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NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
In the municipal election at
Cairo on the 13th. W. L. Wight
was elected Mayor. Of the thirty
two w’omen registered thirty-one
of them voted. “A new broom
sweeps clean.”
There comes but one discordant
note from the Cook County Fair,
and that the presence of the vari
ous gambling devices and examples
that usually are a part of all Mid
way diversions. They should be
cut out or have no Midway.
A half million dollars “Sea Pro
ducts Company” has been organiz
ed for St. Marys. Part of the
equipment is to be a 20-ton ice
plant and a large cold storage
plant. It will can all kinds of
sea food. The entire plant is to
be completed in time for the sea
son of 1921.
The news comes from Fairfax
that a negro man made a gruesome
find a few days ago on the out
skirts of that place. The story is
that it was a part of the body of a
good size white child, the balance
having been eaten by dogs and
hogs. The Tribune-knows nothing
of the facts except by hearsay.
A deplorable tragedy occurred
in Ocilla one day last week, in
which J. W. Batts was killed by
Reason Roberts. The men occupi
ed the relation of landlord and
tenant, that is Roberts made a
crop this year on Batt's place.
The trouble between them grew
out of the disposition of the crop
about which they disagreed.
Roberts is in jail.
Field day exercises of the rural
schools of Coffee county will be
held Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, October 28th, 29th 30th.
In connection with the athletics
there will be an exposition of farm
products, domestic economy and
ladies and children’s handiwork.
The Tribune approves of the pro
gram. No doubt it will excel in
quantity and quality of the good
things of life.
Mayor M. M. Stewart, of Savan
nab, moves that Col. Jesse E.
Mercer, of Dawson-Fitzgerald-At
lauta, be fired as a Prohibition in
spector for the State of Georgia.
The Tribune seconds the motion
with the added amended that Pat
(E. H.) Griffin,.of Bainbridge, be
also given the mitten. Neither
are seriously on their jobs; if they
were to meet a quart on the road
it would be an accident if it was
ever known.
Six Valdosta lawyers have been
haled before the City Recorder
charged with doing a money lend
ing business without first securing
a city license. The ludicrous part
of this short story is that the Re
corder himself is one of the guilty
parties. Will he pass a sentence
upon himself as did Gen. Gideon
J. Wright when Mayor of Albany,
after finding himself guilty of
being drunk and disturbing the
peace with too much hilarity?
Methodist Church Directory.
The preaching hours of the Pear
son Charge w ill 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 11 a. 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. m.
Kirkland —Fourth Sunday at
11 a. in. Third Sunday, 730 p. m.
Charlton Superior Court
The October Term of Charlton
superior court was held al the reg
ular time. Judge J. 1. Summerall
presided, with Solicitor-General A.
B. Spence representing the State.
The grand jury was empanelled
with Hon. B. F. Scott as foreman.
One of the special matters which
claimed the attention of the jury
was the boundary line between
Charlton and Clinch and Echols
counties, that has been in dispute
for several years.
The jury recommends that the
Governor appoint a Surveyor for
the purpose of making the survey
and suggests that he employ Sam
Mizell, of Way cross, to make the
survey because id' his familiarity
with the location.
Clinch Superior Court.
The regular October Term of
Clinch superior court was held last
week. Judge R. G. Dickerson pre
sided with Solicitor J. 1). Lovett
representing the State.
The grand jury was empanelled
with Screven A. Sweat as foreman.
After the usual charge by the
court flic jury entered upon the
discharge of its duties. The jury
completed its work by Thursday
noon and adjourned. There was
nothing of special interest in its
proceedings.
The case of the State vs. Dock
Spivey, indicted for murder of Jeff
Hughes of Cogdell, was tried on
Thursday and the jury agreed to
disagree and a mistrial had to be
declared.
The trial court continued in ses
sion until Friday, 2 p. in., when it
adjourned for the term.
Coffee Superior Court.
The criminal section of Coffee
superior court is in session this
week, and will probably extend
over into next week.
The grand jury lias been exceed
ingly busy since it was etnpannel
led. Indictments for murder have
been found, to w it:
Lewis Flanders for the killing of
Policeman J. I. Rieketson, Septein
ber Btb, near Douglas.
W. J. Starling for the killing of
Quincey Adams, July 4tb, near
Fales.
L. S. Edenfiold for (be killing of
his brother, Lonnie Edcnlield,
March 22nd, at Nicliolls.
Lamar Graham and J. A. Gra
ham for the killing of \V. A. Gay,
July 18th, near Douglas. These
parties were also indicted for an
assault with intent to murder.
Henry C. Tanner for the killing
of Oliver Peterson, August 14th,
near Douglas.
Besides these there were several
murder cases already pending in
the court.
The Grand jury has also found
true bills in quite a number of
cases of burglary and misdemean
ors.
Senatorial Convention.
The executive committee of the
of the Sixth senatorial district,
composed of the counties of Ber
rien, Cook, Echols and Lowndes,
met in Valdosta on Tuesday, the
12th, and formally nominated Hon.
Owen K. Jones, of Lowndes, as the
democratic Candidate for the State
senate.
The new executive committee
chosen is as follows:
Berrien —Not yet named.
Cook —J. E. Pitts and F. N. Bray.
Echols —W. O. Valentine and
W. P. Corbett.
Lowndes —W. I). Peeples, chair
man, Ewell Brown. Dr. B. L. Wilk
erson and C. M. Killian.
Under a resolution Cook county
was instructed to nominate the
State senator for 1923 24.
The members of the convention
were entertained at dinner at Ho
tel Patterson by the Senator elect.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, <7LOGGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1920
HE TURNED TOWARD COX.
League is Applied Americanism
—Churchmen for Covenant.
N e\v York —From every section
of the country and from the lead
ers and the rank and file of the
people there come every day in
dications that the tide has turned,
and now sets steadily towards De
mocratic success in November.
The signs are such as cannot be
ignored.
In sentences which are not only
easily understood but which can
not be misunderstood by any rea
sonable person, President Wilson,
in an address to the American peo
ple, says that the League of Na
tions is but a continuance and de
velopment of the old American tra
ditions and principles of govern
ment, and tlieir application to the
world. He says, too, that Article
X of the Covenant does not make
it possible for other nations to
bring us into war, and nothing in
it in the least interferes with or
impairs Hie sole right of Congress
to declare war.
President Wilson’s participation
in the light is timely. The great
object of the Democratic leaders
for weeks has been to make every
American familiar with the Coven
ant of the League; the Republican
course has been absolutely the re
verse. They even went so far as
to omit the Covenant from the Re
publican Text Book. The Demo
i• rats are putting the Covenant
of the League either in the hands
of or easily accessible to every
voter, making thus a direct appeal
to the individual intelligence and
individual conscience of every
voter.
An important development of
the campaign that strengthens the
Democratic, hope and gives amoral
backing worth much is the public
ation by THE CHRISTIAN
WORK of figures showing the at
titude of the clergy towards the
League. Fifteen thousand three
hundred and nine clergymen sign
ed a petition urging - prompt ratifi
cation of the Treaty and the League
without nullifying reservations.
Eight hundred and sixtfeen clergy
men declined to sign. The signers
outnumbered the non-signers more
than eighteen to one. Every shade
of religious beliefjfwas represented
on this petition: Protestant, Catho
lic, Hebrew and other faiths. The
Northern Baptist Convention urged
ratification in the name of 1,500,-
000 Northern Baptists. Over 4,000
Methodist clergymen signed, and
other churches were as well repre
sented.
The character of the support
that Governor Cox is winning is
indicated by the above and by the
support of Dr. Charles W. Eliot,
John Burroughs and a host of oth
er Progressive and Independents.
The worst sample of Republican
tactics so far is the recent attack
by Republican leaders in the East
on the League of Nations because
it took cognizance of “traffic in
women and children and traffic in
opium and other dangerous drugs.”
It would seem that the most
evil imagination could not distort
into legitimatizing such evils the
action of the League of Nations, in
order to obtoin jurisdiction of such
evils, expressly taking them out of
the class of agreements which
would be interpreted as domestic
matters and classifying them as in
ternational matters over which the
League would have jurisdiction,
ft develops that this clause in the
League Covenant was successfully
urged upon the Peace Conference
by those social organizations which
are fighting the white slave traffic
and the drug evil.
Yet it must be admitted that this
misinterpretation of the League,
■ while more outrageous, is just
Appeal for Law Enforcement.
“The barrier which divides civ
ilization from the primal jungle
is the law. It is the might of the
law, wisely and fearlessly administ
ered, It is the respect for obedi
ence of the law on the part of the
members of society, that keeps the
fetid breath of anarchy from our
cheeks.
“We have noticed press accounts
of lawlessness in different parts of
the nation, involving throwing of
bombs and destruction of human
life; we noticed accounts of the
burning of thousands of bales of
cotton, the lawless destruction of
cotton gins, the dynamiting o(dip
ping vats and other evidences of
violence designed against the prop
erty of others by the so-called night
riders. In the midst of this spirit
of restlessness which seems world
wide we wonder how we are to be
able to save (he integrity of the
commonwealth.
“I recall an instance of a primi
tive Baptist preacher of the old
school, whose ministerial work
covered certain rural districts in
Georgia, lie was not a literary
man and his teachings largely
dealt with the practical affairs of
life. His constant themes were
'honesty of his people,’ ‘ideal citi
zenship,’ the integrity of the coun
try and the enforcement of its laws.
In his pathway was found no an
archy and strife. Upon the grand
and petit juries his people repre
sen ted the integrity of the home
and the honor of the state. ’That
spirit which defies law and order,
would unshackle destruction,
would menace life and property,
would imperil our homes and our
affairs, and would take away the
happiness and well being of our
people. Let the majesty of the
law and its enforcement be a part
of the text of every minister of the
gospel, iu every lesson he teaches.
Without the law his ministry is a
failure. Let the law’s supremacy
be of first importance. Let it be
taught in every school in Georgia
and let it be the byword around
the fireside of every man who loves
his country. Let us restore our
affairs to the ideals of our fore
fathers. Let the law be supreme.”
Georgia Grown Cabbage Plants.
—Will grow very fine heads set
this month in your section. Early
Jersey and Charleston Wakefield,
Flat Dutch. Express $2.00 per
thousand, prepaid mail 300, $1.00;
500, $1.50; 1000, $2.50. Georhia
Whitehead and Buncombe collards
same price. I’ARKHftt Farms, Mou 1-
Georgia.
about as logical as rnauy others the
Republicans have put out.
Senator Harding reiterates that
the League of Nations has been
abandoned by Europe, but the
General Secretary of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Ghiist
in America, who has just returned
from a series of religious coilfer
ences in Europe which took him to
many cities on the Continent, says
that Europe's faith in the League
of Nations has not waned. The
people there, he says, look hopeful
ly to the entrance of the United
States to give the League the cap
stone of success and, meanwhile,
are working energetically on their
own problems.
Evidence that Governor Cox has
profoundly stirred the West con
tinues to crop out, notably tbe
comiug over to his support of
former Republican papers and
ministers of the gospel of Repub
locan affiliation. Every day some
accession of this kind is noted in
the nems. Nor is all the Demo
cratic gain confined to the West;
the East is show ing a strong drift
towards Cox as the issues of the
campaign become clearer and more
widely known.
ATKINSON COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered from
Various Sources.
The Moultrie Business College,
Moultrie, Ga., has a proposition
that will be of interest to men
and women wishing a thorough
Commercial training. Write for
particulars, stating what course
you wish.
The Tribune has reached the
conclusion that until tbe saw mill,
cross-tie and naval stores, with
their complement of log carts,
cross-tie and naval stores wagons
and trucks are not so numerous as
they are in Atkinson county,
money should not be wasted in
the effort to build good roads.
Three youngsters, each about
sixteen years of age, left tbeir
homes in Willacoochee a few days
since with the view of seeing the
world. They seemingly made no
effort to cover up their trail, as
they were easily traced to Valdos
ta by their parents who had them
arrested and then went and escort
ed them home. They have promis
ed to remain with their parents
until they can lawfully leave
home.
Mr. Y. O. Mathews, of Axson,
informs the Tribune that he went
to his ginnery one morning last
week and found a notice tacked
on the door, which notice forbad
him ginning any more cotton this
season. He had already conclud
ed to shut down on his own
motion, and if the parties had
wailed a bit they would have sav
cd t hemselves the trouble of vio
lating tbe law of the land.
Whether the parties knows it or
not the spirit that inspired them
to post that notice on Mr Mathews’
door is the spirit of Bolshevism,
pure and simple.
It gives the Tribune pleasure to
publish the fact that the remains
of Walter J. Bennett, who died in
France while in the service of his
country, lias been brought back
home and iuterred in the Har
graves’ cemetery, three miles
south of Millwood, in Ware county.
Mr. Bennett was a resident of
Kirkland, Atkinson county, at the
time of his enlistment. Rev. W. C.
Rahn, of Pearson, pastor of the
Kirkland Methodist church, offici
ated at the funeral, which was
held at the home of his father,
Mr. Walter L. Bennett, at Kirk
land. He died of Pneumonia, De
cember 22d, 1917, in his twenty
third year.
In answer to an inquiry from
Axson the Tribune will say that
the present qualification of women
to register preparatory to voting is
that she must be twenty one years
of age. While the Tax Collector
has very properly provided for the
registration of the women of At
kinson county there is no reason
for the women to be in a hurry
about registering. They could not
qualify to vote this year, and 1921
is a nonpolitical year. The legis
lature of 1921 is expected to pro
vide the qualification for voters
generally, and then it is expected
an entirely new registration will
be required. Under the present
Hoke Smith registration law the
voter must pay all taxes assessed
against him for the year previous,
and register six months prior to
the general election in November.
It is expected also that women,
like men, will be required to pay a
poll tax as a prerequisite to vot
ing. No need to be in a hurry, for
"sufficient unto tbe day is the evil
thereof.”
FOR SALE —The house and
acre lot on Main street, Pearson,
now occupied by Mr. Adolphus
Chauncey. The home is in good
repair and located near the county
court house. For information see
H. L. Mancil, at Kirkland, Ga., or
J write Mrs. Belle Mancil, Lake
I Monroe, Fla.
$1.50 A YEAR
Superior Court Adjourned.
News reached the city Saturday
from Judge Dickerson that he
would adjourn Atkinson superior
court until the second Monday in
November.
The Tribune has not seen the
the order adjourning Lhecourtand
doesn’t know the reason assigned
therefor, but suppose it is because
of Lite necessity of having a quali
fied Judge to preside. Judge
Dickerson is disqualified in many
of the causes for trial in the court,
and it is agreeable with the attor
neys in these cases for Judge Sum
merall, of the Wayeross circuit, to
preside.
The crowded condition of the
criminal docket of Coffee superior
court will require him to hold
court there next week, and the fol
lowing week he will have to bold
Pierce superior court, so that hie
could not attend Atkinson super
ior court next week, the regular
time for holding the court.
Judge Dickerson isholdingCook
superior court this week. The
dockets of that court are congest
ed and it is possible Judge Dicker
son will hold an adjourned term of
Cook superior court next week.
At any rate Atkinson superior
court is adjourned until tbe second
Monday in November.
Since putting the aboue in typo
the Tribune lias received the offi
cial order to be published. It is
appended hereto;
Georgia—Atkinson county.
The regular term of Atkinson superior
court, to convene in regular session on the
fourth Monday In October, 1920, Is. upon
order of the Court, hereby adjourned until
the second Monday in November, 1920, this
action being Oaken and order passed on ac
count of the criminal term of Coffee superior
court being in session on the fourth Monday
In October, thereby conflicting with Atkinson
superior court, for the reason that various
members of the bar of Coffee county are Inter
ested in litigation in Atkinson superior court.
Let this Order be spread upon the Minutes
of the Court.
R. G. Dickekhon, Judge Superior Courts,
Alapaha Circuit.
This October 15 1920.
James-Sears.
The many young friends of the
high contracting parties will,
doubtless, be surprised to learn of
the marriage of Miss Verdie, sec
ond daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Walter James, and Mr. Lewis
Sears, the oldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram F. Sear, all of Atkin
son county.
The marriage was solemnized
last Saturday afternoon in the Or
dinarys’ office at Homerville, Judge
W. V. Musgrove, the Ordinary of
Clinch county, officiated. Mr.
James B. Mills chaperoned the
bridal party on the trip to Homer
ville and witnessed the ceremony.
11 seems to have been well-known
that Miss Verdie and Master Lewis,
both are in their teens, were sweet
hearts but tbeir marriage at this
time was not suspected, and its
occurrence was a great surprise.
However, all their young friends
and acquaintances, including tbe
Tribune editor, join in wishing
them long and prosperous lives and
much happiness.
Mrs. Bears has been teaching one
of the rural schools of the county.
The Tribune is not informed
whether or not she will continue
teaching in accordance with her
contract.
WINTER RESORT FARES
Season 1920-21.
Winter excursion tickets on sale
to winter resorts iu the Southeast
aed to resorts in Arizona and Texas
daily October 1,1920, to April 30,
1920, inclusive; final return limit
May 31, 1921.
Stop-overs allowed at all stations
on either going or return trip, or
both, within the final limit of
ticket, upon application to con
ductor.
For full information as to rates,
schedules, etc., apply to nearest
Agent or Passenger Representative.
Central of Georgia Railway
F. J. ROBINSON,
General Passenger Agent,