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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD. DOLLAR AND A HALF PER YEAR GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS FOR ADJOUNED SPRING TERM TO THE HON J. D BLALOCK! Judge Superior Court. 3 Greeting: We the Grand Jury appoint ed to serve at the adjourned session of the March term of Snperior Court for said County respectfully report as follows:— We haye carefully examined all cases that have come before us, all have examined all witnesses in an imoartial aud unbiased manner. We submit the report of John Harris Co. school Supt. Identi fies here with as Exhibit A. EXHIBIT A June 11th, 1928. To the Honorable Grand Jury Charlton Superior Court, Spring Term. In accordance with law requiring it thegfollowing report of the condition of the schools of the couunty is made: All school buildings in the county meet state requirements as to plans ex cept one. Another building needs to be ceiled to make it comfortable for the children during the cold weather. All are insured as the statejrequires, with a single exception. The effort to make our schools effi cient, which has been the chief under taking of Board and S\:‘perintendent.; has in part been realized. Education-' al opglortunity is begx:ig e%ualized | throughout the county and a high stand ..%rhd of sccomph’shh? is being attained. “The advancement of the children, edu catioaally and morrally, has been sought’ rather than personal pepularity. A unified, sfandardized, efficient system of schOols is in sight for Chariton coun ty. The foundation has been laid, and within the next few years the highert resnlts will be secured, | During the past year, acting on the ,wafion ofy :hg Grand Jury, ' the of Education barrowed $3500 on long time to remodel the building occupied by the County High School. This smount remains unpaid. In addi tion to this it has been necessary at dis. ferent tumes to borrow sums agirega ting $9850, all of which have been paid except one loan of $3090.67, which is not due until Dec. 31, 1928. Through the efforts of several individuals, more especially the active interests f Hon. LPE. Malsrd, our Representative in | the General Arsembly, the .County Board will receive (3694 from tha State Ecualization Fund this year in addition to the regular per cayita approgriauon. This will still leave us severai t uusand' dollars short of the amount which We‘ should havn tocarry on tue educationul proinm begun in this county. So far as] know there is no way to get addi tional funds, and a curtailment of oper errtions seems a necessity. Irregular attendance and low enroll. ment are two factors contributin‘; most to the rePrdltton of educational prog ress in the county. Until these are re moved in some way our schools wili suffer. JOHN HARRIS, C. 8. C. The Grand Jury has no specific recommendations to make, for the retirement of the debts in curres in the school funds. } We have explicit faith in the ability and integrity of our Board of Education, and only urge them to rigid ezonomy. i It has been snggested that the Grand jury recommend the ap pointment of an instructor in bome economies, We are heartily in accord with this advanced step in our Educat jonal system, but feel that, owing 1o the present indebtedness, it would be unwise to make this re commendation at this time. A vacancy has occurred on the Board of Educetion, due to the lamented and untimely demise of P. b. Higginbom. In the matter of recommendation of a successor to Mr. Hhgginbuthom, it has to be brought to onr attention that the Moniac Dist. has no* in recent years had a representation on the Board. We therelore feel that it would only be an example of the Golaen Rule to recommend the appoint ment of Mr. T. E. lackie of Moniae, to the Board of Eduea tion. : . We are also pleased to submit herewith the report of our Solici tor Mr. Mc Queen, on the Count)y Court which is identified herewith as "Exhibit C”, . ExHIBITC To Honorable Grand Jury March Adj. Term, 1628, Charlton Superiour Court. Gentlemen:—l herewith sudmit the following report of the County Court of Charlton County: The court, since established about 3 years aso, has paid, over and abhove the cost to orl’ficers. the sum of $4,013.%72 ad this amount has been turned over to the county authorities. & Duiing this time a total of 20 defen dams have been sent to the chaingang’ for a total of 98 months. The following is a list of those sen tenced to the chain ‘ganl;;:—Herbert O’Steen, James Cumaday, P. D. Strick land, Joa Davis, Robert Lewis, Walter Coadon, Will Johnson, Royal Johns, Jake Gadsen, Brinson Floyd, Iryin Dix on, EE D Gwens, C. E. Davis, F. F. Williams, Ike Johns, G. C. Johns, Os car Johns, Jesse Gatheas, 0. E. Gill, Crugar Martin, Lacy Trippett, Will Jackson, Charlie Hudley, J. ;D. Little, George Roberts, John Mixon and Sarah Sikes. | Besides this sum of $4,013,72 turned into the treasury there is dua the coun ty from Colquitt county the sum of $500.00 for prisoners sent the county under coniract. The officials of Col quitt promise to pay this obligation as soon as taxes are paid this fall., We eave also turnen over tothe State Eame Department, according to law, the sum of $312.50 for fines derived for game Jaw vicletions. The above fig: ures demonstrate that the court is more than self sustuining aund it also takes ithe burden and expense off the Su?er ior'court of trying misdemeanor offen ses. Respectfully submitted, ALEX McQUEEN, Sdlicitor. The report is very commendal ¢ and we feel there is nothing we can add to this very good repori. ~ Mr O. F. Wilson submitted to us .the list of Paupers which s übef'rewitbmafl'g;ggfl of this re cord, as Exhibit "P”. EAHBIT D. Folkston, Ga., Jone 11th, 1925, List of Paupers and amount paid per month. J. W. Cooper, Pauper 10.00 Geo. Todd, s 10.00 Mrs. Letty Martin, * 10,00 Lige Carter, ' 10.00 Mrs A. Smith, . + 100 Chas. Nipper, ** 5.00 Riley Howard, " 5.00 Will Langley,™ * - 5.00 Bab Harrell, 3 500 Making a total of \ ‘ $70.00 Yours Truly, 0. k. Wilsox, Clerk, Board of Charlton County, Ga. We recommend that ithe list as submitted be continued, and also recommend that the following names of persons be added there to. and that they be paid the amounts opposite thaw respeclive names. L. A. Smith (col.) Paxton place 500 per mo. Julia Garrett 500 per mo. John Douglas & wife (col) (500 each) Traders Hill 10.00 per mo, It is suggesled that the money in the case of L. R, Smith be prid thru Mr. B. L. Royal, and that of Jno Douglass and wife be paid theu Mr. J, V. Gowen, We recommend that County Commissioners isolate Maggie Crews, and hire some human and intelligant pe=son t care for her Her condition being such that grav:: public danger from conta gion exists, and we feel that the County Commissioners s'iould lose no time in attending to this case, We recommend thal a closed season for fishing be established in Charlton County during April— May —June, of each year until revoked, We recommend the aclion oi our County Commissisners in Co operating the State Highway Dept in the construction ol the socalled Valdosta *lacgsonville Highway thru St George in’ this eounty. We would recommend that the { (Continued on last page) OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF CHARLTON. FOLKSTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22 1928 Dr. William’s Talks to Lions Object of S. E. Association ~ Dr. A. D. Williams, of Folkston ipresident of the Southeast Geor gia Cnoperative Association, placed before the .I.ions Club of Waycross, the plans of this organ lization Tuesday. Included in these are, elimina tion of swins chglera, \he holding of the Southeast Georgia Fair in ‘Waycross during November, the construction of the St, Marys—St. Marks canal, the construction of a poultry fattening’ slaughter, and cold storage house in Waycross the adoption of the pig, cow, hog and hen program in each ‘county, support for the Bright Leaf Tobac co Baseball League, the establish= ment of trade bodies in each coun: ty, the employment of an agricul tural agent and a home demons!ra .ion agent by each county. | The Lions Club exteaded Dr. Williams a cordial welcome for this club has ever since its ineep tion taken an active interext in the development of this section of the state, ' Felkston DropsThreein “w Nichols and Jesup Victors. Folkston has, been kl.\fedfj from her mighty perch in_ the baseball world, by lhr).,,y(.lod‘ games, in the last three | ’j’ , Nichols took a doub *“l_‘&.4‘- from us, then Jesup soaked us O luesday for & 9'to- 4 - victary, or the Jesup grounds. 3 We hope that with to days game wilth Jesup, the boys will ’take a bracer and regain then laurels. Playing together behind the pitcher is the only way to victorv. wWe were all proud of our seam in the beginng, and lsfiould not fail o hack them to the limi¢ mow. 5 Next week we take ‘the leadng Douglas team o for two games then on July fourth we end the season with'a double hcader al !Waycmss with the Waycross ‘team Our boys are capable o playing better bail than thay have the last three games and we hope that they will regain thewr batting eye as well as their fielding eye. The standing of the clubs are as follows: * LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs Won Lost Pecentage Douglass 9 1 900 Patternson 7 3 700 FOLKSTON 7 4 636 Nichols 6 1 600 Waycross b h 500 Jesup 4 6 400 Homersville 2 Y 182 Baxley 1 9 100 Folkston plays the Lu‘:n Leading Brown Mule Smith's Team -Douglas—on our home grounds Thursday. The first ; samo with them there Tues : .y --e e } [ DOC WISE J T 1 P B iE I T ! / v AL/ , = . 57 4 ”‘,' /c & ‘,.\ » P e 30 i //% we L 7 SWHEN ' TWE SALESMAN ; GAID -HE WOULD THROW ) INTHE CLutTOn ) ‘Bond . Win Overwhelmingly | Vofe 598 For; 62 Agaimt.‘ v%ndv election Monday . was an @¥ént that met with a unitec Ispi ifrom the voters of good old Charltan, as the results show. * The ritizens interested in the fortvae vement of the connty and ,i‘i&to see a good build ing a 8 well as a safe jail, stirred KWYQS and got out a ful vote, ‘ The Folkston district with a regigiration of 441 votes polled im 8 mere six voting agafost Bonds, This wasa record vole; agimany were out of the city; some®sick and a few nol ' The'Wlle by dictrict was: ¥ *fi 491 for, 6 against. Shi@eirge 627 19 ” .‘ ', w: -26”» 8 » Tr “ ,'2B" 6 ” Mo L Ty 2” 15 " Hfl{:zv,. ~49 ” 7 » ThUS the issue went over with votes toy ;%* .vote as consolidated Tuesda®Showed 598 for, with 62 against | sonds, Necessary tc carry the § F ;,g.-. B.‘ : ; Advertisihg . for bids will be the olks " Ttade Mart Busy Wool, Chighens, Cucumbers s % !'1;7; ’D‘"‘i E 1 - LastWeduesday, thejgrowers of vanlptnel piigal sale., The el LT Wyl . o 0 ¢ ] iAR SR TetS AR AL, Monroe. . g " T ttat Rumber ot pous SR something hike 7,000; the grice paid over $3,000. There was a fewddrmers who had not sheared in time to get the sale or else it would have reached 10,000, The Herald compliments Mr, aibson on his effort, many nice things are_being saia of him for so doing. - Buyers have been after mutton shecp, but the owner have refus ed $3 per head for them, The chicken train Friday, was success, 3500 pounds being weigh ed in, half of them being white leghorn fryers. Receipts wereap proi nately S9OO. Cucumbers came in briskly this week with the biggest daily deliveries and as the season closes Saturday noon, some of the growers hope to be on “‘velvet" ny then The week supply may run 400 hampers. Peagler and Newborn Buy Scott’s Naval Store Business A deal was closed Tuesday wherein Pigler and Newborn of Homerville are to become owners of the B. ¥, Scott Naval Stores nusiness, located in Folkston, A binder was paid closing the trade, which consists of the lands below Folkston, and «ll leasehold inter est in the business as now rone ning. ine new owners will take charge at an eatly datle we under stand, operating the business on A larger scale. Mr, S«ott we hear is consulering of the old hotel block destroyed by tire some time ago, making some five or six store rooms, bul not rebwlding the hotel part of it at present, We are glad to cronicle the sale, as it means the re-investmen! nf the proceeds in the busiiess part of Folkston. e e P Dr, Tavior uow spends every Wednesday from |tos at Wood bine and 10 St. Gearga Thursday from erght to thres, other deys he is at his Folkston office. 1 M. D. DICKERSON, OF DOUGLAS, ANNOUNCES FOR JUDGESHIP. ~ Col. M. D. Dickseron, of Dougas, seeks Judgship, was formally So licitor General, is now promihent attorney, and Douglas Progress, thus boost his candidacy for this exalted position. “Col. M. D. Dickerson, candidate for Judgship of the Waycross Ju dicial circuit, has been a practictng in South Goorgia far twenty sev én years. He is a native of Clinch County, Georgia, and a member of the well known family by that name. He was born on Februarvy twelfth, in 1880 on a farm about fourteen miles north of Home(- ville, in Clinch County. He was reared on the farm until sixteen years of age. . His mother’s maiden name was | Malinda Sirmons, and his fathe: David Dickerson, both members of prominent Clinch County familes His Grandfather, who was an or phan boy, his father and mother naving died when he {was four years of age, was (aken in the ‘home of Mr. Ben Jumes, who took care of him nnt | he reached twen ty one, and reared him in Pierce county. , When his Granafather ‘was a young man, after marriage. ‘Lhe moved to Ware, where he lived for some time, later m inte Glinch' County, where he ?M his family and where he died”™ . L Ditkerson, the father of .0 gty ! R t:&f 2 ;‘,P‘.?Y;;.,; v Py 2 ,”m” oW 5 ‘ .‘,."v: k"?‘"@ -.' ' p 2@;4"\;@% who died about four years ugo; and while ne was Judge of the Superior Court of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit, was the oldestc ‘the children, and the youngest is ‘M. D Dickerson, bo helped his Lmothcr upon the farm untl he reached the age of sixteen yewsrs, !His duties were arduous, and in cluded, not only work on the farm, bul at the age of sixleen he wa: engaged 1n dipping and chipping turpentine hoxesr, end otherwise worked in the turpentine indus, try. Our modern school convean iences were unknown at that time, out he struggled hard to obtain an education, traveling many miles to a country school, which lasted from three to five months; now ever, 8s a boy, ne found time lo studv at night, and after altending school for ten weeks ! Jasper Fla. to Prof.J. M. Williams, at the age ofeseventeen yenrs, he taught a covntry school in Clinch County. He leter taught school in Ware and Vierce Counties, dur ing which time he saved fiom his earnings enough money to attend the Georgia Normal Coilege and | Business Institute, operated by Professors W. A. Littie and A, A. Kuhl, which was then located at Abbeville, Georgia, but which is now located at Douglas, Georgis, from which institution he gradust ed, He taught school and borrowed enovugh money to attend the Un iversity of Georgzia at Athens, Ga,, where he graduated 0 law in 1901; in the same year, he was admitted 10 the bur and localed in Douglas where he began the practice of his professi n, He rose rapidly in the profession, and in 1904 was elected Solicitor of the City Court of Douglus. He served in this position until 1910 and was then elected Solicitor General of the Waycross Judicial JOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 25 Circmit and =erved in this office a period of eight years with distinc tion, He was elected to this of - fice without opposition and retired voluntarily in 1918, Since that time Mr, Dickerson has been actively practicing law in South ZGeorgia, and has par ticipated in tne trial of many of the notable cases presented to the Courts of this Section. He nas not offered for any office since his retirement from the Solicitor General's offiee, Mr. Dickerson served as Chair man of the Board of Education in the City of Douglas, and as Chair man of the Democratic Executive Committee in Ccffee Couanty for a number of years, and has beén identified with all progressive movements for the welfare of his community, Mr. Dickerson is widely known in the circuit and throughout South Georgia and has many friends and relatives thrcughout the entire circuit, His knowledge of the law, his expericnce and knowledge of human nature especially quulify him to fill this high office t, whizh he aspires, Ffi Judge Su!hr ~Cpurt.' To VOTERS OF THE WAXCTOSS Jus DICIAL CIRCUIT: At the Democratic whit &-‘ mary, to eof the PR SN P b e tan 4ke b § gTI o O e Y A - R e \‘”A“-»l;‘% %P T ?sm B 0 v. s Bition ; ’rfi“\ %{; S ; G . "’n s “ B -1. : ..d\»* ‘ "’Z“'v* Waycross Judicial Circuit for said un expired term, subject to the oction of said primary; pledging, that if elected to faithfully and impadtivlly administer the affuirs of this important office with out respect to person and do equal riehts to the poor and the rich, accor ding to the best of my ability and un derstanding. I will appreciate the support of all the people. Cordially yours, M. D. DICKERSON. —— e O —— For Representative. To THE VoTERs OF CHARLTON COUNTY, I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election to the General Assembly of Georgia from Charlton County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary ol Septembar 12th, 1928, I feel that the experieuce acquired by my services heretofore better quali fies me to properly represent my coun ty in the State’s law making body. Should you. see fit to re-eiect me to this important office I pledge, in advance, that | would return to the leg islature without malice toward anvone, and would do as | have tried to do heretofore—vote fer the best interest of the people of my State and County. Thanking you in advance for your support and influence, I um, Respecttully, L. E. MALLARD, St, Mary's Dated np On account of another impo, tant event scheduled for the 11th, the Southeastern Co-Operative Asso ciation will tneir session at Saint Marys, Tuesday, July 10th, On account of the Association Fair, week of Fov, 12tn. it is hoped this meeting will have representives from every member organization - it ) ) QI i « 7That Educated Dog Much to do is being made of that Chineh county dog thut went to school and received a d.ploma. It is too dog gone bad that this doy's example could not be fol l.ond by the human fawily mere consistently.