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About Pearson tribune. (Pearson, Ga.) 191?-1955 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1922)
PEARSONfITRiBU N E VOL B—NO.8 —NO. 0 POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Candidates, Men and Women, Getting Before the People. Hon. Allen B. Spence has an nounced for re-election as solicitor general of the Waycross judicial circuit. Mr. Spence has made a vigorous and fearless prosecuting officer and his services have been very acceptable to the people of the circuit who believe in law' and order. From the present outlook he will have no opposition. But you can never tell what will hap pen at the eleventh hour. Judge John \V. Quiucey has fin ally decided to enter the race for judge of the Waycross judicial cir cuit. His entry places two good men in the race for this important position —Judge Summerall having already announced for re election. Judge Quincey lurs some experi ence as a superior court judge; he is fully equipped, as a lawyer and an evenly balanced judgment, to serve the country acceptably. In his short term by appointment to fill out a vacancy, Judge Quincey made scores of friends throughout the circuit, and it is their iusist ence that has brought him into the race. Both the candidates are per sonal friends of the Tribune editor, he esteems them highly and is constrained to say that the "coun try is safe” matters not which of them wins out before the people of the circuit. Coffee county has three anuouu ced candidates to represent her in the legislature of 1923 24 —Thomas Holland was the first to announce, then Burrell Davis and last Mrs. James M. Dent. The entry of Mrs. Dent into the race creates a new and unique situation in Coffee county politics. It is the first time s woman was eligible to offer her services to the people of that county as a legislator. The Trib une awaits with interest the dispo sition of her candidacy by the vot ers of Coffee county. Without de tracting from the merits of Messrs. Holland and Davis, the Tribune will say that there is no woman in Georgia who can fill the measure of a well rounded legislator better than Mrs. Dent. It being Coffee county’s time, in accordance with the rotatiou svs tem, to furnish the senator from the Forty sixth senatorial district, composed of Bacon, Coffee and Pierce counties, Col. E. L. Grant ham of Douglas has announced himself a candidate for the place, and it is thought that he will have no opposition. Grantham will make an excellent senator and the Tribune wishes him success. Hon. Simon P. Sweat has an nounced himself a candidate for representative from Pierce county in the Georgia legislature. He is a splendid business man, formerly a resident of Willacoochee, and the Tribune is sure he will, should he be elected, make Pierce county an efficient legislator. It was announced two weeks ago that Col. Folks Huxford would be a candidate for representative from Clinch county in the legislature. Nothing to the contrary appears and the Tribune accepts the an nouncement as true. Mr. Huxford seems to fit into any office to which he aspires, has always given faithful and efficient service in the positions to which he has been called to serve. The Tribune sees no reason why he would not make an accptabie representative. Hon. Nicholas M. Sowder, a na live of Virginia and engaged in ed ucational work for twenty years, and now the educational director of the United Stales War Vete ran’s bureau, has announced his candidacy for State superintendent of schools to succeed Hon. M. L. Brittain who declines a re election. He believes public education deals primarily with the rural schools and they should receive the first aud the highest consideration. Anti-Poolroom League. The Tribune has been receiving a quantity of literature from peo ple, whether many or few is un known, styling itsely “The Anti- Poolroom League,” calling upon the Tribune for editorial approval of its activity aud to lend aid in suppressing the poolroom. The Tribune editor is by this fad as he was by the "Sabbath Ob servance League” some time since —he sees no reason for its exist ence. The laws are ample to take care of the matters which it seeks to rectify, when they are enforced. If the law's relative to Sunday ob servance, disorderly houses, vag rancy, etc., cannot be enforced, why stir up indignation and place another statute on the books to be similarly ignored. Some one has said and the Trib une editor believes it to be true that you can’t create and maintain morals by law. The creation of morals should begin in the home, taught there by precept and exam ple, aud the lesson seconded in the public schools. If a boy is proper ly trained at home he will never be found in a poolroom be it ever so decent - He will naturally find some more profitable way of amus ing himself during spare moments than in a poolroom. The Tribune will not at this time discuss the merits or demerits of the poolroom, the gambling hell, and other places of ill-repute. It is sufficient to say that they exist because of a demand for them and, alas, that demand is largely creat ed in the home. In Pearson there is no poolroom, gambling hell, movie picture show, or estoblishment of like character to entice the young, the idle and the vicious boy or girl. The gen eral sentiment of the citizens are against them; aud the Tribune is glad it is so; for some of the boys and girls in the city are not as carefully trained as they should be aud to which training they are entitled. These conditions leads the Trib une to say the time is ripe in Pear son and Atkinson county for the parents to look more closely after the proper training of their child ren. The exhortation of Solomon, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it,” is as true today as when they were first ut tered. Correct parental training will effectually dispose of the pool room and other places of doubtful moral inlluenee. Intermediate B.Y.P.U. Program Subject—The Land of the Book. Group No. 1 in charge. 1. The new patriotism—Evelyn White. 2. The land God gave His people —Athwert Skipper. 3. The Eye of History—Clarence Lockliear. 4. The Five Physical Features of Palestine —Doris Adams. 5. Visiting the Land —Laura Hargreaves. 6. Scripture reading —Evadelle White. Civil Service Examinations. The postoffice department has issued notice of civil service ex aminations on July 17 for post masters at the following third class postoffices in South Georgia: Arlington, Baxley, Boston, Dorald sonville, Metter, Perry, Plains and Rich land. On July 18 examinations will be held for postmasters in the follow' ing second class postoffices in South Georgia: Bainbridge, Douglas, Fort Valley. Montezuma, Quitman and Waycross. This means that new appoint ments are to be made wherever it will be to the interest of the dom inant party in creating a white republican party in the state. Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson. PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30,1922 BIG MORMON CONFERENCE. Held at Axson, Ga., June 16, 17, 18, 1922. The semi-annual sessions of the Florida Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ o f Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) were here at Ax son, June 16, 17, 18th. “Little Utah,” as Axson and vicinity is known, was crowded with people who had come to hear the Mor mons preach. Among the features of the con ference were the dinners served Saturday and Sunday on the ground. In which the live hun dred people present received a material feast which compared favorably with the spiritual feasts enjoyed in the meetings. And the two open air meetings which were held to better accommodate the large crowd present Saturday and Sunday nights. six SESSIONS. Six general sessions of the con ferenee were held Saturday and Sunday; President Willis of the Florida Conference presiding. The principal speakers and visi tors present were President Chas. A. Callis of the Southern States Mission, two lady missionaries from Atlanta, Ga., and sixteen Elders from the west. President Callis was the principal speaker at all the sessions. Among the subjects treated by him were: “What it costs to serve Christ and what it costs not to serve him,” and “the resurrection," in which he explained the Mormon belief in a literal resurrection, and brought forth the Bible proofs dealing with the subject. He saitl that any theory which teaches against tin 1 mission of Jesus Christ and His atonement is not of God. During the sessions Sunday he made a plea for more respect of law aud order, warns the people against the prevalent evils of to day, including the late joyriding, unchaperoned parties and Sabbath breaking. President Callis said "The Family is the Unit of the Na tion, and that if something is not done to combat the growing evil of race suicide, the high standard of living, the high civilization of our great commonwealth will de cay and crumble to pieces as Rome. Greece and other civilizations of the past have done.” He says that the message of Mormonism to the world is to come up higher, and made an eloquent appeal for better and purer living. To teach and in struct the children in the home the true principles of living while they arc young. The traveling Elders dealt on the fundamentals of Mormonism: Faith, repentance, and baptism by immersion for the remission ot sins, and the laying on of bands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. They brought out the need of more light on the gospel as taught and brought forth by Jesus Christ and showed that it was because of this need that God raised up Joseph Smith, that he might again establish the church upon the earth with the authority to minis ter the saving ordinance of the gospel, and to organize the church which is founded upon Apostles and Prophets. They said that Martin Luther and John Wesley and the other reformers were in spired of God to fight for religious freedom, and prepare the world for what was to come later. It w r as brought out that Mor monism stands for eternal truths enunciated by our Lord and Savior. Among them are the existence of a living God. The pre-existence of our spirits before taking up our mortal body, the placing of man upon the earth to undergo the ex periences of an intermediate state. The transgression and fall of Adam. The need of a redeemer to save Thoughtless Legislation. There is some latter day legisla tion that is producing more harm than good and, therefore, is serv ing no helpful purpose. Among these is what is known as the labor contract law. It was the intention of the legislature to provide protection for the employ ers of large numbers of laborers, many of whom are irresponsible and unworthy of credit, who get in debt to the employer and ab scond leaving the debt unpaid to the injury of the employer. The intention of this law was good but its operation is bad. The employ ee leaves in debt; the employer swears out a warrant against him charging a misdemeanor; he is ar rested and brought before a court of inquiry where all sorts of legal legerdemain is brought in play to collect the debt or put the ofiend er in the chaingang, and some times these warrants are used to secure a legal contract/ with the employee, who makes the contract in order to be released from custo dy and returns to his employer practically a peon. Many of these cases reach the trial courts and costs the county more money in disposing of them than it would take to pay the amount of indebt edness involved. This law should be repealed aud the employer set tle upon some business principles in dealing wit h his employes. Another bit of thoughtless legis lation is that known as the “bad check” law, which has recently linen declared, by the courts of nisi piius, as being unconstitution al and void. It is stated that the present legislature will be asked to remedy if possible the defect in the law. For the reason that the law is used by the creditor class to oppress the debtor class, the legislature should let it remain where the court has placed it. The creditor insists that the debtor give a check, payable the day after his employer is supposed to pay his salary; something intervenes to prevent payment, a warrant is issued and the debtor arrested aud haled into court at a cost to the county of far more than the amount of the little old spurious check. It would pay the county better to pay the creek than to have the matter lodged in her courts. In the administration of these two laws it is too often the case that the prosecutors perjure them selves in the effort to convict the defendant and relieve themselves of paying the costs fora malicious prosecution —a prosecution with out probable or reasonable cause. mankind from that fail and His providing of a definite plan which by obedience too, man may obtain a remission of sins. The establish ment of the church in his time. The falliug away from the simple principles as taught by Christ to the extent that the authority was taken from the earth and the re establishment of the church in these the latter days. The conference ended with a plea that the world would judge Mormonism by its fruits. That they would lay aside prejudice and tradition and not judge its teachings aud principles before they knew what Mormonism stands for. That error and faith built upon false and weak structure doesn’t have the sturdy growth or the wholesome fruitage as mani fested by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The attendance was very grati fying to those in charge and the in terest manifested by the large number of visitors present shows that Mormonism is gaining many friends in the Florida Conference. Subscribe for the Tribune; quit borrowing from your neighbor. EDITORIAL OPINIONS. The Brethren are Discussing a Number of Live Topics. There is no reason in the world why there should not lx* hundreds of fine dairy herds in South Geor gia where now there are dozens. There is no reason why this section should send its good money into other sections for butter that is no better than we can and do produce here at home. Fine and cheap pasturage, and pasturage that lasts through practically t h e whole year, gives South Georgia an ad vantage that ought to be capitaliz ed, and will be capitalized as creameries multiply and better markets for milk and crcani are provided.—Albany Herald. Some parents make a big mis take. They bring their children up as hot house plants. They are continually kept indoors, are sel dom allowed the companionship of other children, aud are denied that life in the open that puts red blood into human veins. Years later, when they develop weak or ab normal minds, or show a lack of capacity for success in the world of affairs, their deficiencies become a handicap and a source of grief to the parents, who could have pre vented such a condition had they adopted the right course in the beginning. The sun shines for little children as well as for adults. Let them enjoy it to the full ex tent if you would have them justi fy the love and devotion you be stow upon them. —Dawson News. The New Bethel Dots. Little Gussie and Ruth Corbitt spent a few days with their broth er the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fussell spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Fussed. Miss Cleo Guldens has returned home after a week’s visit to her cousins, the Misses Clara aud Stella Fussell. Mr. aud Mrs. Son Corbitt and Miss Clara Fussell spent Sunday at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. J. L Murray at Pearson. Miss Jessie Corbitt spent Friday with friends in the Live Oak com munity, and attended the revival meeting Friday and Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Corbitt aud daughter, Jessie, and son, Palmer, and Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Barnes, attended the revival at Live Oak Friday night. They say the ser mon was both interesting and help tul. Mrs. Lamar Corbitt’s relatives sprang quite a surprise on her Sunday, when her mother and brother from Homerville arrived, accompanied by a sister she had not seen in fourteen years. She had for her guest also a cousin from Homerville and seven rela fives form Lakeland, Fla. No doubt they enjoyed every moment of their short visit. Dosh & Sobin. The Axson News. Mr. and Mrs. John Wall had for their guest last week little Miss Eloise Keaton. Mrs. C. D. King and Miss Eva King spent Saturday night with Mrs. Belle Gillis, aud enjoyed their visit very much. Mr. C. E. Stewart will open up his new store this week with a supply of new goods. His friends wish him much success. Misses Emmie and Ha Wall walked to the home of Miss Cor inne Griffis and spent the week. They report a nice time. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wall and their little girl, Ruth, spent Satur day and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Keaton. There will be regular services held at Mt. Zion next Saturday and Sunday. We have a grand old man for pastor. Everybody invited to hear him. Misses Emmie Wall, Corinne Griffis. Johnnie Gillis, Eva King, Miranda Cowart, Pansy and Lillie Gaskins and Messrs. George, Leon, Olin aud Stokes Gillis and Ken $1.50 A YEAR New Officers Elected. The B. Y. P. U., last Sunday ev ening, affirmed the nomination of officers to serve the ensuing six mouths, as made by the committee on nominations, viz: President, Lonnie D. Pearson. Vice President, Ferrell McNeal. Corresponding Secretary, W. J. Tyler. Recording Secretary, Clarence M. James. Treasurer, Bessie Moore. Librarian, Mrs. J. S. Morris. Pianist, Eugenia Allen. Chorister, J. O. White. Captain Group No. 1, Jessie Sutton. Captain Group No. 2, Iva Cor bett. Quiz leader, Mrs. Leon A. Har greaves. 666 quickly relieves Colds, Con stipation, Biliousness and Head aches. A Fine Tonic. neth Cowart went over and sur prised Mr. Cribb Saturday night and had a jolly old time dancing. There was a young man on board the Dixie Flyer Monday morning who was ilirting with a certain Axson girl and lost his bat. Look out, hoys, hold to your hats! A crowd of men and women started out for a joy ride and the driver ran into a sapling and spil led the whole bunch and now several are seriously wounded. And drunkenness was the cause of it all. The Axsqii Sunday-School is giving a picnic today. Everybody is invited to go to the Red Bluff creek bridge and bring a basket of refreshments. Lemonade and din ner will be served. Hope the school will continue to improve. Be sure to attend the Sunday- School every Sunday afternoon at 3:30, at the church building which has been entirely remodeled. It is nearer and more convenient than the school building, and it is hoped the attendance will be much better. Three Sisters. The Willacoochee News. Dr. and Mrs. George Gray mo tored to Nashville Monday. Miss Willie Mae Joiner is spend ing awhile with relatives in Vida lia. Miss Ida Griffin is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs- E. A. Carver. Miss Johnson of Broxtcn is the guest of Miss Alice Faulk near Lelialou. Miss Iva Corbitt was the attrac tive visitor of Miss Melba Corbitt last week. Elder T. I). Cox gave two very inspiring sermons Sunday morning and evening. The Misses Jones of Quitman are attractive visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ladson. Misses Sarah Brakefield and Ed na Newberu are the attractive guests of Miss Marie Corbitt. Mr. John S. Burns of Waycross and Mrs. Charles E. Stewart of Axson were visitors here Monday. Miss Ida Mae George returned Monday, after attending the State B. Y. P. U. convention in Athens. The Misses Linder and Ethel Turner have returned from their sight-seeing trip to New York aud other points of interest. Misses Leola Gaskins, Bertha Lee Brewlon and Mr. Clifton Neu gent attended the Epworth League conference in Mcßae last week. The B. Y. P. U. held its regular meeting Sunday night with tho Senior and Intermediate combined, group one in charge, after which a report was given by the delegate who attended the Slate B. Y. P, U. Convention. The W. M. S. of the Baptist church met Monday afternoon at the church. Devotional by Mrs. L. W. Sum merlin. Reading an article on the model church by Miss Mae Hammond. Business discussed. Dismissed by Mrs. R. R. Folsom. PJJP Cures Malaria, Chills, hhh Fever, Bilious Fever, Colds and LaGrippe.
