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Pearson (Eribmtp
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
B. T. ALLEN, Editor.
Member 11th District Press Association
Member of the Georgia Press Association
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(Catered at the Postoffice in Pearson, Georgia.
As mall matter of the second class.
ROAD BOND ISSUE.
The press has given publicity to
contrary opinions as to the effect
the $75,000,000 state bond issue
for good roads would huveajpon
state taxation. Some say it will
increase taxation and otlieys say it
will not.
He that as it may Georgia roost
have good roads if she would keep
pace with the progress of the times
and to reap that share of prosperity
to whieli she is entitled. To have
good roads within the next decade
she must have assistance from
some source.
The necessary assistance can be
had from the| federal government
provided the people of the State
will show a willingness- to help
themselves. Hence the $75,000,000
proposition is before them for their
disposal. If they vote for the bond
issue, the State Highway Depart
ment will have next’year $150,000,
000 with which to complete the
State; scheme of good roads and
within the next ten years the cry
of poor' roads will cease in the
State.
It is staled that the motor tag
tax, which amonnts to more than a
million dollars annually, cannot
under the present law be used to
pay the interest on the beyids and
it may be possible that additional
legislation may have to be enacted
to legalize it. This can be do*c at
the next session of the legislature
when that body provides lor the
submission of the matter to the
people at the next general election
in November.
The Tribune is heartily in favor
of bonds, “and for the information
of Atkinson county voters makes
the statement upon what it con
siders good authority that should
they vote for these State bonds il
will obviate the necessity of a
county bond issue for that purpose.
Furthermore, these State built
roads will be taken over apd main
tained for all time to come by the
State Highway Department with
out expeuse to the counties, and
leave the county road force to look
after the other roads of the county.
The newspapers may preach the
doctrine of "Buying home pro
ducts” until the end of time, un
less home products are presented
to the buyer in attractive quality
and appearance, their preaching
will be in vain. This fact is dem
onstrated over and over again—
a customer goes in a grocery store;
he sees'some couutry sausage and
his first inquiry is “Who made
them!” If the grocer mentions
the name of some one who lias uni
formally put sausage on the mar
ket of good quality a sale is mmle,
but is he mentions the name of
some one whom the customer lias
reason to believe is careless in the
preparation of sausage they are
passed up.
“Honestly, now,” says the A 1
bany Herald, “if the Lord forgave
you your trespasses on the same
scale of liberality that character
izes your forgiveness of those who
offend you iu various ways, just
how- near to forgiveness would you
really be?"
Take away heaven from the
Bible and you discourage the ef
forts of all .good men; take away
hell and you encourage the wicked.
The hope ol heaven is a powerful
incentive for good to the righteous.
Hell, if preached as forcibly as the
law of God demands, is a great re
straint to the wicked. *
Gen. Peter C. Harris, a brother
of Senator Wm. J. Harris, Adjut
ant General of the army, has leave
of absence until August <ll, 1922,
which he will spend abroad. Upon
his return he will be retired as a
Major-General upon his own ap
plication. His 4 year service as
Adjutant General ends that date.
AROUND THE CIRCLE.
The news comes from Waycross
that there is an epidemic of small
pox at Sappvilte, a turpentine place
a short distance west of Waresboro,
md in that vicinity. And Dr.
-cully, the city physician, reports
half dozen or more cases in the
• y of Waycross.
The following selections have
.ecu made by the republican state
central committee to be postoffice
jfiicials in South Georgia: Cogdell,
Benjamin W. Redding; Stockton,
J. E. Mathis; Uvalda, Hefuy A.
Moses; Leary, Mrs. Oassie S. Bar
bie; Jakin, Mrs. Ethel C. Warren.
Capt. 11. If. Tift left no will and
an administration of his estate will
result. Messrs. T. Willingham
Tift, R. W. Goodman and Ros
well M. Smith will qualify as
administrators. The estate, is es
timated contrary to public expec
tation, will not exceed $500,000.
This is due largely to the shrink
age of property values.
Trains Nos. 6 aud 7, on the Geor
gia and Florida railroad, operating
betwceif Vidalia and Valdosta,
were discontinued Monday. These
trains have been operated at a loss
for-months, and especially since
Buss lines have commenced to <ly
business between Douglas, Willa
eoochee, Nashville, x ßay City and
Valdosta.
The Albany-South Georgia Fair
has drawn the week of October 30-
November 4 as the time of holding
its 1922 exposition, and this date
is expeoted to contribute material
ly to its success. Yes, a fair weath
er week adds hiucli to the success
of any fair week, inspiring the
folks to turn out and gratify their
curiosity as to the progress of the
year.
The Omega school district of
Tift county has called an election,
to authorize bonds in the sum of
$15,000 to erect and equip a school
building, to be held Thursday,
April 0. The question has been
submitted to the voters twice be
fore and failed, hut the board of
trustees are confident that the
.voters have changed their views
and that success will tie the result
this time.
There has been much specula
tion as to the fiction of Clinch
county authorities in the matter
of enforcing the tick eradication
law. I)r. .). F. Fahay, government
veterinarian superintending the
work, gives out the information
that building vats is proceeding
rapidly and that actual dipping
will commence in April. Inspect
ors and line riders were selected
last Monday aud will have thirty
days instruction as to their duty.
A dispatch from Moultrie states
that the late frosts have played
havoc with the watermelon crop of
Colquitt county. The farmers of
that county are “Earlybirds,” and
they had a considerable acreage up
and growing when the unexpected
frost came. The farmers say, how
ever, that this misfortune will not
delay melon shipments very much
as their practice of planting seed
every week until the danger of
cold is over, assures a stand when
the warm spring weather comes to
give them a growing impetus.
Death, Sunday afternoon, claim
ed one of South Georgia’s best and
foremost citizens, when Judge
John W. Price was called to his
reward. The Tribune editor's first
acquaintance with Judge Price
was in 1885, when the latter was
engaged iu the saw mill business
at Sumner in Worth county. He
was Ordinary of Worth county
when the county site was moved
from Isabella to Sylvester, in which
office he served three terms. He
was a citizen of Douglas, and high
ly esteemed, at the time of his
death. He is survived three
sons —Robert B. Price of Tulsa,'
Okla., Thomas S. Price and Ehr
man D. Price aud a daughter, Mrs.
C. W. Forbes, of Douglas, Ga-, also
a sister. Mrs. J. 1.. Jay, Sr„ of Ma
con. He ha? a legion of friends
and comrades —he was a confeder
ate veteran —scattered throughout
South Georgia, who will be grieved
to leArn of his death. He was
eighty-three years of age. in which
he honored God and proved a bless
ing to all with whom he came in
contact. He was a devout Christ
ian—a member of the Missionary
Baptist church for many years.
PEARSON TRIBUNE. PEARSON. GEORGIA. MARCH 10. 1922
INSURANCE.
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ALSO SURETY BONDS.
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PEARSON, GEORGIA,
We Represent Leading Companies. &
To the Tax-Payers ot Atkinson County:
You are hereby notified that I will begin to levy
all unpaid tax executions by the 20th of March,
1922. By order of the County Commissioners.
J. W. MORRIS, Tax Collector.
A BUNCH OF NICE BOQUETS.
Handed Tribune Editor by His
Brethren Anent 70th Birthday
Editor B. T. Allen, (>} the Pear
sou Tribune, announces that he has
reached his 70th year. We wish for
Bro. Allen many more years of
useful labor and as publisher of
his splendid newspaper. —Sparks
Eagle. _
Editor B. T. Allen, of the Pear
son Tribune, has just passed his
70th milestone. Though he has
lived hfs allotted time, three score
yo»rs and ten, he is still an active
and gets out, a much better
paper-than many younger men do.
May he live many years and pros
per. —Ocilla Star.
Thursday Editor B. T. Allen,
the Pearson Tribune, passed the
seventieth milestone of life's journ
ey, rounding out the full three
score years and ten. They have
been full years and useful years,
and despite their handicap, he is
today publishing, largely by his
own unaided work, the best edited
and neatest printed weekly news
paper that reaches this office. —
Tifton Gazette.
VVho’d a thunk it? Editor Allen
of the Pearson Tribune was seven
ty years of age last Wednesday —
George Washingtons birthday.
He even admits his age. But a
mall wifo “holds bis own” as w r ell
as this veteran of the tripod can
well afford to admit his age. Col.
Allen is one of the best known
newspaper men of South Georgia.
His many friends throughout this
section congratulate him on his
three score and ten years. In
mentioning this fact, Editor Allen
says:
“The Tribune editor reached his
70th birthday yesterday—three
score and ten. He thanks the
Great Jehovah for having dealt
kindly with him, vouchsafing to
him a health and strength seldom
allotted to man. Life with him
has been a mixture of experiences
—good, bad and indifferent —ami a
life of activity and toil. On the
whole be has enjoyed life and de
sires during his future years, be
they many or few, that his deal
ings wfth his fellow man shall be
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R. C. HICKS, d. F, KIRKPATRICK
Traffic Manager. General Pa»»enger Agent.
just and honorable and meet the
approval of the Great Judge of all
eart b.”
And that reads just like "Dad”
Allen, too. —Hashville Herald and
Coffee County Progress.
ELOQUENTLY THANKFUL AT 70.
Editor B. T. Allen, of the Rear
son Tribune, reached his seventieth
birthday a few days ago, aud this
modest but soulful reference to if
is made in hfs editorial columns;
"The Tribune editor reached his
70th year yesterday —three score
and ten. lie thanks the Great
Jehovah for having dealt kindly
with him.' vouchsafing to him a
health and strength seldom allot
ted to man. • Life with him has
been am i x ture of ex perience—good,
bad and indifferent —and a life of
activity and toil. On the whole be
has enjoyed life and desires during
his future years, be they majjy or
few. that his dealings his fel
lows shall be just and honorable
and meet the approval of the great
Judge of all the earth.”
"Ben” Alien is one of the few,
old printer editors left in Georgia,
and is of sterling mettle, an honor
to the craft. We wish him many
happy returns of his birthday.—
Albany Herald,
The Life of Three Score and Ten
The following modest paragraph
appeared in last week’s Pearson
Tribune:
"The Tribune editor reached hl» 70th year
yesterday—three score and ten. He thanks
the Great Jehovah lor' having dea;t kindly
with him, vouchsalins to him a health and
strength seldom allotted to man. Idle with
him has been, a mixture ol experience—good,
bad and Indlßerent—and a life ol activity and
toll. (in the whole he has enjoyed life and
desires during his hitnrfc veßrs, lx y many
or lew. that his dealings with his tehows shall
be just and honorable and meet the approval
ol t he great Judge ol all the earth."
The Savannah Morning News
reproduced it, and termed it a
“classic.”' XVe feel the same way
about it, and if this sentiment
could take hold of every Georgia
,editor, and stay with him until he
reaches his three score and ten,
what a delightful and promising
profession if would be.
XVe have known the Tribune
editor for over a quarter of a
century. At that time he was
publishing the Tifton Gazette, the!
only' newspaper ever published iu
that city. His dealings with the
fellows at that time were the same
as they now are, just and honor-j
able, aud so far as we have known,
have been so all these years.
Indeed, Brother Allen has some
thing to be thankful for. Men of
His type have done more to build
up this once rough country and
create wortli while sentiment iu it
than any set of men we know. He
has worked diligently and unself
ishly for his fellow man, all thru
these years and while bis reward
may not be so great in material
things of this world, be has reaped
a bountiful harvest in the fact that
he possesses a clear conscience,
[and kept his name and character
unstained and spotless thru all
these years.
This section of Georgia owes a
lot to men of the Allon type. Mc-
Intosh, of Albany, and Fieeman,
of Douglas, are soldiers who fought
the early battles with Ben Allen,
and no one knows, like these men
do, the courage it took in the early
days, to be outspoken and stand
straight, in their efforts to mold
the right kind of sentiment in
this country.
Three score and ten. There arc
many ups and downs in a life of
seventy years. During a life j
covering this period, there many ;
“ships that pass in the night.” and j
never make a return trip. But j
Brother Allen says his "iifehasj
been a mixture of experience— j
good, bad, and indifferent.” He
lias wisdom enough left to realize
it, and most all our lives are made
of similar experiences.
But with it all, the Tribune
editor is to be blessed. He has
sealed many walls unhurt, came
out of many hard battles without
a scar, and now, having already
served the Bibical allotment of
time for man, he expresses his
t hanks to the “great Jehovah for
having dealt kindly with him.”
The sentiment he expresses is most
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WILEY M. SUMNER
Is the duly authorized Agent of this Company to
write Fertilizer Contracts in Atkinson county terri
tory. Mr. Sumner will be busy in Court until the
25th instant, and asks his friends to withhold their
contracts until he can see them.
Be sure to see Mr. Sumner before closing contract.
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Addres PEARSON TRIBUNE, Pearson, Ga.
certainly a classic, aud the life lie*
has made is worthy of imitation.—
Douglas Enterprise.
THREE SCORE AND TEN
The Tribune editor reached his
70th year yesterday three score
and ten. He thanks the Great
Jehovah for having dealt kindly
w ith him. vouchsafing to him health
seldom allotted to man. Lif§ with
him has been a mixture of experi
ence —good, bad and indifferent —
and a life of activity and toil. <>u
the whole he has enjoyed life ami
desires during his future yefars, be
they many or few, that life dealings
with his fellows shall be just and
honorable and meet the approval
of the Great Judge of all the earth.
Not only Editor Allen’s own
readers but the entire press of
Georgia will unite in wishing for
him many additional years of use
fulness in the newspaper field,
where he occupies tne position of
oue of the strongest editorial writ
ers in the State. —Metier Advor
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User.
THE CAREFUL MOTHER.
(Tommie.)' 1 am' going to be
gin Common Fractions to-day Ma.
1 Mother.) You shall do noth
ing of the kind Tommie. X'ou shall
study only the best Fractions they
have in school.
THE EDITORIAL WE.
Ma said a newspaper man 1 kpow
why Editor calls themselves we,
why son? Because to make the
man that doesn’t like tVe articles
think there are too many to lick.
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