathing suit.
Secretary Striplin says that the
fair will be complete in every re
spect Saturday, October 16th.
This is possible because of the
fact that there is a week interven
ing between the closing of the
Alabama State fair and the open
ing of the big show at Atlanta so
that it will be complete from the
opening to the closing.
$1.50 A YEAR
Lankford and Canal.
The Southeast Georgian (St.
Marys) announcing the November
conference at Fcrnandina, Fla., to
outline a plan to promote Con
gressman Frank Clark’s canal bill,
introduced at the last session of
congress, has this to say of Con
gressman Lankford:
“Congressman Lankford has
written Col. Vocelle of his inten
tion to attend. He winds up his
letter T will discuss with you the
eanal project when I see you, and
am sure that we will agree thor
oughly about the matter.’
“This statement bears a hopeful
construction that Judge Lankford
will abandon the obstruction he
has heretofore made with his alter
native bill to run the canal up cer
tain rivers inland in Georgia aud
that he will give his support whole
heartedly to the Clark bill.”
The Tribune thought it had
made Congressman Lankford’s po
sition in this matter perfectly clear.
It now repeats what it has hereto
fore said in relation to the matter;
On the sea level canal proposi
tion Judge Lankford is and has al
ways been committed to the St.
Marys-St. Marks project. He has
always favored any project that
would tend to drain the valuable
swamp lands of South Georgia.
On the contrary, he would op
pose with all the power at his com
mand any proposition to establish
a lock canal on this route, for the
all-sufficient reason that it would
prove a damage to a large section
of his district. It would perman
ently overflow aud destroy many
farms already under cultivation,
owned by his friends and consti
tuents.
Harvesting Sweet Potatoes.
Tests at the Georgia Experiment
Station and at ex peri ment stations
in other southern states, have
proven that the time of digging
sweet potatoes has much to do
with their keeping and eating
qualities.
It has been the practice of grow
ers to wait until frost kills the po
tato leaves before harvesting. This
was based on the theory that re
quired irost to “drive the sap out
of the vines and potatoes into the
ground” before the potatoes were
ready to harvest. This practice
has undoubtedly been responsible
for the loss of many potatoes in
banks and storage houses, because
sweet potatoes dug after the leaves
are killed are apt to be “waterlog
ged,” and thus difficult to cure and
keep.
Under normal conditions the po
tato plants take water from the
soil through the roots, use what
they require, throwing off any ex
cess moisture through the leaves.
This process is well regulated by
the potato plants as long as the
leaves are alive and healthy, but
when the leaves are seriously in
jured by disease or are killed by
frost they cannot throw off the ex
cess moisture. The potato roots
being in the ground*aud not injur
ed by frost continue to take up
water and as the dead leaves are
unable to get rid of the excess
moisture, it accumulates in the
vines and potatoes, giving them
the socalled “waterlogged” condi
tion. This excess moisture in the
potatoes makes them more difficult
to dry or cure, even under the best
of storage conditions. The excess
moisture also makes them more
subject to the attacks of fungi, like
Rhizopus, which cause large losses
due to soft rot in storage.
Sweet potatoes planted in the
spring are mature and ready to dig
before danger of frost injury to the
leaves, aud those planted later in
the season would keep better if
harvested while immature, than if
allowed to stay in the ground until
the vines are killed by frost.
The Georgia Experiment Station
advises growers to dig their pota
toes before the leaves are killed by
frost, but in ease a grower is not
able to do so, he should try to get
his potatoes harvested as soon as
possible after frost, for the longer
the potatoes remain in the grouud
after the vines are frosted the
more “waterlogged” they become.
J. A. McClintock, BbysologisL
