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PEARSON fIITRiBUNE
VOL B—NO. 30
SOUTH GEORGIA.
The Social and Material Activi
ties of Our Neighbors.
It is given out in Bacon and
Lanier county —and it seems to be
authentic and officially sanctioned
that cattle dipping will be sus
pended December 15th in those
counties.
An effort to secure a jury for the
second trial of Major Carter in
Pierce superior court failed and,
hence, a change of venue has been
granted and the trial will be had
in Wayne superior court.
At the recent regular session of
Cook superior court the business
of the court, civil and criminal,
was so well advanced, that the
calling of an extra session, as was
expected, will not be made.
The Brooks county fair, which
has just been held, is reported as
excelling all former displays of ag
ricultural products, and stock and
poultry exhibits. It must have
been a hummer.
Reporting the prolific fruitful
ness of pecan trees it is stated that
from one tree in the front yard of
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lowe, North
Monroe street, Albany, four bund
r d pounds have been gathered and
old this fall.
The people of Grady county are
building a barbed wire fence along
the Florida line to shut tick in
fested cattle from Florida out of
the county. They think it will
hasten the work of tick eradication
and the county being declared tick
free.
The authorities of Worth county
have already purchased a year's
supply of provender for public use
—four thousand bushels of corn
and one hundred tons of peavine
bay, all home raised —paying 90c
per bushel for corn and S2O a ton
lor hay.
From the general presentments
of the grand jury of Candler coun
ty one is impressed that it was
seized with a violent desire to re
(luce the county expenses and in
the doing of which they will "gain
at the spigot and lose at the bung.”
They will find it out when it will
be too late to easily rectify the
mistake
Editor Tippins, of theNahunta
lianner, fires a parting shot at
Editor Kiiey who has been üb
iivhing The Brantley County News
at Hoboken, who is preparing to
move to another field of labor. It
was "the unkindest cut of all.”
lie should have been permitted to
depart in peace. It may be the
"chickens w ill come home to roost,”
and then you’ll wish you had ap
plied the Colden Rule.
The hearing of the senatorial
contest in the four h distiict was
held in St. Marys yes erday, the
23rd There should have been no
iit'«*d for a contest. The election
nf November 7 was not a party
primary but an election open to
all citizens, regardless of party or
color. The Camden county Arnow
vr i- should have been counted for
bon, notwithstanding the result
would be to elect him over Vocelle
the nominee.
Ifni ’ it being made at Way
- to secure twenty men who
p-ive to bring into Ware
iii ity six high grade milch cattle
each The object is to test out the
cream proposition presented their
p esi-ntat ives who went to Ash
burn to secure information on the
abject With its splendid railroad
; ti s why Wayeross would not
make an eligible location for a
ii'tory where the cream from the
.s' contiguous territory could be
>nverted into a commercial article
•i>•••'-. It is far enough away
o v -ti iniru as not to affect her
judcuuy in the same line.
Planting Tree on Arbor Day.
December the First is the day
set for the annual planting of trees
in the State of Georgia; for this
reason it is called Arbor Day.
Arbor day was first observed in
1865; and was started as an annual
custom in the State of Nebraska
in 187-L By 1890 thirty-five states
had adopted it. Now r practically
every state and territory in the
United States celebrate it; some as
legal holiday, and others as a
school holiday. The exact date
varies; in the south, it is in early
winter; in the middle states, late
winter, and in the north it is early
spring.
The observance of this day is in
accord with the enactment of the
Legislature, and is celebrated by
public minded, nature loving peo
pie; especially the women's organ
izations, and school teachers and
children often with ceremonies.
F'rom the earliest time, it has
been man's instinct to seek pro
tection from trees; and civilization
has not caused him to abandon
the idea. They are a protection
in the time of cold, iu the time of
heat, in the time of drouth, and
also in the time of flood.
But how many of our people
really know how to select and
plant a tree with the assurance
that it will furnish shade and
beauty for the next generation?
The following are a few brief direc
lions for the Arbor Day tree
planter:
Assuming that it is to be used
for the school, church, or home
yard, deciduous trees are more
desirable t hati evergreens. Among
which one may choose the Water
oak, Red oak. White oak, Lotnbar
dy poplar, Red elm, Maple and
Beech, Hickory or Pecan. Choose
a straight, upright, vigorous tree,
that measures from one inch to
three inches in diameter six inches
from the ground. The smaller the
tree the more protection will be
necessary after planting, and the
longer before it will make much
shade. Dig the tree with as large
root-system as practicable, letting
as many of the small roots remain
as possible. Do not mechanically
injure the roots by breaking, split
ting or knocking the bark off, and
of course never let them become
dry. The hole should be big
enough to let the tree set two
inches deeper than it was before it
was dug, without bending or t.wist
iug the roots; and large enough to
let the lateral roots keep their
natural position without crowding.
Place the tree in the hole as if it
were a living thing, and not throw
ii in as you would an iron post.
While it is being held upright in
the center of the hole, sprinkle
fine well pulverized soil over the
roots, making it firm around the
roots with general pressure of the
foot, Do not allow rocks, clods,
sticks or any thing that would
cause large air spaces, to come in
contact with the roots; but don't
neglect to pack the fiue soil closely
around them. When the bole is
almost full, pack the soil firmly,
then quit; leaving a mound of fine
unpacked soil four inches deep
over the whole root system. Rich
soil should always be used to fill
the hole, but avoid letting strong
manure come in contact with the
roots of the tree. After it has
been set, cut the top back in pro
portion to the amount that the
roots were cut, while it was beffig
dug.
For a tree to do well you should
choose one from a soil similar to
that upon which you expect the
tree to grow. For example: do not
1 go to the river bottom to get a tree
to plant on a red hill side.
The first aim is to get the tree
to live, the next is to make it grow.
J. G. Woodroof,
Assistant Horticulturist.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1922
PURELY PERSONAL.
Short Stories About Men and
Women in the Public Eye.
Senator Walter F. George re
ceived his commission Saturday
and left iu the evening for Wash
ington, and reached his destination
Sunday evening. He was formerly
sworn iu as Georgia’s junior sena
tor Wednesday at noon, soon after
Congress had convened for the day.
Mrs. H. If. Tift and her three
sons —Henry, Willingham an d
Amos —have filed a petition in
Tift superior court seeking to be
incorporated as "The Tifton Realty
Company.” They will not only
handle their own realty but that
of others who seek their good
offices.
The Tribune learns with sincere
regret of the sudden death of Mrs.
L. L. McNeal, from heart failure,
at her home near Adel last Thurs
day. She is survived by her hus
band and several small children;
also her father, a Mr. King, and a
sistei —Mrs. John R. McNeal, of
Pearson. She was a splendid wo
man and will be greatly missed in
the community where she lived.
She had many friends in Pearson
and vicinity who will learn with
sorrow of her death.
Mr. David Harvard, a brother
in law of Mr. B. G. Oberry of VVil
lacooehee, met a sad death near
Thomasville Friday. He left Wil
lacoochee early that morning to go
to Thomasville. Later in the day
he was found dead on the Thomas
ville and Moultrie road. The body
was lying near his automobile and
his neck broken. The surround
ings would indicate that his death
was caused either from a front
wheel giving way, it being crushed,
or a collision with some other
vehicle. He was a well known
traveling salesman and made his
home in Thomasville. Mr. and
Mrs. B. G. Oberry left Saturday
morning to attend the funeral at
Cochran.
Editor R. M. Martin, of Hines
ville, is now the editor and publish
er of a string of three newspapers
—The Liberty County Herald at
Hinesville, The Long County Her
aid at Ludowici, and The Mclntosh
County Herald at Darien. Editor
Martin is an acquaintance and
friend of the Tribune editor for
thirty years, a thrifty and versatile
gentleman. He has an up-to-date
plant at Hinesville wherein the
mechanical work of his three
papers is done. He is also the
chairman of a committee from the
State Press Association charged
with the task of working out the
details of a Publisher’s mutual
fire insurance feature, having for
its object the protection of mem
bers of the association.
Hon. W. C. Lankford, the genial
member of congress from the
Eleventh district, in his Armistice
day address at Valdosta, created
a profound impression upon all
who beard him. It was a master
appeal for the sanctity and purity
of the home, which is the unit of
society and the foundation and
strength of all civilized govern
ment. He said: "No move worth
while was ever made which was
not to make homes and home
life better and happier; no law
worth its place on the stat
ute books was ever enacted
which did not mean protection
and assistance to the home life: no
army ever fought for a just cause
unless that army fought for the
homes of its men. If our homes
are pure our nation is pure and if
our homes fail and are without
the power to raise great children
to preserve our principles and in.
stilutions then our nation is rotten
at the heart and cannot endure.”
The local paper, The Valdosta
Times, printed the address in full
and it makes interesting and in
structive reading.
American Education Week.
The educators and people of
Georgia are asked to observe
American Education Week, De
cember 3rd to 9th inclusive, co
operating with the United Stales
Bureau of Education, the Ameri
can Legion and the National Edu
cetioual Association.
“The object of this week is to
focus the attention of the entire
nation upon education and to
make national sentiment for the
improvement of our schools and
the furtherance of our educational
aims.”
The program for the week will
be as follows:
Sunday, Dec. 3rd God and
Country Day
Monday, Dec. 4 th —American
Citizenship Day.
Tuesday, Dec. sth Patriot’s
Day.
Wednesday, Dec. 6th —School
and Teacher Day.
Thursday, Dec. 7th —Illiteracy
Day.
Friday, Dee. 9th, Equality of
Opportunity and Education for
American Roys and Girls Day.
Saturday, Dec. 9th —Physical
Education Day.
As State Superintendent of
Schools in Georgia, I am request
ing the active co operation of all
school officials and of all friends
of education to make this program
a success, and to joiu with the
United States Commissioner of
Education in making the program
the “biggest appeal for education
that has ever been made to the
American people.”
Very sincerely yours.
M. M. Parks,
State Superintendent of Schools.
That Senate Seat.
The liberal and courteous posi
tion of Senator Walter F. George
in proposing to withhold his ere
dentials as junior United States
senator for Georgia, for one day, if
legally admissible, in order that
Mrs. Felton, who received the ad
interim appointment, might actual
ly take the oath of office, for its
historical effect, is to be commend
ed.
When the congress convenes in
extraordinary session tomorrow it
could serve no other purpose than
the gratification of sentiment to
have this distinguished woman
from Georgia sworn in, marking as
it would an incident of historical
value and uniqueness; but it would
be an event of great concern and
of pleasing interest to millions of
women, who are now equal sharers
in the responsibilities of citizen
ship.
To that end it has been general
ly hoped that a clear and unob
structed way might be found by
which this could be done.
The question will be settled to
morrow.
Fjven sentiment, hewever ambi
tious, must yield to the written
law, and senate “precedence” is a
mighty thing.
However, whether Mrs. F'elton
takes her seat or not, she has main
tained the great honor of an ad in
terim appointment well; and the
people generally are firm in the
conviction that the time is not dis
tant when there will be women
senators, not carrying empty
honors, but clothed with every
delegated right of service.—Atlan
ta Constitution.
On Tuesday Mrs. F'elton’s cher
ished ambition w f as gratified. She
was sworn in and sat in the cham
ber until Senator George was sworn
in on Wednesday. The fiasco is
over and the country will breathe
freely for a season.
Fire destroyed the turpentine
distillery at Travisville, Clinch
county, a few days ago. It was
the property of Messrs. James,
Musgrove & Patterson,
NEWS AND VIEWS.
Editorial Opinions Expressed by
Tribune Contemporaries.
Anonymous letters are one of
the weakest and most cowardly
methods of expression of sentiment
the world knows. The anonymous
letter writer uses it to express
some hateful sentiment without
using his name, lie belongs to
the back stabbing class. He wants
to howl out something naughty
and then dodge out of view. Noth
ing hurts a no-name letter writer
so much as publicity. He shrinks
from the thought of anybody find
ing out who he is, and he wants to
do all of his meanness in the dark.
—Dawson News.
We join in welcome to Hon.
Chase 8. Osborn, former Governor
of Michigan and true-blue Ameri
can, who is at his hunting lodge
at I’oulan for the winter, arriving
last week. The months he spends
each winter at Poulan are not
months of idleness, but Gov. Os
born devotes them largely to liter
ary work which he can do better
in congenial surroundings of South
Georgia sunshine and under South
Georgia’s smiling skies. The world
is much better for these winter
trips—not vacations —and we hope
the genial Michigander enjoys his
stay here as well as we enjoy the
fruits thcieof. —Tifton Gazette.
'l’lie Advertiser does not agree
with the view of some of the week
ly papers (most of them published
in the older counties) that the
failure to ratify Peach county was
an unmixed blessing. We believe
the proposal to establish thiscoun
ty was a meritorious one. Those
of the opponents to the creation of
new counties who offer the argu
ment of increased taxes ought to
be willing for the people affected
to settle that question. Develop
ment has followed the increase of
Georgia counties, much of it that
never would have been seen under
the old county governments.—
Metter Advertiser.
The gettogether barbecue at
Marshallville yesterday was large
ly attended, and appeals were
made for peace between Fort Val
ley and Perry, The appeals came
from the Perry side, and there is
no evidence that for the present
there is any disposition iu Fort
Valley and the surrounding section
of Houston county to respond to
the overtures. Still, time has the
power to mellow much bitterness,
and it is to be hoped such will be
the experience of Houston and
Macon counties, including the ter
ritory which it was sought to in
corporate into the new county of
Peach. —Albany Herald.
With a United States Senator,
a State School Superintendent and
an Adjutant General all hailing
from this glorious agricultural and
progressive part of this good state,
south Georgia may now come really
into her own politically and before
manv more moons you are going to
see a natural wave of natural pros
perity coming this way. It is due
and bound to come. Let’s look to
the rising of the sun for new hopes,
fond anticipations and brighter
prospects that the glowing sunlight
of a new day will dawn smilingly
upon us with a beatific wave of
continued prosperity that will re
main a blessing to us and the rising
generation. Wrigbtsville Head
light.
Mrs. F’elton has certainly had
her share of publicity since her ap
pointment as senator. We wonder
what the papers will have to talk
about when the agony is over? We
were glad that a woman was recog
nized by Gov. Hardwick, but some
how we have never been so stong
for Mrs. Felton. Her politics has
not been to suit us. She has
played too much with the repuli
can party. —Douglas Enterprise.
$1.50 A YEAR
And Now We Witness.
The unholy spectacle of a farm
ers crop of cotton seed, bought in
at a starvation price by the oil
mills.
And then, sold back to him and
his neighbors at unheard of and
totally unjustified price. Hulls
are quoted at $22 00 f. o. b. mills,
meal $47.00 at the same place.
The fanner did well to get au
average of $25 a ton for his seed.
Who gets the difference?
The oil mills, the best organized
and most uumerciful set of money
grabbers, gobblers, profiteers or
what not that has operated since
the days of “Captain Kidd.”
With no excuse under the sun
but the artificial scarcity that
they themselves have created they
are exacting a terrible price for
their product. By the opposite
course they crowded down on the
farmer and got his seed for a song.
The friend of the farmer, the
great and mighty J. J. Brown, who
is in daily contact with the situa
tion by and through the virtue of
his office as Commissioner of Agri
culture, has failed for some cause,
to lift his voice in protest, or even
explanation.
How come.
Just such deals, as the oil mills
are pushing over, brought about
public regulation of the birds back
of this pirate’s crusade would im
prove the situation to some extent.
F’or a number of years we have
watched the gradual working out
of an “understanding” of some sort
among the oil mills in this country.
This understanding seems to be
fulfilling its destiny at this time.
—Claxton Enterprise.
Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism.
A Twisted World.
A few months ago one of the fir
moos old bad men of the one-time
woolly west dropped dead while
drinking at a soda fountain. Now
four young men charge that the
cashier of a New York candy store
hold them up with an automatic
pistol and compelled them to pay
for soda waters they never drank.
Where are we drifting? Can it be
that since red liquor went out of
style death and banditry are going
to continue with the innocent look
ing soda water as a companion?
we have many good citizens herein
Mcßae who enjoy a gsass of soda
water, and some will when they
can’t get anything else. Are we to
hnderstand that they are rubbing
elbows with violence or courting a
case of heart trouble every time
they quench their thirst with a
substitute for something that has
been voted out of style? It’s cer
tainly getting to be a twisted
world we are living iu, any way you
look at it. —Telfair Enterprise.
666 quickly relieves a cold
The Cost of a Home.
The tariff law passed by the
present Congress not only raises
the tariff taxes upon practically
everything that enters the home,
whether in the form of food, wear
ing apparel or household furnish
ings, but upon the house as well.
Neither food, raiment nor shelter
were allowed to escape the increas
ed tariff burden. High as the cost
of building now is, the prediction
is freely made that it will soon be
higher. Instead of reducing the
cost of home building, the Fordney-
McCumbcr tariff law makes it
higher.—Tainpa Morning Tribune.
We are in the market for
Heart Pine, Sap Pine, Cypress
and mixed Oak ties. High
est prices paid. Write for
prices and specifications.
Mutual Timber Company,
Brunswick, Ga.