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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1921)
PEARSON#TRIBUNE Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. VOL. 7—NO. u; NEWS OF DOR NEIGHBORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. The tax rate in Tifi county— state, county and school —will be S2B on the SIOOO. Tifton is to have anew manufac turing enterprise. Its products will be hoe handles. The promot ers will be incorporated. Brooks is scheduled for a coun ty fair this fall, Citizens have taken the matter in hand and are pushing it vigorously and enthusi astically. lion. W. \V. Webb, of the State Market bureau, sold 42,000 pounds of hogs at Valdosta recently for the sum of $.'>,250, or twelve and a half cents a pound. * Kev. 11. C. Griffin, the Methodist pastor at Waresboro, has gone to Alto, Ga., to be treated for tuber cular troubles. It is not known how long he will remain there. The city of Valdosta has donat ed SSOOO to the South Georgia State Normal School, located in that city. The donation was for the purpose of buying a supply of coal for the winter. John A. Fountain, defaulting cashier of the Bank of Oakfield, was convicted of embezzlement in Worth superior court and sen tenced to six months in jail and twelve months in the chaingang, Brunswick is to have, in the near future, two new industrial plants—one to manufacture com incrcial fertilizer and the other is to engage in deep sea fishing and the canning of deep sea fish for the trade. The Young Men’s Club of Bruns wick is making a strong effort to save the Brunswick Street Kail way from the scrap heap. The club is measuring its ability to control sufficient funds to buy the railway and kyep it as a going concern. II is stated upon good authority that Editor .1. Kelley Simmons is to leave the Nashville Herald, go ing as editor of a new daily paper to be launched in Athens. As a business proposition, k no w i tig nothing of conditions at Nashville, the change is a doubtful one in the mind of the Tribune. News of Messrs. Henderson and Grantham, who were severely in jured by lightning on the Gulf of Mexico, is that the latter is at home with his daughter, in Oeilia, and getting along admirably well. The •former is still in the hospital at Valdosta in a serious fix, but is making rapid recovery. The representative of a northern automobile tire manufactory- has looked over the plan l of the Brooks County Manufacturing Company, at Quitman, with the view of pur chasing and turning it into a tire factory. He has given it out that a favorable report has been sent in to the tire manufacturer. Paul Washington, a negro des porado of Brantley county, was captured in Wayeross Tuesday evening of last week. He had al ready shot up one of his race and, when captured, was purchasing a supply of ammunition with the in tention of returning to Brantley county and '’clean out the place." Guess he will rest a bit from his pursuit of blood. The Baptist church at Mc-Bae has gone on record as being oppos ed to dancing. The members say: “It is a matter of deep regret to ns that there has been creeping into our midst a laxity along cer tain lines. From time immemorial the mixed dance lias been incom patible with the genius of the Baptist church. Any one desiring an explanation of this fact will be given such fully and gladly. Pafford-Wiiler. A marriage of unusual interest to many people in Atkinson coun ty. relatives and friends of the bride, was solemnized at the home of the bride, 147 Plant. Avenue, Wayeross, at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning, August 10th, when Rev. J. S. Sibley performed the cere mony which joined Miss Carolyn Ethel Pafford and Williams Dews Miller in the holy bonds of matri mony. The bride is the youngest daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Elias M. Pafford, and a niece of our fellow-townsmen, Messrs. M. A. and ,1. M. Pafford. She has lived nearly all her life in Way cross, is a graduate of the Way cross High School, class, of 1921, and a young lady of charming per sonality. The groom is a son of Prof. A. G. Miller, Superintendent of the Wayeross Public Schools. lie is a graduate of the 1919 law class of the University of Georgia. F’or the past two years he has taught English in the Wayeross High School with eminent success. His sterling qualities have won for him many friends. After the ceremony the happy couple left for a honeymoon of several weeks at Roan Mountain, Tenn. At the conclusion of the bridal trip they will return to Wayeross where they will make their future home. The Tribune, extends to these splendid young people its sincerest congratulations and joins the re latives and friends in wishing for them the best things there is in life. The Milltown News. Prof. T. P. Kimble, who has had charge of the school at Milltown the past year, will have charge of the school at Barwiek, in Brooks county, next year. He has already moved to his new home. A revival meeting at Concord Methodist church, five miles out of town, is now in its third xveek. Rev. J. Frank Snell, the pastor, is doing the preaching, A large class of-members have been receiv ed. The interest is unabated. A revival meeting commenced at the Baptist church last Sunday, and is under the management of the pastor. The preaching is be ing done by Elder It. W. Short, of Deland, Fla., .Jennings Clark, of Ashburn, leads the singing with Miss Blanche Johnson, a member of the local church, at the piano. The school at Milltown has drop ped its independence and come under the control of the Lanier county board of education. In view of its consolidation with four near by schools it will be selected as the county high school, and will be known as the Lanier Coun ty High School, and receive an extra SSOO from the State school fund. Died at Wayeross. The Tribune chronicles the death in a Wayeross hospital on Tuesday night of last week, of Mr. H. G. Brown —the aged father of Mrs. A. R. Harreison of this city. He was 73 years of age and had been quite ill for many weeks before being carried to the Wayeross hospital where he died. The funeral and interment was at Nicbolls Wednesday afternoon, and attended by a large concourse of relatives and friends. His life had been an exemplary one. The deceased is survived by 8 children —Messrs. W. M., R,, Gra ham and D. M. Brown, and Mes dames M. L. Singletery and Ellis Stephens, of Nicbolls; Mesdames E. K. Skipper, of Loris. S. C., and A. R. Harreison, of Pearson. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST ID, 1921 EDITORIAL OPINIONS. The Brethren are Discussing a Number of Live Topics. Business may be a little dull in some lines, but the small boy ven der of boiled peanuts, is on the job. One has to buy t hem whether he likes them or not.. —Ocilla Star. Candler county ought to hold a "Burying the 1 latchet’’ celebration, with every possible accompaniment of oratory, good eats, good feeling and exhibition of public spirit. We believe it would do good both at home and abroad. —Metter Adver tiser. Great times in South Georgia. "When will your meetings close?” was asked a preacher who is carry ing on a revival in a neighboring town. “Don’t know,” was (lie reply; “I am eating collard greens every day for dinner, cooked with home-raised bacon and wadded down with corn bread from this year’s corn.”—Tifton Gazette. Why are hides so cheap? Be* cause there is little demand. Why so little demand? Because shoes are selling slow. Why are shoes •selling slow? Because tin- price is so high many people cannot buy them. Apply the same series of questions to almost any article of raw material, especially farm pro ducts, and the same answers will apply.—Valdosta Times. The Valdosta Times says the teachers of this country are the best paid in the world. If that is so, God pity some of the other nations. Especially, if the salary paid all over this country is in kcepthg with that paid the Geor gia teachers. We hope the es teemed Times will not contend that our Georgia teachers are also promptly paid. —Nashville Herald. It is time to get the fall gardens going. This is something many neglect to do at all or put it off too long. The fall garden is the most difficult and less secure, but when it succeeds it comes in mighty handy and is worth many times the trouble it costs. On the mar ket fresh vegetables in the fall and early winter command a ready sale at good prices. Quick maturing snap beans, early patches of ruta bagas, cabbage, Irish potatoes, ought to be planted soon. —St. Marys Southeast Georgian. “The energies of these schools arc noL directed to the determina tion Of the correct form of riding habits for the girls, or the securing of proper poise and grace in the ball room, but boys and girls alike are trained to become the best possible citizens, altogether fit to become husbands and wives, and the best sort of citizens imaginable. These schools are teaching the sons and daughters of the farmers of Georgia how best to cultivate the crops, select the crops and to man age the farm home. Our next generations are going to be inestim ably stronger because our boys and girls have the A. & M. Schools.” — Marietta Times. The bill introduced by Congress man W. C. Lankford, of the PJlev enth Georgia district, for the relief of the agricultural interests, appears to be a sensible and alto gether timely one. As he striking ly points out, we have sent big amounts to foreign shores to help nations there, and he might have added tiiat we had responded to every conceivable “drive”. Now, it is time to help those who really produce wealth but who have been getting very little of it recently. The farmers do not ask that any thing be donated to them, but they do ask the privilege of Joans, the same as the moneyed interests ap pear to have gotten from the Gov ernment. —Adel News. Rub-My-Tism kills pain. Homerville vs. Pearson. The game of base-ball last Thurs day afternoon, played between Homerville and Pearson teams on the local diamond, was among the most enjoyable games played here this season. The teams were more evenly matched than either side suspect ed; everybody on the ground ex pected lo sec the Homerville team run away with the Pearson team, but at the end of the game the score stood 8 to 10 in favor of Ho merville. The batteries were Ferdon and Oomartie for Homerville, and McXeal and Smith for Pearson. It was suggested, at the close of the game, the formation of a minor league for next year to be compos ed of teams from Homerville, Mill town, Douglas and Pearson. This would require the preparation of a better and more comfortable field. This can be accomplished with a little effort. An admirable ground is in sight, and there is no reason why funds can not be had U> im prove it. Let the ball players and Ihe young men generally of the city get toget her and formulate plans to raise the money. They can do it. Baseball is one of the most fas einating diversions young men can engage in, and accidents can be reduced lo a minimum with a field properly arranged. Let’s have the ball ground and the league. 666 cures a Cold quickly. Takeover Telephone Exchange The Pearson Telephone Ex change has been taken over by Mr. W. J. Deen, who will endeav or to give satisfactory service to all its patrons, in this matter, as in all others, it will Require the co-operation of all concerned to be entirely successful. Mr. J. S. Paulk, who retires, Ims had tdiarge of this business about four years. The service, under his administration, was greatly im proved. lie looked after t In service as well as any non resident could do —lie resides in Willacoo ebee. This exchange was the concep tion of Mr. L. L. Sutton, and lie is entitled to the credit of installing it at a time when the people did not realize or appreciate it as a great convenience and time saver. He lost money by investing in and inaugurating the system. It is a fatality that, seems to follow every new enterprise. It has done better under Mr. Paulk in a finan cial way, but he has done little better than pay the expenses necessary to its successful opera tion. It is hoped Mr. Deen will fare better than his predecessors, and he should with proper manage ment. The telephone has come to be a necessary convenience, and when the service is satisfactory the patrons are generally willing to stand a reasonable cost. Rub-My-Tism kills infection Hope for Pensioners. Pension Commissioner John W. Lindsey issued a statement last Friday holding out rather hope ful hope to the pensioners of all classes who have not yet been paid the money due them for the year of 1921. Judge Lindsey says: “The General Assembly, just ad journed, made the necessary ap propriations to pay all the pen sions that are due and unpaid on all the rolls, both old and new, with the increases for 1920 and 1921. “The only provision made to get the money to make this pay merit is by the sale of the rental ATTENTION EX-SERVICE MEN. Final Effort to Investigate 3nd Adjust Your Claims. The Clean Up Squad, sent out by government agencies, the .Red Cross and the American Legion ar rives in Wayeross on September 9, 1921, and will establish head quarters at some convenient place. The squad will remain here un til September 14, during which time, the members will work with one end in view and that end is to get in touch wit h every ex service man, who has a claim against the government, and set in motion the machinery to get quick and satis factory adjustment of that claim. The paramount idea of the Clean Up Squad is to cut, red tape that has prevented hundreds of disabled veterans and ex-service men in genera! from receiving the com pensation that the government is glad to give. In this work the Bed Cross and the Legion have every assurance from the govern ment of complete and whole heart ed co operation. Under the plan of campaign, the Squad composed of experts who are thoroughly familiar with every detail of the workings of the War Bisk Insurance Act and the Vocational Rehabilitation Ac 1, will gel in personal touch with every man who has a claim or who thinks he may have a claim, take up his case as an individual pro position, avoid lengthy and nerve wrecking correspondence and get results. With that, thought in view the Squad will visit centers in every state in the Southeast and before the campaign is concluded, every county in the section will be cov ered. It is believed that, byTTfing ing this opportunity right to tln doors of the veterans every man entitled to compensation, will get it and get it speedily. The Squad furnishes the big op portunity for the veteran to have straightened out all his difficulties of compensation and vocational training and medical treatment right at home. It is, as well, the chance of many to find out if they have claims and if they have, to get them filed properly, sorthat re spouse will be satisfactory and im mediate. To reduce trouble, delay, and expense to a minimum, the Squad will furnish each disabled veteran, who reports at squad headquarters with transportation back home and meals and lodging until his busi ness is completed. While the squad is there, it will take up in addition to tin- affairs of local veterans, the affairs of ex service men in Pierce, Charlton, Bacon, Echols, Clinch, Coffee, At kinson, and Brantley counties. Rub-My-Tism for Rheuma tism. of the State’s'railway for five years. The Governor believes he can make this sale at an early date. Out of the proceeds of the sale he will pay all of the unpaid pensions, both old and new, including the increases for 1920 and J 921. Just when this money can be turned in to the state treasury to make the payments we cannot say, but we hope this can be done in the next sixty or ninety days. “The General Assembly appro priated $1,250,000 for 1922 and $1,250,000 for 1923 to be paid only to the ‘old’ Class. Nothing was appropriated for the ‘new’ class for these years but all necessary provision for the ‘new’ pensioners for 1922 and 1923 may be made when the General Assembly meets in June, 1922. Urge the ‘new’ pensioners to rest assured that everything possible will be done for them next year.” 666 cures Chills and Fever. $1.50 A YEAR Lankford's Shrewdness. Hon. Geo. W. Lankford, the re doubtable representative in the legislature from Toombs county, as are all the young men who has gone out into public life from the Mud Creek district of Clinch coun ty, is a stroug supporter of the State’s public school system. Mr. Lankford’s one and s u p r e m e thought as a member of the pres ent General Assembly was to in crease the appropriation for the rural public schools. How he suc ceeded is told in the following paragraph: The operation of Mr. Lankford’s foresight in behalf of his own crowd, however, was longer and shrewder than was that of the administra tion forces, for he wrote into the bill a "proviso” which, if the state gets a total revenue of $12,000,000, will give to the common schools a fund of $6,000,000 for each of the next two years. The $4,250,000 fund was appropriated on the basis of it being half the revenue that the state would have, and the idea was it would stop there that is the idea of the tax boosters —but when Mr. Lankford of Toombs wrote in that provision specifying that “50 per cent.” of all the state’s revenue over and above $8,500,000 should he specifically set aside and applied to the common school appropri ations, he took away every addition al penny of taxes imposed beyond that figure from the general treas ury fund and put it into the com mon school fund; therefore, if the difference between $8,500,000 and the estimated total revenue of ap proximately $42,275,000, which is $4,250,000, one half of that has automatically been appropriated to common schools in addition to the figures named in the act and that leaves for the payment of all other appropriations made and ex penses incurred by the state, after all, the identical 50 per cent, of the total revenue no matter how large it may run. In this calculation it will beau allotment of $G,137,500 for all other state expenses and $6,137,500 for common schools. A Geography Lesson. Merely as a reminder that there is still effect in the ancient saw concerning the “shoe being on the other foot” and that other one about “whose ox was gored” and still another which declared that “circumstances alter cases,” it is interesting to note that in Detroit a few days ago two young negroes were with extreme difficulty res cued from an infuriated mob seek ing desperately to lynch them be cause they were suspected of hav ing assaulted a white boy. To emphasize the same reminder it is even more interesting to notice a dispatch of the week from Dixon, Illinois, reporting that a mob of several hundred men had driven at night practically all the negroes out of that town because somebody had shot and killed a young white man in a negro resort. —Savannah News. A few years back it was the greatest ambition of every young man starting out in life to acquire enough funds to buy a home and become a solid substantial citizen. The young fellow who owned pro perty had the confidence and as sistance of all others in his laud able efforts. He stood high with the old folks and was first choice with all the nicest girls. Its differ ent now. He must own a car to shine, and spend his savings in its up keep and running expenses. He must wear silk shirts and silje socks, dance and ride with the girls until two a. m. If he owns a home he must mortage it to buy a car or go on the “slow” list. He must have a car whether he has the price or not, and when be gets it he must have the money to keep it going. If he don’t make the money honest, be must get it some other way if he hopes to keep up with the procession.—Thoiuasville Press. 666 cures Bilious Fever.
