Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a project of the Georgia Public Library Service.
About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1922)
PEARSON#TRiBUNE VOL. 7—?iO. -to EDITORIAL OPINIONS. The Brethren are Discussing a Number of Live Topics. Superior court opens next Mon day with a big grist* for the law yers. And probably the politici ans will be getting in a little on the side. Wonder how it would work to have them sworn first to “tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” — St. Mary's Southeast Georgian. There is a general feeling that the worst is over in the business depression. No one expects any considerable improvement in this immediate section till the new crops begin to move but even now the better prices for corn, beaus and hogs are helping and best of all, have removed the feeling of panic that so nearly got the goat of all of us. —Ocilla Star. There are entirely too many petitions being circulated to get the very guilty out of prison. The man who gets into trouble un t hough ted ly or commits crime in the heat of passion ought perhaps to be shown leniency but the man who deliberately takes human life or cominjts other serious crime doesn't deserve much mercy. People sign petitions many times without investigating the case at all. There is entirely too much of the pardon power exercised also. —Adel News. Do not make any mistake about that $75,000,000 state bond issue for good roads. In the first place automobile ow ners alone will pay for it; again $75,000,000 in bonds is not to be issued in any one year. On the contrary $10,000,000 will be issued in 1923 and $10,000,000 in 1924 and thereafter $7,000,000 will be issued each year for eight years. In the meantime, the bonds will be retired from the automo bile and gas tax alone. That’s the plan iu a cocoanut. —Brunswick N ews. Another train lias been wrecked on the A., B. & A. railway, the en gineer and fireman losing their fives. The engineer lived long enough to tell of seeing parties running away from the scene just before the locomotive struck the rail from which the spikes had been drawn. Regard less of what may have inspired the dastardly deed, it was murder pure and sim ple, and all authorities owe it to the law and society that no effort or expense be spared in trying to bring the guilty to justice.—Al bany Herald. See here, where is this radio business leading to? And how in tarnation are any limitations to be placed upon the use of the eon tiaption that ramifies every place and radios every word and act? If what we read in the newspapers that are installing radio service and “broadcasting” everything and everybody is true the time is at hand when a fellow and his girl dare not spoon or indulge in the thrilling sensations of osculation In the language of the old-time political orator, “Whither are we* drifting?”—Albany Herald. “The ideals and principles of Woodrow Wilson in time will be recognized as spirits guiding the world.” Samuel Gompers, Presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, is quoted as saying. Yet, labor turned its back on those principles two years ago and join ed in the repudiation of Wilson. It was one of the tragedies of that year that those things for which Wilson worked the hardest and did the most joined his enemies in the hysterical effort to tear down wbat he had built. The common people of America; the laboring man, and last, but not least, the woman voter, to whom he brought emancipation. —Tifton Gazette. S.-E. Georgia Pecan Growers. Realizing that the pecan indus try in Southeast Georgia is now reaching such proportions that the successful marketing of this valuable crop must be provided for, a number of the largest grow ers in the district met in Mcßae, Ga„ last week and perfected a tem porary organization of the South east Georgia Pecan Association, and have made application for a charter of incorporation without -capital stock and not for profit. Arrangements have already been made whereby this association will be affiiliated with the National Pecan Growers Exchange for the cooperative marketing of the crop, and it is hoping to soon have every grower of pecans, whether he yet has nuts to sell or has only just planted his trees, a member of this association. The association will be a means of disseminating the best pecan in formation to all growers, for its directors will be chosen from among the best informed pecan men in the district, and one feature of the work w-ill be periodical ser vice letters to members dealing with the best practices of care, cultivation, etc., as they affect this particular territory. This in- formation will be supplemented by data secured from members from time to time as to their particular experience with different varieties, modes of care, and hundreds of, other subjects of vital importance to a grower of pecans. Then, too. the semi annual conventions of the association held in different parts of the district will offer an oppor tunity for unlimited discussion of the problems of the industry. We have a National organization, but the need of this semi local associa tion dealing with problems as they effect this section particularly is plain to all growers, whether large or small. Another feature of the association will be in the concen tration and handling through the National Pecan Growers Exchange of the nut crop. That cooperative selling is the only ultimately sue cessful method is plainly demon strated by the success of the Geor gia Fruit Exchange in handling the peach crop, the Florida Citrus Exchange in handling the citrus crop of Florida, the California Raisin Growers, Walnut Growers, and dozens of the other California marketing associations. The Na tional Pecan Growers Exchange, which is now over two years old, has handled a large part of the output of the larger growers to advantage. It will ultimately handle the pecan crop of the country, and the sooner the small growers can see the advantage of a National organized central selling agency the sooner will the pecan industry become stabilized. 'Phis local association will act as the personal representative of the smaller growers of this section with the national exchange and attend to-all the details, and see that the individual grower, even though he has only a few nuts, gets the same consideration that the grower of many tons secures. This association will cover the Southeastern part of the State, and it is expected that within a few months all the growers in the first, tenth, eleventh and twelfth congressional districts will be fist ed as members and begin seeuing the benefits of the association. The annual dues for members has been placed at three dollars to cover the small cost of clerical work, postage, etc., as the officials and directors are giving their ser vices without charge, for the ad vancement of the industry. The owner of even a backyard grove can receive ipore benefit than this small cost will amount to. With the large number of grow ers and the limited funds for car- Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1922 PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL | Short Stories About People and Things of Interest. Mr. Raymond C. Tyree, from Raliegh, N.C.. is the new secretary of the Wayeross and Ware County chamber of commerce. He assum ed the duties of his office last Saturday. He is said to have large experience in the position to which he has been called. Prof. L Gordon Floyd, former school superintendent of Coffee county, has been indicted by the grand jury charged with embez zling several thousand dollars. He has many friends who are loth to believe him guilty of this grave offense. It is stated that tyis whereabouts is unknown to the authorities. Hon. William Jennings Bryan says his running for the Florida Senatorial toga depends upon the democratic voters. To which the chairman of the Florida State democratic committee replies that he is ineligible for the race as the State Constitution provides five years residence in the state as a qualification of senatorial candi dates. That seems to settle it. Roy E. Powell, of Valdosta, has resigned all his Federal positions, to run for congress. He is a bright fellow, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Powell, both am bitious people, and you may call him a "chip off the old block.” The Tribune editor knew his parents —his father when he was a conductor on the old Atlantic & Gulf railroad, and his mother when she was a Miss Jenkins. Prof. J. M. Thrash, before the Douglas Kiwanians, sounds the alarm that there is danger every day of the Eleventh District A. & M. school being destroyed by fire. He gives out the information that the premises are absolutely with out fire protection. And he figures that should the school be burned out Douglas would lose the school, as it would never be rebuilt, and Douglas and Coffee county, as well •as the Eleventh congressional dis triet would lose a most valuable asset. (). C. Fairfield, who confessed to complicity in the murder of W. T. Reed, an engineer of the A., B. & A. railroad, and implicated a doz on other men in the same offense, has made a solemn affidavit, before Judge Jt. L. Tipton, of the City Court of Ashburn, that his story was a falsehood and was made with the hope, held out by Solici tor General Wall, of immunity from prosecution. That his state ment was made further under dur ess and threats of bodilv harm on the part of court officials, connect ing Judge O. T. Gower, of the Cor dele judicial circuit, with the mat ter. ' Mrs. Lina May, mother of Mr. J. JL May and grandmother of Mrs. Asa Day, nee Miss Lois May —both of whom are well known and highly regarded in this city and vicinity—died at Adel on Monday. March 27tb. She is sur vived by two sons and one daugh ter —Mr. J. H. May of Adel and Mr. E. G. May and Mrs. Melissa Balkcom of Sparks. She erme to Georgia with her parents from North Carolina when she was a young lady. The burial was in Concord Primitive Baptist ceme tery, of which church she was a de vout member for half a century, the funeral service was conducted by Elder H. W. Parrish. Her age whs eighty one years. ryiny on a membership campaign, it will be impossible to see them all personally and explain just what this association will do. So all growers iu the district are ask ed to immediately write to the Secretary of the Southeast Georgia Pecan Association, at Mcßae, Ga., for further particulars. Stata Highway Bond Issua. Senator A. 15. David of Gordon County is highly in favor of a state bond issue for the construction of a system of State Highways as de signaled by the present State Highway map. Senator David says that he will support a bond issue that can be retired by the automobile license fees and gasoline tax, but that there must not be even a shadow of any increase in the present tax rate. Pooling t lie above funds to retire a bond issue is positively the only way the citizens of aver age can ever have good roads in their lifetime. Also it is our only hope of getting the millions of Federal aid appropriation to Geor gia for road purposes. By the bond plan, the people who own automobiles and trucks and the consumers of gasoline would be the ones who would pay the entire bond issue, and they would pay no more than they are now paying. The 5,500 miles of State Highway that would be con structed would save the owners of trucks and automobiles in Georgia $12,000,000.00 annually in less up keep and depreciation of cars. Mr. J. M. Patten, of Ray City, representing the Atlanta Journal, was in the city Tuesday afternoon in the interest of the paper. Mr. Patten is an ex-scoool teacher and at one time principle of the Willa coochec high school, lb* is now a well to do fanner of Berrien county —the newspaper being a sideline with him. Georgia S. S. Association. Atlanta, April 3. —The program committee for the State Sunday- School Convention, which will be held in Columbus, Ga., June 13, 11 and 15, announce the fact that a number of outstanding Sunday School specialists have been secur ed to speak before this annual gathering of Sunday-School work ers of all denominations in Georgia. The program will cover the many phases of religious education, including Sunday School adminis tration, specialization conferences for workers in all departments of the Sunday-School, and the new field of religious education, —week dav religious institution. Among those who have already been secured to bring to the Sun day School and church leaders of Georgia the most progressive, workable plans in Sunday-School work, are Dr. R. A. Waite, of Chicago, Associate Young People’s Superintendent of the Internation al Council of Religious Education; Dr. W. JO. Chalmers, of Philadel phia, Secretary of Religious Edu cation for the American Baptist Publication Society; Dr. A. W. Squires, of Philadelphia, Director of Week-Day Religious Instruction for the Presbyterian Board, and Mr. P. E. Green, of Chattanooga, Field Secretary of Religious Edu cation for the Presbyterian Board. Other out-of-state workers will be announced later. About twenty five of the outstanding Sunday- School workers in Georgia will also be on the program. For the past thirty or more years, the State Convention, held under the auspices of the Georgia Sunday-School Association, has been one of the greatest factors in the religious fife of the State, bringing the outstanding leaders in Sunday School work of the whole continent, to confer with the Sunday-School workers of ail denominations in this stale, bring ing best methods and inspiration to thousands of pastors, officers and teachers. The Convention in Columbus will be one of the best ever held by the Association. “An automobile load from every Sun day School,” is the slogan adopted. NEWS OF OUR NEIGHDORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. The voters of Cairo school dis trict have voted $30,000 in bonds to build and equip a school house. The district has recently lost two school houses by fire. The last one was burned shortly after its completion. Camden superior court is in ses sion this week; sixty cases ou the civil and fifty on the criminal dockets, it may take two weeks to clear these dockets, but Judge Highsniitb intimates that he will “be ou the job.” The Ocilla Southern railroad has been denied a government loan of $75,000 by the Interstate Com meree Commission. The reason for not granting the loan was because it was not needed for public ser vice, and the earning eopacify of the road too small. Ware county cattle owners be gan tick eradication April Ist, last Saturday. It is encouraging to t he* cattle owners of neighboring counties who have been having their cattle dipped for some time. Their work will not be in vain, and they will reach the end in the near future. In Coffee criminal superior court Taylor and Rosier, convicted of murder,were given life sentences in the penitentiary; Wooten, con victed of manslaughter, was given two to four years; Edenfield, con vieted of manslaughter, was given one to three years. Verily, “The way of the transgeessor is hard.” The campaign to save that part of the Hawkinsvilie and Georgia Southern railroad from Ashburn to Camilla has ended in complete victory. The counties of Mitchell, Worth ancl Turner have subscrib ed their quotas of stock; the latter c<innty over subscribed her propor tion by several thousand dollars. This part of the road has resumed operation. The editorial page of the Doug las Enterprise, of April 14th, will be handled by the Senior Class of the 11th District A. & M. School. Editor Frier gives these boys and girls the entire page, if they can’ use it. The girls and boys of the Senior Class of the G. N. & 15. 1. may mount the tripod next, and who knows but what a bright edi tress may be developed permanent ly front these efforts. Smyrna S. S. Convention. Superintendents and Teachers of Smyrna Sabbath School Associa tion, Smyrna Association. This year our association meets in Broxtou, April 29th., 30th. We have been very fortunate in book ing one of the strongest and most interesting programs that has ever been held in South Georgia. Your President is making a special re quest that you and your delegates be there on both days. We hope you will arrange to do so. By reading over our programs you will see at a glance that you cannot afford to miss hearing these dis tinguished Speakers and Teachers, who will discuss the most import ant subjects that demands the at tentiou of Baptist Sabbath Schools today. Let me say that the city of Broxton, her charming and hospit able people are preparing and look ing for you. Do not disappoint them, make a special effort to meet them there. Please have your report and de legates on hand, on time. Invite your friends. Study carefully each speaker and his subject. These men are coming from many miles away to bring you a message that will better qualify you for your important work. Let me insist that you spend these two days with us in Broxton. Of course we $1.50 A. YEAR Our County Schools. Editor Tribune: I read your editorial of last week relative to the rural schdbls of our young county with much care, and I will thank you to allow me space in your paper to say a few words along the same fine, as I heartily endorse what you say. First, let me say to the independent systems in the County (I mean Pearson and Willacoochee) that 1 will do my best in aiding them to obtain a standard 4-year Accredited High School that will enable us, as a county board, to geta Junior High School in different sections of the county. Of course, as you say, that will take more money, al though I don’t think that the good people of this county would object to spending- a little more money for better schools as there has been thousands of dollars spent for other things—mostly non-essential. 1 also appeal to the people iu the rural communities to consider con solidating their small schools, and get at least schools with from three to six teachers, as those kind of schools will enable us to educate your boys and girls at home with at least tweuty-five per cent less than the cost of sending them away to school. In the meantime 1 mean to figure to consolidate on the small scale and not squander money. Utilize all materials that we have and spend a little more on transporting the children to and from school. The State De partment of Education advocates consolidation and that means bet ter schools in all rural communities of Georgia, Atkinson county in cluded. Allow me tc say just at this time that when I moved to the farm in March of 1914, we had school and also went to church in a small rough lumber building, and as I have always been a believer in better schools and churches, we first went to work and built a school building (I mean a one teacher school) within less than a mile of my place and in course of time, that is a few years ago, the Barrett-Rogers Act was passed by the Georgia legislation allowing SSOO to a consolidated four teacher school. At first I was like many other good people, 1 thought it a crime to move the school any farther from me. But some of my good friends soon converted me and we consolidated at Axson with a four-teseber school, and I want to say to the people of Atkinson county that I'd send right by a one teacher school and send to the consolidated school. Now, I want to say that in con solidating the school building will not be put at the end of every body's lane, but where people five over three miles the children will be transported to and from school and that at the least possible cost to the county. Any way it is as you say, we must sacrifice some thing in time and money to edu cate our boys and girls, and that can be done with much less cost at home than iu boarding them away from home. So I earnestly appeal to all the people of Atkin son county to consider the school situation in your community and let’s all pull together to bring At kinson up to a standard with the best counties in Georgia as to her Local and Rural schools. Our aim and desire is to get experienced, normal trained teachers for the coining term, which we hope to do and make it the banner term of Atkinson county rural schools. Your friend for better schools. J. G. White, Supt. A. C. S. hope to meet again somewhere next year. Who will invite us? Yours very truly, TURNER BREWER, President)
