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Vol. 1, Number 19.
ANOTHER PARTY
VISITS NAHUNTA
Mr. L. S. Robb, the hustling
manager of the Wayne Devel
opment Co, is in town with a
party of Northerners. Mr. Robb
has secured and sold to reliable
parties many valuable tracts of
farm land near Nahunta, and it
is hoped that he will succeed in
causing more to buy and locate
here. The ideal climate, fertile
soil and long growing season can
not fail to be attractive to those
who have been accustomed to
short seasons and intense cold.
FIRST LADY OF
THE TOWN
From Jesup Sentinel
The first lady of Jesup under
the new Woman’s Suffrage law
to be nominated for office was
Mrs. R. C. Smith.
In the election for a board of
trustees for the Jesup School
District which was held yester
day Mrs. R. C. Smith tied Mr.
A. E. Knight for the fifth place
on the board, and as Mr. Knight
has resigned in her favor this
practically places her on the
board, thereby giving her the
honor of being the first lady to
be elected in an election held
in Jesup.
Mrs. Smith has taught school
in Vie Jesup High School for 9
years is well qualified to serve
on this board in case the Board
ratifies her election.
FOR SALE —100 acres fine
farm land, 15 acres fenced and
under cultivation, 4-roormhouse
and outbuildings on place. Lo
cated 4 miles southeast of the
town of Hickox, near Satilla
river. This is all nigh land, ren
dering drainage unnecessary.
Bargain for cash. J. P. Johns,
Route 1, V inokur Ga. 12-22-ts
ANNOUNCEMENT
Owing to the great demand being
made upon us to cure meat this season and
as we have completed the necessary re
pairs on our plant, we have decided to re
open our meat curing storage on Monday,
Jan. 10, and run three months.
All parties having meat to cure will
find it a great saving to let us cure it.
Same Rates as Last Season
MURRAGE ICE &
' COLD STORAGE CO.
Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga., Friday., Jan. 21, 1921.
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HIS PARENTAL DUTY
“I suppose, my dear, I’ll have to
perform the parental duty and take
Willie to the circus.”
“But I don’t want him to go this
year.”
“Then I’ll have to go with Smith.”
Greek Civilization.
Excavation at Knossos, Phaestos
and other sites in Crete has not mere
ly established the existence of a peo
ple whose form of civilization was the
earliest in Europe, says Discovery, but
has shown much about their daily life,
games, amusements; their art. re
ligion, writing—though hardly yet
their language; their physical char
acteristics, dress and the houses they
lived in. A huge palace, as big as
Buckingham palace, has been unearth
ed at Knossos. It has a drainage sys
tem that an eminent Italian archaeolo
gist has described as “absolutely Eng
lish.” and that certainly anticipates
the hydraulic engineering of the nine
teenth century. The men of science
engaged in the work estimate the age
of their discoveries at four thousand
years.
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Rub-My -lism
Is a powerful antiseptic and
pain killer, cures infected cuts,
old sores, tetter, etc. Relieves
Sprains, Neuralgia Rheumatism
FOR SALE-Pair of good
work mules. Sound and gentle
12 years of age. If you are in
the market for a pair of good
1,000 pound mules, and want a
cash bargain, see J. P, Johns
Rte. 1. Winnkur Ga.
FARMERS’ WEEK.
Tabloid Information for
Busy Farmers.
“This is a day of concentrated
effort. The farniei is lust as
the rest of society. E.. essen
tial, therefore, that the infor
mation he needs be put up in
tabloid form so that large doses
can be taken in a short time and
digested at leisure.” So said
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, President,
when recently called on by your
correspondent for some sugges
tions relative to the program
which the State College College
of Agriculture will put on for
“Farmers’ Week’ January 24-
29.
“Our Agriculture has seldom
faced a more trying economic
situation than will prevail in
1921. Our 250 County Agents
and the members of the resi
dent teaching staff have been
thinking over the situation and
they have worked out a program
which they believe will best in
sure our farmers against undue
losses in 1921, help to put our
agriculture back on a renumera
tive basis, and help the farmer
bridge over the difficult situation
by which he is confronted. To
this end the instruction which
will be offered during “Farmers’
Week” has been organized along
unique lines. Only subjects of
immediate concern to the farmer
and which can be treated in a
practical and up-to-date mannei
will be considered.
“The old-style method of lec
turing will be replaced by the
demonstration process. In oth
er words, those attending
“Farmers’ Week” will be given
a practical insight into the use
and application, for instance, of
calcium arsenate as a dust spray
to kill the boll weevil. Living at
home will be emphasized as
strongly as possible, also the ne
cessity of having a garden,
keeping a cow, establishing a
flock of chickens, and raising
some hogs on grazing crops.
Moreover, the methods of pro
cedure involved in these under
takings will be illustrated and
detailed in a most practical fash
ion. Other demonstrations will
relate to the killing and curing
of the farm meat L-uppiy, and
the production, finishing and
grading of market hogs. One
of the features of the course will
be a beef and dairy cattle pudg
ing contest. An intimate study
of the pasture grasses and for
age crops adapted to Georgia
will be made. The question of
handling soils so as to maintain
and increase fertility will be dis
cussed, and there will be demon
strations in the pruning and
care of the home orchard and
the estimation of timber in the
farm wood lot. The course will
wind up with a big tractor and
implement demonstration on the
last day. Marketing and dis
tribution problems will come in
for their share of attention. Va
rious phases of this subject af
fecting the welfare of Georgia
NEWS NOTES OF
COUNTY SCHOOLS
11. D. Purcell, Secty.
(From The Jesup Sentinel)
For many years Jesup as a
local independent system has
required a monthly incidental
fee of 25 cents per pupil to pay
for janitors service, fuel and
other incidentals. When the
school merged into the county
system on January 1 the county
Board decided it would be
necessary to continue requir
ing these fees. This is not a
tuition fee as some seem to
think. Tuition is absolutely free
Not one penny of this incindeu
tal fee goes for teachers salaries
It is used solely for paying
janitors, buying wood, etc.
While no incidental fees are
required in the other county
schools, they do not have paid
janitor service and but few of
them have to pay for fuel.
Neither will their term of
school be as long as the people
of Jesup expect. Perhaps many
of the Jesup patrons do not
know' that tkeir school taxes
will also be lighter under the
local system. While the rate
will propably be the same, it
will be based on the county di
gest instead of the city digest
if is a well known fact that
property is accepted at a much
lower valuation for county
taxes than for town taxes. With
the above explanation we are
sure that no reasonable person
can object to the small fee
requied.
The fees required are as fol
lows: 25 cents a month per pu
pils for all children of school
age living within the boun
daries of tne Jesup consolidated
school district, and for high
school pupils us school age com
ing from other districts of the
county, - one dollar for spring
term and 80 cents for fall term
if full amount is paid in ad
vance. Non- residents and not
in school age: grammer grades,
one dollar a month: high school
two dollars a month.
The O’Quinn consolidated
school district will call another
election immediately to re-vote
bonds for a new school build
ing. The trustees and patrons of
this progressive community are
farmers at this time will be tak
en up and elucidated.
; ‘Remember this is a free
course put on for the sole pur
pose of furnishing the farmers
of Georgia with the latest avail
able information in the most
concise and practical manner
possible. -There never was a
time when it was more impor
tant to put into use the very
latest and best information
which can be obtained. Last
year when time were prosper
ous the 160 farmers who attend
ed “Farmers’ Week” were elated
over the nature of the instruc
tion offered. If this course
proved so helpful under the con
ditions which existed in 1920
certainly no farmer can afford
to miss the opportunity which i
has been provided for 1921.”
$2. per year in Advance
FIRST MEETING OF
BD. OF EDUCATION
(B. D. Purcell)
Upon invitation the writer
met with the Brantley County
Board of Education and Super
intendent at Hoboken last
Saturday to assist them in
making a program for the pre
sent year’s work. The Board
consists of the following gentle
man: J. H. Mattox, W. T.
Strickland, Talmadge Middle
ton, Walter Thomas and M. E.
Dowling. All are progressive
men who believe in good schools
and Brantley County would do
well to keep them in service for
the schools. Mr. Everett Knox
is County Superintendent. He
has been a successful teacher
for several years and he enters
his new job well equipped for
the duties and responsibilities
of the office.
Space will not permit giving
all of the proceedings of the
Board at their first meeting, but
the most important action taken
was in deciding to open the
schools of the County at once.
The term will be six months for
the present year, two months
this spring and a four months
fall term beginning about the
first of September.
determined to be tLe first in the
county to boild by issuing
bonds. When the election was
held before, not a vote was cast
against bonds. The attorneys for
the bond brokers picked a flaw
in the manner of calling the
election and the bonds could
not be sold, hence the necessity
of holding the election over.
The amount to be voted on is
S6OOO. or 7 per cent bonds, and a
bond company of Atlanta has
agreed to take these bonds at
par when re-voted. With labor
and material going down,
O’Quinn district should be able
to build a good four-room build
ing with this amount.
Jesup Wins First Basketball
Game on Local Court
Defeats Ludowici Twenty-Five
To Seven.
(From The Jesup Sentinel)
The local fans had a chance to
see what the Jesup High School
backet ball team could do in a
real game with another school
last Friday afternoon, when they
met Ludowici on the local court.
Both teams “stayed in the
game” from start to finish, and
aside from a little roughness it
was a good game. The first
half was close and exciting, end
ing with the score 5 and 6 in
favor of Jesup. But at the be
ginning of the second half it
was evident that the Ludowici
boys had lost their “wind” and
the local boys began to cage the
ball almost at will.
It is impossible to put the de
tails of a basketball game on
paper. To really enjoy a game
is to be on the side line and see
it from start to finish. We ex
pect to have several good games
on the local court before the sea
son is over, including games
with Baxley, Hazlehurst, Way
cross and Piedmont.
The score:
Jesup Position Ludowici
Harper (4) If. Smiley, R.
Bennett (15) rs Chapman (7)
Bryant (6) c. Theus
Donaldson 1g Smiley, B.
Scott rg Dawson
Total score, 25-7.
Referee: M. Nathan.
