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PEARSON ©TRiBUNE
VOL. 6 —SO. 50
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
The City of MetteV, capital of
Candler county, has just let the
contract for a $25,000 high school
building —two story brick, eight
class rooms and all modern appli
ances. clood for Metier.
MMycross neighbors, especi
ally the merchants, will << utilize
next (Shriner's) week by offering
bargains and making it a big trade
week. There will be crowds' of
people there every day in the week.
Editor Simmons, of the Nash
ville Herald, is putting a lot of
energy and ginger into that paper.
< >ll r neighbors over in Berrien
county slntyld appreciate and give
him unstinted support. The Her
ald is greatly improved.
Lawless denizens of Berrien
county have started dynamiting
her dipping vats. On Tuesday
night, just before day, two were
blown up near Hay City. Too bad
that people will defy the law when
it is to their best interest to up
hold it.
The people of Blackshear and
Pierce county will hear William
Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska,
thrice defeated candidate for the
presidency and the best advertised
man in America, tonight. His
theme has not given out, but
the Tribune suspeets.it will be“W.
J. B.” firstly, and “Grape Juice”
lastly.
The first issue of The Lanier
County News, under the manage
ment of Col. Folks lluxford and
Mr. Willie Browning, has reached
the Tribune. It is a creditable
sheet considering the worn and
pied condition of the material from
which it has to be printed. Those
boys are going to do their very
•best to improve the paper.
Dr. Chas. G. Pope, formerly of
Adel and Pearson, died from Blood
Poisoning last Thursday in Dublin,
Ga., where he was engaged as a
Pharmacist. His body was return
ed to Adel, where his mother lives,
for burial Saturday. Several of his
Pearson friends attended the fu
neral. He was a very lovable
character, and his mother and sis
ters have the sympathy of many
people in Pearson in their sorrow.
The plat of land and buildings
thereon, known as the "Coffee
County Fair Grounds” was bought
by the City of Douglas at Sheriff's
Sale on the first Tuesday instant.
It brought about SI,OOO. The city
will use it for fair grounds, camp
iug ground for tourist traveling
over the Central DiSie Highway
on which iMs located. A landing
place foi air planes will be arrang
ed. Tiie idea is a good oue.
As the time approaches for the
Georgia legislature to convene
there are rumors of intentions to
slice Thomas county for the mak
ing of two new' counties —one with
Meigs as the county site and the
other with Boston as the county
site. The Tribune editor can see
Judge /till Hopkins slipping on his
lighting clothes. If there is any
thing doing in those lines you may
be sure the Judge will be found on
the firing line in front of the slicers
pf Thomas county.
The Wayeross and Ware County
Chamber of Commerce is divided
against itself, and the probability
is a new’ organization will be ef
fected to mollify the warring fac
tions. Division of service by
Secretary-Manager Thomas seems
to be the bone of contention, one
faction insist that he should devote
his entire time to the direct inter
ests of the Chamber, and another
faction claims that all his activity,
in behalf of the Atlantic to Gulf
canal and the Boy Scouts, are
closely eo-related to the mam work
of the Chamber There is need of
a better understanding.
- Kirkland-James.
Stealing away from their young
companions late Saturday afternoon
—so the news came to the Tribune
—Miss Elizabeth Kirkland and
Mr. John James repaired to the
Ordinary’s office, procured a mar
riage license and then requested
the accommodating Ordinary,
Judge J. Wesley Roberts, to pro
nounce the words which would
unite them for life as husband and
wife. Their coup camp as argreat
surprise to their many friends —
old as well as young.
The bride is an estimable and
accomplished young womfui, eldest
child of the late Dr. T. J. Kirkland,
and has made her home for the
past several years with relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Sears. For the
past scholastic year she taught
school at Sunny-Side with much
success.
The groom is the second son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter James, of
the southeastern part of the conn
and is highly esteemed by all
who know him, as d young man of
sterling integrity, of marked en
ergy and thrift, and of lofty aspir
ations.
While they are very young to
assume the responsibilities of mar
ried people —he about nineteen
and she about seventeen years of
age —their friends predict for them
a very successful voyage. Both
have attained quiet and settled
habits and will easily adjust t hem
selves to their new relationship.
The Tribune editor wishes for
them long anil successful lives.
Hogs Pay Big Money.
i
Mr. Pete Wing of Hawk Point,
Mo., made a lot of money out of
his hogs. He says: "I fed them
I)r. LeGear’s Hog Prescription. Ik
has given wonderful results in put
ting gains on them with less feed.
They were on heavy feed for only
a month; averaged a gain of 2 12
pounds daily, and were only 7
months, 10 days old, when sold.”
Mr. Wing profited by the advice
of Dr. Legear, Graduate Veteriua
rian and Expert Poultry Breeder
of 28 years’ stand iiig.
Dr. LeGear’s flog Prescription
will put weight on your hogs also,
because it expels worms, purifies
the blood and conditions’them so
that they gain llcsh on less feed.
It makes no difference what ail
ment is prevalent among your
stock or poultry, it is money in
your pocket to get the proper Dr.
LeGear Remedy from your dealer,
on a satisfaction or money back
offer. —Advert isement.
- Clinch Superior Court.
The spring term of Clinch super
ior court was held last week. The
business on the civil docket, ready
for trial, was disposed of on Mon
day. The criminal business yeeu
pied Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. The fines amounted to
$750. Two defendants drew
straight chain gang sentences for
twelve months each. L. L. Sloan
went into the grand jury room to
get a Bill of Indictment against
his own brother for some trivial
offense, when the tail of his coat
became tangled up with the handle
of his pistol and exposed the weap
on to the gaze of the jury, who
promptly indicted him and caused
him to plead guilty before the
court and pay a fine of $75. Dock
Spivey, indicted for murder, was
found guilty of voluntary man-'
slaughter and sentenced by the
jury to serve from two to five years
irrthe penitentiary.
Soil in the garden should be rich
and well supplied with humus.
Stable manure is best for the gar
den, for it furnishes both plant
food and humus.
Don’t attempt Jo grow a garden
uuder or near large trees that will
not only shade the crops but in
addition draw most of the moisture
and plant food from the soil.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921
DEATH OF.AOG. E. DANIEL
His Life Interwoven with Early
History of Valdosta.
The Thomasville Press brings to
the Tribune editor the sad intelli:
genoe of the death of his former
comrade in the newspaper game, 1
and whose youth was spent in the
young city /,f \ aldosta.
llis mother was a widow with
three sons, viz., Augustus E., Moses
H. and John. They had been be
reft of husband and father by the
Civil War, helpless and in poverty.
Maj. Philip (A Pendleton, pro
prietor and editor of "The South
Georgia Times,” became acquaint
ed with Mr./ Daniel and her situa
tion. llis great heart wont out in
sympathy for her and her tvarmnde
orphans, his tender nature was
aroused and in his anxiety to help
her in her distress, he proposed to
give this oldest son fmplovment—
notwithstanding he was scarcely
able to read reprint to say nothing
of manuscript, on bis newspaper.
llis offer was accepted and Gus
became the apprentice boy of the
Times newspaper.
In the Fall of 1808, when the
Tribune editor entered the office,
under employment as book-keeper
and mail clerk, lie found the me
eh an leal department in charge of
Philip C. Pendleton, Jr., Fuller .1
Wind, now of the Cairo Messenger,
whose father was also a victim of
\
the war, and Augustus E. Daniel.
The press work was being done by
a colored man, Benjamin Franklin,
a true friend to all the boys. Mr.
Wind was from Thomasville and
had learned to set type under Mr.
John 'l'. Chastain, in the office of
the Southern Enterprise. Mr. C.
R. Peudldlon had not then com
menced his newspaper career.
By this employment in the print
ing office Gus was enabled to assist,
his mother in earing for her fami
ly. He learned to spell correctly,
to read and to write; he learned to
frame correct grammatical sen
tences, and practical punctuation.
The scholarly Mr. Philip C. Pen
dleton, Jr., was painstaking oi in
slructing him along these lines.
After a four year’s apprenticeship
he was a fa.irly good journeyman
printer, a young man of strong
character and capable of going out
with safety into the business world.
In 1873 his health became im
paired and lie decided to give up
the printing business for a season.
It was then his mother decided to
move from Valdosta to Thomas
county where her relatives lived,
and Gus went with her.
He was about ten years old when
Major Pendleton took him into the
printing office. What transpired
in Valdosta from that time until
lie was about seventeen was wit
nessed by him and stored in his
memory. Among these things
were the national elections of 1808
and 1872, when Valdosta was the
only voting place in Lowndes
county, and when the voters had
to approach the polls through a
cordon of sable soldiers. He knew
of the Freedman’s Bureau and. tire
many indignities heaped upon the
proud but law-abiding people by
its operation. He felt the humili
ation of sending and receiving his
mail at the hands of a postmaster
obnoxious to the people, Jacob D.
Euos, a northern octoroon, having
no more interest in the welfare of
Valdosta and Lowndes county than
a Kamschatka Indian. He hoard
of the midnight pow wows of the
carpet bagger, the scalawag and
the ignorant, but confiding, Negro,
lie saw the results of these hot
beds of intrigue and treachery,
schools that taught the colored
people to distrust their former
white owners, among whom they
were to live and for whom they
were to labor for a livelihood, and
forever think aud act opposite to
Make Your Tax Returns.
Tax Receiver, H. W. Corl&tt,
under the tax law must complete
the work of receiving lax returns
by May Ist, and turn over the re
sult of his labors to the Board of
Equalizers for the purpose of equa
lization.
Property owners, he reports,
have been very slow in making
their returns and many are yet
delinquent. Just why they have
neglected to make their returns
cannot be conceived.
He has, therefore, requested the
Tribune to call the attention of its
readers, and they pass it on to
t hose who are not subscribers to t he
Tribune, that there is nothing to
be gained, but much to be lost,
by not attending to this matter.
The equalization board is not
authorized by law and it is not a
part of their duty to accept your
lax returns; hence you gain noth
mg by wait ing and handing in your
return to them.
The Tax Collector is charged
with the duty of doubling the re
turns of those who essay to make
returns to him, as is the custom of
some people who claim they get off
lighter by making returns to 1 lie
collector. If he fails to double
tax those who failed to give in to
the receiver, he violates the law
and is subject to prosecution and
punishment.
Your duty, citizen, re
require you to give in your returns
to the tax receiver. He alone is
authorized to receive them from
you, and you are hereby urged to
perform this duty at once. You
have only a few days more, fifteen
in fact, in which to do your duty
and wfiy'not do so?
, Be good men! Be good citizens!
Bi\ good fa x i iay ers!
Testimonial
Omega, Ga., Sept. 13, 19H).
Mr. Guy A. Cox, *
City.
Dear Sir: —
With reference to your Liver
and Stomach Medicine.
1 wish to say that I have been
using your Medicine in my family
lor several months.
1 consider it one of the best
medicines I have ever used. 1 can
heartily recommend it to anyone
suffering with Liver and Stomach
trouble or fora general tonic.
Very truly yours,
11. F. Brown.
Cox’s Liver and Stomach Medi
cine acts so gentle and mild, espe
cially recommended for delicate
women and puny children. Tastes
so good. Sold by all'.good drug
stores. Cox Medicine Co., Inc.
Manufacturers, Omega, Ga. —Adv.
t hem ip politics and ail public af
fairs; which, in ilself, lias been a
menace to Southern progress.
Under such environment Gus
Daniel, following the precepts and
examples of Maj. Pendleton, grew
to manhood with conservative
views, a man of honor and unim
peachable character. He was ret
icent but thoughtful, took no very
active part in public affairs.
The writer stops to breathe a
sigh! Gus Daniel, his steadfast
comrade in youth, is dead. His
life, in his quiet way, wa> well
lived; his examples of industry
and constancy were worth emula
tion by those who came after him.
If he left them nothing else his
children have a splendid heritage
in the fact that their father was a
noble and true man.
The work of cultivating a garden
will be greatly reduced if special
attention is given to the prepara
lion of the soil before the seeds
are planted.
" As a rule, foliage crops, such as
lettuce, kale, and spinach, do fair
ly well in partial shade, but must
have a minimum of three hours of
sunshine a day. Plan Is that ripen
fruits, such as tomatoes and egg
plant, should have a minimum of
five hours of sunsbiue each day.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Brethren are Discussing a
Number of Live Topics.
There is a state law that says all
cattle must be dipped, and like
every other law, it should be re
spected and enforced. We may
not like it —but so long as it re
mains law we as citizens must obey
it. It we don’t want it we should
spend our effort in having it re
pealed, instead of trying to over
ride it by force. —Thomasville
Press. .
A Pennsylvania woman ripped
open an old mattress the other day
for the purpose of burning the
feathers. She thought some use
might be made of the ticking,
though sin' had slept on the mat
tress for 25 years, and her mother,
who gave it to her, had also used
it. Inside the mattress was found
about in currency, over
which the woman had been peace
fully slumbering for a quarter of a
aentury, and often worrying be
cause she could not conveniently
put her hands on a little ready
cash. —Blackshear Times.
If Georgia is to have any sort of
reputable standing with her sister
states she must frown upon and
put her seal of condemnation on
defiance of law and order and pun
isli quickly and severely those who
would interfere with constituted
authority. There is enough law
lessness and a spirit of revolt in
tin* land already without appealing
to the baser natures of people. If
this thing goes on it won’t be long
before there will be little safety for
those who earnest ly desire that
our state shall be known for its
allegiance to law and the higher
and better things.—Adel News.
The young man or young woman
who stands behind the counter in
your store or your bank and the
•minute closing time comes around
drops all interest in your affairs
and the community at large and
goes off on pleasure bent is not
worth the money you are paying
him or her and will never amount
to much for himself. They are
simply servants and will never get
any higher. Initiative and a live
ly interest in all that goes to ere
ate a desire for more knowledge of
the business engaged in, new ideas
that will make that business pop
ular with the masses is what counts.
The task server does not grow; the
individual that is content to drift
down the current of life, a drifter
lie will always be. Young man
and young woman don’t be a drift
er. Don’t let the moss crop out on
your back or the cob webs get into
your hair. Five and learn and as
you learn, do. —Cornelia Enter
prise.
Young Wife Dead.
Mrs. Horry Kirkland died last
Thursday morning and was buried
Friday in the Antioch cemetery,
about six miles northwest of Pear
son. The deceased was an estim
able young woman, a daughter of
Mr. Geo. W. Gilbert, and had been
sick for some time with a compli
cation of diseases. She was mar
lied to Mr. Horry Ilirkland about
two years ago, and is survived by
her husband, one child, her parents
and several brothers and sisters.
She had many friends who join in
extending sympathy and condol
ence to the stricken husband and
baby.
Don’t plant a garden where the
sun does not shine for at least five
hours each bright day.
The same kind of vegetables
should not be grown tw ice iu suc
cession in the same part of garden,
if this can be avoided. If a ra?!i
eally different kind is grown dis
ease siiores aud insects, though
present in the soil, are not so liable
to attack the second crop.
$1.50 A YEAIt
Did You Know
That Georgia established tho
first free school?
That Georgia established the
first State University in the Union!
That Georgians established the
first female college in the world —
Wefsß'yan, at Maeon?
That a Georgia woman, Miss
Catherine Brewer, was the first in
3ie world to graduate from a col
lege aud receive a diploma?
That the first steamboat to cross
the Atlantic ocean sailed from Sa
vannah, Ga., in 1819?
That the first iron vessel was
named for a Georgian, John Ran
dolph, and was built is Savannah,
Ga., in 1834?
That a Georgian invented' the
first sewing machine —the Howe?
That a Eli Whitney,
invented the first cotton gin? It
was a saw gin for short staple cot
ton.
That a Georgia lady, Mrs. Mary
Williams, of Columbus, was the
first to suggest the observance of
"Memorial Day,” on the 26th of
April?
That the first rural free delivery
mail service was established in
Georgia, at Quitman, Brooks coun
ty, J. E. Ponder, a Georgian, rais
ed in Quitman, was the carrier?
That a Georgian congressman,
Thomas E. Watson, was tho first
to suggest the establishment of
the rural free delivery mail service?
That a Georgia congressman,
James M. Griggs, pressed the rural
free delivery mail service Act
through congress and revolutioniz
ed the mail service of the country?
That a Georgian, Cox, invented
the first circular saw, in 1795?
That a Georgian, Dr. Crawford
Long, first discovered ether, the
anesthetic now in general use in
surgery?
That Georgia stands first among
the States in peach production?
Sow Collard Seeds Late.
The practice of sowing 001101x1
seeds late in the season will do
much towards controlling the green
worm and the harlequin bug, so
destructive to the crop.
Where the gqrdener or trucker
sows his collard seeds along with
llis other seeds in early spring, his
young collard plants, from the be
ginning, serve as suitable host
plants for the breeding of certain
destructive insects and fungous
troubles that continue through tho
long aud hot summer. Iu as much
as the collard grows- very little in
hot weather, and is not desired
generally for table use until late
fall.and winter, it is decidedly to
the gardener’s advantage to wait
until the latter part of May or
early June to sow his seeds, aud
not set the plants to the field be
fore late July or August. Plants
set to the field at this time will
escape the early broods of the green
cabbage worm aud the harlequin
bug, and will have sufficient time
to make large well developed plants
before the weather becomes cold in
the fall.
The land should be well prepar
ed and well fertilized before the
plants are set out. Regular aud
frequent cultivations should be
given so as to induce rapid and
continuous growth. Collards grown
in this way will retain their outer
leaves, wherein those which aro
compelled to withstand the long
hot summers often shed practically
all ttieir leaves, retaining only a
small bud in the top which starts
new growth and forms the collard
head after cool weather comes in
the fall.
The Georgia Experiment Station
crossed the Georgia collard with
the Charleston Wakefield cabbage
several years ago aud since that
time has been selecting an inter
mediate type of plant as an im
proved collard. This new plant
has been found to be hardly as in
sistent to some of the stem rot dis
eases as the ordinary collard, but
has about the same resistance to
old as the collard aud has a very
milar flavor.
U. P. Stuckey, Director.
