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PEARSON® TRIBUNE VOL. 7—NO. 51 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. Gleanings from All Sections of South Georgia. Bacon superior court has been in session this week, with a long list of business to oe transacted. The Southeastern Regional B. Y. P. U. convention at Way cross ad journed Thursday evening to meet in 192:1 at Vidalia, Douglas merchants have already commenced to observe the early closing movement. All mercantile establishments xfill close during the summer at 6:30 p. m. It is reported that the "kid" in dustry has reached Ware county and that about one thousand had been shipped dtiring the season, and with satisfactory results. Valdosta will entertain the 1923 convention of the, Eleventh Dis trict Federation of Woman,s Clubs. This was the decision before ad journmenl at Blaekshear last Thu rsday. The merchants of Oeilla will close their stores at seven o'clock every evening in the week except Thursdays and Saturdays. Tburs days they will close at noon fora half holiday. The people of Douglas are anx ious to entertain a big crowd of editors and editresses at the ap proaeiiing May meeting of the . Kleventh District Press Associa tion in that city. The programs will probably be issued next week. Several small cities of South Georgia are claiming the distinc tion as "Cities of Roses.” Thomas villi* is to have a festival —"Carni- val of Roses.” The truth is that South Georgia as a whole is ablaze with roses and other (lowers —do nieslic and vild. Cnder the advise of the State Geologist, it is probable the water commission of Nashville will not drill its new well deeper than 232 feet. He says that, while this water ik hard, it, is not as hard as it will be deeper and will furnish good water, free from bacteria. The recent grand jury of Clinch superior court reappointed L. 11. I.ockliear. H. 11. Guess and C. A. 1 lodged members county Board of Education to succeed themselves. They served the coun ty and her children well during the past term of four years and lienee have been kept in harness. The editorial page of the Doug las Enterprise last Friday, in the hands of the senior class of the A. & M. School, scintillated with bright thoughts. The subjects discussed were timely and shows aptitude to apply and put in prac tice the theories learned. It is a pity that some of these bright ar ticles does not shbw their authors, being unsigned. A civil service examination will be held at liomerville, May 13th, to select a carrier for rural mail Route 1 from liomerville. This seems to indicate that Mr. Flem C. Dame, the present incumbent, will quit the service and devote his entire time to his newspaper, the Clinch County News. Since it became a daily route he finds he cannot manage both acceptably. In the rearrangement of the Mi litia Districts of Clinch county Judge Irwin Corbitt. Sr., is domi ciled in the 176(ith District, and he has been appointed Notary Public and ex officio Justice of the Peace of that district. His old district, the 1061st, has been moved east ward with the court ground at Cogdell, and Joseph R. Hodges named as Notary Public and ex officio Justice of the Peace. The Tribune is not informed where the court ground of the new district is located, but suppose it remains at Kabbitville —at the arid Guest mill. Brown Rot Blossom Blight of Peaches. Observations made at the Geor gia Experiment Station and at various points throughout the State in the season of 1921 showed that in a number of cases the blos soms of early varieties of peaches such as Mayflower, Red Bird, etc., were killed by the attacks of the brown rot fungus, Sclerotinia ein erea. These early varieties appear to be more subject to attack be cause they open several days later than blossoms of the later varieties such as Elberta. In 1921 blossom blight was so abundant that it greatly reduced the set of fruit in a number of commercial orchards. It is known that the brown rot fungus lives from one season to I lie next on rotton fruits of the pre vious season which have turned to mummies that either cling to the twigs or fall to the ground. It is also known that where the brown rot fungus grows from a blighted blossom or a rotten fruit into the adjoining twig, cankers may be formed in which tin* fung us may live over winter. It has been observed by workers in other states that a heavy infes tatioli of blossom blight may occur in orchards where all mummied peaches have been removed from the trees and the soil in tiie orch ard. In 1921 it was observed that on Mayflower peach trees blighted blossoms clung to the twigs for at least six or eight months after be ing infected. Blighted blossoms and cankers which developed at the bases of such blossoms of Mayflower trees at the Experiment Station were marked with labels in the spring of 1921. On March 28, 1922 when these trees were again in bloom an examination was made for the presence of blighted blossoms and it was found that a small per cent of the blossoms were blighted and that the causal fungus had de veloped tufts of j eonida or summer spores on the calyces. While the primary infection at this time is small a sufficient number of spores have been produced to spread and infect a large number of additional blossoms, especially if rains occur within the next few days before the fruit has set. In this orchard there were ho mummied peaches left on the trees. It was observed, however, that although n o blighted blossoms from the 1921 crop could be found clinging to the trees at this time, new blighted blossoms of the 1922 crop were readily found near the labels which indicated the location of a blighted blossom of the 1921 crop. This indicated that the brown rot fungus had evidently lived over in cankers formed on the branches at the bases of blos soms blighted in 1921. In the light of these observations it is important that growers exam ine the blossoms of their early varieties at this time. If blighted or blasted blossoms of their early varieties are found it would be ad visable to add a fungicide as self boiled lime-sulphur or Atomic sul phur to the arsenate of lead and lime which is now being applied for eurculio control. J. A. McCi.in’tock, Plant Physiologist. Quitman having finally lost out on the "Vates Sanitarium” propo sition the company organized to promote it will dissolve and go into liquidation. Pierce superior court will have an adjourned term, beginning May 15th, for the trial of George Smith and his son who are charged with the murder of Hovis Carter, and also some Prohibition cases. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. APRIL 21. 1922 PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. Short Stories About People and Things of Interest. T. P. O'Neal vs. J. M. Pafford is the style of a ease called for trial in the City court of Brooks county one day last week. The names of the litigants sounds familiar to the people of this section —but the parties are uot the old worthies with whom they are acquainted, who settled their disagreements outside of court, and whose lives have been and are still splendid guide .posts to the youth of the future. Elder T. S. Hubert has been selected by the ladies of the Doug las Chapter of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy to deliver the address on Memorial Dav, next Wednesday. It is a beauti ful tribute to the memories of the men who gave their lives in behalf of Southern principles, to red res*? their graves with the sweet flowers of spring. The ladies made no mistake in the selection of an orator. Hon. Mark Tison, of Sylvester, aged 65, passed away at his home in that city on Wednesday of last week. He was one of Worth county’s best citizens and was popular with all classes of citizens, lie represented his county and senatorial district in the legisla ture; was a member of the House at the .time of his death. He was the senator from his —the Tenth — district at the time of the creation of Atkinson county and was among its strongest advocates. He was born and reared on a farm in Worth county and stood for every thing that would strengthen and build up his county and section. Arriving at manhood’s estate he chose law as his profession and reached a high place as an attorney. Ilis family connection in Worth county is large and influential and they mourn the loss of one of its best members. His remains wore laid to rest in the Sylvester ceme tery Thursday with Masonic honors. The Tribune learns that Mr. F. H. Sills, a commercial traveler in this territory for a Savannah house and who is • well and favorably known by many of our people, will enter the Evangelistic field as a Missionary Baptist minister. He was formerely a Primitive Baptist minister, an earnest and fluent speaker and capable of being used of the Lord in a large field of real service. It is his intention to re sign his present employment June Ist. During the summer, in com pany with Dr. W. A. Taliaferro, pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Savannah of which he is now a member, he will engage isi evangelistic meetings in Savan nah. He will spend a year at the Southern Baptist 'l’heological Sem inary, Louisville, Ky., after which he will locate in Nashville,’Tenn., and do the work of an Evangelist, in which line of service he is pecu liarly fitted. The Tribune bids him good speed in his chosen field of labor. Rev. W. W. Webb, of Hahira, and promotion agent of the State Bureau of Markets for South Geor gia is growing very popular with the people in his territory and they are keeping him very busy making hog and cattle sales. He has just held a sale at Camilla where he closed out a big pen at more than 8c per pound on the feet. He is now chaperoning in his territory a Federal expert in testing the value of corn fed hogs. They went to N 1 i Hen last Friday afternoon where on Saturday Lhev addressed a mass meeting of JenkiDs county farmers on the subject ifci stock raising. The expert differs with Prof. Hart, who recently addressed Atkinson county farmers on the same subject. After all, most farmers and stock raisers learn best at the school of experience—or by experiments. The Automobile Races Lakewood Park, Atlanta Atlanta, April 18. —Negotia- tions have been completed here for the appearance of Sig Haugdahl, world’s speed champion, with his three mile a. minute Wisconsin Special automobile, at the auto racing classic to be staged as the opening feature of Lakewood Park for the 1922 season on Saturday, April 22nd. Haugdahl has agreed to defend his title here and will meef Fred llorey, former champion and "Wild Bill” Endicott, veteran pilot in a series of three cornered match races. Hetwill also drive his 250 Wisconsin Special against time in an effort to lower his own record. The little Scandinavian not only holds the world’s record for one mile over a straightway course and on circular tracks but he also holds the Lakewood track speed title. Haugdahl has held the track championship of the world for three vears and on April 7th, at Daytona Beach, Florida, he cinch ed his claim to the speed champ ionship when he drove his novel speed creation a mile in 19.97 seconds or at the rate of 180.27 miles per hour. He also lowered the records for the kilometer and the five and ten mile distances. Besides the championship races, several other events will he includ ed on the sports program, includ ing speed events in which a half score of prominent Georgia drivers will compete. Haugdahl’s drive against time with the world's fast est car will be the feature of the day. however. Thousands of speed fans through out the southeast are expected to journey to Atlanta next Saturday for the events and arrangements are being made here to accomino date the largest crowd that has ever attended an event id Lake wood Park. Lawlessness in Echols County Valdosta, April, 16. —Just at the time when it was believed Echols county people would yield to regardipg tick eradica tion lawlessness has broken out again. Three of the dipping vats in use in the county were destroyed by explosives Friday night, accord ind to reports reaching Valdosta, 'l’llis reversion to lawless acts is deeply regretted by the tick eradi cation officers in charge of the work, but they declare they are powerless to stop the work. Cat tle dipping will proceed in Echols county just the same, blowing up vats not being* sufficient to stop the enforcement of the law. Such conduct will only increase the cost of tick eradication and extend the time for the completion of work, but it will not stop the process. While there has been no an nouncement from the state officials in regard to the matter, yet there is a belief that unless the lawless destruction of dipping vats is stop ped radical measures will be em ployed by the state to see that the law is adhered to. Up to this time the officers have relied main ly on moral suasion and conducted a long and patient campaign of reasoning with the people to bring about a change in public sentiment. It is believed that this idea has now been well “sold” to the better element of jieople, which paves the way for such strenuous acts as may hereafter lie necessary to enforce cattle dipping on strict schedule. Now the ladies want to change the marriage ceremony so as to eliminate the word "obey.” The ladins are right; it takes up just that much enery of the parson to repeat it when it doesn’t mean a thing.—Quitman Free Press. Subscribe for the Tribune; quit borrowing from your neighbor. EDITORIAL OPINIONS. The Brethren are Discussing a Number of Live Topics. Now a Republican member of Congress from Michigan is talking about impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Dauglit ery. These little whirlwinds are bul. forerunners of the big storm that’s coming—coming unless all signs in the political heavens are misleading.—Albany Herald. Watermelon vines up,and grow ing, tobacco already transplanted and looking fine, corn and cotton up and growing, the general indi cations are that times are going to be better in this part of Georgia soon. Crops all over South Geor gia never looked more promising than they do at this time. The weather conditions arc fine, too, and it puts a general air of optim ism in everyone. —Nashville Her ald. If these Government statisti cians who have been burning mid night oil to discover how much time Uncle Sam’s stenographers waste powdering their noses and painting their cheeks want to slip the public some worth-while in formation, why don’t they dig up some figures on- how many dill pickles and salty crackers a high school girl can cat at one sitting and get away with ill —Macon Telegraph. The first stsjte election after the close of the world war brought about a political upheaval in Geor gia. Strange to relate men who openly advocate German sentiment and principles were swept into of fice. Since that calamity, the peo pie have slow ly but surely sobered and now settled back to red blood cd American principles that is calculated to give some of the am bitious pro German office seekers a jolt in the elections this year. — 'Thomasville Press. The farmer with three or four good milk cows from which he is shipping cream to one of our com mercial creameries, realiz/ing from six to eight dollars per cow per month, besides getting feed for a fine bunch of pigs and chickens, and on top of that building up the ‘fertility of his land is not in dan ger of being badly in debt at the end of the year. His cotton crop will be just like finding money in the road.—Oeilla Star. Why is it that the newspaper correspondents make prominent the fact that the man who com mits a crime was an overseas vet eran, if such happens to be the case. Nearly every healthy inan in this country between 20 and 30 years of age were in some depart ment of the military service, so it is not strange that many of them were of criminal tendency. It is hardly proper, though, or fair to the others, to mention that fact every time oik- of them gets into I rouble. —Valdosta Times. A commission to investigate the eligibility of prospective jurors be fore they are summoned for jury duty, is oik* of the provisions of a bill soon to be submitted in the Ohio legislature. As an instance of the need for such investigation, the author'd the bill, a lawyer, says that on one occasion a man whom he had convicted of theft showed li i m a jury summons. Where there is a commission to look up all names drawn from the jury wheel, such ineligibles would never be summoned atfall, let alone getting a chance to serve through some fluke due to the hurry of the court examination at time of trial. In order that the investigating body might act effectively, it would be necessary to have certain definite standards of honesty and intelligence which could be estab lisbed by simple tests, it is pointed out. —St. Marys Georgian. $1.50 A YEAR Road Bonds Best Invest ment State Can Have. The idea of the $75,000,000.00 state road bond issue for complet ing the state bigyway system is growing every according to T. G. Farmer, Jr., who has been in the state working for the road bonds almost continuously for the liast two weeks. "People are beginning to resize that completing the highway sys tem is the best investment the state can make at this time. It will put thousands of unemployed men to work. It will reduce taxes in t hose counties that have already floated bonds and will put good roads in every county without tax ation on the people. But the best part of the plan is that it will give us the benefits of as fine a system of highways as any state and not iadd one penny to the present automobile license fees and gaso line taxes.” “North Carolina last year voted $50,000,000 in road bouds, and last year North Carolina passed Geor gia in agricultural wealth, although it is a much smaller state. Much of of this is attributed to the fact that good roads enabled North Carolina citizens to market their crops to better advantage.” “Georgia cannot afford not to vote the road bond issue, and every citizen 1 who wants to see the state forge ahead and take her rightful place in the sisterhood of states will work from now until the legis lature meets in June to see that the bond issue is put before the people in a way that they will un derstand it.” "1 find sentiment unanimously in favor of the bonds wherever the issue is understood,” said Mr. Farmer. Steady Paying Crops. In an article oil "Farming in Sumter County,” the Washington, (<Ga.) News Reporter points to the fact that farm prosperity in that section is due to the plan of money crops for every month, in the year. One of the best, of the youthful farmers who lias money crops com ing in all the time, The News-lie porter says: "He owns a beautiful home with electric lights and running water and several hundred acres of the most fertile farming lands in the county, and lie is not complaining of the* lioll weevil or anything else. He is too busy. "There is a money crop on this farm every month. Fruits and .vegetables chickens and eggs, hay and grain, pork and beef, bring in the dollars.” Where such practical farm meth ods prevail there is no exodus of workers from the farms to the factories of overcrowded cities, for ttie soil is self-sustaining and is made to give the best results in year-round production. Horne prosperity keeps the people at home And such profitable fanning is not exceptional in our splendid Georgia climate. And such beau tiful, well appointed modern homes, as one found in the farming dis tricts of Sumter county are seen in every progressive farming section of the state. The wealth's in the land, wbere ever they seek it in the right way. —Atlanta Constitution. One reason whv the human race made slow progress at first was be cause leaders had no opportunity to get their names in the paper. How a jazz-ridden world longs for the old days when there was no noise in the dining room except the gent le gurgle of the soup eators. When a college professor can't think up a queer theory hg can al ways get a little publicity by tell ing how wicked the student* are.
