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THE BULLETIN
Ofifcial Organ of Wilkinson
County.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAI
Lamar and Mary Tigner. Editors
Glenn B. Asbell, City Editor
Subscription $1.50 per year,
paid in advance.
Entered as second clara mail
matter at the postoffice at Ir
winton, Ga., under the ict of
congress of March 3. 18,9
The Old Garrison Road
Judging from several letters
sent in to The Macon Telegraph,
it seems that considerable pres
sure is being brought to pave the
Old Garrison Road- The paving
of this road, ’tis true, would be
of benefit to a good many people,
but doesn’t it seem rather ex
travagant and unwise, under the
present conditions, to pave an
other road when there is already
a hard surface road running
practically parallel with the Old
Garrison Road, and connecting
Milledgeville and Macon? And
What about Wilkinson county?
Are we going to be forced to eat
dust the rest of our lives? If
there is to be any extensive pav
ing done in the Sixth District the
sensible thing to do is to give
Wilkinson her share, for there
is certainly no county in the
State where it is needed worse.
We have asked for pavement
here and have been promised.
We have asked again with the
same result. .What next to do?
Well, sometimes when friendli
ness and requests won’t work,
maybe agitation will. This dis
crimination should be stopped!
It has always seemed strange
why the people of Macon and
Milledgeville won’t wake up and
realize the situation down here
in Wilkinson. Surely they real
ize that it would be to their ben
efit to get these roads paved.
But is there any great effort be
ing put forth to this end? What’s
the matter? Wake up Macon!
Wakeup Milledgeville! Give us
a break down here! It would be
to your gain as well as ours.
Exceeds Red Cross Quota
I take this manner in express
ing to the people of Wilkinson
County my sincere thanks for
their splendid cooperation and
liberal donations in raising funds
for the storm stricken areas of
Cordele and Gainesville.
The Red Cross quota for this
county was S4OO. This has been
reached, and at present we have
credit for nearly SSOO, including
merchandise valued at about $75.
The Wilkinson County Red
Cross Chapter will get credit foi
these funds, and by so doing
will be placed in very fine stand
ing with the National Chapter—
( something to be desired, for one
, can never tell when nor where
a tornado will strike next. How
’ ever, I do not feel that the peo
ple had this in mind, nor do I
feel that they gave from a sense
I of duty. I rather think that all
. of us gave voluntarily and with
' a humane feeling in our hearts
for our fellow man. It has in
deed been a pleasure to see peo
ple respond so readily to this
worthy cause.
i Glen B. Asbell,
Chmn Red Cross Wilkinson Co.
High School Wins x
i The Wilkinson County High
School lads thoroughly pulver
ized the Edgar Clays on the
! High School diamond here last
Friday by the score of 11 to 6.
Osborne Veal twirled for the
school, and a nice bit of work he
did, too, giving up only five hits
to these hefty fellows from the
mine. Mills, who held the
mound down for the Chalkers,
also did nice work, but his sup
could have been better.
Junior-Senior
Debate, Danville
The Junior-Senior debate will be
held on Friday evening in the school
- auditorium, the subject to ne: Re
solved: That the number of counties
in Georgia should be reduced to forty.
The affirmative debaters will be:
Ruth Hall, Paul Sanders, and Mar
tha Parser.
The negative debaters will be: Marie
Carter, Lavonia Green, and Carolyn
Hawkins.
Mrs E. D. Bryant
Mrs E. D. Bryant, age 37, died
suddenly on Wednesday afternoen at
3:30 o’clock, at her home near Dan
ville.
Mrs Bryant was formerly Miss
Thelma Collins, daughter of the late
J. F. Collins of Irwinton. She at
tended school at Shady Grove, Wil
kinson county.
She is survived by her her husband
E D. Bryant, who is pastor of the
Cool Springs church, and seven child
ren: Mary, 14; Ellon, 12; Reaunette.
10; Pauline, 8; Aaron, 5; Hembree.3;
and an infant daughter; by one sister,
Mrs J. W. Rofield, of Donover, Ga;
and fiye brothers: W. N. Collins, L.
J. and Z. F. Collins, all of Danville;
Joel Collins Irwinton, W. E. Collins,
oi Dudley.
Funeral services were conducted at
Cool Springs church on Thursday aft
ernoon at 3 o’clock by Rev J. F.
Dykes of Montrose and J- H. Chance
of Cochran.
Mrs Dixon Thanks
; Friends
Mrs Evie Dixon desires to
s thank her many friends for the
! daily kind attentions and remem
• brances that do so much to make
• her days of sickness less lonely.
I
I Services For Mrs Davis
Funeral service! for Mrs C E.
Davis, of Gordon, were held last Sat
urday in the Stanley cemetery, Lau
rens county, conducted by Rev. J. S.
Hayes and Rev. J. E. Townsend.
Mrs Davis, who had lived in Gor
don for about 25 years, was a native
of baurens county. She was a mem
ber of the Baptist church.
i W. R. Etheredge
W. R. Etheridge, died at his home
' in Macon on Monday afternoon. He
' had for a number of years been an
electrical engineer at the Georgia
' Kaolin Company, Dry Branch He
' was onlv ill for one day. Mr Ether
’ edge was born in Wilkinson county,
' but had resided in Macon many years
! He married Miss Fannie Hancock of
Wilkinson county, who. with one son,
Shelby Etheredge, survive him.
Toosmboro School
“The Price Tag”, presented by the
Senior Class Monday night, April 24,
' in the school auditorium, played to
a capacity house.
। The Junior Senior prom party will
be at the home of Mrs T. E. Lord, on
Thursday night. April 30, 9 pm.
Practice has begun on the operetta
and other commencement activities.
The Third Grade, under the direc
tion of Miss Fountain, gave a very
interesting program during the chap
el period Monday morning-
Honor Roll
Ist Grade. Elmer Thomas Pierce,
William Lewis Kelley, Robert Earl
Helton. Jr., James Morris Dixon,
Robert Earl Connell, Gladys Tarpley,
Vera Mae Montgomery, Anne Miller,
Sara Jane Jackson, Mary Claire
Duncan, Pearl Bell.
2 Mandolyn Buller, Doyle Holli
man, Murlie June Butler, Martha
Firges, Frankie McKinney.
3 Amy Adams, Doris Brown,
Clara Mae Hall, Delorese Hall, Glad
ys Dominey, Sara Weaver, Merrill
Dean, Joe Mills, E. C. Taylor.
4 Minnie Estelle Fierce, Mary
Ellen Smith, Ella Mae Toler, Ros •
well Freeman.
5 Daisy Spivey. Lorenza Branan,
Jerry Mill!. Naomi Duncan, Mary
Holland. Ha Davis, Emily Bruner.
6 Viola Pate, Viva Pierce.
7 Bill Sanders. Elbert Davis,
Johnnie Lord, Ruby Lee Little, Nomi
Mae Taylor, Berma Yarbrough, Doro-
thy Williams, Lila Mae Spears, Wal
ter Lewis, Fred Mercer, Kenneth
Wynn, Kenneth Williams,
। High School
8 Ruth Lord, Susan Stubbs, Jes
sie Williams.
9 George Duncan, William Miller,
J C, Wood.
10 Kathleen Chambers, Vandelia
Williams, Breeman Yancey.
11 Evelyn Fordham, Alya Ware,
Marjorie Williams.
Miss Ida Hughs
Whereas God in His infinite wia.
dom called to the Heavenly Home
the gentle spirit of Lia Hughs on
Thursday, April 9th, we, the mem
bers of John Ball Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, wish to
express our gratitude for the beauti
ful life of our beloved fellow member.
Ida Hughs was cultured and conse
crated in word and deed. She was
one who chose to lose her life in un
selfish service to find it more abund
antly in a glorious immortality.
As a charter member of John Ball
Chapter, D. A, R , she was ever loy
al to its best interests and and ready
■ to extend the activities of the Chap
ter in whatever field she was asked to
serve. We miss greatly her gentle,
inspiring presence.
To the family and those whom she
loved, the sincerest sympathy of our
Chapter is herewith expressed.
John Ball Chapter
Daughters of the American
Revolution.
LOCALS.
Judge Uly. Whipple and wife of
of Cordele were visitors in town Mon
day. This is the Judge native coun
ty, his father’s old home being the
Joel Smith place near Red Level. His
wife formerly Miss Alice Feaggin, an
old Wesleyan girl in the class with
Mrs Marvin Williams, formerly Miss
Mamie Wood, visited here forty years
ago.
Mr and Mrs Frank Brown of Sa
vannah visited Mrs G- Carswell and
other friends Monday. Mrs Brown
will be pleasantly remembered as Miss
Elkn Carswell, sister of Col. Geo.
H. Carswell. Mr Brown was also
reared in this county.
Mrs W. J Robinson and Miss Ev
elyn Robinson of Macon were guests
of Rev. and Mrs Geo. L. Griffin Sun
day.
Mr and Mrs A- L. Fouche of De
catur were guests of the Tignera Sun
day.
P. T. A will meet Ist Thursday in
May at the schoolhouse 3:20. Mat
ters of special importance to be dis
cussed.
Rev. J. C. Saville of Tennille was
in Irwinton Tuesday.
Mrs Evie Dixon’s condition is re
ported to be improving slowly.
