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PEARSON ftTRiB UNE
VOL B—NO. 8
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
The first ear loads of melons
shipped from Tifton were sold on
the track for $250 each spot cash.
This is equivalent to S6OO per ear
load at destination.
The civic organizations of Way
cross are preparing to make a
strong fight for the reclamation of
Okefinokee swauip, and converting
it into a national reserve.
The watermelon crop i n the
Adel territory is off thirty per
cent. The crop is being put on
the market rapidly now —the sales
are made F. O. B. and at varying
prices, from $135 to $250 per car
load.
Messrs. Southall & Wilson, of
Cairo, Ga., have thought favorably
of the project and will soon install
telephone service at Mill town.
They will do business under the
name of "Lanier Telephone Comp
any,” and will run party lines to
every section of the county.
Poultry growing over in Turner
county is assuming goodly propor
tions. They are growing them by
the car load and marketing them
on the co-operarive plan. Grow
ing and selling chickens, turkeys
and geese by the coopful will be
an unknown quantity in South
Georgia.
Valdosta voters have declined
to authorize the levying of an ex
tra two mills tax for school pur
poses, and it is announced that the
failure to furnish this extra money
will cripple the city schools in that
there can be no progressive move
ment in behalf of the school system
be made.
The citizens of Alapaha district
celebrated Saturday, the 10th,
with a big barbecue, the comple
tion of the East-to West highway
through the northern part of Ber
rien county. They have been con
tending for this work to be done
for several years, and they are
highly gratified at the eonsumma
tion of their long cherished hopes.
The mysterious death of J. H.
Jenkins, freight conductor on the
Seaboard Airline railroad, who was
found Thursday night beside his
train at Tfaallrnan, Glynn county,
with a bullet through his right
temple, seems hard of solution.
His own pistol was found by his
side with one exploded cartridge
would indicate suicide but this
may not be the fact.
Local people are buying and
shipping the crops of watermelons
and Snow Flake roasting ear corn
in the vicinity of Milltown. They
have about completed the ship
ment of melons; the prices for
melons have not been entirely sat
isfaetory but a good profit has been
made. More than five cars of corn
has been shipped; the prices receiv
ed for the corn has been very sat
isfactory, so it is stated.
No arrest have yet been made
in connection with the Coffee
county flogging frolic. The local
K. K. K. hastens to disclaim any
responsibility relative to the law
less and dastardly act; they say
the klan stands against mob law.
The “Forest” klans of the sixties
favored law and order but had to
practice mob law to secure it. In
large measure the administration
of legal justice then was in the
hands of the venal and corrupt.
There can be no more logical rea
son against the existence of the
Ku Klux Klan now than the fact
that our courts are in the hands
of men in favor of law and order,
and the laws are administered as
a rule with "wisdom, justice and
moderation.”
Subscribe for the Tribune; quit
borrowing from your neighbor.
Memory of Hon. Arthur Moore.
Sunday morning, June 11th, the
immortal spirit of Hon. Arthur
Moore w as loosed from its tenement
of clay and winged its flight to the
God who gave it.
Mr. Moore w-as born and reared
in that portion of Coffee county,
known as the Roundabout section.
About twenty years ago, being in
declining health, he moved to Ala
paha. llis death occurred at his
home there in his seventy-ninth
year.
He was reared on a farm, knew
no vocation save those of farming
and stock raising. He was success
ful because of his energy and strict
attention to his affairs.
In 1861, when the tocsin of war
was sounded, the call to arms for
the defense of Dixie, at the age of
eighteen years he joined the Con
federate army and remained in the
service until the war ended.
When the war closed in 1865,
after many days of weary traveling,
sometimes on foot, he arrived at
his father’s home. Then began his
career in life.
He settled on a farm soon after
returning from the war and then
intermarried with Miss Matilda
Giddens, of Berrien county, with
whom he lived happily until his
death. To this marriage was born
eight children, six boys and tw'o
girls. The boys are Aaron, Moses,
Elias, Henry, Janies and Benjamin;
the girls are Mollie, who married
W. T. Simians, and Nan, who mar
ried J. T. Williams.
Mr. Moore was not learned in
that obtained at school. During
his school days the opportunities
of getting an education were few
and far apart, llis experiences, on
this account, taught him the value
of an education, and his children
were the beneficiaries of that ex
perience. lienee they were given
better opportunities and are all in
telligent and occupy positions of
honor and trust: Aaron is a phy
sician at Alapaha; Moses, an official
of Willacoochee; Elias, a Justice of
the Peace and Postmaster at Wil
lacoochee; Henry, a druggist at
Alapaha; James, a Justice of the
Peace at Adel, and Ben occupies a
responsible position in Macon. The
girls are both widows and live at
Alapaha.
Mr. Moore joined the masonic
fraternity when a young man and
strictly adhered to its tenets of
brotherly love. He never joined a
church; was a believer in the Prim
itive Baptist faith. It is told of
him that when he offered himself
for membership, he frankly told
the brethren that he was a Mason
and expected to remain with the
order. His application for member
ship w-as rejected.
Mr. Moore was of a quiet, gentle,
disposition, but of an impulsive
nature and an insult, whether real
or imaginary, met with quick re
sentment. He had many friends
who, with his sorrowing family,
met at the open grave to pay their
last respects to his memory.
His remains were buried in the
cemetery at Alapaha, known as the
McMillan graveyard, Rev. L. 15.
Pierce of the Methodist church
and Elder James McMillan of the
Primitive Baptistcburch officiated.
The masonic fraternity had charge
of the interment.
Mr. Moore was faithful to his
country, faithful to his family and
friends, and faithful to every trust,
resposed in him, and with —
“Life’s work well done,
Life’s race well run
Life’s w-ork well done;
Then comes rest.
The Tribune editor tenders the
stricken family his tenderest con
dolence in their hour of grief.
666 quickly relieves Colds, Con
stipation, Biliousness and Head
aches. A Fine Tonic.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORG IA, FRIDAY, JTNE 23, 1922
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Brethren are Discussing a
Number of Live Topics.
One way to kill your home paper
is to never have anything to ad
vertise. We get several exchanges
that have a half-starved look. A
newspaper is a town’s best means
of keeping it before the world, but
it can not live when the home
merchants persistently refuse to
patronize its advertising columns.
Lanier County News.
In his sermon to his flock last
Sunday the Rev. S. B. McGlohon,
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
church in Savannah, expressed a
great truth when lie said that
morals and proper conduct can not
be legislated into people, it is as
impossible to make folks good by
laws which they will not respect
as it is to make a thoroughbred
bog out of a Florida piney-woods
rooter. —Worth County Local.
South Georgia tomatoes are now
going to market. First shipments
are netting the growers at the rate
of SSOO per acre. South Georgia
produce will keep money flowing
to the producers almost the year
around, if they will only study
production and market methods.
There are a number of crops that
can be grown in South Georgia
which will net the growers from
SIOO to SSOO per acre. —Nashville
Herald.
No one believes that Mrs. Vin
son will hang, although her crime
appears to have been a most cruel
one. But there is a sentiment,
and rightly so, that no woman
hang in Georgia. But such crimes
as she committed ought to be
punished by a long term in prison.
The evidence was very strong
against her. On the other hand,
the world may never know how
much she has suffered. She may
not be altogether to blame. —Adel
News.
The cattle dipping business in
this section has opened in full
swing. People north of the rail
road is supposed to be dipping now.
People of the Homerville district
have been hard at it this week.
The part of the county below the
railroad will not dip probably be
fore this winter or next summer.
The cattle industry of Clinch
county is doomed to fall intoinsig
nificence, with this great burden
forced upon the people. —Clinch
County News.
The rate at which money is be
ing invested in tax exempt securi
ties is amazing, as any report of
the Wall street money market will
attest. The popularity of this
form of investment is indicated by
the fact that premiums are increas
ing eoiriffident with a reduction of
the interest rate. If congress and
state legislatures have any notion
of removing the exemptions from
this class of securities it will be
well to hasten. Very soon, it
would seem, all the surplus money
■will have been invested. —Dawson
News.
The age long strife between Re
publicans and Democrats over the
tariff question is still going on.
The Republicans, representing the
protection idea, are putting on
duties so high that the Democrats
say that imports will be shut out
of this country allowing manufac
turers to make enormous profits
which the people of this country
will, of course have to pay, without
putting money into the public
treasury. Any in the South who
may have felt inclined to go over
to the Republican party may take
notice of the fact that the Re
publican party will add greatly to
tke cost of living for the consumer
to the consequent benefit of the
manufacturer. —Ocilla Star.
Campaign of Hate.
Editor Yocelle of the St. Marys
Southeast Georgian writes inter
estingly on this subject and ap
plies its inevitable results to con
ditions in Camden county. He
reaches the conclusion that “The
one thing that has always been a
hindrance to and impediment in
the line of progress in any section
has been petty animosity and jeal
ousy.” He then makes the appli
cation to Camden county condi
tions and points out the conse
quences should it continue to dis
turb and demoralize every effort
at, public improvement.
Any section is unfortunate that
is troubled with these things. It
grows out of real or feigned dis
trust of public officers, notwith
standing they hold their offices by
virtue of the votes of the people.
The ridiculous part of the program
is each of the croakers has a view
unto himself, there is a lack of
harmony or unity among them
selves as a class.
Atkinson county has, unfortu
nately, been thus afflicted from its
creation to the present. Every
(hing her commissioners have done
m advancing the interest of the
county has been met with adverse
criticism, and judging from the
noise made one would decide that
notes of approval were the excep
tions to the rule. If the officials
“ask for a fish they are given a
serpent; if they ask for bread they
are given a stone.” The fact is
the croakers have nothing definite
in mind, and if they did would
know less about bringing it to pass
than the officials who are doing all
in their power for the best interest
of the county.
The Tribune lias the u( most con
fidence in the officials of Atkinson.
They are human, they make mis
takes and when they do they are
the first to discover it, they are
honestly trying to do the things
for which they were chosen and to
the best of their several abilities.
The Tribune adjures the citizens
of Atkinson county, every one, let
us henceforth try to be helpers
rather than hinderers in (he task
of building up the county. There is
no harm in discussing the proprie
t,y of any movement, but when a
policy is settled on let discussion
cease and begin to help to bring it
to pass.
Atkinson has the possibilities of
a splendid county, her uudevelop
ed resources are abundant and in
viting; let sectionalism and petty
bickerings cease. Spend your time
and energy and money, if you will,
in building up individual or local
interests. Be assured that what
ever you accomplish for yourself or
your section you also accomplish
for the county as a whole. There
is no excuse for being idle and do
ing nothing simply because tbc
work of the officers is not accord
ing to your conception of right.
Waycross “Trade Week.”
Wayeross, Ga., June 13. —Active
work, preparatory to the announce
ment of the program for “Trade
Week” in Wayeross is now under
way in this city. S. G. Coleman,
manager of Church well’s brothers,
has been named chairman and com
mittees have been appointed to ar
range for the different features of
the week’s program. The week it
self is to become a united effort
upon the part of the merchants
and citizens of Waycross to get a
larger volume of trade for Way
cross.
Each merchant in the city will
offer six bargains during the week,
or a bargain a day. A sub-corn
mittee is working on the project to
buy the products brought to Way
cross during the week, while an
other committee is working on the
advertising and publicity of the
week.
The complete program is expect
ed to be announced at an early date.
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Short Stories About People and
Things of Interest.
Bishop Warren A. Candler has
declined the Chancellorship of
Emory University, llis work calls
him too far away from Atlanta for
him to combine the two positions.
Dr. Aquila Chamblee, Baptist
pastor at Hawkinsville, has beeu
selected for the presidency of Bes
sie Tift College. It, is though the
will accept under conditions not
yet named.
Hon. M. L. Brittain, it is stated,
is booked for the presidency of the
Georgia Technological school. He
will fill the place with equal ability
to any who has preceded him and,
it is hoped, with less noise and
growling.
Editor W. 'l'. Shy tie, of the Adel
News, proudly announces the in
stallation of a Linotype, a machine
for setting and casting lines of
type, in his office and thereby put
ting himself in position to do more
and better business. Success to
you Shytle!
Prof. W. A. Little, who has been
at the head of t he public schools of
Douglas for about twelve or fifteen
years, has tendered his resignation
to the Board of Education who re
fuse to accept it. With no ado
nor anything to say, in reply, he
left for Tallahassee where lie is to
teach a summer school.
Editor John L. Herring, of the
Tifton Gazette, left Friday night
for Toronto, Canada, where he will
attend tlie international conven
tion of Kiwauis clubs, which con
venes June 30, for three days.
Editor Herring will represent the
newly-organized Tifton Kiwanis
club at the convention, the local
club paying his expenses on the
trip.
Dr. Geo. R. Glenn, who has been
at the head of the North Georgia
Agricultural College for several
years, seems to be in bad odour
with the board of trustees of that
institution. They have asked him
to resign, bringing charges of “gen
eral inefficiency.” Whether lie is
ousted from the place depends up
on the attitude of the board of
trustees of the State University.
I)r. Glenn served one or more terms
as State superintendent of schools
twenty live years ago. He did not
seem to fit into that place very
snugly. South Georgia rebelled
against him early in his career as
superintendent, ile has a peculiar
disposition, frigidity, that is not
admired by the folks with whom
he comes in contact, especially in a
business way.
Editor Rush Burton, of the La
vonia Times, renews his invitation
for the 1923 meet of the Georgia
Press Association. He gave Sister
Daniel a medium-sized fight for the
1922 convention but, after the first
skirmish, deferently gave way to
the importunities of Mrs. Daniel.
She is so persuasive one could not
do otherwise. Guess, Rush, you
can have us next time. Editor
Burton is of the cream of Georgia
rural journalists —a Christian gen
tleman, a progressive citizen,
believes in his home town, and his
investments there illustrates what
other men of means should do to
help their home towns along. If
Lavonia needs any enterprise or
public improvement he pulls off
his coat, rolls up his sleeves, and
goes to work to bring it to pass.
Lavonia is in Franklin county, sur
rounded by Stephens county on
the north, Hart on the east, Madi
son on the south, and Banks on the
west. By reference to the map
you will further note the location
is in the northeast part of the
State, amid the “old red hills.”
Let’s go to see Rush Burton next
year and see how he and his people
are pushing the wheel of progress.
81..',0 A YEAR
Country Homo and Modem Life
One of the big problems of rural
life has been to get the intimate
touch with the world of modern
progress, without drawing the
young people away from their home
surroundings.
To get the best results for any
form of life, it needs to be closely
in touch with modern progress and
with bright, able people. This
touch can be gained tlirough edu
cation. Students go to fine schools
and colleges, and meet a picked
class of young people, and their
minds are stimulated by contact
with brilliant teachers and speak
ers. As a result, many young peo
ple get interested in business and
professional careers in the cities,
and think they arc burying them
selves if they go back to the farm
or country town.
On the other hand, if you do not
give young people these opportuni
ties for mental enlargement, they
have missed something, the lack of
which must handicap them. This
is the reason rural progress has
lagged behind city progress in
some respects.
There are two remedies for this
condition. The first is to urge
country people to read the news
papers, magazines and to maintain
lecture courses in their village
centers. In such ways they get
just as close contact with the world
of progress as city people can have.
The second remedy is to urge
country young people to take
agricultural school and college
training, where they will get the
mental enlargement that will in
crease their constructive and think
ing ability, and at the same time
enable them to learn how to make
a success of rural problems. When
those two conditions are generally
fulfilled, country life will make
more rapid progress than life in
the city, since multitudes of city
people are not interested in educa
tional advantages or in improving
their minds. —Quitman Advertiser.
New Opportunities for Study.
A Summer school for farmers is
one of the announced features of
the teachers of vocational agricul
ture at the Hopeful School, Mitch
ell County, Georgia. Class-room
work which began Monday, Juno
19, and continues to August 4.
This is just another example of
the practical character being as
sumed by the vocational work in
agricultural teaching as fostered
by the provisions of the Smith-
Hughes bill. Farmers and farm
ers’ boys are given an opport,unity
to study the fundamental and
practical phases of agriculture in
their own school district and with
out expense, except for the time.
These summer schools in the
home district do not replace and
are not intended to replace the
short course given at the State
College of Agriculture. They mere
ly supply a foundation on which
the college may build, besides
making it possible for many farm
ers who cannot go to the college
short courses to receive help in
the study of their agriculture
problems.
Can It Be Done?
Tennille, Georgia, in the heart of
a section where the boll weevil has
put an end to cotton is finding its
salvation in poultry and hogs.
From this place, after just two
years agitation there have been
collected and shipped, during the
past few months, several car lots of
hogs and at least one ear lot of
poultry. Mr. H. M. Franklin,
farmer, banker, and financier, of
Tennille, is authority for the state
ment that beginning on the firstof
September, there will be produced
at that'point sufficient hogs to
make it possible to ship a car load
every dav.
Can it be done in Hancock coun
ty!
Rather, when will we realize that
it CAN be done — and DO IT!—}
Sparta Isbmaelite.
