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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD
JOL. X§.--NO, 37.
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Great Okeefinekee.
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Mr. I W. Oakford, an extensive
{fimb:r J&p&mtor, ~and Mr. Henry
Berling Jr, the owner of vast an:
thragite coal interests of Scranton,
Pa,, arriced in Savannah last Fri
~day night enoute to South Georgia,
, they have planned the dev'glppment
of cypress timber properties on a
large scale,, They are stopping at
the De:Soto, . Y
These g‘e}plhgmgn haye associated
with theny other moneyed men of
Pennsyivanie in the Hebard Cypress
Company, which is capitalized un
dc—.r.the”luws of West Virgiiatat sl,
£OO,OOO. They propose.to succeed
in the developement of: the. great
Qkeefinokee swamp of, %ith ~Geor
gia. This scheme was -1 Idefia&géfi
about fifteen years ago, but itfailed,
Mr. Qakford says, because the pro
moters tricd to get thé timber out of’
the swamp Dy the canal route. His
company will build fiftw miles of
railroad and use thg@eam skidder
~process, he says,
Capitaiists Have Confi'de,}’\ce.
“The fact that these capitalists are
willing to come South and, finance
an enterprise of this magnitude nbw]i
indicates a strong confidence on
their part 1a the iamediate future of
they country. Mr. Oakford says
therc is no question about there hav
_ing been a vergmarked imprcvement
in the lumber business during the
Jast sixty days, “The change for;
Tive,™ he said : T emph: 16,7
“We expect to begin 1n carnest
tie developement of the great Okee- l
< finckee swamp this winter,” he gaid. |
“Everything is in readiness for thcf
work to begin. Mr Berlin and 1|
are o 1 eur way down tbere now to!
lock after a few preliminaries. A-%
side from the volue of the limbcr!
ian.l tne project will have abcuti
throe-fourths of a million dollars in-i
solved in it. We will build fifty |
miles of railroad and coustruct the I[
most a ulern facilities for getting’
the cypress timber out of the swampg
and shipping it to market.
I have heard about the failure
vears agzo of an undertaking to de
velop the Okeefinokee, but that
docsu’v.dxspudrage us, We. may
pecitt by their mistakes and failure,
but there is no danger of a fluke in ‘
our enterprise. Wrom an engineer- ‘
ing standpoint we have solved the
problem aud we have the mone ‘
‘Fhere is a market for the timb
and thare you are |
Good Thing For Section.
**Lbhys work of developement s
going o be a good thing foa Souih
Georgla. The Hebard Company,
of which I am the president, wil
gpend a 19t ot money putting the
plan through.”
—savannah Morning News
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For Rent,
One seven room two story ho s,
also out-bouses and cight acre. of
Jand, more or less, under feice.
Better known as the Haddoek estare
for further information apply o
write
Mrs G. W. Haddock,
Folkston. (1
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[ ~__sioners Met.
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i The County Commissjoners met
Monday, theirgegular mongaly meet
ling day. 8N
They perfected arrangements for
the working of convicts on the pub
lic roads. ; : i
Dr. J. C. Wnight was elected
County physician, and R, N. Mi
|ze'll was recomended by the com
‘missioners as one of the guards.
} ke l’ickrgn, convict warden,
was instructed to orffer the lumber
for the- stockade, which he did
Tuesday,
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" School Books.
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. The following books are “adopted
for the common schools for the next
five years,— © %
Wheeler’s Graded® Primer.
%Graded - iiterature, Ist and 2na
’Reade"s. i :
' Lee's Reader, 3rd; 4th and sth,
Arithmeti\c, Wentwortn’s New
f tllementary ‘and Practical,
; Gramwar, Hyde’s Two Book
Course in English, Book Ist & 2nd.
- Geography, Frye’s Elementary
and Higher, |
History, Beginner’s and Fiela’s
History of the U. S., and Evans’
History of Georgia. ‘
A ‘\‘3(3‘] tu}e’»i H pasiontys ".*; £ s:”’
NS, Petermin'y Col Gorbnr
meat. : T T
Spelling, Branson’s and Swin-i
ton’s, ; ‘
Writing, - Hour Series, ’:cvmll
Number,
Marshall Field,
By J A EDSGERTON.
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ARSIIALL IPMIELD was the
greacest merchant of modera
2 times, lLle had factovies all
, cver the world, in alimost ev
ey counay of Euvepe; in China and
Jupan, in Australin aund. in Noria anld
South America. The goods maaufac
tured by these wmills le soll tavough
bis great retail store. ke wus oue of
the vichest inen iu Amerlea, yet made
far less stir than men with ove-teath
of his wealth., doreover, he paid taxzey
on o larger percentage of Lis posses
sions than probably any other Amer
fcan millionaire, He vever rprealitied,
never weut in debt anld never was os
tentatious with Lhis chaviiies. The
world over, Lis pame was the synonym
Lor business lategrity. In fact, in giv
ing the three essentiel qualities of the
successful business man My, Field
| mentioned these: b
I “lirst.—-Absolute inlegrity.
| “Second.~Good judziient,
- *hird.~Derseverance.”
| Thousands of people before Mayshall
{ Field have stipulated these ns neces
| sary factors in success,. but he put
! Baem in practice. Ie lived them, :
[ Personally I'ield was rather tall, but
1; spare. . e was reticent almost to
i,se:xs‘.ltivcnc:-:s. During office hours he
| was g strict disciplinavian; at other
| tintes almiost a poet,
| Fiedd was a poor boy, the son of a
! New Ewgland farcer. e early exe
prezsed a desirve to become a werciant,
and his father secured him a cterkship
fu a’ village giocery. After the lapse
of a few months the elder Pield asked
the merchant Low the Loy vas -maks
iz out and received a dizcourazing re
port. The storekeeper did net {hink
young lield cut out for & business
man. At this the boy doggcedly deter
mined that he would fool that partien
lar purveyor of caiico, and ha al,
boinz to Chizazo, lie g'ar‘ed as a clerk,
steadlly erowded forward and was on
the rcad to success nt the time of the
! preat ure of 1871, In this he lost prag-
Heally all, but started azain wiith &
illmc added edge to his do:cr:nlxxut!%
FOLKSTON, GA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4. 1909.
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On Febinary Ist, the town offi
&dts, elected for 1909, met and took
tne oath of office, and were then or
ganized. The officers ars as fol
lows:
* MAYOR, ‘
| T. L. Pickren, . 3
Mavor Protey, s
C. M. Raybon. |
; COUNCILMEN,. l
M, J. Paxton,
C. M. Raybon,
J. S. Mizell, :
E. W. Seals, :
O. ¥. Wilson. v
i TREASURER, 4
] E. W. saß
3 RECORDER, ]
E. L. Wainwnght.
MAaRSHAL,
I. D. Moore. o
Street and lane commilte: 2
o M. J. Paxton, :
¥ E.W, Seplg ol
. €. M. Raybon,
Finance committee : .
f 0. ¥, Wilson, i
; ¥ 8. Migell, 0 hie
M. J. Paston. g
Saniffry and cemetery commlm;,;‘
\ - C.M, Raybon, -e o
s atc eRE LB
A@M R e o BRI
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nance, of the town ordinat es, weic)
read and will now be.entorced. |
On Feb. 3rd, a meeting was call
cd for arranging licenses and put- |
ting up hitching rachs 7Jhe dray ‘
age and livery license will be SIO,OO
and hand drays $2,00.
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Daniel Webster,
By J A EDCERTON
During office”
bours a disci
plincrian; at
other times al
105t a poct.
LERITATS the erisls 1n Daniel
t Webster's careerr was reached
| Just after his admissfon to the
| bar, when Le was offered a
court clerkiship. At that time he was
very poor and had slswn little of the
wonder#ul oratorical ability which aft
erward distinguished Lin. The tender
of*such a place was therefore a sore
tempiation. VWebster, however, decid-
A 1 not to take it. stating that he in
tenced to say things himself, not sim
ply wrlte things that other people said,
Ile began practicing in a small New
Hampshire town and remained a citls
zen of that clate many years before
Che was iinally “discovered” and in
duced to locate in Boston. When Web
gter st tried to speak, he failed and
. burst into tears. This was while he
was stilh in school. 8o shy was he that
he could mearcely arise to recite. It
took will power and perseverance to
overcome guch a defect, and it was only
the fact that he felt his own great pow
ey that finally enabled him to succeed.
I Lven after he had overcome his
i theidity the battle was only half won.
i ITis frst efforts were ornate and high
!lm:wlh:g. but contalned little sub-
Petance, Croe leerd eritie sald they were
;“fn}l of emptiress.” Webster heard
{of the eriticism, ond #t cut him, but
i e hind enovrel conmon setise to recogs
i nize the justice of the atricture and to
L profit by it. He reselved never azain
to Indulge fulmere eraiory for s owe
i fake and to speak only when lie had
somethizg to say.
As a bey on the farma YWebster did
not lile to work, Init when he got into
“his owan field b 2 was on oceasions a
“prodigious worker, YWhen in sehool,
Che was given o bundred lines of Yir
gl to memorize. Al night he worked
avd, when called vpen o repeat what
he had learned, not caly Aid s, tat
asked lcave to give another hundred.
then #ti’l another himdred, afler vwhich
he stated that e voas ready to repest
000 more. :
With the *“modern h(’mumm”
personal appenrngyeg waT (BoreßD
bail the battle A v
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I hen IV ebster
first tried to
speak, he feiled
and burst into
tears.
'HE OKEEFINO-
Ak s
?ij;}huounremcnt of the con
cern it is to operate m the Okec
fing b Swamp, has aroused new
intereflt in the big swamp which lies
‘sizi';’: es west of Folkston, People
are Diinning (o enquire into the
me& got the Indian name given
the s@my.
Thi@following description, taken
from @Bhite's Historical Coliection,
wai.‘ Bn to the Wayceross Journal
last o K for publication ;:—
SLEC 15 a remarkable swamp in
this ¢ty called by the Indians
ke .‘ no can’ from ‘Ecunnan’
ear;; d “finocan’ quivering, Itis
30 mils loog and 17 bLroad. Sev
eral glle: s have their head waters in
thi.@j mp, In it are numerous ise
unds ':'.’e of which the Indians repe
TeSé Qtn be amonz the most beay
'tiflflb ({('@ in the world; that 1t was
in ’ ed by a peculiar race of lu
diif whose women were incompar
ably@caiftitul; that this place had
bééf éfi’by some of their hunters
whed i pursuit of game, who being
lostig Butricate swamps and logs,
an ‘tlu: point of perishing, were
NGy :'e;é;fedly relieved by a com
-1;& ;,fi'&mliful wowmer, ywhom they
c’&t Ldiughters of the sun, who
kind & them such provisions ag
twh‘ ::"-‘Qshi&fly fruit such as or
ang Blßlgs, ctc., and some corn
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cakcman’ thus enjoined them to fly
for Set o their own country, as
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fli J“ 4 by T ,
b 3 b sattlemen s si taated on the
elevatediban'ss ol an island or pro=
minznatly in a beaatiful lake, but in
their effort to approach it, they were
involved in perpetnailabyrinths, and,
ifke enchauted land, when they i
maginad they had just gained it, it
seemed to fl betore them, alternate
'y appearng and disappearing. They
resolved at iength to leave the de
lusiye pursuit.and to return, which,
afier a number of inexpressible diffi
culties, they effected. When they
reported their adventures to their
countrymen, their young warriors.
were inflamed with a desire to in
vade and conquer so beautiful a
country, but all their attempts
pioved abortive, neves being able to |
again find that enchanting spot, nor
even any road to it.” .
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The puccessful advertiser must un
darEiand hmiman nature, but his most
uirect appoes) usically is to*Woman Na
ke, e 1 ios re the bargain hunt.
evd NPy liely sonie of them right
oW o#e rendivg this acd vl tnrn to
OREOr barzaing adveriiced 1) this pa
pere Ty .ol oh Ihosirnl! of a b
gaine Bad follow It right ato cams—f
tes ouce L the (il
Nour stere I 3 the camp. Thals papor
i 3 tie !:':.",'/Ij SWhy ncl conitat thie cawmp
with (ha 92
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Wiuokur.
Miss Gussie and Maggie Minehew
dnd Miss Minnie Colson visited
Miss Gussie Roddenbery at Winc
kur last Sunday. |
;_ Mr. Allen Courson visited friends
here last Sunday.
Miss Ethel Anderson is back from
her visit to Hickox.
Miss Minnie Colson is progres.
sing nicely with her music clags al‘
Mr. W, I, Minchews’, |
W, - Howard had several rods
|cf t'cn('inE; burned last week,
Miss Minnic Colson spent a few
hours in Winokur Jast Wednesday
afternoon. -
| There was a s'ng at the church
last Sunday evening.
The woods are burning in every
direetion around here,
| Garle,lf you've any tears to shed,
prepare to shed chem, for it is ru
mored that our moch beloved and
{ufficicnt young agent of the A, C, 1.
Ry., at tlis place, 18 soon to take
s departure for some other clime.
We regret very mueh to give up,
for a time culy, such a one, for the
lgirls say, “to know him means to
love him."”
’ Who do y.'(,n suppose was the 200
!pound min, who a few days since,
!beroining very tired of rowme diffr
cult plowing, mounted the horse
and put his ten year old son to the
plow handles,—claimirg to rest and
also to be ofvs;ryigc Lo tlc”'l_.)_oy_“in‘l
stes ng the ~M i ngv
~ The farmers Union, of V\’inokwr.l
met Saturday afternoon at 2 :30[
o’clock. Quite a number of the
members were present and with the
exception of one all seemed to enjoy
the meeting,
Miss Gussie Roddenberry is spend
ing this week with friends and rela.
tives here. : I
R. B. Thomas and wife spent a
couple of days here. Riley got the
cake for being the biggest yarn spin
ner in town, :
A certain man has broken a pro
mise of long standing, the pinching
weather caused him to haul a load
of wood. But, Oh my!, that frown,
he says he will never like cold wea.
ther again.
Epvucate Your CulLD:—Ought
to be the watchword of every Fa
ther and Mother of to day. To give
your child a common school educa
tion is in reach of all who Fortune
ihas not smiled upon, ag well as the
‘more fortunate; it is the first and
‘highest duty that parents owe their
children. A duty they owe their
country and their God, A duty if
neglected or omitted ot account of
a mere trifl2, not only rohs the
cHild of its just rights, but lowers in
the estimation of the better element
of the people, the parent guilty of
such,
Parents, when you allow mere tri
fles to drop in and preveyt you from
exerzising the most sacred duty you
awe your child, then it 1s that you
are sowing seeds of idleness, discon
tent and strife, which in the course
of time will bring shame and dis.
grace 1o you, :
Alas! it ig not till time, with reck
less hands has turned out half the
leaves from the book of Life to ight
the fires of passion with from day to
day, that man begins to see thac the
leaves which remain are few in num
‘bcr and remembers that upon the
carlier pages of that book was writ
'tn a story ot happy innocence,
which he would fain read over a 2
| dotas fedd deeply how much of
woat w 2 passsss anl what we' dre,
i Liat w 2 owe £ the «durational insti
SI.OO A YEAR,
| \\’AN'm:m._:rnA@R&
© SCHOOL TEACHERS=— I have
the questions and answers of the last
’ seven Btate schoo! examin: tiors .im
print. Will mail them all for one
dollar, Descriptive circutar free,
B. 6 Hotor,
’ Box 27, Eiijay, Ga.
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| Notice.
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- J. J. Mattox, his agents, servants
iand confederates, are forbidden
‘from trespassing any further on the
llands of A, G. Gowen, Sf., under.
penalty of the law, and anyone with
’p,-oof to convict of any trespass hy
said parties will be liberally reward
[cd. This Jan. 12th, 190 g.
‘ A. (.. Gowen, St
~ GREAT MUSIC OFFER.
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i Seed us the names of three or
. more performers on the Piano or
\Organ and twenty.five cernte in sil,
|ver or postage and we will mail
(you postpaid cur latest Popular
| Music Roll| containirg 16 pages
; fu'l Sheet Musie, coneisting of
| popu'ar songs, Marches and \Valiz
~es arranged for tle Piano orOrgan
!includ‘l”ng Ruv Kyaver's famous
} “I"light of the Butterflies,” “st.ireh
Manilo,” and the latest popular
(song, ““The Giil I've seen.”
- POPULAR MUSIC PUB,, €O,
' INDIANAPOLIS. IND.
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This is to notify the p-ople of
Folkston and vicinity that T am now
again engaged inthe draying busi
ness here, and am prevarsd to baut
your freight, move your furniture or
anything in that ling,
1 appreciate the patronage ot the
people here before, and ask tor con -
inuance of same,
‘ Respectfully,
Chas. J. Youmg.
Buftalo.
The oyster roast at Bachlott was
a success,
Misses T.ettie Davidson and Nan-.
cy Dowhng attended the oyster
roast Friday. :
Mr. Martin johne, of Backlott,
visited his uncle, P, €, Dowling, of
this place, Saturday.
l Messrs, J. W. Davidson and § Y
Lee were in Winokur Saturday,
My, I, O. OQuinn visited J. W,
Davidson Sunday.
Miss Nancy Dowling visited Misg
Lettic Davidson Mogday,
Miss Alta Dowling is spending
several days at Hickox. i
Mr. B. C. Obninn yisited J, W,
I.ee Sunday.
Mr. David GQuinn, of Waynes
ville, visited his parents here lasg
week,
“Brown-Eyes,”
m’
ltutions of our country. Nature has,
indeed, given us a sojl which yields
bounteously to the hand of iadustry;
the mighty and fruitful ucean is be
fore us and the skies gver qur head
shed hezlth gnd yigor,
But what are land, sea, and sky
to civilized man, without saciety,
knowledge, morals, and religious
culture, and how can these be e¢ns
joyed in all their exc¢llence but un -
der the protection of wise institue
tions and 1 free government,
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