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DOLLAR AND A HALF PER YEAR
New Chevrolet for New Year '
Details of Distribution Methods Given
Demonstration Cars Ready.
DETROIT Dec. 24—Promising
the most spectacular low priced
automobile of all time, the Cnev
rolet Motor Company announced
here today that a complete new
line of motor cars will be intro
duced ro the public January first.
- In confirming reports tha'
Chevrolet would very shortly in
troluce a new car of surpassing
interest, W, S. Knudsa2n, president
of the Lhevrolet Motor Company,
declared thatthe otfical announce
ment covering all details of Chev
orlet’s sensational new produc!
would come Sundav = Januar
first, No details wil be available
until that time, he said.
Chevrolet assembly plants have
been in production on the new
car since Decemver 12, Factorie:
in Flint, Mich., Tarrytown,N. Y,
St. Louis, Mo., Oakland, Cal,
Buffalo, N. ¥., Janesville, Wisc.,
and Norwood. Ohio, have bee:
humming with activity preparin,
for the highways the first of the
new cars that promise tu make
motor =ar history in 1928. 1
Shipmentsof the new cars to‘
-dealers have been leaving the
various assembly plants since
- December 15 so that the vast
' eountry-wide dealers organization
~may be prepured for the intro
_ductory showing next Sunday.
Unbridled enthusiasm is being
displayed -over the new cars by
Chevrolet field sales officials, who
have been milling into Detroit for
privates lowings of the new line
Practically every Chevrolet
dealer in- thke United States will
have cars ready for public inspec
tion January first. There will be
simultaneos exhibitions of the
new car that has caused so muck
discussion in the last few months.
This gigentic distribution achieve:
ment of supplying thousands of
dealers witn cars in such a briel
space of time was made possible
ouly through the farseeing polic)
of the Chevrolet organizatien anc
the tremendous resources anc
production facilities of the Chey
rolet Motor Company. Never il
the history of the industry will sc
many new models of one mak:
have beeh ‘placed in dealer”
hands in such a limited space of
time.
Urofficial reports from the
Chevrolet offices here say that the
new car will embody mauy im
provements in design and con
struction. New standards o
beauty are promised. Easier
handling and smoother riding
Qualities are, heralded as some o
the oustanding features of the
new Chevrolet line,
Many unlooked for change:
have been made in the appearance
of the car, according to repor'.s.‘
providing the new Chevrolet witl
a beauty and style appeal, unex
ampled in the low price field,
Without disclosing details,Chev
rolet officials declared that the
new cars would embody the re
sults of 13 years experience anc
progress in the building of low
priced transpotation. Lessons
leurned from millions of mites of
testing on the Genceral Motors
proving givund have been bougin
to bear onthe new product, of
fici.s declured. In tact all the re
sources of General Motors have
been employed for months to de
s acd buile, (e car inut is . her
alded to be by a wide margin tne
greatest automobile ever offered
by Chevrolet.
Morethan 5,500 newspapers
across the entire country will ar
sist through there advertising
columns in broadcasting the an.
nouncement, which will take the
form of one of the mos. compre
nensive advertising campaigns
ever attempt in the automobile in
dustry Every city, town and
aamlet ip the country will read
the details of the 1928 Chevrolet
on New Yesr’s day.
Prominent Bend Citizen
Dies of Fnenomnia
One of the bends most promin
ent citixens, Mr, Joseph Canady,
fied from an attack of pneumonia
‘ever last Thursdav, after anill
ness of less than forty eight hours.
Mr. Canady was fond of coon
aunting and had been out several
night previous, and on Mouday
night spent the entire night hunt
ing coons, returning home in thc
morning he complained of severe
pains, and asked that the family
be summoned. Effortx were in
vain to save him, he dying Thurs
day afternoon. He was buriec
Friday afternoon at Big Prong
cemetery. Mr, Canady left a wife
and some four or five children to
mour his death. Mr. Canady was
born in the bend, was a good far
mer and citizen, and was well
known all oyer the county. He
served last year as county com
missioner from the Moniac district.
~ Section Men Change
~ Mr. J. L. Jackson has removed
from Folkston, ana is now with
the Coast Line on construction
work. Mrs. Jackaon and children
are domiciled in the Royal home
on the Highway,
Mr Matt Smith, who has served
with the Coast Line Road for the
past twenty-three years at Win
okur as section master, now has
section No. 39 in Folkston. He
lives in his own home just north
of the depot. Matt is a good sec
\ion man and we are glad to have
him in Folkstcn as a citizen,
Did'nt Die of Flu
Our friend, Jesse Mizell soy:
An item in the Herald abou: him
losing his hogs from fiu, was an
error, that while he lost two sows,
the cause was a naturai one, and
did not effect his fattening hoas.
It was just one of those cases,
where he jumped at & conciusion
;because others were losing them
from the flu.
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Negro Burned to Death
Satnrday night, one of the shape
ties at Snowden's camp, east of
Folkston was destrcyed by fire.
It was discovered after ards tha.
one of the workers, had been
burned to death, It is suposed
that he was intoxicated and bad
sullen to sicep, and was caugh be
fore becomiong aroused He came
here from Hilliard a few weeks
ago.
OFFICIAL - ORGAN OF THE"'COUNTY OF CHARLTON.
FOLKSTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1927
IN THE EDUCATIONAL WORLD.
Concert Tuesday nign t*?:*
Announcement is made that the
nextattraction on the local lyceum
course will be THE EVELYN
BURT' CONCERT PARTY. Tlfi
company is one of the numbers
secured from The Piedmont Bur
reau of Asheville in a series “:gt
this season and comes to us high=
ly reccommed by other communi
ties for whom engagements have
been filled during the present
season, e
The program is intensely inter
esting and educational, being pre
sented in the form of a tour
around the world, Costumes both
gorgeous and ludicrous are worn
by the company = members.
[he music is sprightly, varied and
splendidly presented. Novel in
novations make up an evening’s
entertainment that i wholeséme
and enj.yable from beginning to
end. :
THE EVELYN BURT CON
CYRT PARTY will flll their en
gagement on Tuesday night, Jan
8 at the school Auditorium.
Christmas Entertainment
The grammar school at Folkston
had a charming ending of the be
fore Christmas period, each room
giving a Christmas tree and a lot
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An item of keen Interest to farm
boys and girls throughout the South
east Cotton Belt and to every one for
that matter In the entire South Is
the Farm Marketing essay contest
being conducted by the Sears Roebuck
Agricultural Foundation, Atlanta, Ga.
This contest, which offers as its threé
eapital prizes trips to the Interna
tional Live Stock Show In Chicago
and the Southeastern States Falr In
Atlanta, offers in addition 1,200 Stone
Mountain Memorial colns as sce
ondary prizes. The plcture shows Mr,
L. H. Beall,: general manager at At
lanta, presenting Mr. Hollin N. Ran
,m president of the Memorial As
Popularity of Dairy
Products Show Gain
C=D CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA
IN 1926
es=i¥
BUTTER
CHEESE
MILK -FI
lu?ebhr and spirit of the holiaay
m%«! There were certain!,
f{otol bright chieerful faces tu
iditorium. when the program
‘ by the primary and first
erade ended, In the dialogues,
Subgs aud scenes the children
Shiowed splendid training, and the
nnouncer of each number dressei!
as Santa oroved adecided succest.
"' Misses Robinson and Richard-
Stn are to' be complimented on
%fntertainment given.
' iThe High Schocl celebrated by
ng examination. ‘
‘Behools throughout she county
#ill convene on Monday, Jan 2ud,
for (he second period. 1
At Racepond
| ylton Crews was chosen trus
e of the Racepond school distric!
%fiw election of Monday, Dec.
19th. Eaton is a good man and
'fll do what he can to make the
Raeepond school a better one.
‘The Christmas tree was a decid
ed success at the Racepond school
on Kriday, the 23rd. An-enjoyable
program was given and the child
ren did themselves proud on the
occasion, Miss Nettie' Keen, the
teacher, reporis a splendid “tur..-
out of patrons, and that the school
As%fi:od.mrk- by Lo
soclation with a check for $1,200
which Is giy* in payment for the
souvenirs. /|
“We ure Ib 4y pleased,” states Mr.
Beall, “to b} ble to co-opernte with
the assoclatiou In this matter, Cer
talnly your cause 18 a most worlhy
one and we can think of no more sult
able prizes for the runners-up In our
contest than memorlal colus, Bulld-
Ing the mohument a 8 you are for pos
terity, it seems fitting to us that the
farm youth of today, the agriculturul
leaders of tomorrow In the Southenst,
should be identified with its construc:
tion and we consider it a privilege to
be & factor in thls assoclation.”
Fiftyfive gallons of milk, 1061
pounds of butter, 14 pounds of con
densed and evaporzted milk, 4 pound:
of cheese and 2.8 gallons of Ice cream
were consymed by Mr. Avernge Amer
Ican In 1026, suys the Sears Roebuck
Agricaltural Foundation,
The rapid increase in the consumyp
ton of dafry products during thetas
decade has heen an ontstanding fen
ture of the chauges lu food habits,
“Bat for health” has become the
popular slogan aod educailon in the
dietary value of dairy products which
are rich ln vitamin A and fmportant
sources of, proteln and lime plug the
trend toward & more expensive diet,
have resulted In Increnses In the per
capita consumption of duiry products
during past decade of ws much as
30 per in the case of fluld milk
and 45 cent In cheese,
The eats more milk and but
ter and than thescity mun
of all dalry products Is
below average In Southern states
where dalry production bas lncresscd
very, slowly and prices average bigh.
Nahunta Highway Work Rushed.
Graded and Opened North of Newell.
Filling in Bridge Approach Slow.
Deer Hunting Great Sport
Many being Killed.
Another deer huhter was mede
happy Monday, Mr. Wm, Mizsl),
Sr., was the lucky one, gettiag a
fine doe. : )
Deers and wild turkeys have
supplied local sportsmen with a
lot of good sport this season, and
from reports a greater number of
deers and wrkeys have been kill
ed than in many season before.
In fuct deers have been killed
by amateurs, and even tame tur
keys got mixed with wild ones,
Camcen county has been the
scene of the deer hunting while
Charlton has supplied the turkeys
as well as bears, which likewise
has been more plentiful thun here
tofore. e
‘Brock-Mizell Marriage
A wedding of much interest to
the friends of the contracting par
ties was the mdrriage of Miss Lena
Rivers Brock to Mr, E. M. Mizell
on last Friday péiflnfi:gfi. rd,
at the, Wof Rev. G. O‘&w
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fm. at eight o'clock
of the date 1t waé to m&i;'m
altempted to steal a march on
their friends, but the wedding wus
dis :overed, and they were treated |
to auold /ahioned horse back ride
Mr. Mizell is the sou of Mr.
Pratt Mizell, and an employee ol
the PGeorgia--Florida Investment
Company. iss. Brock 1s one ol
Charlton’s sweelest home girls
the daughter of Mrs. F. E. Brock
of Traders Hiil. They both have
many fitends who are wishes|
them all kind of good wishes for|
a long and eveutful life. I
i Crews-dirickiand.
~ The marringe of two jopular
young Bratily cranty people was
}solemized Saturday night at the
residence of Rev. G H. Jacohs
rwhen Miss Virdie Crews and Mr,
W.S. Suickland, were joined to
gether by Rev Jacobs, They wili
imake their home at Ft, Mudge.
~_ District Agent He e
1 Last wec k istrict Agent Brown,
of the State Extension board was
in conference with Chalrman Lit
tlefield, of tae coanty comur ission
ers, and a defiinate understanding
reached as to the employment of
a counly agent, Mr. Littlefield
advises that we have been promis
ed the very best man available, and
an experienced stock man. He is
to be availalle right after Jan, lsl,!
but we have not bzen able to learn
his name as yel. This 1s a step in'
’the right diregtion and we leell
assured that this money is well|
spent in a good cauue, ’
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Deer Dog Killed
Sam Mills is one deer hunter
that pays desr for his hunting
Tuesday night some traveler ran
over his hound, making the fourth
deer dog, he has had killed in the
past two season, Sam says that
the limit has been reached so he
intends to lay off the dog business,
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 52
The handsome concrete bridge
presents a beautiful picture, coms
pleted, majestically spanning the
St. Marys river, as vet detached
from the river banks. Itis 24 teet
in the clear, and isa 400 foot span,
The Florida fill is aimost complete
but the Georgia side but half done,
Work on the Nahunta Highway
is proceedidg fine, Stumps bave:
all been cut out, and the road bed
graded beyond Newell. The con
tractor is filling in at a point near
Mr.S. C. Crews.
The editor made & run over
part of this road the past week
and found a good roadbed, and
travel using it from Newell in}
Theroadbed itself is thirty feet
wide. 3 ;
_ There is a saving of perhaps a
mile between Folkston and New
ell. From Newell to Winokur,
ur.grade crossings are being el
ceminated illustratinga good deal
of common sense,
At the rate of speed the work
ers are now making the county
line ougnt to be reached by Feb
urary first,
The county commissioners are to
ol e wos AP e ropitt
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good people alony this county site
‘Highway.
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Rev. W ¥ Morrison :
Preaches 'Here Sunday
s
Rev. W. F. Morrison will preach
Sunday morning at the Methodist
church, the paStor being away on
# visit to reiatives in Savannah,
Brother Morrison is an able min
ister and a special invitation is ex
tended church goers to sttend the
morning services,
New Steam Laundry
Folkston’s latest industry is a
stcam laundry. The ventyre is
one that ought to prove a seccess,
Mr Ralph Burch, who lives just
south of Folkston en the Highway,
8 the owner and manager of the
ndustry. He has installed one of
latest Msytag electric washers,
has an ironer and dryer coming,
wid will bave an up to date laun-
Iry. We hope thal he will make
success of the venture. Read his
ad in another column.
Make Them Like Him
Contractor Ed Shivar, who is
nct only a skilled workman, and
good builder, advertises the con
tracting business in this issue.
'You cai say this of Ed, when he
‘completes bis job, there is always
a pleastd man, as he believes in
makmg frienas of his customers,
and we have yet to hear a man
complain of his treatment when
he patronizes him, This is the
hest reccommendation we know
for a contractor
Plead Guilty.
Earnest Dixon, who was caught
with ten gal'ons of of shine Christ
mas eve by Chief Burnes and An
dy Gowen, and lodged in jail, plead
guilty Monday and received a fine
of $l5O. Hiscar, a Ford rosdster
was confisticated, .