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CHARLTON COUNTY HE®RALD. DOLLAR AND A HALF PER YEAR THE EDITOR’S NOTE BOOK News and Views from the Curb, Home, and Farm. I’ll take Ten. On the recent stimulating trip over the county Agent Hersey and his coteries boosting gocd bulls, visited one of Charlton womans cattle raisers, who posseeses some 600 head of range catile. After telking to her for a few moments about the pro- ‘ posal to bring in impreved pure bred stock, she said, “Well Pl take ten.” Then Hursey’s eyes opened. e (e Progress. Mr. T. F. Lerkie. of Moniaz came up Wednesday with a car of chickens for the poultry train, and went to Waycross, to see it or its way. While there he hecame interested in pigs for the! boys and bought seven of the spotted Poland China pigs, which goes to show that one step for ward leads to enother. But then Leckie is a man that can see what advancement means and he wants to help boost the boys pig club. Plants them over. The cu cumber planters whose plants had come up have been busy the past week replanting them. Others have been going over the ground dragying off the edge of ihe beds: where they had not.come up. The heavy rains packed the seed down so. thai a hifle seratching: as necessaryto get & W . L ——— Plants Yellow Prolific. Sev eral of our farmers having been convinded that yellow corn has a greater feed value, have been planting this kind of corn. Its a wise step, three ears of yellow corn means four of white and then iz it a good idea to get im proved seed once in a while any way, Club Members Write us.— Last Friday we accompanied Brother Hursey on his round in organizing his clubs at Racepond and Uptonville, There was en thusiasm showa at both place Good officers were selected. We are bonking on hearing from their reporters and will gladly publish the news if furnished us FRESH Let it come just after tne meeting and let the world know what we are doing. We will send each re porter the Herald and stamped envelopes for ttle news. Racepond Club. Organized Friday with Ivie Crews, President; Wallie Johns, Vice-President; Isa bel Lawrimore, Secretary; Jim Weber, reporter. The officers are to act as a program cominit tee. Their first meeting will be the first Friday in April, at two luck at the Racepond school. There first debate will be “resoly ed thet the Cow is more useful than the Horse." There is übout 90 members in this club, and we were so glad 1o se¢ so many new faces among the patrons there, e J . Uptonville Club. Some of the members had left when the meeting was held last Friday, but a good attendance snd much in terest was manifestea, Officers chosen were Kline Gowen, Presi. dent; Annie Gowen, Vice- Presi dent; Jessie (iowen, Secretary; and Bessie Murray, Repotter They are to have their first pro gran Thorsday evening at four lo’clock and their debate will be ‘resolved that [ron is more useful than Wood.” This is a club where they do things and indicates are that itis going to show that this community hes some good farmers in the making. L Investigating Trucking—Mr, Thos, S. Moody, an experienced North [Georgia trucker and pro auce man advises COunty Ageni Hursey that he will be with vs at early to deai for future trucking, and incidentaly to do some of it himself. He has been following the game. knows the (ins and cuts of it, and while Lie has been work ing north ana scuth, now wants to concentrate—thus he is coming here- Mr. Moody eame in Thurs day and was in to see us. Heis visiting some of our farmers Part of 3,ooo,9oo—Labor ex perts report this number idle, but ‘when the Comuissioners of Char ton stated that on Nonday tney’d give 25 ~enls yer hundred to clean fire brick, they did not count on relieving the situation much, but over forty responded and went to ‘work and ’tis said a hundred thou sand will be cleaned up this week. A job is ajobas long as it lastand this item mean $250 ifi trade charis nels Monday, ~ zeadedtel Mg R it WA New Court House—Contrac tor Darling. of Waycross: was in Folkston, Tuesday. getting data for p ans of the contemplated new Court House. He will up two sets of plans; one based on using the foundaticn of the old structure; and the other a modern building to be submitted for the commis sioners approval, The Commis sioners meet Monday and their de cision will be eagerly awaited, Cites Florida—.A\propos the discussion of a new court huuw‘ it seems to have stared a current‘ of talk on pubiic improvements, and incidently public roads. “Do you know,” said a man from the bend “our narrow roadbed repre. sent arn awful waste, for with the money already. you can't passin many places. without cne having to nause while the other passes.” Some of these gentlemen had ideas on the subject, and one cited a trip i\hrough Charlton end back around through Florida. “There is no comparison betwaen the roads be tween here and St. George. and there and Hilliard, the last named are good country roads, while ours —well you can get yver them, tut witnout pleasure.,” These ideas indicates that a goed road every where is in the minds of folks and that Jay means much for rural Georgia. e e Right Idea—Our Saint George correspendent speaks of Arthur Barker's home-made pea nut but ter being servee al the C. C meet, and suggest “why not manufact ure it at home.,” It was always u puzzle to us, why it was thut we shipped our raw producty vorth, they coming back n the i%ady to serve containers, and we finally concluded it was becanse they had the eontainers and did know what they was for. Thanks to Tom Hus ton that product is now being sold ! Continued on last page, OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF CHARLTON. “A Paper With A Purpose;’---“The Peoples Paper.” Handsome New Court Home Pleaded for at Chamber Meeting. e A elAt Iki TL i e S 6 3 4 S Te e Many Expressions Brings Forth A Resolution Re questing an Edifice Befitting Charlton’s Progress.-Parker, Rqsd, McQueen Talk. The splendid outpouring of Charlton’s Citizenry, at Monday Evening meeting of the Chamber of Commerce where several notable speo‘fii} were made, the senti ment proved the community is awake to future needs. Col. D. M. Packer, of Wa\'«'ross'?' made he chief address and inspired his hearers with a spirit'of,progress that will endure. His address was a splendid one, listeiied too attentively and ap plauded enthusiaticly. He was‘f{,_ O eeded by Col. McQueen speaking on legal ways and nxem"bonshucling a new court hcuse, "its a siale requirementfltgffiounties have to exceed too and meet,” said the Colone), “anl,éan be financed in two ways, by direct taxation; or by voting b ds, a better and easier way of meeting ar: obligation,” Judgé Reed gave us a short im promtu talk. complimenting the non its progress of the past and its desire to keep step with fire growth, by having a new court house worthy of their futug®. Mr. S. C. Brock, of Hil liard, responded to a call and gaw 1s a sparkling gem of a talk painting a picture of the future wh¥®re anything else but a beau titul court house structure would spoil the setting of what will be an avenue with beautiful hqfires;all the way from Waycross to Jacksonville, an ' that Folk%fii‘n‘}ad and would be the bright spot of the way. Several otheps Messzs. Littlefield, Londeree. Wrench and Harris rcspondeq-?/’_ a®ali endorsing the spirit of the meeting, and Mr, Harri\s;‘:- roduged a resolution endorsing the movement for a better butlding and requesting that a com mittee be appointed to confer With Commissioners at thZiy next meeting—Monday~-to disenss the mb{ul it passed by a ris ing and unanimous vnts‘.:;’?_ : vl “iPiesidont Rizell appointet he commitice—lessrs, Wi, Ms i,flf@;;; M. aypr Stapletos, and Jucge FIED Yy ~‘a,‘,,,- bt R e N o SR [n opering the meeting, Mr. Mize!ll lustrated tl'lé‘trend of progress with a coin found at Centersville, nminted in 1732 and a valuable old bouk some 150 year old, indi 'ating that this section was no late discovery and the wheel of progress, now turning forward must keep an even keel to advance as it should, thus this open mecting to discuss the court house re-buildinz. The numbers ox the program, interspersed between speaking were splendidly rendeced and greatly enjoyed. They were rendered hy Misses Bernice Pearce, Heleh Mizell, and Misses Bedell, Mes. dames C. . Nease, Wi, .\iizell;glr., and D. W, Lane, David M. Mizel), Drops Dead in his Yard The sudden death of an original Charlton County Citizen occured just after noon Wednesdzy, when Mr. David M, Mizell, aged 78, dropped to the ground in hisyard, and expired almost instantly., from a heart attack, - No one was home at the time of ihis death but a granddaugnter, who summoned aid, ’ Mr. Mizell was in Folkston i’(‘uvsduy apparently in normal health, ahd had not complained of any ill feeling. He has been con nected with the development of Charlton, having settled on the old James L. John's, place near tn\lnniav, which he opened np and 'uflerwards settled up several places in different sections of the county, He was an expert woods. mian, with the instinet of an In dian he could go directly to any point, and it has been our pleasure tu be with him and wonder how he could go us straight as compass to a given point, He lost his wife some two years aigo, and leaves four boys and three daugbters surviving him. Ihe boys are Sheriff W. H, Mitchell, Jackson and Edward of Charlton, Daughters are Mrs Lizzie Chesser, of Ochechobeem Fla,, Mrs, Sarah Cason, of Folks ton and Mrs Luura Raulerson, ol Baxter, Fla, ' The funeral segvices and inter ment was 2t Sardis eleven o'clock’ Ihursday, Rev. W, 0. Gibsdn of ficlating, FOLKSTON, GEORGIA, I'KIDAY, MARCH 30, 1928 Free Moving Pictures Showing Dangers Abroad An educational moving picture show is being put on in several of the school houses of our county by the Hercules Powder Co. of Brunswich Ga. This shew while absolutely free on acsount of tne important lessons it teaches is well worth seeing, Mr. D. W. Lane who is super vision for this distriet n connee tion with Mr. Frank Woodcock. safely engrineer for the grunswick Plant are behing Ihe movement to bring fhis before the people. The performarce is in three; parts, one showing in a hnrried ! way how the Hercules People get‘ naval stores from the stumps and top wood. another showing a clean comedy for your amusemen and the feature, "How Jimmy Wen Toe Game”. This picture was prepared by this company in an effort to bring home how chil dren ean maim themselves for life by playing with explosives. While the show is primarily for children tne grown folks are ine vited to come with them, and as R is cndursed by the board of edu-i cation you are assured of an in-j structive evening, | I'he sehedule in Charlion Uuuu-‘ ty School Houses is as follows: Friday Night 7.15 Winokur Saturday Night 7.:;4'rn.|usmn§ March 3lst. Monday Night 720 St George Tuesday Night 7.30 Uptonville COL. DAVE PARKER ANNOUNCES Himself as a ‘Candidate Opposing Con. Lankford. Warcross, (ia., March (29.)— Hon p. M. Parker, of Waycrosy, arnounced Thursday morning ‘hat he will be a candidate for Con gress in the Eleventh Disuwrict, The deflnite announcement fol 'ows a mass meeting in Wayeross and requests from every county in the district that Mr Parker make the race. Mr. Parker is the son of the late Judge T. A. Parker, who, for many years was on the bench in the Waycross Judicial Circuit, and who was recognized as one Of the ablest jurists in Georgia A state wide reputation has been won by Mr. Parker for his ability and brilliance as a mem ber of the bar. He has appeared a 8 counsel in many of the more important legal trials and con troversiesin this section of the state and his conduct and plead ings in these has merited him a distinguished standing as alawyer of high character and conspicuous ability. He is a graduate of Mercer Uni versity, and first practiced law at Jesup, where he mhrried Miss ‘Wiiberta Wiiliams, they have three childeen. D. M. Jr., and two daughters, Aileen, and lsabel AGENT HURSLEY’S FARM NEWS A .Glimpse into; she Daily Life of .eunyFarm Leader. Tne cold weather Has set us back about two weeks with our “Cukes” but it set the other fel hack too and we have just as good showing as he has. I your soil is low and water is inclined to stand on it, drain the water ol so the land will dry out. Kvery man that signed up to plaat most do his best o prodZee just as m n"\'l “Cukes” and as early as he «'nn! Dr. Me Hatten, professor of horti | cmlture at the College of Agricul- | culture informed ait who met bhim at my office thut we have a good | praposition in growing cucambers and thatits np to us to make good, By so doing we have a fine chiance to eventually have a canning factory estublished here Our energy and interest is being weighed. Men, do everything that you can to put the proposi tion over as it means more o us in the future than a few acres in “Cukes” means now., Do you: best. I Our livestock eampagn through l the countyrecentlylop ned our cyes to the nure bred beef type hull interest in the eounty. There are some bulis in the eonnty now bhut not near as many s we need Some time tdack we couid have secured some pure bied bulls o about S6O dehvered but not know ing the interest of the people along that line, falled to get in touch with the men ready to buy, N you geta good bull now, ready for service he will cost you around s£loo. It properly managed you can seli his ofisprings al nine montns old for as much as you have been getting for a nine yeor old. Let me know Just as soun as you can take a bu'l and 1 owill get him for you if he ean be loum} Now ils # resl good time to buy as the grass is tender and he will drop right into service quickly. Qur poullty train was s won- Edcdul success. Folkston, Way- vOLUME XXVII. NUMBER & f'rom Jesup. He went to Baxley, where he followed his prolession for several years, and 1916 he re moved to Wayeross, praclicing law with his father. In 1920 he and his brother 'W, C,, formed a partnership, In Waycross he became a pro minent ieader in Civie, eounty and state matters, serving in the leg islature, and is now serving his sixth years as citv atiorney. Be sides having served as president of the Kiwanis Club, and as offi cers in other civie organizations is oresivent of the Mechanics Loan and Savings Bank. He is favorably known his elo quence as a political speaker and represented his party at the Nat ional Democratic Convention New York City, Judge Harry D. Reed, is cam paign manager for Mr Parker and under his leadership an active campaign has already penetrated sevecal counties, Mr. Parker has visited the majority of the twenty counties in the district and will cover the entire district shortly, With three candidates in the freld, the Herald anticipates an mteresting race. loadeda good car. We can do that again and when you sell to the car you have no losses to take or any short weights to fuss about. You get the market price for all kinds of edable fowls. They do not pick the flock but take all at a good price. There is nothing that pays a larmer better than a Hock of gooa hens if you will keep the records un the floek for a tew years. Of course there are times when prices are not as good as we would like vy see, but every thing that s marketea has its ups and downs. When it is down is the time to work hard to produce more economical, Every farmer should hieve at least 50 hens on his farm, and he should raise most of the feed, One of the most profitable things a farmer ever did is to raise 500 broilers on un maretable faem produets, i the chicks are hatched off in January they can be puton the market at tancy prices. Many of them will wing the producer §1 per chiek. Cins gives some early m ney in iruwing other crops. | bought 4GS many tiaes at only eight ents per dozen, Now that .we we getting around 30 cls per Lozen, 1t seems to me that we hould make profit, 1 know that s bard o make g profit ul any price wheo you have to bay all your feed. We can cetlainly ralse oue corn, green feed and ve the mineral matter supplied irom milk. The cow—hog - hen adopted by Tift County a flew years sgo s a line rule for farme cts o work by, Plenty of milk aud butter for home use, meat in the simoke-house, eorn in the barp uid plenty of good bay for the ivesiock will ‘make any home happy. Lels try it once, There will be another truck contractor with me this week, He contraets tumatoes, cantalopes, cabbage ete. | am hoping that Continued on last puge.