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PEARSONftTRiBUNE
VOL B—NO. IT
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL
Short Stories About People and
Things of Interest.
Hon. Warren K. Dickerson, down
in Clinch county, is having a lone
some race for senator to represent
the Fifth district in the General
Assembly of 1923 4.
Hr. Claude F. Hanlon, late of
the Lanier County News, was in
Pearson Wednesday of last week
and made the Tribune a pop call.
Yes, he looks like his daddy, acts
like his daddy and is very near as
good as his daddy. He didn’t
articulate about his future.
Messrs. John M. Dame and
Folks Huxford are measuring their
popularity with the people of
Clinch county to determine which
of them will represent her in the
legislature. Both are nice young
men, gallant and attractive, and
would represent the county all
right.
Editor Dan. G. Bickers, of the
Savannah News, has returned from
his vacation, and his departments
of the paper are brighter than ever
before. The country folks have
missed him sure enough. The
Tribune trusts his vacation was a
pleasant one, and he feels the bet
ter for it.
Senator Dan Wall has it in for
Jim Holomou, of the Atlanta Con
stitution, for scattering it abroad
that he had been stricken with
paralysis. Dan was home sick and
as soon as he came home and
breathed a little South Georgia
ozone he was ready to go back and
finish the session.
Former United States Senator
Janies K. Vardeman will have to
run in a second primaries against
former Congressman Hubert I).
Stephens to determine which shall
occupy the seat in the United
State’s senate now occupied by
Senator John S. Williams, who
will retire at the end of his term.
Bishop John C. Kilgo, of the
Southern Methodist church died
last Thursday at his home in
Charlotte, N. C. His illness dates
back to the General Conference,
held in Oklahoma. He was car
ried to his home and gradually
grew w’orse until the end. The
funeral and interment occurred
Saturday—when Bishop Chandler,
of Atlanta, officiated.
The legislative line-up in Cook
county is now complete. The
qualified candidates are .1. If. Ken
non ami .1. T. Rowan for the Sen
ate and J. S. Jones and G. D.
Lovett for the House. They are
all firstclass citizens and the dis
trict and county will be well re
presented it matters not which
are elected, but somehow the Trib
one leans a little to Rowan and
Lovett, and would like to see them
strut around in the garb of legis
lators.
Mr. Charlie Minshew went to
Sandersville Tuesday of last week
and became a member of the pitch
ing staff of that city’s ball team.
He was sent in against Sparta on
Wednesday and after pitching two
innings faultlessly he had to be
retired to satisfy the Spartans and
keep them in the game. The
stranger from South Georgia han
dled the sphere so dexterously it
gave them a fright.
Mrs. M. E. Hendry, wifeof Vice-
President Hendry of the National
Bank of Tifton is dead. She was
a sister of Mr. George E. Mc-
Cormick. a former employee of the
Tribune, and was well known
throughout.this section —at Hazle
hurst, Douglas, Fitzgerald. Ocilla.
She was a woman of culture and a
lovable disposition, and her many
friends mourn her departure. She
died in a sanitarium in Atlanta.
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South and the Negro.
The desertion of the Negro by
the Republican party has awaked
new interest in that race by South
ern whites. Notwithstanding the
estrangement of the Negro at the
close of the Civil War, and the
consequent bitterness which grew
out of it, there has been and still
remains a tenderness in the hearts
of a vast majority of Southern
white people for the Negro —the
descendants of former slaves, and
they stand for their protection aud
advancement in those things that
will make t heir freedom and citi
zenship real. There must be re
stored confidence between the
races before such conditions can
be realized.
The thinking people of the
South have reached the eonculsion
that now is the opportune time to
extend help toward their educa
tional and industrial growth. Sep
arated from those Republican pro
pagandist, who took pleasure in
poisoning their minds and leading
them toward unattainable goals,
the uncorrupted and unspoiled
Negro is ready to receive Southern
instruction and agl in their devel
opment. The restoration of con
fidence between the Negro and the
Southern white man can bean
accomplished fact now that they
have been ruthlessly cut loose
from those who beguiled them in
the early years of their emancipa
tion.
Just now the so-called "Negro
problem” is perhaps more serious
than ever, and will continue until
an adjustment of the situation
can be arranged; the process may
be slow, but it w ill come and with
it happiness and prosperity.
The Macon Telegraph, discussing
this momentous subject, asserts
that "Perhaps no people have ever
been confronted with more serious
problem than confronts the whole
white people and the best element
of the negro race in the South.
We are allowing to burn instead
of putting out fires that threaten
to get beyond our control. Edu
cation and Christianity must come
to the rescue, and there is no time
to lose.”
The Telegraph states the rela
i ionship existing:
“The negro did not leave his
original home in Africa on his
own free will; he was forcibly per
suaded to come to America. We
of the South settled him here and
made him a part of our household,
and looked after him as we did
our children as regards proper
training. He is still a part of our
household, although the status of
legal ownership has departed, and
the white people of the South are
as responsible for this race of peo
ple as they are for their own child
ren. If one neglects his children
in the matter of training, he will
surely reap what he has sown and
pay for the neglect; and the same
holds good as regards that part of
our household, the negro. The
murders that occur on the part of
members of the negro race consti
tute no more than the punishment
that the Southern white people
must bear for neglecting “child
ren” that are in dire need of
better attention and guidance.”
The Telegraph also suggests the
remedy: “Jf wre did our duty,
there would be a compulsory short
course training school in the
smallest village and the largest
city, conducted directly by South
ern white people, with white in
structors. to give to the negro
youth that training and instruc
tion, that basic enlightenment
which every race —and this race
especially—so needs in the business
of life. Not, however, that the
negro teachers would be excluded;
there would be more of them. The
negro educators and ministers have
saved the situation as it is, as upon
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEAIISON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. AVGUST 25. 1922
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from All Sections of
South Georgia.
The boud issue of $30,000 to re
build the Stewart couuty court
house. which was burned some
time ago, has been validated. Work
on the new building will begin as
soon as the bonds are sold.
There is a disturbance over in
Irwin county over the purging of
the registration lists. From the
newspaper cards being published,
dealing in inerimnations, it is be
ginning to look unfortunate that
charity does not prevail to a great
er extent.. It is hoped the gentle
men will consider their ways and
let their anger cool off.
Lowndes county entered into
competition with the bidders for
building twelve miles of paved
road in that county connecting
the city with the Florida line, be
ing a part of the National High
way, and won the job at the cost
of $129,197.31, or a little more
than $10,500 per mile. No profits
were figured into her bid.
It is told that a number of
Lowndes county farmers around
llahira had made applications for
money from long Joan concerns,
thought they would supply them
selves while the getting was good,
hut their tobacco crops have
brought them all the money they
needed, and now they are cancell
ing their applications for loans
from the Loan Companies.
Failure to maintain order charge,
before Mayor Cowart and the Bo
lice Committee of Way cross, has
caused a general shake-up of the
police force of that city. Kidnap
ping and beating up people has
occurred frequently in the city
since the strike began and nobody
arrested, or cases made against
anyone, is the causes of the officers
being dismissed.
Nahunta, down in Brantly coun
ty, is planning a big day on Sep
tember 2nd. The speakers will be
Hon. Clifford Walker, candidate
for governor; Hon. John W. Quin
cey, candidate for judge of the
Waycross judicial circuit, and lion.
Joe B. Strickland, one of the can
didates for the legislature from
Brantley county. There will be
something good to eat at noon and
amusements galore in the after
noon.
The “Nantabala Farm,” is one of
the most picturesque points in
Liberty county. It is owned by
George M. Brown, a brother of Ex-
Governor Joseph M. Brown, and
he has perhaps the largest hog
ranche in the State. The farm is
located on Colonel’s Island, near
Dorchester, on Midway river, and
near the eastern prong of the Dix
ie Highway, and many travelers
on the highway visit the farm as a
place of great interest, and an
object lesson in hog raising.
To add to the industrial unrest
at Waycross an attack was made
upon the Atlantic Coast Line shops
in that city Wednesday night of
last week. Jt is stated. Two ex
plosions, believed to have been
caused by dynamite, and a perfect
fusilade of shots, both in thedirec
tion of the shops, brought the rail
road police, city police, the county
sheriff and a detachment of the
military to the scene in quick
time. They found signs of the
fusilade, but no clue to who were
the guilty parties. It occurred
about 11:45 at night aud, whether
guilty or not, it will reflect no
credit upon the men who are out
on strike.
their shoulders has fallen the
burden of guiding the race. But
a sufficient show of interest on the
part of the white people, an inter
est openly manifest, is lacking,with
resulting disasters that Georgia
has almost lead other states in
suffering.”
Candidates for Commissioner.
The Bill of Representative Cor
bett and Senator Wall, which be
came a law before the close of the
legislature just past, provides that
each militia district of Atkinson
county shall elect its own member
of the Board. Hence, voters will
not be permitted to vote for any
candidate for Commissioner save
one of those announced from his
own district.
The new law also provides that
all candidates for County Commis
sioner in Atkinson county must
be freeholders —that is must have
a fee simple title to a tract of land,
even if it be but a small one. The
new law has created some con
fusion among the candidates who
announced prior to its passage, but
as the Tribune is informed that
all the candidates are freeholders
there is no reason for further con
fusion or friction. The candidates
—Messrs. Minchew, Cowart and
Mathews in the Axson district;
Douglas, Maneil and Sutton in
the Pearson district, McCranic and
Peterson in the Willacoochee dis
trict —are all gentleman of high
character, and so far as the Trib
one is advised are qualified under
the law to make the race and hold
l he office.
It is only nineteen days to the
primary election, when the voters
must make choice between the
candidates of their district, and
the Tribune feels sure that each
votin' will go to the polls and cast
his or her vote for the candidate
whom they conscientiously believe
is the most competent to fill the
office to the best interest of the
county as a whole. All personal
considerations should be layed
aside and the county’s best inter
ests given a “square deal” in your
ballot.
Cows Cotton Grower Friend
Beginning with 1918, each year
has been a long step ahead for H.
B. Goodson of Florence. S. C., a
locality where the cattle tick has
been eradicated. Here arc the
steps, year by year:
1918 — Raising cotton and tobac
co and enough corn to feed the
mules. In the fall he had a 20-
acre patch of fine rye for a cover
crop, but it looked too good to be
left uneaten. So he borrowed
money at the bank and bought a
few cows with the idea of fatten
ing them and putting them on the
market in December or January.
But, unexpectedly, three of the
cows dropped calves. They proved
to be fairly good milkers and he
started selling the milk to a dis
tributing plant in a town near by.
In the spring he bought 4 more
grades, bringing the total up to 7.
1919 — Continued milking the 7
cows. In the fall 7 more grades
were added at prices ranging from
$35 to $65 a head.
1920 — Some of the neighbors
had bought Guernseys which were
much superior to the cows of the
locality. In February, Mr. Good
son bought 3 purebred cows, and
at a sale in March he bought 2
more.
1921 — This year the manure
showed its value in building up
the soil. On a field that had been
treated with 5 loads to the acre,
with 50 pounds of nitrate of soda
at the last plowing, corn produced
55 bushels to the acre. Previous
ly 35 bushels had been a good yield
on this land.
1922 — This year the fields that
have been receiving manure will
make 3 to 1 over fields that have
not been manured.
But the whole story is not that
of increase in soil fertility brought
about by keeping cows. Mr. Good
son now has a herd of 12 purebred
Guernseys, 10 cows and 2 bulls.
Last December he sold a bull calf
to a bull association in the State
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Brethren are Discussing a
Number of Live Topics.
That idea advanced by the
Echols county conscientious ob
jectors to the dipping law is not
an original one —all of us would
obey the laws if they were amend
ed to suit our own personal ideas
and convenience.—Tifton Gazette.
An authority says that Georgia
is importing annually 300,000,000
pounds of im%t, that we are rais
ing only a small per centage of
what we eat. As long as this eon
ditiou prevails we need not expect
prosperity. Truly there is need
for a real hog and hominy cam
paign.—Ocilla Star.
Another jolt for the taxpayers.
They are going to investigate the
high express rates. There are
many big grafts, but one of the
biggest is the American Railway
Express Company, and for a num
ber of years the people have been
actually robbed in express charges.
—Dawson News.
That committee which stated
that Brunswick was a commercial
cemetery, have no doubt, found
that they were wrong. The people
of Brunswick are progressive, but
even though they were not, it does
not behoove state officials to make
such ungentlemanly remarks. But
it must be remembered that Gover
nor Hardwick was on this commit
tee and Savannah’s voting capacity
is far ahead of Brunswick’s. —Na-
irn nta Banner.
The shopmen’s strike up to to
day has resulted in a large num
ber of worthy men being out of
employment for seven weeks, many
to remain out; many have become
soured and hardened and some of
them criminals. The whole organ
ization has lost ground, in morale
if not in morals, and no one has
profited but the kid-glove gentry
who have continued to draw their
fat salaries and watch the struggle
from afai —Valdosta Times.
The most patient man in the
country is the farmer. The sea
sons may be against him for mak
ing a good crop and the prices he
obtains for that he does make may
be swallowed up by exhorbitant
transportation charges, but he goes
on the even tenor of his way with
out thought of striking or wreak
ing- vengeance on any one. Sup
pose the fanners of this country
decided to go on a strike for one
year and produce just enough food
stuff for their own families, what
a great howl would go up and
what suffering would ensue! After
all, the farmer is the most patriotic
man of all and with more regard
for his fellow man than nearly any
other class of people-—Adel News.
for $250. He is keeping another
bull calf for which he was offered
$750.
“Besides producing direct re
turns,” says Mr. Goodson, “my
cows by supplying me with a
regular income, enabled me to
hold my cotton crop until the
price went up. I have raised most
of my own feed, and as a result
keeping cows has meant little out
lay in money except for the animals
themselves. In the fall of 1819, I
sold my farm and have been rent
ing since that time. I am now
buying another farm and expect to
build a silo soou.
“In the spring of 1919, I was
getting 11 cents a point for each
per cent, of butterfat per gallon of
milk —about 50 cents a gallon —
and for 125 days 7 cows brought
me sl2 a day. Prices for milk
and butterfat are lower now, but
they are high euough to make
dairying profitable.”
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Hardwick or Walker.
The Bulloch Times, whose editor
is a careful and logical dissector of
persons and things, has this to say
of the respective merits of the two
gubernatorial candidates. Read
what he has to say:
“We have tried to find something
tangible in his favor, and have fail
ed. He proclaims that he has tak
en the State out of debt and placed
it on a sound basis. But has he?
The State was behind something
like two million dollars. It had
an annual income from the rental
of the State road approximating
half a million dollars. He procur
ed an advance payment of five
year’s rental and paid up the press
ing obligations. Then he fathered
a scheme to put a tax on gasoline
for five years to replace the income
he had discounted. If it is states
manship to collect in advance the
rents annually due the State, and
permit a discount of hundreds of
thousands of dollars on the trans
action, then Governor Hardwick is
entitled to class himself as a states
man. He has talked much alioufc
safe and sound financiering —pay
as you go —but if he has brought
any results from his talk, we are
still looking for the results.
“Having considered these things
about Governor Hardwick, we find
ourselves looking for something to
approve in Clifford Walker. We
find that his record is one of mod
est Christian service to his people
and his State. While Tom Hard
wick iu the United States senate
was obstructing Wilson’s war meas
ures, we remember Cliff Walker
was giving his personal efforts
throughout Georgia, sparing not
time nor expense in behalf of his
country. We find him loyal iu
every word and deed, building in
stead of destroying where bis coun
try needed builders.
"Some of Cliff Walker’s enemies
say he is not a strong man. We find
that whatever strength he has, is
for the right. He hasn’t promised
much, and if elected possibly would
not do so much; few men do as
much as they promise—few men
intend to do all they promise.
Hardwick’s friends of two years
ago charged that he has done very
little he promised then. We are
not condemning him for what he
has failed to do; but we cannot
bring ourselves to forget the things
he did before he went in.”
How Elder O’Steen Died.
From the Metter Advertise**.
Rosemary church, in the north
ern part of Candler county, last
Saturday was selected by grim
visaged Death as the place for
ending the labors in the pulpit for
forty five years of Elder J. A.
O’Steen of Nichols, Coffee county,
who succumbed to what is believed
to have been an attack of heart
disease at about two o’clock in the
afternoon.
The regular meeting of the
Alabaha association, with several
visiting ministers and delegates in
attendance, was in session, Elder
B. A. Thornton of Brantley couuty
having delivered the morning ser
mon and Elder O’Steen following
in a discourse of fervor and power
from the text, “Go ye into all the
world and preach the gospel to
every creature. Toward the close
of his discourse, the preacher bow
ed his head and exclaimed, “I’m
give out,” falling backward and
calling on those nearby for help.
Elder Thornton and Elder Bryant
of Bacon county threw their arms
around the stricken man and assist
ed him to the floor, applying first
aid, under the impression that the
preacher had fainted. After a
brief struggle and a gasp or two.
it was seen that death had come,
and Elder O’Steen’s body was
tenderly laid on the floor of the
pulpit to which he had devoted
the larger portion of bis life.