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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1921)
LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTE (g) xxr City ant* County Did you see the total eclipse of the Moon last nighl? Mr. A. K. llarrelson is honored by a visit, from his aged mother. Col. R. A. Moore, of Douglas, was a business visitor in Pearson last Saturday afternoon. The second Sunday in May is “Mother's Day.” Will the day be observed in Pearson this year 1 ? There was an all-day sing at Glory, Berrien county, last Sun day. Large crowd, plenty to eat, and a general good time was the order of t he day. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Vann, of Waycross, have been the.-guests of Dr. and Mrs. 15. S. Malone the past week. Mr. Vann and Dr. Malone have been enjoying themselves fish ing over in Clinch county in com pany with Col. W. T. Dickerson. The fishing season is on and Pearson parties daily hike or motor to some favorite fishing ground, of which there are a number conveni ent to the city, to catch a mess of fish. They rarely come home with empty bags; they have a variety of hooks. Fish at this season of the year are fat and fine. Hon. Jesse M Pafford returned Wednesday from a ten days stay at Indian Springs. He also visited relatives at Saudersville and Me Rae. Ilis brother, Rev. X. T. Paf ford, accompanied him home from Mcßae. lie says his trip was good for him, that he feels stronger than when he left home. The editor thanks Mr. P. P. Sutton, of Kirkland, for some splendid samples of vegetables— Eschalots, Irish Potatoes and Cab bage —sent him Saturday. There were plenty foi Sunday and Mon day dinners, and was greatly re- IDhcd. Mr. Sutton is a good neighbor. Mr. and Mrs. David Kirkland had for their guests last Sunday Mrs. Henry Moore, her protege — little Claxton Smith—and Dr. Aaron Moore, of Alapaba, Mrs. Charlton Shaw, Miss Lois May and little Braxton Smith, of Adel. It was a reunion of the orphan child ren of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. 1L Smith. The day was greatly enjoyed by the little folks and the old ones as well. Among the items of business transacted by the Baptist confer ence, Monday night, was the selee tion of the fifth Sunday night in May as the time for the annual protracted meeting, to be continu ed for a week or ten days. It is probable that Elder Woodward, of Camilla, will assist in the preach ing service. The congregation is looking forward to a helpful meet ing. Pray for the success of Zion. A party of Pearson citizens, com posed of Messrs. W. .1, Tyler. H. L. Lankford. Johnnie, Kirkland and Lonnie Pearson, spent Sunday in Militown and vicinity. Mr. Tyler visited his lather, Elder Xoah Ty ler, who has beeii seriously ill for some time, and reports that he is slowly regaining his strength. Mr. Lankford visited his sister, and Messrs. Pearson and Kirkland were the guest of Mr. W. W. Browning. They were pleased with their trip. The Sweetwater News. Mr. John Coursou made a busi ness trip to Douglas last mouday. Mr. Robert Bullard and his mother motored to Douglas last Sunday to visit his aunt, Mrs. Wilson. Next first Sunday is Mother's Day and a suitable program is be ing arranged for the afternoon at Sweetwater church. Mr. Harry Brown, one of Uncle Sam's boys, wlio lias been in the service for five years, is heie from Washington to visit his grandfath er —Mr. ,1. T. Henderson. Sunday School continues to grow in interest. Mr. Booth has charge of the Bible class. Hope others, who have not been attending Sun day School, will join in with us. Mrs. W. T. Mathews was treated to quite a surprise last Mouday when her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs Thomas Amersou. of At lauta, came to see her. She had not seen him in sixteen years. “Sal” Harmony Grove Items. Here 1 come again but not to stay long, and —gee whiz! —we are having some cold weather. Little Miss Myrtice Newborn is visiting iu Valdosta. Miss Blannie Roberts is visiting Miss Eva Todd, at her home near Douglas. Mrs. Hataway is on the sick list this week. We all hope she will soon be well again. There was a singing at Mr. Clark’s Sunday night. Those pres ent report a nice time. Misses Estelle Morris and Edna Fed rick dined with Miss Minnie Lou Wheeler last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Rodgers were pleasant visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elam Brooker last Sunday. Sunday was the regular preach ing day at Harmony Grove; a large crowd attended and enjoyed the services. Miss Letitia Batten and Mr. Los lie Rodgers attended preaching services Sunday and —oh, my! — they sure were smiling. Some boys of t in; neighborhood went fishing Saturday night. The rain came and they had to hurry back home. They got in soon Sun day morning. “Oli> Bess.” Arnie News. Miss Emma McGovern spent last Sunday with MissSallio Man cil. Mr. Edwin Morris called on Miss Emma McGovern Saturday after noon. Mr. Peter McGovern was a caller at Mr. James Summerlin’s Sunday night. Mr. Elam Cowart spent Monday night with Messrs. Barney and Peter McGovern. Mrs. Henry O’Brien and sister, Miss Lucy Spivey, went to town shopping Tuesday. Miss Lucy Spivey has been on the sick list the past week, hut is now convalescing. The farmers of this section are busy planting their crops. We all wish them much success. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hester were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John McGovern Wednesday night. Miss Lucy Spivey was the Wed nesday afternoon guest of Miss Emma McGovern and had a pleas ant time. Mr. Charlie Minsbcw, of near Pearson, was a pleasant caller on Miss Dolly Mancil last Sunday afternoon. Mrs. H. M. Spivey and Mrs. If. B. Spivey and son, Joseph, were visitors at the home of Mr. Tom Douglas Thursday. Miss Eliza McGovern spent all last and a part of this week with Miss Miranda Cowart near Axson. Says she enjoyed the trip and visit very much. Miss Esther Neugent and Mr. Died Xewbern. of Brunswick, were quietly married at Willacobchee Saturday afternoon. Wish them much happiness in the years to come. Mr. Edwin Morris looked lone some and blue Sunday afternoon. Wonder what could be the matter with him, anyway? Come, cheer up, Edwin! Don’t be blue; remem ber “Tomorrow the sun may be shining, although it may be cloudy today.” "Curley Head.' rw mi Xu. wuaaox, ujtuawu, .u>aic as. uni. OUR SCHOOL OF TECMNOLOGY Why Georgians Should Donate Liberally to Its Growth. As Chairman for Atkinson coun ty of the Greater Georgia Tech movement, 1 feel that it is iny duty to present to the people of this county the reasons why Geor gia Tech is' requesting $5,000,000. I tried to do this by an article in the Pearson Tribune recently and I now wish to emphasize and sup plement what 1 wrote then. With iu a short time you will be asked to contribute your share to this drive and, because you want to know why you are asked to give, it is imperative for me now to ac quaint you clearly with the facts in t he ease. The purpose of this article is to prove, first, that before Georgia can become wealthy, she must be come a manufacturing in addition to being an agricultural eommu nity; second, that industrial (level opineut" is dependent upon tnen with industrial education; and, third, that Georgia Tech should be supported iu its drive for $5,- 000,000. Is it true or not that if Georgia wishes to arise from poverty into wealth, her citizens must engage extensively in manufacturing'? In the former plea for Georgia Tech referred fo, this identical proposi tion was proved by the simple illustration of a ten cent cotton handkerchief. It was seen that a pound of cotton would make twen ty live ordinary cotton handker chiefs. With cotton selling at ten cents a pound, the farmer would get, t herefore, one t wenty-fifths of the value of that handkerchief. Who gets the twenty four twenty fifths? The manufacturer can be credited with at least ten twenty fifths. On these figures the factory gets out of cotton ten times as much as the farm. Do we any longer won der why Massachusetts and Eng land and Germany grew wealthy from their industries, when we see that they have amassed far more wealth than we from cotton, our own exclusive home-grown product? The suggestion comes inevitably that if we wish to get rich like them, we, too, must take up manu facturing. The argument in that former ar ticle dealt with merely the direct benefits of factories. The direct method is that factories t hemselves make wealth. Indirectly, more over, factories will bring wealth to a community by creating new markets for farm products. The most obvious method by which factories create markets for farm products is m manufacturing some particular farm product. Peanuts, the richest food on earth, is now lying in our fields for the hogs to root up because the farm ers here cannot sell them. The day will come when factories will buy ail the peanuts which we can raise to change them into a dozen prepared foods and commodities. Sweet potatoes is another crop for which we have not much of a mar ket. This is partly true because we can not ship them to the cold north where the people there are waiting to welcome them. We are now able t o preserve our sweet potatoes by curing or canning them and the day is also coming when curing and canning plants in our midst will buy every sweet potato which Atkinson county can spare. Eventually, therefore, peanuts and sweet potatoes will become money crops and this will be due to the South Georgia factories manufac turing them. And so it will be with other farm products. There is a distinctly different method by which factories create markets for farm products. Every factory is run by people who do not engage iu farming. In this respect every factory is like a city, for a city is nothing but a group of people who make their living with out farming for it. Indeed, the factory tends to make a city and is today the basis for most of the large cities in the country. You cannot herd people together unless they have a visible means of sup port and today the factories fur nish much of the work of city people. Remove the Ford auto mobile factory and other factories out of Detroit, Michigan, and you would see Detroit dwindle just as fast as she lias grown. Now the point is that town and city people hi ust. he fed. Therefore, if factor ies will make our cities and towns grow, they will thus furnish larger markets near-by for the produce of our farms. The ability of a factory to pro vide a market for farm products should be at this time of the ut most importance in the minds of the people of Atkinson county. We have just formed a marketing association which, it is hoped, will find suitable markets for our sweet potatoes, peanuts, watermelons, and other products. Wo can ap preciate, therefore, the untold benefit that would come to us in having factories near at hand which would not only buy special farm products for the purpose of manufacturing them but which would also employ hundreds and thousands of men who must be our customers. Then, when we fur ther consider, as an illustration of the fortunes that factories amass themselves, that factories up North and in England and in Germany have received from cotton five to ten times more than our farmers, we are impressed that if Georgia is to arise from poverty into wealth, she must increase the variety and the volume of her manufacturing. Having seen that great wealth is dependent upon industrial develop ment, let us now' reason among our selves if industrial development is dependent upon men with indus trial education. In the article of a few weeks ago, this proposition was supported by two arguments. The first argument was just an ap peal to common sense that it was futile to educate your men to be come doctors and lawyers and preachers and then expect for your manufacturing establishments lo arise as if by magic. It is true that many men who receive an in dustrial education at Georgia Tech are forced to move North in order to make a living because there are so few factories in the South to employ them. Nevertheless, the number of Georgia Tech graduates who remain in Georgia is slowly increasing every year. Bye and bye more and more will live here. They want to come home and they will return as soon as Georgia awakens lo the need of a strong industrial life. Certainly, unless we train men to build and operate modern factories, we will never have any. Common sense tells us (his. The second argument in that former article was an analysis of the present deplorable situation in Georgia in order to account for our possessing so few' factories. Jt was found that Georgia does not lack anything in the way of resources. We have raw materials like cotton which are waiting to be manufac ture!], iron ore out of which ma chinery can be made, coal fields and water power by which the fac tories can have life, labor in abun dance to handle the factories and capital in moderation to finance them. But Georgia does lack men who have the knowledge to use our wonderful resources, indus trially we are just a trilie better than the Indians who once roamed where Pittsburg, the smoky city, now stands. They had no raami faeturing; we have a little. The Indians failed to bring about the coal, iron, and electricity age, be cause they lacked the industrial knowledge. This is our trouble, too. Survey the situation in Geor gia and point out another sufficient reason, if you can. why we possess the resources and yet have to de pend upon the manufacturing es tablishments of the North or of England and Germany for the pre pared food that we eat, for the clothes that we wear, for plows and farm implements, and for prac tically everything that is manufac tured. If the world put an embar go upon shipping us factory pro ducts, we would be as helpless as a baby. We would then see our likeness to the uncivilized Indians. Let us get out of the Indian class. Let us acquire the industrial know ledge aud breathe the breath of life into the industrial situation iu Georgia. The dependence of industrial development upon men who have been trained industrially can be perceived otherwise than by tbeor- MRS. ALICE BARTLEY’S New Spring and Summer Millinery is arriving, and the ladies of this section are invited to inspect them before making their purchases. I will carry a line of ladies ready-to-wear goods —including Coat suits, Shirt-Waists, Skirts and Dress es. Also Nemo Corsets, the latest fad in that line of goods. Call next door to HL. Lankford. etical argument. It is an observ able fact. The Westinghouse Electric Company, the largest manufacturing plant in the world for electrical supplies, found it necessary to establish an industrial school for its employees. Practi cally every senior Georgia Tech this year has already been employ ed to begin work with some indus trial concern as soon as lie grad it ales in June. Industry needs these men .with the industrial training. But then ever since the rapid rise of Germany industrially, honeycombed as she is with indus trial schools, no one who sees the relation at all doubts that indus trial development is dependent up on industrial education. Who would deny that in modern times the soul of industrial life is the man who has an industrial education? If we reason in general, it is obvious that the man most likely to start a mill is a man who knows how to run it. If we ex amine Georgia in particular, we can explain the lack of industrial progress in Georgia only by the lack of men who are educated in dustrially. If we watch industry as it is today, we find it calling for t he college mail who lias an educa l ion along some one industrial line. Therefore, it is clear that industri al development is dependent upon men with industrial education. Assuming as proved that our future wealth is depending upon manufacturing and that the com ing of the factory world is depend ent upon men who have been edu cated industrially, we arrive at the third proposition that Georgia Tech should be supported in its drive for $5,000,000. Georgia Tech is the one real industrial college that we possess; it is now poorly equipped to teach 2,000 students; and it desires to be well equipped lo handle 5,000 students. To build a big industrial college takes money. Massachusetts Tech, the school in Massachusetts similar to Georgia Tech in Georgia, has an endowment of $23,000,000 and spends annually about $1,000,000. There is no question, therefore, that Georgia Tech needs the money, if she is to expand. But Georgia Tech is not requesting this money for herself but only that she might serve us. We are not being asked to cast our money upon the waters but to place our money in the safest, surest, and richest invest ment ever offered in tiie business world. The process is simple. Georgia Tech will train the men who will start the factories which will bring the wealth to the people of the State of Georgia. The only excuse that any man could have for not supporting this drive for a Greater Georgia Tech is that we are experiencing hard times. This is true but some of llie greatest achievements have been begun in the midst of super human difficulties. Napoleon Bo uapart, when a French general, standing on the northern slopes of the Alps, told his hungry and rag ged soldiers that beyond the Alps lay the w arm and fertile plains of Italy. With this incentive, that little army climbed the snow cov ered mountain ranges and, amidst victories after victories, France itself arose to the mastery of con tinental Europe. Similarly now in the midst of a severe depression, Georgia Tech says to Georgia be yond the donations that we give her lies an industrial empire of magnificent wealth. I would rather follow Georgia Tech than to have followed Napoleon; for the kingdom which he established, ended in blood and poverty, but the empire which Georgia Tech would found, should uontinue in peace and wealth. Let us cross over the Alps. T. S. WINN. NEW SPRING AND_SUMMER MILLINERY. We call special attention to our new arrivals in seasonable Millinery, and cordially invite the lady readers of the Tribune to call and Examine our stock. GARRETT & DOUGLASS. Next door to N. E. Harrell, Pearson, - Georgia. SPECIAL COLUMN. One Cent a Word. Potato and Tomato Plants. — Pure stock Porto Rico and Nancy Halls from Government inspected seed beds, immediate or futuro shipment. Prepaid mail 200, $1.00; 500, $1.75; 1000, $3.00. By express 2000, $4.50; 5000, $10.00; 10,000, $17.50. Globe, Stone, Greater Baltimore tomato plants same price. Parker Farms, Moultrie, Georgia. For Sale —Three bushels of good Short Cotton Seed. See J. R. McNeal for prices. For Sale — Automobile in first class condition, cheap. See J. R. Floyd, Hotel Malone. For Sale —Anyone wanting to buy some nice resident property on Main Street, in Pearson, Geor gia, write Mrs, L. Mancil, Lake Monroe, Fla., for terms and prices. For Sale. —Half million Yellow Prior Tobacco plants. Delivery April Ist. Price $3 per thousand. F. M. Patrick, Axson, Ga. Attention Kodakers ! —Let me print your gictures. Prices reason able and good w’ork. Send me your films by mail or leave at McNeal Drug Store. 11. M. McNeal, Pearson, Ga. Potato Plants —Have for sale Porto Rica sweet potato plants at $1.40 per 1000. Delivery after March 15th. Cash must aecomp any all orders. John Purvis Rt.l Pearson, Ga. Sunday at Baptist Church. Elder N. G. Christopher, filled his regular appointment at the Baptist church, preaching both morning and evening to large and attentive congregations. At the morning service little Miss Meta Kirkland, presented herself for church membership and was received as a candidate for baptism. At the evening service little Miss Lucile Douglass and Master Fred Folks White present ed themselves for church member ship and was received as candida tes for baptism, Sunday at 3:00 p. m. Miss Maude Griswold, of Nieholls, who is associational mis sionary gave a most interesting talk to the Woman’s Missionary Society, Young Woman’s Auxilary and Sunbeam Band. The Sunday- School and B. Y. P. U. services were most profitable and very well attended. Three Girls Born. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Fender, near Kirkland, are to be congratulated on the arrival of a fine daughter at their home. Mother and babe are doing well. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Cox are the proud parents of a pretty daughter. Daddy’s favorite tunes now are lullabies interesting to none save this bewitching young lady. The mother and baby are doing well. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vining has been honored with an other visit from the stork, bringing a baby girl. The mother and daughter are getting along finely. Mr. C. A. James aud sou, Jesse, of Willaeooehee, came down Sun day and spent the day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. James.
