PEARSON©TRIBUNE
VOL. 7—NO. 20
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Brethren are Discussing a
Number of Live Topics.
The melon growers announce
that they will double their aeerage
next season. The dog with the
bone in its mouth which was lured
to disaster by its shadow in the
water should be worth something
to the melon growers. Over pro
duction spells ruin to every indus
try. —Valdosta Times.
Farmers are more and more
coming to realize the greater ad
vantages to be gained by produc
ing potatoes, watermelons, canta
loupes, conn, peanuts, etc., and
cattle and pigs, meat and dairy
products, which presages an entire
ly new era and a vastly brighter
day in southern agriculture. —At-
lanta Constitution.
The fact that more than 5.000,-
000 persons are unemployed is
everybody’s business, and every
body ought, to do everything pos
sible to restore conditions to
normal and give the workers jobs.
Winter is coming, and unless men
are warmed and fed in one way
they will see to it that they are
made comfortable in another way.
Humanity cannot expect another
part of itself to starve or freeze. —
Dawson Mews.
The editor of the Patriot has
been approached by five or six dif
ferent people for endorsements for
the positions of Gin Censor, Oil
Inspector and Postmaster here. Of
the entire number only two were
subscribers to the Patriot. What
we would like to know is, would a
man who does not keep up with
home affairs make a good official?
Maybe Home Brew, of the Enquir
erSun, could answer? Beuna
Vista Patriot.
Receiver B. L. Bugg lias offered
a reward totalling $lO,OOO for
evidence to convict those guilty
of dynamiting the freight train
that caused the death of an engin
eer this week, and the party or
parties guilty of firing upon the
train that caused the death of Eu
gineer Reed recently. There is
no longer doubt as to Vho is guilty
of these brutal and cowardly acts.
The strikers on the road are be
lieved by everyone to be guilty
and we would like to know if they
are to be permitted to continue
this work indefinitely. Coffee
County Progress.
And now it is proposed to have
government operation of the lum
ber industry. Just why the Gov
ernment should be called upon to
take over this important industry
is not made clear. Certain it is
that there is no good reason for it
so far as we have been able to see.
There is no more reason in it than
that the Government should con
trol the mercantile or other inter
esbs of the" country. There may
be some legislation needed looking
to the preservation of the young
trees and to reforestation and we
think there is, but Government
operation of the lumber industry
is not needed. —Adel News.
Withdrawal of IheTJnited States
from international affairs left the
British Empire as the only stabil
izing influence in a world crisis,
says General Jan. C. Smuts, Pre
mier of the South African Union.
Chew that cud, ye victims of ang
lopbobia. Our soldiers won us first
place in world affairs; our politi
cians, with your aid, robbed us of it
and gave first honor to the country
you pretend to hate! Meanwhile,
having refused to accept an honor
ed entry though the front door, we
find absence will touch our pock
ets. so we seek to <neak in through
the back way. No wonder the rest
of the world smiles contempt nous
jy behind its hand at American
stateniansbip—and American poli
tics. —Tifton Gazette.
Program.
For the Annual meeting of the
Woman’s Baptist Missionary
Union of Smyrna Association, to
be held at Douglas next Thurs
day and Friday, September 22d
and 23d, 1931.
All churches are urged, not to
forget date, but to send represen
tatives. We begin promptly at
2:30. Come to spend the night.
We are expecting you. Our homes
are open to you.
We call your attention, especial
ly, to the program for the evening.
Miss Bridges, a returned Mission
ary from Persia will speak to us.
All visitors will receive a warm
welcome.
Key ward: Service.
2:30 Hymn, Jesus Calls Cs.
lievotional —“Service” —Mrs. B.
11. Tanner.
Welcome —Mrs. F. M. Appleby.
Response—Mrs. 'l'. S. Hubert.
Report of: Superintendent, As
sociation Worker, Young Peoples
Leader, District Secretaries, Mis
sion Study, Personal Service, Press
Work.
Prayer of thanksgiving.
Watchword —Phil. 4:13.
Hymn—The Son of Man Goes
Forth to War.
Comm i ttees appoi n t ed.
Address —Miss Maude Powell.
3 o’clock.
Hymn —More Love to Thee.
Scripture—Elder T. S. Hubert.
Song —Sunbeams W i 1 I—Sunbeams.1 —Sun-
beams.
Pageant —Way Truth and Life —
Y. W. A.
Talk—M iss Bridges.
Benediction.
9:30 Friday Morning.
Hymn—All Hail the Power.
Devotional —Powei —Mrs. Wind
ham.
Special Music —Mrs. R. M. Jcnks.
Talk —Bible Study —Mrs. Single
ton.
”Miss Bradley” —Miss Vera
Gillis.
Talk —In Samaria —Mrs. B. W.
Gray.
“Miss Information” —Y. W. A.
Announcements.
Address —Mrs. E. K. Overstreet.
Lunch at church.
2 o’clock.
Song—Love Lifted Me.
Devotional —Miss Nora Huss.
Talk —“Into the Uttermost
Parts” —Mrs. M. Tanner.
The Missionary Family—Y. W.
A.
Talk —Keeping Step —Mrs. E. K.
Overstreet.
Open Conference.
Report of Committees.
Consecration Service —Mrs. B.
If. Tanner.
State Line Dispute.
The disputed boundary line be
tween Georgia and South Carolina
will be discussed by.the attorneys
general of the states when Samuel
L. Wolf of South Carolina goes to
take up the matter with "George
M. Napier. The case is pending
before the United States supreme
eourt.
The dispute is based on the ques
tion whether the Tugaioo or the
Koewee rivers is to be considered
the upper reach of the Savannah
river which is named as the boun-
dary. If the former river is named
then the boundaries remain just as
they are, but if the Keowee river
is decided to be the Savannah,
then Georgia will gain additional
territory amounting to a whole
county.
South Carolina claims the Tuga
ioo as the boundary, while Georgia
contends that the Koewee is the
rightful line of division. It was
during the administration of Gov
ernor Howell Cobb that “a great
river known as the Savannah” was
fixed by the treaty of Beaufort.
At that time the fact was overlook
ed that the Savannah river is
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ]<>, 1921
MEMORIES OF THE LONG AGO
Facts Concerning Currency Used
During War of Sixties.
The frequeut reference to the
reduction in size of the dollar silver
certificate recalls the currency
used by the Federal government
during the Civil war, and common
ly called “Greenbacks.”
Gold and silver disappeared
from the channels of trade, and
nothing but paper money was used.
The dollars and amounts above
were printed on a specially prepar
ed paper of about three by inches
dimensions. The fractional cur
rency —fifty cents, twenty-five
cents, ten cents and five cents—
was printed on the same kind of
material but of different sizes.
The fifty cents were two and a
quarter by five inches; the twenty
live cents slightly smaller; the ten
cents were about two by four
inches and the five cents slightly
smaller. The Tribune man never
heard of any reason assigned for
the difference in the sizes of this
paper money, but always supposed
it was done to designate the value
thereof.
Green ink was used on the back
of these notes and hence the name
"greenbacks,” which has followed
it to the present date.
“Greenbacks,” at the close of
the war, remained the money of
the country for several years be
fore silver and gold were remonet
ized and came back into circula
tion. It is true that, now and
then, a stray dime, half dime,
quarter and half would creep out
their hiding places, but it did not
take long for it to return from
whence it came.
The calling in of the silver and
gold money was called “demoneti
zation,” and this condition held
for a year or more after the war
closed.
This paper money was the ab
solute currency of the country.
You could get nothing else and
hence eagerly sought after by
everybody. However, it was look
ed upon with a degree of suspicion,
and the fractional denominations
was given the nickname of “Shin
plasters,”
Confederate paper money was
similar in character as to size of
the various denominations. The
paper on which it was printed was
inferior in texture; blue ink was
used on the back and hence this
currency was known as ‘bluebacks.’
With the fall of the Confederacy
these blue shinplasters was repu
diated and was the cause of great
financial loss to many people.
Some who had sold their homes
and farms for this currency and
executed deeds thereto found
themselves homeless and penniless.
It was surely a pathetic time.
The history of the World war
repeats to some extent that of the
Civil war so far as the demonetiza
tion of silver is concerned. Silver
dollars was called in by the millions
and cast into bullion to be shipped
to Europe as an article of merchan
dise —sold it to Great Britain.
But this bullion is coining back
to the United States now and the
government mints are busy recast
ing it into silver dollars, and it is
stated that it will require several
years to complete the task.
During the Civil war American
gold and silver bullion was sent
across the Atlantic as a basis of
credit for the Federal government
in the countries of Europe, and es
pecially Germany from whence
many a Hessian came to help crush
the Southern Confederacy.
Therefore Hessian sympathizers
are largely extant in the United
States to day.
formed by the Tugaioo and the
Koewee. Many years later the
question was raised and made the
basis of a suit. —Quitman Free
Press.
666 cures Malarial Fever.
Repents at Leisure.
Mr. Editor: Just a few words
from the boys in jail. There are
three white boys and four negroes
and we are having some h ar d
times. The weather is very hot
and there is no place to get cool.
Boys on (he outside, my word to
you is to be careful and try not to
get in here, for when you are in
jail you have no friends. See?
lam charged with debt. his
true 1 owe them and can't pay —
the times are too hard. Perhaps
the times will get better soon and
1 can pay those i owe.
I hope everybody will have a
good t ime and think of the boys in
jail, for 1 am well known in Atkin
son county.
My name is C. G. Arnold and I
have been with the Carter Turpen
tine Company, at Kirkland, Ga„
for most two years, until about
four months ago, when 1 left there
and went to Baxley, Ga.. Slid was
working with the Carter Brothers
when I was arrested and put in
Baxley jail September Ist, 1921.
Friends, listen, be good and
don’t got in here If you can possi
bly keep out, for I must say this
is a bad place for boys. Of course
we have some good friends any
where we go, but, see, when you
are behind the bars people look at
you as if you are an outlaw.
We got two white boys from the
North in here. They were pinch
ed for hoboing. They sure do waul
to get out, but 1 guess they will
have to work on the chain-gang.
People sure do forget you when
you are in jail. There is one lady
who is very nice to us; gives us
cigarettes and matches. Mrs. Me
Loud is her name and we appre
eiate her kindness very much.
We would be very glad if some
of the Christian folks would come
up here and entertain us with
church services some Sunday. We
have one little Testament up here
which we use to hold services.
Weclose now hoping, Mr. Editor,
you will put this in your paper.
The Moonshiner and Murder.
(Fitzgerald Herald.)
We quote and wish to take this
opportunity of seconding the state
ment of Editor Flanders, of the
Ocilla Star, that there is no mean
er type of criminal on earth than
the moonshiner.
We can liken this vile wretch’
only to the debased reptile, the
vilest of animals which the good
book uses as the example of all
evil in the world.
Worse than this reptile, the
moonshiner goes about in his daily
walks spreading his poison in the
way of a friend and enemy and
does not wait until the approach
of the enemy and the effluvium of
his wretchedness is perpetually in
evidence.
But when approached he senses
danger and like the vile reptile lie
is strikes at all corners who may
either purposely or accidentally
invade his sanctum.
The death of Sheriff Robertson,
of Pierce county, is only an episode
in the lives of these lawless per
sons, and a repetition of others
that have gone before. Like the
vengeful reptile he is a perpetual
curse to man, the moonshiner de
fies the law of God and humanity.
Out of his don flows his poisonous
product and this den is a place of
murder, treason and blasphemy.
Let us take an example from
these fatalities, help to rout out
these poisonous reptiles, that do
thgir work in the dark and insure
the safety of our citizens from
tbier wrath.
The state, county and school tax
rate in Worth county is $33 on
the $l,OOO. This is 75 cents on
the $,OOO more than in Atkinson
county where the rate is $32.25.
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia. v
The special election for tax col
lector for Clinch county will he
held tomorrow, and as to the re
sult no man knows, and will not
know until the election is over.
The grand jury of Ben Hill
couuty undaunted by the dismissal
of their first indictment, on ac
count of some technical irregulari
ties, will continue the considera
tion of A., B. &A. matters and
will indict all against whom there
is found a prima facie case.
The Nahunta Banner has chang
ed editors, Mr. E. A. Tippins talc
ing charge, and the Way cross
Journal-Herald has changed heads,
that is put a new one on the north
end of the first page; the new one
is better looking and more respect
able than the old one. Trust t hey
will survive ami continue to be
our neighbors.
A wedding of interest was that
at Manor last Thursday, the couple
being Mr. I). C. Garmiehall and
Mrs. Ben James. They are well
known throughout this section.
The bride is a sister of Mrs. T. J.
Strange of AVillacoochec and a
niece of Mr. R. H. Dickerson, of
Pearson. Best wishes attend them
in their new relations.
The mysterious disappearance
of Associate Justice of Chatham
county municipal court has Sav
annah all agog. He spent Labor
day at Tybee, and suffered severe
ly from heat. Tuesday morning
he left home for the courthouse
and lie has not been seen since
notwithstanding a diligent search
has been made for him.
Federal prohibition officers,
while raiding a place in Jeff Davis
county, found a 15-year old girl
who had been forced to don male
attire and become a guard over a
whiskey distillery. The whipping
post should be restored for the be
nefit of men who would hold a girl
in bondage and force her to become
a law breaker. It is shocking in
the extreme.
The Dußignon Institute, of Hom
erviile, has opened for the 1921-22
school year. The opening exer
cises were interesting and appro
priate. The faculty is a new line
up, and seems to be drawn from
elsewhere, the names are not
familiar: Principal, i’rof. ft. C.
McAndrews; assistant principal,
I’rof. E. M. Palmer; Misses Eulalie
Chambers, Maud Ruth Cooper,
Lois Youngblood and Alice Mc-
Leod.
The Bank of Tifton has been
selected by Gov. Hardwick to
make the test as to the legality of
the sale of the State (W. & A)
railroad warrants. The Bank will
buy $lO,OOO worth at 6 per cent
discount; it will then present them
to the Comptroller who by agree
ment, will refuse to honor them.
Mandamus proceedings will follow
and which will bring the whole
matter before the courts where
the whole matter will he fully and
finally determined.
Douglas has a K. K. K.organiza
tion. It was out on parade Satur
day night, September 4, at 8
o'clock, ft was the first know
ledge of its existence in Douglas
except to its members. Judging
from the banner mottoes the or
ganization stands for “white su
premacy forever,” “Americanized
public schools,” and that its ex
istence will ever be present, “Here
yesterday, here today, here for
ever.” It can be added, without
doing violence to its tenets, that
s unds for tin- su; retnacy ol the
law, the maintenance of order and
an equal show in life’s race.
Rub-My-Tism kills pain.
$1.50 A YEAR
Shall We Have Law Or Not?
From the Adel News.
The editor of this paper was in
Nashville last Friday when the
body of Engineer Reed, who had
a run on the A., B. & A. road some
weeks ago and who was assassinat
ed by some one we do not know,
for no other reason apparently
than that he had taken the place
of strikers on that road and was
engaged in making an honest liv
ing for his wife and five or six
children and an invalid mother.
Through the weeks he had suffer
ed from hi.s wounds in an Atlanta
hospital and at last yielded to
death, a victim of a wretch un
known but whose conscience, if he
has any left, ought to worry him
until the Jay of hisdeath. As the
more than one hundred people
which accompanied his remains
came into the city and when his
wife and little ones were seen
weeping and distressed, we won
dered if this truly was the land of
safety and security that it has
been our pleasure to boast of and
to picture to others; if in the State
of Georgia it was not too true that
a man because he dares to accept a
place left by others, is in immi
nent danger of being assassinated.
And not only that, hasn’t it come
to pass in Georgia, the Empire
Slate of the South, that people at
tempt to wreck trains, would mur
der innocent men, women and
even little babies to wreak their
vengeance on the railroad? As we
gazed upon the sad sight at Nash
ville and a little later at Long
Bridge where the engineer was
buried and where there was grief
and sorrow unspeakable, we
thought that surely some people
in Georgia had imbibed the spirit
of the anarchist and the assassin,
that the foreign element which we
had been (aught to believe were
the only ones guilty of atrocious
crimes, had left their nefarious im
press here in Georgia and that
some, (we hope only a very few
Georgians,) or people who live in
Georgia had been guilty of a crime
that staggers the belief of those
who love law and order, who want
to see every man protected in his
inalienable right to earn an honest
living and who look with horror
upon the anarchist and assassin.
In another part of the State we
read a day or two later that a
white man had been called to his
door and shot down, although ho
was charged with no crime against
the law so far as the information
went.
All of which shows that it is
high time in Georgia for the law
abiding people to bestir themselves
and to bring to justice the lawless
element, those who frown upon
law with an utter disregard and
who stop at nothing to carry out
their plans. It is no use to mince
words or to be timid and afraid.
If this State is to be the home of a
peace loving and contented people
it must get rid of the criminally
inclined. It is not pleasant to
dwell on these things and it is not
pleasant to admit that they are
true. But a passive attitude will
not correct the evil. It is going
to take the strong arm of the iaw
to insure safety and security to
the citizens who dare to take ajob
which another has left and to pro
tect those against whom no war
rant has been issued but who are
called from their homes and ruth
lessly shot down. To this end
every lover of law and order ought
to bend his energies. If we keep
on at the rate we are going it will
soon be too late to correct this
great evil.
Irwin county’s 1921 cotton crop
is estimated at 4,200 bales. The
harvest will soon be over. The ad
vancing prices have given optimism
a boost.
6G6 cures Chills and Fever.
