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CHARLTON COUNTY HEGZALD.
DOLLAR AND A HALF PER YEAR
Scliool Resumes Work Monday. Le@}_) «be there on Time, overcoming Obstacles.
First District Odd Fellows and Rebeccas
Coming to Folkston, Tuesday, Oct. 2.
The Odd Fellows of the First
District. which inciuded ractically
all of the Eleventh Congressional
District, avill gather for a district
meet in Folkston next Tuesday,
Oct 2nd. aud will celebrate with
public gathering at Masoniac Tem
ple. Mr. C, L. Elloitt one of the
most enthusiastic member of that
worganization in Geodrgia, and a
leading state officals will preside.
Mr. L. E. Mallard will extend
the welcome of the city to the vis
iting delegation. The meeting will
be called to order at 2 p. m. Public
ceremony wiill oceur from 3 to 4
o’clock. The public is invited to
aftend and enjoy the open meeting.
At night the Rebecca Lodge
will entertsin with a public recep
tion, and Mr, William Mizell, Jr.
will make the address of welcome.
The Ladies will have program of
entertaiinment that -will please
their friends as the ladies of the
Rebecca Lodge always does.
Car of Porkers Go :
To Market w«lmsday'
The first ear of hogs shi
from Fclkston this 15&&2&2
were luaded Wednesday by Erank
Mills,and came from the* farm of
b b als ol shitie ER L
we unt @; lal e sale wi
'{’}"3'ls wq«‘w e : o &
- o SSI '> _\.k‘,;'?r" A “.?,"‘L"'
R Big F-‘»*f"to Macon
5 deleagtef tothe Macon Con
* vention from Charlton will all be
out and out, dyed in the wool Al
Smith men. They are Messrs, L.
E. Maliard, A. S"McQueen, T, W.
Wrerch and W. A. Wood. On
good roaus, good democracy and
good government these four will
do all in their power for Georgia’s
at the convention,
Mr. Price Dead
Mr. D. L. Price, Jacksonville,
brother-in-law of Mr. Jas. Purdom,
died Wednesday of last week in
Jacksoiville and was interred
Thursday in Evergreen Cemetery
He was 67 years of age. He leay
es a wife and four children, all ot
whom are married except one.
Mr. Purdom went down to attend
the funeral.
‘ Radio News
Saturday night Smith's last east
bound speech is due to be deliv
ered. Carroll Wright and the
Folkston Pharmacy are getting
these speccnes and will also give
this ore. Gov. Smith speaks at
St Pavl, Minn. Go out Thursdey
night and listen in to these splen
did appeals to Democracy. You
are welcome ut both places.
Public Heath and Hygene.
Thix is to notify aull the mid
wives of Charlton county that Miss
Mzrie Thomas, state heaith nurse
and instructress, will be at the
Court House (Masonic Tempie)
Oct. 20d. at 2 o'clock, p, m., to re
ceive additional instructions. Bring
your certificates with you and re
ceive new ones. Miss Thomas
want 1o see all of you whether
oul have certificates or not. It is
:mm that you attend this
meeting.
H. Bowdoin, M. D, Special Agent,
Reports 2,000 Killed In
Recent Florida Storm
Up to date the list of known
dead in the Florida storm ap
proximate 2,000. Pelican Bay,
with a population of 100 negroes
was entirely wiped off the map,
‘with a total loss of its people
~ The Okeechobee section was
the worst sufferer, and Lake
Worih and West Pa.m Beach next,
The work of relief under Red
Cross the greatest human #agency
has been fine and it is hoped that
out of this destruction a new era
will dawn to these people who
have been such great suffers.
The cremation of dead has been
necessary on account of decampo
sition which threaten heajth.
It is estimated $5,000.000 will be
necessary to carry on the work
undertaken.
~ Fifth Sunday Service
1 Rev J. I),' Poindexter will hold
service Sunday, it being the tifth
Sunday of the month at the Folk
ston Baptist Church. It is earn
estly desired that every-rnember
ulfend these services, both morp
jog and evening. There wi Il be;
¥y o ;j" o 7 e e i 3 'Kvg
fim was received Tuesday by
Mr. John Raulerson that his‘
brother, Mr. Frank Ranlerson,
aged 26, had died the night pre
vious at his home near Moniac.
As no reports of his illniess had
been received by John previously
the death must have been from a
very short illness. He leave a
wife and seyerul childern.
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Three More Snakes
Sol Mills and Mr. John Moore
killed three rattle snakes near
Burnt Fort tlis week, they having
been driven from the: low lands
by the high wate;. Some 36
rattles was the sum total cut from
them all, the snakes vary in sizes
trom six to seven, feet long.
Rises Forarteen Fe:t ,
Mr. J. C. Lit€lefield advises that
the Satilla River has risen 14 feet
which is three feet under its re
cord. Howewver the Riyer is still
risiig and mway veach {he high
water mark, The new b, ridge is
high and dry, although the ap
proach is under water wh ere i
drops to the earth.
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Mrs Jack Taylor Dead.
Mrs. Jack Taylor died Monday
at their home on the old Colson
place. She has been in ill health
{or the past year or sc, almost all
the t:me since they moved from
Hickox here, She leaves a hus
band and several grown children |
to mourn her deaths. |
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W. M. B. P, Meets Monday"
The members of the W.B.M. U..
are requesied to assemble at the
Baptist church, next Momday
ufternoon, Oct, 1, to a called
meeting of the Missicnary society.
’l‘bo meeting will be a family re
union of the society with a di's
cussion of all the family yses.
Please meet at 3; 30 promptly, .
OFFICIAL ORGAN OFSTHE COUNTY®3F CHARLTON,
FOLKSTON GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1928 b
What Is a Demégrat gb
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By HON. ROBERT L-SMEN
(Former Senator from O "
One who believes in frestgmed
speech, in freedom of thel I.*, 8 In
freedom of religion, in & f‘*"?‘-‘ dl
rights to every p;zo.n {;{«':‘
erty and to the uit gs hagpt.
ness, and who believes inttig ! li*'
ciples of the ConstitutiGEee.
United States properly ingerpoeted.
s e LS EY !
He opposes all attempt.of self~
seeking interests to copgl e
operations of the M‘&,“g’-
privaté advantage at theiexpéhse
of the public. ** * fiw bt
A Democrat may be a Catholigier
Protestant, Jew or Gentilglofft apy
race whatever, and a Dgmogeal
may either favor the Vols f*";t
or oppose the Volstead Ackll Heds
a Liberal as opposed tor WM on.
servatisth.—From the Congge w,. ,‘
al Record. e
Poads Travable by Mend r
So School Starte giin
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Chairman Littlpfi@‘@ ® the
Commissioner’s has gived Saties
ince that the countyf;'?; L\*
be passable by Monds &‘ jc
is being gotten in readine for,
. e R A T
school opening thend, ASB oy
The teachers are all (HOFOURNY
rested and are as anxiousSESLibe
pupils to go back to wo k i,
% ‘St. (_3‘60"88.~ Wi 9 .’;’;i; i ..
couple of days, the poadiy
Baledp to St Glors N
5 : . ' “).:, ii o 7 k.
<5 Ly "
will also getbusy bopday, andive
all iope. thatthe short recess will
#o( interfere with progress of the
work.
i i
Hursey Goes With Team
To Atlanta Fair
County Agent Hursev is in s
glory. He leaves today for Atlan
ta with the 11th Districr prize
winning team, which Charlton
furnishes to represent the distriet
in the Junior Stock Judging con
test in Atlanta at the South
Eastern Fair. Trese boys Levie
Gibson, Powell Leckie and Lee
Prescott, are all fine lads and
know the strong points of cattle,
sheep and pouliry, all three being
necessary to make them ellgtb!el
to be winners to the Chicago
Lshuw. Here is wishes the boys
success, and we know good old.
Charlton will be ably represented
by them. They are being back
ed by the Chamber of Commerce
as representative of the county.
Winning the first prize laurels
in Atlanta gets a free Chicago trip.
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Court Adjourned
Judge Blalock has written Clerk
Raulerson to offically adjourn the
October term as Superior court,
subjest 10 call, If it appears that
something important necitates ac~
tion then we shall have ccurt con=
vened, olberwise it it possible that
Charlton eounty will have no
o durt until we have the new court
ho, use rebuilt.
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Agexicy for Crosley Radio
she ‘Wright Molor Co, have
accepled the agency for the cele
|brated Crosley all clectric Radio
land have been giving demonstra
‘\tlons the past week al their place
iof business. It is a delight to
! have not only music, songs and
inpooctm, but daily events as they
. happen to ¢ome in over the air
when you wish to listen in, Thev
‘haye & plan of selling that will en
‘l @ble most any one to get a Radio,
|Go bear it-and buy vic for your
bome,
| GOV. QMITH VISITING
: WESTERN CITIES
¥ D e—— :
.| Citizens of seventeen' cities be
‘| tween Néw York ahd Helena, Mon:,
1 tana, ‘Wwill have had-a close-up view
of Governor Alfred E. Smith, at the
conelusion of his present campalign
| tour through the West.
The Gov®rnor’s schedule calls for
| speeches at Omaha, Oklahoma City,
| Denver, Hglena, Minneapolis and
i Milwaukee. His itinerary is as fol
i‘om:fi 4 ’
.| " Sept. 17, Chiemgo; Sept. .18,
| Omaha; Sept. 20, Oklahoma City;
“ | Sept. 21, Newton and*Dodge City;
‘| Sept. 22, La Junta and Denver;
‘Sept. 23, Cheyenne; Sept, 24, Bil
lings, Butte add Helena; Sept. 26,
Bismagck and Fatgo; Sept. 27,
“Minneapolis and St. Paul; Sept. 29,
Milwaukee; Oct. 1, Rochegter, N Y
Governor Smith’s speeches will be
broadcast over a hookwup of radio sta
tions reaching from coast to coast.
ICharlton’s Roads Damaged}
[Over SIO,OOO is Estimated
L WWhile the worlk of repairing
damage ou the roads of Charlton
v&nty is being pushed oy forses
of hands in various districts of
the county, and bridges ace being
rEbuilt, the traveling is still very
slight. In thesFoikston district
Chiairman Littlefield has forces
| each road leading out of Folk
ston, oMr. Silas (’Quinn has the
"B\ -‘“;”"f:‘ A the
soad leading to Sardis. All ol
them r2part hat by Mondaythey
can be used with safety, © %
Mr, Littlefield estimates the
damage to the county roads as
SIO,OOO, While many of the
bridges are torn loose, and other
washed away, much of the mat
erial can be saved.
Other district Commissioner:
re gefting their roads in shape
ind by Monday traveling can be
nade most anywhere in the county
Quaterly Conference Post-
Poned Until Friday 28th
The fourth quaterly conference
of the Meth dist echurch, will be
peld this Friday at tie Metho
dist chuseh in Folkston. Brother
Williams will be with us for the
last time. he having served four
iyears as presinding elder of this
’dialrict. therefore according to
custom is due for u removal for‘
other fieldds. The ladies Wial]
gerve lunch for the visiting dele
gates as well as all attending the
session. |
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Attend Emory Opening
; Rev. and Mrs C. L. Nease, Mrs.
J, C. Littlefield and Mr. Wilton
Stokes left Tuesdav for Valdosts
to attend the opening of Emory
Junior Ccllege. Franklyn Neasc
left Sunday night to enroll and
his pareut were over to mtend
the opaaiog exercises, Mrs,
Littlefield will visit with her two
idtuahteu attending the College,
‘and My. Stokes will visit his
sister. They have returned.
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St. George Visitors
Sherift Mizell, Messrs John
Raulersun, C. B, Jones, T. W,
| Wrench, W. E. Banks, J. E. Johu
tson of Folkston, Mr. John 8.
lglbcon of Douglas were visitors
‘here during last week and we
eagerly recount same, items from
last week, for according to ’lor
| mation gbout conditions ol the
roads, it will be some time before
| we will be nble 1o reports visits
again,
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St. George Calls New" Baptist Pastor
Marrooning Uisiresses them in Mind,
At a Chuteh "Coofgrence !
Sungay Sept mfll the nmembers s
of the First Baptist Courchror 51
George called Revercnd W, 10
Brown of Jacksonvil'e aud Mor ’
for the coming y-ar, by an unw ;l
nous wote, '
Thechumh 18 fn:rtu:r:\in 1 se t
curing a man who'is 8o able, eve, |
brilliant, a ‘speaker and has the
spirit of leadership so slrongly ¢
fined as Rev, Brown: l:pecisiy
‘happy is his relation &hip with (1"
young'people and children thron’h |
his song se)'vites. Older * oues
are attracted by his carnestess,
breadth of vision and grasp of
affairs. ’
Reverend Brown is not a siran- |
ger here, having made many last
ing friends while heré®*coydncting
a reviva!in company with ,l{wvvr
end Rodgersgo years ago.
At an clection of officers re
cently, Mrs. w. T. Londeree wa:
reelected Clerk Bnd Mr. J. W 1
Spencer was reclected Treasurer
and Superintendent of the Sunday
School of the Baptist Church.
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Sunday Schoals. Time 10 A. M
| At Methadist Church, oyt
|gon, SiPeriténdent, . i
ing satisfactory recover wilh o
complications arising Mies Jamic
was confined to her rvom [
"everal days but for the past week
ihu been able to bhe about the
house and hopes soon to be ou!
' The accident occured while re
turning to the school house at i
dinner hour, Miss Fountatn
undertook to change seals whil
the truck was crossing a rouy
stretce of road and was thrown
against *he top bar which 'unbal
anced her wnd threw her (o L
floor at tne next jolt,
| —C——e
. Mr. S. T. Cockrell who_ has
suffered for several weeks witl
)an infected finger crused by ¢
llliVer is still in danger, dt s
‘lrumored the first of the weok tha
an operation to remove a part o
the finger, will be performed o
soon as it is deemea advisabl
Mr, Cockrell’s general heaith |
heolding up well under the orden
Mr. J. F. Austin who recents
purchased the Boka farm, is hav
ing the grounds cleared and son
of the trees and shrubbery remoy
ed. It is udderstood that M
Austi. plans to improve the bui'c
ings at an early date with o vie:
of renting and possibly occupyin
!'hl place himself at some futur
‘rfiun. .
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. We would be lost if we wo
'not able to report (e v o
time th“ the ice cream parlo
llmi cold drink stand ot 1l
corner of Florida and Jobns
ll‘l“!fl. had changed hands
! This time it hus passed 1o !
!blndl of a former own, Mr. Rat!
Ganey who will also operiie
‘barber shop wdjoining Vi
Ganey has moved his fawl z
the oid Sineath Louse acros
tracke, A
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| Itis rumored that oSt G 1,
man has the subcontract o 0 1y
&Nn(mdomung the steel
e new Court House at Folksio
VOLUME" XXIX. NUMBER 49
St George and vicinity feels
lkeenly the unpleasantness and
disadvantage of being* cut off
from the "rest of the world yet
gives thanks that we sufféred no
wjury Yo person or property save
few uprooted trees and damage
torerops. . The most damage is _to
e roads snd bridges and this
hils all alike. The ldngest clear
strétch of + ad has:been from St.
George to Loledo. The Toledo
schogl truck has been able to
make the” trips each day. The
{okedville side has not fared so
vell but hoped are held out that
the roads "and detours will be
made sufficiently passable to
allow this truzk to re§lime trips
ditring this week, : .
Word reaching here the first df%
the week was tos the mect\ Ahat "
teansportation” tos th'g‘ north of
Toledo Was by boat. On all other
roads *there was not even that
Nme enly will tell how greatt the*
damage will sbe do ibe river
bridge. Crews have worked for
o week safe guarding the- ap
preaches and embarkment to the
steel railroad bridge. Here top,
ol grggsings, have W‘-&
L eeeg— e i
Barker, two other St. Georg
students enfolled at Folkston did
not attampt the trip home,
Mr. Harr's and Lesiic Norman
vere two St George men who
braved the thrills of walking the
trsstle of the railroad bridge to
‘,{.vm this side. Mr. Harris spent
scveral days hece during the
|week and Mr. Norman made
' veral. trips back and,forth,
| Mrs, Harris and Mrs. Norman re
!:’!: ned at Folkston: during the
' Friends of Mr, J, ‘B. Southwell
will regret to know that his
‘brother died on Monday of last
week, being caused from coming
1 contact with u live wire, Mr.
Southwell lived at Woodbine, -
One of the disappointments
cansed by the storm was absence
{ regular service at the Metho
dist Church by Reverend Nease.
A telegeam was received an
nouncing that the service would
be deferred till the fifth Sunday
l. which time Reverend Nease
‘lioped to be here, d
% \rs. Mary Jackson left Saturday
of st week for Black Mountain
N, where she went to visit her
Cgnter Miss Lois Jackson before
i lotter goes to El Paso Texas
lor an ¢ .‘('\.‘fldfl’ Vi'“o
L Pensie Crews of Jacksone
e spent the week end with her
Cucter Mrse Noah Stokes at her
‘ wine at Toledo.
| \r. W.T. Londeree, E. Gooden,
3. J. Fountsin. B, J. 'W.N
| | ort Wemp and Joseph 'Md.l'.t;
Coent e week end at St George
|commg from Moose Haven,
[Oranoe Purk by train Saturday
{evenine. and rvlurninnby 'M&
| oans Sunday evening, -
C DkW Prescott was a vis
1) valdosta and Steteaville week
| before last. | A
| re Charles Bussy and childeen
|bave an‘apartment at the ¢
ocfield house for the present.
di oL Kight and fumily
o ocenpying the Crawford ¢
Lige on Floride Avenue, *