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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD. DOLLAR AND A HALF PER YEAR SCHOOL CLOSING DAYS HERE Entertaining Events Nightly for the Pleased 'Patrons School days will be over soon, Saint George, this week having given an operetta—:'Elma, the Fai ry Crild,” by rhe Primary and In termediate grade, on Tuesday eve ning. On Thursday night their High School Piay—Forest Acres, is torendered, while on Saturday night the Seventh Grade Gradua tio:; Exercises are to given, with promotion cerjificates to the class.\ Standardized tes}s were given the Junior High School. Tuesday. Thursday tests were given the 2nd to 6th Grade, inclusive at Saint Georye. Moncay, the 3rd grade of the Folkstun School took Standardized Tests. The 4th and sth Grades took these tests Wednesday. Friday the 6th and 7th Grades wil[ take Standardized Tests. Monday night, at Masonic Tem ple, the Jnnior-Senior Reception was a notable rnnuwal event, and besides a charming circle of the pupils and their friends, and their teachers, some the parents were ‘Order of Worship Voluntary—lmpromptu . - - Schubert Mrs. C. L. Neese Hymn 91, Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah, The people standing ¥ ' Apostles Creed, the people still standing Hymn, Ancient of Days - . School Ch Prayer, concluding with Wd’vmfi ioeigtamdings® - - % Rev.C. L. Neese™ Psalter—Psalm 46—The Gloria Patri The people standing Offertory-—Angels Serenade— - - Braga Mrs. C. L. Neese Hymn 143, In the Cross of Christ I Glory Sermon - Rev. L. E. Williams Prayer Hymn 180, All Hail the Power of Jesus Name The people standing Doxolgy, the people still standing Benediction Monday night May 21st, Class Night of the Senior Class. This promises an enjoyable evening as the program herewith indicates: Salntetory, ... Marie Boyd- Class President’s Address— The Developing Flowers of 1928. e “'‘Thomas Gowen 1928 Jingles ........ Virginia Player 1928’s Unrestrained Imagination— Class Story—*The Lucky Thirteen,” Mary Snowuven The Good Ship 1928 —Class History, b 'Harey Lee Mills Class Song Celebrites a Decade Hence— Class Prophecy, Mary Jane Littlefied Class Mirror, ... Helen Gowen 1928 Class P0em,..... Caroline Reddick Taials of a Testator—Class Will, s Lawrence Allen 1928 Tickle 80x,..... Annie Gowen Bedtime Stories of 1528, Gennießodgers Valegictory ... Joyce Howard Tuesday night, May 22—Pageant “The Light,” by the Intermediate Graaes of the Folkston Consolida led School. The Epilogue in a fi nal shows Folkston joined hards Favors for the Sweet Girl Graduates-- as well as for others See the Window Display STAPLETON PHARMACY ““The Prescription Drug Store.”’ there to enjoy the fete, Refresh ments. jests, music and songs by Mrs. Neese, and readings by Miss Helen Mizeil. “Old Days in Dixie,” a play by Ilhe 2nd year High School Pupils, l'\Wednesday night at the Audito-, rium, was a Royal Comedy-Drama in three acts, The play was well rendered showing spendid train ing and an aptitude for threatrical arts by the participants. The Doll’s Sympositm, by the Primary Grades will entertain in a well trained juvenile play atthe auditorium on Friday evening. In rehearsals Some splendid talent has been showing and the tots are going to prove entertainers of rure ability. The program of the Commence ment Service; appears in the pu per to day. The fact that former pastor of the M, E. church, Rev L. E. Williams, will deliver the address, mean a large audience and gems of jthought worth while hearing. Service begins 11 a. m,’ with Education a.reeing not 1o cut scho i funds. Promotion are made at the close of the pageant - Wednesday night, Vlay 23rd— The Semars Play “Be An O, timist” will be given at thc¢ auditoriom, Admission 25 cents, This a Com: edv 1n Three Acts, a Royslty Play, and the cast gives the class plenty of show to display their talent Thursday night, May 24—The Junior Class in a Farcial Entertain ‘ment in I'nree Acts "Aboard a Slow Train in Mizzoury,” will try and illustrate Who s Whe. The admission is 15 cents, which ought to fi'l the auditorium, F:iday night, Mav 25—Gradua tion Exercises County High School; Mr. Charles C. Shedd wiil deliver the Literary Address, which guar antees a treat for the evening The public is cordially invited to enjoy the various programs, and the plays the admission to the plays beine smali, just sufficient to cover incidental expenses in curred, OFFICIAL ORGAN OFJHE COUNTY OF CHARLTON. “A Paper With A Purppse.”---“The Peoples Paper.” B: L T.L. Seaton Openst " Folkston Beats Baxléel Folkston pried the lid off in | Bright Leaf Tobacco Belt Leagt with Baxley, the delayed e trai Tuesday, in a wholesome, if nos a royal way to a visiting team—= to i score,and 13fo 1 uts, The town, with business suspgf ded, turned out enmasse, an €njo) ed the game, even if the game, Wi rather one-sided, and the offeripg of Cox, our port-sider, blandly & ~eived, a mere 28 men facing hifi in 9 frames. A pass, a wild throw and the lone hit of the visitors, ph over their lonesome tally. The runner dying a moment later trys ing to pilfer second Gowen & Mills Wright, Rayner and Phillip { were hitting stars. Wright putting one on the Dean & Gowen.wa ,* house a rebound to the field, robs bing .him of a home run. Two spectacular catches. by ' Philligß| and Wright thrilled the erowd;but chilled the Baxlev boys. * " Here is the game in detail: = FOLKSTON: AB R H PO Allen, J, ss 5 ¥-8-¢% €% Mills, 2b &1 ¥ ¥ Phillips, cf 54 2,108 Rayner, If g 0 Allen, E, 3b , B)i 3‘,0 Wright, ¢f! 51 3100 Allen, L, 1b :59 l‘,@gc Gowen,¢, - .40 0.3 1 i p‘@? » o ‘Coursen, 3b ¥9. Ty iJohnson.c $ 09 . 989 i?Tyre, ss 0 0 899 Elerton, ss 30 0 3% Legget, 2b - 1 & 0. 53 8 Barns, ¢ S 1:0 0 90 Martia, If 0 8.3 91 Joanson, E. rs 1 1 & 3 B 3 Branch, p 30 0 3380 ~ Total S 1 vVEenT !Jones batted for Leggett in the sth ?Tyre batted for Ediston in the 9th. ~ Sunmarry—base on balls, Branch 1; Cox 3: 2b hit. Phillips; 3b {hit, Wright; lStolcn Bases, Phillips 3; Rayner 3; LAI len; Gowen 1; Johnson 1. Sacrifice Mills I 'on base, Folkston 10; Baxley 3; struck out by Cex 13; Branch 5; Hit by ball, Mills; wild pitch Cox 4; Braneh 3; balk Branch. Umpires, plate, Williams, bases, Overstreet. Scorer, Robinson. Time 2 hours and 20. Other games—Homeryille 5, Waycross 4 Patterson 2, Jesup 1. 10 innings Nichols 9, Douglass 8, All home teams Won Tuesday. Thursday’s games, same teams play on opponents grounds. SWINGS CORNERS TUESDAY At Folkston vs Waycross, At Douglass vs Homerville. | At Baxley vs Patterson. At Jesup vs Nichols. LEAGUE STANDING. ‘ Clubs Won Lost Pecentage FOLKSTON 2 0 1000 Patternson 1 0 1000 Nichols 1 0 1000 Homersville 1 0_ 1000 Douglass 0 1 | Jesup 0 1 Waycross 0 1 Baxley 0 3 1 Folkston Wins Agaln. A telephone message from Bax ley as we go to press says Folk« ston downed Baxley again by a scoreof to 3, Newt. and Willis Askew and Gowen our battery, Hotel Block For Saie Am offering for sale the Hotel including the store occupyed by Jemes Grocery Co. B. F. Beott. Carload of Fertilizer Here. The Fertilizer Comipany that we represent will ship us a carload of Fertilizers 1o be sold for Cash. This shipment will rerch Folkston about the 21st, Very truly, Mallard & Crews, FOLKSTON, GEORGEA, *FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1928 | Minutes of Commis:ions § OF CHARLTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, . FOR MONTH OF MAY, 1928. . Fglkston, Ga., May 7th, 1928. . The Board of County Commissioners of Ebarlton County, metin regular ses sion with the followiugmembers res ent:—J C Littlafield, Chairman, \R’ O op i&s. N. Roddenberry, ). M. ,_ t and S.M. Reynolds. i The minutes of the previous meetin e fia’pflmved. . “Theto g bills were ordered paid C. field,lday com.2dy road $15.00 LG Honkins, " 3 ¢ 2090 M. Predeott * 1 ¢ 1090 "Rodd gerrv Py . WOO . M 1 o 1218 & F. Wilson, Clk saly. pd fght 50.90 ?)ferald: pub com proceeding 500 O, Sikes, paid arrest pris 9.00 son (Grain & Gro Co: lime 2.7 Sl Raynér Co., work tractor 1.50 . L Hursey, county agent 125.00 L tßannes, Salary county police 50 00 " :,, .‘;:0‘ en' “" “" ‘" 50 (x) ISikes lalnrly taaffic cop 100 00 R Johnson salary county judge 41 66 SMgrnes, boar. prisoners 93.22 *'n. ex trip Jacksonville 15.00 . RISy, b s work tractor 550 , Rogers, bridge Watchman 25 00 |Uy WV, ~ D s (iVG!' Rider. 25 00 BuM Co., gas and oils fgr. 11722 fl.éw :& n, trip Woudbine 500 D & Gowen ; sup. road, bridy $136.82 H GG fl&:;-. ording papers 220 IPI Pickren, sup jail 650 ¢ (ICKIEY, Sup ] ’f‘k?fi‘u . heaters, seade CH2I 00 % *M:?- plans 200 00 MPS. R'M'Toy, 8 certificrtes, = 400 OB B.King6. 300 PG Brooks 1 : 50 L ;:f l"‘ o 350 gm«* er Co., lights 855 N FELAY Ta 'scotf, . hands clean - Tog br 1&: MQ L 9 s 7487 Stepleton Pharmacs, i'\:‘;‘) o!kficers,,‘z‘zk | W ?r‘ia«fzié{ef@“ - g’.;’{’”ff “ R Bt a S e ‘ o 05. B .Dl 3&*“* e 10000 50; _h*’ :ob 'm ”;g‘vh ‘ 1; ‘ v’ CM Wr-ight, dtp shrff, ex ** 4000 W H Mizell, bd and keep pris 130.35 ¢ genoffice expense 6756 J. A. Roddenberry,sal night watch 62 00 W. D. Moore, 31 nights electric currentsSt.Mary river bridge 700 Ind Hardware Co,, neils, staples 700 W E Gibson, sup roads 1 60 Amount paid paupers 85 00 J Knabb & Sons, nails and sa. 726 TOTAL $1 0565 45 ~J C Littlefield, dis¢ No 1 J H Liles, road machine $ 60.00 !Bell Prosscolt, driving tractor 49 00 Standare Oil Co., gas and oils 50 76 J H Johnson, lumber 616 " pd road hands 98 156 Wade Petty, road work 400 Jd MJohnson * 900 Duff Thcmas 150 E G Mills e 16 00 : Total $294.57 O M Prescott, dist No 2 8 A Crews. paid roads hands 65 76 I 1 o e 17 50 Total $ 7335 N. Roddenberry, com District No, 3. H. P. Bryant, pd road hands, 88 50 W C Hopkihs, com District No. 4 J A homas, paid road hands $ 31075 Standard Oil Co., gas and oil 256 00 ‘J H. Liles, duys sroad machine 2000 B M Prescott, 5 day D tractor 20 00 !N. J. Norman, sup road and bdgs 260 ToledoMfyCo. pd rd hands. sup 350 56 M C Stokes, lumber 42 92 Total m:i L. M. Reynolas, Commissioner, Dist b, 'G. W. Sands, pd road hands 86 b 0 i' C Stokes & Co., sundries 7976 ' TGTAL 166 26 Total general, tolis, paupers § 1 662,43 '\ iJ C Littlefield com distNo! 204 b 7 O M Prescott, com dist No 2 7325 N Roddenberry ‘« 4 88 50 W C Hopkins, ** ** * 4 771 83 S M Reynolls, * ' “ 5 16626 Grand total $534927 The architect, R. A. Benjamin, pre sented (the plans of the new Court .l'louu which the Board now has unde, consideration. Maoved and csrried that Col, McQueen connty attorney draw up proper notice ealling for a Bond fssue of $560,000,00 for a bond issue of the constrnction of the court house and building an addi tion to the jail, There being no forther businest the Board adjourned until the first Mondav in ApAl. 1028, ¢ 0. F. WILSON, Clerk. THE EDITOR’S NOTE BOOK News and Views from the Curb, Home, and Farm “ederal Court Gets Them— Tuesday tne trio. Rube and Addie Bontright, and Murriel Byrd, the trio charged with kidnapping the Netdes girl was transferred to the Ware county jail by U, S, marshals the Federal Court having a white slive against them. The stato ment has been made however that if Baher county presses their ev tradation demauds that this trio will be turned over to them. Baker Brisks Up.—There is alwavs atime in the life of a county, as well as men, when the tide turns and evil ways brings the good solid sense of a com nunity toits feet and opens ite eyes. Baker county 1y done with trifling outlaws and justice has stepped to the front. Commendations hav ing been reachine our rears of the manner in which their last court took bcld of matters and even women did not escape, the court holding that thelguilty ones should be properly punished, so some half dozen went up for prejury. The crisis had been reached and the good neople backed up the court, and the court did its plain duy. Pettv ihieving started it, e fi,@i OO e e i‘g&‘?n{«p ;‘? R AN S M MR IVRD |WO <A BB . « & ‘z.;,.f,;:_,} ~ 10W " r ;.:‘L;v“:' church aud parsonage for “a greacher tnat will stand up for the cld time religion. Well we need some respect for law be en gendered here, and thcre would be no complaint if there was some of the old time religion either. Lets make Charlton saf+ for the llaw abiding. Bold Bad Men —Morrow and Simpson, ¢ ndemmed to die for their brutal murder of Cashier Perry, »f the Kingsland Bank. now held in Ware jail pendig a motion for a new trial, were frustrated in an attempted escape from jail, when a fellcw prisoner tipped the Sheriff to the plo'. Cell lecks had been tampered with and pistol found whirh Morrow owned was his, claiming he got it while on trial at Woodbive. The prisoner who lold of the plit was set free was set free by Judgd Blalock, afl a reward for his aci which was the ngbr thing to do. ‘ Some of four friends have u habit of sending in notes of events after they are two or sime times three weeks past, We appreciate every news item, but news is only news, when the Jew is on it, The duy after a thing hoopens or even the day it occurs, give us the dats and we will make the paper that much more readable, Wednesday and Tuesday’s are not the only days we work, so please aid us by being prompt with ne we, ——-o-—— ‘ Milk Bath.—Now comes the ‘Bllckshelr Times telling of 2 new ‘for milk. E. L. Davis, one of Pierce's farmers soaked his tobac tco seed 1o milk thety hours be= fore planting, changing the milk every ten hours. He then mixed the seed with white sand, and on the fifth day or saon thereafter he had a good stand., e sowed eight beds with these seed and one not 8o treated, Beds with f‘reats ed seed produce four times as many plants without any doctor ing. His experiment is bein is being watened with interest ang many are anxious to see if there is aerky difference in the “milk :de "as far as grade is concern- VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 20 ~ Full of Prunes.—When the Los Angelos baker made a Cali fornia pie simbolic of that state, he put in it 1200 lbs of prunes, 300 lbs of sugar, 25ibs of butter, 6 Ibs of spices, 450 sacks of flour, and 5 gallons of milk. It was 30 feet in diameter, 24 inches thick and the baking pan weighed 450 pounds, A tractor was used for oulling it out. Wedo not know and cannot say how good it was to eat, but it was a good adver tising stunt that got more publi city than the cost of it, Qe Gets Johns—Johns, w?m was shot in the foot when he another brother and Hair, deserted their car, when pursusd by Officers Gowen, Barnes snd Sikes, was ar. rested and lodged in jail in Jack sonville this week, on a tip giving them by Sheriff Mizell. Demand ing extradition, he is being held there pending i's arrival, l Getting their Due — Judge Johnson handed out two fines in county court Wednesday that were just ones and ought to zti fin?ft press those that drink &m:‘ivt cars that the practice 1s going to “‘ e O*‘o oLR )'r‘ t*‘.fi‘;%'v,figj . ficar iy BTGB E R tosicated, o : Woodbine Ordan A By invitation 10 the Charitén county Chamber of Commerce. a delegation consisting of Dr. A. D, Wiiliams, Col. McQuesn, Messrs L. E. Maliard and Guy Dean, at tended a meeting of the citizens of Woodbine called for the pur sose of organizing a Chamber of Commerce, Monday night in thet tow:, Dr. Swiit called the meet ing to order and by request Dr, Wi liams acted as chairman. There was much enthusiasm in the meeting, and a committee consist ing of Messrs Jickery Lisle and their county agent, was chosen .o prepare by laws and rules for such a body Another meetiny Mionday night will be had to adopt the rules and elect ofriciers, ind Woodbine,will be on the way to be put on the map. The cox- Gination of energy for building a towu must be had if a town is so get the benefit of having life busi n2ss men. e oe— : B. W M. U. Notes Cirele No. 2 of the B, W. M, U. met for the Bible Study Sesson, at the home Mrs, W, R, Wainwright with fourteen members present. the subject for discussion was ability and the following program was given: Song—l Shall Know Him. Prayer—Mrs. W. K. Banks. Seripture —Matt. 25th, Chapter. To every man according to His beveral ahility —\rs, John §. Ty son Jr. Ability requires Fidelity ~Mrs. (i. A, Kitchen, Ability to Win Souls to God.—‘rs, E. H. Wright, Unprobitable Servant— Mrs Albert Phillips. Song—Work For the Night is Coming. Lord’s Praver—in enhecert, After the husiness of the socle'y was attended toa delicious swe: ¢ course was served by Mrs Wain wright and her daughters. We were invited to meet at the home of Mrs, E. H. Wright for our next Bible Study Lesson,