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AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR READERS
COUNTY AGENT GIVES
HIS ANNUAL REPORT
County Agent W. M. Cowait
recently completed his annual
report covering the period from
Dec. 1, 1938 to October 30, 1939.
Below is given a few facts con
tained therein.
We find that he made 1387
farm visits during the period
and that 394 different farms
were visited. 341 of these vis
its were for the purpose of treat
ing hogs and other animals
against disease. More than 5500
hags were treated during the
year by Mr. Cowart.
1482 farm bulletins were dis
tributed to farmers of the
county. Some on all agricul
tural interests of the county.
316 applications were approv
ed for payment under the 1938
agricultural conservation pro
gram for a total of $15,656 64
285 cotton price adjustment pay
ment apidlc'.Juns were approv
ed for a total of $5,090 49
Mary Lou Parker
Injured In Fall
Mary Lou Parker, smalldaugh
ter of the Henry Parkers, suff
ered painful injuries Tuesday
morning when she fell down the
steps at the rear of her home.
Carrying a doll in each arm,
the little lady lost her balance
and plunged to the ground
staking her head on a watering
trough.
Accompanied by her parents
and Mrs J. Edgar Parker, she
was carried to Savannah, it be
ing feared she had suffered a
skull fiacture. Examinations
showed that the mastoid bone
was slightly fractured and she
was brought back home where
she is doing nicely at this time.
Commissioners to
Meet 2nd Tuesday
Notice is hereby given that
the regular meeting of the board
of County Commissioners, which
is held on the First Tuesday in
each month, will be postponed
until tne Second Tuesday in Jan
uary, which comes on the 9th,
on account of the New Years
holidays.
Raymond S. Ginn
Injured In Accident
Raymond S. Ginn is a patient
in the Oglethorpe Hospital, Sa
vannah, suffering from a broken
leg, which he received while un
loading a lumber truck last Fri
day night at Warsaw.
Mrs. Ginn and Miss Mae Belle
Davi* went down Saturday and
remained until Sunday at his
bedside.
LUTHER THOMPSON
GIVEN LIF SENTENCE
FOR KILLING WIFE
Luther Thompson, 38 years of
age, member of a well known
Tattnall county family, was
found guilty of the murder of
his wife by a jury in Tattnall
Superior Court last Thursday.
The verdict did not carry a re
commendation for mercy, and
•Judge J T. Grice sentenced
Thompson to die in the electric
chair < n Friday, February 9th.
Thompson was accused of kill
ing his wife on October 19th,
after his wife had filed suit for
alimony together with a restrain
ing order to prevent him from
molesting her. Thompson is
said to have gone back to the
Thompson home on the morning
of the 19th while Mrs. Thump .
son was in Glennville. As she
and her brother, Byron Rogers,
and her son, Lawrence, age 18,
stepped from their car and
started into the house. Thomp
son is said to have stepped from
the corner of the house and shot
his wife with buck shot from a
shot gun. She was killed in
stantly, Byron Rogers was
wounded, and his son, Lawrence
was seriously wounded.
Thompson was then said to
have shot nimfelf, first in the
forehead, and then under the
heart, using a short barrelled 41
derringer pistol. He was found
by officers, unconscious.
Mrs. Thompson was thedaugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mis J.
Lawton Rogers and a sister of
urs W. Y. Long of Ludowici.
W. M. Jones In
Race For Sheriff
In this issue appears the an
nouncement of W. M. (Brown)
lones as a candidate for Sheriff
of Long County.
Mr. Jones is the son of ti e
late W F. and Mrs. W. F. Jones,
and has lived in Long County all
his life.
In soliciting your support, he
pledges “a faithful, impartial
and legal administration’,’ if
elected.
Read his announcement.
Christmas Pageant
At Baptist Church
A pageant, “Christmas With
the Home Folks”, will be pre
sented at the Baptist Church
Sunday evening at the usual
service hour and will take the
place of the regular Sunday even
ing service.
There are about 25 participat
ing in this program which prom
ises to be most impressive and
entertaining.
Me ry
1 wish her words had come to u
Her version, simply done—
As any mother might have told
The story of her son.
How powerful the vivid lines
That Christ’s disciples wrote!
But what of all the words they fought
Too trivial to quote.
1 think she held them in her hea
Each priceless as a gem.
What document of tenderness
Had she recorded them!
—Gertrude Tyder Bennett
W, Wilson Maulden
Buried at Concord
Wm. Wilson Maulden, age 61,
and a native of Long county,
passed away last Thursday morn
ing at the home of his son, Free
man Maulden, at Allenhurst.
Mr. Maulden was ill only a
few days, having suffered a
stroke of paralysis a few days
ago.
Survivors include his wife.
Mrs. Sarah Young Maulden. tw<
daughters, Mesdames Columbus
Deal of Darien and E. Fairclotn
of Brunswick: three sons, Free
man Maulden of Allenhurst, and
Joe and Carl Maulden of Darien:
iwo sisters, Mesdames T. T.
Rozier of Ludowici and J. H
Kennedy of Baxley; and two
brothers, R. B. Maulden of
Brunswick and J. A. Maulden of
Orla Vista, Fla., and two gvand
children.
Funeral and interment were
held Friday morning at 11:30 at
Concord Cemetery, with the
Rev. Carl E. Milton conducting
che services.
The pallbearers were Tommie
Sharpe, Rowe Maulden, Eason
Gordon, A. H. Gordon, Tommie
Maulden and Paul Williamson.
Methodist S. S. to
Have Christmas Tree
The Methodist Sunday School
will have a Christmas tree ai
the church Thursday evening.
The program will begin at 7:30
All the members of the Sunday
School and friends of the Sunday
school are invited.
The Young People’s Class of
the Methodist Sunday School,
under the direction of Mrs. L,
M. Branch, nave planned to sing
Christmas Carols at various
homes in town on Sunday even
ing after the church service.
Franz Long, Mrs. E. D. Swin
dell and daughters, Misses Marie
and Sarah Swindell, were visi
tors to Savannah Saturday.
Miss £.ois Dunham arrived
here Friday night from Jackson
ville to spend some time with
her father, Bailey Dunham, and
other relatives.
W. FRED CHAPMAN
IS TRANSFIRHE) T)
PORTSMOUTH, VA.
Wilbur Fred Chapman, Pri
vat<», U. S. Marine Corps, bro
ther of F. Lloyd Chapman of
Ludowici, recently completed
his initial training as a U. S.
Marine at the Recruit Depot,
Parris Island, S. C., and has
been transferred to Marine Bar
racks, Navy Yard, Portsmouth,
Va , Captain A. C. Small, Ma
rine Recruiting Officer at Savan
nah, Ga., has announced.
Fred attended the Ludowici
high school for three years and
will have the opportunity to
complete his high school studies
through the Marine Corps Insti
tute, which affords every Ma
rine the opportunity to take any
course he desires.
While at Parris Island hequal
ified as a marksman with the
service rifle and pistol, and re
ceived intensive instruction in
drills, physical exercise, and
nomenclatuie of small firearms
At Portsmouth, advanced in
structions will Ie given in these
subjects and in combat and tac
tic principles.
He enlisted in the Marine
Corps October 23, 1939, at tin
Marine Recruiting Station, Sa
vannah.
Examination for enlistment in
the U. S. Marine Corps and in
formation and literature con
cerning the Corps, can be had
upon request at the Marine Re
cruiting Office, Post Office
Building, Savannah, Ga.
George Foster, 27
Interred Monday
George Booster, age 27, died in
the Jesup hospital Sunday morn
ing after an illness which lasted
only a few days.
Funeral and interment were
held Monday afternoon at Gum
Branch Church, with th? Rev
Henry C. Hudges conducting
the rites.
Mr. Foster was the son o<
Tom Foster and the late Mrs
Foster of Glennville. He is sur
vived by his wife and two chil
dren, Louella and John David;
and one brother, Dewey Foster
of Glennville.
Hugh A. Chapman
Is Much Improved
Hugh Chapman, who has been
seriously ill in a Savannah hos
pital, from injuries received in a
wreck on Nov. 25, has been
brought by ambulance to Hines
ville, where he is at the home of
his father-in-law, J. Madison
Smith, until after Christmas
when he is to return for further
treatment.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
FRIDAY FOR HOLIDAYS
The Long County schools will
close Friday afternoon for the
holidays, and will reopen on
New Years Day.
The teachers of the Ludowici
High School, who are going
home for the holidays are. Ola
Bullington to Cleveland, Ttnn ;
Ben Christie to Parrot: Earl Lee
to Statesboro; Dora Ida Perkins
to Aima; Eulahe Peterson to Vi
dalia; Bebe Anderson to Odum;
Wilma Laudermilk to Cornelia;
Ida Kent to Millen; Josephine
Mercer to Hadley; Mary Winn
Greer to Valdosta; Norma Mid
dleton to Darien, and Supt. and
Mrs. E. K. Bell will visit rela
lives at Olney and Lanier.
Robert Watford Jr.
Injured Sunday
Robert Watford Junior was
the victim of a painful accident
last Sunday morning while visit
ing in Savannah.
With his cousin, Jack Smiley,
driving an Austin car from which
the floor boards were removed,
he went riding. The cuff of his
trouser leg caught in the gear
cog and cut a deep gash and in
flicted a seveie bone bruise in
his leg.
After receiving treatment at.
Oglethorpe Sanitarium he was
brought to his home here where
he is confined to his bed.
Mrs. L. M. Hawkins
Hostess to Phiiatheas
Mrs. Lewis M. Hawkins Jr.
entertained the Philathea class
of the Baptist Sunday School
with a delightful buffet supper
at her home here Tuesday night.
About 25 guests were seated
at small tables and the places
were marked with red and white
baskets filled with nuts.
A lighted Christmas tree and
other Christmas decorations
were used throughout the house.
Each person carried a gift for
their Sunshine friend and other
gifts were exchanged by mem
bers of the class.
A chicken supper, with all the
fitting accompanimen ts , was
served by the charming hostess,
who was assisted by the Mes
dames F. L. Chapman, L. B.
Gleaton. W. M. Cowart and O.
D. Middleton.
W. A. Rimes, who has been
critically ill in a Waycross hos
pital since Nov. 26, is a httie
improved.
Miss Mable Alford has arrived
from Brewton-Parker Institute,
Mt. Vernon, to spend the holi
days at her home here.
