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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1921)
PEARSON ® TRIB UNE VOL. 7-KO. 13 STATE PRESS CONVENTION. Four Days of Business and Pleas ure Happily Blended. Promptly at 8:30 o'clock Thurs day morning the Georgia editors bade their hosts of Washington good bye and soon was going down the Georgia railroad at a thirty mile clip bound for Augusta. Passenger Agent Billups, on be half of the Bail road, was on board aiid master of ceremonies in a spe cial car where edibles and drink ables were abundant. Thoughtful Billups! To those editors, who did not wake up early enough to eat the final breakfast prepared for them in Washington, this repast was very inviting. Billups is a jolly fellow and perfectly humane. The special editorial train arriv ed in Augusta at 11 o’clock, and as soon as they could chock their baggage and get it off their hands the editors were gathered into an tomobiles and whisked away to see the city prior to attending the Community Barbecue and Farmers Gala Day, bespieed with the elo quence of Editor Sutlive, ex Comp troller of the Currency, J. Skelton Williams, and others. In his well prepared oration Speaker Williams stirred up a regular hornet’s nest in the habitation of the Federal Beserve Board. The speakers acquitted them selves splendidly, and when the feast of oratory was over, the press gang was summoned to a feast of a different nature in the big Agri cultural Building on the Georgia Carolina Fair Grounds. The re past was all the connoisseur could demand. A special section of the big building was set apart for the use of the editorial party, aud they fared sumptuously. Dinner over another auto trip was on hand and the party was carried to places of interest about the city and vicinity, among these were the Country Club house with its many discarded lockers; the government arsenal; the deserted cantonment; the old dueling ground, where Preston and Wigfall settled their “affair of honor” ae cording to the code duello; the levees ■which prevents Savannah river from overflowing and sub merging the city; the big new bridge across Savannah river some miles above the city, and many other points. As a rule all roads leading into Augusta is kept in excellent condi tion. They enjoy a fine wholesale and retail trade from the surround ing territory in Georgia and Caro lina. The Tribune man was dis appointed at being shown Green street. lie had heard much of Green street and its beauty; but it has not been permitted to keep stride with other streets of the city in the matter of paving and im provement. Banker Pbinizy, who own much property on it, when the city authorities undertook to pave the street, stopped it by in junction. Since then the street has been neglected and its former beauty has passed away. What a pity! But justsuch men exist and flour ish in every community in Georgia —they want nothing themselves and use their best efforts in pre venting their neighbors from hav ing anything. And they don’t belong to the poorer class either. The party, at 7:00 o’clock, ren dezvoused at the agricultural building where a sumptuous sup per was served and much oratory that covered a very large territory of thanks and thought, and where the goodbyes to Augusta were said. The people in charge of the en tertainment of the Georgia editors at Augusta, were untiring in their efforts to please. The Tribune man's special host was Mr. G. B. Tommins, who operates a photo graphic studio, and he deserves special thanks for his courtesies. At 9:00 o’clock all were on board the regular Central of Georgia Railway train for Savannah. The train ran down to the little city of Millen, arriving at 11:00 o'clock, and hung up for the balance of the night. Those who had berth reservations remaiued on board the train and the others spent the night at the hotel. Left Millen at 6:30 Friday morn ing and arrived at Savannah al 8:30, and was met by the Morning News representatives, special host, placed on board a couple of special trolley cars and carried to Hannon Lodge, Thunderbolt, and served a breakfast of Sea Food —broiled fish, crab croquettes and fried shrimp. The welcome address, on the part of the host, was made by Mr. W. R. Neal, editor of the Morning News, and, on the part of the city by Mayor M. M. Stewart, The re sponses were by Editor McWhorter and others. At the close of the breakfast after some explanations by Hon. F. G. Hell, president of the Morn ing News Company, (who has been an attachee of the paper since he was in his teens, and by energy, faithfulness and close adherence to correct business principles rose to be the head of the corporation), the ladies of the party -were pre sented with souvenirs—a miniature Savannah Morning News carrier bag, filled with useful toilet articles and a special item (vest pocket bathing suit) suggestive of the ap propriateness of the gift. Thanks was expressed by Miss Emily Woodard, the third vice-president of the Press Association. The party then returned toTybee division of The Central of Georgia Railway, from whence they were carried by rail to Tybee Island for the balance of the day, which was spent in bathing, seeing the sights and progressive conversation. One of the events of the day was the outing, spent at Tybee, of the boys of Bethesda Orphans home, about eighty in number. Their field day exercises and dip in the surf, were well worth witnessing. Bethesda is the oldest orphanage in Georgia, if not in America. It was established under the manage ment of Whitefield at almost the inception of the Georgia colony. At 6:00 p. m. a shore dinner was served by the Savannah Press in the pavilion connected with Hotel Tybee. Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall, President of the Press Publishing Company, and former United States' Minister to Switzerland, under the Wilson administration. He delivered the address of wel come. Response by Editor Camp of Monroe. Many expressions of appreciation and good cheer was indulged in by other members of the Association. During the meal, which was a splendid one, the crowning event of the 1921 meeting of the Georgia Press Association was enacted —the presentation to its retiring president, Editor J. Kelly Simmons, of Nash ville, a coin silver pitcher and goblet. For two years Mr. Simmons had filled its highest office with a degree of effi; ciency and satisfaction that had won him the love and esteem of all the members. The conviviality continued until some of the members, who intend ed to leave Savannah on the even ing trains for home, were left to spend Friday night in Savannah. The Editor and Mr. James were among the number. However, it afforded Mr. James and the editor an opportunity Sat urday morning of seeiug some things of interest about the city— the river front and shipping, the City Hall, Custom House and the Rub-My-Tism kills pain. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, 1921 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. Irwin county has been switched back into the Cordele circuit, giv ing it five counties and leaving only three in the Tifton circuit. The change is charged by some to be a move to get rid of Judge Eve and Solicitor Foy, who believe in a strict enforcement of the law. Representative Vocelle, of Cam den county, has succeeded in get ting through the legislature an Act creating the Georgia State Canal and Waterway Commission, and is now seeking to have Mr. J. 11. Becker of St. Marys appointed the chairman of the Commission. Sheriff E. 11. Dorminy, of Ben Hill county, has received au anony mous and threatening letter order ing him to “vacate his office,” otherwise his life would be in danger. It is supposed to be the work of railroad strikers. He will pay no attention to it. Verily, il is a pretty how d’ye do. The work of dismantling the Valdosta, Moultrie and Western railroad has actually commenced. Still hope is entertained that an Ilth hour intervention will come from some source to save it, but the outlook is very dark indeed for such occurrence. The commitment trial of S. CL Eubanks in connection with the shooting of Daye, who walked into a trap on Eubanks’ back porch, was held Wednesday of last week before Judge B. A. Harper. After hearing all the evidence the Court decided it was a case of justifiable homicide and discharged Eubanks from custody. “Camp Cheerful,” at St. Marys, is well populated this week. The register shows there are one hun dred Boy Scouts in the Camp, be sides Scout Executive in charge and other contingents. The boys will undergo a thorough training in Scout-Errantry. August 13th, Field Day, will be the only day visitors will be permitted in the camp. The Georgia-Albany I’ ow e r Company’s ne w hydro electric plant on Flint river, two miles above Albany, is now functioning. Albany and a half dozen other towns within a radius of thirty miles will use light and power from this plant and at a very low rate. It demonstrates how much the towns and cities of the State are wasting in an effort to maintain their electric light and power plants. Fitzgerald is in a perfect mail strorn of unrest because of the lack of law and order. Citizens are daily expecting a clash between strikers and the employes now op erating the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. It is a strange proposition to one at this distance why picketing is permit ted with or without arms. It seems to be th is license that is creat ing the unrest and fear among the innocent citizens of the city. The citizens are now in the notion to take charge of their city and clear up the situation; make the unern ployed keep the peace or leave the city. The city would be better off without such malcontents. famous Bull street with its little parks and monuments. The railroads, especially the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, Southern, Georgia, Central of Georgia and Atlantic Coast Line, were very kind in seeing that am ple accommodations were provided for the comfort of the party. The Tribune extends its thanks. The editor and Mr. James arriv ed at home Saturday night, 8:17, having had a week’s vacation worth while. South Georgia Fairs. According to a statement issued by the Association of Georgia Fairs definite plans have been laid for the staging of thirty-five fairs in the state of Georgia this Fall. Although several of the associa tions decided this year to discon tinue operation for the present on account of existing conditions in their respective vicinities, most of the fair secretaries have announced their intention to have a fair as usual this season, and a number of new organizations have come in to take the places of those which have been called off this year. Each year sees a more general interest in the fairs throughout the state and according to officials who have been in constant touch with the various exhibitions throughout the state, there is a marked improvement each season in the agricultural, industrial and livestock shows. The fairs are great barometers reflecting the prosperity and pro gress of the section in which they are held. Better fairs mean better conditions, better citizens and a better state to live in. The following is a list of the South Georgia fairs for 1921 with their dates as furnished by the As sociation of Georgia Fairs: Albany South Georgia Fair As sociation, Albany, October 17-22, C. \V. Rawson, secretary. Appling County Fair Association, Baxley, Georgia, November 1-5, W. C. l’irkle, secretary. Brantley County Fair, Hoboken, Georgia, September 5 10, Robert Kiley, secretary. Bulloch County Fair Association, Statesboro, Georgia, October 18-21, B. R. Oil iff, secretary. Cook County Fair Association, Adel, Georgia, October 11-15, J. J. Fairish, secretary. Georgia Florida Fair, Valdosta, October 31 Nov. 5, inclusive, W. E. French, secretary. Savannah Tri-State Exposition, Savannah, Georgia, October 24-29, J. W. Fleming, secretary. Southwest Georgia Fair, Donald sonville, Georgia, October 48, W. H. Vanlandingbam, secretary. Twelfth District Fair Associa tion, Dublin, Georgia, October 10- 15, R. Ross Jordan, secretary. Wilcox County Fair, Rochelle, Georgia, October 1115, T. Z. Fenn, secretary. Tobacco Men’s Conference. The meeting called by the Coffee county tobacco growers and busi ness men for the tobacco and ware housemen of Georgia to meet in Douglas was held at the court house last Saturday. There were present about 100 growers, merch ants, bankers, business men and one warehouseman. Coffee, Pierce, Jeff Davis and Atkinson counties w'ere represented. There was no definite steps taken by the meet ing toward pooling the present to bacco crop as some of the growers thought it was too late in the sea son to organize a pool for this year. A committee of seven W'as ap pointed consisting of five growers and two business men to draft a form for an organization of all to bacco growers in Georgia lookiug to improving the facilities for growing, curing and marketing to bacco in the future. This commit tee was empowered to draft forms for the organization and to call an other meeting of the growers and business men of Georgia in the tobacco growing section for the purpose of adopting the articles of organization. No date was fixed for this next meeting, but the time for the meeting will be fixed by the committee. There was evi dence in the discussions of much dissatisfaction on the part of the growers of the prices being offered this year for tobacco. EDITORIALOPINIONS. The Brethren are Discussing a Number of Live Topics. These are "(log days.” It rained the first day, but it hasn’t rained every day since, thanks to a kind providence. The present hot weather is another unwelcome re minder that this season of the year has arrived. —Nashville Herald. They took up a “Love Doctor” iu Savannah, accusing him of start ing a matrimonial agency with purpose to defraud, but Uncle Sam’s Commissioner turned him loose. We know of a few cases of love in and around Tifton that are sadly iu need of a doctor. —Tifton Gazette. It is hard to believe all one sees in the newspapers about returning prosperity, but we all know that things will soon bo better than they are now. There is going to be a good bit of money in eireula tion before many weeks and enough will be paid on debts to ease up things considerably.—Ocilla Star. Music lovers do not want grand opera taxed, soda water drinkers do not want soda water taxed, automobile owners do not want gasolene taxed, capitalist do not want their incomes taxed. There is nothing for the State Legislature to do if it would retain its popular ity except to continue to wring all the taxes from the pockets of the real estato owners. —Savannah Press. A town’s newspaper, iu point of size and many other features, de pends upon local business men. If these are indifferent and too ignor ant of business to advertise, the newspaper is compelled to shrink in size aud to forego many matters of interest to the community. If a town has an abbreviated paper, charge it to the business houses, not to the publisher. —Metter Ad vertiser. The Governor of Michigan is next to refuse extradition to a negro murderer wanted in Georgia. If the executives of Michigan and Indiana choose to make their States homes of refuge for negro murderers and kindred criminals, that is their own loss. If they prefer that class of cilizens, they are welcome to them. Nothing will go further toward giving those people an insight into the negro question than to harbor a few of the worst type for awhile. —Tifton Gazette. The A. B. & A. strikers at Fitz gerald ought to hunt some other kind of work and quit waiting for the “ravens” to feed them. Public sentiment has been against them for several months —not against them personally, or even against them in their original contention — but when they went out on a strike they notified the road to fill their places if it could. The road has filled their positions and they are out of jobs of their own choosing. They should now look to the future, for "not even the Gods can shake the past.”—Valdosta Times. The attempt to repeal the tax equalization law appears to have failed so far as this Legislature is concerned. The News regards it as an eminently just and fair law. The equalizers may, of course, make mistakes, but that is no rea son why the law is not all right. If everybody would return their property at a fair valuation there would be no need for tax equalizers, but they won’t do it. If left to the public to raise sufficient re venue by this method to run the state, there would be a big defici ency, much larger than there is now'. Many people make fair re turns, but there are also many who do not. The law is all right and the tax equalizers should be re taiued by all means. —Adel News. $1.50 A YEAR You Betcha! Th’ world has been ailin’ —aa sick as a pup, But it’s gonua get better, thou folks’ll cheer up! So, meanwhile, dag-gone it let’s pull a fool trick, By cheerin’ up now, whilst th’ world is still sick; As long as th’ glooms are barred out, you kin tell Th’ old world ain’t failin’, —It’s A gon’t’ git Well! —Jack Appleton. A Just Rebuke. A man at Jennings, Fla., carried nine hides to town with which to pay for a pair of shoes. He had to put $2.50 in cash with them before his shoes were paid for. Yet, in the days when we had tanneries and shoe factories in Georgia, a hide could be exchanged for a pair of shoes. We let those home in dustries starve while we sent afar for our needs, and now we are pay ing the price.—Tifton Gazette. The Southeastern Fair. The first fair premium list for Georgia to reach our desk is that of the Southeastern Fair, to bo held in Atlanta. October 13-22. With it is combined the National Hog and Cattle Show, The Inter national Club Judging Contest, The Southeastern Boys Fair School aud the Grand Circuit Races. The Premium List con tains 180 pages and covers a wide range of subject matter. Prospec tive exhibitors are requested to write to B. M. Striplin, Atlanta, for a copy. Tribune Readers Invited. The following communication from Editor IV. T. Sbytle, of the Add News, is published with pleasure. Atkinson county should be represented at the meeting: All sweet potato growers- in this section have been invited to at tend a meeting in Adel, to be held Friday, August 19th, for the pur pose of creating a sweet potato as sociation along the lines of the melon association. Sweet potatoes will be graded, cured aud sold by this cooperative association of growers, and probably shipped under a label. The town of Adel has tendered a barbecue for the event, and Secretary J. J. Parrish, of the Melon Association, and J. B. White, sales manager for the North American Fruit Exchange, will address the meeting. Every body interested in the sweet potato industry should without fail be present. , Rub-My-Tism kills infection The Reason Re-Stated. The Philadelphia Record thus re states the reason why Uncle Sam entered the world war: “The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment, con trolled by an irresponsible govern ment, which having secretly plan ned to dominate the world, pro ceeded to carry out the plan with out regard cither to the sacred ob ligations of treaty or the long-es tablished practices and 1o n g cherished principles of internation al action and honor; which chose its own time for the war; delivered its blow fiercely and suddenly; stopped at no barrier, either of law or of mercy: swept a whole contin ent within the tide of blood —not the blood of soldiers only, but the blood of innocent women and child ren also, and of the helpless poor; and now stands balked, but not defeated, the enemy of four-fifths of the world.” 666 cures a Cold quickly.
