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VOLUME 35
Pern I r ke Grammar School
To Close On March 28th.
The Grammar School depart
ment of the Bryan County High
Schoot will close in two weeks.
The High School will continue
out the term or at least a month
longer.
Pt nances is the reason.
The State owes this branch of
the Scnool three thousand dol
lars on a special appropriation.
Under a special bill this debt
is^jtermanent state obligation,
ax^tie understood tho teachers
oi the local Grammar School
•sered to work on ana accept
drafts on this fund, but The
-•■rd of Trustees have not a
freea to this proposition.
Cursing Woman
Expensive Luxury
You can have lots of fun curs
ing * woman, but some times it
turns out to be rather an expen
sive luxury’, ।
Citizen Howard Exley can give
expert testimony as to the truth
fullness of the fotcgoing.
Charged with cursing Mrs. J.
H. Smoak, and cursing in the
pressence oi ladies, resisting ar
rest and being drunk, triend Ex
ley reaped a fine of one hundred
and twenty dollars or I months.
Statesboro Seat
War Depratment
There is going to be so many
Germany will be nfrai'l ’ ■ iook
over this way.
It will be the last of General
Von Hindenberg if Ginrui Tar
ker’s “Minute Men” everget a
swipe at him.
young men “answered thej call
Homer C. Parker, who made the
sible.
which it is ’»ropOb<.a to n. ..let g -
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I Good Ciean N. C. Peanuts, f
Direct from Wilmington N- C. £
St :y
I Improved half and halt Cotton Seed, 0
S Direct from Breeder.
Petty’s Toole, and other good Cotton Seed. I
Velvet Beans, Soy Beans and Cow Peas.
| Full Line of
| Sunshine ;
Poultry Feeds.
lu»ed Supply of Garden and Field Seeds.
We specialise in Feeds, and Seeds, and offer the Best ob- I
tamable at lowest possible prices, consistent with good
goods.
32 East Main St.
Statesboro Ga.
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL
Cowart Corrects Beau
ty Parlor Impression.
Mr. L. W. Cowart who runs
The Filling Station at River
View just below Moore’s Bridge
on the Cannooehee River, says
the report of a little rough house
a few drunken rowdies came a
long and gave hie place a few
Saturday nights ago. does him an
injustice.
The repent was “there w ere
women there.’’
Mr. Cowart save this is not
Aw.
Bulloch Builders
Name Selected.
i
The Independent Merchants of
Statesboro have named thier or
ganization “Bulloch Builders,’’
The name is an appropriate
one.
There has never been a move
ment inaugerated for the public
good, or a petition to relieve dis
tress but that the local merchant
failed to contribute his share.
The man with a cash till is al
ways the first one to get Waited
upon.
This is not only true of States
! boro, but every where else.
If you wanted f' mething done
I that involved cash, and vou cail-
Jed on a chain store, the manager
‘ would tel) vou to see the boss in
। New York or Chicago.
The home people who build
i with you, an i you with them, are
I gainst a lot of commercial inter
i | loners, who have got no sympa-
J thy with your welfare or iriter-
Jest in your institutions
11 KEIHI kb KATES
' i To Wormsloe Gardens-
I pril I th.
J Ticket Agent
1 store bunch in Savannah on
iThuiv-day night
PEMBROKE GA., March 15 193<-
; Elders Announces For Governor,
Denounces School Book Trust
•I . 4.— —
I “The School Book Trust that
is robbing the people of Georgia
jof millions of dollars, not only
I ought to have its back broke, but
it ought to have its neck bene
• broken.”
These were the ringing words
jof Senator Herschel H. Elders
■ in an announcement for Gover
> nor this w eek.
1 We have been looking tor
’ somebody to answer the call o(
1 the people iu the battle for de
liverance from the clutches of
1 the theiviag School Book Trust.
It should be made an issue in
1 the election of Senators and
Representative* in every county
in Georgia.
Herschel Eiders is jusfe aa
competent and juat as deserving
as either one of the other half
dozen candidates who will be in
the race.
J Keep your eye on Elders.
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‘ Enraged Wife Resents Hubby
Putting Skirt: On Another Woman,
k
Citizen W. J. Rogers of No.
1311 West Broad Street seems
ito have been rather profuse in
' the distribution of new silk
dresses.
One or two of his skirts is a
-1 j bout to come heme to roosts-
Mrs. Rogers accompanied by
I her 19 year old daughter, Mrs.
E. 1). Culpepper, called at the
’ domicile of Mrs. Willie Mae 'Gid-!
ford and Mrs. Annie Wise No.;
J 1919 West 36th St. on Sati ■ day
I ; afternoon and demanded a
■counting of the dresses that Mrs<
' Rogers’s husband was accu , -of
‘lavishing in that communit /
Mm. OHS - Wise wa - 'GT"
Reused of being the recipient] of a
I dress and she very advis&bl / re
tired to the rear of the pren tses.
Mrs. Radford came out and
I inquired wnat it was all about,
’and was accused by Mrs. Rogers
M sieving a dress, and when
i Culpepper pulled out a gun and
■ “you can’t.talk to ma that‘way.”
। hospital and Mrs. Culpepper was
parried to jail and Mrs. Rogers
was h-Jd a.s a matortal witness.
ack Brown Mi|rdei oi Sal .
Is Declared To Be Insane.
»l Cui. Lim>r:c” Odum has done
Ga fine piece of work for tn's
? Client.
J He has -a.ved Jack Brown
v from, sitting on “That DO: Hot
| Seat” at Milk dgeviilc.
Brown was declared insane by ■
B a lunacy commission this week.
? Odum is a tireless worker.
| Christie Gets
g a
Twelve Months;
§ Young Christie, the man who
| resisted arrest and pulled a gun
£ on Deputy Sherrif Herman Brew
| ton when he raided him near
| Jencks Bridge on a charge of
J illicit distilling a few weeksago.
| entered pleas of guilty to two
B charge® tefore Judge Daniel on
a Friday. He got twelve months
§ on the chain gang.
g Five others entered pleas of
| guilty and were given fines of
a various amounts.
■ What it takes to relieve a jail
B of a congestion of prisoners,
® Judge Sax Daniel has got it.
it —
y Morgan Gets Big
* Highway Order.
8 Mr. Julius Morgan of Pem
-9 broke, representing The Chevro
let Motor Co, landed an order
from The State Highway Com
i’ mission one day last week for
I one hundred and one Chevrolet
- trucks.
‘ The deal represented about
seventy thousand dollars.
1 The fact that The State High
• way Board has adopted them, is
' a compliment to the Chevrolet
trucks.
* They are handled in Pembroke
’ by The Superior Motor Co. and
1 are regarded as the standard all
1 service truck everywhere.
The deal was landed on com
petitive bids.
Uncle Sam Takes
His Prisoners Back
If Uncle. Sam continues to
move his negro prisoners around
from place to place, he will wear
| em’slick.
j They are moving the litter of
iconvicted negro bootleggers they
’ bartered off to Chatham County
[sometime ago to Fort Bragg.
; Tie negroes objected to work-!
jinv on the roads in Chatham j
$•4? and prohibit-■ friend’
lin the Department of Justice are
Hooking around. G r .■ sc ‘ >• niace
I for them.
a living shoveling short pints out
very strong on shoveling mtrd on
; i a public road.
Vice President
Airey Is Dead
Mr, C. T. Airey/Vice President
Os The Central of Georgia Rail
wav and one of the mow popular
i railroad men in the South, vied
:at 'Hie Central Railroad Hospital
ionedav this week. ‘‘to
! .
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks and deep appreciation to
people of the county for their
cordial interest, sympathy and
assistance during our recent
trouble and bereavement, in the
death of our son and husband.
H. D. Vanbrackle
Alice Vanßrackle
Contractor J. s Hendricks of
Claxton was in Pembroke this
week, figuring on some building
contract.
Ex President Taft Has Answered
t Last Call. Joins Honored Dead
Ex President Taft passed a
way at his home in Washington
on last Saturday.
Most all the great and good
‘ men are passing away.
Unlike some others we have
known who have held high places
of honor, Taft was intensely
’ human.
William Howard Taft is being
’ painted in death as one of the
world's great men. ,
Lik i Woodrow Wilson, his real
worth was never appreciated un
til he was gone.
Henry Ford Is
Building At Ways.
A train of fourteen cars, load
ed with the finest grade of no. 1
grade all heart lumber that
cculd be obtained arrived to Hen
ry Ford's address at Ways Sta
tion. one day this wees.
A saw mill outfit also arrived.
A high powered telephone line
with direct connections with the
New York and Miami line is be
ing run into Stratford Hall, one
of the old colonial homes bought j
by Ford, which will be occupied
by Mr. Gregory, Ford s local
superintendent.
The report is that Mr. Foid is '
preparing to.enclose all "of his
property with an eight foot wire
fence He thinks these Bryan
Co. crackers can't straddle that.
But he don't know.
Afraid Literary Digest’s Poll
Will ■ Majority For Wets.
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” l v/jYhciu the ’ 'hiiwobsT
, i new-pap< • winter, and one of
the keenest observers in the
(country, sr. - "T. v Dry Leaders
' are ver. apprehensive of the!
outcopi of the nation* wide poll ।
|The Liteiary Digest is putting on
'testing Sentiment on th . pro-j
’ i the Pr in bition Law. ’ ’
! He GRV- the Literary Digest si
, h i -j•. hp r etofore proven to'
GET OUR PRICES
on
Seed Potatoes
Peanuts
distributors
American Beauty Flour
“The Flour That Blossoms in your oven.”
GOFF Grocery Co.
Statesboro and Metter, Ga.
NUMBER 31
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1 Harper Norris
1 Moves To Lyons
[ ■ I
Mr. W. 11. Norris has sold his
mercantile business at Grove
land and has moved to Lyons, he
has been appojuted County
Warden for Toombs County.
Mr. Norris was Warden for
Bryan County lor several years,
where he made a fine record.
Uncle Nance Ans
wers Last Call.
—- ~j
Mr. E. W Nan ->-W7 year.
old citizen died at his home m
Statesbqro on Saturday after
noon. i
He was a Confederate Vete
ran, having fought four years in
The War Between The States.
He was with General Lee at
Appomattox Court House at the
time of the Surrender.
He leaves a widow nearly one
hundred years old.
It looks like we are going to
have plenty of candidates lot
Governor.
We are having some mighty
pretty spring weather now.
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i i'tlic result of the vote
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