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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1920)
VOL. <>— xo. 25 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,
