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~ Theßulletin
i;};f,r?i_ciql Organ of Wilkinson County
%%fi?j}»l’ubfished» Everyay Friday
. Geo. I Carswell, Lamar Tigner,
L Editors,
- CrianfWoocd Manson '
%;A:t Editor Dusiness Manager
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Ryl seription $1 50 por year paid
? - Jn Advance.
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Eatered as second class mail mat
_ ter at the\post-office at Ir-vinton: Ga.
fifiunder‘the t of Congress of March |
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. William Geisne, of San Fran
| cisco, wealthy and hérdhead=d,
" died of starvation rather than|
. pay the high tood prices.;
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' ¢, Dawson “man stored some|
~ booze that had so much kick it/
. broke the bottles, / |
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It is promised that'the price of |
pasoline 18 coming down zs:'d‘;
poople can ride and save sh «:i
. expenses, . }
The roads in ‘this county are
extra gcod, considering abusel
" they had from the weather last}
fm,mter “nd the log trucks thai\
are running yet.
fl\’fifia ~following cheerful re
minder is appearing in thes I‘;3-]
pers: “For Flu pneumoma and
eolds, take Etcetera.” ‘
Be slow about ordering your!
heavy clothing. This will be an
unusually mild winter; Irwinten
has plenty of wood and coal. ,
et e e |
When vas prk highest? l
Wien James Taylor, of La-
Grange, took his 700 pound Du-‘
Toc Jersey up in an airplane. |
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- Lt |
In Po-io Rico booza is deliver-|
ed buriel in flower pots, withl
live plants on top. But cfi’icersf
. soon caught the odor of the hid-[
den bulb, .
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An IHineis farmer ti am)e(‘s!
eightecn bushels of grasshopers, |
and rays they make excellent]
.. chicken feed. He has dried|
som2 for winter. What a pity|
the ‘‘plagued” Egyptians didn’t!
think of this. i
Nitro, W. Va., seventy million
dollar town built by U. S. Gov
ernment for the manufacture of
smokeless powder, is offered for|
sale. After wo get the Leaguc!
of Nations, Vilia is about the!
oa'y one whc will have a per- g
~ manent need for such atown. |
; Lo i
« By rolling up his sleeves, roll- 1
. ing his “‘roll”” so tight that he|
can’t get a hill loose in time o
. spend it, by rolling his own cig
. arettes, and rolling and tumbling ||
~ at night while planning for next i
- day, one can almost make ends !
meet. [
It would appear from the num- |
~ ber of farms big and little, be-'
~ ing advertised for sale in alksec- |
_ tions of the state, that the farm- |’
~ ei's have given up farming as a !
~ hopeless job. Now is the gold-!'
~en opportunity for tnose know-;’
- ing ones who are always ex-'.
~ plaining how the crops should |
ke made and sold. i-:
|
. The ccuniry rewspapers are {
. carrying more advertising now! i
_ tnap at any time since prini.img:;i
»#was discovered. This is because ! |
_ the conntry merchant has at last |,
%zwatoof his dignity enovgh to!,
- mentißn his goods to ,cus'bomers‘ .
before thejucome in‘and ask if |
f;_l_l,&:s, the things for sale. ,The'h
~ Walton Tribune has féczgfiy s
. grown to_twenty-eight pagesto!,
8
~ ““Hard times is tuning his fid
dle. You can hear him twang-|
ing on the different strings of
commerce, and twisting the pegs
tighter and tighter, and afterl
while he’s going to play the
raggedest ragtime you ever
heard, and we’ll have to keep
'step with the tune,’”’ says the
observer.
Ardmore, Oklahoma is evi
dently in favor of the League of
Nations, as they egged United
States Senator James A. Reed
from the stage when he started
to make an opposition speech.
iEggs, if you pause to think of it,
‘are not to te squandered lightly.
An African will promise with
a dozen of the most assuring
‘“‘vassirs”’ that he will replace
tne beards he knocked off the
fence so he could shovel in your
winter coal more easily, and he
will afterwards amble away aud |
[leave that gap in the fence for«i
cows and hoes and goats and}
nightmares to get in and eat ofi |
the seventops of the turnips. }
Mayhe it's because Africa is al
‘ot ccuntry, that negroes are so
‘unsmisfactory as coalheavers, a
‘Work that is so well suited to
;an ebony complected people.
! We are proud ot the confidence
‘doctors, druggists and the public have
\i.x 666 Chill and Fever Tonic. ady
g :
' Compulsory School Attend-
I ance I
I Duty of parent and Guardian.
| Inrollment and attendance of child
[ lixcuse of Absence.
See. 171, (Georgia School Code) liv
ery parcnt, guardian or other person
| having charge and centrol of a child
| between the ages of eight and four
lteen years, who is net exempted or
texcused as hereinafter provided, shall
cause said child to be enrolled in and
ito attend continuously for six months
!of’ each year a public school of the
| district or city or town iu which the
| child resides; which period of attend
lauce shall commence at the begin
fuing of the first term of said school
jiu the year. Such attendance at a
' public school shall not be required
lwhere the child attends for the same
Iperiod some other school giving in-
Eslruc(ion in the ordinary branches of
English education, or has completed
| tue seventh grade of school work as
?prescrihed by the State Board of Id
‘ucaticn, or where, for goed reasons,
:the sufficiency of which shall be de
termined by the board of education of
ithe county or the city or to{m n l
twhich the child resides, the said
’board excuses temporarily the cniid
from such attendance, such boards
authorized to take into consideration |
the seasons for agricultural labor cnd
the need for such labor, in exercisiug!
their discretion as to the time for |
which children in farming distric:s’
shall be excused. Proyided, that no!
guardian shall be compelled to scnd’
such child or children to school cut of |
any other than the funds belonging !
to the ward or wards, Temporary f
absence of any child enrolled as a pu- !
pil may be excused by the princip;xié
or teacher in chaige of the school, be- ;
cause of bad weather, sickness, death{
in the child’s family, or other reason-|
able cause.. i
Penalty for Non-Compliance. Sus-l
pension of Punishment,
Notice Board.
Sec. 1:2. Any parent, guardian or|
other person who has charge and con- '
trol of a child between the ages af‘ore-|
said, and who wilfully fails to comply
with the foregoing requirements shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor. and on
conyiction thereof shall be punislxedl’
by a fine not to exceed ten dollars for
the first offense, and not to exceedL
twenty dollars for each subsequent of- I‘
sense, said fiues to include all costs;
but the court trying the case may, in
its discretion, suspend enforcement ofv
the punishment, if the c¢hild be im-|
mediately placed in attendance at a|s
school as aforesaid, and may finally |
remit the ,sime if such attendance|!
has contitiued regularly for the num-|*
ber of months hereinbefore prescribed
for ‘aisttendabcp.' School attendance |t
may be proved by atiested certificate |1
o the peincipal oF tauclir 16 charpe |
o1 BULLET.N, IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
of the school. No person shall be’
prbs’ecut_ed for violation of tho"*'fdre ]
going requirements unless the board :
of education of the county or munici-%
lpality in which the person accused of '
such violation resides shall have caus-’
ed to be seryved upon the accused, at
least ten days before prosecution, al
written notice of th charge with the
name of the child to which it refers.
Any person so notilied, not previously
convieted of violation of this Act as
to the child referred to in said notice. |
may prevent prosecution on the
charge set out therein, by “ giving, at
any time before such prosecution is
instituted, a bond in the penal sum
of fifty dollars payable to the Ordina
ry of the county, with security to be
approved by the Ordinary, condition
ed that the said person shall hence
forth faithfully comply with the re
quirements of this section as to the
said child. Xach day’s willful fail
ure of a parent, guardian or other
person In charge and control of a
child as aforesaid, after the expiration
{oi' ten days from such notice, to cause
1 the child to attend school, when such
azmcmi:mcc is required by this section,
islm!l constitute a separate offense. In
| prosccutions under this section the
le‘\m!n};‘licns and excuses herein pro-i
vided for shall be matters of defense'
to be established by the accused, and
need not be negatived in the indict
ment or accusation.
Duties of Boards of Educatlon and
Teachers.
See- 173, Tt shall be the duty of the
County and Municipal Boards of Ed-’
ucation to investigate as to the at
tendance and non-attendauce of (;hil-'
dren required by this section to at-
Itend the schools under their super
vision, and it shall be their duty to
institute or cause to be instituted
prosecutions against persons vinlating‘
this section. It shall be the duty ofi
the principal or teacher in charge of
any public school, in which pupils
between the ages of ‘eight and four
teen years of age are instructed, to%
keep an accurate record of the at-|
tendance of such pupils, and at lhel
end of each month to make a written]
report of the same'to the Board of
[Cducation having supervision of the
school, and to note therein excused
absences and the reasons therefor.
Attendance Officer.
Sec. 174. Each County and Municipal
Board of E-lucation shall employ ans
attendance officer whose duty it slmllz
be to report to the B/pard of Educa- {
tion failure of attendance oa the parti
of pupils between - the ages of & and |
14 years. For this service these of-i
ficials shall be paid not less than one
deflar nor more than three dollarsi
per day during the time emploved)
and said payment shall be paid, so far
as possible, from the fees collected.
The balance due shall be paid frem !
the school funds of the county or 10-’
cal system. Any Board or local sys-‘
!tem failing to comply with this faw|
for attendance officer shall not be en
!titled to receiye funds from'the State
| Treasury until it is shown that said
'attendunce officer has been appointed
| and has entered upon his duties.
’ IYines and Forfeitures ‘a Part of
School Fund. ; ,
ESC(:. 175, All fines imposed hrreun
;der and all sums required to be pai(l!'
as pen=itiez under bonds given undor[‘
g(n;‘. section, shall, ai:':,er paymene ofil
the costs of prosecutlon and of recov-|
gex'_y/tllqr_cufi be paid into the county%l
treasury and become a part of tlre“
iscinml fund of the county. |
Law Effcctive, When. 1
,Sec. 176. The provisions of this |
Act shall become operative on the!l
‘first day of Jatuary, in the year
lnineteen hundred and twenty. l
’ This Sept. 29, 1919.
The United States Railroad Ad
| ministration Announces
Excursion Fares to Macon, |,
and return, accouunt I:
Georgia State Fair i
“Tickets will be on sale from a]ll‘
stations in Georgie. October 21 to 30, |
1919, and for trains scheduled to ar-|
rive in Macon before noon, October| "
31,-1919. .
Tickets will be void after Novem-|(
ber 2, 1919 For further informa
tion apply to Ticket Agent,
. Central of Georgia Railroad - i
8 R 5 o oS o L S B ReTN N£ S
PRSCRR IR, o R o P e
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' One brand-new Little Four Overland
i Touring car. © , Levi Cuson,
! 229 Toomshoro, Ga.
. Gk
! KODAKERS .
Know where to send films
You arclentitled to the best re
sults from“your efforts and ex-|
lpense. ‘
DOYLE C KNIGHT
the Kodaker’s Friend s
DUUBEIN. CA ‘
Ancpen letter to the courthouse]
brotherhood: Who borrowed cur axe?i
He'll bear watching. A young
man who intends™o farm near Irwin- |
ton next year says he isn’t going tot
allow himself tosit under the Farm
ers’ Oak at the ccurt house nary a
time.
It's getting so now that a fellow|,
can't buy an empty lard can to tote
stovewoed in without being suspicion
ed of another purpoese.
JOHH WHITE & 00, S 8 .
LOUIBVILLE, KY. 7})?
g 5 e SUEEDN WalEa |
Liboral assortmont HMDYZES SN ANWIH
| and fclf valuo paid ~/ 3 %a'g
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‘ people who, for a numner v, ,ears, have found their banking relations with
: us both agreeable and profitable. This bankfis a State Depository and feel
] 4 “ that we are mply able to care for your evex'y"“need. Give us your business
] and let us gerve you.
| T TR AN
; PEOPLES BANK
o OF GORDON, GA. |
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| Resources $175,000.00 !
| Deposits 115,000.00 A
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| \‘ W. A. Jones, President
" A .4. W, Brooks, Vice President
| R. E.” Evans, Vice President '
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| C. H. CATES, Cashier. -
D. W. Watson, Ast Cashier -
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When You Must Hold =
A Book Near Your Eyes
to be able to read, it is high time you
consulted an eye specialist and had
your eyes ¢xamined. Delay is dam
e ead to serious conse
queaces. You are invited to _cousult
us and nave your eyes examined. We
will tell you exactly what your eyes
demand.
C. H. KITTRELL
Optometrist and Mf’g. Optician,
Dublin, Georgia.
:Edvjvvln"sy‘. Davlf.: . 3J. 1. Cleméntf, 'l‘rou. E. W; Liptord, Secty
- Planters Implement Co.
Attention: e
~ Dont buy a TRACTOR nor a Truck
nor a Wagon nor a Harrow nor a Plow
nor any other Farm Implement. until
you see Ours. o -
It will.cost you nothing to look.
It will be to .your interest to wait
and see us before buying.
Planters Implement Co.,
512 Third Street, - Macon, Ga.
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- DR. J. L. DUPREE, DENTIST
! First-class Work
i At Reasonable Prices
Georgia Life Building, Macon, Ga.
;,’Money To] oan
1! On Improved Farm Lands, by one thejbestjLoan
i Companiesgin the South. :
| Long Time
a Payments and~ : .
. Low Rate
-of Interest. ,
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[rwinton, - - £ iaily . Goq'g:l
