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TAX LEVY
September Regular Term 1926.
In - Re: Tax Levy for county and
schools:
The following order levying the tax
rate for county and school purposes 1
was adopted, all the commissioners
concuring:
In-Re: Tax Levy for county and
School purposes: In the court of
commissioners of Roads and revenues 1
Wilkinson County, Georgia, Sept,
regular term 1926.
Whereas, it appearing to the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and
revenues of the county of Wilkinson
that the expenses of operating said
county, and the making of improv
ments therein requires a levy of
twenty dollars on the Thousand
Dollars of taxable prepertv of said '
county for the year U r 6; it is there
fore, Ordered: That Twenty Dollars
on the thousand dollars of each one
thousand dollars worth of the taxable
property of said county as per digest
of 1926 be and the same is hereby
levied and the tax collector of said
county is hereby ordered to collect the
same for the following purposes,
to - - wit.
Item 1.
To pay the legal indebtedness of the
county due or to become due during
the year or past due the sum of five
cents on the one hundred dollars.
Item 2.
To pay for building and repairing
the court house, jail, bridges, ferrries
and other public improvements the
sum of $1.17 &5 10 dollars on the
one hundred dollars.
Item 3.
■To pay Sheriff's, Jailors and other
• officers fees that may be legally
entitled to out of the county, six cents
on the one hundred dollars^
Item 4,
To pay Coroners fees that may be
due them by the county for holding
inquest One eighth of one cent on the
One Hundred Dollars.
Item 5,
To pay the expenses of the county
for Bailiff’s at Court, non Resident
witnesses in criminal cases, fuel,
servants hire, stationery and the like
two cents on the One Hundred
Dollars.
Item 6.
To pay for the legal expenses of
supporting the poor of the county as
provided by law twelve * and one half
cents on the One Hundred Dollars.
Item 7.
To pay Jurrors a per diem compen
sation three cents on th# One
Hundred Dollars.
Item 8.
To pay for working, repairing and
maintaining the public roads of said
county forty cents on the one hundred
dollars.
Item ^9
To pay any other lawful charge
against the cotinty eight and seven
eighth’s cents on the One Hundred
■ dollars.
Item 10.
To pay the salary of county police
and their expenses five cents on the
one hundred dollars.
Whereas, the Board of Education
haveng recommended to the Board
that a levy of five mills on the dollar
of the taxable property of the county
for school purposes for the use of the
public schools of the county for the
year 1925; it is
Ordered that five mills on the
dollar of each dollar’s worth of the
taxable property of the county, for
and the same is hereby levied for the
year 1926 for school purposes for the
public schools of the county, and
Whereas, the Board of Trustees of
Gordon School District of said county
having recomended to the' Board a
levy of five mill on the dollar of the
taxable property of said school dis
trict for maintainence of said school
and six mills for retiring bonds and
Did you ever hear of a “sinking fund”? It goes by various
names, but that is a good one. It means a part of the profits set
aside for a certain purpose.
When times are good or just normal, set aside every month a
part of your profits, letting it accumulate in your bank. It will
draw interes 1 ", and some'day, when business is very bad th?tt sink
ing fund will come in handy.
Irwinton Bank
THE BULLETIN
Ofifcial Organ of Wilkinson
County.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
LAMAR TIGNER,
FLEMING BLOODWORTH.
Editors and Publishers
Subscription $1.50 per year,
paid in advance.
Entered as second class ma!
matter at the postoffice at li
winton, Ga.y under the act cf
conprosa of March 3. 1379
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Insurance
Compensation Insurance
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paying interest thereon, it is, there
fore,
Ordered that five mills on the
dollar of each dollars worth ol the
taxable property of said Gordon
School District be levied for m dn
tainence of said school and six mills
on the dollar for retiring bonds and
paying interest thereon for the year
1925, and.
Whereas, The Trustees of Tooms
boro School District ha ving recomend
ed to the board, that a levy of five
mills on each dollar of the taxable
property of Toomsboro School District
be made for retiring bends and paying
interest on same and five mills on
the dollar for maintainence and
support of said school, it is therefore,
Ordered, That five mills on each
dollar of the taxable propertv of
Toomsboro School district be and the
same is hereby levied for the purpose
of retiring bonds and paying interest
thereon for the said district and five
mills be and the same is hereby lev
ied for maintainence of said school for
the year 1926 and,
Whereas, the board of Trustees of
Mt. Carmel School District having
recomended to the Board that a levy
of two mills on the dollar of tach
dollars worth of the taxable property
of Mt. Carmel School District, be
levied for the maintainence of -aid
school for the year 1925 and,
Ordered that two mill on each
dollar of the taxable property of Mt-
Carmel School District be and the
same is hereby levied lor the purpose
of maintaining of said school for the
year of 1926.
Whereas, The Board of Trustees of
Irwinton School District, having
recomended to the Board that a levy
of seven mills be levied for the
purpose of retiring bonds and pay ing
interest thereon for the year 1926,
it is,
Ordered that seven mills be and
the same is hereby levied on the
Statement of the ownership, manage
ment, etc, required by the Act of .
Congress of August 24, 1912
Os The Bulletin, published weekly at
Irwinton, Ga- for Oct- 1, 1926.
State of Georgia, County of Wil
kinson, ss.
Before me, aN. P. in and for the
State and county aforesaid, person
ally appeared Lamar Tigner, who,
having been 'duly sworn according to
law, deposes and' says that be is the
editor of The Bulletin and that La
। mar Tigner, Irwinton, Ga. is editor
and manager, and that Fleming
■ Bloodworth and Lamar Tigner, Ir
winton, Ga- are owners of said publi
cation, and that mortgages, etc, none.
Lamar Tigner.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 6 day of Oct. 1926.
N. H. Bacon, N. P.
(My commission expires Mar 7, 1928)
dollar of each dollars worth of the
taxable property of Irwinton school
district for retiring bonds and paying
intern, thereon for the year 1926.
In ' pen court this the 7th day of
Septet ber 1926.
Witness our offical signatures this
the 7tl day of Sept. 1926.
\ E. 0. Smith,
W. C. Dennard.
FOR SALE
Ont eight room house, and 4
acre lot, with extra four room
house, and also a two room
house, gin house, barn, black
smith shop, commissary, crib
and parage Part cash and
four . ears for remainder. For
partit ulalrs see
J. Fleming Bloodworth,
Irwinton, Ga.
SPECIAL EXCIMBN FARES T 8
MAGON, GA.
account
Georgia State Exposition
October 14-23, 1926
Excursion tickets will be on sale
from points in Georgia 13 22, in
clusive; also for trains of October 23
sceeduled to reach Macon by noon;
final ■ mit October 25. 1926, Fare
and r„e-half round trip.
Pep ilar excursions will be operated
October 16 from Albany. Cuthbert,
Columbus and intermediate points
and oi October 20 from Millen,
Athen , Covington and intermediate
points. Very low fares-
Ask Ticket Agent for total fares,
schede'es, sleeping car reservations
etc.
CENT AL OF GEORGIA RAILWAZ
“The Right Way”
Notice of First .’Meeting
> y._j of Creditors
In the District Court of the United
States for the iMiddle District of
Georgia, Macon Division
In the matter of Mrs. M. J. Deason
Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of Mrs. M. J. Deason
of Mclntyre in the County of Wilkin
son and District aforesaid, a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on Sept.
22, 1926, the said Mrs. M. J. Deason
was duly adjudicated bankrupt; and
that the first meeting of creditors will
he held at my office, 304 Grand
Building, Macon Geargia, on Oct.
12th 1926 at 11 o’clock, at which
time the said creditors may attend
prove their claims, appoint a trustee,
examine the bankrupt and transact
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting. The
bankrupt is required to be present on
that day for examination
Macon, Georgia, this Sept. 30 1926
J. N. Talley.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Notice of First Meeting
of Creditors
In the District Court of the United
States for the Middle District of
Georgia, Macon Division
In the Matter of R. F McWilliams,
bankrupt- In bankruptcy.
To the creditors of R, F. McWilliams
of Gordon in the county of Wilkin
son and District aforesaid, a bank
rupt.
Notice>s hereby given that on July
28, 2926, the said R F. McWilliams
was duly adjudicated bankrupt; and
that the first meeting of creditors will
be held at my office, 304 Grand
Building, Macon, Georgia, on Oct. 12
1926, at 11 o’clock, at which time
the creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint a trustee, examine
the bankrupt and transact such other
business as may properly come be
fore said meeting. The bankrupt is
required to be present on that day
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Georgia State Exposition
Macon, Ga.
October 14-23, 1926
Tickets on sale October 13 to 22, in
clusive; also on October 23 for traine
scheduled to arrive Macon by noon,
Final limit Oct. 25, 1926.
Special Excursion at unusually low
rates will be operated Albany and in
termediate points to Macon Oct. 16.
final limit Oct. 17.
Special Excursion will be Operated
from Millen, Athens, Covington and
intermediate stations on Oct. 20, lim
it Oct. 21.
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Irwinton, Georgia
October runs thin folks to cover.