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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF PER YEAR Igpaving of thé Highway Promised soon, Whgh ;,Will make our nghwayClasswwnhtheßes;: Charlton Schools Short many Students Plans to Overcome Handicaps Made With one teacher, Miss Staple ton ili, the Fulkston Consoiidated Schook resumed it session after an enforced idlencss of over three weeks fromithe flu situation, Mornday’s session showed 116 shy, but daily since the number has increased, with normsl condi tions rapidly coming around. The inclement weather Monday and the terrible condition of the roads incident to the heavy rains Sunday night made the atterdance small in the schools this week. In order that the number of teach ers may remain the same for an other year the averuge attendance should be held to the highest pos sibie point for the remainder of the term. A minimum ieacher load of 30 is a likely standard. 25 is the l6west possibility. Theonis safe plan is for us to keep all the children in school every day, Under a plan agreed upon at the weekly meeting of the teachers of the County High Schoo! Monday afternoon the term will close May 3igt. This will give those who __compell:d to enter summer : earlv in June the opportu to doso and will at the same time relieve the majority of the stude:ts body from having to at tend school all during the month of June. In addition-to this the suggestion of Mr, Fargason was <decide 1 upon to assign rytbn fis to all pupils on Friday after noon, returnable Monday moraing eq.al in value to a day’s work: Thus eacir will give credit for six days. work. No pupil who fails to bring up these contracts will be given credit for the semester. Be ginning three weeks from the pres ent rcsumption of school the day! will be lengthened to seven hours, with sixty minute periods for each subject. Parents are asked to co operate by seeing that high school prpils stay at home six nights in the week and put in full time on studies. except when excused b.v‘ the schnol i Rev. Herbert L. Walker, D. D., LL. D,, of Naghville, Tenn., Gener al Sceretary of the Observance- Abstinence League, addressed the student bodv of the elementary and high school Monday afternocn on the evil and cigarettes, The monthly Bulletin of the Charlton County SchuolSytsem hus been issued and sent to the schoo!« tor distribution to the patrons. It contains the annual financial state men' showing receipts and expen ditures of all loca! districts, in ace ditions to the funes disbursed ty the County Loard. Call on your teacher for a copy In case ycu have not received one. | All the schools of the county have resumed operations with ail teachers at work except Miss Sta pleton, of the Folkston Consolida ted, who is in the hospital at Plains ill with ynéumonia, She will har dly be able to return to work for two or three weeks. “Little Mother’s Leagues”’ ar to organized ia the schools, run ui.~ der the direction of the State Board of Heallh, for the purpose of giv ing instruction in the care of ba bies to girls over 10 years of age, As one death out of three of all ages ‘sa child under five, such training it is hoped will reduce the rate considerable, as sixty per cen of these deaths cculd be presented if the babies could receive proper care and te fed properly. Teach er are 1o be responsible for this work, beginning with the fifth mntho ] i State Survey of its Schools lStrgngly Urged by Brittian. | SR A R Formation of a commission to make a survey of the schools in the state with a view to discover “'whai’s wrong with Georgia’s ¢d ’ucational institutions” was advo ‘cated by President Brittian of Tech at the opening of the Association of Georgia Colleges Monday in At lanta. A committee of distinguish ed educators were apnointed to consider the question and report back to the association. ‘ ’ Florida has just had a survey of the kied made to discover that 25 per cent of monies collected went to pay teachers, indicating some thing was radically wrong with the method in vogue there, -for even charging school plants, equipment or transportation to that fund, itis not as good a showing as should be made. - Georgia should remedy several several defectsin its system to get better results and we hoping the survey will be made and proper suggestions put nto eifect, which would oring about effeclive re sults. it i Charlton’s Records of 1928 Makes Fayorable Showing ' Annual report of the schools by Supt. Harris shows 1193 pupils, with average attendance of 953 604 boys and 589 girls, and by grades as follows:—lst 379; Znd 156; 3rd 161. 4th 105; fifth 110. 6th 70; Tth 77; high s¢hool Ist year 49; 2nd 22; 3d 41; 4th 24 There was 97 deaths recorded n the Ordinary’s office during the 1928 period, 191 births recordcd overbalance the death record 94. Marriage license recorded were 110, with several issued still mis;- ing, not having been returned. i In divorces only two were granted. Thus we make a very good showing in increases of the hirth and marriages over desth Again if it were recorded we would make a better showing of the incoming than the oufgoing which would make for a greater population. Teacher’s Meeting: ThLe teachers o/ the south part of the county will resume their Saturday work days with a mects ing at St. George. Feb. 9th, On the 16th those in the north part will meet in Folkston on the 16th. These meetings are held twice monthly, and the teachers are paid for attending them their regular per diem, Pleasing Service Rev. A, L. Johnson f'\l;ed his egular appointment at 3:30 on Sunday afternoon at the Presby terian church, he was accompanicd by Mrs. Howard, Miss Faircolth end Mr. T. T, Hussons, Jr. of Blackshear., In spite of the heavy rain f4il a very good con gregation greeled him and were very appreciative of the beaatiful message—" Lord, | have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine hoaor dwelleth.” : The duet which was sung by Mr, M. deWey and Mr, Van Essen was specially enjoyed by every one, OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE C€QUNTY OF CHARLTON. FOLKSTON, GEORGIAFFRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929 [IMPORTANT HIGHWAY CRNTRACTS TO BELET STATE SYSTEM PROMISES FEBRUARY AWARDS. Theres much elaticn over the! good news that the State Highwli?fi Department promises hardsurfa-| cing of two highways in the Way-. cioss district, tne Central Dl’xh;‘, and the Oglethorpe Highway. ‘} The Herald-Journai is responsis ble for the statement that thes%‘r two coniract are to be let during February, according to a sfi’kag ment made by tue clerk of thie Ware county commissioners, J. D. Mitchell, made them by the High=| way Department, : G FOLKSTON'S NEW POSTORBICE QUARTERS IN US! MOVED TUESDAY NIGHTSPLEASING THE PUBLIC Folkston’s Postoffice moved late Tuesday night, and the greeting caliers got Weunesday morning was a score or more of box-he¢ls ders tryiny; to learn the combine= tion on the automatic keyless lock boxes which have been installed The money order and delivery windows dve lurger and convieli tly placed nearer the door, Two handsome oak desk are in the lobby for use of the public. - Mail going out and coming in i handied through the rear eutrance ‘which is more zonvenient for all. A small lad inspecling the outfit {wondered how it was to be paid’ ifar A bright kid suggested ifi% CADILAC COUPE SWIPES CHEVROLET TRUCI MAN HURT, FRUIT SPILLED, CADILAC DITCHED A 1929 Cadilac Roadster soutli \bound side=swined an orange la« dened Cnevrolet truck, Wedne .- day evening late, jost north of Homeland, at the Bauman place, when they tried to pass cn a par vow approach to the bridge, A wheel to the truck wa= bro ken throwing W. I' Moore, owner against the truck, cutting his head and hurting his shoulder. and sca'- tering oranges and grapefruit for a hundred ft all over the highway. With two men in the Cadi'ac, it went across the bridge some 75 feet, then with a front wheel as AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT AND PICTURES COMIN WAYCROSS FEBRUARY 7th and Bth FOR FARMER The agrizultrual display and pic tures o be given in Waycross on the 7th of February by the Exten sion department of Athens is con veyed there on seven trucks and the 11th grades of the high schools are invited to attend as the Jesson Is for them, _ The county agenls and farmers are expected on the Bth to come and get one of the best prepared farm lessons pos = CHARLTON COMMISSIONERS DECIDE ON MONDAY NEW JAIL AND EQUIPMENT FOR COURT HOUSe. With a full board, of the Charl ton Commissioners on hand a call ed meeting of the Board was held Monday morning, of last week Bids for seating tle new courl room and fixtures for the various departments are to be purchased and bids were in for a goodly par« tion of thens, After receiving them and giving them due consideras tion the commissioners decided to hold up theic decision until !ueir regulsr meeting in February. Several out of town representa tives were present and submied e'fi'inningt on the Central Dixie R _x“vay at the Florida line south W ston, and exteuding for fen »';m&re miles north towards Way- MSE. acdditional asphalt will be BRCEd. When completed this wi i‘x same type of highway as At “between Waycross and the BReONn county line, which has baen 1 o ,unced cne of the best in tin y. recently Red Smijth h: s ',ng up on the highwiys f W reparatory for this werk anc ,- und everybody willing, { IStB U 5 - TR S TR R AR S 4 8, ought like a Ford, a paymer ;: and ‘the box rent paying th: sl lments, ? atte ola office has been disman 3# @ind Contractor Hall is getting B 0 shape for the new Askew Gmbcery business Fred says the aß'goon as the front is in, and i - :W done over, he will open fcl husiness. The rear extension wil‘i Es« several weeks as it will ‘.u" L@l from foundation up. : v 'here is a rumor going around,-i‘ it the room next to the posteffice SRI TR e o S R it o SRR TR S b kew it headed into the swamp £ some 25 feet resting in mire, deco: - ated with evergreens and bay. The two men tucned the dam - ged car over to the Homeland G - rage for service with instructic to deliver it 10 Nolan in Jackso: - ville, got Orlands Roberts 1o tal. them there, taking several seer - ingly heavy grips. However She - iff Mizell had the car beid, pen - ing further investigations. Mr. Moore was taken to sic home of Dr. Bliss where his hurts were attended too. Smith-Rayn. serviced the truck, ble to impart to them. Farm work and forestry is th> main theme to be shown and n such a practical way thatitis wo! 'l the time of all of our citizens to (o see and listen, ~ The conniy agents of four courn ties, Dr. Hyde, Messts Hursev Eunice, Chalfin are suppnse so sce that their counties are well repre ..Q‘ed’l their bids in person Among them was Charley Gibson, of Waycross with a bid to seat the ecourt roor in deferiing these matters unti the meeting Monday, the Commis sioners hope. to have Architee’ Benjamia plans before for adoption s 0 that bids for its construction can be advertised for, With stecl equipment in th Court House Charlion County win huve a building as near fire prool a 8 it is possivle 1o construct one, ’ With roof now going on it is now thought it will be ready for March rerm of court. \ Dam Breaks takes Road Bridge With it Hard Rain of Sunday too Much for It. Hercules Winding Up Work Lane Leaves at Early Date With this week the work of the two big $16,000 stump pulling ma chines of the Hercules Company ends and they will be transferred 1o Lanier couniy, 18 miles west of Homerville. We learn with regret that this means the removal or Manacer D, W. Lane and his interesting fami ly frem our midst early in June, The winding up of the work here at Winokur will require that tiie anda while Mr. Lane will have the new work ian charge and will look after it he will not remove his fam tly until the work here is done, as he will supervise it also. Thoughtful Annual Event Care of Burial Places Historical are many of lhe bur -lal grounds in Charlion, some of them hpve resposing in fhem dead of over ® hundred years ago. '}.&iihe senliment expressed by pos-. @ity in their care of these grounds “ w%z n dneident: - oftin t told as it was passed down to us by those who survive them, Just such an incident occured at the High Bluff Cemetery Jlast Wednesday, when 58 gathered to pay this homage to the resting place of their departed, unconseics that that day the funeral of Ever ett Prescott’s littlo was to take there, and thus the gathering had a double duty to perform. , P.titons Being Circulated Against Couaty Court The Herald learns that petitions are being circulated by those that are in opposition to the county police and county court. Some seventy-five signers have been secured we understand and that the idea is to present the petitions to tde grand jury at its next ses sion. As that body created the county court, it is presum~d that the life of the court depznds upon their action, Goes To Decatur Russel Cassell, our hig right hander, that Cleveland has strings (on, has receiyed netice that he s to report to Decatur, 111, in toe three eyed leagu=. Russel is to report to Decatur in March With this season in a lesser league we are wishing that the "biz boy” will attain that training necessary tosend him right ¢n up where there is glory in winning b | ,games s e At It League meets Sunday The senior league will have their regular meetings beginning Sunday night with a gid pro gram, after a few weeks recess Lon account of the flu, | Miss Hayes the president will bave 'the program arranged so that not (anyone who attend will be dissap {pointed. The other leagues will jlmvc their meetings ut the usua time. ! VOLUME XXX NUMBER 35 The flood gates of the heavens opened for.a while Sunday after. noon and it seemed as if we weie going to have another deluge, However after a session that flooded the low' places, filled the Branches and streams it ceased to fall. but the quautity was such as ’lO overfill the Dixie Lake and car ry away tbe dame under construc tiox there. With the breakind of the dam, releasing the excess smotint of wa ter the force and power of it took with it a span out of bridge over the road, from ihe east side, The school has bad to detour the aviation boulevard on that acs count, Reports are the newly construc ted road beds are badly wash ed, and not ensily traveied, We understand that the ques tion of rebuilding this bridge has hrought the question of using the old damage as a road way, broad ening it and then on west end tressle over the water escapzment on the high banks, The hedge of pines on both sides of the old dam would make ita safe aud pretiy. piecladinonl o L ale WO L A i«,g”‘%% 6th at three oclock, an interesting program will be presented, follow= ed by the ushal social hour which is always an cnjoyable feature, after the long vacation, club mem bers should welcome the return I’to activity and it is earnestly hop= od that there will be a full attens dance. ; { Baptist Missionaries Met Blackshear, Tuesday The anr.ual meeting of Baptist ‘Woman’s Missionary Ufion, for this district was held at Bleckshead [uesday, and with the pastor, Rey J. D. fPoindexter went MeSdames W. H. Robinson, E. H, Wright and W E, Banks, The session was full of interest and Mrs. Robinson, who was chos en press representative of the As sociation will report it next week, Mrs, W. R. Wainwright was elec ted Secretary’ cf the Association, eW7 el At et Welcomes New Citizens The Herald welcomes as new citizens of Folkston, Mrs, S. B Stroup. mother of our esteemed citizen, Mr. C, E. Stroup, also his sister, Mrs, Mary Trice, and her son, Aiba, belter known as “Bud dy"” who arrived last Friday from Coulumbus Crove, Ohio,. They will make their home with Pete. Mrs. Trice is becoming naluralized this week with a case of flu, but 18 gets ting slong nicely, - — | Y ——————— Goes to St. Petersburg The A, M. Sessoms family living the part year on the old Riley Roddenterry place, left last Frie day for their old hom: in St. Petersburg, Fla.. where they have reiatives and where they intend making their future heme The ill health of Mr. Sessem« has been such as to require him to return to a warmer c¢lim e,