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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD. DOLLAR AND A HALF PER YEAR New City Dads at Helm Now Tuesday Evening Marks Passing of Old Complete Roster New Regime "‘(he 1928 City Fathers of Folk. ston weresworn in Tuesday night ‘with Mr. W. B. Vizkery being the only change in the personel of the ° 1927 Board. he succeeding B M Roney, removed from the city. Keport of the past years pbusiness waus received and the clerk instruc ted to prepare copies for public in spection, It shows Folkston in gooud financial cundition, with not so much money, but as Mayor Sta- Mon saidf"'with sufricient income {o meet oblizations and put aside the sinking fund obligations.” Atter Mayor E. B, Stapleton, and Messrs. Wm. wizeil, Jr,, A, Flem ing, V. A. Hudges, C. J. Passieu ana W. B. Vickery were sworn iu, as were L. E. Mallard, assessor, 0. F. Wilson, clerk, the bosrd se lectea J, H. Barnes as chief of po lice aud A. S. McQueen, city at torney. i Cummitiees were appointed by Mayor Stapleton as follows: Finance:—Mizell, Vickery, Passieu Street and Lanes—Hodges, Pas sieu, Fleming, Sanitary:--Fleming, Mizell,Vickery Water:—Vicuery, Passieu, Mizell. Lights:—Passieu, Vickery, Mizeil, Council wisely put on a night po licemen, Artie Rowell, who will act, relieving the merchants who wae doing this at their own ex pense. : : - An ordinance.-passed -adopted Do L 1 leanaeondinpponkye WP * went on record as being opposed to unsanitary cunditions and un sightly toilets Building permits must be secured and sanitary con dition met w the future. The rap id growth'of Folkston makes it necessary that the public health e gnarded ard this step is a move in the right direction The Herald telieves the Council of the past year has made progress and should be commended fcr the spendid progress made, and that experience of the past year will of great help in the coming year. Jones-Denkins Marriage The marriage Sunday morning of Miss Lucy Jores and Mr. Ruth Denkins, at the residence of Mr. H. G. Gibson, was the happy con summation of an event that their many friends have been looking forward to for some time. Ruth is an employe of the Georgia- Florida Investment Co., at the Paxton plfle, and they have built him a lovely little bungalow to start out on the journey through life in. Miss Jones is the accom plished daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. Bob Jones, of Traders Hill. Theirj many friends are wishing them many happy days, and so does the Herald, as they are splendid young people. Folkston Win over Jax The locu! basket ball team from Folkston met the Viassey Business College team at the Y. M. C. A court in Jacksonville, Satarday evening, winning 34 to 23, The individual score of eur team were:—Rayner 14, Mills 15; Banks 0; Alien, L, 6; Gowen, D. 0. Hall substi‘uted for Rayner, who was put out of the game. A few loyal booster went with them, Great Showing of 1927 <, Made by Citizen’s Bank. The statement of the Citizen's Bank appears in this issue of the Herald. Itisastrong presentation of the fact that Folkston has one of the soundest banking institution in Georgia. Read it and you can readily realize why Charlton coun ty stands so high in per capita ave erage | This institution is havine their nnual stockholders meeting today and a hsppy incident of it is'that n the 15 yeais of its life, there as been no death of a member of the board of directors. RESOLUTIUN Woman’s Civic Club FOLKSTON, Ga.. January 11th, 1929, Whereas, we are vita'ly infer ested in the welfare of our chil dren, ozr community, and our county at large, and we wish to take this opporturity at the first of the new year to thank Mr:John Harris for his able supervision of the county scheols during the past four yeais. For his unsel.ish co operation with every worthy pro ject that has presented itself dur ing his term of office; for the sin cerity with which he bas,. gone about tédiflb\m hi:-gilm nq% for *te “worthy inspiration with which he inspired our children to better things. ‘ Therefore, In appreciati n of the respect 2nd esteem in which we% hold this fellow citizen and co worker, we, the Folkston Womz‘ an's Civic Club, requests that Mr Jehn Harris consider the office of the county school superintendent for another term, assuring him of‘ our tull co-operation; and that this resolution be placed on our minutes, a copy sent to Mr, Harris and one sent to each paper. MRS. WM MIZELL, Pres. MRS. A. D. WILLIAMS. Rec, Sec'y Active Real Estate Market ‘ For Januery, 1928 Real estate fransactions reported hy Mr. L, E. Mallard for 1928 shows the followifig transfers: The W. E. Gibson farm, west of Folkston, to the firm of Allen & Vickery. The Strain tract, consisting of 24 acres,’sold by M. J. Wainwright to J. C. Littlefield. Maliard Investment Co., city lot 0 B. J. Gowen, Several tracts in Camaen coun ty, known as the G R Owen lands, and the lands of the éstate of B J GoWen, . The market has rather livened up since Jan, Ist, and the real es tate men handling these transac tions report a fair price paid und the demand for realty at this ime ®ood 5 Cetting Along All Right Antilly Ruskin, vetter known as Murdack, who had a leg amputated several weeks ago by Drs. Flem ing and Williams, is repcrted to be geting along all right, Murdack is a county ward and had suffered poor health for some time on ac ‘count of the limb. OFFICIAL ORGAN .OF. THE COUNTY OF CHARLTON. FOLKSTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13,1998 " With Our Educators. The attendence of the Upfii High School has reached the high est point in the history of tne .school—-gl. Phis is to be inereased within a short time. 0 The first scheduled basket ball game of the season will be played in Jncksonville with the Robers E. Lee High School this weelg, It should be an interesting gam% ~ Semester examinations will be held Thursday and Friday o weec. These will be of the ; essay form—the last of this type to be used, it is hoped. e The inspirational poster or di play this week bears these words: “I expect to pass through life hut once; if, thereforo. there be any kindneßs Ican show or any good thing 1 can do sny fellow being let me do itnow, and uot defer oF neglect it. as I shall not pass tnig way again.”—Penn, ~ 51 State Supervisor I. S.Smith and Miss Lane of the G. 8. C. W. were visitors Friday on tne annual tou of Inspection for the State Dé partment of Education. Their Visits are always anticipated with pleass ure.py teachers and pupils al?fl"(_, M'tefichers' of the county held a meeting Saturday in the High school building to discus§ gtwa vuestiona: “Why Do Chiflre i Lic?” and “How May We Maké Allowance for the Individual Difs fereuce of Pupll:? Both discuss isio»ls gere helpful and ins{ri State Supervisions, Smith wide ai Superintenkent John lfiarris, wlio is congressionai vice-presi dent of the Georgia Educational Association, is heading a drive tu make the 11th Diswrict the tirst in the state to bave all its teach ers members of the association, It is a big undertaking, but can be accomplished if proper co-op eration can be sccured among the superintendents of the disfricts. The Ware County Medical So ciety is entartamniug the members of the Boards of Health of Brant lev, Charlton add Ware counties at the Phcenix hotel in Waycross Friday night, De. M, E. Winches ter, of the State Board of Health ‘will be present in the interest of the new health unit of the Ellis Health Law tor Brantley ard Charlton ccunties, When vou want a better kero sene call for Pan Am. CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE CITIZENS BANK OF FOLKSTON AND NAHUNTA, GA. DATE OF DECEMBER 31at, 192/ RESOURCES Loans and Discounts....... $411,463.21 Covernment 80nd5....eee... 5,900.00 County and Municipal Bonds 15,375.00 Furniture and Fixtures....., 3,503.81 Real Batate....caveccnnasens 3500.00 Cash on Hand and in Banks 121,753.73 Items in Tran5it............ 4,482.00 I SOOI oos socpsanimnins 12.00 SR A 0« oo suca bisasiis 1,036.30 TOTAL $566,976.05 REMARKS: i Prompt, Courteous, Reliable, Upon this basis we solieit your business, Our ambition is to make this Bank of real personal Service. * Bagkdo normaley. " This .weu) finds us nearer the old heone bas: %—%ogxhuwflhgn' we Bave' beer Bince, eng tholights'of Chris. ‘ mfim odn’as thé little tots-bega o,think %gama they began- (o Becotne willl - with joy and gloc. %fifi@pfiftms arrived sehol 30 Jh&ni meant Christmias trevs and vacation meant Santa, . .., Vacation Soon wis bvan.and {he i‘f}tle tots werezbhck,in"ggfaflyl {o relate to one apother their mah.- joys. and “happy “’tfir'ill'&‘~'tfi‘ifihg Citristman. We wereindeed sorry tr disanpoing them by having only on day in Which ¥ give fheif. par ratives. . THe weather man broke up:the sehookwnd did-away. witl ffi”ffi!;gl{n;fdf ‘ecsticy, we be ;4 becatise e find thie childré. \;? O J}‘gfiy:”rOi erk ths week. ' gos children from room 45 ToeM. has speen accomplishe| ag‘ g oW ' all is* happy. FPerhaps joultd’ ‘ A -we'y ‘tor teachers, pu- Difs n s;pq;,tup§, “to’ thinks of the “’;fi‘ i, e “term as the Jast ost L vaed—the determiving Bpwdle i o Baschall game, we arc AR, | #&s;b‘* g‘m‘:we S 0 T - Dhuspecin] study ropthis mouth 8 :m“a v d.ld"‘fi : lhi'ng.é 50 gEloSkl: st to” s ik Mdtgadytwe hpve begun o see DO M ooklets represeuting ks ket roprt hig ighou 0§ Lee’s yalasj By W matyas weli'ag o soldier. Later e Are 4ikl9 so find representd -118 f (o recohstenétion period, opportune time for visits from relatives of all veterans We are sorey to have a cond many of our children ont of school beeause of sickness. However, we are glad to welcome quile a few new comers, (Continuation of Charlton Teachers - Diseussion in Round Table Talk. ‘Do Individual Diiferences in Pupils Exist?” Miss Pearson gave a short talk along this line, behey ing that it was predominent even in fawilies, where one brother would be mor2 benefitted than the other with the same teaching and environment. Most of the teachers jomed 1 this diseussion, giving incidents of their experiences. Ways to over come the obstacles were given, but diplomacy was the main ove from their point of view, - “How May We Take These Dif ferences Into Consideration in Our LIABILITIES Capital Stock.-ueveeennoaa. $15,000.00 Reserved for Nahunta Branch 15,000,00 (Earned) Is oo oo SOO Undivided Profits......cccc.. 26,237.67 Ind. Dep05it5..5276,620.83 "vu Mfl---- ‘8’“9.40 Time Certificate of Dep05itr...134,788.9% 500,379.19 Coshier's Checkdevesvenenne.. 7,344.81 Dividends Unpaid......... 14.49 TOTAL $566,976.05 New Eife in %M()lkston Baptlabgc&lrch Fourteen Accession Sunday Morning - Survey for Re-moddling Building Robberry Successful Escape a Failure. For the third successi. time thg‘ stranger within our gate has pulled an illegs! stunt and broke into jail. . Early Thursday morning hree young men in a Chevrolet coupe took lunch. gassed up and held 1.0 <, Millen, at the Oak Hiil Siation, st north of Folkston, relieving ¥r, Miilen o} §7. and a pistol, Millen immediately got in totich with officers, and Chief Barnes and Officer Sikes responded and a 8 the coupe healed south rnshed in pursuit but there was no trace el them at the toll bridge they le ttared their steps to the city, when a 1l from Waycross police acting on ufo;u‘wmu}SWWefl cuptured the trio, - The celingy of ticgrs with r, Millen went {ip and after he iderified hém, browght themg: afdéd it :, ack Al kfld therm. iV ore. 4Gy g .;‘)}‘.B& o m,» ""J*fi '93:\ S ! m*«mfiu - A HA- Tet, 24R0uk. Holf, 18, Jolin At chiey 19.. Toubt iy exprosped Mfleflbflna theiv naiies, and its ' Wf«& s hree ghost- N Wil IR R (i ash Sl 4 bl o fai*‘fww proved a Lig hielp in an «mergens cy=the stunt fails whgn there is a message ahead of yon, apprising officers of your com ng. Quarterly Conference First quartly conference of the Methodist chureli will take place in the Folkston church next Fii day at 11 o'clork. Rev. N. H. Williams, the.presiding elder, will be with us and preach ot 11 o'clock that day. Reports fraom all churches of the chavge will be given and ull are urged to attend this conference, the first, as it will be the mast im portant in the Jlanning of ehureh work for the vear Feaching?* Mrs, Woods read an mteresting paper on this subject, discussing it from the standpoint of the flower—the beauty of the rose, the fragraue of the dily, ete. showing that cach answered a purpose and represented its indi vidual use n its existence. Thayg i 3 stressing their good by theie de velopment 0" their purpose s life, Miss Lane was given ‘wenty minutes to put pep in the leqchers with some new cxerci e moves mants. Miss Littlefteld wus the most graceful in a dodyge to peach home base first Mr. Smith gave a ddlightty! 30 minnte tatk in discussing the ' Iln. derstanding of the Diflviences of Children” He etressed the points ;Of knowing the "nome Lfe,” the “physical” and “previous besio ing"” of the child. My, Smith expressed himself as }behw, delighted witli the progress of ou* schools und yaid My, Eerris a high compliment vver the tine llchouh Chiarlton had; that qur teachers were as able a lot as gny ‘couuly had, and abeve the goun ties of our class, JOLUME “ XXVIII. ‘NUMBER 2 AR o e e R Bt Sunday wfiy%fiq nt in the history of the J%wm%mhof ‘ Folkston, mncn it "yflqug manifested andni "*}jgi&ng by the accesgiol ;o::, he'” church’ membership of: teen.. cAnais. dates. Tweie Bfthem ‘came by church letter, and”tvo oh profes sional of faith.” The canididates for baptism will speeeiye . the ;rites Wednesday nifgfif" "5 " Two sple dimv: ing and even{ Wi@uwflofl much spicitual iftt bést and is keeping up the%iflmmgtt‘hé‘ \ . . R SATE TR membership i %efi(wm for the coming ear. M 5 " Dr. Andersonpf the State Bag. tist Flension Board, accompaniet '.')y an architect m \ ‘?‘ or tomorrow, t&fi;h Mam present building, nind m?%m amthé: en 0. _:i,i’f % e * l 3, 10 0s o sceimmodate e, feed or Sunday scfiool and offiefrelig dous worshippings ~ © o L DecAd J. Barton, supe intendent of tue Home, Missior - headquarfers in Atlapta, advises with him atan carly date i regard PURRERM. vt G T . The) 9““*%% ks i compond of Mo '«a: :‘i mg‘}, ,;, fg ’Sf"';@w"*‘» . b dmnd M ol sfe officio cnairman of the board. - There has been organized 1o the church a young people's society— the B.Y.P. U, which, beginning with Monday night, will inaugurate a week of study. All of the young people of the church are expected to take advantage of this splendid movement for their spiritual good. With their plans maturing to further all of these good movess the Baptists: have taken on that spivitual fervor that means they are going todo a great good in Folkston this year of 1928, Deacons Meeting The swat meeting of the year of the Deacons of the Methodist church occurea Tuesdav night at the church i Folkston. A full membership of the Folkston and Homeland Deuacons were on hand to greet Rev (. A, Beese and the plans of church 18 in fine <hape and this charge 15 one that always makes full payments of its assess ments, Couuty Court Session Gives Falkston Busy Day Moaday's term of Charlton coun ty court was the busiest ression held in some time, the court room being fitled with onlookers inters ested 10 the proceedings. There were three hquor cases convicted. Lacy Raulerson got 60 days cr $75; Ed Murray, 60 days or o suspended sentence, and Mar shail Crawford. 90 days ur $l5O. J D, Little and Cherley Hadley drunk on pubilic lighway, got SSO or 30 days caclh. The case against Thomas Gas kins fur assanlt was nolle prossed’ THEY GIVE YOU VALUE RECEIV. LU VoK YOURMONEY LRY THEM