Minority Rules — By John Reed
Minority Rules Regular readers will remember I’ve written before about our nation being founded by persecuted minorities. We may have rose-colored hindsight about the British landowners financing some of the original colonies, but the convicts, debtors, indentured servants, and slaves who followed set the tone for an intense distrust of authority. So, by the time…
Read MoreSheriff’s Department Makes Arrests
Last Thursday at approximately 11:15 a.m. the Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Office in coordination with the Jeff Davis County Drug Unit initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Allen Demond Bennett of Lumber City for a traffic violation. During the stop, it was discovered the driver was in possession of drugs and two…
Read MoreFloyd Asks City To Keep Golf Course Open
By MARY ANN ANDERSON All ears were on Jack Floyd as he spoke to the Hazlehurst City Council about the city-owned Twisted Pine Golf Course at last Thursday night’s monthly meeting. With Ward 4 Councilman attending the meeting by telephone but the rest of the council intact, Floyd, a longtime local businessman and now-retired president…
Read MoreMs. Janice Grace Hall, 83
Memorial services for Ms. Janice Grace Hall, 83, who died Jan. 17 at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, will be held Friday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. at Wainwright-Parlor Funeral Home Chapel. Ms. Hall was born March 19, 1938 in Brunson, S.C. She is preceded in death by her grandmother, Josie B. Cook, the family that…
Read MoreMrs. Ruby Spell Manning, 99
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Ruby Spell Walsh Manning, 99, was born Sept. 28, 1922, in Coffee County. Jan. 17 Ruby went to her heavenly home while peacefully sleeping at her residence gaining a new healthy body after being diagnosed with dementia a year ago. She was welcomed by her parents Lester and Dora Spell;…
Read More2022 JDMS Blue Baseball Schedule
Jeff Davis Middle School 2022 Blue Team Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Jan. 24 Ware County Waycross 4:00 Feb. 14 Dublin Home 4:00 Feb. 17 East Laurens Dublin 4:00 Feb. 22 West Laurens Home 4:00 Feb. 24 Swainsboro Swainsboro 4:00 Feb. 28 Bleckley County Home 4:00 Mar. 3 Vidalia Vidalia 4:00 Mar. 4 Heard…
Read More2022 JDMS Gold Baseball Schedule
Jeff Davis Middle School 2022 Gold Team Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 11 Easst Laurens (Scrim) Home 5:00 Feb. 15 Wheeler County Alamo 4:30 Feb. 18 Wheeler County Home 4:00 Feb. 19 Toombs County Home 9:00 Ware County Home 11:00 Feb. 22 Telfair County McRae 4:00 Feb. 25 Telfair County Home 4:00 Mar.…
Read More2022 Jayvee Baseball Schedule
Jeff Davis High School 2022 Jayvee Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 21 West Laurens Home 6:00 Feb. 23 Vidalia Home 6:00 Feb. 24 Vidalia Vidalia 5:45 Feb. 28 Wayne County Home 6:00 Mar. 3 Wayne County Jesup 6:00 Mar. 4 Heard County Franklin 4:00 Mar. 5 Callaway LaGrange 12:00 Mar. 11 Brantley County…
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Jeff Davis High School 2022 Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 8 Metter (Scrimmage) Home 6:00 Feb. 15 Bleckley County Home 6:00 Feb. 18 Wayne County Home 6:00 Feb. 19 Wayne Co. Vs. Lee Co. Hazlehurst 11:00 Jeff Davis vs. Lee Co. Hazlehurst 2:00 Feb. 22 Appling County Home Baxley 6:00 Feb. 26 Rome…
Read MoreTime Puts Things In Perspective
My youngest grandson came home from school Tuesday and mentioned to his grandmother, better known as “Gooma,” that he had heard a story in school about Martin King. “Do you mean, Martin Luther King?” the good wife asked of the 7-year-old. “Yeah, that’s him.” The main point he remembered about the story was the fact…
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