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The Bulletin
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WILK
INSON COUNTY.
Published Every Friday.
Subscription One Dollar a Yeai
in Advance.
LEE P. HATFIELD. Editor.
Entered as second class mat
ter February 1, 1912, at th<
postoffice of Irwinton, Georgia,
under the act of March 3, 1879
Advertising rates furnished
on application.
SURE THAT WILSON
WILL BE ELECTEE
Congressman Hardwick Gives
Good Reasons for Thinking
He Will Be The
Winner.
By Congressman T. W. Hard
wick of Georgia.
New York, Aug.—l am abso
lutely confident of the election of
Woodrow Wilson. Os course,
Gorgia will give him an over
whelming majority. The larg
est she has ever given a presi
dential candidate. I am confi
dent that Governor Wilson will
be elected for several reasons.
First, bcause he possesses el
ments of strength among men of
independent thought and action,
who are not closely and contin
uously identified with any party
in any state of the Union.
Second, because he has a large
following among those republi
cans who are not satisfied with
the latter day performances and
are disgusted with both Taft
and Roosevelt.
Third, because the differences
between the two factions of the
old Republican party are funda
mental and far reaching, and
cannot be compromised or ad
justed. My judgment is that
this split in the. Republican par
ty will carry the Wilson ticket
to victory in almost every state
of the Union.
Fourth, because Governor
Wilson is a man of lofty ideals,
of splendid mentality, and a
sturdy character, who appeals
to the American people as no
candidate has in many years,
and who possesses the confidence
as well as the respect of the
masses of the people. The Amer
ican people know that his ad
ministration will not be under
obligation to any of the special
interests, and that it will stand
for the interest of the people
themselves, without having any
special favorites to pay off and
reward. For all of these reas
ons and many others that I could
give, I believe that all of the
Democrats of the country, prac
tically all of the large independ
ent vote of the country, and hun
dreds of thousands of high grade
Republicans will support Gover
nor Wilson and elect him Pres
ident by the largest majority
that any candidate has received
since the day when Grant beat
Horace Greeley.
I have opened up a first
class Shoe and Harnes re
pair Shop in the Bulletin
Building. Work guaran
teed to give satisfaction,
0. U. PLAYER.
CENTRAL OF GA. RY.
On Sunday, June 2, and on
each Sunday to September 1,
1912, inclusive, “Tybee Limited”
trains will be operated as fol
lows. , .. .
(Central Time)
• Lv. Augusta, Ga 5:50 a. m.
Ar. Savannah 10:10 a. m.
Ar. Tybee 11:45 r. m.
Lv. Dublin, Ga 4:35 a. m.
Ar. Savannah 10:10 a. m.
Ar. Savannah 10:10 a. m.
Ar. Tybee 11:45 a. m.
Lv. Macon, Ga 4:45 a. m.
Ar. Savannah 10.45 a. m.
Ar. Tybee 11:45 a. m.
Returning, laeve Tybee for
Macon and Dublin 5:00 p. m.,
for Augusta, 6:00 p. m.
Exceptionally low Sunday Ex
cursion Fares, also Ten Day
Fares.
For additional information
apply to nearest ticket agent.
OLD FIRE DOG IS PENSIONED
Pet That Foliowad Engines on Every
Call I* Spending Hla Declining
Years at Summer Resort.
Brooklyn, N. Y.— Bearing the marks
of many wounds received in honorable
service, and having passed the age
limit at which retirement is com
pulsory, Mack, the erstwhile mascot at
Brooklyn fire headquarters, has been
retired on a pension and is passing his
declining years at a hotel on Shelter
Island. L. 1., where he is disproving
the adage that an old dog cannot be
taught new tricks.
Mack has become a “buff" of the
Shelter Island Fire department, but
cannot find enough exercise in the
task to keep in physical condition. In
stead of running to a fire a dozen
times a day, as he did when at the
Brooklyn fire headquarters, Mack now
is lucky if he has a call to a fire once
a month.
When the time hangs heavily he
amuses visitors at the hotel by run
ning up a ladder with the agility of a
fireman. When Warren Schneider,
the Brooklyn fireman who was count
ed as Mack's best friend, sent him to
the hotel, Schneider said he did not
believe Mack would live a month so
tar away from fire headquarters, but
Michael Stacano made a bet with
Schneider that not only the mascot
would live but that he was not too old
to learn a new trick.
Mack has fulfilled the prediction
Henry Walther, proprietor of the ho
tel, writes to Schneider that Mack Is
a big favorite with the visitors. He
has taught the fire dog to extinguish
lighted cigars and cigarettes thrown
on the hotel veranda and to “play
dead” and chase a ball with the chil
dren.
Mack had many escapes from death
when he was running with the Brook
lyn firemen. Once he was run over
by the chief’s wagon and a policeman
was about to end his agony when fire
men interfered and saved his life.
Many times he has been kicked by the
horses, but always recovered under
prompt tmrgical treatment.
WOMAN FLIES IN PLANE
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Philadelphia Resident of Reno Di
vorce Colony Makee First Ascent
in Frisco.
San Francisco. —Mrs. Jane Wildman,
bent on becoming a professional avia
trix, made her initial flight on the
Alamera marshes across the bay from
this city. She rose 3,000 feet and
circled over the city Os Oakland be
fore descending. She was accom
panied by Roy Francis, an aviator.
Mrs. Wildman appeared on the field
in a rose-colored coat and a white cor
duroy skirt, and stood her first test
remarkably well. She said she liked
sensations and that her best substi
tute for the aeroplane heretofore had
been 90 miles an hour on a motorcy
cle.
The avlatrix is the wife of Freder
ick Collis Wildman of Philadelphia,
who at present is-in London. She
is visiting San Francisco for a few
days.
"I am from Reno," said Mrs. Wild
man, “and that tells the story.”
APACHE SLANG PARIS FAD
Exploits of French Motor Car Bandits
Mako Underworld Language
Popular.
Paris. —The slang of the Paris
Apaches is the latest fad taken up in
society circles here. Not only French
people, but also foreigners of the fash
ionable set here, are now vying with
each other in picking up the largest
stock of words and phrases of argot
spoken on fortifications and in the
outer alums. -
Slang dictionaries are sold to tour
ists at the boulevard kiosks, and so
ciety women are taking lessons in ar
got, for which, of course, high fees are
charged by the Instructors.
Several American women are among
those taking lessons, and It Is be
lieved to be one of them who originat
ed the idea. The fad is thought to
nave arisen in consequence of the in
tense Interest taken in the Paris un
derworld through the exploits of the
motor bandits.
TURKEYS TO FIGHT WORMS
Only Way te Get Rid of the “Post*,”
Says a Georgia Farmer—Congress
Gives >25,000 for Work.
Washington.—M. M. Kicklighter, a
farmer at Groveland, Ga., has sent
this tip to congress of away to rid
the south of the army worm:
“I saw your advertisement in the
Atlanta paper for aid to check the
army worm. I had ten acres of corn
and the army worms had Just started
in. I drove my turkeys in my field
and they ate the army worms up in
two days, and if it had not been for
my turkeys I would have lost 500
bushels of corn by those worms.
“So please send me a check for said
amount, for that is the only dray to
destroy the army worms.”
Congress, ^cently appropriated >25,-
000 to ellmlilate the worm.
Fears Fish Had Hydrophobia.
■>New York—Fearing that a pickerel
that bit him on the toe had hydro
phobia, Fred Henry of Brooklyn has
sent the head of the fish to the Pas
teur Institute for examination.
Missed the Fly.
Chardon, O. —Norman Whiting was
shaving himself when a fly settled on
his face. Whiting made a quick move
for the fly and cut off the end of hla
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VOTE IN TENTH DISTRICT.
Reorts From Counties as Pub'
lished in Augusta Herald.
The following is the table of
votes cast for Congressman in
the Tenth district as reported to
the Augusta Herald, except Lin
coln county, from which no re
port was obtainable up to the
time the table was prepared for
publication. According to these
figures the total vote in the dis
trict was 11,035.
Counties. Hardwick. Fleming.
Baldwin 787 190
Columbia 305 200
Hancock 352 183
Jefferson 567 507
Lincoln
McDuffie 387 296
Richmond 2191 878
Taliaferro 268 205
Warren 364 422
Washington 1034 644
Wilkinson 550 -140
Total 7037 3998
Hardwick’s majority, 3039.
I will be in Irwinton on Mon
day and Tuesday of each week,
in Mclntyre, on Friday; will
answer calls on Wednesday and
Tursday and will be in Tooms
ooro the rest of each week.
Dr. D.~Stone7 Dentist.
Toomsboro, Ga.
Jury List
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Grand and Traverse Jurors
drawn for the October term of
Wilkinson Superior Court by
the Jury Commission on the 22d
day of August, 1912.
GRAND JURORS.
J. S. Miller, Fernando Can
non, J. G. Jordan, J. T. Carr, E.
J. Holliman, J. P. Bloodworth,
(331), W. H. Parker, M. A.
' Hall, Ed Crutchfield, J. A. Cars
well, J. F. Payne, J. D. Brooks,
W. H. Cook, A. S. J. Arrington,
W. A. Hall, J. P. Jones, J. T.
Davidson, J. A. Branan, C. H.
; Adams, J. A. Taylor, W. F. Hel
ton, C. E. Gladen, J. A. Wood,
[ C. C. Johnson, J. M. Patterson,
D. C. Kingry, R. F. Dixon, I. F.
Carr, W. C. Dennard, G. T. Wa
ters.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
T. I. Carr, J. P. Philips, E. E.
Collins, Jr., T. E. Farmer, Ira
King, Jr., J. A. Daniel, R. F.
Thies, L. G. Freeman, J. O. Da
vidson, J. S. Martin, E. C. Ryle,
' H. D. Howard, W. M. Kemp,
F. M. Dominy, W. T. Porter,
' David Horne, J. W. Brooks, Sr.,
T. R. Butler, J. W. Batchelor,
Jr., W. A. Johnson, A. Y. Pat
। terson, B. Y. Asbell, T.H. Bride
-1 well, Jr., A. D. Vinson, J. F.
1 Simpson, J. W. Burke, J. D.
Dixon, C. E. Davis, G. W. Du
-1 Pree, T. B. Williams, W. W.
; Brooks, P. M. Jackson, J. H.
i Jackson, P. C. Carr, E. J. Hel
ton, F. M. McCook.
Legal Ads
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Georgia—Wilkinson County.
। To all whom it may concern:
J. W. Worsham having in
proper form applied to me for
I Permanent Letters of Adminis
tration on the estate of Mrs.
Missouri Fordham, late of said
County, this is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next
of kin of Mrs. Missouri Ford
ham to be and appear at my of
fice within the time allowed by
law, and show acuse, if any they
?an, why permanent administra
tion should not be granted to J.
W. Fordham on her estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this sth day of Aug
ust 1912.
J. E. BUTLER, Ordinary.
JUDGE LOSES HIS CLOTHES
81.. Lawyers and Kansas Jurist Pre
tend to Be Boys by the River
With Sad Results.
Kansas City, Mo. —Seven lawyers
from this city went to a fishing re
sort near here and thought they would
spend the week end in the old-fash
ioned way. Their boy nature got the
best of them, and they all went swim
ming—bathing suits barred. When
they were ready to return to camp a
suit of clothes belonging to Judge
John C Pollock of the Kansas federal
court was missing
OLD PILOTJS DEAD
Hero of “Life on the Mississippi/’
on Duty to End.
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, Famous Character Resented Notori
ety—Disliked Usa |pf His Name
by Mark Twain, Who Was
Under His Tutelage.
St. Louis, Mo. —Horace E. Bixby,
the best known of the Mississippi
river pilots, who taught the ’art to
Mark Twain, is dead. Captain Bixby
i died suddenly at his home.
i Dr. Rolla Bracy, coroner of, St.
Louis county, who held an inquest,
said death was caused by apoplexy.
Captain Bixby was eighty-six years
old, and was still In the river service
' at the time of his death. He daily ex
pected a call to take out the govern-
• ment towboat Nokomis. He arose
; early and dressed. A little later his
wife went to his room and found him
! lying dead on his bed. He died as he
often had said he wished to die, “in
the harness.”
1 Captain Bixby’s fame rests upon
the writing of a cub pilot, one of the
many youths he taught—Samuel
Clemens (Mark Twain). He made an
epic of the days he spent with Bixby
■ and the pilot’s name was known
throughout the world. Captain Bixby
received hundreds of letters from
strangers who knew him solely
! through Mark Twain’s books. This
, became distasteful to- him, and dur
ing late years he had avoided all men-
, tlon of Mark Twain’s name.
The sixty-six years Captain Bixby
spent in the pilot house marked the
growth and gradual decline of steam
boat days on the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers. While pilot on the Missouri
river in 1856-58 his boat would be
stopped by buffalo herds crossing the
river one day and by Sioux warriors
the next.
In the Civil war he was chief pilot
for the Union fleet besieging Vicks
’ burg and Memphis. He always held
the Union victory at Memphis due to
the information he gave Commodore
[ Foote. Later, as a principal stock
holder and commander of the finest
steamboats in the Anchor service,
Captain Bixby was known the length
. of the Mississippi. He ran the City
of Alton when it made the single
trip record of $70,000 clear.
’ On the decline of river commerce
■ he entered government service.
Captain Bixby was pilot of the Paul
, Jones about 1856, when Samuel Clem
ens became his pupil. Clemens then
gathered material later used for his
‘‘Life on the Mississippi.’’ Years
' later, after he won literary fame, he
made a trip from St. Louis to New
, Orleans with Captain Bixby, and only
, a few years ago was his guest in St.
Louis.
Captain Bixby was of small physi
que, nervous and wiry. He had a
tremendous energy. Throughout his
river service he kept a diary, record
ing daily the events and the shifting
of the river current. This record the
■ United States government is anxious
to get and it probably will be em-
• bodied in a book which will further
perpetuate Captain Bixby’s fame.
Mark Twain in his writing made
Captain Bixby out a profane man.
This was Incorrect, his other friends
say. He was, by reputation, gentle
in speech and courteous to all men
- he met.
STATE WILL HONOR SCORE
Three Daughters of California Are Se
lected and Public May Name
the Remainder.
San Francisco. —San Francisco is to
have a hall of fame. Therein the 20
native sons and daughters of Califor
nia who have done most to reflect
glory on their state are tp be hon
ored in art glass and sculpture.
The temple is being erected by the
Native Sons organization. In the main
hall are 20 oval frames, garlanded
with laurel wreaths. In each will be
placed the art glass effigy of one who
had helped make history in Califor
nia.
Three daughters of the state—Ger
trude Atherton, Sybil Sanderson and
Mary Anderson—have been selected
for the honor. The public is invited
to name the remaining 17.
On the temple walls will be placed
portraits of many who, though not na
tives of California, have been identi
fied with the state.
MARBLE PAY RATE IS LOW
Nineteen Cents to $1.93 a Day Is the
Wage of Carrara Workers, Says
Consular Report.
Washington—An Interesting de
scription of the world-famous Carrara
marble of Italy is given in a report
by Consular Agent Felix A. Delmas,
who is stationed at Carrara.
What he says on the subject of
Mages, however, gives no reason for
congratulation to the poorly paid em
ployes who have to do with Carrara
marble.
Delmas says the dally wages, which
have been slightly increased within
the last few years, are, quarrymen, 45
cents to $1.93; mill operators, 45
cents to $1.15; marble cutters, 38 to 57
cents; studio workers and sculptors
45 cents to $2.31, and boys, 10 to 38
cents.
Refuses Cream; Is Shot.
Monticello, N. Y. —Because she re
fused to eat ice cream at his expense,
Arthur Barber shot Mrs. Fred Miller.
The bullet took away her left ear.
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Solid'-Breech, nammerless. Safe.
I Bottom Ejection —empty shells are thrown downward —smoke
and gases must go the same way, too insuring uninterrupted
! sight —rapid pointing always.
Solid Breech —Hammerless —perfectly balanced a straight
’ strong sweep of beauty from stock to muzzle.
Three Safety Devices —accidental discharge impossible.
Simple Take-Down —a quarter turn of the barrel does it —
। carrying, cleaning, interchange of barrels made easy your
i fingers are your only tools.
1 , Fortrap or field work the fastest natural pointer.
! Y O gr dealer has one. Look it over today
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Metallic Cartridge Co.
299 Broadw °y 5 New York City
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