The bulletin. (Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga.) 191?-19??, January 25, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVoluire VII X CARSWELL BEGINS STAMP SALE INTHIS CO ?resents Gov. Dorsey’s Offer of Thrift Stamps to Win ner of State Committee’s Jingle Contestants. Mr. G. H. Carswell who has barge of the Thrift Stamp Move rent for is ardently pushing a cam aign which will bring the county to; e front in the list of counties who re buying thrift stamps He has ap ointed assistants in every militia dis rict in the county to aid in this great nd needed work. Mr. Victor Davidson, superintend nt of county schools, is aiding in the [ork by interesting school children in uying stamps. The following is a communication Lcived from the Georgia War Sav ig Stamp Committee and should in |rest the school children of the coun r. It is hoped that some child from rery shoool will enter the contest as escribed below: I ‘ ‘Every one of the 800,000 school; pildren in the State of Georgia are Ivited to enter the War Savings Jin- Ie Contest. There are no condi lons imposed on those who take part Iher than the verse entered must be n example of good penmanship and telling— must be not less than four lies nor more than eight lines in Ingth, the name of the pupil offering Ie verse with home address, both city Id county, as well as the name of Ie school they attend must be on the Iver half of the paper upon which Ie jingle is written. ■ Each jingle must mention in some ly mention War Spring Stamps and Ie part they will play in helping win Ie war, All verse must be mailed I the office of the State Director, ■ar Savings Stamps Commitee, At- Ita, Ga. ■ Gov. Hugh Dorsey has offered as Ie first prize, ten Five dollar U. S. ■ar Savings Stamps, value at §ma- Irity, $50.00: Second prize, Five of Ie ten dollar stamps: Third winning ■itestant. Three $5. stamps; fourth ■ze, two $5, stamps. ■The contest closes on June 4th and ■zes awarded on the Fourth of July Ine newspaper editors have selected I judges and impartial methodswill I used. No one out of the state of [orgia will be allowed to enter the [itest. . ■Here are samples that have been [cepted. I No. 116 [little savings stamp each day [ Stuck on a little card ■ill send more troops across the way [ And hit the Kaiser hard, I No. 78 trust God and keep your powder [ dry ” Ke slogan ran in days gone by. [day our slogan is much wiser: [economize and can the Kaiser’’ [buy arstamp to help us win td put our khaki in Berlin. I Dr. D. Stone Bill be in Toomsboro every ■turday, at old Banner ■fice. I Notice. ■Owihg to my advanced age an ■ present war conditions 1 will not ■1 goods after this date except for Kh. I positively will make no ■rg - ! accounts for anyone. ■I ask that my customers govern ■jaielves accordingly. L. R. CASON, Teemsbcro, 'No. 13. Land For Sale By agreement of all the heirs, the following land will be sold before the court house door in the town of Ir winton, during legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, on the first Tuesday in January 1918, one hundred eighty acres, more ot less, known as the Jesse Sapp lands, the same lying and being in Bethel Dis trict. Wilkinson county. Georgia, and adjoining lands of John Brooks, Jack Burney and J. W. Brooks. Good house, pasture, wells and streams, and well timbered. Good place for anyone wishing to farm. The high est bidder will get the land, and a warrantee deed will be made by all the Imirs of Jesse Sapp. Titles good. W. R. Sapp Lega' Sale GEORGlA—Wilkinson County. Under and by virture of a mort gage deed given by A. W. Seleman to Z. C. Soloman on Oct, 15, 1815, and recorded in Book 14 pages 203 05, of fice clerk Superior court of Wilkinson county, I will sell before the court house door, in the town of Irwinton, on the first Tuesday in December during the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash, t^e following| land- All that tractor parcel of land, lying and l^ing in Ramah District of Wilkinson counnty, Georgia, being an undivided one-fifth interest in the es tate of.John Solomon, containing sev en and one-half (7 1-2) acres more or less, and being bounded on the South by public road leading from Gordon to Jeffersonville, on the North and West by lands of Sallie Solomon and on I the East by lands of Will V\ .fi.vns, ' being the one fifth interest >. .W seven and one half acres owned by A W, Solomon. Said land to be so.ia to ’ pay a note given by said A- W. Sol- I omon to Z. C. Solomon on October 15, i 915, and due within ninety daysl thereafter, the interest on said note cost of this proceedings, and the bid- j ancof said purchase money, if any, will be delivered to the said A. Solomon Z. C. Solomon, This Fov. sth, 1917. CHURCH DIRECTORY Irwinton Union Church Methodists. S. each Sunday at 11:00 a. m. Baptist Sunday chooiat 3 o’clock. Methodist preaching services on the first Sundays at Ila. m. and7:3o p.m. Baptist preaching service 3rd. Sunday, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m- Prayer meeting each Wednes day evening at 7 o’clock. Epworth League Services held on 2nd, 4th and sth Sunday ev enings at 7:30 REWARD LOST —Pointer dog about three years old, white and liver spots, wear ing collar with name plate, but no name. Split in each ear. Answer to name Pat. Liberal reward for his re turn to me. Call phone 181. Rov S. Alford, dot Mtlledgevslle, Ga Break your Cold or LaGrippe wita a few doses of 666. Timber Wanted Sweet Gum, Birch, Beech, and Maple. Lumber shape or short logs 4 feet long, or will buy standing timber. Jordan Manufacturing Co. * Monticello, Ga. FOIZY KIDNEYPILS FOR BACKACHE KIOfIIYS ANO BEAD Ofci ~ — *• "t. ri % > 4 • IRWINTON, Ch COUNTY GEOLCLY FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 1918. IRWINTON BOY WRITES FROM FRENCH CAMP Clarence Skelton Tells of Life i n Over-saas Training Camp—W ell Quartered, Well Fed, Satisfied. Somewhere in France, Dec. 2,1917 Dear Mother and all: Have received two letters from the States but none from home, so have decided to write and find out what is wrong. Heard from Miriam twice, and they were written in Oct. We are —in a small town, in — • and —. Our quarters are in a —and serve very well as a living room. We have to —up a-- -to get in and can step out the back door onto the ground. We have a stove and a broom to ' make it more homelike. We have two meals a day, and luncheon for dinner on account of the days being so short. It is dark by 6:30. so you see we have a good while'to s eep. We were paid yesterday ond I drew 160 Francs, or about $28.50. I won’t draw as much next month on account of insurance money being I taken out. I withdrew the allottment before we left so as to have mere to make the trip with, but will make it again as ioon as I can. We had Thanksgiving dinner cou of turkey, “spud’’salad, dres rimy gravy. ■ mborry sauce. and cos-, ee, and you can bet we cniojed it, Imt not as much as we wculd if we i । had been at home. • Hope you all are well and enjoying i • good nea'tli. lam well and doing, line. Car.r write much at a time, so i ! will close and write again in a day or | so, : : : Clarence Sketton. Mr. an 4 Mrs. Nat Tolar Jr. were • recent visitors to Irwinton. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hatfield spent the week-end with relatives in Ten nille. Miss Aileen Pritchard, of Tennile, who has been visiting relatives here has returned to her. Mr and Mrs. John T, Dupres, o Mclntsre, are entertaining a little । saranger who arrived two weeks ago-; Mr Tom Waters motorer to Irwin ton in his new Overland this week. Miss Mary Hoover is expssting At lanta at an early dae. ' Dr. H. C. Wood has purchased a late model Overland Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hooks and Mrs W- A. Jones, of Gordon, were visit ors to Irwinton this week. The many friends of Mr Ira Stinson are sorry to know of his illness this week Mr. Stinson hed a slight cp i tion on thtoat pet!'; rmed in ' sc i last week and has not recovered from same. Mr- Lee Pennington and Miss Lilia Gallimore of nca" Bethel were visitors to Irwinton Sunday. Mr. Arthur Stinson, of Giraad, Ala was a recent, visitor to to Irwinton. Au epidemic of measles and ''gibe'e is holding Irvintcn in his elute l es. Among its victims are: urs. G, 11. I Cm-swOll, Vrs. J. J. Ragan, Miss , Mary Player, Mis E C. Mamaml Mr. j Lamar Tignei , M:s. IJ. M. Skelton. ; Mrs Rebecca Hughes. Crawford Mim । son. Mrs Gus Penningtoa and others, 1 Mr James Simpson was in Irwin ton, I'uesdaT, In Memoriam. Christmas was sad with us for on that night death crept into our home and took our darling mother. She । was the wife of W. B. Lavender, had | been married twenty-live yearj o! married life she had been devoted and : loving wife, always doing what she i thought would please her husband ’ and family. She was the mother of six children three boys and three girls. Her last : words were. "I am going home. I am going to heaven." She was a; member of White Spring Baptist . church. 10,000 Club Assured i . Ten thousand Georgians will be! asked to join the Thousand Dollar; Club of the War Savings Stamps | campaign, and the preliminary re sponse resulting from the announce', ment of the organization of the club | indicates that the members hip limit I will be easily filled. i GEORGIA —Wilkinson County. Will be sold on the Ist Tuesday in I February, 1918, at the oourt house, door in said county, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder 1 tor cash, the following described prop lerty: An undivided one-twentieth interest in the estate of Mrs S F Holliman, deceased, said estate con taining four hundred acres, more or less, and bounded as! follows: on the, | north by II O Holliman, on east by : ' Jack Sheppard.'south by Leila Single i mry. wc.-, 1.. WB. Lavender. J Jones oid . . Veal, an.l being the , one-twent set a un livnle i interest ci i Co. :ptcn Ods Baber. Said proper - liy sold under and by virtue of an or i der granted by the Court of Ordinary, l-of Wilkinson count v. Georgia, at the j It -r mN | January 1 erm, I9:>- 1 This Bth day of January. 1918. J. S. Baker, Guardian For Compton Otis Baker. | LOCAL ITEMS Thad Player, of Macon, was at I home Sunday, went "out calling and I broke out with the measles while en gaged in this pleasant occupation. Mrs. Mollie Stephens, of Mclntyre, has been at the bed side of her aunt. Mrs. Anna Parker, whose many friends regren to know is quite ill from ery Messers Joe Skelton and Ollie Play er were visitors to Macon Monday. I Mr. Asa Skelton, U. S. A. station ed ut Camp Wheeler, was a week-end ! vistor to homefolks last wesk. Dr. and Mrs.Overby, of Toomsboro were in Irwinton recently. i Mr. Marvin Hall was a visitor Sun. day to our town. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bloodworth and Mr. and Mrs. Charle Smith of near Mclntyre, were visitors to Irwinton this week. Mr. Victor Davidson spent a couple of days in Soperton this week attend- i ing business. Mr. Robert Branan desires mem bership in the Gordon Womaps Club, i —(This from Mrs. Manson because ! 1 had set up Mrs. Hooks address last ■ I week. Wrong, Mrs. Manson, is there one about Wriley'A i ?!tss Floy Lee Everett, of Macon ■ p ot spent a few days with home-1 f. i s ! ist week. Mr. ^nd Mrs. Chas. Butler were recent s, md the day guests of Judge and Mrs. • . E. Baller. The tri • '.ds ot’ \!r. Jno. T. Hatfield i will regi to know he is confined to • his room > i account of illness, 1 * , Missl- s. Ustfield is sulleriug from! a ] lai n fi: ueil^ia nd. STINSON BAILED AND RELEASED SATURDAY LAST Friends Arrange Heavy Bond And Accused Man Given Freedom—To Visit This Viciniity Soon. ‘ i Howard Stinson, who shot Rev. Taylor, is out under bail. He is expected here this week to visit his parents who live near Irwin ton. The case will he tried during ses sions of Laurens Superior court which will convene the first week in April. Attorney R. Earl Camp will repre sent Stinson, and J. S. Adams repre sent the S’ate. Toomsboro School. The I arent-1 eaeber Club met last Wednesday afternoon and enjoyd a very interesting program. We were delighted to have two new members. Mrs. Rob Lord and Mrs. Overby, At this meeting we decided to make footwarmers for the soldiers to be sent oft at once. So our work is not altogether for us alone. Our next meeting will be Wednesday atter noon Jan. 30. One of our brightest schoolmates. Evelyn Aan Landingham is in Macmi taking treatment and we are s glad to hear that she is improving daily. Several of our schoolmates a>-e be ing entertained at home with measles. M c are learning many new songs this week such as “My old Kentucky Home; Oil Black Joe," etc. I Our new library books have come and we heartily appreciate our Supt’s. kindness in helping us to increase our library. Bloodworth School The faemers are preparing the soil for a new crop. A large crowd attended both the morning and evening services at Lau rel Branch Sunday and listened to two excellent sermons by Rev. Allen ol Columbus. Miss Mary Walk spent the weck |end at her home in Milledgeville. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. H.idstn spent Sunday in Gordon. Mrs. B. Taylor spent Sundar at Mrs. 11. M. Bloodworth. A large crowd attended the "dance at Mr. Joe Kmgerys Saturday night. Miss Ruth Hardie and Mr. Curry Carr were out ridibg Sunday after noon. Mr. J. B. McCook and diillren : and Mr. Horace Bloodwoth spent Sun day with Mr John Bloodwor.h. Messers Will Holland and Tom Kingerv motored to Toomsboro Sun day to see the Misses Heltons Mr. Cline Bennington made a (ly ing trip to Macon SatuSiay. Mr. John Carr and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Carrs parents. Don’t borrow your neighbor's paper Subscribe for the Bulletin. Miss Maxie Davis and Mr Tim Etheridge were out riding Sunday as ternoon. Mr. Ivey Bloodwoorth and Kr. Ed. Lingery called on ’ Miss Josie Beck and and her attractive guest Miss Valentine from Gordon Sunday after i boon. v n One Dollar a Year Red Cross Meeting I I . There will l>e a meeting of the Red Cross at the Union Clmreh ia Irwia ' ton on Sunday evening January 27, । 1918, at / o'clock, p. m. The interest in this great work i should not be allowed to become len but each public meeting should l>« i largelj’ attended. You are invited and urged to be a this meeting. Gordon Notes. Mrs Lizzie Wright and daughter Lottie Belie, of Covington, are visit ing their daughter and sister. Mrs J ' W Lee. Mrs < II Cates and little sin Cecil Hill have returned from a visit to rel atives in Dublin. Mrs Mattie Tsylor :ni daughter', Nellie and Winnie have returned from a visit to rehuives in Fancraa Mr and Mrs Jim Dennard, wha have moved to the counter, wilt be missed very mu'-h by their many friends. Miss t'ibyl Prescott of Dublin is v.siting he' sis'er. Mrs C II Cates. Miss Tommie Eiam has ratumed from Milledgeville where she has been visiting Mrs R W M Millan. , Miss Sue Wright of Covington is making an extended visit tn her sit ter Mrs Joe Lee. , Mr R W McMillan ot' Milledgeville was in Gordon on business las week. Miss Katie Rossee who is teaching school near here was iti tewn last week. Miss Janie Elam is visitiag her sis ter in Ma i.i. Gordon School Notes : j There has been a verr good ar i tendance in the school since Christ i mas despite the cold days. There were two or three days schewl was dismissed on account of the bad wea ther. Several of the pupils ia the high school have been aissent on sc.jurt of the measles. The members of th* literary society (have elected n'w officers thr the j i spring term. i Miss Izetta Davis was absent fn'wi , •school half a day last w»»k. Whiskey License. ‘ Tt [he persons, firms, or corporal teas in Wilkinson county having iicww« to deal in whiskey, beer. etc., will Im printed under this heading at regular 1 intervals throughout tiie year. Names furnished by । L. I*. Player. Sker t'. Mr. Henry Prsce, of Mclntre waa n Irwinton this week. We have some local money oa to loan for 3or i years, on real es tate. Irwinton, Bank. 1 Good parties wishing bast raaww at best prices will please call a Irwin ton Bank and save monev. 1 We will save you money wn rm nw bv calling to seo us at Irwinton Bank Mr«. Luiiar, teacher P >»lar Spring school, spent Inst weekend with friends hen . 1 Mr. Dupree Parker culcitnintd a number of his l>oy friends at a turkey r dinner Mr. and Mr>., I^et I'a fisld tied Mis ’ Eloise Hatfield have returuwl from I Tennille, where they were called tw I attend the funeral of M J. W. Mur. dhison, father of Mrs. Hatfield. si Miss Jessie Richards>n. a pepuls^Bj ■- student of G. N. I. ..C. spent the w«kjM end at home. p There is an epidemic of our community. ■ M