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Official Organ of Wilkinson County
Published Everyay Friday
Geo. H. Carswell, Lamar Tigner,
Editors,
OrianJWeod ..Manson
Asst Editor Business Manager
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Subscrip'.ion $1 su'p:r year paid
Tn Advance.
Entered as second class mail mat- |
ter at the post-office at Irwinton: Ga. (
under the act of Congress of March
3, 1879.
Dublin announces potato cur
ing house ready after Nov. 3.
Shoes are not to be any lower.
But it’s the time of year to wear
highup shoes, anyhow.
As a p’ece of economy we are
going to take our old rose mos
quito net, dye it dark blue and !
use it right cn through th win
ter.
Inventors are ready at Ameri
cus to start constructing an air
plane with several hundred pas
senger capacity' and three mile
per minute speed.
Morey won’t buy anything
much, but we bet this winter
we could take a scuttlefull of our
coal and swap it for most any
thing and get an ice cream freez
er to boot.
The Marion County Patriot has
started to reprint the Bible, and
after reading what the editor
recently had to say about the
blind tigers in bis town, it seems
that a course in Bible reading is
right well needed.
And tliis is the age of organ
ized efficiency: “Thirty-three of
the returned heroes have secur
ed positions through govern
mental agencies and expense.
To secure positions for the 33
has cost the government in round
numbers, $16,000,000 in real
money.”
Maybe New York feared it
would be considered prvincial
and humane if it didn’t go to
hear the sweet warblings of the
German opera singer who took
partin .the jubilation song over
the sinking of the Lusitania.
The sound of music must affect
them most forgivingly. S
In its issue of October 23, The
Dublin Courier-Herald carried
an eight page advertisement of
the Laurens Hardware Company
and it was so entertaining that
we just sat still and read it. This
is like advertising is done in the
biggest cities and is what makes
cities grow large. We have of
ten said to timid merchants dur
ing the past fifteen year that it
would surely come to pass in our
day that Yankees would not be
the only users of advertising.
The big change has come within
the past two years. Maybe it is
because the Government used so
many miles of newspaper inches
for big and serious work. Anj -
how, all the papers, big and lit
tle, are feeling the change. Both
farmers and merchants are us
ing the ad that travels fastest
and cheapest and stays at the
home of a possible customer un
til he comes in, and the printed
salesman has endless patience
and never forgets its speech.
It is always an interesting oc
• casion when some new people
move in next door. We want to
know what sort of folks they be
and what they’re bringing along
with them, how their thoughts
run on the question of chickens,
flower bed, gardens, etc., and
whether the boys will be careful
with their parlor rifle. So, there
are lots of things to think about.
Now, the folks who are begin
ning to move on the place join
ing ours are mighty well known
to us by reliable report, and we
feel fairly certain of their line of
conduct. They’ve sot a grudge
against us to begin with, and .the
folks already living on the place
are always making trouble for
us, and they and the newcomers
will be natural partners with an
eye single for the purpose of
making things lively for us.
The few Germans already settled
in Mexico have been just a little
more neighbors than we could
love up to Bible standards, and
now that they are measuring
and marking off a place to bring
a whole colony into that trouble
country, it doesn’t seem encour
aging. But what’s to do?
It is claimed that Patti’s suc
cess is found in tears. Women
usually get what Jiey cry for.
“Weary Willies are passing
with the saloon.” Lots of other
folks want to join the proces
sion headed by J. Barleycorn,
who seems yet to hope that he’s
not really going where he’s
started.
An accident prevention drive
is among the latest. Somebody’s
going to start a debt paying
drive first thing we know and
right there the drive business is
going to strip its gears.
Misses Alberta Reese and Cor
nelia Patterson, teachers of a
country scnool, have started a
new money making idea for
schools. They are raising a shoat
; on waste food from lunches.
। Miss Reese has tried the plan
। before and cleared $58.00 on one
porker.
Oh me! Oh my! For goodness
Sake, what time is il, anyhow.
Compulsory School Attend
ance
Duly of parent and Guardian.
Enrollment and attendance of child
Excuse of Absence.
Sec. 171. (Georgia School Code) Ev
ery parent, guardian or other person
having charge and control of a child
between the ages of eight and four
teen years, who is not exempted or
excused as hereinafter provided, shall
cause said child to be enrolled in and
to 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
ance shall commence at the begin
ning of the first term of said school
in the year. Such attendance at a
public school shall not be required
where the child attends for the same
period some other school giving in
struction in the ordinary branches of
English education, or has completed
the seventh grade of school work as
prescribed by the State Board of Ed
ucation, or where, for good reasons,
the sufficiency of which shall be de
termined by the board of education of
the county or the city or town in
which the child resides, the said
board excuses temporarily the child
from such attendance, such boards
authorized to take into consideration
the seasons for agricultural labor and
the need for such labor, in exercising
their discretion as to the time for
which children in farming districts
shall be excused. Provided, that no
guardian shall be compelled to send
such child or children to school out of
any other than the funds belonging
to the ward or wards, Temporary
absence of any child enrolled as a pu
pil may be excused by the principal
or teacher in charge of the school, be
cause of bad weather, sickness, death
in the child's family, or other reason
able cause.
Penalty for Non-Compliance. Sus
pension of Punishment.
Notice Board.
Sec. 172. Any parent, guardian or
other person who has charge and con
trol of a child between the ages afore-
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mis BULLETIN, IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
said, and who wilfully fails to comply
with the foregoing requirements shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor andon
conyiction thereof shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed ten dollars for
the first offense, and not to exceed
twenty dollars for each subsequent of
fense, said fines to include all costs;
but the court trying the case may, in
its discretion, suspend enforcement of
the punishment, if the child be im
mediately placed in attendance at a
school as aforesaid, and may finally
remit the same if such attendance
has continued regularly for the num
ber of months hereinbefore prescribed I
for attendance. School attendance
may be proved by attested certificate
of the principal or teacher in charge
of the school. No person shall be
prosecuted for violation of the fore
going requirements unless the board
of education of the county or munici
pality in which the person accused of
such violation resides shall have caus
ed to be served upon the accused, at
least ten days before prosecution, a
written notice of the charge with the
name of the child to which it refers.
Any person so notified, not previously
convicted 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 lime 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- Each day’s willful fail
ure of a parent, guardian or other
person in charge and control of a
child as aforesaid, after the expiration
qf ten days from such notice, to cause
the child to attend school, when such
attendance is required by this section,
shall constitute a separate offense. In
prosecutions under this section the
exemptions and excuses herein pro
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 Education and
Teachers.
Sec- 173. It shall be the duty of the
County and Municipal Boards of Ed
ucation to investigate as to the at
tendance and non-attendance of chil
dren required by this section to at
tend the schools under their super
vision, and it shall be their duty to
institute or cause to be instituted
prosecutions against persons violating
this section. It shall be the duty of
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 the
end of each month to make a written
report of the same to the Board of
Education 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 Education shall employ an
attendance officer whose duty it shall
be to report to the Board of Educa
tion failure of attendance on the part
of pupils between the ages of 8 and
14 years. For this service these of
ficials shall be paid not less than one
dollar nor more than three dollars
per day during the time employed
and said payment shall be paid, so far
as possible, from the fees collected.
The balance due shall be paid from
the school funds of the county or lo
cal system. Any Board or local sys
tem failing to comply with this law
for attendance officer shall not be en
titled to receive funds from the State
Treasury until it is shown that said
attendance officer has been appointed
and has entered upon his duties.
Fines and Forfeitures a Part of
School Fund-
Sec. 175. All fines imposed blun
der and all sums required to be paid
as penalties under bonds given under
this section, shall, after paymenc of
the costs of prosecution and of recov
ery thereof, be paid into the county
treasury and become a part of the
school fund of the county.
Law Effective, When.
Sec. 176. The provisions of this
Act shall become operative on the
first day of January, in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty.
This Sept. 29, 1919.
Fnrniture, Stoves
Floor Coverings : House Furnishings
We are prepared to serve your needs in furnishing your
Home- Our Stock is Large and Complete. Our Prices far
Below the Larger. Cities. The Quality of our Goods the
Very Best.
See us and Let us Save You Money.
THE BALDWIN FURNITURE COMPANY
Milledgeville, Georgia
Milledgeville s Leading Furniture House
Your Grandfather Knew Us
IN BUSINESS HERE 49 YEARS
WILL YOU HOLD
COTTON THIS YEAR?
G Time was when the average Georgia farmer
could not afford to hold his cotton. This state of
affairs is in the pa^t. The farmer has money
enough to hold for a higher price.
C In anticipation of a holding movement we have
acquired additional facilities for storing more
than 60,000 bales in fine, fire-proof quarters.
• Our charge is only fifty cents per bale per month for BOTH
STORAGE and INSURANCE.
We handle your cotton and carry out your instructions taking
for our part a small commission charge. Money loaned on
cotton stored with us. '
Write or wire us NOW for particulars.
Willinghams Warehouse
Established 1 870
' R. F. WILLINGHAM, Pres. X
MACON, GEORGIA
Aerdvtise what you have for sale. The
quickest and cheapest way to sell.
It costs almost nothing. Try an ad.
AFNEHD HUY WILL NEVER FAIL YOU
The small 3 w ,si as t i large depositor will always find a welcome
here We coi t t o join the large number of prudent, careful
people who, for a numner o. .ears, have found their banking relations with
us both agreeable and profitable. This bankfis a State Depository and feel
that we are amply able to care for your every need. Give us your business
and let us serve you.
PEOPLES BANK
OF GORDON. GA.
Resources $175,000.00
Deposits 115,000.00
W. A. Jones, President
J. W. Brooks, Vice President
R. E. Evans, Vice President
C. H. CATES, Cashier.
D. W. Watson, Ast Cashier
F. C. Ries Guy Armstrong
WHEN IN MACONJ'ALCE TIME TO SEE
RIES and ARMSTRONG
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds... Jewelry and Silverware.
Reliable Goods Only l ine Engraving and Repairing
315 Third Street Mricon, Ga. Phone 836
An -exchange thinks that the
lowered price of hogs is a sign
that the high cost of living is
weakening. This reduetion is
only for the benefit of packers,
as may be noticed the next time
ycu go out in town to bring home
the bacon. .
Maybe some day instead of the
hog raisers bying meat they will
have cured meat to sell at any
time of the year. The South
Georgia farmers are already
learning to artificially cool meat.
Some build small plants at home,
others “go in together” and con
struct them on the community
interest plan. The Tifton Ga
zette says that a firmin that
city constructs an ice box on
lines especially designed for pre
serving meat in larger_quantities
and they must be giving satis
faction for they have had a large
' and steadily increasing sale.
We were just reading of an Ala
bama negro who has sold part of
his cotton crop and has six hun
dred dollars in cash, with plenty
lof corn, peas, pork, potatoes,
syrup and vegetables to do him
a year, he and his family are out
of debt, and have nearly as much
more cotton to sell. Surely the
i novelty of a . “store-bought” liv
ing is a ruinoqs thing.
Florida is having a good deal
to say against being presented
■ with a leper colony. A leper
j escaped last week and is sup
posed to be going toward Atlan
ta. A strange thing about lep
rousy is that a garment, or the
stone walls of a house may con
tract the disease, in which case
it is called “fretting leprousy.”
The symptoms and treatment
I given in 14th chapter Leviticus.
“No more shimmy dancing,
i Soon be out of style.” Style is
I that much good anyhow.
We look far for a little sugar.