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PEARSON®TRiBUNE
VOL B—NO. 38
PURELY PERSONAL.
Short Stories About Men and
Women in the Public Eye.
Hon. Rufus A. Moore will be the
next Mayor of Douglas, he having
no opponent for the place. The
Tfcoune is quite sure Mr. Moore
will make Douglas an efficient
Mayor, one who will hold the scales
of justice on an even balance.
Judge Jerome Crawley, of Way
cross, is among the latest additions
to the Tribune’s list of patrons.
The Judge has beeu reading the
paper and finally decided he want
ed a copy each week for his very
own. He ..knows a good thing
when heseesit.” Thanks. Jerome.
Judge Florence E. Allen of the
supreme court of Ohio, it is stated,
retains her femininity in dress and
manner, and takes an impersonal
and detatcbed view from the bench.
She is a lover of out of door exer
cise and walks to her office every
morning from her home six miles
from the centre of the city.
Hon. Emmett Houser, of Fort
Valley, attorney, editor, legislator,
and one of the most prominent
“Peach" county advocates, has just
been elected Ordinary of the coun
ty of Houston, out of which he de
sires to largely carve the new
county. Houser is indefatigable
and he will yet wiu his heart’s
desire.
Mr. C. A. Wallace, w ho has been
clerk of the superior court of Lee
county for many years, was recent
ly convicted of malfeasance in office,
involving a single item of $1,762.-
34. He is making a desperate
effort to have the verdict set aside,
otherwise he w ill lose his office.
Of course he denies the malfeas
auce charged against him.
Editor Jack Williams, of the
Waycross Journal Herald, is rend
ering his city fine service in the
conduct ol his paper. He is daily
leader and booster, and never tires
in saying and pointing out the
strategic advantages of that city,
and the Tribune is pleased to note
that the business men and citizens
are “holding up his hands."
Mr. Alvah H. Gaskins, of Nash
ville, is the most active tobacco
enthusiasts in South Georgia. He
is looking after the growing of the
weed in Berrien and Cook counties
and extending the area to be culti
vated. He has already pledges for
two thousand acres in Berrien
county with two demonstrators in
charge. He is also making good
headway in Cook county' and
creating splendid enthusiasm.
Attorney Ilerscbel J. Dame,
formerly of Homerville, who moved
to Florida some years ago, has been
commissioned prosecuting attorney
for St. Lucie county, and has be
come a resident of Ft. Pierce, the
county seat. He is meeting with
success in this position. Mr Dame
was the prosecuting attorney for
Clinch county court for some time
prior to his moving from Homer
ville to Florida. The Tribune
editor is pleased to hear of Hers
ehel’s climbing up the hill of
success.
Hon. B. B. Gray, the veteran
saw mill man who lives at Pine
bloom, Atkinson county, showed
the Tribune editor a copper cold
chisel which he thought he had
tempered to the proper consistency
and was rather congratulating
himself upon success and the dis
covery he had made. The editor
thought it best to withhold publi
cation of the discovery, as there
was some doubt in Mr Gray's
mind as to the fact. His doubt
has been strengthened and he de
cides be was mistaken. He will
continue bis expermients. and the
Tribune would be pleased should
success crown his efforts.
Timely Suggestions.
NEED OF CHRISTIAN MOTHES.
Dr. John 1). Mell, of Athens, was
elected last week, for the eleventh
consecutive time. President of the
Georgia Baptist Convention.
In his opening address he took
occasion to compliment the women
upon their advancement in busi
ness and politics—that the present
trend of human events presaged
their early becoming the highest
officials of state and nation. He
then admonished them “when she
leaves the one office which God
has created for her —that of moth
er in the home, she gives up the
office in which she has the greatest,
power for good, no matter if she bo
empress of the world. The su
preme need of the present day is
an old fashioned Christian mother.
When she leaves that God-created
office she leaves one which has
more power for uplifting the human
race, more power for briuging the
kingdom of God down to earth,
than all the political offices which
have been created since the Devil
tempted Eve in the Garden of
Eden.”
FAMILY ALTAR ONLY PANACEA.
After a careful consideration of
the tremendous crime wave of the
recent pass—which it designated
as danger signals—the recent
grand jury of Tift county pleads
for the building of “family alters”
in every home in Tift county.
The jury continues: “The word
of God, as we see it, is the only
panacea for the crime wave that
has been sweeping over our coun
try, and will continue just so long
as people are bent upon trying
everything as a remedy, but the
principles of Christianity as taught
in the word of God. In the Bible
we find the answer to life’s greatest
question, and gather wisdom and
power with which to solve the per
plexing problems that confront
each of us along life's pathway.
We therefore, steadfastly believe
that if the fathers and mothers of
our land would gather their chi I -
dren around the fireside every
night and read the Scripture with
a sincere desire to understand its
teachings and have prayer with
them that the Lord might lead
and guide, there would be a notice
able difference in the spiritual
climate of our section, and that
the wheels of our courts would no
longer moan under the heavy load
that they are now carrying and
that those who now spend much
of their time around the “Temples
of Justice” might have a well
earned vacation.
Life is too hurried now. The
good old days have about passed
and gone when mother and father
could sit down and have enough
time for meditation and prayer.
The spirit of God within and the
presence of God without cannot be
discerned while the scenes are oc
cupied with pleasure, or the pulse
beats quickly, or the brain is filled
with the tread of many hurrying
thoughts. Be still, and know that
God is within thee and around! In
the hush of the soul the unseen be
comes visible, and the Eternal real.
It isn’t the price of cotton and
all other farm products, nor the
raving effects of the boll weevil
and other destructive insects, that
should receive the first considera
tion of our minds and hearts. Our
greatest need as well asot all other
people, is that we should enthrone
God in onr hearts. Put Him first
in everything. Establish your
“Family Altars” and bide the word
of God in your hearts that you
might not sin against God nor man
is the plea that we make to one
and all in the County of Tift. We
must lay broad and deep the foun
dations of Christian manhood if we
hope to keep pace with the onward
movement of civilization.
Rub-My-Tum for Rheumatism.
Official Newspaper of the County of Atkinson.
PEARSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1922
SOUTH GEORGIA.
The Social and Material Activi
ties of Our Neighbors.
It is stated that the citizens of
Waycross are favorable to the state
port project, and will support the
claims of Savannah.
The people of Harris county are
already planning for a county fair
in 1923. Their judgment is good
to begin early and avoid the rush.
It is stated that a large percent
age of Thomasville women have
registered so as to vote in the city
election. This fact will become
common.
The criminal superior court of
Ware county has been in session
this week. There was no cases
which attracted more than ordin
ary attention.
Mcßae is having a hog and gold
en rule sale, on a big scale, today.
Advertising these sales brings
many people to town who would
not come otherwise.
Ocilla is to have anew meat cur
ing plant embracing all the char
acteristics of a modern packing
house, except that it will be on a
small scale. Mr. W. W. Dent is
the promoter.
Over at Sylvester, in Worth
eotuty, the city taxes are sl2 on
the SIOOO. They were $lB last
year. That is all right, but it may
mean a halt in the matter of need
ed public improvements.
Randolph and Terrell counties
are congratulating themselves that
they furnished no grist for the late
United States District Court at
Columbus. It is a showing of
which any county mightfeel proud.
The churches of the Valdosta
Baptist Association last Tuesday
loaded a car of live hogs and a gen
eral assortment of foodstuffs for
the Ilapeville orphanage, near At
lanta. Each church was asked to
donate at least three live fat hogs.
The Driver Lumber Company of
Thomasville has recently purchas
ed twenty-three hundred acres of
timber land located five miles from
that city. The price paid is said
to be in the neighborhood of SIOO,-
000. The purchase was made from
Mr. E. Gibson.
The large sweet potato curing
and storage house at Barney, in
Cook county, was destroyed by
fire last Friday, caused by a defec
tive flue. Ten thousand bushels
of potatoes were therein, and the
loss is estimated at $12,000, with
$-1,000 insurance.
Colquitt county farmers have
been selling their stocks of syrup
in large quantities recently and, it
is stated that this heavy selling
has dropped the price 3c. per gal
lon. Better hold up selling awhile
and give syrup a chance to get up
to a higher price again.
The Ashburn creamery, during
the month of November, turned
out fifty thousand pounds of first
class butter, for which they re
ceived an average of 45 cents per
pound or $22,500 for the month’s
output. The mode of distribution
is such that very few pounds reach
es the small conutry towns; the en
tire output of the factory is sold
to city jobbers, and they to the
city retailers and it is consummed
in the city.
The citizens and farmers of Lau
rens county have adopted the fol
lowing task for the coming year;
“Make every public road a good
road; a market for all farm pro
ducts: 100 hens on every farm in
the county; two dairy cows to
every plow; two pure bred sows to
every plow: a permanent pasture on
every farm; a deep well on every
farm; every house painted; a home
orchard of all kinds of fruits on ev
ery farm; more town and county
co-operation.”
Kirkland-Tilton
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Kirkland, of
Kirkland, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Dora Fae, to Mr.
Edwin N. Tilton, of Savannah,
Wednesday, December 6th, 1922.
The marriage occurred at the home
of Dr. Richards, Waycross, where
she recently made her home with
Miss Lee Dalrymple.
The bride’s beautiful gown was
of whitesatin and taffeta combined.
She carried an armful of white
roses. The bridesmaid was Miss
Lee Dalrymple in a lovely gown of
pink erepe-de-ebine, escorted by
Mr. J. D. Mac Queen.
The bride has a host of friends
in Pearson, where she attended
Pearson high school, who will wish
her all happiness.
Mr. aud Mrs. Tilton will make
their homo in Waycross.
Wanted. —A reliablo man to
sell monuments and tombstones,
big money for the right man. For
further information write MARI
ETTA MARBLE & STON E
WORKS, Marietta. Ga.
Two Illustrations.
Of course they occurred some
where else than Atkinson County:
A man had rented a field from
the owner with the stipulation
that the rent was to be one fourth
of the crop raised. At harvest
time the owner of the land was
amazed to find that ho received
nothing at all from the renter, aud
he naturally remonstrated.
"How’s this? Wasn’t 1 to get a
fourth of the cropf” he demanded
indignantly.
“Yes, you were.” the tenant re
plied candidly’ “but as it turned
out there was only three fourths of
a crop.”
Which reminds us of the man
who promised to give a neighbor
one of a litter of pigs when the
youngsters were old enough to leave
their native sty. Horne weeks later
the neighbor asked whether he
might come and get the pig.
"Well, now, that’s too bad,” said
the other. “You know the pig J
was saving for you died.”
Gathering Up the Waste.
Had you ever thought of a milk
cow as a means of gathering up a
lot of waste about the fields and
bringing it up to the house and
turning it into about $lO a month
for you. Well, she is just such a
machine.
There are a great many farmers
in this county who may have some
trouble in securing money with
which to run their farms for the
next few months. They will need
plows, gear, a few groceries, and
many little odds and ends, and no
doubt many of them are wondering
where the money is coining from to
buy all these things. The time has
come when merchants are no longer
able to extend credit. The strong
est of them have to go very slowly
in selling goods unless they get the
money. The cows already on the
farm in many cases will help solve
the problem. Skim the milk and
sell the cream to the creamery and
get the ready cash with which to
buy the things you will need.
We do not urge the purchase of
expensive equipment right now.
Simply make the most of what you
have and if you find it pays then
add to your equipment as you see
fit. The main thing is to get Bossy
started to picking up the waste out
of your fields and pouring it into
your pockets in the form of dollars.
—Ocilla Star.
Elder R. W. Bugg, pastor of the
Baptist church at Homerville, has
invited this editor to visit him at
his home in Homerville and witness
a demonstration how a Bngg can
eat chicken, just as if said editor
had doubts on the subject.
Subscribe for the Tribune, quit
borrowing from your neighbor.
NEWS AND VIEWS.
Editorial Opinions Expressed by
Tribune Contemporaries.
Judge B. T. Allen, who has the
distinction of getting out one of the
best weekly papers in the State —
Pearson Tribune —is spending to
day here on legal business. The
Judge says he practices law for a
living but runs his newspaper from
force of habit, since he has been
editor of a South Georgia or North
Florida newspaper off and on for
the past fifty years more or less.
He is president of the Eleventh
District Press Association, which
organization meets in Waycross on
the third Friday in next mouth
at which time they will be the
guests of the Waycross Kiwanis
Club at luncheon. —Waycross Jour
nal Herald.
The protest which some southern
college women made against the
stand of some southern senators
regarding the Dyer anti-lynching
bill merely goes to show one of the
dangers which come from “new"
and "untried” experiments. These
women do not see anything in this
bill but an attempt to stop lynch
ing, when, as a matter of fact, the
measure is full of dangers to the
States. It is another tremendous
step towards putting all authority
at Washington aud eliminating the
States entirely. The women are
wroug, as usual when they leap in
the dark. —Valdosta Times.
The editor of The Advertiser re
ceived a small notice from a local
bank the other day. There is
nothing unusual in this. Many peo
pie get notices from banks. But
the surprising feature of the one
in question is that it bore the im
print of an Atlanta printing house.
This was a job which could easily
have been handled by the local
printing plant. The ) obey of busi
ness institutions in many of the
smaller towns appears to be based
on a resolution to prevent the town
printer from prospering.—Metter
Advertiser.
There are no finer avenues of
charity and helpfulness open to a
generous people tbau are the
Orphan's Homes. In the appeals
for help for them we ought to feel
it is a privilege to contribute as
much as we are able to. Just now
provisions are being sent to them
and cars are being loaded at differ
ent places. Money is also needed
to provide clothing for the little
ones through the winter. —Adel
News.
Why do they leave? Only 13
of every 100 children entering the
lirst grade of tlie public schools re
main to complete the twelfth grade,
or the last year of high school. Of
100 children entering the first
grade 86 reach the fifth, 73 the
sixth, 64 the seventh, 58 the eighth,
32 the first year of high school, 23
the second year, 17 the third year,
and 14 the fourth year, with 13 re
maining to graduate. —Nashville
Herald.
The price of coal is going op —
at least it is in some places. Soft
coal prices jumped up $2 a ton in
Savannah a couple of|days ago, and
is selling there at sl2 a ton despite
the fact that Savannah is a seaport
and has low frieght rates. Hard
coal is bringing sl7 a ton. Fort
unately, the winter thus far has
been exceedingly mild, and the
man with no coal in his eellar has
had luck on his side. —Albany Her
ald.
Reverting once more to the mat
ter we have mentioned several
times before —planting roses —may
we not suggest that a little inter
view with a florist, either in per
son or by mail, might result in giv
ing you some valuable ideas? Now
is the time to prepare for roses —
roses to brighton your neighbor
hood and make you and your
neighbors happier —next spring
and summer. —Albany Herald.
$1.50 A YEAR
Dr. Crawford Long Memorial
All Georgians should covet a
part, how modest soever, in the
plans of the Crawford W. Long
Memorial Association to place iu
the capitol at Washington a statue
to the memory of that beneficent
geniuß who discovered the anaes
thetic power of ether. Of all who
have made history for this Com
monwealth, from the days of Ogle
thorpe to tho present hour, few
have wrought so well and none
perhaps so rarely as the youug
doctor of the village of Jefferson,
who demonstrated more than
eighty years ago that surgery eould
be rendered painless.
In mere justice, apart from patri
otism, the people of his birth-state
should see to it that his name is
worthily enshrined within tbo
nation’s view. The honor which
belongs irrefutably to him has
been claimed for otbeis; and while
competent students of the question,
including medical societies the
world over, recognize Dr. Long’s
priority, there are multitudes of
minds not yet informed or not
fully assured. It is due the public
of America, as well as the memory
of this beloved Georgian and great
discoverer, that the truth be na
tionally proclaimed by a perman
ent. and fitting testimonial.
This is the object of the Craw
ford W. Long Memorial Associa
tion. It has already in hand a
substantial part of the fund need
ful to place a creditable statue in
the hall of fame at Washington.
Its enterprise has, moreover, the
cordial indorsoment of civic, scien
tific, educational and patriotic
bodies, including the Daughters of
the American Revolution, the
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
the Georgia Federation of Women’s
Clubs. The particular aud impera
tive need, however, is for subscrip
tions. Let these, whether small or
large, come promptly forth from
all regions of tho State, as a tribute
to a great Georgian aud a benefac
tor of humankind. —A 11 an t a
Journal.
Profit from Pecan Crop.
Amkuious, Ga., DecT, 4. —Six
hundred dollars per acre in crop
yield is the net return claimed by
Henry W. Smithwiek, Americua
pecan grower, for this season. This
return is claimed for five acres of
Smith wick’s place which embraces
altogether about eighty acres. The
laud when purchased originally
was worth approximately S2O an
acre.
Smithwick’s crop this year for
the prize acre will averags about
1,200 pounds to the acre, the aver
age price per pound being comput
ed at 50 cents. Co!tiration aud
care of the trees, including fertiliz
ation aud harvesting, cost Smith
wick approximated S3O per acre,
and to tbo taxes, etc., add another
$5 per acre, leaving a net return of
$565 per acre earned this year.
Smithwick’s entire place is planted
to pecans, although many of bis
trees are young and not yet in full
bearing.—Atlanta Georgian.
A Social Tragedy.
Now and then we see a great
tragedy walking about in the
clothes of a woman who thinks she
is the top of the social strata —has
to think so to be such a tragedy.
She is an intelligent woman and, of
course, knows it —and yet hasn’t
sense enough to realise that she
must wiu her place in the hearts
of her friends with service —with
devotion to those things which all
good women love to see interwoven
into the character of a human be
ing. How foolish to spend one's
cboiced moments glorifying self
when there are so many noble, un
selfish things that can be done,
and in the doing would themselves
glorify yon! —Cordele Dispatch.