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PEARSON ® TRiB U NE
VOL B—NO. 7
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
The democratic mass meeting
in Clinch county, held on the first
Monday, selected a new Executive
Committee, with W. T. Dickerson
as chairman and Folks Huxford as
secretary.
The water from Nashville's new
city well has been turned on; the
water is not so hard as that of the
old well and more palatable. It is
more satisfactory to the users of
the city water.
It is undecided whom of the
Clinch county courthouse players
of checkers is the champion. The
belt changes hands every day and
there is no telling who will be the
champion tomorrow.
The hog and poultry co operative
sale at Meliae was so satisfactory
that hog and poultry owners have
put on another this week. Co-op
eration is the passway to success
in the sale of all farm products.
South Georgia melon growers
are speaking pessimistically of the
crop situation. They say the crop
has been reduced a thousand car
loads or more, and the melons de
layed in ripening at least two weeks.
Sweet potatoes as large as a
man's fist —new* potatoes —has been
placed on exhibition at Ocilla.
New sweet potatoes on the market
now would bring a fancy price at
home. Potatoes as large as a man's
fist class as number one.
The tax equalizers of Clinch
county have completed their work.
The property values were increased
by $41,112. As a general proposi
tion the tax payers had given in
their property for taxation at a
reasonably high price.
The farmers of Lanier county
are now shipping watermelons and
roasting ears to market. Mr Leroy
Norton has the credit of shipping
the first car of melons, June Bth.
His farm is half way between Mill
town and Naylor. The first car of
mutton or green corn, .Snow Flake
variety, w’as forwarded on June
the 9th.
Tuesday night of last week Val
dosta witnessed a parade of the Ku
Klux Klan, about seventy members
being in line, and said to be the
first ever staged there, w’hich is
probably true. The Ku Klux
Klan, which originated with Gen.
Nathan Bedford Forest in the Six
ties, were citizens of an invisible
kingdom. Parades did not belong
to its "Rules of Decorum.” When
action was needed the Local Klan
came together as by magic and
their activity, which lasted not
longer than one night, was com
pleted they dispersed in the same
manner.
Cattle owners of Colquitt and
Cook counties are growing weary
of cattle dipping. These counties
were declared tick free for a year
or more. Colquitt cattle owners
held a mass meeting recently and
declared their intention to cease
dipping after the first of July.
They declare that it would be a
lifetime job to continue dipping
until there shall be absolutely no
ticks in Colquitt county. Besides,
they say, it would also be a very
expensive undertaking with no ap
parent profit.
The Clinch County Development
Association, composed of leading
citizens and farmers of Homerville
and vicinity, promises great things
for the county. The Company
finds a tremendous job at the be
ginning of its career —drainage,
impressing upon the people gener
ally the necessity of drainage. The
counties bordering on the great
swamp need drainage. Their best
success is farming depends on it.
Inquiries Answered.
Atlanta, June 7. —Letters in
quiring as to various details of
the proposed state bond issue for
good roads are pouring in upon
the office of the Georgia Good
Roads Association, indicating the
widespread interest being taken in
the bonds. One of the most fre
quently asked questions is: “What
will the farmer who lives off the
main highways get out of it?”
The answer is plain: With the
main highways across the counties
built and maintained by the state,
with government aid, the counties
will have their own funds left free
for building and keeping up the
other roads within their own
borders. A vast portion of a
county's income is now’ expended
on the main highways.
The other most frequent, ques
tion is: "Won’t the bond issue
raise the farmer's taxes?”
The answer is equally plain: The
proposed amendments specifically
provide that bonds may be sold
only as fast as the income from
the gasoline tax and auto license
tags will pay for retiring them.
The automobile owner will bear
the whole burden of paying for
these roads. The automobiling
public will make no objection, de
spite the fact that most of the
ears are owned in the cities and
towns and not a dollar of the bond
money is to be spent within the
city and town limits.
Georgia Politics.
Gov. Hardwick, according to last
Sunday's news, has already begun
to take Hon. Clifford Walker's en
trance into the gubernatorial race
very seriously and, instead of carry
ing out the threat of making no
speeches in the camuaign, he will
be heard from the "Rabun Gap to
the Marshes of Glynn.”
..One of the surprises of the week
is the announcement from State
Superintendent of schools. M. L.
Brittain, that he would not be in
the race for that office and leave
the field open to the other fellow’.
The Tribune has reason to believe
that Mr. Brittain’s canvas of the
situation was not reassuring and
he did not care to meet what seem
ed to be his Waterloo.
Another surprise of the week is
the courage of Hon. 11. If. Rawles,
of Cochran, w’ho has semi officially
announced his entry in the race
for Commissioner of Agriculture
against Brown and Blalock, mak
ing this race a three-cornered one.
Mr. Rawles is an agricultural ex
pert, fully competent to fill the
office and stands a fine chance to
win should he make an aggressive
campaign.
Hon. J. A. Perry enters the race
for re election as a Prison Commis
sioner. He is from Lawrenceville,
Gwinnett county.
Locust Swarm Along Fox River
ft is reported that the great Fox
river country of Illinois, famous
for its great output of butter, is
being over run by a great swarm
of locusts.
They are traveling fifty miles a
week and eating clean every vest
ige of green grass and foilage in
their wake. It is said a “W” is
conspicuous on their wings.
The schools of Aurora, 111., w’ere
dismissed as swarms of locusts
descended upon the city and made
so much noise the children would
not study.
The people of the entire terri
tory —men, women and children —
have turned out with long sticks
and other weapons and are killing
them by the thousands.
It is stated that the humming of
the army of locusts made ordinary
conversation difficult, and shouts
could not be heard across the street.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16. 1922
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Short Stories About People and
Things of Interest.
Col. F'olks Huxford is mentioned
in connection xvith the face for rep
resentative in the legislature from
Clinch county. Mr. Huxford
would make a creditable represen
tative.
Prof. W. A. Little, after fourteen
or fifteen years’ service as principal
of the Douglas public school, has
resigned. He has made no state
ment as to the reason leading up
to his action.
Col. Lee W. Branch has been
designated by (lie Quitman Board
of Trade to make the welcome ad
dress to the Georgia editors who
meet in that city next month. The
selection is a happy one —the job
will be well done, and before he
stops talking he will make them
feel like they owned the city—bag
and baggage.
Judge J. i. Summerall announ
ces in the newspapers of the Way
cross judicial circuit, his candidacy
for re election as judge of the cir
cuit. Judge J. W. Quincey, of
Douglas, whose name has been
mentioned in connection with this
race, still has the matter under
advisement and will probably an
nounce his decision in a few days.
Prof. W. L. Sprouse has resign
ed as Scout Executive of the Oke
finokee Council to accept a similar
position in Alabama, with head
quarters at Montgomery. He is an
indomitable worker, with methods
that succeed in his chosen work,
and the Tribune expects to hear
that large successes will crown his
efforts xvith the Montgomery Coun
cil of Alabama.
Mr. Burrell L. Davis, formerly of
Atkinson but now of Coffee county,
says he is a "candidate to the fin
ish” to represent that county in
the legislature. Burrell has budd
ed a catchy platform upon which
to go before tho wool hat boys of
Coffee county. He says he is ready
for a “jin t disputement” with his
opponents— be they man or woman.
Burrell is never out of chat.
Judge W. B. Sheppard, Federal
Judge of tho Northern District of
Florida, is presiding in the courts
of the Southern District of Geor
gia, until a judge is named and
qualified for the vacancy made by
the death of Judge B. D. Evans.
Judge Sheppard is an uncle of
Editor Sheppard of the Blackshear
Times. They say he “Hews to the
line” in conducting the business of
the courts over which he presides.
Prof. M. L. Duggan, state rural
school agent, is expected to an
nounce for the office o f State
School Supersetendent, to succeed
Prof. M. L. Brittain the present
incumbent. Prof. Duggan was
reared in Washington county, but
has been a resident of Hancock
county for many years. He has,
perhaps, the largest experience as
a school teacher of any man in the
state. He will be opposed by
Prof. N. H. Ballard, of Brunswick,
who announced h i s candidacy
some time ago.
Hon. Frank V. Evans, formerly
of Alapaba, Ga., and editor of the
Georgia Forester, a weekly news
paper, of which the Tribune has
hitherto had something to say, still
survives. He writes from Birming
ham, Ala., to the Albany Herald
and tells his recollections of the
Susan Eberhardt hanging. He
says Susan was defended by the
late Col. Carey W. Styles—lawyer,
soldier, editor —well-known in this
section during the sixties and
seventies —and that the hanging
took place in Webster not Macon
county. Glad to hear from Frank
and that he is “so as to be about.”
Subscribe for the Tribune; quit
borrowing from your neighbor.
Future of Piedmont Institute.
There is an old saw that says
“The darkest hour is just before
the dawning.” May this prove
true of Piedmont Institute. From
all accounts this splendid institu
tion of learning has reached the
extremity of its tether, and quick
work on the part of its friends is
required to save it to the youth of
Southeast Georgia.
The citizens of Waycross are
awakened as never before to its
importance as an asset to the city.
The Tribune learns that a move
ment is on foot in Waycross, hack
ed by the Chamber of Commerce,
to raise the money in that city and
pay off the indebtedness. This
campaign is on now.
Piedmont Institute, from the
beginning has suffered for the want
of attractive dormitory buildings.
It is stated that those who have
felt this need keenly, its students
and graduates, will undertake to
raise funds to build a boy's dormi
tory first and then a girl’s dormi
tory, both of which to be attractive,
commodious and comfortable. The
makeshifts for a boy’s dormitory
has militated against the school
from the start; the Board of Trus
tees realized it but there was no
remedy at hand. The girl’s dor
mitory, located on the third floor
of the school building, has not
been attractive, nor yet comfort
able. This movement is a good one;
an undertaking worthy of their
best zeal.
Other matters claiming the at
tention of the Board of Trustees
and the civic organizations of
Waycross, having the rejuvenation
of the school in baud, arc the
changing of the character of Pied
mont from a Secondary school to
that of a College, whore the girls
and boys of South Georgia may
complete their education practical
ly at home, the organizat ion of an
AI uini ii i Association and the
creation of an endowment fund.
The neccsiity for these addenda to
the school have been felt for a long
time, and iL is a mistaken idea, if
such obtained, that they were un
thought of by former Boards of
Trustees. They were often dis
cussed and the hope expressed that
the time wouid soon come when
they could be made realities.
Former trustees were surrounded
with fundamentals which taxed
their best efforts in time and
money.
ft is not generally known, but
there is already an insignificant
sum contributed by friends of the
school for endowment, an earnest
of their good will and an indication
of future interest and helpfulness
should the time come when a for
ward movement along this line
would be inaugurated. That time
will soon be with us.
White-Kirby
It was a very quiet marriage
which occurred at the office of
Judge J. Wesley Roberts, on Thurs
day morning of last week, when
that official read the ceremony
which united in holy matrimony
Mrs. Martha White and Mr. James
Kirby.
The bride was a daughter of the
late Hon. Martin S. Corbitt, and
this is her third matrimonial ven
ture, Her first husband was Dr.
Archie D. Bennett, from whom she
xvas divorced upon scriptural
ground; her second husband was a
Mr. White of Berrien county, now
deceased.
The groom is a farmer, living in
the southern part of the county.
This is his second marriage, his
first wife being a Miss Corbitt,
sister to Mr. Lewis Corbitt.
They have known each other
practically all their lives having
been reared in the same community,
and where they will now reside.
Both have children by their form
er marriages.
The Tribune wishes them many
years of plenty and happiness.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Brethren are Discussing a
Number of Live Topics.
The Atlanta Journal heads au
editorial “America’s Highways a
Marvel of Speedy Construction.”
And it might be added in the text
that many of them are marvels of
rapid dest ruction. The roads that
are constructed of materials that
go to pieces after every rain have
cost this part of Georgia millions
of dollars. —Metier Advertiser.
A quitter never gets anywhere.
Many a good fellow starts a good
thing, but drops it like a hot brick
before he gets it going because
some fellow stands around and
whispers discouraging words, with
the object of defeat in his heart.
Nine times out of ten if his dis
couraging don’t become effective,
he conies out in the open as a dead
enemy. Take it from us brother,
propaganda is a rattlesnake in the
grass that ought to be shot with a
can non. —Th omas v i 11 e Press.
The Georgia Press Association
will meet at Quitman on the seven
teenth of July. And that is equiv
alent to say that the members of
the organization will have one of
the greatest times in the history
of the association. They will find
in that classic city a citizenship
second to none in the State and a
welcome that will make everybody
feel at home from the beginning.
There will be an abundance of
Brooks county hams and many
other good things and the social
features will be all that anyone
could wish. —Adel News.
Judge Arthur Powell started
something in his speech before the
Georgia Bar Association on the
prohibition question the other day.
There have been dissenting, as
well as assenting, lo what he said.
We do not believe t hat he was
outside of his rights as a citizen to
express himself as emphatically as
be pleased. The fact that the
prohibition law has been written
into the constitution makes no dif
ference. The constitution bad to
be changed to get the law in it. It
was not unpatriotic then and it is
not unpatriotic now. One of the
glories of our constitution is that
it can be amended or changed as
the people see fit to amend or
change it. It is not too sacred for
touch or criticism. —Albany Her
ald.
In spite of his efforts to stop the
demand for his candidacy Mr.
Hearst is in tragic position in New
York’s gubernatorial contest. Here
is a man who repeats that he
does not xvant to be governor, is
not going to be governor, and still
the New York papers he owns eon
tinue to clamor for him as the
democratic nominee. It is one of
the most pitiful things in life that
a man cannot do as he wishes. and
that he cannot control the exuber
ance of his own publications. Still,
the editors who are boosting their
employer for governor probably
will not lose their jobs on account
of it. —Dawson News.
A toxvn never loses by courtesy
and hospitality. Tbe returns come
from the most unexpected sources,
lion. John M. Slaton was an honor
ed guest of Tifton last week. He
expressed himself a s delighted
with his visit, and evidently he
was, for in a personal letter from
which xve take the liberty of mak
ing this quotation, he says: "I was
more than ever impressed with tbe
high character of the citizenship
of Tift county and so much so that
the day after my return I recom
mended to a client, who followed
my advice, the purchase of a con
siderable block of Tift county
bonds. I stated that tbe moral
security was so great that I believ
ed it the best investment the client
could make.” —Tifton Gazette.
$1.50 A YEAR
Clifford Walker’s Statement.
Hon. Clifford Walker, candidate
for governor of Georgia, has not
issued his completed platform but,
at the convention of the County
Officers Association, June 9th, he
outlined the salient planks, viz:
Opposition during the present
depression in business to any nexv
or additional taxes.
Opposition to the income tax
and to any increase in the consti
tutional limitations upon taxation.
He favors strict economy in
state government, cutting not only
to “the bone,” but to the "mar
row,” and unnecessary expenses of
the state or appropriations by the
legislature.
He fax’ors legislative enactment
necessary to provide funds to
match the two millions of dollars
or more appropriated [by Congress
to Georgia’s roads, as well as the
expense of collection and the main
tenance of the highways.
He is against a 1 1 lobbying,
whether conducted iu the Capitol
or in the Kimball House.
He is in favor of free school
books; against the sale of the state
railroad or its rent in advance;
against cutting the pensions of the
Confederate Veterans.
He stands for cordial coopera
tion with the farmers in securing
favorable markets for their pro
ducts.
In further elaboration of the out
line on, roads, above stated, Mr.
Walker said:
"I am in favor of a good public
road system, and heartily endorse
the recent act of Congress appro
priating some two million dollars
annually to the state of Georgia,
for the purpose of improving our
highways, and i favor our state (as
required by the act of Congress )
matching the same out of the ever
increasing automobile and gasoline
tax, and if further appropriations
are passed by Congress I favor the
state contributing an epua! amount
so as to obtain full henefit of the
national appropriations, pay the
expenses of collection and maintain
the roads.
“Believing such provision to be
adequate at present, in view of
hard times, I xvill not advocate
the proposed $75,000,000 bond is
sue.”
Just to give you some idea
where your taxes go, a case was
tried in superior court in Augusta
a few days ago in which the
amount involved was about S4O.
It cost the tax payers $225 to try
the ease. In every term of court
there are a number of just such
cases. A great many cases are
brought into court that should
never be allowed there. The tax
payers are made to pay more and
more each year to settle petty dis
putes and quarrels between dis
agreeable neighbors. Nashville
Herald.
Mortuary.
Mr. Lewis C. Sessoms, died at
tbe home of his brother, Ralph,
last Sunday. He was also a broth
er of Jlon. Alex. K. Sessoms of
Cogdell, Clinch county. He was a
bright young man, a graduate of
the University of Georgia, a mem
ber of the Elks Lodge and tho
Kiwanis club, of Waycross.
Hon. Arthur Moore, who lived
many years on the Roundabout,
this county, and raised a large
family of children, passed to his
reward last Sunday morning at the
home of his son, Dr. W. H. Moore,
at Alapaba. He has been in feeble
health for some years. The burial
took place Monday in the McMillan
cemetery near Alapaba. A more
fitting tribute will appear later.
666 quickly relieves Colds, Con
stipation, Biliousness and Head
aches. A Fine Tonic.
