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The Bulletin
SAN OF WILKINSON
, ””Y.
Published Every Friday.
Subscription oie Dc^tr a i in
Ad'
L. P. HATFIELD, Editor.
Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Irwinton, Georgia,
under the act of Congress of March 3,
1879.
Advertising rates furnished on appli
cation.
THE WHISKEY EVIL
In the year 1878, long before the
local option law was adopted in this
state, the good men and women of
Wilkinson county saw the evil of the
sale of liquor, and by a direct vote
of the people, by virtue of a local
Jaw, made it illegal to sell whiskey in
our county. For a few years after
the passing of this law, the whiskey
sellers continued to sell in defiance of
the law. This was due to the len
iency of an honest, able, yet kind
hearted judge. Then that able and
fearless judge. W. F. Jenkins, came
upon the bench. He knew to whom
mercy was due, and on the tiger he
had no mercy. A few fines of SI,OOO
rM twelve months on the chaingang
soon put the evil ones to flight, and
lore after he left the bench, Wilkin
son county was known far and wide
as a clean, law abiding county.
Then for a season our people seem
to have gone asleep. A small tiger
crept in here, and another there, a
peach brandy still over here, and a
pear brandy still over there, and a
cane-skimming still most everywhere,
until today, Wilkinson county is one
of the worst whiskey-soaked, and
tiger cursed countv in the state.
There is not a militia district in the
countv that hasn’t from ten to fifti
blind tigers, and very few that have
)ot a whiskev still. The man who
■uns the still carries his poison to
Toomsboro. Mclntyre, Gordon, Ir
winton—and everywhere over the
county and peddles it out almost as
openly as the farmer does his chick
ens and e-e’s, while law hangs its
head in shame. Beer is sold in thr
r.-Broad towns almost as openlv as
soda water. Everybody knows. The'
1 now the men and men who are sell
ing. It is no secret, and the tige
-perns to gloat in his defiance of th
Lews of both man and God. And th
neonle stand idly by and acquiesc
therein.
We are paying a terrible price i;
Wilkinson county in allowing these
guilty t’gers to make their dirty dol
v- ' There seems to be no interes!
in the educational affairs of th
countv, except in n few places. Thi
man with five nhildren can spend tw<
dollars a week for whiskey, and
would hire a lawyer to get out o”
paying one dollar a year to educat
his child and give it a chance in lift
We are but plaving in our efforts t'
educate our children. The churche
are about as dead as the devil would
have been. The members have seem
ed to quit, and the preacher, in mos'
places, for fear of offending some ti
ger, who hannens to be a deacon, :
steward, a pillar or a sleeper in thei
c'nrch. will not take the lead and
fight this evil as they should, but
tbev, in lon^-rmter, sober-minded ac
cents, preach o f‘ the sweet bye and
Ine. w’should be casting
out devils in b e now, now and now.
The good peonle have stood back and
piinwcd +he I'govs' to flood our elec
tions with whiskey, until that day
rrvmd b~ n meeting of the wholesale
Imim- dealers, and the men elected
do ’•of know whether they owe thei'
elation to the free will of an hones 1
people, or to the protecting friend
-hip of the whiskey bottle. All of
us, voters and officers, have beeorm
moral and political cowards, and th'
whiskev element is crushing out al
that morality and Christianity rep
resent. There is a tiger standing a*
every corner. When the farmer send c
his guano to his tenant, the tiger gets
it at one quart on the sack. Thev
are making the poor devils bring
vorr mm. fodder, cotton seed, and
everything that can be stolen and
received : u rrtwn a quart of whis
'-ov. Tnnk at the citizenshin of to
dov and twentv years ago! Would a
Hrer have keen in the jury box
twrrtv o 1 - thirty years ago? Look
ry-r the list of +he jurors now. both
np'it end grand, pud vou will find
r— p r,c P-p boldest tig°rs and dis
‘Ters that ever escaped the chain
ring. Think of thes» men sitting
r-on •’he rights and lives and prop
r tv of our people, when thev are not
worthy to pa-s, judgment in an in
c”os+ over a dead buzzard.
Tb’s is not all the price we pav.
haw g-Ti onr'voung men, almost
in knee pants, fall a victim to their
mares, and blight and damn their
cwn prospects,. and wreck and ruin
f'-e hopes and lives of their parents.
V r e have seen, times past counting,
mr voimg men, with brains and man-
I ood sufficient to be men among men,
an untimely grave. We have seen
ft repeated over and over again,
•-bpvo our citizens have been mur
d-red bv the man who was turned
d wm bv drink. Turn to the murder
d-ypct of our courts. You will find
C ere that every murder committed
j- this countv in recent years is car
ried I ack to the tiger’s den. A young
-"an at a countrv church has his life
- nded by a “knife stab by his own
drunken brother-in-law; a farmer in
his own home is murdered by a whis-
key socked negro with an axe; two
voting men fuss at a party where the
home-made liquor flows freelv. one is
shot down and the other a fugitive
from justice with a price on hi
head; a harmless man rides along
rhe highway, and a r.igger with a ’
Winchester and a jug of Mclntyre
liquor crushes his skull and leave
im for dead; a harmless negro bo
s talking to his Sunday School gal
>nd a drunk negro kills him without
warning. None of this is fiction, but
'acts of recent date, and borne out
bv the indictments now pending. Anc
the story is riot half told. The bloo;
>f these men are upon us all. Fo
if teen years, of my personal know
ledge, ninety per cent, of the criminal
cases that reach the courts in this
county are the direct result of blind
tiger whisley. How long can we
•'tand such shame? How long will
■he good people submit to such in
"amy? Will we continue to bury our
lead, shroud our murdered, and smile
n friendship upon the guilty demons
vho are the real murderers of oui
eople? Well, you say, what is to be
. ’one about it? ‘lt should be stopped.
Che women and children have been
r; ing, suffering and praying long
nough, ard it is high time for the
innhood of Wilkinson county to rise
nd go to casting out devils. It can
e done. While there are men in the
ury loxes of this countv who manu-
! "acture and sell whiskey, yet they
s ire Still in the minority. The jury
f eviser will remove every one of them
: ’rom the box. The grand jury can
s not meet in a dav and gather the evi
-1 denee as it should be. It has fallen .
i into the habit of indicting a few ne
r groes for failing to pay a debt to
r some white men on a labor contraci
f and counting the sows, cows, pigs and
- people at the poor farm and the ne
- groes and mules on the chaingar.g
I until they scracely have time to get
j at the real business before them. The
i people must get evidence and mak<
s he fight before the courts. Put it
) before the grand jury and ask that
- •'xpect an indictment, and with that
1 -ame evidence go before the Jrir
- ’ury and plead and ask for a verdict
> if guilty, and then before the judge
and demand a sentence that mean
i omcthinc more than insolvent cost
■ t o the officers of court—and we wil’
i et the indictment, the verdict and
i be sentence. The t’ger and hi
i ’riends will be at court. They will
, ' e ready to threaten witnesses, t<
• wear down and break down th’
I ’ate’s evidence, and to whisper b
he judge. We do not wish to threat
n anv witness, except to tell the
ruth, we do not wish to have the ju
i -v find an innocent man guilty, bu*
i re want them to find righteous ver
> 'icts, and we wish the judge to ren
’er a fearless judgment—and th'
'eople should be on hand and demarn
’ “at all this be done—and it will b<
'one. At the last term of the court
n-gro tiger was on trial. He ha'
is “backer,” which .all negroes have
- "inetv per cent of them are sell
g for wh'te men, and w'tnesse'
urung up from the Oconee river tr
e Twiggs countv line, volunteers
i break down the evidence of th
’ate when every man in the court
oure knew the tiger was guiltv. Th<
ext dav an orphan white I ov, hard!
i his teens, made drunk bv one of
here monsters, was an trial for be
ng drunk on the public highway, and
ot. a witness came to his a^sistan-e
Ve have been plarirg with the tiger
usiness. We caught a blind nigger
t Gordon, and a ninety year old
' ion in Mingo, while all around both
’ f these, able bodied white men are
en fold as pmiltv. Go after the man
"her up, put him on the ehaingang
nd the balance will be easy.
The officers sav they are willing to
ad the fight if the people will stand
"hind them. Are you willing tc
clp with your means and vour pres
nce? G. H. C.
MAKES Cl FEEL LIKE 16.
“I suffered from l idnev ailment for
wo years,” writes Mrs. M. A. Bridg
s, Robinson, Miss. “I commenced
akir.g Foley Kidney 7 Pills about te r
-'orths ago. I am 61 years of age
nd feel like a 16-vear-old girl.” Fo
ey Kidney Pills invigorate weak and
'eranged kidnevs, relieve backache,
heumatism and bladder trouble.
For sale by E. Johnson.
SPRING ANB* SUMMER
EXHIBIT OF MILLINERY
Surpassing styles await your
inspection, many clever authentic
models in spring and summer
Hats-
Also a beautiful line of dress
go yds and shoes.
G. E. PRK E,
Mclntyre, Ga.
—- - - -
BARBER SH IP
Pressing Club and Shoe
Repairing all done at
B. F. NOLES’
Barber Shop Irwinton, Ga.
Work Guaranteed
' MAKE GOOD WORK POSSIBLE.
You cannot do good work while
your bowels are sluggish or your liv
,l er torpid. W T m. O. Beilke, Mgr. Scott
Hotel, Hancock, Mich., says: “I gave
Foley Cathartic Tablets a thorough
trial, and find them a mild but safe
cathartic.” Foley Cathartic Tablets
never gripe or cause nausea. They do
awn- w jth that drowsy, dull, tired
• ffpKrg and are wholesome, cleansing
: end healthful. Most satisfactory for
stout persons.
‘. For sale by E, Johnson.
THE BULLETIN, IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
TO READJUST RATES
TO GEORGIA POINTS
RAILROADS MUST OBEY ORDER
ENFORCING THE LONG AND
SHORT HAUL CLAUSE
LOCAL POINTS TO BENEFIT
Will Ask State Commission To Ap
prove Similar Revision In
Intrastate Rates
Atlanta, Ga.—The decent order of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
enforcing the Long and Short Haul
clause of the Federal Act to Regulate
Commerce, has made necessary a gen
eral readjustment of freight rates
throughout Southern territory, declare
Presidents J. R. Kenly of the Atlantic
Coast Line, W. A. Winburn of the
Central of Georgia, M. H. Smith of
the Louisville and Nashville, W. J.
Harahan of the Seaboard Air Line, and
Fairfax Harrison of the Southern, in
a statement, addressed “To The Feo
pie Served by the Railroads of the
South,” which has just been issued.
Since the order of the Commission
was handed down, a committee of traf
fie officers has been at work prepar
ing tariffs which will put into effect
its provisions. Obviously, precise fig
ures to a.l points may not be an
. nounced pending a completion of the
work of revision. It iiminderstood tha
where long and short haul discrimi
nations now exist, many* rates will be
reduced and some of them advanced
and that an important effect of the
revision in Georgia will be to give
a large number of local points more
favorable rates as compared with the
ra es enjoyed by the distributing cen
ters.
For the local points to get the ful
benefit of the principles under whicl
the interstate rates will be readjust
ed, that is to say, the reducing or elim
ation of the differences between the
rates at the local points as comparer’
with the rates at the so-called com
mon points, which are in the main
the large cities, it will be necessary
for a revision, following the principles
of the intersta'e adjustment, to be
made in the intrastate rates, and ape
tition to this effect is to be made by
the railroads to the State Railroad
Commission.
Statement Os President
The statement of the railroad pres
idents is as follows:
“To The People Served Ey The Rail
roads Os The South:
“An order of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, pursuant to re
quirements of Federal law, compels a
general revision of Southern freight
rates. It is proper that the people of
the South should be informed as to
the reasons for this revision and the
principles upon which it is being made
“Excepting the Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio and Virginian Rail
ways, which lie in Official C ass’fica
tion territory, the railroads of the
Southeast receive virtually no part c“
the five per cent increase in rates
recently acquiesced in by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. While
the need of the carriers of the South
for increased revenue is certainly no
less tljaif**? tha* of the Northern and
Eastern roads, that need is in no way
related to the revision of rates now
in progress which arises solely from
the necessity of more nearly conform
ing to the so-called “long and short
haul clause” of the law as amended
in 1910, and as now construed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
“The original Act to Regulate Com
merce forbade the making of lower
rates for a longer than for a shorter
distance wi hin the^ame line or route
under substantially the same circum
stances and conditions. The carriers
were free to meet competition as they
found it and were required to answer
only upon complaint as to the reason
ableness of their acts.
“The amendment of 1910 deprived
the carriers of the right to initiate
departures from the long and short
haul requirement, and they may no
longer meet competition as they find it
if the long and short haul requirement
If you check up the number of bot
tles used you will find Foley's Hone}
and Tar in greater demand than an
other cough medicine. It is safe
nrompt and effective for colds, crour
hoarseness, bronchial coughs, throe
rouble and" laarippe. It contains n
niates and is the preferred coug
cd'clne for children.
For sale cy E. John: cm
rg'a—Wilkinson Cow ty.
virtue of a tax fua for stat
• county taxes for the year 1914 i
;ucd by J. 11. Pennington, tax co' |
of Wilkinson county, Georgia,
T hrv« levied upon and will sell be
fore the court house door, during le
gal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, on the first Tuesda
in April next: seventy acres of land,
more or less, the same being part of
the Peter Veale estate, bounded on
the north "by Sol Burney, east by Ma
tilda Daniel, south by Mrs. B. A.
Asbell, west by Carrie Burney. Sold
as the propertv of George Veal to
satisfy said fifa.
Levy made by J. H. Simpson, con
stable.
Teannt in possession notified in
writing.
This March 9th, 1915.
C. H. PARKER, Sheriff.
TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN.
A lingering cold, distressing cough,
sleepless nights, a raw, inflamed
throat lead to a run-down condition
in which the child is not able to resist
contagious diseases. Foley’s Honey i
of the law Is Involved, unless they cum
first obtain the approval of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
“They were furthermore required,
by this change in the law, to apply
to the Commission for authority to
continue in force rates existing at the
time of its passage which contravened
the long and short haul principle.
Roads Must Make Changes
“The existing rate structure of the
’South is not the creation of traffic
managers of this generation. It is
an inheritance from those who built
the roads, and finds its explanation
largely in the geography of the South,
and in a public policy which encour
aged its creation. The changes now in
progress are not of the carriers’ choice.
“Water competition, the most im
portant factor .in bringing about de
parture from the long and short haul
principle of the law, has been peculiar
ly influential on the rate adjustments
of the South, surrounded as it is on
three sides by navigable water and
penetrated by navigable streams. Ter
mini of the first roads were on navi
gable waters and rates between those
termini were from the beginning de
pressed because of this water compe
tition. When, subsequently, railways
were extended to the interior, distrib
uting points were thereby created,
where there arose competition of two
or more markets, or of two or more
carriers, resulting in depressions in
rates, even when there was no direct
water competition.
“These conditions undoubtedly con
tributed to the commercial -and indus
trial development of the interior
South, and, while they resulted in
more frequent departures from the
eng and short haul principle of the
law, the carriers had every reason to
believe that their practice had the
approval of the public, even when it
was not directly the result of public
demand.
“Now, the Interstate Commerce
Commission, pursuant to the require
ments of an amended law, has conclud
ed an enquiry into rates from the East
ern Seaboard, including the Virginia
Cities, from South Atlantic and Gulf
Ports, and from Ohio and Mississippi
River Crossings, into the Southeast and
Mississippi Valley territory. As a re
sult the Commission has in large meas
ure condemned existing departures
from the long and short haul require
ment, except where justified by com
petition beyond the control of the rail
carriers, a phrase which came to be re
stricted to mean direct or indirect
water competition.
Must Raise Some Ra'.es
“Obviously, the removal of inequali
ties condemned by the Commission, by
reductions only, would result in disas
ter to the carriers. This fact is rec
ognized by the Commission, which, in
its review of the situation, stated:
“ ‘lt is entirely clear that the reve
. nues of a large percentage of the lines
। in the Southeastern territory would be
so impaired by such a procedure as to
riake it impossible for them to meet
‘heir operating expenses, taxes and
fixed charges and leave their stock
holders even a moderate return.’
“It is equally obvious that it would
be unfair to punish the carriers, in con
forming to a changed public policy, for
acts which at the time of commission
were approved by public opinion.
। “Hence in working out the Order of
the Commission such elevation of rate^
to the depressed points must accompa
ny reductions to the much larger num
ber of intermediate points as will at
least preserve the revenues of the
carriers.
“The task of revision is no easy
one. It has been undertaken in loyal
effort to conform to the law, as now
interpreted, and to be fair to all.
“Departures from the long and
- short haul principle in the South are
not confined to interstate traffic. There
are in the South a great many intra
state rates that do not conform to
• the principle. If undue discriminations
■ are to be avoided, these intrastate
. rates must be brought into harmony
whh the revised interstate adjustment
being made under the direction of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. It
is the purpose of the railways of the
. South to take up each Intrastate revis
ion with the Several Sta'e Railroad
Commissions.”
and Tar is truly healing and prompt
in action. It relieves coughs, colds
croup and whooping cough. Contains
no opiates.
F_>r Sale by E. Johnson.
For Sale ty E. JuimisUiN
SHIP YOUR COTT ON TO
A. T. SMAIL & SON
Cotton Factors
J e Geo. S. Riley Jr. Will Appreciate It If the People of
Wilkinson County Will Ship Their COTTON to Us
1-16 cent Higher Price Guaranteed
617 THIRD ST. MACON, GA
EDM RALLY .
HERE NEXT FRIDAY
I
Note.—At meeting of Program
Committee, Dec. 5, 1914, it was
agreed:
i 1. That the Educational Rally of
Wilkinson County Schools shall meet ।
at Irwirton on second Friday in Ap
ril, 1915.
PROGRAM.
- Song, Georgia Land—Tune, Mary
land, My Maryland.
Spelling Contest, sth grade (1'
from each school): prize. 1
Reading Contest, 3rd grade (1 '
from each school): prize. i
Oratorical contest: declamations
ilO minutes each; 7th grade up (boy
and girl from each district) —prize.
Art Display—Map of Georgia, 7th
I gredp down (1 map from each school)
—prize.
Sack race, for boys 6 to 8 years (1
from each school).
Potato race for girls, 6 to 8 years
(1 from each school).
50 yard dash, boys 16 to 17 (1
from each school).
Song, Georgia School—tune, Dixie.
We hope to have Superintendent
M. L. Brittain with us.
The friends of education are cor
dialv invited to come and bring well
I filled baskets. Respectfullv,
J. H. HOOVER.
•*
ATLANTA MUSIC FESTIVAL
APRIL 26 TO MAY 1, 1915
The Central of Georgia Railway)
and its connections will sell round i
trip tickets at extremely low rates :
to Atlanta account the Atlanta Mus-
I ic Festival from April 26th to 30th,
I inclusive, and for trains scheduled to
' arrive Atlanta before 8 P. M., May
' Ist, final limit of tickets May 4th.
It has announced that the follow
ing Grand Operas will be sung on
the dates named:
Meyerbeer’s “Les Hugunots” (in
Italian), on Monday evening, April
26th.
Spring And Summer Sale
I have on hand a complete line of
Dress Goods, Ladies’ and Children’s
Ready-to-wear Clothing, Notions, Hats
Shoes and Hardware.
I also have a nice line of all wogl
Rugs going at LESS THAN ACTUAL
COST.
You will also find a complete line of
Groceries in stock, and the prices al
ways right.
J. E. HOLLIMAN,
McINTYRE, GEORGIA.
Farmers’ Co-operative Fin
Insurance Company
Our rates are the best, cheapest
and most reliable. All claims
paid promptly.
JOHN L. ROBERTSON, Agent,
Gordon, Ga.
Offenbach’# “Les Contes D'Hof
mann” (in French), on Tuesday al
ternoon, April 27.
Bizet’s "Carmen” (in. French), o
Wednesday evening, April 28.
Verdi’s “Rigoietto” (in Italian) o
Thursday afternoon, April 29.
Montemezzi’s “L’Amore Dei Tx
Re” fin Italian), on Friday evenini
April 30.
Mozart’s “Die Zauberfloette” (i .
German), on Saturday afternoox
May 1.
Giordano’s “Madama Sans-Gene
fin Italian), on Saturday evening
May 1.
All agents and representatives o
this company will give special atten
|tion to individuals and parties an
all matters pertaining to reservation
i schedules and fares will be prompt!,
' handled.
Georgia—Wilkinson County.
to all whom it may concern:
Take notice that Mrs. Mollie Dok
and V. S. James, I. F. Carr, Robt
Pennington, et. al., having applied so
an order seeking the establishment o
a new road, which has been laid ou
and marked conformably to law b’
commissioi.ers duly appointed, and »
report thereof made on oath by thenU
said road commencing at or neai
Robert Pennington on the Milledgef
ville and Irwinton road and running |
in a southwest direction to the sane )
road near Mrs. Mollie Drake’s place
a distance of about one and one-hall
miles in length, to be not less tharl
twenty feet in width. The said road
will run through lands of V. S
James, Robert Pennington, I. F. Cari
i and Mrs. Mollie Doke. Said roa<
I will lead to Laurel Branch Church
। Snow Hill Cemetery, Richardson Pub .
i lie gin and Ivey Station. Now, il '
lno . good cause be shown to the con
trary by persons interested in this
matter the order will be granted by|.'
the undersigned at the office of thej
county commissioners in said county
on the 6th day of April, 1915, estab-;
lishing said new road.
This 2nd day of March, 1915.
B. I. STEVENS, Chinn.,
J. R. HUDSON,
W. H. FREEMAN,
Commissioners. I
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