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VOLUME 11. NUMBER 33.
TO PROTECT AMERICANS IN MEXICO
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The American battleship Louisiana, seen above in the illustration, has gone to Tuxpam to protect the interests
of Americans and other foreigners. The gunboat Wheeling, pictured below, went to Frontera, on the southern
gulf coast of Mexico, on a similar mission.
DOWRY FOR BRIDE
British Postoffice Provides for
Girls Who Wed.
Upward of 14,000 Are Entitled to Par
ticipate in the Government’s Gen-
erosity—The Year's Gratuities
Will Reach £28,500.
London. —When Mr. Herbert Sam
uel, the postmaster general, present
>ed his estimates to the house of com
mons recently he told how the post
office had shared during the last year
in the general prosperity of the coun
try, and how he hoped to / zfnake a
profit in the coming year of £5,860,-
000. He also told about oversea ca
bles, imperial wireless communication,
the telephone amalgamation and un
derground telegraphs; but he ■did not
make any mention of the part that
Cupid plays in the vast organization
of which he is the head, and what the
god of love costs the state every year.
Every girl in the postoffice, re
ceives a dowry from the government
when she gets married, the amount
varying, of .course, according to her
length cf service. Last year the sum
spent on such gratuities was no less
than £25,000. On the establishment
of the postoffice there are upward of
14,000 women; but a year or so ago
there were at least 30,000 more filling
what is called “unestablished” situa
tions (some of them employed ■ only
for a portion of the day). Since the
National Telephone company's system
was transferred to the state, however,
a great many more females have be
come government servants, and as
that evidently means more marriages
the sum estimated for dowries for
1913-14 has been increased to £28,500.
Hundreds of G. P. O. girls get married
every year. And why shouldn’t they?
In 1907, for instance, the postmaster
general’s report says that the number
of women who “retired on marriage”
was 329, with an average service of
nine years. In 1909 the marriage mar
ket was brisker, for no fewer than 413
women, with an average age of twen
ty-eight years, quitted the service of
the postoffice to become wives and
mothers.
The distribution of the marriage
dowries is welcomed by nobody so
much as by the postal staff them
selves; for, although the women get
the money, the members of the male
PULLED FROM ’GATORS’ JAWS
Head Keeper Falls Into Pool, But Es
capes With Most of His
Trousers.
New York. —A dozen alligators and
three big snapping turtles were swim
ming about the pool in the Central
park menagerie when Head Keeper
Billy Snyder went into the enclosure
tp clean up before going on his annual
vacation to his old home in Dutchess
county.
The pool is surrounded with a ce
ment border and a slippery scum had
formed on this which caused Snyder
to lose his footing as he stood at the
edge with an Iron rake to pull out the
leaves. He splashed into the water
and attracted the attention of the
saurlans.
They gathered around him and one
of the biggest set his teeth in the
flack of Snyder’s trousers and pulled.
Snyder was getting upon his feet
again, but the ’gator gave a tug and
the keeper went sprawling once
more.
Several of the smaller alligators
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staff so often marry postoffice women
that the interest in the government
“nest egg” becomes mutual. By a
strange coincidence this is borne out
by what has just happened in Dundee.
There the postal authorities have dis
covered a novel method of coping with
the seasonal pressure at various offi
ces in the country districts. Most of
the married women in the city who
had served as telegraphists in their
spinsterhood have been invited by the
Station of Summer Capital
Railroad Depot Building at Which
Many Important Persons Will
Come in Visiting Wilson.
Cornish, N. H. —President Wilson’s
announcement that his summer vaca
tion is to be spent among the hills of
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Station of Summer Capital.
old New Hampshire at Cornish, has
been the means of arousing interest in
the little hamlet on the Connecticut
river, wherein is situated the charm
ing estate of “Harlakenden” which
will, during the summer months, be
the “White House” of the United
took a nip here and there at the man’s
clothing, but did not reach the flesh.
Bob Hurton, Snyder’s assistant, and
Policeman Lohmeyer chased the rep
tiles away ^ith sticks and gave the
head keeper a chance to scramble out
before anything,serious happened.
SNAKE SENDS DOCTOR FOR AID
Anaconda, Pet of Retired Serpent
Charmer, Keeps Bellefontaine in
Panic Until Owner Comes.
Bellefontaine, O. —An anaconda, 14
feet long, weighing 160 pounds and
with a hungry glitter in its beady eyes,
stared Dr. W. H. Outland in the eye
as he entered his barn. The doctor,
as soon as his legs would respond to
the signal, fled in haste. He had nd
desire to satisfy the plain craving of
the beautiful reptile.
Fleeing for aid the good physician
spread the news of the monster snake
coiled in his barn, and in three min
utes Bellefontaine was in an uproar.
Officers, dispatched to solve the mys
tery of the reptile, first barred the
doors and windows of the barn with
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1913.
postmaster to rejoin the staff during
the summer months, and asking what
remuneration they would expect for
their services. Many of these ex-of
ficials are the wives of the present
telegraphists at Dundee, and, although
the master has been treated with more
levity than seriousness, it has been
asked in postal circles whether this
unique proposal is to be regarded as
an “admission that the remuneration
of the male telegraphists is not suffi
cient to meet the expenses entailed in
supporting a household.”
The postmaster general may have
to answer the question to the house
of commons.
United States. The picture shows the
railroad station at Windsor, Vt., about
five miles from the summer “White
House.” This station is destined to
be the scene of the arrival of many
prominent political personages as the
summer "Capitol” is to be located in
the little town of Windsor, during
President Wilson’s residence at Har
lakenden house.
NATIVE GIRL KISSES PRINCE
Member of British Royal Family
Makes Great Big Htt With
Marois.
Christ Church, New Zealand.—Re
markable incidents occurred during
the visit of the New Zealand battle
cruiser New Zealand to Russell, North
Island, where the Nagapuhl, a famous
tribe of Marois, gave Captain Halsey
and the other officers an effusively
demonstrative welcome.
Sub Lieut. Prince George of Batten
berg was singled out for attention.
Several girls of the tribe slapped him
on the back, and, amid the greatest
enthusiasm, a young and pretty Maori
girl threw her arms around the
prince's neck and kissed him on both
cheeks.
Hold Window Pending Law.
New York. —A stained glass win
dow, brought to this country recent
ly, and which is to be placed in the
wall of the cathedral of St. John the
Divine here, probably will be left
with the customs officials pending the
.passage of the proposed tariff bill,
under which the duty will be $1,500.
Under the present I^w the duty is
$4,500.
extreme care and more caution and
then set about to find the anaconda’s
owner. \
It developed that the snake belongs
to Mrs. Rena Bowman, a retired
snake charmer, who is spending the
summer here. It is her favorite pet
and she declares it was not a glitter
of hunger that the doctor saw in the
snake’s eyes, but one of fear.
Anyhow, she bundled her pet into
a blanket and took it home with her.
Now the city fathers are considering
legislating against summer visitors
keeping such pets within the corporate
limits.
Strangled to Death by Collar.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—Harry D. Wingert,
a graduate of Western Reserve col
lege, was overcome by the heat while
waiting in an office for a friend, and
was strangled to death by a high col
lar he wore.
Bogus Wedding to Evade Dance Law-
Jersey City, N. J.—To evade the
law in regard to music and dancing
after hours, bogus weddings were held
nightly in local dance halls, under per
mits from the police.
The W. &
Myrick Co.
The Myrick Store
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Os Milledgeville, Georgia
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NEXT TO A GOOD CORN CROP, A LARGE COTTON
CROP (AND HERE’S HOPING FOR A FIFTEEN CENTS
ONE), YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A GOOD STORE. WELL,
HERE’S THE STORE.
THE MYRICK IDEA OF DOING BUSINESS IS NOT THE
OLD WAY.
GRANDMOTHER’S DRESS, IN ITS DAY, WAS ALL
RIGHT, BUT IF SHE WERE HERE, SHE’D NOT BE WEAR
ING THE SAME KIND OF FROCK, BECAUSE SHE MOULD
HAVE THE MYRICK STORE TO SHOP AT. SHE COULD
SEE THE NEW YORK AND PARIS STYLES, LESS THE NEW
/ YORK PRICE, BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT IT ALL.
THIS STORE IS NOT THE SAME IT WAS LAST YEAR;
IT WILL NOT BE THE SAME NEXT YEAR.
OUR NEW MOTTO; “GROWING BETTER EVERY
DAY.”
WE ARE PLANNING TO SUPPLY YOUR WANTS THE
COMING FALL AND WINTER.
WE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST LINES OF MER
CHANDISE BROUGHT TO THIS SECTION.
WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER TO PLEASE
YOU.
WE NOW GIVE BEAUTIFUL PREMIUMS FOR CASH
PURCHASES.
IT WILL NOT COST YOU ONE CENT, EITHER; OUR
INCREASED BUSINESS WILL PAY SAME.
CHINA, CUT GLASS, SILVERWARE (TO ARRIVE),
BRASSWARE.
WITH EACH PURCHASE YOU GET A CASH DISCOUNT
COUPON; EACH PREMIUM IS MARKED IN PLAIN FIG
URES.
WHEN YOU SPEND THAT AMOUNT, YOU ARE ENTI
TLED TO THE PREMIUM.
COME IN AND SEE US.
YOUR FRIENDS,
The W. S. Myrick Co.
Milledgeville’s Only Department Store
SI.OO A YEAR
