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Vo‘. 2‘. N.o “ Georgia Man Honored By Woodman of World R. G. Plunkett, format iy at torney of Maoof, has besn slected Watchman of the Weodinen of the World. Life Insurance Association, with headquarters at Omaha, Ne braska. W. A. Fraser, President of the Woodmen, in cemmenting on the eiection of Mr. Plunbett te Watchman of the assoslption said: “It was a real pleasure to have Sovereign Plunkett &lectsd o such-a high podw n organization. : kett, a loyal representetive of QGeorgia, has been of grest aid in pushing forward the Woodmen of the World to greater heights. He is faithful and eficient. Alse his clection is recognition of she Joyal support of the Stute of Georgla to our O~dcr.” ; ‘Mr. Plunkets, & gradusts of Collegze of Law at ‘lhtm!r. sity, served as city of Macon from 1017 to 1921, -Me was born September 10, 1881, In Macon, Georgia, and here he has resided since birth, \ As o memher and officer of the Magnolia Camp of the Woodmen of the VZorld in Maton, Mr. Plun kett hos buil an ‘eaviable reputa tion as a,fraternal werker, sesv ing for a number of years as Camp Auditor and as a delegate to natitnz! conventions. In 1935 at the Macon convention the of fice of Head Counsul of Georgia was conferred upon him. Mr. Plunkett is wicsly known in civie and social ccivities not only in Macon but throughout the State of Georgia. : The Woodmen of the World s the wealthiest fraternel insurescs association in the nation with more thon one hundred mifjion dollars investsd in government and munic:pal bancs. Part of this sum is invested in bonds .of men of the World wide for being - 104 per 00l solvent. Two of the largest enterprises €. 3 have placed the Woodmen of thegWorld in . the {3 >-rank of prog-assive Praternal - Insurance Socletles, and made it nationally prominent are the War Memorial Horpital at San Anteni~, Texas, } : 1929 City Tax Notice - In order for the City of Hazlehurst to settle obligations it is due, it is absolutely necessary that all unpaid city taxes be paid at once. We are taking this method of giving you fival notice that actien will Le laker on all taxes not paid by Derae ey 20th, - SN B R L BYE Reduced Charges finesinthhm e This substantial reduction in the imel lntion charge will cusblemmsy poople to o the cheapest of s heme comuth. Tho Bxtension telephone servise io su S vl 12 &Do Bodfl oo : Haslehursl Nelosd Watehman R. G. PLUNKETT Geomgla man Whe wet sppelated o high office iln W. O. W. and the Radio Stetion WOW at | the national headquarters bulld ing in Omaha. | The hospital ian outgrowth of |a life dream of President Fraser. | During its five years of existemce |it has improvd i healti more | than two thousand patients. The hospltflhthom,bhoe of San | Antonie and represeniis an invest | ment of more than a million dol [lars. It cemaiste of 319 aores es |iand, completely equipped - hos |pital, nurses’ hema apnd many | othee bulidings. II s a free sana of the sccisty. Operation costs are pald frém s special ‘hospital et vigponh s S be- i o and ofifetally " 4 e Woodmgm: of the in :gu 1928, at'an eanbed;l:'; Since Jthoustnds haw been invested _‘ “poak: this eirter bsasts & church ocongregation of radio Nsteners estimated at a half millien. ' Church services are can ducted over the alr every Sunday. Hazlehurst, Georgia, December 26, 1929 - Legal Sheet This Week 1 The News force is taking this Christmas week off for a much needed vacation and rest. We are publishing and circulating this sheet to ‘’keep the record straight’’ and give the official (Legal) advertising publicity. Hope that you are all enjoy ing the glorious holidays. We are. ittt e . Mrs. R. B. Williame apd Mrs. Ollie Williams spent Friday in Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. J..J. Hammock and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jarvis and daugnter spent Sunday in Macon. | ' WOMEN KNIT AND.S FOR REG G 683 RELLE N ‘,?_\,‘;,a.;‘“ ? Vdlunteers Aid Threugh Motor and Canteen Corps—Send Gifts to Service Men. _Recalling the days of the World +War, many women still make pajamas _and “other hospital garments, many TR '~a-w”*-~"«'-'»'-$'w:' i e e e K Red Cross Chapters all over the na tion, In-the year just closed. The hospital garments are given to veterans and the surgical dressings go to civilian or Veterans’ Bureau hos pitals, or wherever needed. Many Chapters also maintaln well stocked closets of surgical dressings and gar ments, in order to be prepared should a disaster strike their communities. Volunteer workers make children’s -clothing and layettes which are dis tributed in time of major catas trophes. The Motor Corps of Red Cross women and the Canteen Serv ice, also first created during the World War, still are maintained by many Red Cross Chapters. Last year the varfons Motor Corps, some with am bulanoes, answered about 80,000 calls, and the Canteens served more than 20,000 persons. They were especially setive where floods or forest fires or ofher catastrophes called for feeding refugees or firemen engaged in active work fighting disaster. Another activity of women volun teers is that of filling Christmas bags —small cretonne ditty bags—to send to soldlers and sailors who are-sta tioned at posts or ports abroad. More than 40,000 of these are sent each year for distribution to the Americans at Christmas time, B CHURCHMEN ASK SUPPORT . OF RED CROSS ROLL CALL Leading churchmen of the na tion have joined in asking publio support of the annual Roll Call of the American Red Cross. Two dis tinguished leaders who have sent meseages to their congregations } all over the country are quoted, as . follows: » 7 plead for an extension of our "Red Cross membership until we can call a roll of every adult Amer fcan,” etated the Nost Reverend Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of | Bamafl;e. “l would like to see the children listed in the organize tion by their parents. I plead for because of the spiritual reaction ¢ wuatise in our mfllions of con ' trfduting mombers.” . #An president of the Federal Cognefl oi the Churches of Christ s A ' § bespeak for the Roll Cell:ef the American Red Cross the Ouflast ecopesation of all the «nseheo in the constituency of the Counch,” writes' Francis, J. Mc i president of the Federal : @ "I opanot imagine that ' aay minister who will not gfls.&v the ozmflw to &' “gttenflon of his people to the wark es the Red Cross and to 3o ham to enroll in its member aktn.® P g T N N_—=———==—— T 1 o ) 3 e TriofN Stated and its tusulher posr A l" I have on hand a complete ltocf of Armour’s Big Crop fertilizer. Let me supply you ith your plant bed fertilizer., J. F. Matthews. { If you want the very bess to bacco bed fortilizer be sure and buy,the Southern Fish made by Southern Fertilizer & Chemieal Co. J. M. Hinson at Planters Warehouse. - Wanted—Poplar logs and blocks. We are buying good and blocks of soft yellow poplar. -Write us for prices and name your shipping point, a quantity you can offer. Augusta Veneer Company,, ¢ .'..‘:. AHMG& . For Sale BUILDING MATERIAL. l WHOLESALE & .RETAIL C. O. Smith. . ” $ % “_ . Year Just Closed Put ¥eavy Task on Society—l2o Calls for Help Were Met. n AR nnusually large number of dis e v-::, "N it . ”";M mfi year Just closed. The or on sent emergency relief 'ort‘s to the scenes of 120 torns does, floods, fires and other types of catastrophts and expended $8,020,00° : relief and rehabilitation of the vie ms. Calls for ald came from eleven other mations .in which earfhquakes, floods and other problems caused dip tress to large populstions, and the Red Cross sent $76,300 to help in re lieving the suffering. The catastrophe causiig-the gremt est loss of life and most widespread devastation was the West Indies hur ricane of Séptember, 1928 1n whieh” more than 2,000 -lives were lost in Florida, Porto Rico and. the Virgin Islands. A relief fupd of $8883,785.63 was contributed by the public, follow ing a proclamstion by the President of the United States, to .which the Red Cross added SBO,OOO from its ows treasury, and the soclety’'was ena bled to give reliet to more than 700, 000 persons, © v Y.. 0 % In the early Spring, iiver floods o the southeastern states cost a Lieavy loss to many. pefsons, 76,000 inhab itants being. affected in four states. The Red Cross ‘assisted 4,388 families, approximately’ 28,000 persoma, - with food, clothing, temporary housing, feed for stock and seed for replant ing. ! In all, thirty-elght states were:vis ited by calamities during the year, affecting 364 counties. Tweaty-eight counties were devastated twice by storms, fires and floods. Red Cross expended $434,000 from its treasury in giving relief ih these disasters, and at one time had as many as 130 disaster relief workers, nurses and other representatives in the -field. : { Funds for this reliet work are ob tained in the annual roll call for mem bers, which occurs from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day, November 11 to 28. Only once & year—during this period of Roll Call—does the Red Cross ask public support to carry on its many activities. ° s e ————r e —— COFFEE CROP AIDED BY RED CROSS IN ISLANDS ey Disaster relje? given following the West Indles huiricane which struck Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Florida, as well as other islands in the Caribbean Sea, presented one of the largest tasks yet undertaken by the American Red Cross. In Florida, where 1,810 lives wore iost, the Red Cross alded 41,336 persons. In Porto Rico apd the Virgin Islands, where the mptm.'trptnmtmwhm the devastation was almost complete, the Red Cross aided 731,713 persons. Destruction of mveqéu plants was TN ! a be AR Notice of Public Sale SRORGIA-Jett Lyvie County. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Jeffl Davis county Georgia, will be sold, between the Jegal hours of sale, on the first Tues~ day in Januwary, 1930, at the court. house door in said county, at publie oulery, the tract of land in said county sitvate lying and being One Hundred Ninety acres, more orless, of lot of Pand number Five liundred Forty, and One Hundred acres, more or less, in the southwest corner of lot of land number 539 alf in the second land die trict of said county, lying contiguous: snd forming one tract of land, con taining Twe Hundred Ninety aeres,. more or hes, and bounded én north by ovigioal land lot line and lands: o Wilgon Carter, and agreed line and 'Tande of Walter Kersey; on east: by origingl land lot line and lands'al ‘Walter Kersey and agreed. line and lands of Walter Kersey and.lands formerly of Z. A. Hutchinson;south by: original land let line and:on west by Bullard’s Creek. All of the turpentine: cups together with gutters will bein claded in sale of land, Said sale will befor cash. This December 9¢h, 1929. J.A. CROMARTIE, Sr., Administrator estate of Mrs. Bliza Griffin, deceased. " Sheriff's Sale GEORGIA—Jeff Davis County. __Will be sold on the First Tuesday in Jamuary, ningteen hundred shirty, within the legal hours of sale, ab pub lic outery to the highest bidder for vash, beld court b DURG ¢ ‘u:: i.u n»g.z. "Jvd.*,\t m‘ 2 d\“;& number 367 in the Second land district ‘Jeff I County, Georgia,located on the south side of said lot, bounded on themnorth by lands of Ben Besll ‘and lands of Tom . Parker, on east, ‘south and west by the original lot lines off said' lot. ° ‘. Levied on as the property of M. A. I. Attaway to satisfy an execution issued from the Superior Court eof said county in favor of M. L. Odom against M. A, I Attaway and W. B. Attaway. ‘Fenant in possession notified aceording to law, - - December 9th, 1929, B. L. EVANS, Sheriff, i Jeff Davis County, Geengia. EGeorthefl Davis County. . Byvirtue of an erder of the Court of Ordinary of Miiton county, said State, we will offer for_sale before the court house door in Hazichurst, Jeff Davis County, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in January next, the following property: * 127 acres of land, more or less, in land lot 503 in the First district of Jeff Daviscounty, described as follows: 1 Starting at the cofner of an old wire fence on the so.ith side of the Burket’s Ferry raod, thence aleng the road west to the original lot line or the line of land formerly. belonging to J. H. Manning, 1864 feet; thence south along the: Manning line 3355 feet to the original line on the south side of said: lot; thence n rth to the starting point. This land to be sold as the property of J. S, Houze, deceasged, for the pur pose of distribution among the heirs Terms ' cash urless otherwise ar ranged'on the day of sale. J MISS EMMA J. HOUSE & J.T.HOUSE Executors of the willof J S. House, 0 " deceased. ZEORGIA—Jeft Davis County. | To whom it may cencern: J. M. Hinson, administrator of the estate of Mrs. Susa:i White, deceased, having applied to me for leave to sell the real estate of said intestate, all the heirs at law. and creditors of intestate, will take notice that I will pass upon said . application at the Janusry Term, 1930, of the Court'of Ordinary of said county; and that unless canse 18 shown to the contrary, at said time said’leave will be granted. This 2nd day of I)ecember, 1929. ROBERT HARRISON, Ordinary. If you want 500 good envelpes for SI.OO hikry ‘round te our DI 2 e e T R 1; $1.50 Por Year GEORGRA-Jeff Dawis County. | Southern Fertiliser . & Chemical Company VS, Gideon Yawn. . In Superior Court of Jeff Davia County, Ga. Dec. Term, 1929, It being represented to the coust by the petition 'of Southern Fertiliser and Chemieal Company that by deed of morigage dated October 27th, 1028, Gideon Yawn conveyed to said South ern Fertilizer and Chemical Company for the purpose of pecuring the pay ment of » certdin promissory note made by ssid Gideon Yawn to said Southern Fertilizer and Chemical Company due on the Ist day of September, 1929, for the som of Ooe Hundred. Forty-five & 60 {IOO Dellars, with interest after date: at the rate of eight per cent per annum om whieh nete and indebtedness thereis mow due and unpaid a balance ‘of principad of Fortyaix & 46| 100 Doliare and Sizty-ene Ceonts interest to this date. : - It is ordoged that the . sald Gideon Yawn-do pay into this court by firsé day of ther pest term she prineipal snd interest, with costs due on said ncte or . show cause, if spy he has,: to the con trary, that is default thereof fore- . clossre be granted to smid Southers Fertilizer & Chemieal €o., of said mortgage, and the equity es redemption of the said Gideon Yawn therein be forever barred, and that service of this rule be perfected on said Gideon Yawn according to law. Deec. 12, 1929, J. . THOMAS, J. B.€. w oA A true copy from the minutes. R.J. RODDENBERRY, Clerk, lcnoncu—:o. Davis Cematy. ;"*’h To whem it may concern: & The beirs of G. W. Chapman having applied for the sppointment of R.J. Roddenberry as administrator of the estate of G. W.Chapman, decessed, all parties at interest are nefified that sourt of ordinary of said county. This Degember 9th, 1029, ‘. - "OBBRT HARRISON, Owdinary, | Bl e | 'mm—m! Davie County. - Will b.gold beforq the court house: door in 8811 county, on the first Tues~ ‘day in Janua.y, 1930, within the legat ‘hours of sale, t 0 e highest bidder for cash a one third undivided interest in Eighty acres, more oy less, of lots of land numbers Fivé Hundred FQDY; - eight and Five 'Hundred Fifty-six, ‘the becond district of said chubty, and bounded on merth by Jumping, Gulley Creek; on east by Jumping Goley._ Creek and other lands of Carrie Elnors. Wilco; on south by lands of Missewrs- Mess and Chlora M, Hall and on west by lands,K of Lewis Hendrix. Said property levied on as the property of Carrie Elnora Wilcox ané. will be sold as such to satisfy a fifa. issued from Superior Court of Jeff Davis County in . favor of Kirkland and Harrell énd against Carrie Einora Wilcox, and Carrie Elnora. Wilcox notified in ‘'writing. December 6th; 1929, . Du L EVANS, Sheriff. SIOO.OO Reward . } _For evidenee to convict party or parties who robbed and burn ed my commissary on -the night }oi October 26th, oe" for infor mation which will enable me to secure the evidénce to convict such parties, I will pay SIOO.OO - cash, . ‘ 'lf this evidence is furnished by a party who isin any way implicated, . such party. should: first securé the services of an attorney and take the matter ap with me through such ate’ torney. In which case the . attorney fee will be paid in. -addition to the reward, T. M. Linder. " FOR SALE—Pure strain Cash tobacco seed at 50c per ounces. Fine tobacco for this eoumtry: averaged $300.00 tobacco per acre. Mvs. Lucy Berge, ) Hazlehurst, Ga. 3-tp. eTO RO SIS GRS - W. R. WILSON, Opt. D. Optometrist, also Lens Grinding Plnk Special attention to “erqes spes’’ of - ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTERS +