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PEARSON ©TRIBUNE
VOL. G—NO. 28
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
Savannah is booked to entertain
the Georgia Federation of Woman’s
Clubs during the 1921 annual
meeting.
The managers of the Georgia
Florida Fair say that it was a fi
naueial success and all obligations
will be paid in full as soon as prop
erly checked up and vised.
The Savannah Ku Klux Klan,
four hundred in number, paraded
the streets of the city between 8
and 9;30 o’clock Monday evening.
It must have been a ghostly sight.
The engagement of Miss Blan
nie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Bailey, of Waycross, and Mr. E.
E.Clay ton, or Birmingham, Ala., is
announced. The wedding will be
a quiet one and will occur during
the winter.
The Valdosta post American
Legion celebrated Armistice day
with a big parade, barbecue and
dance. Invitations were extended
ex service men of contiguous coun
ties to be present and participate
in the celebration.
The Valdosta, Moultrie and
Western railroad is in the hands
of a receiver, placed there perforce
of a petition filed in the county by
the heirs of the late Ben P. Jones,
of Valdosta. The'road is said to be
hampered by debt it is unable to
pay.
Hon. W. R. Dickerson, represen
tative-elect in the legislature from
Clinch county, has purchased "his
brother’s (Frank) farm at Ratio,
in the Mud Creek district, and will
have a lovely place at which to
rusticate during the recess of the
legislative terms. It Is a splendid
country home.
Rebecca, in Turner county, hav
ing aspirations to be the capital of
a new county, is figuring on the
installation of an electric light
plant, to be paid for by private
subscriptions from a “Community
Society” of 100 members—each
member paying $1 per month for
three years'or longer.
The jury passing upon the mat
ter, at a special term of Berrien
superior court, held last week, re
turned a verdict in favor of per
manent injunction, guaranteeing
to the people of Milltown that the
railroad from that place to Naylor,
known as the Milltown Air-Line,
will continue to do service for them
indefinitely.
The new county of Lanier has
successfully run the gauntlet of the
general election, being ratified by
a good majority. The plucky ad
vocates are to be congratulated
over the fruits of their labors. The
county officers will be elected next
month preparatory to perfecting
the couniy organization January
Ist. Lanier county will measure
up to the expectancy of her friends.
“May she live long and prosper.”
Elder A. B. Finley, farmer, po
litician aud minister, is dead. In
his passing Coffee county specially
and this section generally has lost
a most unique character, one who
lived a most checkered career. He
was uneducated, but filled with
natural wit, was most entertaining
in conversation and never lacked
for resources in repartee. His life
was made up with knocks aud
bruises; notwithstanding he al
ways carried a sunny smile on his
face, a jocular disposition and a
cheering word for all with whom
he came in contact. He was an
ex Confederate soldier, and bore on
his body the scars of war. He was
86 years old at the time of his de
cease. Peace to bis ashes, and may
the God of love comfort and cheer
the sorrowing family' in their love
liness and great distress.
Dickerson Estate Divided.
lion. W. T. Dickerson was in
Pearson Thursday, the 4th instant,
and gave the editor the details of
the division of his father's and
mother’s estates, consisting of 1.-
640 acres of land in the Mud Creek
district, embracing the old home
place where a family of nine child
ren were born and raised, and 87
head of stock cattle.
There were no debts against the
estate, the heirs all grown and ad
verse to a division in kind; hence
they 7 decided to sell it to the high
est bidder and divide the proceeds
per capita. \Y. T. Dickerson was
the highest bidder, paying near
SIB,OOO for the entire estate, and
by this purchase becomes the own
er of the old home place where he
was born and raised, with eight
brothers and sisters, all of whom
were present at the sale except
Col. M. D. Dickerson, who was en
gaged in Coffee superior court and
could not get away.
The division of these estates
were entirely satisfactory to all
concerned.
666 quickly relieves Constipa
tion, Biliousness, Loss of Appetite
and Headaches, due to Torpid Liv
er. —Ad v.
County’s Financial Statement.
The following bills were approv
ed and ordered paid:
R. C. Mathews $ 26.50
J. A. Holley, Hupt 460.32
S. S. Parker, Agt 67.91
Hargreaves Lumb’r C 0... 125.00
Whaley Bros 315.50
E. D. Leggett 35.00
J. A. Holly, Supt 551.48
L. A. Hargreaves 69.66
S. S. Parker Agt 51.01
Whaley Bros 262.39
George Love 22.95
R. C. Mathews 23.50
Hargreaves Lumb’rCo... 14.25
.1. A. Holley, Supt 649.57
J. C. McMillan 25.00
Dan Pearson 18.12
Burman Co 220.00
S. S. Parker, Agt 44.55
S. S. Parker, Agt 349.58
John A. Rowe Co 1084.04
S. S. Parker, Agt I 1.61
J. A. Holley, Supt 802.94
Hargreaves Lumb’r C 0... 81.62
L. A. Hargreaves 75.00
Hardy Crosby 20.00
Dayid Weathers 30.00
C. W. James 70.00
J. L. Murray 1.55
Gilreath Ricketson 43.00
Frank Davis 5.40
R. 11. Dickerson 356.22
S. S. Parker, Agt 166.32
J. M. Roberts 84.45
Jonas Pearson 8.00
Harriett Carver 5.00
Florence'Emerson 5.00
John Bennett... 8.00
Archie Taff 10.00
John Hanuer 5.00
London Rhem 3.00
Willie Myers 5.00
Sallie Royal 5.00
Mrs. John Sutton 5.00
Cindy Rawls 5.00
George Brown 5.00
Molly White 4.00
W. L. Kirkland 15.00
Pearson Hdw, Store 70.00
Union Pharmaoy 3.75
H. J. Sweat 21.70
T. 11. Mathews 7.45
W. M. Corbitt 70.28
I. Passon 14.00
Pearson Telephone Co 9.30
Pearson Garage 11.25
T.J. Wells 7.51
J. M. Pafford 34.00
Hugule Oil Co 133.65
Burroughs Add Mach 22.26
Valdosta Gro. Co 179.54
E. I). Leggett 28.25
J. A. Wall 1.00
Dr. Christopher .’ 35.00
Total $7,565.39
Attested: L. A. Hargreaves,
Clerk.
Jeff Kirkland, Chairman of
Board, November Ist, 1920.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1920
ATKINSON COUNTY.
Items of News Gathered from
Various Sources.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Harrell and
family were guests of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lovett Harrell, at
their country home, the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Crawford, of
near Axson, are the proud parents
of a son. whose arrival was an
nounced Nov. Bth. He is their
first born.
Mr. Clyatt James has
to Georgia from Miami, Florida,
and will be on the farm with liis
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter
James, next year.
The farmers of Atkinson ebunty
have been busy the past week
housing sweet potatoes and bank
ing sugar cane for next year's seed.
They are taking more interest in
these two crops than ever before.
They are now money crops.
Burglars were busy in Willacoo
ehee one night last week. They
looted the store of Mr. J. E. Gask
ins. The Tribune has not learned
the amount of the damage. One
oi- more residences were also enter
ed and articles taken therefrom.
Miss Birdie Tanner, of Kirkland,
and Mr. J. J. Tanner, of the
Stokesville section, were happily
married on Thursday morning of
last week. Elder John F. Smith,
of Pearson, officiated. They are
fourth cousins, as well as husband
and wife.
Rev. D. J. Pearson, was busy last
week manufacturing sugar cane
syrup, and on Saturday compli
mented several of his city friends,
the Tribune editor among the
number, with samples of it. It
was made by the open kettle sys
tem, by an expert at the business
and there is none better.
The Box Social at
school house last Saturday night
was well attended and a great sue
cess. The young people had an
enjoyable time together. The re
sults of the social was $72.05 to be
used for the betterment of the
school house and grounds. The
teachers are grateful to the people
for their liberality.
* 'the Pearson charge of the South
Georgia Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal (dun eh, South, com
posed of churches in Atkinson
county, will go to the annual con
ference at Moultrie with a good re
port of the year’s work. There has
been 37 accessions to the churches;
all assessments will be paid, though
there will be a balance due on
Centenary contributions.'The last
quarterly conference for the year
will he held tomorrow, preaching
at 11 o’clock by Elder Morgan.
The Tribune chronicles the death
of Mr. Ben. F. Summerlin, a pioneer
citizen of Willaeoochee, with sor
row. lie and his wife, who preced
ed him to the grave, were real
friends to the editor, their friend
ship dating back for a quarter of a
century. “Ben Summerlin,” as he
was familiarily known, had his
foibles as other folks, but within
him was a big, warm heart, and an
ever willing ear to hear the cry of
distress coming from any source
and a ready hand to help in time
of trouble. His kindly acts and
sympathizing tears will remain as
a memorial before God that he
loved suffering humanity. Mr.
Summerlin has been in declining
health for several years, growing
out of advanced age, but his death
at this time was not expected.
He was up and transacted business
on Tuesday, but early Wednesday
morning he was at the head of the
stairway leading to the room he
had reserved for himself in the
Summerlin Hotel, cold in the em
brace of death. Heart failure was
the immediate cause of his death.
Later the 3’ribune will publish a
more fitting tribute to his memory.
Class Control.
Editor Tribune:
Will you please allow me space
to say a few words relative to this
important subject as many of the
county schools are now running?
Class control isdependent mainly
on self-control by the teacher.
Self-control is based principally
upon personality and preparedness.
These are the two main timbers,
indeed, that bridge the way to suc
cess in teaching.
Only one final remark need be
made as to the importahee of pre
paredness. Admiral Dewey, when
asked how he won the battle of
Manila Bay so easily, is said to
have replied with sailor-like brev
ity, “By getting a good ready.”
Personality, the second essential,
is something difficult to define. It
seems to comprehend the sum total
of the habits of the individual.
Some of these are with us at birth;
others are formed. In the forma
tive period of our lives we have
opportunity of shaping our self
control and self improvement.
The most important work of any
one’s life is the conquering and
controlling of self. “He that rul
eth his spirit,” says the wise man,
“Is better than he that taketh a
city.” To which we may add:
Unless a person can rule himself
or herself they cannot rule a class.
The teacher who has control of
himself or herself is most likely to
be able to control others; but his
or her control to be most efficient
must be indirect rather than di
rect. 3’he re should be no place in
the public schools for arbitrary
rule or autocratic force. Such dis
cipline defeats it own ends. Com
mand that really controls is not
usually expressed in words or in
other outward display of authority.
The best class disciplinarians say
little about order. They act in an
orderly way. They go straight at
the purposes of the lesson. They
say bp the tone of their words ard
by their well-directed actions: "Wo
are here for business!” The class
naturally responds to such leader
ship and falls in line.
The ill-controlled person is al
ways nagging the class for order.
Such a teacher never gets what he
or site is after. Let such a teacher
begin with self and the difficulty
will soon disappear.
The teacher’s voice reflects very
plainly the spirit of the teacher.
A controled voice works magic
with the class. If firm, clear tones,
are used the class is likely to be
quiet. If the teacher speaks in a
high-pitched, raspy tone, or in a
tone of lazy monotony, the control
is lost.
A common mistake made by
teachers is suggested by this inci
dent: The writer once called at a
certain home. 3he children of the
home were making so much noise
that he had to knock at the door
several times, very loudly, before
he could make the inmates hear.
Finally his sharp rap caught the
ear of the mother, who called out
in a shrill voice, “Come in! I try to
talk above their voice.” 3’he harsh
worn voice of this mother showed
that she had been talking above
the noises of her boisterous house
hold for a good many years.
The teacher who will talk above
the noises of the class, may con
tinue so to talk, but the iesults of
the work are likely to be hardly
worth while. 3'be lesson is largely
lost, either through not being
heard or through lack of respect
for the work.
3’eachers should quietly but
firmly stand for Jaw and order,
for it is written, “Order is heav
en’s fifst law.”
Your friend for better schools,
J. G. White.
Axson, Ga.. November 4, 1920.
The United States consumes a
quarter of the world’s sugar.
THE GENARAL ELECTION.
f
What Some Editors are Saying
About the Results.
Since we had to be licked, we
have no objection to their making
a good job of it. If they don’t
make good with the government
we will stick out our tongue at
them and say “ah ha.” —Ocilla
Star.
It has been conceded by leading
Democrats for many months that
the party could not win the fight
this year for many reasons, chief
among which is the great record of
achievement which the party has
made during the past eight years.
Men and parties who accomplish
results always make enemies, and
the more they accomplish the
greater is the number of enemies
which they are sure to make. It
is only the men w ho set their sails
to every passing breeze and who
do nothing than go on holding leg
islative offices without opposition.
—Valdosta Times.
The election which swept the
Republicans into office by tremen
dous odds Tuesday also swept an
alarming number of rank Germans
into our Congress. His name would
lead us to believe the man who de
feated Champ Clark is a German.
A democrat, a man of Anglo-Saxon
blood and pure devotion to the
American flag and the cause of this
country surrendered his seat in
congress to the Germans of Texas
—and in doing so he gives it over
to the slackers and the traitors to
this great government whenfwe
were in a war we could not avoid.
What a tremendous plement is
living in this country enjoying its
rich freedom of citizenship and
possibilities in business that se
cretly in heart was not willing to
go to battle to defend its honor
and rights of its citizens. —Cordele
I iispatch.
33io.se people who wanted "a
ohange"-»-and they appear to be in
the majority, taking the country
by and large, and judging by the
voting in Tuesday’s national elec
tion —now knows they are going
to get it, and it is to be hoped they
will quit growling and knocking
and turn their attention to their
business pursuits, whatever they
may be. 33ie “change” will come
right; we may depend upon that,
but whether, it will be for the
bet ter remains to be seen. In any
event, however, nobody will gain
anything by growling and lapsing
into a state of pessimism. Those
who get down to work and turn
their faces cheerfully and encour
agingly toward the future will be
the ones, and the only ones, that
will be in the procession of pros
perity, whatever the changes in
the administration may be.—Al
bany Herald.
Handling and Grading Potatoes
Losses of sweet potatoes in stor
age are due to the attacks of para
sitic fungi or molds. Diseases like
black rot, stem rot, scurf, etc., are
transmitted to the potatoes from
diseased plants; while others, as
soft rot are not carried by the
plants.
Soft rot, caused by the black,
bread mold, Rhizopus, is the most
important storage rot of sweet po
tatoes. The spores or seeds ol this
mold are found in the soil, on the
tools and containers used for har
vesting, and in dust floating about
in the air. These spores germinate
and grow to best advantage under
moist conditions, and do not readi
ly attack the dry uninjured skin of
a sweet potato. If Rhizopus spores
lodge on a cut or bruised potato
they readily germinate and grow
on the moist surface and soon turn
the potato into a rotten mass. The
mycelium or roots of the fungous
are able to grow from a rotting po
#1.50 A YEAR
Contest in Elocution.
Mrs. Baker’s class in expression,
composed of a number of girls and
boys, gave a reading last Friday
afternoon.
It was a contest between the
girls for a prize and between the
boys I'm a prize. The teacher had
offered a prize of $2.50 in gold for
the best declamation in each class.
Mrs. Baker had requested Messrs.
T. S. Winn, G. 11. Mingledorff and
B. T. Allen to act as judges, decide
the contest and award the prizes.
3'lie contest began with the girls
and the boys following. The
judges found the contest very in
teresting and made notes of each
recitation, making necessary al
lowances for the disparity in the
ages and opportunities of each
speaker. They reached the unani
mous conclusion that they had a
delicate task in hand; that all the
speakers had acquitted themselves
creditably and showed that they
had been skillfully trained. But
as a decision had to be reached as
to the best in each class, girls and
boys, it was unanimously decided
that the girl's prize should go to
Miss Jessie Sutton and the boy’s
prize to master Orsen Brown.
Mrs. Baker lias a class of twenty
pupils, about equally divided be
tween girls and boys, and they are
making real progress in lilting
themselves for successful reading,
conversation and extemporaneous
expression of thought before the
public.
Correct composition and declam
ation, embracing minute analysis
of subjects and questions, should
be a part of the curiculum of every
school.
3’he Tribune is glad Pearson peo
ple have the services of Mrs. Ba
ker to train their children in the
art of elocution or expression.
Quarterly Conference.
The fourth quarterly conference
of the Pearson charge will convene
at Pearson Methodist church |ou
Saturday November 13th, 1920.
Preaching by Rev. E. F. Morgan
at 11:00 o’clock a. m. Dinner on
the ground, quarterly conference
at 2:30 p. m. All official members
of the charge are urged to be pres
ent. Come bring your baskets and
lets spend the day in interest of
God’s Kingdom.
W. C. Rails', Pastor.
tato into an adjoining uninjured
one, aud thus the rot introduced
on a cut potato may cause the loss
of many uninjured ones.
Knowing that soft ret generally
starts in cut and bruised potatoes
it is important that care be used
to grade so as to remove all cut and
bruised potatoes from the ones in
tended for storage. It is preferable
to grade the potatoes in the field,
putting all the good ones in crates
or other containers, to be transfered
to the storage house or bank. The
cut and bruised potatoes should
then be gathered and sold for im
mediate use or fed to stock.
When tin* potatoes are being
graded all which show black rot
spots should be sorted out and fed
to stock, as they are not suitable
for human food.
There is generally some loss from
rotting in storage even under the
best of conditions, but is not ad
visable to attempt to remove such
potatoes by sorting overall of those
stored, ashy so doing the good po
tatoes are more or less bruised and
spores from the rotting ones are
scattered throughout the house.
Tests along these lines at the Geor
gia Experiment Station have prov
en that the fewer times sweet po
tatoes are handled in harvesting
and storing the smaller the loss
will be from storage rots.
J. A. McClintock,
Plant Physiologist.
The first locomotive’s capacity
was a load of ten tons at a rate o
five miles an hour.
