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CHARLTON C@UNTY HERALD JOL#X%I.--NO.-34. PP AN (T NI Sl i & @0 « For Georgia, Iy R & *The preparatins for the Good Rf,‘z_u{s School tollowing the Fag‘ m "I'a Coaference dre nowv made aud the arrangemonts promise an ocea vgi(:n of exceptional value at this --;j_eu.c:u'rg: in the movement: for better tbads. The séhool opens Monday, Januiry zsth and closes Saturday, January zoth. The fifteen special lectures on spetific road topics will form a §ystcma>ti\cfi body of valuabis and a‘gi‘actiyc izfidl;mation on road buldng, which ud wigde awake road official in t!jc_gt:},te mwgll aiford to miss, The work s N:@me_q ‘on ‘the system and jvithout tryiag. to spread itsell ov@r the whole range of. theocetic and possiblé mcgtho\rls of it 2t iope Cofiens offops Dl s '.,;\.su:.g;n’?z.ukuzu T:;,'ug:ingzjl,' a Melad odst pracucal m@.'in)dq of 5 pioceeddis lot Uies vaiolis ‘(,%{*'u:m o 1 Liig dlgtle +7 3 . 3 i wold ?: v,éugi,m:c'i’v}.n-g “and® finans Clik .»,,{uv,f wilh be cigarly uroug"ut out i e eeizdon to'cach ‘other; and the Ixas'lr,uczxu:{‘slv;n will endeavor to 11,'\-}‘}&-:""1,}111‘. iuw, even the coun ties Wil sl TesoUrces Gan make Ca wise ch,k»[m‘l uy x'q road betterment. The noeinc icawta&ut lie @rfaxnse— weuts are e vr‘_};nsh'ms_, maue tor Geluasdaaon vlps over the loads oK larat = Luu-fixy,__;a.lld 'v_.nc acClual ,‘uu: JUcuon vl Uie oue balt miie” of Sand Giay Fuad aujacent to'the main butidiug ot e Agricalwural College, A foece of nity ecuvicts wiii De ew o ployed gurieg tie wholegweek i L TR A Liife sta Biler WOrKing - codi tious, : | Fitina plesible through the splet 1 did spiret o larky ounity’s ofh ‘ C CHBTOUG commissioners and® chew desile.lo give tiic road officials who | € iy 2 ARG oL BIY Salistactaly iGea Qp DN CuuVie:s ¢ hapudled a ¢ AWOW TOdn: WOk Ccan e dulie w - ads \‘zmAL.t;.c Wil plroped cpuipuicul, Auc roat Juatuinel v exbibited by ! el s Clt ol Wil DE aloilici TUC Oppt iy bula Lol \m..m(_-: tion angd lul praciical dewmonstra: | tions 1 road bLeuerwent Is one Wihica dsulbuti Vilcis auu wWhtch the D ule Luiivge urges dpon -the- ace @ . LULLC U persuns LU lie dlate liwiiescu O Coliceiued 1o road W R Wi avouuce rn;smm.l bouic or I'rul, ctraian 1t you want a SGul Fewcsved b the demonstration Wips 101 waich iree transporration Wit ue proviied. Chas. M. Strahan, . Lo vl Vvl nugnuccrm&.[ S, \a. ‘ Jualic Oy 4Ycy vrowned. k. : Y esetauy moraing w. N, sw lay 5 Clild, abuul one aud Oue Nuall Yeals vl wge, Willie Piaying atould W LU Uk Wl A Ju dlite diuwilcu, AUk UEC as UOCU Icdlucu \;Li e sad accaatud, Mr ouuitay uves near Uplon Vg, . Notice i LUReserAies are torbidden | ir ‘ : thor on v; perals fi%e o Brone with proof ty coanvict of any tre annes by paidd partics vl Bil ! rau rs A. G Gowen, Sr :What Makes ; L America Grow.‘ L A big business country must hav«—' ‘ibig busilxesé, and ours is tae biggest busiaess country in the world, writes ,'senator Beveridge 1n Leslie’s Week ly. . Business depends upc;n the ease and quickaess with which people can mingle and trade together. To‘ stop the growth of business organi :z'a}ioxi.s is to stop'bl“he‘ growta of the ?couhtty. If ths‘q‘cel industry were run by tfe little «concerns of fifty years ago there would be only a fraction of the out put of the peo ple’s building and transportation materials. ~ If little shops made ali ‘the agricuittiral implements, as they ilo'n(-e-dxd, fully'a third of the far ‘nters of the farmers of ‘tHe ~Uhited Biates eonl Inot b supblicd: #MRe f’h}‘ wmbher that a 9 short railroadflincs ‘;mu.mui by. little companies have consohidated info sinvle Syetenps ) !'r‘zx;[\\'av rates for treight and passen ’ gery bave., sfadil v borde dawy | "L”ni:-:z' years. agh a mah {shippiog ..»:~zgm from 5§ “Lguisto New Yoi , would have billed it ovea at tea- l two lines of road. If he travelad from Omaha to Bostoh she had to ’l)u; at least three tickets and _make three changes of.cars, Service is the test of theories. Shall we go ’forward or backward? Again, the peice of raw matedials that go into wagons and agiicultural implements has increzsea, while the i rice of wa gons and agriculttral implements has gone down, and at the same time thosswagons and - implemeats | today are guaranteed, - Politicians. > o o N om «‘ TAvalEr ’IIL-~- “.'flfil')‘ig'!b:‘q‘(; bs:ék'to vie piacksmith’shep for his plow"s, bairows, wagons and reapers, Character Building. By Miss VioLrT Davis, lok , B 0 tosiing ety . = ATt CRIDE S and M SOW dhe- £ipV . ¢! n { )i ti il We il Rivie-make; HOL Sniy Ul clhdracter: bur that Of otoers: waich wul be either for good or evil. As these seed bring forih a rich harvest so will our acts, deeds and thoughts; for we are told that “What soever a man soweth, that elso shall he reap.’ If we have §o great an influence upor the lives of others then we as Christians ought to <er the very best example possible; fcv we know that we are each our brother’s keeper. A Christian is not ashamed to confess Christ as his Saviour; to tell f His wonderful love, how He came to earth 1o suve sinners,* and iv teach the beautifal lesson of uge- Luiness. luis a Christian who ex ciis the most influence for good up ou lose with whom he comesg mn contact. It we would swop to con sider, | am sure that we would all agree that the greatest “‘blessings are in the way of him who, forgetful of self, tries to be helpful to the world, and spends his life in loving deeds.” I you give to the world the best that you have, the best will come back to youn. ” And now let us out awav the un. worthy things that mect us worry, discontent, and taking loyal hoid o time, love, auty, friendship, sorrow and faitih, so live iu all truth 25 (0o be an inspiration and blessing to all thosc whose live are touced by ours. TEET— -1.0 l I, R B | g T &= ' == { | e | FOLKSTON, GA, THUBSBAY JANUARY 14, 1909, K- Yo E S R e . } The Influence.Of B t I'he Local Pag Rl e :g i ' — Interesting figures compiteg® ¢ LN {M: W. Lawreace, marfa ck‘;‘ 4 farmw jourpals circulali;j 0 o ‘and Michigan, show that $ 7.t cent of the farmers of+ tHose. SEEES (loA rot take any of the pg};& a azines . In other states M . R rence believes this paigentE el be found to be even gnie'ifl" . In many communities tite #aa) X R AT ) pajer must be the ohlg r‘e%l‘fi n ol ter that enters the home. I'tl' prai . cases it is cverything from #dok. book to Bible, Such a;pgf)t_,ust'; VoM AR RS Y exercise a tremendous I&]{l’ GOn 4 L 2 public opinion and upon tb@‘) 3 AR T . ing public.? i s*; ‘The local merchant oftenai® to sce thathe hus right’ at han@he means of combating® Mail er ke T houses. An advertisement s tocal paper will carry msore Wwillhs y g e S ¢ than all the catalogueswnd™ VAR 1l dy sing that a mail Srder s & A Forw & L b Chivnk it overy M Me*\.h.i AL will pay you, Yk AN iblical Lore As - IDical Lore /AS <. 91 Expressed By 28 « n o P . 11 RO B SR sl T Eve stole first, and .Adt' [ole " o, oy second, St. Peter, be umpiredthe game; Kebecca went 1o tho/dell, with the pitcher, Ruth, in the (el won fame; G("!&.‘E‘L wmfl;tm ag ‘o ' :..,.y; wg & b % j~¢ »,," ;' 5 s o Rt ek A% TR S P U e s Cain. The Prodigal Sen mnd% o {g:*" a home ruu, ahd brother Noah gave out checks for rain, . : Pepys cn May Dew. - In Pepys’ time May t]c\\'—fllr.t[;}%;» dew gathered from the grags on a May morning, and especialiy on (he morn ing of May day—was highly prized for Lleaching linen aud improving the com plexion. Pepys wrote in 14673 *My wife away down with Jaue and W. Hewer to Woolwich in order to a lit tle air on to lie there tenight anad so to gather May dew tomoriow morning, which Mrs, Turner bath tatght her iz the only thing in the world to wash her face with, and I am contented with it.” Two years later he made this en try in his diary: “Troubled, about 8 In the morning, with my wife's ealling her maid up and, rising Lerself, to £0 with her coach abroad to gather May dew, which she did, and I troubled for it for fear of any hurt geing abroad so betimes happening to her,” but I to sleep again. She came home about 6.” . Winokur. Mr. Dan Byrd visited his dau ghter, Mrs. Stephens, of this place. School opene 1 here Monday, Jan. tr. J C. Allen and Miss Rozella Crews beiug the teachers. Mr. C, L. Byrd is vigiting rela tives here a few days. Mrs. Mack Crews has been visit- Ing her brother this week at' Lake City, who has been very ill, Mr. J. C. Allen and son was in Folkston last week, Burnt Fort. We had good preaching at the oOQuinn schoolhouse last Sunday by Mr. Jim Laleg, one member being received who was 8. N. Wainwright We in this section are feeling the good of the Farmsrs Union As iron is on the decline, #nd we hope other things will follow, we expect times to be brighter in_ this section in the near future, 1 William Box is expecting to ran a lighter on the tiver and pick up sunken logs. This will give many of the Idle boys ewployment. 1. H Wasdin is building & house near here, and wil{ljoon make this | his home. -~ * ¥ 5 | . A o ."‘ ¢ @ : e . . Town Election, e Last Thursday the clection of offi gers for the town of Eolkston, for T . WA year 1909, was held. Muea in: &firest wag taken as there "were two bQ«I tickets ont. . A B The ticket elected was as follows: o . For-Mayor, e T. L. Pickren. . Iy : ""A, 00l Councilmen. : oM Raybont .. J. S. Mizell. E. M. Febemion. * i g 2V ey ]g? ) O. F. Wilson. : For Recorder, ‘ E, L. Wainwiight - School Opens. . ' W—— « The Folkston School opened on January 4th, for the spring tcim. - 'Fhe patrons are all pleased with Lthe progress the school s making under the management of Prot. s ‘R. "VanVooihis, and tvery ‘one bseems to, be proud of our school here. . The assistant teachers, Mrs. C. .- | Waughtel and Miss Ethel Linch, are doing splendid waork amang the little folks, and are adyancin s them rap ey, . “ “There is now ,one hundred and twenty puptly on roll. ' e L &;‘?fl* e ; - T ' She Worked tho Saaka Cure. ;r;,prgl‘act}’tges#‘ure cceasionally com ginitted i Pisis, as, for instance: Au Wl 23y woman *ealled on a doctor s LB B A«};;ym ANy S “?@HHW"',}‘J % ' kst i T Hons mear by. “1 have tried the ser pent cure,” she said, “but there was no result. If you will allosv e to pay your fee in advance I shall be sure you - will come.” ¢ fi;~'l‘he doctor consented, and the old “Wwoman handed him a SIOO note. As Lie ‘was getting the chango out of {he ‘#afe she again mentioned the “serpeiit cure” and he asked her what it was “Ehis’ slie.snid, and, taking a box from under her rags, she turned half n dozen snakes out on the floor. The doctor was startled and lusheo out ¢f the roonms. When he returned with a stick he found that the woman and the snakes had vanished, while all the money in his safe had also gona, He stiil held the SIOO note in his hand ‘but this proved {o be a forgery. : A Victim of Leprosy. “On my travels in Venczuela,” sald a New Yerk man, “I sftayed in a hotel with a, young man in whoso famiiy ! there was the taint of leprosy, though he apparently did not have it. One night sitting at dinner he became an gry at a waiter and brought his hand down or: the table with full force, e instantly realized that he did not feel the blow and «at looking at his hand, his face whitening with horror, ‘Give me your knife, Bob, he said to his chum. He grabbed the pocketknife in a frenzy and stabbed the side of ‘his hand with vicious cuts from finger tips to wrist, You may not know that leprosy appears in the gide of {he hand, ‘numbness being a sign. The man did not feel the cuts, Ile arose from the table, knocking over his c¢halr, roshed out into the courtyard of the hotel, and we heard the quick tang of a re volver shot, telling us how he had con quered the leper's curse by ending hia life,” Dollar Bills by Weight, “Dollar bills are worth almost thelr weight in go!d,” a bank president said the other day to a depogitor, “Yez. 1 suppose they come In handy for change and are casy to carry,” the depositor replied absently, “No; 1 was speaking literally,” the bahk president said, “We got into an argument in the bank here the other day as to how much a dollar bill weighed. A twenty dollar gold pieca weighs 540 grains. We found that twenty-seven erisp, new one dollar billa welgh the same as a twenty dollar gold piece, We tested some bills that had been in nge and found that it took but twenty-«ix of them to balance the gold piece, I suppose that twenty-six used bills gather an accumulation of dirt in passing from hand to hand that welghs shout what one new bill does." =~Kangey City Star, WANTEB INFORMATION | BEEGARIING & Farm or Bosiness | for sale, Not particular aboutlocation, Wisn to hear from ownexr oniy vho will xell direct to buyer. Give price, deseription wund gtate when posscssicn 4 ¢an be had, Addresa, 1, L DARDYSHIRE, Box 0953 Rochaster, I.Y. r PRI T T Ae i X A | Couit . ! wounty Court. ; DR e ! 5 l Couat was held here Tuesday. | Neariy all eases were laid over. | I'l‘he three negroes, charged with ho-. bog, were given four months each. ‘ | Quite a number were present from different sections of the county, | Schmitd-Miils, 14 :On Wednesday evening, Janvary 6th, ‘o9, at 6 o'clock, Miss Josie M:lls and Mr, Walter Schmitd were! ' married. I | ‘lhe ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s parents, in | the presence 6f only a sow rclntives,j by Rev. G. E. Jones. | Tiie bride is a daughter of Mr. land - Mrs. Jos. Mills, while thc]! lgmom is 1 prominent young busi lncss man ol Winokur/ | | We wish for them a long fife of happiness. | ‘ Gibson-Chesser. " Last _\Vednpsday forenoon at 1r o'clock, Miss Addie Chesser and | Mr, 870 G, Gibson; both of 'near }hm'c, were united in marriage, Rev. l\\’. O. Gibson performing the cere mony, H' Only a few relatives were present it being very quiet, and was a sur prise to many., The bride 15 a daughter of S, A ‘3!: :- T *. .i‘ ;w: » : “ gressive youns farmers, I o ; The Herald wishes them a long happy hife, Wanrteb—=TracHngs, SCHOOL TEACHERS— I have the questions and answers of the last seven State school. examinatiors in print. . Will mail them ail for one dollar, Descriptive circular free, B. S. HoLbEn, ! Box 27, Lilijay, Ga. ani | Spanish Creek. Mr. Sapp has moved in his new residence near the colony and is preparing to fence in new land for a farm, l Mr. J. B. Ba¥er has compieted a Irbiym: brick chimney to Mr, hSapp’s residence but Mr, Sapp says the dranghtis so strong he has to shut out his old pet cat 1o keep her from being drawn np the chimney. Mr. Johnnie Hatcher has moved his family or. his farm and will take lifc casy. Johnaic sayr he has tried everything from telegraph o perator to the manuafacturing of naval stores but likes farming the best of all, | M. J. B. Baker while sorfing his sweet j)f}l.uto:s a few days azo lawd aside one dozen that fillad a 2 bushel measure. He says they wers grown on land that made a bonnteous stp ply of irish potatoes before the sweel potatoes were planied. Mr. Ruehling who owns the An derson place is burning up the stumps and preparing to double his farm this year, He made cxr:cllcnt’ crops last year but being a progres I sive farmer will do much better this | year, 4 . J Mr. Henry Johneon, our Tax Collector., had three fine pigs butch. [crcd afew days ago ‘hat made 159 }pfmn,,!»' of lard, besides a quanity of sausages, spare ribs, etc. Having \ci@t more fine hogs to kill, Henry says lie does not care how high the \ price of bacon goars, s.oo_ A YEAR, . Killed And Then ~ Burned In Stove. On Sunday Jau, sth, in Tlinoms, Gordon Browning was killed and then his body burnel in a stove. ~ For several days no trace of the annl(;rcou!(l ba found, it was a ‘mystery to all, On last Monday the story of the [tcrrihlc crime was told by a let'ar from John Carmical to a sheriff, confessing the crime, saying he did it in seifd efense. . One day fater Carmical commite ‘tcd suicide before he was captured, Work To Begi ! otk To Begin ; ~ Soon In Okeefi -1 nokee Swamp. l | St i It is now a certainty that the tim ber in the Okeefinokee swamp wild be cut. The Hebard Cypress Co., are to begin work-soow, having already made their plans. They will locate the.r miil at Waycross, and willi run itheu‘ road down the swamp on ihe other side, Rail has already been ordered and the first shipment is in()\v enroute, : . Construction companies are figur !Eng on the proposed mills with a ’view of bidding for seme of the con '.&;tru(*ti\'m. l Work will begin as soon as pos~ isiblt:. - ; ..: A' _."f »x,,v ‘;IAQ .n.,w‘/ , e et : ~ e L Lrom the Al PR I oSt T i ) s AN ‘ T CRERe S : ” N Y .': “the correct thing to do, as well as to get a little fresh air, had invited some of his friends do“}lfi?fi see his new possession, AT ¢ . Having viewed the domain and not ing the absence of creature life about the place, one of his friends remarked: “With a nice, open place like this, 1 wonder you don't have some animals about, as I 3 usual on a furm. Some cows, for instance, so as (o bave your own butter and eream.” “No-0," drawled his host, “don’t care shout butter or eream.” “Bome chickens or ducks, then,” You surely like fresh eggs?”? “No-o, don’t care for eggs. But I've sometimes thought I°d like a sheep. A rather like kidueys for breakfast.”-e Liverpool Mereury. Possums For ’ s Taft’s Atlanta Visit’ On the night ofgJan. sth, M+, Ed. Murray. popularly nicknamed “Dum my” Murray made a hunt for pog sums for the Atanta Chamber of Commerce, to be used at the big dinner planned for President Elect Taft when he visits the capital city on the fifteenth and sixteenth of this month, ‘“Dummy” is a pro fessional possum: catcher, and will send some nine ones from his por llim\ of the state, . o | Hilliard. | ' Mr. J. J. N, Conner has a verg | sick boy. - Mr. Jim Leigh moved in his new } house Tuesday. Mr. H. J. Davis visited his father Mi. Heary Davis on Tuesday. Mrs. W. H. Mott has been ser iously ill'for some time but there is } hope for her recovery, ~ Miss Audrey fcott and Esther Robinson, escorted by Mr. Gus and Norwvood Williams visited Mrs W, H. Cason of this place lust week. Mr. W. H. Casou has been suc cessful in capturing the thief who ‘entered his store. in St. Augustine, ;\ His name was Warner, formally em ployed by the Hilliard Co. Most of his jewelery was recovered, as he did not have time to dispose -of it ’ull. ;