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PEARSON® TRiBUNE
VOL B—NO. 2 4
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL
Short Stories About People and
Things of Interest.
Mr. O. R. Brown, formerly of
Willaeoocliee, has located at Home
stead, Fla., and engaged in the
mercantile business. The Trib
uue's guess is that Willacoochee
has lost a good citizen. But such
is the happenings in this world of
change.
Another old friend of the editor’s
youth, Hon. James W. Strickland,
has passed away, at his home in
Wayeross. The editor knew him
in Blacksbear in the early eighteen
seventies. He was a Christian
man then, a member of the Metho
dist church, and he died in the
triumph of the Christian’s faith.
Hon. W. C. Lankford, the Kiev
enth district congressman, is at
his home in Douglas He was a
member of the Watson funeral es
t ort and stopped off at Thomson to
attend the funeral and interment.
He will be in attendance upon At-
kinson superior court on the fourth
Monday and will probably address
the citizens of the county during
the noon hour.
Judge Warren 1\ Ward, of Doug,
las, purposely failed to qualify in
the race for Pension Commissioner.
He very wisely decided that the
time was too short too make a
satisfactory race before the people.
Then he did not have the bank ac
count to secure proper publicity.
The time has arrived when “If you
haven’t the money you can’t run
for office in Georgia.”
Hon. If. J. Quincey, who has
been a resident of Oeilla and en
gaged in the practice of law, has
fully decided to become a resident
West Palm Beach, Fla. lie, at
one time, before he began the prac
tice of law, taught school in Pear
son and measured up well as a ped
agogue, up well as a
lawyer and the- Tribune wishes
him well in his new home.
Judge G. H. Howard of Colum
bus has withdrawn from the race
fo! United State s senator and will
i- |> eleel Judge Walter F. George.
Judge Howard makes the sacrifice
of his own ambition for the good
of Georgia. He has loomed up the
past two years as one of the really
strongmen of the State, and In
will reai> a generous reward In the
<-ar future. He is a one hundred
er cent. Georgian.
Hon. John F. Stone, former
traveling agent of the Savannah
Morning News, who has as occasion
offered given his services freely in
the interest of this section of Geor
gia, is now a candidate for Pen
sion Commissioner and here is an
opportunity for this people to do
Mm a good torn October 17th
Vote for John F. Stone for Pension
Commissioner. He is competent,
and perfectly clean in every re
sped liis policy is to do the
right thing regardless of conse
quences.
The Tribune editor regrets ex
i-eedingly to hear of the sudden
death of Mr. Henry L Gray, tin
well known lumber man and broi ti
er of Hon. B. B. Gray of Pine
bloom. Atkinson county. He has
been engaged in the saw mill huG
ness at Chiefland. near Gainesville,
for a number of years, but his res
dence was in Gainesville, where
the funeral took place. He is well
remembered in this section of
country. Besides bis immediate
family he is survived by two
brothers and one sister —B. B.
Gray of Pinebloom, and C. F.
Gray, of Jacksonville, and Mrs.
Helen Boykin of Camden. Mr.
Gray was a ehristain gentleman, a
devout member of the Methodist
church, and a man whom every
body confided in as a brother ra
ther than a stranger.
Dr. G. W. Riley’s Letter.
The following information given
to the people of Coffee applies as
well to the people of Atkinson
county, therefore the Tribune re
produces it from the Douglas En
ter nrise:
To Citizens and Cattle Owners of
Coffee County:
There are daily requests receiv
ed by this office relative to the
status of Tick Eradication work in
and on the county line. In order
to convey the true condition of af
fairs to the bulk of the cattle own
ers in the shortest possible time
1 have asked the local papers to
publish this article.
In March of the present year all
the adjoining counties that had
not finished dipping took up the
work in earnest, in order to help
those who lived on the line and
who had cattle grazing back and
forth the Commissioners of this
county put in operation ail the
vats along those county lines where
ticks had shown up on the first
dip, wonderful results were attain
ed and with the staunch support
received from the cattle owners
the work is just about completed,
however, if any let up is made and
the cattle should become infested
with small mite ticks to carry over
the winter then our work is seri
ously interrupted. We therefore
intend dipping during October and
and November, once in December
and once in January. Of course
the winter weather will have a
tendency to interrupt from time
to time but on extremely cold days
the dip can be postponed until a
warm day. You will be notified
when to discontinue driving your
cattle, and I wish also to advise
that it is wrong to ask the local
inspector to excuse you or to tell
him your cow can’t be found be
cause by law he is held responsible
for the regular disinfection of the
cattle in the territory to which he
is assigned. Rlacing of cattle in
pastures and fields does not excuse
or exempt them from dipping.
After getting the territory free
from ticks it is necessary to incul
cate some method to prevent tick
infested animals being brought in
to the clean area, which would in
a very short time cause the cattle
owners to do tlx- entire work over
again. The state law requires
that if a person wishes to move
any cattle or bovine stock, that
the Inspector shall be notified and
after inspection or dipping if the
animals or animal is found tick
free an Official Permit can and
will be issued, this permit is given
free of charge. Any animal found
being moved within, into or
through this county without an
Official Permit said animals will
be placed under quarantine, held
14 days at owners expense, and
after the second dipping an Offici
al Permit wilt be given, ft is
every ones duty to prevent illegal
movement of cattle, which is the
cause for the work that is now he
ing carried on in Coffee County.
Thanking you for your past un
tiring cooperation and assuring
you that any advise or help 1 can
give within the bounds of the fiscal
regulations will be a pleasure.
Respectfully,
G. W. Riley.
Severs Criticism.
Some Georgia newspapers are
severe in their criticism of Gov.
Hardwick in his selection of a tem
porary successor to Senator Watson
The Athens News says that Mrs.
W. H. Felton is not a representa
tive Georgia woman, and that no
representative Georgia woman —
as is Mrs. Watson to whom it was
first offered —would never have
accepted the place. There was no
necessity of appointing anyone to
this empty honor, and the govern
or used it solely for the political
advantage it might bring to him.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER i;t. 1922/
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Brethren are Discussing a
Number of Live Topics.
Sunday observance along sane
lines must be encouraged. No
one who has the interest of his
community at heart is going to
argue in favor of or do anything
to promote Sabbath desecration.
And yet sensible people realize
that there is such a thing as going
to extremes. —Dawson News.
It is strange that the people
who pay the least generally grum
ble the most about taxes being so
high. While some of them pay
nothing. True, brother, true. We
heard of a man who moved to
town to educate six children and
grumbled at six dollars taxes. A
dollar a year a head. Something
awful. —Cornelia Enterprise.
There is actually some fellow in
nearly every district of nearly
every county with a soul so dead
that he fears the local paper man
would got immensely rich if he
should spend three cents a week
subscription to the paper. Yet he
spends about ten cents a week for
sole leather going to a neighbor’s
to borrow it, besides 25c worth of
bis valuable time and 50c worth of
his neighbor’s patience who week
ly complies with his request for
the privilege of reading his copy.
—Hamilton Journal.
In the recent primary election
our neighboring county of Clinch
did herself proud by electing Folks
Huxford to the lower house of the
next General Assembly, lie is out
friend —a brilliant writer and a
profound student of the early his
tory of South Georgia. Several
years ago he wrote a history of his
county, which is the best local
history ever published in Georgia,
and now is engaged in editing the
South Georgia Genealogical and
Historical Quarterly, a magazine
devoted to the things its title sug
gests. —St. Marys Georgian.
It would appear, according to
affidavits alleged to have been
made in Ceffee county in regard to
crooked work carried on during
the recent campaign for the judge
ship, that the grand jury will not
be doing its duty if a number of
indictments are not secured. It
seems that money, whiskey and
all manner of stuff was used in the
purchasing of votes. The friends
of Judge Quincey seem to know
all about it and some of his sup
porters make terrible accusations
against the people of that good
county. If there is any truth in
the charges no stone should be
left unturned by the good people
of that county to bring the violat
or.s of the law to trial. The state
laws governing elections and cor
rupt practices in elections are just
as sacred as any of the statutes.
If all the people that voted for
Judge Summerall are so bad that
they have to be disfranchised by
the county executive committee
then some wholesome prosecutions
are in order. However we do not
believe for a moment that these
people deserve any such indict
ment as that brought by this execu
tive committee. We further be
lieve that these people will resent
the infamous charges.—Blacksbear
Times.
The effect of the tobacco season
just closed was everywhere visible,
and was manifested in a general
business in all lines. Debts were
paid and business was quickened
to such an extent that there was a
feeling akin to happiness strug
gling at the business heart. With
out exeeption the whole business
community felt the thrill of it.
Without exception all agree that
the successful continuance of the
tobacco industry is vital to our
future progress. All likewise agree
that its cessation would mean the
collapse of all our hopes for the
future. —Blacksbear Times.
County Teacher's Association.
A number of the school teachers
of Atkinson county met last Satur
day, in the Pearson high school
building, and organized the Atkin
son County Teacher’s Association,
with Prof. W. B. Cornelius, prin
cipal of Pearson high school as
president, and Miss Melda Brewer,
principal of Harmony Grove school
as secretary.
These officers entered immedi
ately upon the discharge of their
duties —Prof. Cornelius presiding
over the deliberations of the meet
ing and Miss Brewer made a record
of the minutes.
Hon. John 1). Paulk, a member
of the County Board of Education,
was present and delivered to the
teachers an address wholesome and
helpful in their work in Atkinson
county. He pointed out some of
the many difficulties they would
have to encounter, as well as what
conduct would pass current with
the Board of Education. His ad
monitions were well conceived,
couched in plain and understand
able language, yet breathing a
spirit of good will and encourage
ment.
The Tribune editor entered the
room while Mr. Paulk was speak
ing and, after that gentleman had
completed bis remarks, was called
on to speak in behalf of the consoli
dation of rural schools. He said
that the consolidation of schools
were in the experimental stage in
Atkinson county, ami the project
of consolidation had its friends and
its enemies. They were lined up
according to their lack of in forma
tion and observation. lienee the
Superintendent and the Board of
Education will have to approach
the project gradually and in a way
to lessen the friction (bat will be
engendered. The speaker said it
was the duty of the teachers of the
rural schools to create a sentiment
in favor of conslidation and not be
a knocker —the benefits to arise to
any community by having a capa
cious building, and the helpful di
versions which could be brought
into the community because of
such building, would revolutionize
the social status of the community
in a short time —put it on a higher
plane—and prove a benediction in
many ways. The speaker animad
verted against the teacher who op
posed consolidation for the reason
that he or she might lose their job
with the passing of the one teacher
schools. He said such teachers
guided by selfish motives, they
taught school simply for the del
bus there was in it,, and demon
strated they had no interest in the
advancement of the pupils in his
or her charge, or the general uplift
of the community. Such teachers
should not be permitted to teach
school anywhere or under any
system. The speaker closed his
remarks by calling the teachers at
tention to the prevalent evil of
children, for the lack of home
training, of being illmanuered and
disrespectful to the older people.
It was an evil which they should
endeavor to correct in any pupil
under their charge. They should
esteem it a privilege, for one ill
natured boy or girl could give
more trouble than the balance of
the school combined.
The Teacher’s Association will
meet in Pearson once a month on
the Saturday following the first
Monday.
The annual institute will beheld
soon, probably in November, when
the State Supervisor, I. S. Smith,
and others will be present to give
direction to the institute.
The customary announcements
are being made that colleges can
not accommodate the applicants
for entrance into them. There’s
room in the old field schools for
some of the applicants, and don’t
doubt but that they could profit
by attending them and studying
the three’s a little more, anyway.
Lexington Argus.
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Gleanings from Ail Sections of
South Georgia.
Glynn county is planning to pave
that portion of the Eastern Dixie
highway, within her borders, to
ward Jacksonville, Fla.
Efforts are being made to estab
lish a syrup manufacturing plant
at Wayeross. The sugar-cane crop
in Ware county must be a large one.
Brunswick’s evening paper, The
Banner, has sold its plant to the
morning paper, The News, and
ceased publication. Brunswick
will now have but one paper.
There arc now fifteen hundred
and thirty men at work in the
Wayeross railroad shops as again? ?.
fifteen hundred and ninety four in
June when the strike went into
effect.
Thomasvillc, centrally located in
the Pecan belt of South Georgia, is
to have a pecan insect laboratory.
It is the purpose of this station is
study of the pecan, its enemies and
how to destroy them.
Mrs. Anna I). Dodge has deeded
to the Okefinokee Council Boy
Scouts a tract of t wenty-five acres
of land on St. Simons Island for an
annual camping ground, and the
deed is—a perfectly good one.
Judge Guldens, the Ordinary of
Lanier county has made an appro
priation for a Home demonstration
agent, subject to the action of the
grand jury. The federal govern
ment does’t furnish them any more.
Each county must employ their
own agent.
Tifton is to lose the splendid
services of her city Manager, Mr.
W. T. Hargrett. He goes back to
the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf rail
road as President and General
Manager, at an increased salary
and supposed to be a much more
exalted place.
The postoffice department has
discontinued the mail service on
the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic railroad between Nicholls
and Brunswick, leaving f lu 1 city of
Alma without definite mail service.
The people of Alma are indignant
and say the act is a governmental
outrage.
It is stated that, beginning with
“Georgia Products Day In 1914
and including the Central Dixie
Highway celebration of September
29, 1922, the city of Folkston has
entertained eight similar occasions
with about ten thousand people.
This fact is indicative of a wide
awake and hospitable people, and
means one get-together each year
for eight years.
At a meeting of the county exe
cutives committee of Tift, at Tif
ton last Thursday, called for hear
ing the contest instituted by N. L.
Coursey, who ran for county corn
missioner against the present
incumbent, John Branch, Branch
withdrew and asked the committee
to name Coursey. Branch’s ma
jority was claimed to be three
votes. Coursey claimed in the
Chula district lie received thirty
votes and he was only credited
with twenty, in the official vote.
The officers of the Baptist Wo
man’s Missionary Union, Mell As
sociation, are: Superintendent,
Mrs. W. M. McDonald, of Moultrie;
recording secretary, Mrs. Reid Cor
ry, of Tifton; treasurer, Mrs. R.
Eve, Tifton; chairman mission
study, Mrs. B. G. O’Berry, Willa
coochee; chairman personal service,
Mrs. W. B. Bennett, Tifton; chair
man press, Mrs. B. H. McLeod,
Tifton; secretary Tifton district,
Mrs. C. A. Christian; secretary
Sparks district, Miss Bessie Saund
ers; secretary Nashville district,
Mrs. W. H. Tygart; secretary Wil
lacoochee district, Mrs. J, D. Paulk.
s!..><) A YEAR
District Executive Committees
First District —W. C. Ilodgcs,
Liberty; A. H. Elders, Tatuall; J.
D. Clark, Mclntosh; E. B. Frank
lin, Bulloch; B. F. Joiner, Sylvania;
Mrs. J. B. Dukes, Bryan; Mrs. L.
F. Cooper, Screven.
Second District Dr. W. E.
Saunders, Arlington; Ira Carlisle,
Cairo; Moses Warren, Camilla;
Chesley Monk, Sylvester; Mrs. E.
R. Me Kenney, Arlington; Saui
Mason, Millport.
Third District —W. W. Dykes,
Americus; A. J. McDonald, Fitz
gerald: O. T. Gower, Cordele; J. D.
Oliver, Georgetown, Wade Lassiter,
\ ienna; Mrs. D. C. Ketchum, Vien
na; Mrs. J. W. 11. Harris, Jr.,
Americus.
Fourth District—Wm. B. YVors
ley, Talbottom; E. L. Dennis,
Franklin; G. W. Burnett, Carrol
ton; Clarence Mallory, Greenville;
Miss Ruth Carr, Buena Vista; Mrs.
W. L. Mcßride, Newnau.
Fifth District —J. B. Hutcheson,
Douglasville; J. E. Bodenheimer,
Decatur; C. T. Nmmally, Atlanta;
J. H. McCaw, Conyers; George W.
Seals, Atlanta; Mrs. C. R. Harvey,
Fairborn: Mrs. Edgar Alexander,
Atlanta.
Sixth District —Claude Hutchi
son, Jonesboro; Dr. C. C. Yarbrough
Macon;.!. 11. McGowan, Forsyth;
O. E. Smith, Jackson; Paul Turner,
McDonough; Mrs. J. B. Little.
Jackson; Mrs. Bruce C. Jones,
Macon.
Seventh District —John M. Van
diver, Rome; Dr. L. S. Ledbetter,
Cedartown; E. P. Dobbs, Marrietta;
Ed P. liall, Jr., Lafayette; 11. F.
Cbasteen, Marrietta; Mrs. Chas. M.
Harris, Eaton; Mrs Julia McCraney,
Dalton.
Eighth District —Dr. Luke Rob
inson, Covington; W. W. Bruner,
Washington; M. G. Bond, Cannon;
F. F. Middlebrooks, Eatonton; ,T.
T. Mitchell, Social Circle; Mrs. T.
F. Greene, Athens; Mrs. C. N. Boud,
Bowman.
Ninth District —O. A. Nix, Law
renceville; Edgar Dunlap, Gaines
ville; Fermor Barrett, Toccoa; How
ard Tate, Jasper; R. N. Holt. Law
renceville; Mrs. George 11. Jones,
Winder; Miss Catherine Dozier,
Gainesville.
Tenth District —Miller S. Bell,
Millcdgeville; B. F. Walker. Gib
son; W. 'l'. Dunaway, Lincolnton;
Patrick Roe, Augusta: C. E. Mc-
Gregor, Warrenlon; Mrs. J. Quinn,
Saudersville; Mrs. Thomas E.
YY’atson, Thomson.
For the Eleventh district —C. E.
Stewart, Axson; J. B. Dell. Hazle
hurst: J. I). Lovett. Nashville: W.
A. Jenkins, Valdosta; Dr. J. 11,
Carter, Alma; Mrs. B.G. Dickerson,
Ilomerviile; Mrs. B. S. Malone,
Pearson.
Twelfth District —A.G. William
son, Eastman; Peter S. Twitty,
Dublin; J. B. Johnson, Lyons;
Dennard Hugas, Danville; John N.
King, Rochelle; Mrs. C. 11. Kitreli,
Dublin; Mrs. R. 11. Corbett, Lyons.
Statement
Of the ownership, management,
circulation, etc., required by the
Act of Congress of August 24th,
1912, of Pearson Tribune, pub
lished weekly at Pearson, Geor
gia, for < tetober. 1922.
Name of Publisher, B. T. Allen,
Pearson, Georgia.
Editor, Managing Editor and
Business Manager, B. T. Allen.
Owner: B. T. Allen, Pearson, Ga.
That the known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security
holders owning or holding 1 per
cent or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages or other securi
ties are: None.
B. T. Allen, Editor.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this the 9th day of Oct. 1922.
T. S. Winn, N. P. A. County.
My Commission sxpire* 2 12-’23,