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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
15. T. ALLEN. Editor.
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The legislators of Georgia will
assemble in the Capitol at Atlanta
next Wednesday prompt ly at noon
to begin the annual grind of fifty
days.
There will be the usual local
bills to be acted upon, some con
tested and some not. The matters
of a general nature promises to be
large and interesting. Therefore,
as a fact, the session will be a
■warm and busy one.
Some of the subjects to be
threshed out are knotty ones. There
will be Gov. Hardwick’s pet meas
ures —the income tax, Capitol re
moval, A. 15. & A. purchase, $75,-
000,000 road bond issue, etc.
There will be in the hopper a
bill to repeal the Tax Equalization
Law. a bill to amend the constitu
tion so as to provide for biennial
instead of annual sessions of the
legislature, a bill to rotate superior
court judges, another bill to save
the financial condition of the state
without money, etc.
Then there will be numerous bills
to amend the code, amend city
charters, amend city court acts, to
abolish boards of county commis
sioners, to create boards of county
commissioners, etc.
Then there will be bills galore
to regulate civic action and person
al privileges about which the
average citizen has had no concep
tion or dream, etc.
And when the session is over
the masses of the people will
breathe a sigh of relief. Indeed,
the time has come when a session
of the Georgia legislature is look
•d upon as a huge joke, or a hide
ous nightmare.
A stir has been created in State
school circles by a recent decision
by Judge Schwarz, presiding in the
City Recorder court of Savannah.
He holds a teacher in any of our
schools, who administers corporal
punishment to a refractory pupil,
subjects himself to indictment and
punishment as for an “assault and
battery.” Some critics of Judge
Schwarz say, if his ruling is correct,
it means the downfall oi the public
school system. Thl* only silver
liuing to the proposition is—the
flogging of school children for their
misdemeanors is a custom of long
and universal usage; and thereby
possesses all the force and effect of
law. So universally has it been
observed and used as law that the
Tribune doubts seriously the courts
of nisi prius would sustain the
conviction of a teacher who whips
a pupil, unless the whipping is un
reasonable. However, such rulings
as that of Judge Schwarz are cal
culated to do a lot of mischief by
influencing impulsive and intern
perate parents to attempt and to
do unlawful things in the premises.
Judge Schwarz’s ruling is unwise,
untimely and harmful to the
public school system.
Judge Max E. Land of Cordele
lms decided he wants to be gover
nor of Georgia and announces him
self a candidate. llis platform is
quite elaborate, opposing every
thing the other fellows oppose and
—then some; the $75,000,000 road
bond issue, the income tax, annual
meetings of the legislature, etc.
He favors removing the judiciary
from politics, requiring half mem
bers of school boards to be women,
rotating of superior court judges
and none to preside iu their own
circuits. Pretty fair platform, but
it will take votes to make him the
governor of Georgia. Nothing said
about being a “South Georgia can
didate.” It must have lost its
charm, if it ever possessed any
charm.
Editor Ilortou, of the Mcßae
Enterprise, raps the Tribune be
cause he discovered a Plate Matter
short story in its columns. That’s
different from ten or more columns
of stuff, used to enable the pub
lisher to issue a large paper.
WANT OF CONFIDENCE.
The question of the enactment
of a law, involving rotation of
superior court judges, has been
before the people of the State for
some years. It is now one of the
hading planks in the platform of
he latest announced candidate
for governor. It is now up to the
people and especially the voters
to investigate and pass upon its
merits.
From the thought given the
subject by the Tribune editor he
has reached the conclusion that
it can conserve no good purpose.
While it may appear to eliminate
one of the evils supposed to grow
out of the election of judges by
the people, the use of the office to
pay political debts, it creates a
more serious condition —an incom
petent judiciary.
The proposition to elect a judge
in each judicial circuit of the
state and then rotate him so that
at no time would he come in con
tact with the voters who elected
him, would be construed as a
challenge to his integrity asa judi
cial officer and a man of judicial
acumen and learning would not
accept such a place.
The Tribune editor conscienti
ously believes that if Georgia’s
judicial system is to be tampered
with the legislature could not do
better than to return to the plan
adopted at the foundation of the
government —nomination by the
governor and confirmation by the
senate, the tenure of the office be
ing for life, during good behavior
or resignation. It has worked
satisfactorily under the federal
government, why not under the
state government?
Even a nomination and confirm
ation for a term of years —two,
four or six —would be better than
election by the people of a judicial
circuit, and then suggest to him
that he is not sufficiently honest
and free from temptation to hold
the courts of the circuit among
Ihe people who elected him, and
have him to preside only in courts
among strangers.
PROGRAM PRESS MEETING.
It is a little more than three
weeks to the time for the Georgia
Press Convention at Quitman.
The pilgrims will arrive in Quit
man during Monday and the ‘get
acquainted” meeting at 8:30 in the
evening. Welcome address by
Hon. L. W. Branch and response
by Editor Clias. 1). Roundtree,
vice-president of the association.
President William G. Sutlivc will
then deliver his annual address.
This session to be bold in the
grammar school auditorium.
Tuesday; Business session at
the county court house. Luncheon
at noon to be served by the ladies
on court honse lawn. Second bus
iness session at the court house in
the afternoon. Plate supper serv
ed at country club, followed by a
program of interesting features,
concluding with a dance.
Wednesday: Third business ses
siou in the morning at the court
house. Dinner guests of the Farm
ers’ Union at Blue Spring, when
the county resources and the edit
or’s staying qualities will be shown
and tested. The l;\st business ses
sion will be held iu the afternoon
at the court house, and "Stunt
Night" will be celebrated in the
evening—the editors furnishing
the program —either in the gym
nasium, high school building or iu
the open air as the propram may
require.
Thursday l Say good-bye to
Quitman and leave on a special
train for Brunswick where they
will be the guests of the citizens
of Brunswick in an automobile
ride over the "Marshes of Glynn,”
iu the afternoon and a banquet in
the evening at St. George Hotel.
Friday: Steamboat ride to Jekyl
ami Cumberland Islands. Go
ashore at St. Simons Island iu the
evening, to be entertained with a
special program, terminating the
1922 annual meeting.
Ample accommodations at St.
Simons for those of the party who
may want to stay over Saturday
ami Sunday.
Tbe program is an enjoyable oue.
PEAItSON TRIBUNE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, JUNE 23. 1922
FOREMAN SAYS
THE WATCHMAN
TOLD HIM OF IT
Ashby Gains 20 Pounds Tak
ing Tanlac And Says They
Can’t Ring The Dinner
Bell Too Quick To Suit
Him—Feels Like A Boy
Of Twenty.
“Tanlac helped me gain twenty
pounds and made me feel as well
as I did when a boy of twenty,”
said W. A. Ashby, 1003 Commer
cial St., Petersburg, Va., foreman
for the Petersburg Trunk and Bag
Co.
“For three years my stomach
was so disordered I couldn't eat a
thing, not even milk and eggs,
but what caused a heaviness and
burning like fire in my stomach.
Then my knees and ankles got so
swollen up with rheumatism 1
could hardly hobble around. On
top of all this I took the “flu” anti
when I got up from that spell 1
was worse than ever.'
"The watchman at the factory
got me to taking Tanlac, and now
my appetite is so keen they can't
ring the dinner bell too quick. 1
never have indigestion and the
rheumatic pains and the swelling
have all gone. I will always bless
the day 1 got Tanlac.”
Tanlac is sold by all good drug
gists.—A d ver tisemen t.
Slays Wife and Her Mother.
The Savannah News of Tuesday
morning carried a frightful story
of the murder by E. L. Padrick,
Jr., of bis young wife and her
mother, Mrs. Byron Dixon, who
lives at Dover, in Bullock county.
Padrick and his wife had been
married about a year, bad separat
ed on several occasions, and In
had just returned and become ap
parently reconciled. Mrs. Padrick
is described as a most beautiful
woman and a social favorite, and
the green-eyed monster. Jealously,
had taken possession of him and
he had lost control of himself.
The Tribune hasn't the space to
give the details of tbe terrible
affair, but tbe killing look place in
a Ford Sedan, driven by Mrs.
Dixon while Padrick and his wife
occupied the rear scat. They
were going toward Dover and had
reached the south end of the Ogee
chee river bridge. The ear stop
ped so as to block the approach
to the bridge. The mother was
shot first and then the wife. The
wife lived long enough to tell the
story to parties traveling the road
B. FRANK GIDDENS,
Undertaker and Funeral Director
Burial Goods in Stock.
Pearson, - Georgia.
Indigestion
Many persons, otherwise
vigorous and healthy, are
bothered occasionally with
indigestion. The effects of a
disordered stomach on the
system are dangerous, and
prompt treatment of Indiges
tion Is Important "The only
medicine I have needed has
been something to aid diges
tion and clean the liver,”
writes Mr. Fred Ashby, a
McKinney, Texas, farmer.
‘‘My medicine is
Thedford’s
BLACK-DRAUGHT
for indigestion and stomach
trouble of any kind. I have
never found anything that
touches the spot like Black-
Draught I take it in broken
doses after meals. For a long
time I tried pills, which grip
ed and didn't give the good
results. Black-Draught liver
medicine is easy to take, easy
to keep, inexpensive.”
Get a package from your
druggist today—Ask for and
Insist upon Thedford’s —the
only genuine.
Get it today.
a end
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these tires to meet the greatest demands of speed, endur
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Consider this achievement along with another test of Oldfield
quality made at Wichita, Kansas, this past winter and early
spring.
34,525 miles on rutted, icy Kansas roads, running day
and night on a Studebaker stock car without p single tire
change. This test was made by a group of Wichita auto
motive dealers in a tire, oil and gasoline economy run.
Mayor Kemp of Wichita was official observer and made
affidavit to the mileage and service given by Oldfield tires.
You may never subject your tires to the gruelling experience
of Indianapolis nor the steady grind of had winter roads, but it
is good to know you can get such safety and mileage economy
by buying Oldfield tires. Ask your nearest dealer.
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and came to sec why the car was
blocking the highway.
Padrick, immediately after the
shooting, made a hasty attempt to
escape but was arrested by a conn
ty policeman an d carried t o
Augusta for safe keeping.
His parents, at Sardis, were
notified of their boy's trouble and
both are almost prostrated with
grief.
Rev. Padrick, the father, was
pastor of the Pearson Methodist
church several years ago, and the
family lived in Pearson three or
four years, where the young man
went to school and was well liked
by all the young people of the
place, aud who will hear with re
gret of bis sad predicament.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
£>R. B. S. MALONE,
Office In Malone Block
PEARSON, GA
QICKERSON, RIVERS & PENLAND,
Lawyers,
General practice In all courts. State and
Federal.
OFFICES AT
Pearson. Iloraervllle and Mllltown, Georgia
RUFUS A. MOORE,
Attorney and Counselor,
Douglas, Georgia,
Office in the Union Bank building.
Practice in state and Federal courts.
LEON A HARGREAVES,
Attorney and Counselor,
Pearson, Georgia.
Office In the Pafford Building.
Prompt attention given to business In both
the State and Federal courts.
QEORGE H. MINGLEDORFF,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR,
Office in the New l’afford Building
Pearson, Georgia
Practtce tn all the Courts. State and Federal
JALMADGE S. WINN,
Attorney and Counselor,
Pearson, Georgia.
Will do a general practice.
OfficeTid stairs in the Pafford building.front
room on the left hand side as you go up.
JJENJ. T. ALLEN,
attorney and counselor
Offices in the Allen building. >
Pearson. Georgia.
Will do a general practice in State and Fed
era! Courts.
DRIVE VAT DESTROYERS AWAY
Pitched Battle Between State
Guard and Dynamiters.
Valdosta, June 19. —Guards
armed with riiles engaged in a
pitched battle with a band of
twenty men attempting to destroy
the Sowell ..cattle dipping vat in
Echols county Friday night, ac
cording to advices received here
to day.
As a result of the rattle of rifle
fire it is believed that one or more
of the raiders were wounded, as
pools of blood were found around
a pile of lumber behind which the
party attempted to make a stand.
Guards on duty at the vat saw
the flash of a match which was to
be used to ignite an explosive
placed where it would destroy Du
val. Instantly a volley was fired
in the direction of the flickering
light, which was replied to by a
fusillade of shots from a baud of
men estimated at about twenty.
The exchange of volleys was re
peated several times, after which
the attacking party made a hasty
retreat. Investigation later re
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Address PEARSON TRIBUNE, Pearscn, Ga.
voided blood stains on the lumber,
with two pools of blood nearby,
where it is believed that the
wounded person or persons lay
during the fight.
This attack on the Sowell vat
followed one during Friday after
noon known as the Smith Carter
vat, which was destroyed openly
and an inspector in charge of the
vat was severely flogged by a party
of men.
This party made no attempt to
disguise themselves and were
generally known. Lowndes coun
ty officials were asked to lend aid
m suppressing t h e trouble in
Kehols, but declined to do so.
Later development are being
looked for. The guards at the vat
where the fighting occurred were
in charge of a state officer, it is
understood, and according to re
ports here some arrests are likely
to follow.
"Figs are ripening down in this
corner of the world now,” says the
Albany Herald, “and they will be
plentiful for a couple of months to
come. It is an unfailing crop in
South Georgia, and the preserved
fig is one of the finest of the sweets
that till the shelves in tbe South
Georgia pantries.”
