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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1921)
PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 11. T. ALLEN, Editor. Member-11th District Press Associate Metnaer of Eesigia Press Associate SulMcrivltou r>»iue, fl.&Ju yuar in julvuiice. Advertisinrr r;0«« •tro Hlx-rul iwid will I mod a* known on application. YC;U*ml at ths Fontulßee tri »tcorr/i. As until matter of Mu* non * Jowling over a ga me of bu-e La is sorry past ime. Learn to quit it The thins that makes us wearj is to be forced to drink a gallon of words in order to get a teaspoonfui of genuine thought. Next to actual warfare the boy cott is the most damnable exercise of jealously of which Hie world knows. Then, iL is ungodly. Sweet potatoes are being groom ed for a money crop. Their pre paration for market will cost a little more but will be worth while. Will l'iedmont Institute be junked next year? The Index has intimated that such a proposition was on the hook of probabilities unless it proves itself a money earner. The Savannah News says “The peace resolution presented to effect peace with Germany: it was first a puzzle and now is reported to be a fizzle.” Suppose -you tell it to the Germans. President Harding lias learned how to wield the "big stick" after the manner of Roosevelt, and Re publican congressmen are amazed and wonder what comes next on the presidential program. NEWS NOTES. Gol. Folks lluxford hasgiven up the newspaper game at Milltown and returned to llomerville to practice law and be a Justice of the Peace. The Tribune congratulates J edge Joe Rowell on his successful race for tax collector of Lanier county, lie was elected by a plurality of .‘l9 votes. Bartow Cooper was elected surveyor without opposi tion. Col. I>. M. Parker and his kins man, John W. Bennett, both of Waycross, notwithstanding it is too early for campaigning, are be ing enquired of as to their desire to try to defeat the Eleventh district congressman, Mr. Lankford. Two big hotels were burned Sun day —the Wigwam at 1n d ia n Springs and the Brown House at Macon. The guests at the Wig wam escaped uninjured, but sever al were victimsin the Brown House blaze. The loss in Hie Wigwam fire is estimated at $lOO,OOO, and $150,000 in the Brown House tire. Mrs. Charlton 11. Shaw, rnatern al grandmother of the children of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Smith, of Pearson, died at an early hour Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Moore, at Ala palm. Her remains were carried to Adel and buried in the family graveyard beside those of her hus band. The very latest news from the Valdosta, Moultrie and Western railroad situation is that a 00 day option had been purchased by Moultrie, Berlin, Morven and Val dosta people at a cost of $”,500. It is now thought that the entire line including the Valdosta terminals will be purchased by these people at the price of $129,000. The assassination of Sheriff Roberson of Pierce county bears the appearance of a conspiracy. The sheriff, at the time of the kill ing, was on the lookout for Ran dall Thomas, a supposed horse thief. The wife of Thomas had reported his whereabouts to the sheriff and in following her direc tions he ran into the ambush where he met bis death. Two arrests have been made —a negro and a white man. Mage Carter, ami it is thought that the entire gang of conspirators will be in the toils in a few days. Olin Roberson, second son of the dead man, succeeds his father as sheriff by appointment of Judge W. I>. Griffis, the Ordi nary of Pierce county. MR. STEWART’S CARD. 'Flic Tribune "published Mr. Chas. E. Stew'art’s letter of opposition to the $30,000 bond issue, the election to authorize which will be held Saturday, September 3rd, not be •ause the editor agrees with'his views but because all questions have two sides to them and their vspective advocates are entitled to a hoaiing in the county paper if respectfully presented. The Tribune regrets Mr. Stewart has a faculty of opposing every proposition of community interest where he is not taken into confi deuce and permitted to be leader. Unfortunately there are such men in almost every community, and it leads them to extravagance in pre senting their facts. Mr. Stewart does not violate this rule in this instance-, because he jumps at his conclusion which is not warranted by the facts. The bonded indebtedness of the National and State governments should have no bearing on the question Mr. Stewart undertook to discuss. But in presenting the other side of the question they must be considered, because be cites them. It is true the United States government has a large bonded in debtedness and it takes stacks of money to pay the interest. How ever, the bald statement of these facts, without further explanation, is misleading and unfair. Much of this bonded indebtedness, brought about by the world war, was for money to be loaned to her allies and these counties are caring for the interest on it. The people of the United States pay interest only upon that part their government actually used. The patriotic poo pie of the United States are not kicking on paying it because it is the price of their liberty, and is minus the bugaboo Mr. Stewart would have the readers of his card believe. Now, what about the State’s bonded indebtedness! The State constitution has limited the power of the legislature in creating a bonded indebtedness, and this power has been sparingly exercised. The constitution has limited the tax rate to five mills, or $5 on the $lOOO. It is a fact that not a cent of the tax money raised thus goes to pay the interest on her bonded indebtedness —the interest being provided for from ("lie other reve nues coining into the State treas ury. So the fallacy of Mr. Stewart's argument along this line is very apparent. The State constitution also limits the amount of bonds Atkinson county can issue, and her power has been exercised as yet only in a small way, and there is no cause for alarm. The building of a court house for Atkinson county by means of a bond issue originated with Mr. Stewart; he furnished the machinery and appointed the building committee. His commit tee is doing just what the Statute required them to do. The idea was and is all right. It. is the only way public buildings are erected these days. The building commit tee (county commissioners) are all as good men as there is in Atkin son county, but they make mis takes just as all men do. They made a mistake in the amount of money necessary to build and equip the court house and jail. The mistake is not an unusual one; every person who attempts to build a home miscalculates by one third what it will really cost. What the commissioners have done is a credit to them and the county. It should not be left to stand in an ineompleted condition. It would be the poorest policy in the world, and the Tribune feels assured every thoughtful citizen favors this small boud issue so that the building can be complet ed in accordance with the original plans. The Tribune is sure that every citizen will feel better about it when it is completed, especially when it will not increase the tax rate. The commissioners say this is true —that w ith the bonds they can afford to place the rate the same as last year, not more that $22.50 on the $lOOO, for state. PEARSON TRIBUNE. PEARSON, GEORGIA. AUGUST 26, 1921 RIDICULOUS COMPARISON. Last Sunday’s Atlanta Constitu tion carried the first installmentof Jim Holloinon’s notorious compar- Georgia’s fiscal policy with that obtaining in other Southern States. This installment should be en titled “Florida against Georgia,” because written expressly for the disparagement of Georgia. It has never dawned.upon Mr. Ifollomon that his comparison in this in stance is exceedingly odious and does not represent the real facts. His figures show that the rural schools of Florida receive yearly from the state treasury only $BB3, 534.(10, while Georgia's r u r a 1 schools get more than $2,500,000 from that source annually. Hence, it is disclosed that the glory of Florida’s school system, of w bicb so much is said, is uot dependent upon the State treasury, but upon the people of the several counties themselves; they pay the freight of their children’s education. Pinellas, with Clearwater as the county seat, is Florida’s banner school county. She has four ac credited high schools within her borders. The people are proud of their schools and the tax they pay for schools amounts to about two per cent, of Liu- county's taxable valuations. If they want better school buildings and equipment the school district, where it is to be located, votes for bonds and in that way get what is needed. This is the educational spirit that must he manifested in Atkin sou and other Georgia counties if they want to raise the standard of education to where it should be and to where they will be proud of it. The Tribune editor is not giving his readers fiction on this subject, but rock ribbed facts. Hisbrother, the late \V. A. Alien, wasehairman of the Board of Education of Pinel las county from its creation until his death in June last year. He had a capable superintendent in I>ixie Hollins and the twain put, Pinellas county, in the manner de tailed, on the educational map. lint the people had a mind to do it and followed their leaders. They placed Pinellas county schools not only in the front rank from a literary standpoint, but an industrial standpoint. Agricul ture is not only taught in the schools but the chairman succeed ed, by a bond issue, in establish ing an experiment station in eon neetiou with his home town ac credited high school. Follow citizens, this is the secret of Florida’s good schools and high salaried teachers. We must wake up, and make big sacrifices if we succeed in an educational way. county and school tax. Otherwise it would have to be ten mi Us higher. Col. Allen, to whom Mr. Stewart addressed his card, desires to say there is a difference between a “drive” and this “bond issue”. The first is to get your mouey to do something in Kalamazoo or Timbuctoo or some other place you know nothing about, and the other iSTo complete a public building in our own county and in which all should take an interest. Dr. George W. Julian of Tiftou was iu the city Sunday morning. In conversation with the Tribune editor he expressed the opinion that there is no cause for alarm over the statement that the nse of syrup w ill develop the pellagra dis ease; many demonstrations on South Georgia farms have proved to the contrary. He says, as do physicians generally, that after some diseases are developed in the human system it is hurtful to use syrup or other sweet foods. Editor ,1. Kelly Simmons, of the Nashville Herald, it is understood, has reconsidered the Athens pro position and will remain at Nash ville, in Berrien county, and make of the Herald a firstelass weekly newspaper. Nashville needs a good paper, Simmons can give them w hat they should have, and it be hooves the Nashville 'people to support him. in his effort. The Athens proposition would have been a great mistake and Simmons is wise iu staying aloof from it. Senator Harris’s Address. The county court house was weii filled w-ith ladies and gentlemen Wednesday morning to hear Sena tor William J. Harris give, an ac count of his stewardship. The audience had gathered by 11:15 and was called to order by the Tribune editor, introducing our young fellow-townsman, Col. T. S. Winn, who, in a few well chosen words, introduced Senator Harris as a man who had come up from poverty, and had reached his present station in life by the dint of his own energy and perseverance; that he had been in public life for a number of years. Prior to his election as United States senator, he had been a member and chair man of the Federal Trades Com mission; that lie was essentially a business man and was excelled by no man in the United States in knowledge of the business condi tion of this country; he was thor ougbly acquainted with the inter ests of the farmers of the country, gained by his connection with the Federal Trades Commission, and was working for their iul.ercst. This furnished a double reason why the farmers of Atkinson comi ty should hear him on thisocca sion and give careful attention to what he had to say to them. Senator Harris spoke for about forty five minutes, prefacing his remarks with the sentiment that ho was glad to he in Pearson, not withstanding the fact that he had not been invited to come. He came because he wanted to come and see the people, and learn from first hands whether his course in the Senate was approved by this people and whether he could be of any special service to them. <in account of his engagement to speak at Willaeooehee, at 3 p. m., he had to spare himself. II is address eov ered the situation in congress; leg islation in the interest of the South could be handled only where the interests of the West and South are identical, and senators and re presentatives joined forces regard less of party lines. He paid his respects to Gover nor Harding, of the Federal Reserve Board. What he said of the Fed eral Reserve Board confirmed what Hon. J. Skelton Williams said about it in his Augusta speech. lie gave a word picture of Sena tor Henry Cabot lodge, tin- head and front of the Republican party, and the moulder of its poiicy in favor of the manufacturer and against the producer. He told of the machinations and manipulations of the Meat Packers, and their proven discrimination against the south. He eon fir filed the fact that Sen ators and Representatives who are not assiduously and continuously on the job gets nothing for his ini mediate section and people. It took hard work to accomplish any thing in Congress. "East year,” said he, "when I received many appeals from parents of Georgia boys in the army of occupation,! didn,t merely go to see the head of the War Department but went to Europe myself and brought hundreds of Georgia boys home.” The address was listened to with rapt attention, showing the esteem in which Senator Harris is held by the people of Pearson and immedi ate vicinity. After he had closed the peopkw rushed to shake his hand. He found Representative Corbitt, of Willaeooehee, was ready, with his car, to carry him to his appointment in that city. He lias appointments at Nash ville, Adel. Tiftou and Ocilla lor Thursday. Friday and Saturday. The tobacco marketing season is practically over. To somecrowers it has been satisfactory, to others it has not. The difference is re sults can be accounted for only on the theory of difference in goods. Happy is the grower w ho will take his disappointed good naturedly and determine to "try again" next year and do his best to win success. The Tribune has been notified that shipping Atkinson county sweet potatoes-will commence next week. Tho first carload will go forward on Tuesday. Helping the Farmers. * Judge W. C. Lankford, our im mediate representative in con gress, secured the adoption of an amendment to the Farmers’ Relief Bill on last Saturday. Hisamend ment broadens the scope of the or iginal bill by authorizing the War Finance Corporation not only to make advances to banks haling made advances for agricultural purposes but also to*those banks which “may have discounted or rediscounted notes, drafts, bills of exchange or other negotiable in struments for such purpose.” It was considered a very important provision in the bill and its adop tion was practically unanimous. Judge Lankford was very much elated over the adoption of his amendment and took occasion to express his thanks to the members of the House for their kindly eon sideratiou and support of his pro position. He also stated his anx iety to see this bill passed and that right speedily. It is thought the bill will pass before the vacation adjournment. The Tribune agrees with Mr. Lankford (hat this measure would bring speedy relief to the farmers and place all other business on a stable and progressive basis. The farmers and business men of Amer ica have never before experienced such business stagnation as they are just at this time. Tuesday night the Farmer’s Re lief Bill, spoken of above, complet ed the successful running of the congressional gauntlet, having passed the Senate, with Mr. Lank ford's amendment incorporated, and is ready for the Presidents signature, making a completed law. 'l’lie Tribune is confident it will bring an immediate and radical change in business for the better. Our immediate congressman, Mr. Lankford, deserves the thanks of the country for his persistent effort to get the measure through before the congressional recess. Letter From Vermont. S. Roy a i.ton, N't., August 15th, 1921. To ihe Editor of Tribune: W e would be happy to see all our friends in Atkinson county, but since we are a few states apart we will just drop a line. We left Axson in May 1920 and had a very pleasant trip to Massa ehusetts, stopping on our way in New T York and visiting many (ilaces of interest. Last summer we remained in. I.ynu by the seashore, where we enjoyed every minute of the time. The beaches in and around Boston are just wonderful. There's every thing for interest and amusement. A party of girls and boys had a very pleasant trip to Plymouth. We first landed on the Rock, then went, to the museum, the monu ment, the old cemetery, Pilgrim’s hail and other places. We took pictures as we went and two or three in the party wrote poetry; so you see it was quite a romance. But we are only sketching for you. In the fall we attended a danc ing school, which we enjoyed very much. There were 150 to 200 in a class. Here the dances are kept nice—no one is allowed in the dance hail who do not act the same. We have been in Vermont since the first of the summer, and have enjoyed it very much. We have visited the birth place of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The church has erected monuments and built, lovely homes both here aud New York where he received his visions and records. Tourist from all over the country visit these wonderful plaees. \Ye have had a wonderful expe rience in associating w ith the East ern people. The only difference in the North and the South is that they have bad compulsory educa tion in the North so long till every one is developed and there is no difference among them —they are all educated. They can fall into line in any work and it is not an overtax to them. Herbert Soeueer said "Education adds sense." We hope to see the day when there ate no illiterates Marketing at Home. Many times have we editorially called attention to the obligation resting upon Georgia’s urban popu lation to buy Georgia products. The prosperity of every nation rests upon the financial condition of its agricultural sections. The farmers buys all his supplies from his city neighbors, practically ev ery dollar the farmer makes comes back to the cities through the channels of trade. It is with great gratification we note that the papers' of the state are vigorously taking hold of this phase of marketing, and urging the cities to supply their needs from Georgia grow n products. On the other hand xve have many times called our farmers’ at tention to the importance, the nec essity of properly grading and packing their products. There is no reason why Georgia corn, wheat or oats, cattle or hogs should not equal in market value, the products of any state in the Union. But we must realize that we cannot get top notch priees for inferior grades. The farmer who produces num ber 1 hogs will always receive a higher price therefor than will the one who produces or presents to the market number 3 bogs. Sell you high grade products as sut*h and sell your culls as culls. Always deliver w hat you sell ac cording to quality and grade. Let the buying public realize that Georgia products are as good or b ter than those from other sec tions, and the marketing problem is half solved. The city dweller and the farmer must know, sympathize and coop erate with each other before ideal conditions can be reached. —Mar- ket Bulletin. in the South and the people can stand on equal grounds with the North along educational lines. All good wishes to the Tribune and its many friends. Emma and Pkaki.ie Williams. "God." says Holy Writ,” created woman for an helpmate for man.” But now, at the mere suggestion, she assumes the whole job—both in church and state. The Jesup Ifhnk eases, transfer red to Glynn county, are to be tried Monday, October 31. It will take two weeks to conclude the trial. J. U. L. Jones, Sheriff of Baker county, has resigned—giving as his reason that the county w r as too small for him to earn a living in. He will move to Florida. HEY. BOYS! See me for firstelass ( leaning and Pressing. All work guaranteed. Sanitary Pressing Club HOW’S THIS? HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE will do what we claim for it— cure Catarrh or Deafness caused by Catarrh. AN e do not claim to cure any other disease. HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE is a liquid, taken internally, and acts through the blood upon the mucous surfaces of the svstem, thus reducing the inflammation and re storing normal conditions. All Druggists. Circulars free. F. J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. GEORGIA RAILROAD AND The West Point Route OFFER Summer Excursion Fares TO NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLIN A COLORADO CALIFORNIA MICHIGAN NEW YORK Which Include Attractive STEAMSHIP TRIPS. For full information write to J. P. BILLUPS, General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Georgia.
