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THE BULLETIN
Ofifcial Organ of Wilkinson
County,
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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDA!
Lamar and Mary Tigner. Editors
Subscription $1.50 per year,
paid in advance.
Entered as second clacs mail
matter at the postoffice at Ir
winton, Ga., under the let of
congress of March 3. 18/9.
Nathalia Crane, the young po
et who wrote ‘The Janitor’s Boy’
and many other poems so beauti
ful and astonishing that critics
were inclined to give credit for
their authorship to other poets,
for what reason, we have been
unable to fathom, unless they are
akin to those who preferred to
believe that Bacon wrote Shakes
peare’s plays, —anyway, as we
were spying, Nathalia has passed
her seventeenth birthday and de
sires to be recognized as a regu
lar, honest-to-goodness poet in
stead of a “child prodigy’’. She
is writing a novel, we understand
about a terrible and glorious war
in which eight poets lead the ar
my into battle. We’d like to read
it, for that child can hurl words
like javelins.
We needn’t sneeze at warior
poets, either. Gabriel D’ Annun
zio is the one man whom Musso- 1
lini is known to fear; and with 1
good cause, for he has a wonder
ful hold upon the hearts of the 1
Italian people. Mussolini also 1
fears the pen which the poet dips, 1
upon occasion, into deadly satire 1
Mussolini cculdn’t stand be made 1
ridiculous. He has made D’An- :
nunzio a king in retirement, as
i; were, and his every wish is
granted: and every once in so
often old Muss gets uneasy, so
they say, and sends somebody 1
up there to find out if he can
think of anything else he would
like to have.
Another bond we have with
Europe, the Arkansas Gazette (
reminds us, is Earl Carroll over
here and King Carol over there. ,
A king should, above all things,
be kingly. All things are not be
be expected of a Broadway show
man.
Broadway shows, by-the-way, ■
have run upon a rival for enter- <
taining the tired New Yorker. 1
Seances, in which people are
allowed to communicate with the '
spirit of the late Sir Conan
Doyle, are the rage on Broadway 1
just now. Sometimes Sir Conan i
is talking at a dozen spirit
meetings at once, and telling
them all something different,
which is some feat, even for so
famous a spook.
The Engineer and fireman
were killed near Chapels, S. C.
when a fast train ran into a cow.
If a man bitting a dog is news
we suppose a cow wrecking a
train would also pass for news. •
Big Fight Fri. Night
The heavy weight boxing title of
Gordon will be at stake Friday night
Aug 22, at 8:30 p m ., when Cyclone
Walker, welterweight, meets Battling
Chambers, heavy weight in a ten
round bout at the Basketball court in
Gordon.
Cyclone Walker holds the cham
pionship of Ga, Tech, and during his
school career was undefeated Battl
ing Chambers holds the championship
of Wilkinson county.
This promises to be very interest
ing. There will also be several
classy youngsters,
Patronize this fight, thereby
making it possible to conduct fights
at regular intervals in the future.
Admission 15c and 25c
Don’t forget the big flight.
W. W. Smith Celebrates
Birthday
On July 23rd, last, Mr. William
W. Smith of High Hill District cele
brated the 80th year of his birth.
About GO of his neighbors and
friends partook of his bountiful
hospitality on that occasion.
Throughout his long lite Mr Smith
has been one who always made a i
splendid provision for his family, and ।
this occasion was no exception to his
life Ipng rule of providing well for ’
all about him, and always provision ।
for even a chance stranger. i
The dinner was under a large oak (
near his dwelling and we cannot help (
but believe that Mrs Smith is |
undoubtedly the best of all cooks, for >
she had prepared the best dinner that j
it has ever been our pleasure to enjoy. -
Mr Smith lives in a section where <
much of the early history of our j
c mnty was made.
The first brick making plant in our
county was located near the home of
Mr Smith, nearly an hundred years
ago. The chimneys and house pillars (
in that section being now composed ,
of brick made in that early time by ,
hand.
The B'ble tells us that the Patriarch (
Abraham paid four hundred shekels
of silver to mark the graves of his ;
loved ones.
We don’t know the cost of the ,
bronze monument, near the house of ]
Mr Smith, over the grave of his
father and mother but we believe taat (
it is the only monument made of (
bronze in our county and truly a j
beautiful one, recalling: that Presi
dent Garfield once said that the
Monument means a world of
memories, a world of deeds, a world
of tears and a world of glories.
Softening and tender must be the
thoughts of Mr Smith as he nears the
setting sun, sitting in sight of such a
symbol of love and devotion, to his
pioneer father and mother.
Among those present from a
distance were: Mr. Robert Hansell
Dayidson of Metter, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hall of Danville, Col.
Clarence J. Smith of Sylvester, Mr.
and Mrs. Lamar Hall of Danville,
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jackson of
Goulds Florida, Mr. and Mrs. A, S.
Boone of Irwinton.
Alex S. Boone.
Duties of Secretary
of State Discussed
In announcing his candidacy for
Secretary of State, an office long held
by his kinsman, the late S. G.
McLendon, Hon. Louis S. Moore, of
Thomasville, calls attention to the
multiplicity of duties devolving upon
the holder of that important position.
A good many Georgians are un
aware that so many and such higly
important duties devolve upon the
Secretery of State. The office inti
mately touches the affairs of three
million Georgians, and only men who
by bent and training are qualified to
discharge its responsible duties should
be chosen.
Mr. Moore is a former member of
the State Senate, in which body he
won recognition as a sane, constuc
tive legislator. He is a former State
Commander of the American Legion,
to which organization he gave a
progressive, efficient administration.
The thoroughness with which the
Thomasville candidate for Secretary
of State has gone into a study of the
multifarious duties of that official is
cbarcteristic of him. He is an
eminently successful lawyer and
business man, and cordial endorse
ments of his candidacy have come
from all sections of the state- Those
who know him best realize that he is
spendidly equipped for the office he
seeks —Albany Herald.
Three Ball Games
Irwinton Junior team, the ‘‘Sar
dines’’ played Gordon Monday after
noon on the latters’ diamond, win
ning 16 to 8-
Tuesday afternoon Gordon return
ed the visit, losing the game 11 to 19
Wednesday afternoon the Irwinton
regulars met Hardwick at Gordon.
The longest game in local historv
was played through 14 innings a tie
holdingjStraight through six innings.
At seven o'clock in the thickening
darkness a ball slipped past Irwinton
and let in two runs, broke the tie in
favor of Hardwick, the score 10 to 8. '
’STREET OF IRWINTON:
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zMrs Fred Everett has returned
from a v : sit to Mrs M. H. B O wles in.
Waynesville, North Carolina.
Mr Marvin Hall has returned from
a visit to Chicago and other cities on
, business for his fuller’ earth mine,
1 Mr wade Skelton, Mrs Annie Doke
and son, Billy, of Eufaula, Ala., vis
ited in Irwinton the past weekend.
Mr Ralph Culpepper spent the
, week end with Mr and Mrs Russell
Culpepper in Nashville,
Mr N: H. Bacon spent several
days with homefolks at Lexington
recently.
Get the best price for your cotton
at Toomsboro.
Mr. and Mrs, N. H. Bacon an
nounce the birth of a son-
Messrs Olan Bragg and Joe
Maddox are visiting Irwinton home
folks.
Mrs Lilian Cannon has returned to
Jacksonville AlabamEt*after spending
a week in Irwinton,
Store your cotton with the Farmers
Cotton Warehouse Toomsboro Ga.
Mr and Mrs Lee Pennington have
been enjoying a vacation visit to Mr
and Mrs W. L. Pennington.
Master Harold Carswell of Atlanta
is having a few days visit to Hubert
Lindsey.
The Toomsboro Gin Company
gives best service - - give them a trial
Mrs Rosa Lindsev, Mr Byington
Lindsey and Miss Mary Sue Lindsey
and Miss Mary Tigner visited friends
in Danville Monday afternoon.-
Lawrence L. Wright formerly of
Jones County, now of Fulton will
appreciate your vote and influence for
B. M. Ballard, candidate for
Comptroller General.
Henry Stevens has made and paint
ed a large sign for J. A Butler’s fill
ing station and store at Crossroads.
B. W. Davis and J. T. Sanders are
building a coal house on the south
western corner of courthouse rear the
big shade tree.
Mrs Mamie Maddox and children
have returned to Carbur, Florida, af
ter visiting Mr and Mrs T. H, Bragg.
Miss Maybell Bridwell and Mrs
Wilbur Bridwell were visitors in the
city Thursday.
Thursday morning, W. S. Hatcher
and Vivian Hatcher guiding first
bale of cotton toward the gin.
Vivian Pierce shows me a string of
fish like a bouquet, all fancy colors,
and they are big fish, too, like those £
fellow usually tells about almost get
ting out of the water.
