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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1920)
PEARSON©TRIBUNE Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. VOL. (5 —NO. 27 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. The Lanier County Chamber of Commerce has completed its organ ization and settled down to busi ness. It is fiuding plenty to do. The South Georgia Methodist Conference will meet in annual session with the Methodist church at Moultrie, November 1G to 22. Bishop Warren A. Chandler will preside. Dellie Edenfield was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in his trial in Coffee superior court for the murder of his brother, Lonnie Edenfield, at Nicholls last March. The sentence imposed by the jury is ten to fourteen years in the pen ilentiary. Mr. Owen G. Parrish has been named, by the grand jury of Cook county, to succeed the late J. Frank Parrish as Notary Public and ex-oflieio Justice of the Peace of the Sparks district. He is the Associate Editor of the Sparks Eagle. M r. Ike Gilbert, in charge of the government road work in Bacon county, has arrived at Alma from Alabama with his equipment and crew of men and will begin work without delay on the Dixie High way in that county and promises to make it a first-class road. The approaching marriage of Miss Carolyn N. Greene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Greene, of Sparks, to Mr. Gerald N. Herring, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Herring, of Tifton, is announced by the bride's parents. Mr. Herring is an atiaehee of the Tifton Gazette. A mistrial in the case of The State vs. Lew is Flanders was de dared by Judge Summerall 11:30 o’clock Saturday morning, when the jury trying the case reported that they were hopelessly divided. Flanders has been refused bail and will have to remain in jail until lie can be tried. The National Drainage Congress will be in Waycross November 15 and 10 and hold a joint meeting with the Atlautic-Mississippi Canal Association. The Ware County Chamber of Commerce will enter lain the participants with a big barbecue down in the Okefinoke swamp. Many notables are expect ed to be present, including govern ors, senators and congressmen. Melton Moon lias been convicted by a Cook county jury of murder in the killing of his mother, Mrs. Susan Moon, last January, near Sparks, and a life sentence imposed upon him. His plea of idiocy did not avail him as all the expert wit nesses agreed that he could distin guish right from wrong. His law yers have tiled a motion for a new trial. There was a meeting held in the Baptist church at Douglas last Sunday afternoon to consider and •create a sentiment in favor of "Bet ter Law Enforcement," The state ment that there were twenty six indictments for murder pending in •Coffee superior court has aroused the good citizens of that county to a sense of their duty to find a rein edy for this utter disregard of law and good order. The Colquitt County Fair is re ported to have been a splendid success from every viewpoint, and will act as a stimulus in every line of industrial endeavor in the eoun ty. The county fair is the best idea. You can reach the home people, the people you want to ed ucate out of the old ruts into mod ern and better efforts in farming and pleasanter farm life. Condi tions are changing and the people must change with them, and thus get better results from their indus trial activity. Grand jury Presentments. The grand jury, serving at Coffee superior court, selected C. E. Baker and M. F. Brice as their foreman and secretary respectively. The amount of work accomplish ed marked it as a conscientious and energetic body of men, deter mined to discharge their duty to their country faithfully and cour ageously. The jury gave Tax Collector Morris an unenviable bill of health, based upon an auditor’s report: but auditors reports are not al ways'reliable themselves, and the Tribune man would bo very slow in censuring officers upon the ipse dixit of an auditor, notwithstand ing they may be of the highest character. The jury also paid its respects to the county hostile, saying that it is in a deplorable sanitary con dition —thus putting adjoining counties using it for safe keeping of their prisoners on notice that they are being confined in a un healthy lockup. They recommend the policy of county officers’ bonds being signed by some reputable .security com pany. The jury animadverted severely upon the non observance of the State’s law in reference to keeping the Sabbath; also the non-observ ance of the Prohibition laws: they make a strong appeal for law en forcement. The grand jury, serving at Cook auperior court, selected W. J. Me Kinney and J. k. Sinclair, both of Sparks, as foreman and clerk res pectively. Their presentments shows a very thorough investiga tion of the county’s afliairs, find ing things to commend and things to condemn. The jury recommended that cat tle owners comply with the law in reference to cattle dipping, and asks the County Commissioners to arrange a schedule for dipping. They call attention to the lax observance of Sunday and appeals to the guilty parties to (Insist from this unlawful prael ice. They recommend that with the beginning of the new year, 1921, the county dispense with the ser vices of the County Demonstrator. They also appeal to the people of Cook county to aid, by precept and example, the enforcement of the Prohibition and Automobile laws. The Georgia-Florida Fair. The editor and bis daughter when over to Valdosta last Friday and saw the fair. The exhibits were not as volum inous as in previous years, but were complete and in quality bel ter than at any former fair. The county exhibits of agricul tural products were from Hamil ton county, Florida, and Berrien, Brooks, Lanier and Lowndes coun ties. Brooks county won first prize; Berrien, second; Hamilton, third; Lanier, fourth; and Lowndes, fifth. These county exhibits were most excellent, and it was difficult for the judges to decide their re speetive merits. The division of Home Economies was not elaborate as formerly, but what was shown were very superior. The division of Ladies and Child ren's Handiwork were not large, but in quality unexcelled. In this latter division the paucity of the display can be accounted for by the fact that much ladies’ and children's handiwork were includ ed and shown in the Lowndes county district exhibits. The Live Stock department was not as large as formerly, but the specimens were of the best, and a splendid illustration of what can be accomplished in hog and cattle 0 PE A l?SON, GEORGI A, F RIDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1920 CURRENT COMMENT. Timely Topics Considered by the South Georgia Editors. A good job will soon be a mighty good thing to cultivate and stay by. Don't flirt with the one you have. —Dawson News. We may be all wrong about it of course, but we do not like to hear young school girls on the streets use such expressions as "I swan nie," "O, gee,” and other such slang. —Ocilla Star. The price of cotton is going up before long. Don’t be discouraged and talk calamity. No bad situa tion was ever helped by pessimis tic prophecies. The South is the garden spot of the Universe and will remain so. —Motter Advert iser. There is a good deal of bluff in these booze reports. Everybody talks about how easy it is to get contraband x whiskey now adays, but when it comes right down to brass tacks, how many people can name one place where it is soldi Just tell us that! —Waycross Jour nal Herald. , Gol. William Jennings Bryan has just traveled from Asheville to Mi ami in an automobile and he be lieves the greatest problem in this country is the building of better roads. We presume the Colonel is in favor of electing men to office who will spend the people’s money on sure enough roads and not patch work. —Valdosta Times. The man whose chief concern is to see how much real service he can avoid in a day’s work and how high he can boost liis wages has seen his palmy days. The turn in the tide has come and over the country there is a slowing up of industries and the ranks are swell ing of men looking for work. In the giving out of jobs there will be a selection and the laboring man who has established for himself a reputation as a slacker and trouble breeder will be left out. —South- east (St. Marys j Georgian. The judges of the many varied exhibits at the Southeastern Expo si tion awarded first prize of SSO to the Georgia and Florida railroad for the finest exhibit of Georgia produced tobacco. The display is indeed creditable and has been commented on by many who have seen it. The Georgia and Florida officials have every reason to be proud of the showing made, as they have every right to be. The exhibit is in charge of W. B. Smith, who will be glad to give in formation to anyone desiring to learn anything concerning the growing of tobacco. —Saudcrsville Progress. raising, when proper care is applied to the task. The machinery department was complete with all manner of labor saving devices —tractors pulling disc plows attracted special atten tion. The time is coming when the mule will give way to the trac tor in breaking and preparing land for planting. For this purpose they are great labor-savers. But they are not available where the land has not been stumped. The races were up to the aver age of such attractions. The general display made by the colored citizens of Lowndes county was exceedingly creditable and they are to be congratulated upon their success. Blue ribbons were affixed to many articles in their display. sTbere were many catch penny and gambling devices, but it was noticeable that very few people patronized them. As a whole the Georgia-Florida Fair of 1920 was a satisfactory dis play of South Georgia and North Florida resources, a superb adver tisement of these sections, was well patronized, and a distinct success from every viewpoint. Ku Klux KSan not Lawless. Every branch of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and every member of this organization are commanded to use all the influence within their power to suppress op erations of so-called ‘night riders’ and to assist officers of the law in their apprehension, in a decree is sued today by Col. William J. Simmons, Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. In connection with the official decree Col. Simmons, in a separate statement, calls the attention of the Klausmen to the fact that in some quarters the guilt for posting notices on cotton gins and, in some instances, threatening owners who do not close them, is being laid, on the Ku Klux Klan because the men who commit these acts wear masks or robes somewhat resem bling the official regalia of the Klan. In this regard he says: “For two reasons it is especially important that members of the Ku Klux Klan do all in their pow or to assist officers of the law to supjtress flic operations of these ‘night riders.’ In the first place, they are guilty of criminal viola tion of law and if allowed to con tinue there is no limit to the ex tent which this power of intimid ation under cover of darkness may lte used. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are sworn to uphold the law under any and all circum stances and it is especially neces sary at this critical time that every law-abiding citizen discharge this duty without fear or favor. "In the second place, the opera tions of these ‘night riders’ are bringing odium upon the Ku Klux Klan because in some instances their criminal conduct is being laid at the door of members of this or ganizatiori. There is, of course, no excuse for this outrageous slander other than the fact that those 'night riders' clothe themselves in garments somewhat resembling the official regalia of the Knights of Ku Klux Klan, the exclusive right to the use of which has been legal iy bestowed upon this organization. “However, since t hese gin post ers and gin burners are being con fused in the minds of some persons with members of this organization it behooves -every member to be particularly vigilant in exposing them to the proper authorities and thus assist in the suppression of their activities so that respectable, law abiding citizens may conduct their own affairs as they see fit, without let or hindrance, and go about their business with the knowledge that their lives and properties ary secure.” W. J. Simmons. Jail Deliveries.. Eleven negro prisoners, confined in Ben Hill county jail, awaiting trial, made good their escape about, 2:00 o’clock Sunday morning. Two of the prisoners, Tom Horne and Dan Davis, improvised a key to fit the individual cell doors. Horne, who was allowed the freedom of the corridor to sweep up, released Daniels during Saturday and he concealed himself by climbing on top of his cage. He released the ot her prisoners. They then escap ed by breaking a small padlock leading to the coal bin and slid down the coal chute. The escape was made very quietly, so Sheriff Dorminy had no knowledge of it until he went into the cell corridor Sunday morning at breakfast time. While the eleven negro prison ers were escaping from the Ben Hill county bastile, four negro prison ers, Will Wall, Henry Gillis. Joe Brown and Jere Thorpe, confined in the Coffee county jail, were busy sawing themselves to liberty and succeeded in making good their escape. One of the Ben Hill county prisoners has been recaptured, ATKINSON COUNTY. Items of News Gathered from Various Sources. The Tribune learns that the owners of the saw mills in the vi cinity of Willacoochec arc contem plating an immediate shutting down of their plants. With lum ber prices rapidly declining they view the situation with alarm. The situation is regretable for three reasons: I t upsets the plans of three distinct classes of citizens —the mill owners, who can’t afford to manufacture their high-priced timber into lumber at present figures; the laborers who will lose their means of support lor them selves and families, and which for ces t hem to scatter in search of the means of an honest livelihood; the merchants, who bought and have in store big stocks of high-priced supplies to accommodate the many people employed by these several mills. It is hoped some avenue of escape will be found from this dis tressing situation. The Willacoochec school popula tion has outgrown her present school building and the Board of Trustees have taken steps to pro vide room by erecting a large wooden structure on the school ground. Mr. Lige Corbitt is super intending Hie work. In a few years the plant will still be too small. Then, perhaps, conditions will be such that the people of Willacoochee can see their way clear to erect a magnificent brick building in keeping with the im portance of the little city. Will acoochee, Pearson and Axson will grow if their people will get to gether and pull all the same way for results. It is the Tribune’s great desire to see at least three accredited high schools in Atkin son county. Communities with good churches, firstelass schools and harmonious people will surely grow. These things are wftrlhy of all the labor and sacrifice we can put into them, and the rising gen eration needs all our sympathy and care. The faculty of the Willacoochee High School hit uponanewplan of entertainment to secure funds for the purchase of an alheletic outfit to be placed on the school ground for the physical training of the children under their charge. They held a “Mock Carnival” in the lit tle park in front of the Oak View Hotel, the pupils of the school be ing the actors. In imitation of the regulation carnival, there were plenty of cold drinks, confections, peanuts and popcorn for sale. It is needless to say it was well pat ronized and a fat purse of money raised. The Tribune commends the “Mock Carnival” because if furnishes more healthful laughs to the square inch than any of the putrid affairs that are permitted to come to some towns and spread broadcast dread diseases and sow ing seeds of immorality and un worthy examples among the people who patronize them; because the money growing out of the enter tainment is spent at home in pro viding healthful exercise, which should be a part of the curiculum of all public schools; because it gives to the community a new and better view of innocent amuse ments and creates a higher stand ard of morality and right thinking in the community. The faculty deserves the thanks of all W'illa coochee for their thoughtfulness. The Tribune gives them “Three cheers and a Tiger!” The Moultrie Business College, Moultrie, Ga., has a proposition that will be of interest to wen and women wishing, a thorough Commercial training, Write for particulars, stating what course you wish, 51.50 A YEAR Our Political Bosses. The State political bosses, select ed for the Eleventh congressional district, by the Watson-Hardwick convention are: J. B. Moore, Ap pling; L. K. Tucker, Irwin; J. H. Moore, Jeff Davis; J. T. Dame, Clinch. The latter is a brother-in law to William and Henry Smith of this city. Dr. Henry P. Smith was at the convention as a Walker delegate; the Smith brothers were ardent supporters of Walker. Such mixtures frequently occur in modern politics. Water, Light, Ice Plant. Hoinervilte, the capitol city of Clinch county, is forging ahead in things material. She proposes to buy and thoroughly equip the ex isting water and light plant so that a more satisfactory service can be maintained. She proposes further to equip and own an ice factory in connection with the water and light plant. To carry out this program the Mayor and Council have passed a resolution submitting the question to the voters of the city—whether or not bonds of Homerville shall be issued in the sum of SIG,OOO. The election will be held Novem ber 30th. Did Cases Being Tried. Judge R. G. Dickerson is hold ing a special term of Berrien sup erior court this week. The jurors who served at the regular Septem ber term are serving at the special term. This special term of court was called for the purpose of trying and disposing of some old cases that have been pending for years. Among these cases are Lite Town of Milltown vs. Milltowu Lumber Company; S. F.’ Guthrie vs. W. R. Smith; Mrs. Clio Brown vs. J. F. Browm; J. 1). C. Smith vs. Nash ville Warehouse Company; Joseph ine Register vs. S. F. Guthrie. Motor Tire Advice. When a heavy motor truck is swinging around a curve on a wet day it is the part of wisdom for passenger cars to give it a good wide berth. Ifl he rear end of the truck starts to skid it is likely to annihilate any light passengar car that gets in its path. "It is this danger of skidding that is one of the truck drivers’ big worries on a wet day,” said a veteran truck operator of the United States Tire Company re cently. “I’ve seen small passenger cars smashed to pieces in this way on curves. When the tail end of one of these big fellows starts to slip there is no telling where it will stop. Sometimes if swings against the curb and other times knocks over telephohe poles. If a passenger car happens to be in be tween, it hasn’t much chance. “My recommendation to the drivers of passenger cars is to give the trucks plenty of room on slip pery days.” 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. Georliia Whitehead and Buncombe col la ids same price. Park er Farms, Mou 1- trie, Georgia. The Citizens Bank of Habira is increasing its Capital Stock from $25,000 to $30,000. The object is to accommodate desirable citizens living near Morven, who want fifty shares of the stock. Rub My-Tism is a great pain kill er. ft relieves pain and soreness caused by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, etc.
