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CHARLTON COUNTY HESRALD. DOLLAR ' AND A HALF PER YEAR Hursey Endorsed for Another Year by--Charlton County Cfiginber of Commerce--Backs Woman’s Club in (fnv:P;ogx;n; Canal Project Claims C. C. C. Attention Railroads Endorsed as Tratic Carriers. The Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday night was lively and started several things for the good of the community. Interest of those present was shown by so many taking part in its artivities, President Fleming spoke ipon the heaith luws and money saving in the schools by work on children. minor compiaints. ~ Dr. Williams told of his Nash ~.ville trip and many things benefi , cial to the progress of a commun ity and also of the canal meeting beld in St.. I.ouis dealing on inlanc waterways. [t was voted to senc strong message urging the adop tion of the St. Marys-St.Marks prc ject. A resolution was ordered drawn and sent all town in South Georgia to take action in endorsing the State Canal Commission and supply means for its activity in promoling this great venwre. It was suygest that we secure a cce operation with St. George, Kinas-‘ land and St,Marys and keep the iu-‘ fere:t up, Messrs, Mallard, Sum Mills und Wreuch were ap,ointea to draw up, print and assist Secre tary in mailing them. County Agent Hursey made a report of the Fair and was deep in, praise of that supplied, those that belped arrange, and tbe spirit of tovm'd him in the work, und ¢o-operation in all of his work, A resolution of thanks so every one taking part in the fair, in pro ducing, or supplying, or assisting in any way be thanked for so do ing individually. | A resolution requestion that the County Commissioners re-émploy Mr, Hursey for another year was ‘woted unanimously. | The plans of the Woman'’s Club in their Civic progrefm for the con:- ing year was hearlily endorsed by the boay with the statement that " they would back them in the work, Mr. G. A. Dean spoke of the bus competition to the railroads and read a letter, his firm had mailed firms they did business with, sta ting .that “our reason for asking that all of our merchandise be soipped by rail, is the fact that w coasider this truck and bus busi Caution Hunters of Forest Fires. Down Timber Utilized Destroys Pests. The Forestry Department is ma king lan appeal to hunters to be careful and use every precaution in the use of matches and fire in the woods, Sporisman cause hun dred of thousand dollars worth of “ property with their carelessness with metches and cigarettes. ‘I a few hours all that Nature has spent yeers togrow, may be wiped out,” the State Forester says by “starting a ground fire. Young trees are destroyed, growth of the older ones checked, the ground cover and its fertilitv removed, all asaresult of carelessness. A good sportsmen,” he says “will let a rab bit run or a quail fly to give ita chance, but the same hunters will often forget to give the little pines or the baby hardwoods a chance to escape. They cannot run from the fire, tuerefore the fire must be kep} away from them. Remem ber that you will never find gume in the burned woods, for the cover which protects them from their ness unfair to the railroads,” l “Railroads in Our county pay about one-half of the taxes; in ad-! dition to this, in order to mrintain their schedule and keep their roads up they employ a large force of ‘men who live here in tiie county. and pay their taxes 1o this count; , and spend their money with we merchants.” “We would be airost unable tc getalong without the railroaas.” “On the other hand; we the tax payers have to pay, and pay heav ily for the upkeep of, and the buijld ing of our Yighways.” “These big trucks and buses do more to tear up the highways than any other form of traffic, and sn far as we know, this county gets absolutely nothing out of them.” “Practically every bus or trunk line that operates through this county, even buys their license tags in some other state.” “Also, most of these trucks can quit whenever they find they aie aot making money, but the raii roads, having their money inves ted in rignt of ways and roadbeus cannot quit so easily, and are giv wg day in and day out service that we can depend upon.” “For these reasons we request that all shipmeats to us in the f ~ This letter was adopted as ex pressing the sentiments of the Chamber of Commerce, and a commiitee compose of Messrs G. A. Dean, C. J. Passieu and Dr. Williams appointed to present the matter to the business interests cf} the town. ! As a whole the meeting was one of the best held by that body. Editors Note—As the statement oas been made several times oy wte, we present herewith the in tormation as appearing on the tax books as it 1s interesting informa tion for our people to ponder over. County railroad tax 4¥510,656.40 1 Connty wide sehooi tax 5303.3 t State tax — §,303.21 Folkston district 5,380.97 1 St. George = amte+l,2Bo.o6 Uptonville ** 654.34 Moniac o 428,92 { Winokur 307,36 Total 2,9268.87 ‘ netural enemies goes up in smoke along with their food supply,” Inspection o’ the turpentine belt of Southeast Georgia that was 0 badly damaged by the Septembir storm by the State Forester, indu. ces bim to acvise that Umberland owners should make every effort to utilize the down pine timber, eise the fallen timber will provide winter quarters for a vast number of beetles, which will cause a serious outbreak of this insect next spring. Besides the destruction of the weevil's winter quarters, it al sn removes fire hazzard, especial- Iy along the fire breaks, for sparks from snags will be blown a consid erable distance und incresse fire suppression costs If uiilized, the salvage of the fallen timber will amount to hundred of thousands dollars, but if lcss alone, damage from beetles and from fire could be greater than the loss :aused by the storm. 'OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF CHARLTON. FOLKSTON GE()RG*IA;:@’!DAY. NOVEMBER 30 1928 FOLKSTON’S FIRST ;“ULL TIME PASTOR. ~ Strides made by the Buptist of Folkston in the past year or saq, in which they have outgrown belng a charge of the mission boar&w its present status, can te explaihed in large part by the great years ‘'work of the present pastor, the ‘Rev. J. D. Poindexter. - His purpoese and devotion to 1k cause, has been so evident, by his } constant attention and feeling sym ‘pathy has created that air and en thusiasm that putslife in an orga: - ization and makes each branch or department function to the full(t'_ capacity, orto use a present’'ds) term “hitting on all six cylinders.’ The past year's work, which we ipoke of last week, and the plans for the present year indicated too ciearly to the membership of this :hurch, that days of a part time paster were at an end, and if they were to re:up the karves! in the Garden for the Lord. it behooved them to do, as they did to call a full time pastor. The Herald believe the time ripe for such action and hopes that harvest will be the constanl growth of membership, a wider spread of influence, fuller spiritual co-operation, and means sufficient to accomplish the proper construe- Llion of an edifice worthy the work, and the fruits thereof. We be lieve that the Baplist vision prop erly, as you build, you grrow, ana as the experience of the past can only ar index of our future we point to our school system; the materiel is‘here, it only ,needs to be brought in and shown the way. In Brother Poindexter they have As others share our views of him is set forth in resoclution presented below, from a church he has sery ed so faithfuliy before: A RESOLUTION FLORIDA FAIR, FULL BLAST IN JACKSONVILLE. The Florida State Fair now in its lass week here is primed to smash all rec ords of its eleven previous years in attendance figures hold up, say its oi ficials. The numerous new attractions added to the program this year have accomplished their purpose of biing ing the crowd and sending them away satisfied with the various edncational/ exhibit, and smusement features, ofii cials said. Numerous out of the city residents have come 1o the city for the fair and have departed as friends and advertisers, fair executives said. Clear, crisp weather with just the right temperature to pep up the tarongs has been a boost io the visitors list, New Fords Moving Fast Passieu Makes New Record The Passieu Motor Co ; has been putting on spead 'the past month in putting on new Fords on the market. Elbert Altman who knows the game of selling them has been going tull speed ahead. Among customers_uying cars are Racepond Turpentine Co., truck, J. W, Geiger, truck and tractor. Toledo Mig. Co. a truck. l.uey Roulerson touring car. Charles Edward truck, D. G, Wilson ear, Fred Askew, sedan. Leon Askew, sedan. J. V. Gowen touring car. lPrm Mizell, truck. e e Y Qe — Child Burned to Death. Julia Pearl Gibson the fourteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mss ’J. W, L. Gibsor was severey burned at their home in St Mar'.s Florida on last Sunday afterncon and died in the bospital in Tall = hassee at one o'clock on Monda /. The remains were buried at Sar.is cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. \ Elder I, T. Hickox attended the funeral, T (O ?‘3?\ | ; 9 fxi % g&‘ l L VN | . o " S SN e a . " . vi_‘. ! | B »' s , B 4 | % o b b j Q. - i@B REV. J.D. POINDEXTER [ BT FULL TIME PASTOR OF THE {"‘OLXST{)N BAPTIST CHURCH, “'t&xe Odum Baptist Church has Tn_“ uech to be greatful for dur infie last two years with Rev &D. roindexter as its pastor This comnletes cleyen years tha brother Poindexter has served as pastor of the Odum Baptist Chureh at different times. He was its first, pastor. Our people haye always held Lim in highest es(fem and regret yery much that he goes to other fields of labor ifle‘having been called ffi full time at Folkston Baptist Church \ p thgr Poindexter is a native twenty five years in South Geor 'gia, Eternity only can reyeal the wonderful accomplishments of his untiring efforts i the Master’s cause. o Qo L..We m— T S A ———— “‘Tomething doing from 9 a. m. unt -midoight" was the motto adopted b ‘€Xposi ion heads this year and they say that they are satistied 1o icave the judgment with those who have been falr guests. Features too numerous to mention, planned to interest farmer and urban tle alike are seen during the day in the various exposition buildings. Throughout the day, there is music and other eutertammment features, wilh the fawr closing with a bang at night when a brilliant, costly fireworks display augmented by nine feature acts in the pew outdoor amphitheater is to be enjoyed. Two Car Wrecks, Wrigh'ts Corner This Week. Wrigh*s corner has been the exciling corner this past week, having had two tu=n overs cf care Monday at noon (hree negroes in a Ford, in making the curve, ran into the corner pillar, knock ing it down, and the car tipped partly over the pillar keeping it from going over, Oneof them was badly shaken up and bruised, somewnat no damage of a material nature was done. For recklass driving they were arrested and fined s°, Tuesday night about *en o'clock Mr. Ivy Crews and Ralph Young blood, of Jacksouville, were re turning from a trip to Emanuel county, rounding this same curve at Wrights Garage, male the turn 100 quick and possible too fast, . The car turned turtie, mak ing & complete turn over, Crews was bruised sbout the face and eyes. Youngbloed escaped un hurt, Dr, MeCoy resnonded (o a call and dressed Crews eye, The ground was littered with ~ Continuned on Last Poge. Saint George School Presents a Play Struck by Car, Goes to Jax Hospital. Sunday Schools. Time 11 O-clock Every Sunday Morning. At Baptist Church, Mr. J. W. Spencer, Supt, At Methodiist Church, Mr, Loy S, Vin son, Superintendent. The comedy A Poor Marriecd Maii given at the school augditor ium Friday eve ning by the teachers and a group of high school pupils was a genuine success. Whnle‘ the hall was comfort ably fuled there were a number of vacam‘ seats which should have been oc cupied for seldom does one wit ness a better performance by a group of young people under similar circumstences. (If under stood the young people did their own coaching). The play depicts the troubles of a college professor who marries hastily and brings his mother-in law taken by Miss Eleanor Cock rell deserves special mention as does also the part of the Poor Married man by Loy S. Vinson and Jupiter Jackson, A Black Teump by Colon Barker, The characters in fact the entire three acts, were funny with out being over drawn‘ Those taking part iw*'at home, there was no ‘evi-} dence cf self conscienceness, and the setting, the interior of Proses - Following is the ¢ast for A Poor Married Man. = Professor John B. Wise——Loy} 3. Vinson. Y Dr. Mathew Graham—John A, Barker, Billy Blake—Joun ‘Allen King. Jugiter Jackson—Colon Barker. Mrs. lona Ford—Miss Eleanor Cockrell, Zoie, The bride—Miss Louise Varn. June Graham—Miss Gladys Cockrell, Rosalind Wilson—Miss Jane Quaterman, It should be explained that ‘when mentioned was made that the play was being presented by the teachers and a group of high school pupils, mention of John A, Barker was ommitted. Thanks are due Mr, Barker for his help in‘ the matter, Kitchen Killed in Highway Coilision b 5 Miss Bremer, Jacksonville Badly Hurt Gaston A, Kitchens, uged 33 years, Chevrolet salesman for the Wright Motor Co., was so serious ly hurt in a head-on automobile collision on the Highway, this side of Hilliard, Sunday night, about 7 o'clock, from the effects of which ne died an hour later, Iz the other car, a Ford coupe, McCoy Roberts, of Jacksonville, es caped unhurt, but his companion, Miss Venita Bremer, was _badly cut apcut the head, with several wounds on the body and limbs, Crashing together both cars turned over, Kitchens ¢ar,a Ford touring was turned over on him, after he was extricated ran some undred yards. He was not ser icusly hurt, and being taken back to Hilliard was paid scant a‘ten tion, efforts being given to resusi tate Miss Bremer, she stil! uncon sclous Edward Hodges with several ladies returning from a drive, pas VOLUME XXX. NUMBER 30 . Mrs, Gabor Enedy was severely Injured Sunday evening when she attempted to crank her “car. She was . struck in the face by the raunk sufficient force to tear the the flesh lose from the side of her face and nose, Dr. Preseo't was ahsent from the city and it was necessary to take Mrs. Enedy to Jacksonville where it is under stood she s in a hospital. Mr. and Mrs. W. Pappas and Gabor Enedy came from Jacksonville at "once on being notified of the ac cident, ~ Only recently Mrs. Enedy while milching was kicked by a cow, the blow striking around her eye and almost closing it. As Miss Susie Enedy was drive ing to St. George to help after her mothers accident, her car ran off a bridge causing considerable damage to the car and shaking Susie up but not otherwise hurt ing her., Sunday, December 2, there will be services morning and evening at the Baptist church by Rev. W. E. Brown. Rey. Brown is expec ted to arrive in St. George on Sat urd‘ mominn‘lr' . ?ksonville where he will p% the Thanks giving holidays with bis parents. JOBK the ME. charch South on Sunday morning ‘and eyeniig of last week. Mrs. Nease and daugh ter, Elezabeth, were also in St. George for the day. 15 o . @The dwelling hovse occupied by "Swancie” Harris and said to be owned by Oliver and Bell was burned Friaay forencon. It is un derstood that fire caught in toe roof. Many of the house hold goods were saved. Edgar Sherman and Justin Cock-f cell were 'in Florida last week where they went to deliver a load of syrup for N. J. Norman. Misses Florence and Allie Pres-: cott and Juanita Stokes spent the week end with Miss Marie Nor man. Sunday the party motored to Jacksonville to return with Lil lian Norman who had spent the week end in Jacksonvyille visiting relatives. » W (Continued on Last Page.) sed just afterwards, so brought the news; Ben Rodgers and V. J. Pickren went at once 1o the scene discovered Kitchens serious condi tion, called Dr. Fuchay, of Hilliard then Dr. McCoy aud Mrs. Ki*chens, His condition was such,that it was deemed best 10 rash him to Jack sonville hospital, but he died near Gray Gables on the way; Messrs, Rodgers, Pickren and Mrs. Kitch s being with him. The body wus taken on and prepared for burial there, Miss Bremer was also rusied to the Hospital, but #fter many hours ol unconsciousness, rullied, and re covery from the shock, reports say have Jest her very dazed us to her experience of the evening. It reported that olherwise she is get tiug along nicely, Mr. Roberts and Miss Lremer were returning home from u enil on Misses Ena and Anna Gibsun in (Coutinued oo Lust Page.)