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CHARLTON CAUNTY HERALD
VOL. X.--NO. 38.
TAXES UNCONSTITUTIONAL. ]
PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. |
Saint George, Ga., Dec. 21. 1007,
~Jditor of Enterpnise, 4
Fitzgerald, Ga., ‘
Dear Siri— ‘
I take this way to advise every
proverty holder of 1904 colony, thaq‘
the sales of lots for special street tax.i
Imposed by Council, since January
1907, are unconstitutional, therefore
illegal; and all deeds given by these
officers, are void, and cons2quently
taey can redeem them. The last sale
advertised of about 400 lots and two
five acre tracts unknown owners
were to be sold for advalorem tax,
ranging from 5 cts-to. I.co this tox
ust be paid. and they can now be
rydeemed by paying thetaxes, The
Mayor and Editor at Gazette John
Hairis, Tom W. Wrench, City Clerk
and Fr A. Carwichaely Street Com. :
an] Marshal the Jast named officer
drawing $50.00 a month salary, have
bid n the majority of these lots,
which was-illegal; have given deeds
with additional cost of over $9.00
beside the taxes; this last sale was
ciijoined by the court and property
hotders can redeemtheir lotsby pay
ing advalorem tax. Col. Robt. L.
Berner had this in charge and one
evening gave the people a nice talk,
and assured them, not withstanding
rumoers to the contrary, that the
deeds given by the court, willbea
valid one. D. C. Welch and alder
man McConchie have resigned, and
two elected to fill their places on
Council. We hope for an honest
‘administration.
4 "~ Wait and see. :
P A Subcriber. c
~ The Clinch County News speak”
Jing of Col. E. L. Walker’s candi
~ Col. Walker was in our town last
Tuesday, and met a few of his nu
aerons triends during his short visit,
He received numerous assurances ot
“his support in his county, and his
frienes predict that he will carry the
couaty by a -safe majority. While
Col. Walker is still on the sunny
side of life, he is 2 man of ripe ex
perience as a member of the ‘bar and
as a statesman. He has served his
county as a member of the House,
aud his Senatorial District as a
member of the Senate. ably and
well. His professional life has been
clean ond upright, and, personally,
he is one of the cleveres men Geor
gia has produced, and to know Law
ton Walker, as his triends familiar
ly call him, is to like him, It might
also be mentioned that Mr, Walker
is a lawyer of ability as well as ex
perience.' He, together wiih Hon,
Andrew B, Estes, form one of the
strongest law firms in South Geor
gia, and have invariably taken care!
of the interests of their clients to
their = entire satisfaction, Col.
Walker has several relatives 1n the
county, and bis friends claim that
this will ingure to his benefit, ‘
The News doos not hesitate to say’
that, in the evenl of Col. Walker’s
election, that the office of Sohcitorl
General will be-as ably filled, and
the interests of the people as con-‘f
scientgusly protected iu the Bruns
wick Circuit as any Circuit in Geot
gia.
To the Voters of Charlton County and
the Brunswick Circuit,
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Solicitor General of the
Brunswick Judicial Circuit, subject
to the Democratic Primacy. { so
licit the support and influence of
the voters of the circuit, and if
nominated and elected to said office,
I pledge a faithful discharge of the
duties thereof without fear, favor
or ifl'edi,qu. . |
Yours obedieatly,
. Lawion Walker,
FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY ORG
ANIZED AT
_ ATHENS
- With Capital of $100,0600 and
Asks State Cearter.
. _(BY THE SAYANNAM NEWS.)
L ik
Atlanta, Feb. B.— There has
baen orgenized in Athens a new fire
insurance company, a stcck coms
pany backed by abundant capital,
and steps are now being taken to
secure a cifarter from the state.
This'company is to have a capital
stock of SIOO,OOO and a paid in sur
plus of a like amount, so that it will
start business with $200,000 cash.
As yet this new company has no
name; it is still looking for one that
would suit. The Empire State Fire
Insurance Company of Georgie has
been suggested, but no action has
been taken.
““There is no question in my mind
but that such a company will suc.
ceed from the start, if it will stick to
Georgia,” said Insurance Commiss
ioner W. A. Wright to.day. Here
is a remarkable record made by one
company doing business in Georgia
and there are others doing almost
as well, T'his company,sollected in
premiums in Georgia last year gtone
$220,000 and its total losses amoun
ted to less than SIOO,OOO. Accord
ing to the usual estimate of expenses
this company made in Georgia alone
last year about 60 percent, net, or
more thaz $60.000. The total an
nual ayerage of the losses in Georgia
will not run over 4o per cent of the
premiums collected.” .
~ CHURCH DIRECTORY.
}: .AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH,
fourth Satnrday at 1 o’clock A, M.
and omrSunday at 11 A. M. and at
7130 P. M, ‘
Prayer Meeting every Tuesday at
Py M
Sunday School every Sunday at
9;30 A. M. G. W. Haddock, Supt.
- Woman's Missionary Society, ev:
ery Wednesday at 3 P. M., Miss
Mattic Denmark, Pres,
Everybody is invited to attend
each service.
DEAD. .
Hon. G. W. Haddock passed
away this morning at 4.30 o'clock
of organic heart trouble, At a few
minutes to four o’clock he asked
his wife if she knew what time it
was, The clock was then striking
four, and Mrs. Haddock heard him
struggling. Help was summonsed
but he had been dead sowe time be
fore any one could get there.
Judge Haddeck was about 55 or
56 years of age, was a consistent
member of the baptist chureh, a
mason, an oddfellow and judge of
the County Court at the time of his
death. He leaves a wife, ffve daugh
ters and four sons to mourn his un
expected death.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE BRUNS
WICK CIRCUIT. y
1 beg to aunouce my candidacy in the next
Demcracy Primacy for nomination for the of
fice of Solicitor-General of the Brunswick
Judicial Circuit. :
Oa account of the illness of the present
Solicitor-General, I have filled this office for
him almost continuously for the past three
years, and thorefore am famtliar with its
‘dl“- . Bl
} 1 soiieit youl acjive supporot, and promise,
if electected, to discharge the duties of the
office honestly and to the best of my ability,
A. D, Gale.
On account of the death of
fodge Haddock the entertainmem‘
at the court house will be called off.
A later snvouncement will be made.
Mrs, Looghmln.‘
FOLKSTON, GA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908.
A BAINT AND AGOD. |
- There are more Saint Va_.\letfl
than yau can shake a stick at,
the particular Valeatine whu;;s
made tne patron of young loy
seems to have been a quiet y'_
Florentine who never did anythis
in particular to deserve the electi
When the pagan gods were @it
taeir official quietus some cent f‘
ago some of them wers rude enot
to lefuse to odmit that they / 3
dead; old customs survived;":_é
switch from gods to saints was;%}”
made in a day; there was one (, i
in particular who had gained the &§
sections of the stuid multitude, as
he was very imprudent when he ,’
politely asked to retire. 'This ¢ 1
born individual was Cupid, and B
recalcitrant attitude created a »Q
dal throughout Christendom. Hilt
Cupid stuck to his artillery, and;:i {
nally forced a compromise. It':
agreed that the old customs shoul§l
continue, but jhat the patron gél
should be changed to a patron saikfy
and the saint selected was the afofge
said Valentine. And yet @
seems to have got the best of thi
bargain at that; it is on the s:_ti'_ 1
birthday that those sentimental mi
sives are exchanged, but the v‘ k
and pudgy god, clothed in nothing
to speak of bu! his pinkness apfl
pudginess is featured conspicougl
on the posters—the saint can_ h ,
the name, but the god takes {he
game,—Don Marquis in Uncle B
‘mus’s Magazine for February. : ;§
~ Weclip the following from
signed article m the Souti‘( :
;Geurgian of last week. We heartil§
‘agree with the writer as to the pré;
way of raising the neccessray fiili
and would suggest that *v ‘s
fathers adopt the example set by i
give us artesian water delivered to
?every' family in town that are willing
to pay a reasonable price for it,
Bond for enough to give us ar
tessan water and clay some of these
sandy streets. ~
Now as I feel every citizen of the
county of Camden is interested in
the progress of this city, which un
doubtedly will rebound to the credit
of the entire. I feel that I should
call your attention toa few facts‘}
showing that at last the people of
St. Marys are realizing her advant
ages and earnestly desire to show
that her advancement is to the ad
vancement of the entire county,
For instance the citizens, mayor
and council have unanimously voted
an appropriation of S4OO to carry
on the St. Marys Academy for the
Spring term begirning Eeb, st of
this year. They- have opened the
school to every boy and giriim Cam
den and guarantee their expences,
such as board and laundry, will not
exceed what it costs for similar ser
vices elsewhere in the state,
They have noted with consider
able pleasure that the connty comm
issoners have established a chain
gang system that good roads may be
a practical benefit to our citizens
and enalle them to reach the county
site w'th more ease and pleasure
than heretofore. This undoubtediy
is @ move in the right direction, and
will scarcely cost the county any
thing. Now there is one more move
that will rebound to the honor and
credit of our honorabie board of
county commissoners if they will
take hold of at once, to-wit: Instead
of spending several thovsand doll
ars in bulding a vault to preserve the
records of our county in, that they
build a modern court house and
jail. I’ow the question presents it
self pirhow this fund should be
raised: Thie is a very easily solved
problem; why! because we have pre
cedent after precedent used by other
counties in the state, among the
last, but by no means least, 18 our
sister county Charlton, who have
spuet between $20,000 and $30,000
to build 2 modern court house and
jail, T'nis has been done by a bon
ded issue the prorated on each pro
perty owner being so light, that the
people actually didn't know wbenl
they had completed payment: of
same,
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~ DEPARTMENT.
. CONDUCTED BY J. T. BRINKLEY.
[q HORACE ~MANN
Tine FOUNDER OF, AMERICAN SYs
5 TEM Or Epucarion, .
No less in fact, if so in name, t
the great founders Washington, Jes
ferson and Monrtoe, the gigantic
pillars of our grand republic, is
‘Horace Mann. For hile they, as
soldiers and presidents were flighting
and thinking to give our country
civic independence, material, " sta.
bility and universal recognition, he
was quietly toiling, sometimes, a
gainst natural causes, but most often
against sectional predjudices for the
emancipation of the individual mind
For while Jefierson was theorizing
and making his beautifui comments
for education, Horace Mann was at
work putting in practice these, and
other theories.
| As Massachusetts gave birth tol
| civic freedom and independence, is
itbut naiural for her also to osier
first some metnod for preserving it
|to the unborne millions of the future
ages? She did this in the person of |
I~H~orace__ ,Mann.“ He was born;“in‘
May, 1796. At twelve years ofage
he was left fatherless to the des':.’j
tinies, at twenty, under the influence
of Mr. Barret he rumned his health
for “all time by preparing, in six
ifth\ for Sophqfore class of
B !{wn’i University, from which he
graduated two years later with first
”Wr two years he served as
séntatise in the legislature of Mass.
thus ‘made vacant. While there,
seeing and knowing the need of edu
cation for the public, he secured the
passage of a bill establishing a State
Board of Education, of which he
was afterward made secretary. For
twelve yers he stumped the state in
the interest of education, being dis
couraged often by meeting persons
idéing what they cculd to work a
gainst him, nevertheless he toiled on
i.went to Europe in she interest of his
'theme and from Germany brought
back new methods and thoughts
compiled in the shape of a report,
which made education a public duty,
and established it permanetly as an
institution of the state. This report
also killed forever the doubt as to
the advisability of having normal
schools for the training of tsachers
for the proffession.
He did not consider the high
school or the kindergarten: but he
loved the comman schools, “The
object of the common school system
is to give to every child a free
straight, solid pathway, whice he can
walk up from the ignorance of an
infant to the primary duties of a
men,” he said.” He advocated
;more human treatment to the pupils,
better preparation by the teachers
and more general consideration for
the advaucenent of education by the
‘parents. : :
After severing coptiection with
the State Board, . Mann served a
term in Congress from ' 1848-73.
He was defeated in‘_m‘c@:f.or govern
or of Mass, but was elected presi.
dent of Antiach Coliegé at Yellow
Springs, Ohio, which p'szirion he
held until Lis death in 1859.
In an address to his last graduat.
ing elags he made this gtatement,
"“Pe ashamed to diz until you have
won some victory for humanity,” 4
WINOKUR. j
Rev. G. E. Jones fille(‘lfhis ragglar
appointmant at~ Wiftokur l}affitiq ‘
church on lastßaturday and Sunday,
Despite the bad weather the meet
ing was well attended, -
“We are informed that some time
1n the near future Mr. J. W, Dicke
son 1s:t0 move his shingle will to
the Brownell old millmj\w about fi'te
wiles south of Winckaur, Tk IrE
Quite a mumber of dur farmer
.riends were Am,wv"kn' lagt Saturday.
Lines of farmers “all remind us,
that Wealth may roll in some ddf‘«fii
ourselves.. b i
Mrs. Vida Williams accompanifid
by her husband and two ehildren ar
rived here lust Satugday from Soutp
Florida. They expect to spend
some time with Mrs. Williams's
brother Mr. C M. Griswold.
Messrs. Allen Wainright ani
Eugene Roddenderry attended the
choir practice last Sunday.
! e .
The Jumpnig off Place.
kS
“Consumption had *me in ils
grasp; and I had almost reached the
jumping off place when I was@advised
to try Dr, King’s New Discovery;}
and I want to say right now, it saved
my life, Improvement began ‘with|
the first bottli, and after taking one
‘dozen kggtlcfi Iwas a wcflafludw
Grimesland, N, € As a remedy for,
coughs and colds and healer of
weak, soredungs’ and {6 preventing
To Continue for 15 Days.
ol oot !
Best Calico, 6 1-2 cts. per yd.
Good Yellow Homespun s¢, per yd
2octs. Dress Goods, 16cts. per yd,
28cs. " N A Telp YR
All r Dry Goods at reduc
ed pricese. '
Clothing and lots of it at
10 per cent discount.
All kinds of hats at reduc- '
ed pricese
We have just received some
New Goods which will go in this
sale, ' e ‘
Try us if you are look=
ing for bargains.
Yours for good service.
NMIZELL & PAXTON..
S.OO A YEAR,
SO N A
l> ‘TOLEDO.:y. ¥
- Ml, Walter Johnson weny to 'St
George one day this week on busi
ness, ‘ i@ .
_ M.and Mrs. G. W: Gowen are
both quite sick but_we hope to see
them out again soon. g Y A
- Mz. and Mrs. E~B. Stokes visit
ed St, George.thes week, " . .
* v v b "-”.' ’ ;
Miss Tazzie Hodges -visited Mss,
A. G. Gowen Sr. this week; I.+
L Mr. W, A+ Crews's family bag
been quite sick but is imgscyeing,
Miss_ Dela - Hodges is w@.‘
friepds audrelatives «t Jucks witle
and C’a”ah.l:}, o N ‘,.»m ;
HIGGINBO{HAM STURDIVANT.
The marrage céremony ‘of C.
Stardivant and Miss Carrte Higgigs
botham was solemnized at the home
of the bride’s parcnts, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Higginbotham, about one
‘mile south of Winokur last Sunday
about 10 o’clock A, M. The nup
tial knot was ‘tied by Rev. J. C,
Lied: M
Now that the State . Exccutive
Committee has fixed june 4th for
the State Primary we expect to see
the “palitical pot” begin to boil, It
has been gimmering now for some
time, Most of the counties will
adapt the same date as the siate i
order to save time, expense and an
noyance, It is more than Ali‘ke_lx
that the executive committee of
Charlron county will fix Jmm afi;
for the county primary, in fact, we
ave heard. lom. gopd_duthsity
m;? X ”’W
does, and alf those wha are willing
