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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
B. T. ALLEN. Editor.
Member 11th District Press Associatio.
Member of the Georgia Press Associatio
SubHcrlptlon price. Si.Mi a year In advance.
AdvertiHliiK rales are liberal anil will In
made known on application.
Kntered at the I’oatotHce In Pearson. Oeorcla.
.V* mail mutter ol the accomt class.
It is mill'll easier to criticise
newspaper than ii is to edit one
Home criticise when they do no
know what they are talking about,
but they can and do injure the
paper that way.
Hons. Scott T. Beaton and Calv
in W. Barker are rival candidates
for the Mayoralty of Way cross.
Both are political wheel horses and
there is going to lie some pepin
their campaigns. Mud slinging?
ft is to be hoped not.
October is here and our farmers
are preparing their lands to seed
for an oat crop; a great many farm
ers are of opinion that oats seeded
in this month will result in the
best harvest. Be that as it may;
oats are a fine crop and it would
be the part of wisdom to seed fora
plenteous harvest.
A critic remarks; “A woman
would never be successful in run
ning for office —because she would
have to stop too often to see il her
hat was on straight.” A woman
ran a successful race for Alderman
in Macon a few days ago. Accord
ing to the foregoing she must ha.c
gone into the race bareheaded.
The counties that has not taken
part in the “Advertise Georgia
< Campaign” are missing some good
pickings in (lie way of settlers.
Home seekers are on the look out
for new places and those counties
that have been exploited by adver
tising are the ones that w ill catch
them. Atkinson county has to go
slow now; her time w ill come in
the future.
The army of the uue in ployed, it
is currently reported, numbers 3,-
700,000. From the same source it
is learned that the members of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
has overwhelmingly voted to join
this immense army before they
accept a cut in wages of any
amount. Was folly ever worse
confounded? Is it possible these
people are sane?
Nan Patterson, twenty years ago
head of the “Floradora” sextette
of beauties and who was charged
■with killing Caesar Young, is now
titling her own washing in Yonkers.
< juito a come-down, but those who
hold the position that Nan held
have a come-dow r n ahead of them.
Few make provision for a rainy
day and very few die young. They
live to have plenty of time to ask
where are the admirers of yester
year? —Tifton Gazette.
It is hard to teach folks the les
son that newspapers will not pub
lish anonymous communications,
news-letters without the writer's
real name being signed to them.
The editor must know who the
correspondent is. Last week two
letters from St. Ilia Park came and
neither had the writer's name at
tached. The name will not be
published unless requested. The
editor wants the news from every
seetion of the county, but insists
on knowing who does the writing
The Tribune offers an amend
ment to President Harding's re
quest that every American citizen
to stop at noon on Armistice Day,
November 11, and offer a silent
two-miuute prayer when the body
of an unknown soldier, killed in
France, is iutered in Arlington
National Cemetery. The amend
ment is this: That the American
people engage to fast and pray on
November 11, at noon, that the
Tinted States senate hasten to
ratify the Treaty of Versailles, in
stead of the Knox resolution, and
the League of Nations which guar
antees the lasting peace for which
the unknown American soldier
made the supreme sacrifice in
France.
666 cures Dengue Fever.
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET.
Atkinson county officials are
passing over a bit of rocky road.
To use a rough, lint expressive quo
tation, “The devil is to pay and no
pitch hot!” ft is a situation the
Tribune believes is without a pre
cedent, notwithstanding it is a
gauntlet which all new counties,
sooner or later, have to run in or
der to adjust themselves to the
new life.
The Board of County Commiss
ioners—men of unimpeachable
character —are under fire from
whence it was least expected. The
Tribune believes in the integrity
of the men who compose the Board
of County Commissioners and fur
ther believes that the interests of
Atkinson county are in safe hands
and that no other three men could
have managed the affairs of the
young county with greater success
than they have done.
Chairman Roberts, and the oth
or members of the Board, are ready
and willing to discuss matters
with any citizen of the county,
impassionately, lias never tried to
evade or circumvent any question
asked them in regard to their
action in any matter and especially
the building of the Atkinson coun
ty courthouse. Hence there was
no reason for anyone to rush into
the public prints shouting graft,
theft and other reprehensible ep
ithets. The best thing to have
done was to have aided these ofii
cials over the rougli places in their
careers, encourage rather than
abuse them.
The Tribune hopes the abuse of
these officials will cease unless
there be some evidence of deliber
ate malfeasance.
Another unfortunate bit of gossip
was that relative to Sheriff Leg
gett's defalcation. The develop
ments are: The auditors gave out
a statement that he was $ 1000
short in his accounts ou tax collec
tions. This was a fact as appear
ed from his own vouchers, but in
their investigations they did not
go outside of the vouchers. Mr.
Legget knew the figures were in
credible and determined on an ex
tranoous investigation. He secur
ed the services of Mr. A. \V. Had
dock, an expert accountant of
Douglas, to hunt up the trouble,
and the Tribune learns that much
of the supposed defalcation has
been accounted for and whatever
default money the Sheriff may
have to pay will result from
"Errors of the head and not of the
heart,” and that there lias been no
dishonorable conduct on his part.
The affair between the Board of
Education and Superintendent
White is another matter for regret.
The Tribune is firm in the opin
ion that this affair, with the two
days of bitter investigation—last
Thursday and Friday —would never
have arisen had it not been for un
wise counsel on the part of Mr.
White's friends.
The Tribune up to this time Itas
had nothing to say about the mat
ter, but it feels free now to say
that t he Board of Education of
Atkinson county are high toned,
honorable men, and that they
have acted entirely within their
province and done nothing but
what their mature and better
judgments dictated was for the
best interests of the schools of At
kinson county. The evidence of
record shows that Mr. White, in
himself, saw and appreciated the
difficulties under which the Board
of Education was laboring and
would have done the proper thing
but for unwise counsel. It is a
pity he could not have been left
to exercise his own volition and I
brought the matter to a close. It !
would have added to his statute
as a patriotic citizen, instead of
being a reflection upon his charac
ter. it would have shown that lie
respected the judgment of his
superior officers and was ready to
do what he could for the better
rnent and uplift of the country
schools, although their judgment
might in a way be faulty.
The judgment of the Board of
Education was that the best in
terests of the public schools of At
kinson couuty demanded that hi'
PEARSON TRIBUNE. PEARSON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 7, 1921
be dismissed from their manage
; ment. An appeal has been taken
and the matter will be aired be
fore the State Superintendent and
Board of Education. Just what
the end will be is at best prob
lematical. The Tribune hopes
that when it does end, it will be a
triumph of the right.
The Tribune does not approve
the circulation of petitions, sectfr
ing the signatures of people, to be
used in Atlanta, tantamount to re
questing the State Superintendent
and Board of Education to retain
Mr. White in office, ft believes
such policy is ill advised and will
do Mr. White harm rather than
good. It will result in creating
enmity among the people that will
take years to efface.
TRAINED JOURNALISTS.
“Journalists are not born; journ
alism is acquired by long and per
sistent training,” is an old adage
happily illustrated in connection
with the meeting of the editors at
Pearson on the third Monday in
September.
Of the several editors present at
that meeting none of them got
more out of it for public use, ma
terial for advertising and boosting
this section, including Tifton and
Tift county, than John L. Herring
who, in 1 895, succeeded the Tri
bune editor in the editorial man
agement and control of the Tifton
(iazotte.
Mr. Herring is not a born editor.
He began hiscareerin across roads
printshop in Worth county, at
Isabella and Ty Ty, as an office boy.
yclept “Printer's Devil,” under that
great disciple of Faust, James W.
llaulon. lie has grown up from
those unroseate days by his love
for the newspaper game into :t
trained journalist whose reputa
tion is not bounded by State con
fines.
No, he is not the nestorof South
Georgia journalism; Henry M. Mc-
Intosh, of the Albany Herald, is
entitled to that honor. But they
are of different temperaments —
Henry is inclined to Stoicism,
; while John revels in a lighter vein
and dresses his facts with a smile,
but with a logic that those who
read catches the spirit and passes
it on to others.
Pearson is indebted to him for
the striking write up of her press
meeting and entertainment. It
has afforded the city and her in
terests some mOst excellent adver
tising; like the pebble thrown into
the ocean, the ripple it created is
spreading beyond the perspective.
The Tribune does not under es
timate the splendid expressions of
appreciat ion by the other brethren.
It all came from sincere hearts,
measuring in intensity with their
training. The Tribune wants to
inspire the younger members of
tit.' profession with an intense love
for their calling; the acme of suc
cess comes from persistent labor,
love for their work, and years of
training.
One catches the spirit of Mr.
Herring wheu oue remembers his
bohl announcement, wheu solicited
to become a candidate, that he
would rather remain at home as
editor of the Tifton Gazette than
to enter the halls of legislation as
a member of the General Assembly
from Tift county.
He is a trained journalist, and
loves his profession above that of
the legislator.
PROSPERITY “AT HOME.”
From The Atlanta Constitution.
Editor Herring, of The Tifton
(Ga.) Gazette, says that the recent
regular meetiug of the Eleventh
District Press Association, at Pear
son, was a revelation of home pros
| perity which surpassed all optim
istic estimates.
These meetings are held three
times a year, and they are get-to
gether occasions of profit and plea
sure to the newspaper men, even
from other districts, who take ad
vantage of them. The Gazette says,
“to'get better acquainted with a
mighty fine lot of genuine south
Georgia folks.’’
Aside from the business trans
acted at the meetings. Editor Her
ring well says that "the man who
stays at home and does not circu-
late among his friends and fellow
citizens in neighboring towns is
missing a lot of the good things of
life.”
A few items of evidence of home
prosperity with which the city of
Pearson greeted its editoral guests
on the occasion referred to. are
pleasantly enumerated by the Tif
ton paper —
“Huckleberry pie!
“Fried chicken!
“Roast turkey!
“Cake like mother baked!
“All things that go between!
''Huckleberry pie, in quarter
sections!
“Home-plenty of every descrip
tion!”
“Apparently,” The Gazette adds,
“there was no end to everything”
—home-supply prosperity was ou
dress parade!”
And though the city of Pearson
bad tiie place of honor on the not
able occasion, “Horne Prosperity”
is the work throughout all south
west Georgia.
The abundant and varied crops
there will make it possible for the
people of that section to live more
than ever '"at home,” home-money
will not have to leave home an
other year for things the home-soil
grows in plenty—the home-tables
will be borne supplied, and great
will be the selling surplus.
And that is tiie way it should be.
ail over the splendid farming sec
tion of the state —something of
everything and plenty for all.
And, getting "better acquainted"
with the prosperity—there is, by
“visit : ng around,” is an incentive
,to renewed effort for a still greater
future home-supply.
They Want the Road,
The people along the line of the
East to West Highway are very
much interested in the early corn
pletion of this new road. Evidence
is accumulating daily of this fact.
In line with this interest is a letter
written by a citizen of Fairfax,
taking the matter up directly w ith
the chairman, Editor John L.
Herring, of the Tifton Gazette, as
suring him of this abiding interest
of the people along the line. The
letter follows:
"1 w ish to express rny apprecia
tion of the great effort you are
making in your fight for the West
to East Highway through Georgia
and especially the effort you are
making to connect Tifton with
Waycross and Brunswick. There
is no more important road in South
Georgia in my estimation than the
one paralleling the Brunswick and
Western Railroad. To get to Tif
ton from here I go via Douglas ami
Ocilla, which is considerably out
of my way. The road from Alapa
ha to Axson especially needs re
pairs and hard surfacing and I
trust that a concerted effort on
the part of all the people along this
route will result in getting a GOOD
road this way. lam glad to note
from the press that Atkinson
county has already started work
and 1 trust that t hey will complete
the road through the county before
stopping.
"If there is anything T can do to
help get this route 1 shall be glad
to contribute my efforts along t In
line. The work on Ware County's
part of this highway is in need of
repairs and I would like for you to
have a meeting of your committee
iu Waycross as soon as possible
and try to get our Commissioners
interested iu getting this road nut
in first class condition."
The Tribune is pleased to assure
this Fairfax citizen that the At
kinson county commissioners are
in earnest about completing this,
highway at an early date —that is
to say. just as rapidly as possible.
In this connection the Tribune
respectfully a.-ks all citizens living
along this highway specially to ex
htbit a spirit of unselfishness and
contribute what they can to help
iu the completion of this road.
They will feel a thrill of true patri
otism when they have done so.
Napoleon held the view that the
shortest men are often the brain
iest, and by way of demonstrating
this belief he nearly always select
ed small men for his biggest tasks.
666 cures a Cold quickly.
TO THE PUBLIC!
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and am better prepared to serve you in Cleaning,
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ing them look as good as new clothes. I endeavor to
give entire satisfaction to my customers.
Yours to serve you promptly,
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SOUTHERN AGRICULTURIST
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3 7 5,0 0 0 CIRCULATION
United States District Attorney,
John W. Bennett, has selected his
son. Ernest Kantz Bennett, to be
his assistant with headquarters in
Savannah. He succeeds W. I).
Turner resigned. Mr. ('has. L.
Redding, of Waycross. will succeed
E. ('lent Rowers at Macon, Novem
ber Ist. Mr. John NY. Bennett's
term of office will not expire for
some time, yet notwithstanding
Republican contiol at W ashington.
The village of Adel, chartered
as a city, w ill not be given free
mail delivery as she has been ex
pecting for some time and in order
to secure which she has put herself
to considerable expense iu making
preparations.
Gleuu Hudson, charged with the
murder of two stepchildren, was
convicted in Dougherty superior
court Wednesday morning, and
fudge Beil sentenced to hang on
the 18th day of November.
Legal Advertisements.
Administrator’s Sale
< iKORGI A Atkinson County.
Under and by virtue of an order from the
< -ourt of < >rdinary of said county. granted at
the October Term. I92f>. will be sold before the
court house <Wor in said county, at Pearson,
between*the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in November. 1921, to the highest
biddet for cash, the following realty belong
ing to the estate of .1. J. Broker, late of said
county deceased, for the purpose of distribu
tion an»l the maintenance of the minor child
of the said J. J. Brooker. to-wit: One hundred
{ 100? acres of lot of land number thirty-seven
?7'. lying and being In the southeast corner
of said lot of land. Also, one hundred and
eighty-five IR-V acres, more or less, of lot of
land number fifti-tive W. and bounded on
the north and east by the original land lines
and on the south and west by liong Branch
pond and the right-of-way of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad. Both of said tracts situ
ate, lying and being In the seventh 7 land
district of Atkinson county, Georgia. This
the Ist day of Ootober. 1921.
Wiley M. summer. Administrator.
Kstate of J. J. Brooker.
Atkinson Sheriff's Sale.
GEORi»I A —Atkinson County.
Will be sold before the court house door In
said county, at Pearson, during the legal
hours of sale on the first Tuesday in Novem
ber next, 1921, to the highest bidder for cash,
one Bay horse named “Dick." about ten
years old. weight about one thousand pounds,
being the horse formerly owned by Dick
Griffin: also, eight head of stock cattle mark
ed swallow fork and underbit in one ear. split
and underbit in the other, said cattle ranging
about the home of the defendants in Atkin
son county. Lev ied on and to be sold as the
property of Thomas Spivey and l*aura Spivey,
to satisfy an execution issued from the Su
perior Court of Atkinson county upon the
foreclosure of a chattle mortgage in favor of
the citizens Bank of Douglas and against the
said Thomas Spivey and Laura Spivey. This
October 6th. 1921.
E. D. Leggett. Sheriff A. C.
Legal Advertisements.
Public Sale Under Power.
• IKOltdl A—Atkinson Countv.
Cnder and hy virtue of :i power ol sale con
rained In a deed to secure debt executed by
Henry c. Douglas to T. s. Price on the 22nd
day ot March, 1920, and recorded In the ottice
of the Clerk of Superior Court of Atkinson
county, ceorgla, Iu Hook of Deeds No. 4. tn
Kollos ST-T*. the undersigned will sell at pub
lic sale before the courthouse In sahl county
on the first Tuesday In November. 1921, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder lor cash, the following described prop
erty. lo wit: All that tract or parcel ot land
• ring and being In the Northwest corner of
lot ol land No. 157 in the «th district ol form
erly ( otfee. now- Atkinson county, tieorgia,
described as follows: Itegiunlng at the North
west corner of satit lot and thence running
Cast along the North original line of the lot
to lands of U-sterCorbltt and Mattie Corbitt,
thence running South along an agreed line
along said lands of lister and Mattie Corbitt
a distance of 2H3 yards, thence running West
Parallel to North original line to XxleTrrc
branch, thence along said branch in a North
westerly direction to Northwest corner of
said lot. the point of beginning. .Said trait,
or parcel of land containing thirty-live Cfp
acres, more or less.
Said property to be sold for the purpose of
paying one certain promissory note bearing
date, the 22nd day ol March. 1920,and payable
on the llrat day ol October. 1920. and made
and executed by the said Henry ( . Douglas
t (1 t- S. Price. Said note helng for Btiso.no
principal and stipulating lor Interest from
date at the rate ol 8 per cent per annum. The
total amount due on said note being 8:194 Ni
principal and Interest to date ol sale, togeth
er with cost ol this proceeding as provided In
such deed to secure debt. A conveyance will
U- executed to the purchaser by the under
signed as authorized in the said deed to
secure debt. This the sth day ol October, uttl
T. s. PRICK,
Attorney In Fact for Henry C. Douglas.
Petition for New Public Road.
t ■ K< tip j i A—Atkinson (’ounty.
The petition ol .1. o. stanaiand. H. C Cor
bitt. w. M. Wilson, sr.. K. C. McOahee H
Cowart, et at., citizens ol said county, respect
fully shows that it will be a public utllity.and
the convenience ol the traveling public, and
the people of the neighborhood will be great
ly promoted by the establishment ol the new
road, commencing on the public road going
out by J. W. Tanners place, by changing said
new road as established after crossing Pedte
Hay and going across the southeast corner of
lot of land No. 187 into the Kirkland and Ho
merville public road. Instead of going across
lot oi land Nos. 167 and 2P2 as originally laid
out.
W herefore. your petitioners pray that the
appointment o! three road commissioners
residing near where such road Is intended to
pass as possible, to make a review ol said con
templated road, and 11 they find such new
r«ad ol public utility, to proceed to mark it
out. and to make their report to the « ounty
is? “ ners lhat !t
Cbairman County Commissioners
I- A. Hargkkavks,
' ,crk t ounty commissioners.
The city of Quitman, on Tues
day. held an election to ratify or
not -atif} the charter amendment
providing for a commission form of
government. Ratification carried
by a vote of 6to 1. It goes into
operation January Ist. 1922.
The national aviation field near
America- is to be abandoned on
account of the government’s policy
of strenuous economy.
