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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1921)
PEARSON ffiTßiß UNE VOL. 7—NO. 24 HOME MADE PRINTING PRESS On Which the Pearson Patriot was Printed in the Seventies. From the Valdosta Times. The following article from the Tifton Gazette is interesting de spite the fact that it contains some minor inaccuracies. At the recent meeting of the Eleventh District Press Assoeia tiou at Pearson, some interesting facts were brought out by Editor B. T. Allen, of the Pearson Tribune, together with data compiled by Judge Ward, concerning the pio neer days in the newspaper field of that part of Wiregrass Georgia. At one time, Pearson was the principal town and the commercial center of Coffee county, and it was there that a newspaper was estab lished in 1869, which was very probably the only newspaper at that time in all that territory be tween Albany and Brunswick and between Hawkinsville and Yaldos ta or Tbomasville. This newspaper was called The Patriot —remember those were re construction days—and the editor was A. H. Turner. The publishers were A. H. Turner & Son, the son according to Editor Allen, being Hon. E. L. Turner, at present bu siness manager of The Valdosta Times. The press on which this paper was printed —remember also t hat was before the Brunswick and Al bany railroad, now the Atlantic Coast Line, was built and trans portation of heavy bodies was a matter of great difficulty —was borne made and, so far as known, the only one of its kind in the world. The bed of the press was a marble slab. On either side were wooden runners constructed by Mr. Turner. The cylinder was made of a large pine log, smoothly turned, and on this the customary tympan and press blanket, with underlay, was fastened. The type was inked with the usual hand roller of that day. the paper fast ened on the wooden cylinder and this cylinder rolled along the run ners across the type. The result was a print that was fairly neat and readable. Construction and method of operation was much like the sn called army press of a few years after, which was used in a great many country offices, lobt-i succeeded after awhih by the Washington hand press. Our proof press oi tuda;, i- made of iron and very much on the same style as the pnss limit by Mr. Turner. It was a primitive press, but those were primitive limes, priini live days and primitive people. The South was poor, very poor, but proud, very proud. Its peo pie belonged to a race that had be hind it, through many centuries many generations of men and wo men educated, cultivated, chival rous and refined. They were peo ple of letters and, though facilities were none, and resources few, their ingenuity was great, and some thing to read and a newspaper they would have. This was evi deuced by The Patriot. We had very few railroads then, wbat we ate was made at home, and we bad no money to buy expensive print ing presses, and few and uncertain mail facilities to bring newspapers from other sections. The Tribune, home built and home made, bears witness to the unconquerable spirit of the Old South. The highest tribute to the character of its peo pie is the fact that they would have newspapers. The newspaper history of Pea - son from the days of The Patriot can be told in a few lines. The Patriot was sold by Turner & Sou to Parker & liicketson. Later on, it was succeeded by The Coffee County Gazette, which was bought by W. P. Ward and moved to Waycroes. where it was re christen- Money for Veterans in October Atlanta, Ga. —If the opinion expressed today by State Treasur er W. J. Speer, who has returned from his vacation at Rae Springs, pan out the Confederate veterans of the state will be made happy before the end of October. The mandamus test ease to de termine the validity of the \V and A. rent warrants which the legis lature authorized the governor to issue will be argued in the supreme court this week. It is Capt. Speer's opinion that the court will sustain the Fulton county court and decide the case in favor of the legality of the warrants. And such a decision is expected and hoped for in ten days after the case has been argued. "Within another ten days," says Capt. Speer, "after the supreme court has handed down an opinion in the case I am pretty sure the entire lot. of advance warrants will be sold, and there is reason to sus pect, they will all be taken by one concern. Immediately that is done the money will be made available in the treasury to pay all the pension claims and it looks to me as if that will he in time for old veterans to get it in time to go to the general reunion in Chatta nooga the last of (ictober. Capt. Speer did not go into the details of information on which be based bis belief, and Governor Hardwick was not at his office to day, on account of a slight illness which kept him at home, it is known though, he held a confer ence with the chief justice of the supreme court yesterday with a view to expediting the case as much as possiplc. The intimation that a tentative arrangement has been made with some financial institution to take up all the issue of warrants, cover ing five years of the W. anti A. rental, is new information. td The Headlight, and anteceded the present Journal Herald. Later on Win. Barker established at Rearson The Land Agent, a real estate journal, an d afterwards Pearson was without a newspaper until L. W. Herrin established The Tribune. ’ His audience wa : i.< 1 < i>i<-,J i,» Editor Vilen for a glimps< into the past; for a fleeting vie w of the live at home, God-serving, God fearing people—and I,heir desire for t he finer things of life, in which they placed the newspaper in first rank. Autumn came in with flowing tresses and trailing robes of gold and silver; but the advance word from Winter is, "Shortdresses and bobbed hair!” Stand by the Law. From the Sparks Eagle. There are too many laws, of course. Many of them are unnec essary, some are vexations anci some are even vicious. But it is the duty of every good citizen to obey the law so long as it is on the statute books. There is no other safe course. It is perfectly proper to insist that a law is wrong, and to work for its repeal, but it is never safe to violate any law. When we begin lo violate one law, we create disrespect for all other laws, and when our laws fall indisrepute our civilization ends. Ours is a government of law. We cannot have government with out laws and obedience to the laws. Without this, life and property are not safe. It is therefore the duty of every citizen to obey the law himself and to insist upon obedience to the law by all others. A good citizen will not only obey the law himself hut be will assist in the enforcement of the law' upon and for others. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1921 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. Judge W. A. Covington is the neivly elected Mayor of Moultrie. 'Tis said the lady voters put him in by a good majority. Helena, the junction city a mile north of Mcßae, has let a contract to J. 15. McCrary & Co. to put in her water plant, and the work is to be pushed to completion. Clinch county, under the direc tion of Demonstration agent Cro martic, will make an exhibit of products at the Georgia-Florida fair. Bravo, for Clinch county and Croinartie! The Wayeross Chamber of Com merce, Wednesday night of last week, handed Col. 11. D. Heed the presidency of that body. A suc cessor to Secretary Thomas will not be chosen until further delib erations can be had. Judge 11. W. Hopkins has been nominated for Railroad Commis sioner to succeed lion. Murphy Candler. The Tribune admires Judge Hopkins for his tenacity in upholding and sustaining his cou victions of what is right. Douglas will have a meat curing plant. It will he owned by the Douglas lee Co., and under the management of Mr. E. S. Tally, an expert at curing meats. It takes forty-five days to dry salt cure meat . The season will be Novem ber Ist, to March Ist. The creamery at Ashburn has commenced operation and is man ufacturing a superior article of butter. It is receiving its supply of sour cream from many points on the railroads in every direction. The outcome of this venture is thought to be good. The Mel I Baptist Association holds its annual session with the Nashville church this week. The Willaeoochee church is a member of this body. The Mercer Associ ation meets with the Hickory Head church, Brooks county, about seven miles south of Quitman. It. Glenn Dickerson, Jr., son of Judge K. G. Dickerson, graduate j »f the University law school, after in.,: around ioi v-one months looking for a proper location for a young lawyer, has come back home and opened an office in Valdosta. South Georgia is good enough for him. “He who laughs last laughs best,” is the way H. E. Long, D. D. S., of St. Marys, thinks about it since the nisi prius court sus tains his contentions relative to a big pecan tree which stands in a public street, of St. Marys, near his home. The city council claim ed the tree as public property and Long claimed it as his property. The Augusta Florida Air-Line Highway Association is busy with the road from Augusta to Jackson ville and Lake City, known as the “Woodpecker Route,” Mile and guide posts are being placed along the entire line. These posts are dressed in Lhe colors of the wood pecker —red, white and black. En terprising business men have pur chased space on these posts for ad vertising purposes, after the fashion of a bulletin board, and are prac tically paying the cost of their being put up. Congressman Lankford has noti fied interested parties that both the St. Marys and Kingsland bridge bills have passed both houses of congress and are await ii,m the signature of the President. I In se bills authorizing the build ing of two bridges across the St. Ma ys river one near St. Marys 'auu the other at Wildes lauding. Statement of the Ownersnip, Management, Circulation, Etc., re quired by the Act of August 24, 1912, of Pearson Tribune, pub lished weekly at Pearson. Geor gia, for October Ist. 1921. Editor, Managing Editor, Busi ness Manager, Publisher and Own er, B. T. Alien, Pearson, Ga. Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders, holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other secur ities: L. W. Herrin, Millwood, Ga. 15. T. Allen, Owner. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this lOth day of October, 1921. W. J. Tyler, Notary Public. My commission expires March 2:5, 1923. (seal) Get Ready for Winter. Marlon County Patriot. Every indication points to a hard winter coming. The weather pro phets every where say that every sign points to a hard winter. We have had an unusually dry and warm year. Last winter was mild, and those who claim to ob serve the times and seasons all agree that a very cold winter is due. Are we prepared for iff Have you arranged for fuel and warm clothes? for shoes and underwear.? Have you looked after the open ings in your home and arranged to meet the cold blasts and force them to stay out? Don’t wait until the cold is at our doors, until the wind makes your children shiver; until the ex posure endangers your health and the health of your family before you prepare for it. The Georgia-Florida Fair. Opening Monday, Oct. 31, and continuing through the week the Premier Exposition of the empire counties of South Georgia and North Central Florida will be held, this being the week of the Georgia- Florida Fail' at Valdosta. For this year all efforts have been directed toward a greater and more complete exposition, featur ing agricultural and live stock dis plays in greater profusion, abund ance and magnificence than ever before, in connection all the myriad of other exhibits that go to make up a great fair. For the announcement and en tcrtainiucut oi the people ample and extraordinary provisions have been made. The races include a five days card of fast harness races and fancy running horses, by the highest class animals that have been shown on a Georgia race track, with most attractive purses hung up prize winning horses have been entered in a faster class than ever seen here before. An especi al event will be the great running derby on Thursday Nov. 5, which will present a most thrilling dash between great horses. On Friday November 4, Gov. T. Hardwick will address the people this being an event of much inter est as it is Governor Hardwick’s first visit to this section since he" assumed the executive chair. Fairfax Harrison of Washington, President of the Southern Railway, J. It. Kenly, of Wilmington, N. G. and President of A. C. L. Railroad have both shown interest in this great Fair by accepting an invita tion to come hereon November 3d. In addition there will be a large number of other prominei t rail road officials, ail of whom desire to visit a real fair once more and see what is produced and shown in the empire counties. For the real amusement of the people Johnny Jones with his wonderful exposition shows will be here for the week, with twenty shows and 12 riding devices. It takes two great steel trains to haul this wonderful show which isequal to any circus. In addition the Dutton's Society Circus will be presented twice daily before the grandstand, a most magnificent and spectacular production in greatest favor whereever shown. EDITORIAL OPINIONS. The Brethren are Discussing a Number of Live Topics. There is no influence in a com munity that is worse than the in fluence of an idle group. It is sometimes an idle group of negroes (hough it may bean idle group of white men, or white boys, and it is often a group of white women. When they are idle they seek others of their kind, and they form a group, and we do not think it is on record that any good ever came out of such meetings.— Moultrie Observer. High freight rates alone keep the price of hay where the Georgia farmer can see a profit in it. West ern hay is so cheap that it would' drive the local hay out of the mar ket were it not for the added freight. By the way, the hay crop in this section is the largest ever grown here. It is not only abund ant, but of extra fine quality, in part due to the large acreage sown in peas and in part of favorable weather. —Tifton Gazette. A writer on the boll weevil prob lem suggests trapping the weevils, by piling up oat straw or other trash in piles as big as half bushels at convenient intervals in the fields, where the weevils will hide when cold weather comes. Then during the winter these piles of straw or trash can be burned, de stroying the weevils. Cotton will likelv bring a good price next year and it is worth while to use every precaution possible to make a good crop.—<)cilla Star. It is a matter of considerable pride to the people of Berrien county that there is not a murder case on the superior court docket at this term of court. There was not one at the spring term either, thus making a whole year with out a murder trial. That is a record that can be equaled by few count ies. Some of them have a dozen or more. Berrien is not so bad as some might think. We people down here think if is pretty good. —Nashville Herald. Thomas county was once the most noted spot on the map on ac count of its natural health giving properties. People come from all points of the compas far and liear to bask in our sunshine and breath our oxogen and were unanimously pleased with results. We still have those same valuable properties, though not using them to advan tage. 1 f they were good for the visitors are they not good for our own people? Do we appreciate them as we should? —Tbomasville Press. Our idea of a good citizen, and we are glad there are many in this community, is one always ready to give, according to his means, to community enterprises. He takes stock in them all, and doesn’t lose his faith if an occassional venture proves bad. He is not afraid to buy real estate, and to pay what it is worth. He talks up his town at home and abroad, thinks it is the neatest place on earth, believ ing it to be destined to be the big gest city in its section and wants to be buried here when he dies. And he’s worth a whole regiment of the luke warm kind. —Black- shear Times. Why do we encourage the kill ing of human beings and the trade of banditry and robbery by per mitting the indiscriminate sale of murderous weapons? How short sighted it is that we place such little restriction upon the sale of pistols and revolvers to the bullies who always have a chip on their shoulders and to the thugs who bolds us up and strip us of our valuables. We have made it a crime to carry a concealed weapon, but have done nothing to make it difficult for the criminal to buy the weapon without which he i would be helpless.—Dawson News. 1 $1.50 A YEAR Seed Corn Should be Selected in the Field. Seed corn should be selected from the field not from the crib, as no improvement can be made unless the character of the stalk on which Ihe corn grew is known, according to the Extension Divi sion of ihe Georgia Slate College of Agriculture. There is a common accepted idea that variety will run out if grown in the same locality for a number of years. This idea is er roneous. as seed corn that has been selected from your own fields from year to year is better seed than can be bought from some other selection. It is, of course, necessary that the growers start with a good variety and keep it so insolated that no crossing with other varieties take place. The importance of using pure seed corn of a variety adapted to the conditions in the section in which it is grown, has never been fully realized by many farmers. Those farmers, however, who do not care to select their own seed corn in the field should secure fresh seeds every few years from some reliable plant breeder, as constant selection is necessary in order to keep corn up to a high standard. The fodder should never be pull ed from corn intended for seed as numerous tests have shown that corn loses in weight from 15 to 30 per cent and that seeds from stalks from which the fodder has been pulled do not give as high yield as when it is allowed to remain on the stalk. In a few hours a grower can go through his field and select enough seed to plant his crop for the next year. In making these selections the following characters should be watched for: 1 Two good sized ears perstalk. 2 Tip of ear completely covered by shuck to keep out grain weevils. 3 Medium sized stalk in most varities. 4 Ears low down on the stalk to prevent breaking over. 5 Ears with tip turned down which keeps out moister. 6 Ears well filled out at butts and Lips. . > "Mg cylindrical ear with small cob and deep grains. 8 Hard flinty grains as a mea sure in preventing injury from weevils. This seed corn should be thor oughly dried and placed in a bar rel or air tight box to prevent injury from weevils and rats. About 6 or 8 ounces of carbon bisulphate placed in a shallow dish in the top of the barrel and the barrel covered tight will kill all weevils. The prolific corns have invari able given the highest yields in variety tests and when good seed of a prolific variety is secured to begin with they can be kept to a high standard by selecting in the field. Anyone interested in more de tailed information on seed selection can secure a bulletin on “Seed Se lection ou the Farm” from the College of Agriculture. Now, since the boll weevil has made it necessary for farmers to turn their attention to other crops, the question arises at once, how can we sell our produce for the money? Cotton has been all aloug the money crop of this section, and when Our farmers change to other crops, unless they find a market, they are facing a serious situation. It has been suggested by a good business man, one who lias tbe interest of the farmers of this section at heart, that nothing would be of more value at this lime than a co-operative market, (Continued ou Fourth Page.)
