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VOL. (i—NO. 35
NEWS OP OBR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
Tho voters of Douglas, women
and inn;, h r. ■ elected a new set
of ", dad'.“ viz: Mayor —W. It
Frier: (Vuneiimeii- —F. F. Preston,
O. F. , n. C. Reliban, W. IF
Bo lie ami It. N. .Me Far hern. These
are nil . T follows and will makei
Done!,.-- I'vrl'cnt officials. At
any rui. the j eople will have to
give them a year's trial, and the
Tribune wishes them sueeees.
The i Ware county will
test ' is' vr-eiity of the const i
tut.io.j , .dment, recently
adopti d. •• ha h provides a new
ba alive representation
from ; ;es. and under which
it w; a,lea .. a to give Ware coun
ty tiire< . - ,ai of two representa
t;vi s. bill, in its passage
thr, a th * <tenerai Assembly, be
cae ; ,e ’as to defect V are
county's a.- ei rat ions.
1-ai; aa aa- been hard hit re
cent 1 v l>> la s. Her last loss was
her hot d by M rs. S. \\ ■
Tomlinson, and a near by dwelling,
owned by Mr. W. W. liauman snd
occupied by Co!. A. ('. Franks.
The hotel !••; id a was partially
covered by insui am : the Bauman
dwelling w:t~ nut insured, but Col.
Frank-- -ave! ;,!! his household
goods. The roomers at the hotel
lost everything tiny had in their
rooms.
A mcidin'.; was held in Way cross
Wedm sduy <*; las! week to perfect
the organi■ :i; a of a "District
Council i i Bo;, ills." Seven
couni .1 ’.aeon, Brant
ley, <Bn *•, < ffee. Pierce and
Ware —were ••eted to be rep
resented. Tin ditor was request
ed to represf n t Atkinson county,
but sit kms- i : ecu led 1)1 < being
present. To m . real men out of
our boy- is a La -k worthy of our
best effort.
11 is given out I rum the Way
cross Headquarters of tin* High
way Department that, in the
Eleventh cm .pa ssional district,
there are fourteen projects under
consti . Turn were complet
ed in ' , a-i>4ind the contracts
let for tv. • lac More than six
bundi. aa are einpioyeil by the
dep.irti.a ).:. ai d one hundred and
tv .i.\’t • is and thirty trucks
used evi'iy In all there arc
aboiil a-u hundred miles under
const) i ct ion,
P imped the people of
Braid 1 -siiiy can straighten out
tbeii t.uigle without re
s,,|-l ;. M a 111--a. election. Till'
eh'ctian 11 .uri- were bundled up
<and sent ! » th.r Secretary of state
without i< ■ a properly consolidat
ed. ■ i:> ; ar Tribune that
the re so returns could be sent
back i •■•lion by the man
ag f is ( , . ice! ion. This may
be done t he officers elect com
mix •; a dify and be sworn in
Rub-” y n cures bruises,
cuts, b'Ui- sores, tetter, etc.
Col. See, aiii M. Smith, son of
Mr. and Mis. Seward Smith, of
Iloinerville, Clinch county, has
been appall. led assistant At torney-
Generni if g .... and will prob
ally assume hi duties at the time
the other -Pit;- house officers are
sworn in a.ud l a. . ir their duties.
Mr. Smith gr;aiu it.ed in literature
and law prim to the war and, after
a short experience in the actual
practice ui his profession, vol
unteered in t:!;■ service of his coun
try. After the signing of the arm
istiee and be was discharged, he
located at- * Mi dole for tire practice
of his prnH ssii n. lint left Coidele
a few months ago and located in
Hunting! i. V. t Virginia.
Rub-M Tig . relieves Rheu
matism, Leu. .igia, Sprains.
Death of B. H. Tanner
The festivities of the Christmas
holidays, in Douglas and Coffee
county, were turned to mourning
when the news from Atlanta Fri
day morning announced the death
of Mr. IS. 11. Tanner. He had been
in failing health for some time and
had gone to Atlanta for medical
treatment. His remains were buri
ed Sunday afternoon in the Tan
ner graveyard, not far from his
home at Kales. Elder 'l'. S. Hubert,
pastor of the Douglas Baptist
Church, officiated at the funeral,
in the presence of many people
who attended the interment.
Mr. Tanner was born and reared j
in Coffee county, when schools
wore scarce and deprived him of
an education. Nevertheless, by
his perseverance, energy and strict,
attention to business he acquired
a competency for himself and num
erous family. lie was ranked
among ilie wealthsest citizens of
< toffee county. •
His acknowledged business abil
ity brought him into prominence
as a county. official. His latest
service to his county was as chair
man of the Ilocd of County Com
missioners; ho served in that cap
acity three or four forms. He took
an active interest in all public af
fairs of town and county.
He served one term as Mayor of
Douglas, and many reforms were
worked out during liis term of of
fice.
lie was president of the Citizens
Bank of Douglas from its organiza
tion until lliree or four years ago
he resigned. He was also at the
head of large mercantile interests
in Douglas. He gave these interests
over to the care of his children,
when he moved from Douglas back
to Fairs to give his entire atten
lion to bis immense farming inter
lie is survived by his second wife
and a large family of children. He
will he missed not only by these
but many people; who made him
(he source from whence their live
liiiood came.
Christmas Casualties.
During the Christmas holidays
just, past there were several serious
casualties w itliin a radius of twelve
miles of Pearson.
The first was at Millwood. A
small child of Mr. W ard was sleep
ing in a room upstairs, in the all
sence of fire works of any sort some
youngsters decided to celebrate
with their firearms. A bullet Iron)
one of the weapons entered the
*'ooin where the child was sleeping
and seriously if not. fatally wound
ing the child. The missile struck
the child in the* eye and ranged fo
the opposite side of the head. The
Opinion has been expressed that
the child will probably lose both
his eyes if not his life.
The second was an unfortunate
affray at Kirkland, engaged in by
Jodie Corbitt and Frank Guldens,
and in which Gorbitt slashed Bid
dens severely with a knife, and
the wounds may prove fatal.
The third was in Pearson. A lad
of a boy was shot in the eye by the
careless handling of a parlor rifle,
and the boy may lose his right eye.
666 quickly relieves a cold.
Mike Kahn, a Jew merchant of
| Sale City. Mitchell county, was
, caught napping some time ago. A
| man representing, the Tax depart
j ment of Mitchell county, called on
I him for a statement of the value of
j his property. He thought he was
talking to a commercial agent who
wanted the value of his property
for a credit basis, and he boosted
values sure enough. He got on to
it when he discovered Jiis tax val
ues tile same as given to the man
who had interviewed him. He
[now wants to go kick bimsefi.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31,1920
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Brethren are Discussing a
Number of Live Topics.
The man who is sitting on the
fence waiting for some relief from
Washington is simply wasting his
time, whether he is a farmer, a mer
chant, a banker or a cotton spoon
lator. The Government ought to
go out of the paternal business.
The quicker we quit depending on
Washington to relieve us < ou^ !
troubles the better off we wnl be.
—Lyons Progress.
It is understood that there are
influences at work to have the
Georgia Legislature pass a law pro
hibitiug the sale of many of the
old standard remedies by drug
gists, the old-time remedies which
the people have been accustomed
to buy through the generations.
It is safe to say that the men who
support such a monstrous bill will
not have the opportunity to sup
port any kind of one in another
Legislature. —Adel News.
“How dear to our heart is the
steady subscriber- —the steady sub
scriber who pays in advance; there's
nothing but gold in his heart and
fiber, and lie'll go straight to heav
en with half a chance,” says the
Walton Tribune. “Most all of our
steady subscribers who pay in ad
vance have already gone to heaven
or somewhere else,” comments the
Griffin NewsandSun. All our sub
scribers pay iu advance, but then
this part of God’s Gountry is
as near heaven as a fellow can
get on lb is earth. —Tilton Gazette.
All our subscribers live in God’s
Gountry; and some of llii'in actual
Jy pay for and read the Tribune in
(i lory.
We notice that the Muscle
Shoals nitrate plant, almost com
pleted, is likelj to lie abandoned,
due to the opposition of the I've
publicans in Congress, it will be
recalled (hat one very strong rea
son for the establishment of this
plant was that farmers in time of
peace might, be able to procure mi
limited supplies of nitrogen at a
cheap price. But, so many of the
farmers were so much engaged in
opposilion fo the league of Nations
that they seem to iiave overlooked
w hat, was about to happen to their
nitrate prospects. Then, too,this ni
trate plant making cheap fertilizers
might hurt the guano factories. —
Ocilia Star.
We get a splendid suggestion
for tiie farmer boys from Mr. J. L.
William article in the TifLot Ga
zette. He urges the planting of
black walnut trees for the tremefid
ous value in the wood for lumber
twenty-five years in the future,
lie suggests that the average farm
can be made to yield from five to
twenty thousand dollars worth of
black walnut lumber in that time
with the trees in the fence jams
and along spare places. He speaks
of the value of the walnuts as spare
food for the children—and they
were fine in our boy days. The
trees for lumber in furniture and
airplane uses will prove of greater
value in future than at present be
cause of (liegrowing need. —Cordele
Dispatch.
Many tourists h ave passed
through Tifton during the past
few weeks, returning from Florida.
Not all of them report such extra
ordinary charges as the Coffee
county paper tells of, but there
are many complaints of lack of ac
comodations, of high prices for ne
cessities, prohibitive rents, an 1 un
reasonably charges for camping
ground. Therefore, many people
who motored there to spend the
winter turned back, either stop
ping at some point in South Geor
gia or returning home. As a rule
these were people of moderate
means, who have for several years
Big Egg Yield.
“From a small lloek of hens 1
now get 20 to 25 eggs per day,
whereas before giving them Dr. Le-
Gear’s Poultry prescription, I only
received three or four. Its cost
lias been repaid to me over and
over.” So writes Mrs. J. W. Mont
gomery, Tunneil Hill, Ga.
You should increase your yield
now, while prices are high, through
Hr. LeGear's Poultry Prescription.
It is a tonic which builds up the
! lien's strength and vitality, and
stimulates the egg-produeing or
gans.
For 28 years I)r. LeGear lias been
recognized as America's foremost
Expert Poultry Breeder and Veteri
narian. Any time your poultry or
stock are ailing, it. will pay you to
get the proper Hr. LeGear Remedy
from your dealer. It must give
satisfaction, or your dealer will re
fund your money.—Advertisement
made it a practice of spending the
winter in Florida, but who found
if this year beyond their means. —
Tifton Gazette.
Gone, But Not Forgotten.
In sad bui loving memory of
MARSH B. WOOD,
who passed away on June 22nd,
11)20.
A dear one from us is gone,
A voice is hushed and still,
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
More and more, each day, we miss
him,
Friends may think the wound is
healed;
But I hey little know the sorrow
That lies within our hearts con
cealed.
I tow hard wo t ried to save you,
I’layers and tears were all in vain,
Happy angels came anil bore you .
From this world of toil and pain.
Where no sorrow, pain nor sick
ness,
Deaths and heartaches never
come.
Written by liis wife
Behkjh M. Wood.
Pearson, Ga., December 22, 1920.
A good two-horse wagon for sale
cheap for cash. Sec- J. L, Murray
YOU LOVE
LIFE MORE
Takes on a Different Color When Your Blood
Is Rich and Free fiom Poison.
TRY TAKING PEPTO MAMGAN.
If You Feel Listless and Depressed Your
Blood is Clogged and Sluggish.
Without knowing why, you find
yourself feeling unhappy. You go
around day after day half asleep.
Interest in what is going on around
you lags and life becomes dull.
The beauty of radiant sunshine,
lovely flowers and tip entrancing
miracles of life you miss entirely.
Living, eating, sleeping, become
more or less of a bore.
That is what clogged, sluggish
blood does to you. It poisons
your thoughts. You are only half
alive.
You need a good blood-enriching
tonic. Take Pepto-Mangan for a
few weeks and notice the big im
provement. Pepto-Mangan is an
agreeable tonic and is heartily en
dorsed by physicians.
Your druggist has Pepto-Man
gan in both liquid and tablet form.
Buy whichever you prefer, one lias
exactly the same effect as the
other. Make sure you get genuine
Pepto-Mangan. Ask for "Glide's”
and look for the full name, “Glide’s
Pepto-Mangan,” on the package.
—Ad vertisemen t.
To prevent a cold take 666.
WE HELPED BUILD SCHOOL
Tribune a Friend to Eleventh
District School,
Prof. J. M. Thrash, President of
the Eleventh District A. <& M.
school, cameover from Douglas last
Friday morning for the express
purpose of discussing with the Ed
itor an article appearing in the
Tribune which he thought was de
rogatory and hurtful to the school,
lit- couldn’t understand how a
friend of the school could permit
siii'li an article to appear in a news
paper under his control.
Prof. Thrasli is sturdy, evenly
balanced, doesn't go off at a tan
gent. and (lie discussion was pleas
ant —lasting about an hour. As
soon as be saw the motive behind
the criticism lie readily coincided
with the Editor that “Turning out
Star foot ball players” is not a fea
ture of the school at all and should
not be accentuated in the public
prints, and the officials of the
school should withdraw their con
sent that it be given undue prom
inence, as was done in the Macon
Telegraph which inspired the Tri
bune's criticism.
The Editor was disappointed
that the Tribune’s motives, in re
producing the Telegraph’s squib
and adding the forceful criticism,
should be misread and misunder
stood. it was suggestive only of
this interpretation: That, while
athletics is a necessary adjunct to
any reputable school, the primal
purpose of the establishment of
the twelve agricultural and me
chanical schools in Georgia was to
train their students, in connection
with a literary course, in agricul
ture, mechanic's, home economies
and kindred seieuees. These are
tiie real features of the schools,
and the success they attain in
these features is what should be
emphasized in the public prints;
this is the kind of advertising they
need and must have in order to
success. However, it is a lament
able fact that quite all the public
ity they are getl ing relates to their
attainments in athletics —base ball
and football. Hence the Tribune
thinks it time to call a halt; not
that the Editor objects to physical
training in these schools. It is
necessary, blit not so important as
to win all the publicity they get.
Now, the facts are that the Elev
enth District school is doing fine
work in literature and science, no
better work is being done at any
of the secondary schools in Geor
gia. Pupils graduating from its
literary department are well equip
ped and can stand the most rigid
examination. This is exemplified
in the ease of Miss Carolyn Kirk
land, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Kirkland, of Atkinson county,
who, in a contest for a teacher’s
certificate in Tennessee, won first
place over a large class of appli
cants, and tli is is the kind of at
tainments that should he given to
the newspapers for publication.
The school is doing good work in
agriculture, and has turned out
some excellent young farmers, and
the Editor is proud of their suc
cess. These young gentlemen are
never heard of in the newspapers.
The Editor regrets exceedingly
that the School's splendid success,
in connection with its primal feat
ures, should be hid under the pub
licity bushel, while its incidental
feature is given such prominence.
Another splendid fact is the
spirit animating the school, teach
ers and pupils are in perfect accord,
With this and the success of the
other real features going to the
public, the school’s usefulness to
the girls and boys of the District
would not be questioned and the
patronage greatly increased.
If the Tribune’s criticism shall
bring a change in the kind of pub
licity the school is getting the
$1.50 A YEAR
Home-Coming for Christmas.
Among the most pleasant inci
dents of the holidays was the home
coming of former citizens, scattered
off in the business world, to spend
Christmas and the holidays with
parents, relatives and friends.
The Tribune has made, as near
as possible, a complete list of those
xvho were here and their hosts.
Mr. and Mrs. John O’steen and
children from Hopkins, at the
homo of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Woodard.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pafford, from
Hopkins. She was visiting at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Kirkland, near Axson, while ho
visited friends and relatives in tho
southwestern portion of Atkinson
county, among them Hons. S. L.
Mainor and John H. Haskins.
Misses Etta White Edna Meeks
and Mattie Morris, came home from
school at Valdosta, to spend tho
recess with their parents, Mr, and
Mrs. J. O, White, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Meeks and Hon. Thomas Morris.
Dr. Spencer Kirkland and Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Davis and son Geo.
were with their parents, Hon. and
Mrs. Jeff Kirkland.
Dr. D. E. Harrell, undergraduate
of tho Augusta Medical College,
spent the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lovett Harrell.
Miss Mae James came home from
Fitzgerald and spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. I*. James.
Miss Belle Pafford and sister,
Mrs. Bradford, came down from
Albany and spent Saturday and
Sunday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. A. Pafford.
Messrs. Wash and Charlie Doug
las were here from Maitland, Fla.,
and spent several days with their
parents, Hon. and Mrs. B. W. Doug
las, in the Harmony Grove settle
ment, northern portion of the coun
ty-
Judge and Mrs. F. E. McNeaal
had for their guests several days
his son, Mr. Stacy McNeal from
some point in East Georgia, and
his son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis McNeal, of Mul
berry, Fla.
Miss Charlotte ltieketson, teach
er of the Leliatou school, spent
her week’s recess with her mother,
Mrs. Mary Ricketson.
M r. Remer Sweat came over from
Douglas, where he is attending
school, and spent several days with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
J. Sweat. He also spent several
days with his mother, Mrs. Herrin,
near Waycross.
Mr. Edgar and Miss- Estelle
Parker, who are working in Jack
sonville, Fla., spent several days
here with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Parker.
Mr. Charlie James and family
of Willacoochee,|visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. James, dnriug
the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Browning
and children visited her brother,
Mr. B. F. Guest, and family, near
Kirkland. He also visited his bro
thers, Willie and Artie, in this
city.
Little Miss Mae Bartley, came
over from Valdosta and spent tho
school vacation with her mother,
Mrs. Alice Bartley.
sporting columns of the daily pa
pers it will prove helpful rather
than hurtful, and reach the pur
pose intended by the Editor. It is
not hurtful for any institution to
see itself in the mirror of criticicin.
It there finds its point of least re
sistence and can strengthen itself
for progress toward success.
Through the liberality of Prof.
Thrash the Tribune will go to the
School library for 1921, and teach
ers and pupils will fiud in it a real
friend.
The Editor is glad Prof. Thrash
called to see him, and trusts bq
will CQiue again,
