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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF PER YEAR 4 Business Brisk for a New Year Starter Didpite the Flu in an Epedemic, but not Serious Form. Southeast Georgia’s Opportunity * Suwanee Foiest Co,, Advertises idea. . Suwanee Forest. owned by the “Superior Pure Product Co., has in the form of a neat and attractive folder made of the product of their 'vast forest which certainly neatly illustratesfone of the greatest uses that can be mede of the pine trees of. this section. The company has invested over a million dollars in more than two hundred thousand acres inforest reservation in Clinch and Echols counties. _ln addilion to naval and saw mill ‘operatiotis tLe company is also eagaged in distailation from dead “trees and stumps. fhrough . which medn the:land is cleared of non producing Eprodu'cfr* 12" 1o Narge amounts of by products Their stock holders are also in | tertested in paint and paper fac-‘ torizs, and itis bcgued that even tually the pulps will be utilized in, paper making, , . It s been oniy 4 tew years ago that the meat packers wendered what they would do with thegreat waste, and after experiments _every thingeven to the heir of the ‘hog was made use of. . It is only a matler of a few short “years.until our pine forest are go ingto likewise be utilixed in va rious by-products to make our section rich with its manufactured articles. A down east yankee onooyked why it was that we did not make novelties of the pine burrs, :lg}hey would supplv a de mand unlimited, and ver they are not consideréd 'as beiny a very useful part of the trees, except in reproduction of pine forests. ° In quiries have been made of the Georgia Forest service cou cerning available supplies of l timber for establishing one or more paper mills in the south-1 eastern part of Georgia. 1 State Forester B. M. Lufburrow is making a survey for more exaci informa‘ion. [.eading landowners have Leen asked for detailed in formation as to wood available Mill cperators have been question ed as to amount of siding and other waste material which could be obtained. State Forester Lufburrow is of the opinion that the South is tu be one of the main sources of wood pulp of the future for making pader, rayon and other cellolose procduct, and says that nowhere else in the country can wood be grown as rapidly as with pine in the pine belt of the South. Thus you can realily realize the impori ar.ce of this product so this, and what it means to our future as a manufacturing center, Homeland City Fathers | Have Busy Last Mc:eting.| The city fathers of Homeland.! the little town to the north of u~‘ met in their last regular session on wednesday of last week, pas.-inu} on several important items. | $25 was donated to the adver tising fund of Federal Route one, The culvert on Main street built of wood, caving in a little, was ordered replaced with a concrete one. This work will be done im mediately arter the holidays The town has recently had the ditches ol cleaned and the streets overhauled. This indicates that the progress of that tewn is a step ahead of some of larger neighbors, The (r.asurers report showed a balance of 600 in towns treas urery. ' ICO’ Opp’s "Mects Satfirda)'-;- Elects Officers--Make ‘Plans l Time ‘Saturda'y,‘ Jan sth. Place Mr. Hursey’s Offige, High School Building. | Object:— | ; 'Ea:' i Truck Grower’s Association, ’ Electioh of Ozfic.ars. il B - + 9 : 4 - : !( Plans fdr.{S?B. BoAR _The above a:&neemeflt band ed us by D= Willisms president e Assdcation, will be,we hope takEn seriously and evepy' ope connected, witlr the “JAlsdciation and attended 'y them *with- full intent and purposes »to enter in plans made and, dovisidered oy them cn that B¢a:’um. There is need for co-uperatlonion the part of évery person in what ever’ work they l‘mder‘lake and if_*we‘ who ‘desi® to make our liveihood irom the soil, itis right toat we should go atit in a thorough bus iness like way.- : : “Remember the time, th’ place and tne purpcse, g Be an‘hand promptly at the ap pointed time—2. o’clock. .Let us 10 to it as if we never had a dis appointment in our past lives. - committee of farm planning. | Sol Mills has been given a comitteeman place for stock raising, he being vitaliy interesiec. The committes had an interesi= ing meeting with Agent Hursey Tuesday planned the work for the coming vear. Mew Market and Grocery ‘ For Folkston Soon The remcval of the Post nhice‘, from its present location means that Folkston will have another’ business shortly, ’ Messrs H. J Davis and Fred Askew bave formed a co purtner ship and will renovate the store building and open np a first class ‘meat market and grocery store, just s soon as the post office moves ir to its tew home in the Masnnic building. i : Undcr the menagement of Fred Askew this new busiiess promises (5 be 2 suecess from the beginning as liere are few merenants that !knnw the business better, or know ! | how Lo ndle trade as he dues.' The Herald wishes for the new firm success, | Jim Wright Stays. 1 Coming home for the Christmas Holidays, Mr, J. C. Wright enjoy ed his home coming tothat extent, that when offered a posilion ns chief saleman for the Wright Motor Co., in the handing of the new six eyhinder Chevrolet, he signed up for ene year, He has taken an apartment with Mrs, J, M Roddenberry. and Mrs. Wright and two children have moved in their apartment We all recos ;nizc that when its to selling autc mobiles, Jim is one good salesmen Hzis vlso o good mechanic that unlerstands aill about motors aid their finer points. Here is a heer ty New Year welcome to him and sfanily. , OFFICIAL ORGAN ©F THE COUNTY OF CHARLTON. . FILKSTON, QEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1929 e R [OSO Man T e} AR AN HAPPY AR Ll )AL MR AR e g b £ . ILNING S L " Y P A\ . O W A TAN | , = A ~;*fq V:SSQABLE SNk R YA A £ "2;,,,; % /’_,‘_u.s? RN B~ ‘f ) (4 ¢ gt R RN iy 7 S e | bit P’ \ A m% e ’ | ~” ' 4 "v’ Y 4 4 e NS ",/ ‘ |J. / {‘l/j SEL Y" 5 B “Zg Y 3 i iN , i 4 ;‘l’LY’\N\ A > K ! i\’ % S \"/fi\ "'é . 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This is good new s, as if weal thatf-1f,;”% ber part completed ail the way to Miami | This event should be well attend ed by Folikstonians, and we shalf by very glad indezd if every one of our Garages and Restaurapts as well as other lines of business will join us and go to Swainsboro on . . ——— S————— Hustly Tobacco Farmers to Get Plants Hog School at Moultrie wants Farmers Ii you are going to plant auy tobacco tnis year, itis time you were gelling the bed ready, Ic is not a wise idea to sow the bedi before the middle of January, then | keep it maist with water until you have ago «d stand of plante. Just as soon us your bed is planted, dig an cighteen loch deep dich around 1l letting the water oul on the low side. Plapta light variewy such as Cush, Bananza and Jamaca rapper. Tne out look for prices another season seems good for an excel'aut grade of the light varie ties. Plant less and makea finep quality is the idea, There is to be a Liog school of ane or two days at Moultry begine ning on Thursdey, "Jan, 100, Every farmer interested i ruising and marketine hogs should attend that school, Oue bunch will go from there to homasville where we will sße one of the bent herds us Jersey cattle and from there to Donelsonville where get we a look innhu white faced beef , eattle and their pastures, We have some few farmers who made this trip before and I am hoping that they will all be with us his time a< their 'previuus visit will enable others to get more out of thess visi s A few farmers have already 10- formed me that they were going and [ will thank any one desiriig to wake the trip to see me or write me at onde, Rememher we want 1o be in Mou'try at the hog school Thursday the 10tn. This ’Prg}l d Papa € opening, Corme silks there is nly one real way 0% advertise aoid that is to let fotks know what Wou have that interest them. We ‘.f" e the short route, and we want 49 make it a route that friendly Rk~ greet the traveler with wel 3;,‘:';"‘ ; C Whiere is only one way to adver 'f,and that is to maks enjoy their S :‘ ps and treat them right, then Jou can rest assured you have an dvertisement that talks for you Bere talking does good. guvertise_ what yon bave and raveler that want a little air, ~- 'he was cilling for a several dol lor phrchase. It counts in the 'long run. ' As we sald before what is the ‘use of of putting a mitlion dollars in a venture then keep mam about it—tell it and keep on telling it. school wili show us the many points of interest in seiling, grad ing, loading and shippngz hogs. Lets go men, | Oh! I must say something about that peautiful home that will ecst you notbizg but a little work. and planning. Have you set the trees and shrubbs yct, if not please get busy while ycu have time and the tre s Lave time, Clean wup, plan up and paint up if you wish to sell or to love your home above all other homes, Set something that will make your home more }lovcly. I know that you weuid be delighted to hear passers by lsay that your yard was the pretti vard they ever saw. If you ere iwihina to do a little work, you may hear that some day. Try it onze Iwilldo all 1 can to help you if you will give me a chance. | A. B Hursey, Co. Agt, ’ Arrested for Pig Theft | Deputy Charley Wright mudc‘ | haul on the past week landing 'turee in jail for hoy .mling.! l'l‘hey were Jack Wainwright L R Henderson and & man mmedl Tucker, hailing from Ware, Mr, Walker misseJ sixteen hogs and ‘n‘ported the matter, when onr il.cal sleuth went out and began lx'crrelting out the heinous crime Charley found maws buried from eight hogs, He traced it to three arrested, so it is reported. } Henderson was bailed out \Wed nesday. He claims he 13 an inno teent wan, Tucker confessed. ‘| Flu Spreads Postpones School Until 14th fMany Sick with Malady but none Fatfa[ First Regular Union Service Quarterly Meet Established | oo | Services were conducelea at the ’ Baptist Church list Sunday morn | ing by the pastor, Rev, Joo B Vol I dexter. Sunday School was well ‘ attended, 60 being present, On account o so many being il} with flu, the Methocist church omitied Sunduy services, Seven- Ily two were out at the Suuday school services. ‘ | The Union Services last Stunday night at the Methodist church was the beginning for us of a series of Fifth Sunday services, which are 1o be held dquarterly, first at the Methodist, then the Baptist ¢ wmrches. The Rev J, D. Paindexter spoke on the life of Paul, and from it he drew a solendid lesson of the way i life. There was a splendid congregation dispite the prevailing ‘lu, and the spiritualily of the /meetmg seemed to be deeply im pressed upon the number there, The services are to draw to zether the christian people of the community in an effort to co-op arate along religious lires, and both pastors urge the full atten dance of their membership at all future meetings. We hope that the urge of a greater ‘gpiritual cause. "o IS G The next meejing wi'l be ecn jucied by Rev. Nease, March 351. Masons Install Officers With Public Ceremovty. One of tne most pleasant of the Holiday Fostivties was the public installation of the newly elected officers of the Folkston Lodge of Masons The presence of Mr, A, (. Milier, grand scesretary of the R A. M, of Georgia assisting with this work was a feature. Quite a number from Kingsland and Woodbine were in attendance, The evening was made more en joyable hy a delightful luncie o served, f The growwth of the. Folkston Lodge is aenoted by the splenlid structure which ther now essem ble in, and houses the other lodges of the community, The rofler‘of otficers consists of the very best citizens of the community, an the good work of this crganization mekes of it a communit asset, ‘Making a Survey of ; the Satiila River t | A survey of the Satilla River, ione of the Georgia streams in cluded in the projects recently ’nulhorized by Congress has been started, John W Bla'r of Savan louh. is in charge of the survey, assisted by J. H, W, Sneed, ‘ Lieutenant M, M. Bauer and 'R;lph H. Rhoden, from the office ‘of the United States distric! en 'gineer, Savannah, went over the portion of the project last Satur day. The section of the river belween ' Waycross and Mora is that includ« | ed in the survey, the project being 'designed to furnish sccurate in ;lormntion as to power, navigation {flood, control and irrigation, VOLUME XXX NUMBER 34 ’ The spread of Flutall over the icountry has run the numper of 'cases up well t)\refimffi:" million mark. While in effect it «;gws‘not seem ta be as fatal, yet it is having he ¢f'€et of closing schools and curtailing business. 5 The number of cases here ase cording to the Boetors, have heen more largely eonfined to the towns yet in the past weék the contugion has begun to go from ®ommunity to community,’ ‘ ; f The school authorities are of the opinion that it is unwise to begin school on Mondaay, and it has heen given out that unless the * weather conditions are better there will be no school until Jan. il4lh. The change of heating of the grammar school ffom eleetric neaters to coal burners has been in progress, but the heaters have not arrived as yet, though expeet ed daily. A car of coal wag re ceived Thursday and a supp'y of wood prozured, ‘'to make every thing comfortable, the lack of heaters arriving necitating the further, vacation period. _ The teachers are all a! their home for the holiday vacation and have been duly advised of con ditions, so its up to the people of the community to get well and be in readiness to start with aim and intention of making up for lust fime when school opeuns on the ~‘ '*fi t"‘“f*wl;f " ;fi‘;“?‘i"'v':t E s g are to be commender for thikir set in trying to prevent the spread of the disease. We liope thit a mod eration of the weather wilt con= tribute to the well bemg of our people. — e OO e e Hilliard Filling Sta. Robbers Caught After Gun Fight Early Wednesday morning shortly atter mid night, Harry Hemmingway .2, his wife 18, and Oscar Proctor, 25, were captu;ed. at Hiliard after being surprised in hreaking in a filling station. Whnen surprised” by officess, Hemming and his wile, escaped iran automobile, while Proctor took 10 the woods, after a number of shots had been exchanged. Shortly afterwards Hemmingway ‘.retumed to Hilliard, evidently in qrest of Procto®, when another 'exchange of shots resulted iz the 'gasnlinp tank of his car being punctured. In a chase by officers lthey were captured when the gas ‘gave out. Proztor was picked up when he was making an attempt to find his companions They were jailed in Fernandina, L O @ o ICometory Clearing Done Green Sod to be Laid The coniruct of cleaning off the new city cemetery has been com pleted and the goounds are now ready for beautifieation, The ladies so we understand contemplate sodding it so that it will be presentable to those win |visit it to leave flowers for their dead friends or memoers of their lhmi.y. A { Thefencing f *he property is o be dane »t an esrly date, Jots nlotted and sold to keep up the cemetery, | Th‘i‘l ill?'enln;:t,n‘td.nhlb-tnctfaml 5 well or the thoug! sos our | departed dead. . ,