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- THE HERALD, | 5 : Published Every Thursday, st Y b S i . * SUBSCRIPTION PRIZE, $1 A YFAR IN ADVANCE, m Advertising Rates Reagonabie, B e ——— Oficial Organ Charlton County and the Town of Folkston. A e O ST ASt e W.R.WAINWRICHT., PROP. E L. WAINWRIGHT, EDITOR ANDMANAGER. Entered at the poetoflice at Folk. .. #ton, Ga., as Second Clags Matter. " No communication will be pub- Cdishod in The Herstd unless the - mane of the writer 18 .signed to ¥ho artiete, g j W Nevet sit ot a railroad track to . fést, | : e There are many pood rabblts " playing lion parts, | > ; . Tharonghness plus ginger ¢quals BcEess, -0 @ taa i) ; i i o TTAre you in love?———We mean with the home newspaper, W It you are not 1 subsériber tp the Herald, let us send you a sample Ohto claimg to be the mother of presidents but Nebraska is having a . Mother Hubbagd made, . cwe If you are fond of giving advice, be g doctor.or a lawyer and get paid for it. ' > o If you have a friend that has done a neble deed tell the editor about it wwe want to tell the world, *eaes ~ " " “Jacksonvle 1s wearing no crepe because fl'(‘l.nc.;:::,w has gone dry, - Waycrosg Hcr'alt'l. A ' SO Waycross is getting to be a proud little towu befe of late. She hatli better think of something else be vsides bragging about. the: big mil and the A.C. 1, shops. ; - My. Merchant, low about an ad in the Herald?-—Get in your nv\} stock, then come to see us, and \u-} will help yousell it, An ad will pay you. >a Beeause your neighbor is a sub scriber to the Herald, and lends it te you to read, 1s no reason why you should not, be g subscriber, Stop tobbing us, CHILDREN'S COLUMN. We love the children, are interest. ¢d in all the boys and giris of our land, Let us give you a colamn .the Herald that you can talk to “those’far sway, writé us what you are doing and Jet us tel] others. If you hiave been in-the country visite ing, write us and tell of your good time, we will be glad to put it in print. If you are doing good work in school let us know, what is of in terest to youwill’be to us. We are waiting, trusting we will hear from some boy or girl in town or out in the country telling vs what they are doing, - «aew Let No Child Suffer. Look for them. Orphan Homes will help. Every ove ought to take part in searching s comuunity for the suffcring or destituted child, the. ynes being reared for ciime, Every child onght to have a fair thance in life. ‘Fhe Decatur, Hope ville, Macon, aud othes orpha~ howes wants to help every absolute by destitate cbild to that opportuni ‘y‘ . ? A helpless child sufiesing {rom ¢old ar hunger is a most pitiful sight, ook omt soy them—love m T o N i g SOGIETY COLUMN. What do you think of a societyi column in the Herald? What per s9o 15 there in“town that would write seciety dots? Take a delight in your heme paper, and write for it, We wounld “Le glad 10 have some young iady in town interested in a society column, ~ She can ron werose mdre dintiér parties a a week than a man 18 invited to in a year, and too the people of the town wonld make it a point to tell yan of a party or something that sounds bigger in print, - Lyyit., Let us hear from oy A S g Homeland, Our Colony Town. Hofmeland, our colony tewn, one mile north of Lere, ils beginning to lock like a city. 'l'he new dwellings that are going up, are like city hous e, tlic streets as they are being cleared are very pretty and makes the lots very attractive, Homes are being built every day, and new comiers are arriving almost daily. Those that have bought farming tracts ar¢ making ready to plant their crops, and everything looks as if they will have a prosperous year. They have one of the best Sunday Schools in the Soutn. | Preaching services are held three s iCays in the month, ‘prayer mecting cvery Wednesday evening, | The public school is progiessing nicely Weare proud of them a motig us, and know they will do a great work in m-uk'ing “this section the greatest Tn the state, : " Cherry History. N ‘ It ig stliL asserted in schoolbooks that ‘ cherries were Introduced to England | by the “fruiterer” or greengrocer of Henrvy VI1ILL; also, that they were not common for n hundred year 3 after that time, This 18 an-error. Mr, T"homas Wright found the name In every one of the Anglo-Saxon vocnbularies which he edited. 8o common were they and 80 highly esteemed that the time for gathering them became a recognized festival’-“cherry fair! or “feast.” And fhis grew inté a proverbial expréssion for flecting joys. Gower says the fri ars taught that “life is but a clierye« fiiyre,” and* Hepe ‘endureth but a throwe, right as It were a herye feate.” There,is more than one record of the purchase of tread for the king's garden at Westminster ceuturies be fore Heyry VIII, was born. But Pliny hontradicted (e fable, ms #f lu pro phetic mood. After telllng that Lu cullus firat brought cherries to Rome (from Pontus, in 680 A, U, ¢\), he adds that' fn the' course of 120 years they have spread widely, “even passing over sen to Britain”- Cornhill Mag.= rine, 3 The First English Bookmaker. Both the Derby and the Oaks owe their vames to that Earl of Derhy who kept a pack of staghounds near Epsom during the last quarter of the eight eenth century and resided at a hunt g box called the Oaks. Fifty years later a spiteful description of the Qaks and ils jockeys was recorded in the dlarvy of Charles Greville, In the re port of the first Derby run the names of five starters and of all the riders are missing and there is no -betting quotation, As the earllest known bookmaker, Vauxhatl Clarke, was hanged, not for welshing, but for highway robbery, betting on the race course could not at that period have been a particularly profitable profession. Jockeys did not then possess their present princely sal aries, but with n }oo of a guinea were wore richly rewarded than those of King James 1, who were regaled by vur RBritish Sdlomen with long speeches, delivered half in Latin and haif in Caledonian.--Westminster Ga zette, Financial Peetry. An unusual album was presented to Willls Clark, brother of Lewis Gaylord Clark, & poet, on one occasion, with a request for “some rhymes." Mr., Clark was at the house of n farmer, and the man's ‘daughter had turned an old account book into an autograph album in whiclr were in scribed the names of her various friends and relatives below appropriate sentiments, Mr. Clark saw his opportunity, and after turning over the leaves for a mo ment or two he took a pen and wrote the following verse: £ 0 a This world's & scene as dark as Styx 3 Where hope s scarce worth 2 & Our joys are born so fleeting hence That they are dear at s And yeot to stay here many are willing Although they may not have 1 ~London Graphic. Hard to Decide. Bmithers—l am going to have my plc tre taken. A good deal depends upon the pose, don't you know. Now, what kind of a positiop do you think would be the best for me? 5%“‘0& § dou't know. [ was golug to say with ‘your back tfifleq%m but then your balr is rather thin bebind.—Bostos Trgnseript. i 1 “Owen Moore Went Away, (Owen Moore Than He Could Pay; : 9 Owen Moore Came Back One Day, b 2 A : Owen Moore W s - Poor Mr. Owen %5> A \)‘ Moore no doubt lived ‘7\ [\, .“‘ S’) in a small city or town ll’ o 82~ where he tried to make o/‘ \\’ a living by running a store. The people who were his neighbors in ® 21 that town and on the ; il 1. farms around town . )28 Il | bought most of their T 8 [ oar) ' things from the great 0 S%m Mail Order houses, | L neglecting to trade ; with Mr. Moore. l i i Quite naturaliy, Mr. A 2 : ‘~ Moore failed ‘in busi el |. | ness and went away g.-l_i.éfi’f\‘ 2 ,J/\ owing more than he ‘-‘74 ’ F‘!= could pay. He had to Lll~ - l « go away and find a lo : , cation in some town A - where the people pat- Bnir o ‘ L) ronized home mer ; * chants. . But the funny poet who wrote those lines was mis taken about Owen Moare coming back one day. Mr. Moore, having been burnt once, would not stick his fin gers in the same fire again. No, indeed! ‘Mr. Moore would stay away, not because he was Owen Moore than he could pay, but because if he ever came back and started again in business there he would he Owen Moore still. He would let the old town continue to grow street grass. A i Haye you been the cause of any Owen Moore trage diesin your town? . » , Watch this space. Dollar Saving Days, " Prosperity dates from taz first dal lar saved. If you are earning money you ought to save scmé thing. What youdo now in the way of saving may ' determine what the fu ture will bring you. We pay interest on savings accounts compounded quar terly at 5 per-cent, on time certificates 6 per-cent. l.et us open an account with We are prepared to serve the pub lic in an acceptable way. Have you tried us? ' THE - OF : FOLKSTQ Savings Department [The Atlantic National Bank, Jacksonville, ‘Florida. ' = mlnterest at 4rr cent.per annum % . Compougded quarterly in - Savings Departinent, EDWARD W. LANE, President, FRED W. HOYT, Vice-President. Banking by Mail s aVery Simple Matter. ey e mase———— To open an acccount, send your name and address with your first deposit. The money muy be sent by registered mail, postoffice money order, express money order, or draft, or by check on your local bank. As soon as this first deposit is received the bank will send vou a pass book, in which will be written your name and the amount of your deposit. It-will also send you signature and identification card, which you will sign, fil out and return. Your pass book must accompany all deposits and withdrawals. You can withdraw mouney by mail just as easily as though you visited the bank. Ygur siguature 1o a blank withdiawal receipt, which we will send you to ill our i all the identification necessary. We-will send you our check fr the amount*you withdraw, or, if you prefer we wiil send you the cash by express or registered mail. : When answering this Ad. p'eass mention the Charlton County Herald. Resources over Four Million Dollars. OFFICERS. THOMAS P. DENHAM, Cashier : DELMER D UPCHURCIH Asst. Caghie %