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Vol. 25, No. 4
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY INTERESTED
IN THE BIG DNIRYING PROJEGT
The second phase of the cam
paign for 7000 dairy cows in the
geven counties around Telfair
inclusive, is being waged.
In addition to hundreds of
school children attending these
meetings in the big consolidated
schools, numerous patrons of
these schools are attending the
mcetings and the most intense
interest prevails in respect to
each county raising its quota of
1000 cows each by the end of
the year.
In changing this territory in
to a dairy section the children
are the fathers of the parents.
Many of the older people are re
lactant about turning loose their
“ssotton and corn’’ program to
take up something they have
not tried before, but the school
children hear the story glanly
and readily assent to begin with
their parents to bring about a
new era in prosperity with the
dairy cow which they appear to
know, better than their parents,
can never be attained with the
old system. They have felt the
)’{a"gfi?‘ ‘ poverty\_,,lonapmush
“gnd when told that the dairy cow
¢an change it they are eager to
hear the way and readily consent
to help bring it about.
The school children readily
catch this idea and realize that
if they can. persuade their par
F rank Pridgen, Negro, Plead Guilty,
Draws Sentence of Twenty Years
Frank Pridgen, the negro who
attacked a young white girl near
Denton a few weeks ago, plead
ed guilty to the charge before
Judge Thomas in Superior court
here Thursday and was sentenc<
ed to 19 to 20 pears.
After the news of the'attack
“gprerd over the County, fceling
ran high, but Sheriff Evans tak
en the situation in his own
hands and had the guilty party
in jail before the crowd was a
ware of what had taken place,
The same negro was the first
one to give thealarm, stating he
had heard the girl screim for
help. and tried to lead the officer
off his trail in several cunning
ways, but Sheriff Evans picked
him up and had him confess to
the outragous crime.
BIRTHDAY PARTY ‘
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Misses Abbie. Hand and Iris
Ellis celebrated their 18th birth
day Saturday night with a party
at the home of Miss Hand.
A large number of Jriends en
joyed this gay and merry func
tion. A mandolyn and guitar
accompanied by good singing
kept the crowd in a jolly mood.
Cake and tea were served. .-
Don’t advertise on trees and
post for peckerwoods don’t read.
All kinds of Fertilizers see
Mart A. Norman.
* Pulifor Healehurst—or pull
Qb wherwers vdm
Haslehurst Nelvs
ents into the dairy bnsiness,
they will have more of the joys
and privileges of life and may
get something for their work on
the farm.
1t is becoming more evident
every day as the campaign pro
gresses thru the schools, that
the seven counties will secure
the seven thousand milch cows.
Questionaires are being sent by
the children to every home, the
patrons are ask to sign these
questionaries, giving informa
tion on the number of milch
cows, the feed and other kindr
ed subjects and before the year
is half out it will be easy to
know whether the seven thous
and cows and the big milk plant
will come.
.After this school house cam
paign a farm to farm canvass
will be made. gathering data
and giving information necess
ary to secure a sufficient number
of cows in these counties to gu
arantee the big condensed milk’
plant to be erected at Helena.
Never before have people as a
whole, merchants, bankers, pro
fessional men and farmers, esp
ecially, shown such eager desire
to put over 2 proposition as this
big dairy program, mapped out
and sponsored by the Telfair
Chamber of Commerce.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
ENJOY FIELD DAY
Last Friday fully one thousand
school chitdren - from every.part.
of Jeff Davis county met in Ha
zlehurst for the Field Day exer
cises. Every school was well
represented and the ¢ay passed
off quietly.
ANOTHER MILL GOING
UP IN HAZLEHURST
The Ham Lumber Company is
building a lumber, shingle and
stave mill in Hazlehurst on the
old oil mill site. This is an ideal
place for a mill, as a spur tract
is run from the Southern Ry., to
the mill site. This new enter
prise will give employment to
several people.
ilear Local Girl -
Play Over Radio
Quite a number of Hazleh;xrst
people had the pleasure of hear
ing Miss Robbie Lee Thompson
play over the Radio last Thurs
day night from Station WHEF
at-‘Gainasville;f‘%li. She is tea
ching: music at Waldo.
THE men'r"wfi TO TRAVEL
is by train. The gfest. Most com
fortable. Most rTéllable. Costs less,
Inquire of Ticket ‘Ageats rvegarding
@eatly reduced fares for ahort trips.
Hazlehurst, Georgia, March 14, 1929
OCAL NEWS
L A Paragraph About You
And Your Friends.
INSURE WITH W. W. SMITH.
Dr. O. J. Baggarly Optomet
rist of Atlanta, will be in Hazle
hurst Wednesday, March 13th,
at Collins Drug Co. If you are
in doubt about your eyes call
and see him. He will makea
careful examination and fit you
with the proper glasses. One
day only.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mitchel
have moved into their pretty
new bungalow on Tallahassee
street.
Mrs. B. B. McDonald is on
the sick list.
The many friends of Mrs.
Walter Holton are glad to know
she is convalescing from a seve
reillness. ‘
Mr, and Mr. Brad Bennettand
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Deal are oc-‘
cupying the bungalow formerly
occupied by W, E. Mitchel and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Clyde Wilcox
of Lumber City, were visitors
here Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Vonderau
are contemplating moving to
Jacksonville, Fla., in the near
future. ,We hate to loose these
excellent people as citizens of
our town.
Mrs. J. W. Jarvis and daugh
er, Miss Lucile, are visiting yel
. Miss Juctle, ara vielneigl
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Barbee of
Denton, spgnt Sunday in the
city. e
Mrs. Loganor Savannah, was
the guest of ner parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G, W, Best last week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace return
ed Friday from a visit to relati
ves in Cario.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Williams
and Mrs. Gerald Quinn, motored
to Waycross and spent Friday.
If you have woodsland which
you would like to exchange for
aonc or two horse farm with
good buildings thereon, see me.
J. H. Boone: -
Seed cane for sale cheap. Will
take cash or corn. J. H. Boone,
Dr. and Mrs. R. P, Middleton
Miss Margret Middleton, Mr.
and Mrs. Harmon Middleton
spent Sunday in Fitsgerald.
~ Mrs, Mary Hutchinson is con
valescing from a. severe attack
of Flu. |
Mrs. T. H. Weatherly and
daughter, Miss Grace, and son,
Jack, were guests of Mrs. G. N.
'Weatherly Sunday.—Baxley Ban
ner.
Rev. Silas Johnson and family
of Savannah, were recent visi
tors to relatives in Hazlehurst
and Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Garrett
of Hazlehurst, spent last week
eud in Eastman.— Eastman
Times-Journal.
Miss Jessie Miller was the
guest of Mrs. J. C. Bennett Fri
day and Saturday. She is a well
known Missioner from India.
Messrs Earl and Andrew Tan
ner of Douglas, were visitors in
the city Sunday.
Messrs T. S. Tabb and Bill
: Lightfoot, of Wayeross, were in
'the city last week-end. ,
City politics are too tame. We
Grand Jury Presentments, March Term, 1929, J. D., Co.
We, the Grand Jury, selected,
sworn and serving at the March
Term, 1929, beg leave to submit
these, our General Presentment.
Through a committee appoint
ed by our body to examine the
public roads and bridges, we
‘submlt their report, marked Ex
thibit ‘A2
Also through a committee ap
pointed by our body to examine
the various Justice of the Peace
Dockets of the County, we sub
mit their report marked Exhibit
”B."
Also through a committee ap
pointed by our body to examine
the public buildings, we here
with snbmit their report, mark
ed Exhibit *‘C.”’ ;
We recommend that the Ordi
nary of the County, Honorable
Robert Harrison, take up the
County Commissioners of Ap
pling County, the proposition of
building or opening a road lead
ing from the Piney Bluff Bridge
and intersecting with the old
Tallahassee Road just below
Bullards Creek in the the Alta
maha District, and that if said
Commissioners fail to cooperate
and help open up said road then
that the Ordinary of this County
proceed to open said road by the
consent of the land owners thru
which said road vasses.
We recomnrend that R. J.Rod
denberry, Clerk of the Superior
Court, be authorized to purchase
Jmhino, not
to-exceed a cost of $75.00, to be
uses in the Clerk’s and the Cou
nty Agent’s office and for other
public uses of the County:
We recommend that the Ordi
nary place the following memb
ers on the Paupers list: Mary
Jane Nipper, $5.00; John Hutto,
$5.00: J. H. Pope, $5.00, and
that the list on his records that
he now has be retained’
We herewith submit the re
port of the County School Sup
erintendent, marked Exhibit ‘D’
and wish to congratulate the ef
ficient management of the Coun
ty Board in showing the mat ked
degree of improvement in the
various schools of the County
during the last twelve months,
and in order to encourage high
er education in the rural districts
of the County, we recommend
that the Ordinary, as soon as
practicable, work all the bus
roads that are being used for
transportation es children to the
consolidated schools &nd put
them in as good condition as
possible, and we further urge all
the citizens of the County to re
frain from putting trash, logs
or other things that would delay
or disturb the transportation of
said busses. ‘
We recommend that the Ordi
nary build a jail suffisient to
to keep and maintain the priso
nors of the County, both white
and colored, not to exceed a cost
of $7,500.00.
We recommend and urge that
our Representative, Honorable
John A, Cromartie, do allin his
power to gét engcted imto law
the Tax Bill as recommended by
the State Tax Commissioner,
'Honorable Claude Norman.
' We recommend that R. J. Rod
denberry be appointed custodian
of a relief fund to meet the re
quirements of a recent Bill pass
ed by Congress, and that he get
in touch with proper authorities
at once and have the allotment
of our County placed at the dis
posal.of ifg citisens,
fi4 & !ww B “.Jq‘.:
u:“ L ,@v 1; ) A— ‘ . o
collecting the special taxes urge
upon the tax payers the import
ance of registering with the Or
dinary of the County in order to
levade prosecution by the Grand
Jury.
We recommend thatC. A. Ell
lis be appointed on the County
Board of Education to fill the
unexgired term of Joe Ellis, ree. I
We recommend that the Ordi
nary of the County get in con
ference with the City authoritis
of the City of Hazlehurst and
that if he can make arrange
ments with said city, to hirea
policeman for a period of three
months and if said policeman
shall make good, then to retain
him for the balance of the year,
and in any event should he fail
to make the arrangements or a
greement with said City of Ha.
zlehurst to defray half the ex
penses of said County Policeman
then he himself, hire a county
policeman for a period of three
months. It belng understood
and agreed that the Ordinary of
the County shall have the right
to fire or discharge said police
man when he finds that heis
not meeting the requirements
of the County.
We recommend that the Fore
man and Clerk of our present
body be paid the sum of $3.50
per diam.
We recommend that these
General Presentments be publis
hed in the- Haz'ehurst News,
and that the Editor be paid the
sum of SIO.OO for same.
In taking leave of His Honor,
Judge J. H. Thomas. we wish to
command him for his services
in which he disposes of the busi
ness of the Court, and of the
‘Honorable W. B. Gibbs, our able
Solicitor General, we wish to
thank for the assistance he has
‘rendered our body.
Respectfully submitted,
Jno. A. Cromartie, Sr. Foreman.
W. L. Stone, Cleak.
G. L. Hinson, E. L. Thomas, W.
J. Hand, Seab Smith, D. H. Mc
Eachin, A. H. Kight, John Cook,
Walter Wooten, Ross Atkinson,
A. V. McEachin, J. F. Williams,
J. C.Tuten, J. .D. Parkerson,
A. F. Spell, Wiley Sears, J. L.
Mims, C. A. Latimer, T. L.
Lord, J. M. Hinsen, C, O.Smith,
J. H. Moore.
We, the Committee appointed
to report on public roads and
bridges, beg leave to submit
this our report: We find all thé
roads and bridges in our county
in fairly good econdition, with
the exception of a few minor
places. In spite of the heavy
rains for the last three months,
our efficient Ordinary has kept
our roads in a going conditiop
and we wish to commend him to
the public. There are afew
minor piaces on the various roads
of the county that need instant
repair and we urge him to make
the needed repairs at once.
Respectfully!Submitted,
Seab Smith, Wiley Sears, Wal
ter Wooten.
EX “B”..
~ We, G. L. Hinson, W, J.Hand
land J. L. Mims, appointed to ex
amine the J. P. Records, report
that we find the books of C. W,
White, A. T. Ellis and J. L.King
correctly and neatly kept, with
the exception that Mr. King’'s
‘cost is not itimized on his books.
Books of W. B. Andersen and‘
Arley Williams were not in for
examination. v
G. L. Hiason, J. L. Mims, W. J.
, Hond, 8. =
sy e AV gy B W g
$1.50 Per Year
We, the committee appointed
to examine the public buildings
of the County. have examined
same and find them in good con
dition and well kept.
T. L. Lord and A. H. Kight.
Georgia Jeff Duvis Connty. ;
~ The within General Present
ments having been received and
read in open Court, same are
ageroved and ordered filed and
s’ead upon the minutes of this
Court, and published in the Ha
zlehurst News as recommended.
This Marce 7, 1929.
J. H. THOMAS,
J. 8.0. B.J: &
Macon Attorney
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