Newspaper Page Text
Volume 35
■Changes In Ownership And
■Management of The Bulletin
■ Statement By
■ Julian F. Bloodworth
j The one-half interest in the
■ Bulletin owned by my brother.
■T. E. Bloodworth and me
■bias been sold recently to Mr.
■ Harrold Carswell. Our as
■ sociation with Mr. Tigner in
■ the joint ownership of the
■ Bulletin has been entirely
■ satisfactory to us. Our reason
■for selling is that we haven’t
■in the past nor will in the
■ future be in position to take
Han active part in the publica
■ tion of the Bulletin. Mr.
■Carswell is interested in news
■ paper work and is in position
■to take an active part in the
■ publication of the paper.
s Mr. Tigner and Mr. Cars
■ well working together will be
■able to give the people of the
■ county a publication that will
■measure up fully to the re
■quirements of a good county
■ paper.
I We extend to the Bulletin
■ our best wishes and will be
■ glad to co-operate in any way
■ possible.
j —Julian F. Bloodworth.
■ Statement By
■ Lamar Tigner
I During the past two years
■ I have watched with growing
■ interest the remarkable im-
Iprovements made in a num
■ ber of newspapers in Georgia
I which have been put under
I the management of young
■ men just out of college.
I I considered the plan good
■ for The Bulletin,and am very
I fortunate in being able to an-
I nounce that Mr. Harrold
■ Carswell will do most of the
1 planning for this paper from
I now on. He has purchased the
I interest of Messrs. Julian and
I Edwin Bloodworth in the pa-
I per. They had never taken
I active part in publishing The
I Bulletin, and are pleased to
I have Mr. Carswell take a
I hand.
I The new editor is being
J warmly welcomed in all parts
I of the county, and has al
■ ready'A^rought in much new
I business.!
I lam Happy over the whole
I matter and feel sure the pa-
I per will give better service to
I the county.
The former owners and my
| self will appreciate your con
| tinned friendship for the Bul
letin and Mr. Carswell.
—Lamar Tigner.
Statement By
G. Harrold Carswell
With full faith in one simple
and familiar assumption—
that services rendered are the
final criteria of any lasting
success, the BULLEIiN
welcomes ‘he opportunity be
fore it in bounty.
It shall be our^pn*.titular aim
to provide a beneficial organ
the fanner. ot d- county
through the extent^ 11 oi an;
- *
■
The Bulletin
information of value to them.
To all civic, religious, and
. social organizations we extend
our services, as a medium of
. imparting information of their
proceedings, seeking at all
. times to become a stimulus to
। worthwhile projects under
; taken. Especially to these
• ends we pledge ourselves
। with full knowdege that such
; aims are as old as the hills of
. Irwinton and too often quite
; as buried in dust. '
In such a project there is
no room for rancorous ex
. hibitionism or tin-horn toot
i ing. There are other and finer
■ possibilities in the endeavor
to maintain a value standard
of services.
G. Harrold Carswell
Fake Bear Track
Protects Fish Pond
Fishermen, your worries are
over. This day brings the so
lution to one of the most baf
fling and persistent problems
known to man: How to keep
others out of a favorite fishing
hole.
The enigma was solved no
less than 45 years ago by an
unknown Wilkinson County
genius, and only the quirks of
fate have succeeded in preser
ving this invaluable contribu
tion to summertime humanity
the world over. From the an
nals of the BULLETIN of the
late 90’s comes the sensation
al record.
It seems that for weeks,
tales of a huge bear ran roit
in Bloodworth District. Great
tracks the size of a huge hand,
were discovered in various
places ahout the grist mill of
M. L. Byington and along the
banks of a pond brimming
with bream. One man got so
close to him that he heard a
terrifying growl.
The spot was depopulated
at the height of geed fishing —
almost, that is, for the Organ
ized Bear Hunters of Blood
worth District, a 20 man unit,
after cautiously combing the
brush over a wide area, dis-
. covered a bear’s paw. It was
in the shade of a tree near
the pond, of preposterous
measurements, and carefully
carved from the weed of a
sweet gum.
There were evidences that
one man had been enjoying
extremely good fishing at the
height of the season. The
originator and master of this
brilliant finny maneuver is
to this day nameless. Anyone
bearing information concern
ing the identity of ctir genius
should come forth immediate
ly so that suitable commemo
ration may be made in the
name of all who love the
- * - -
Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia, Friday, July 4, 1941
JULY 4, 1941
MH I **
Much of the fanfare of oratory and fireworks is
gone from our traditional Fourth of July. 4 he shift of
emphasis in our thinking in 1941 is from the nation’s
past to the nation’s future. Barbecue picnics, with
Roman candles and speakers with high sounding
phrases extolling the greatness of our history are
noticeably missing. Rather is our tribute today of a
deeper, more meaningful nature than in less crucial
years. For Americans today find ourselves resolute in
facing a supreme challenge. No greater homage to
our ancestry and no greater guaranty to our posterity
can there be than quickly completing the task of
making our land strong.
If we are silent of our past it is a silence of rever
ence and a silence of occupation. — G. Harrold
Cars well.
The Four County
Bank at Allentown
Elsewhere in this issue is
the announcement of the pro
posed chartering of a bank to
be established at Allentown
under the name of “*1 he Four
County Bank.” It is a pro
gressive step that these repu
table business men of Allen
town and Danville have un
dertaken. As the name im
plies large sections of the
counties of Wilkinson, Twiggs.
Bleckley, and Laurens will
find the location at Allentown
particularly serviceable for
local needs. The excellent
farming lands in that section
together with lumbering inter
ests should render the new
establishment complete sue
cess in fulfilling the barking
service to the public.
county is to be found in the
tiles of years passed. Incidents
such as the above carry a
story of the county itself.
Through the editorials, adver
tisements, sccials of early pub
lications is traceable a key to
many of the political, eco
ncmic, religicus, and social
developments.
There is the story at the
turn of the century of the
struggle between Republicans
Populists, and Democrats.
A few years later advertisements
of buggies were being crowded b'
automobile talk. And one day tip
peared the item that E. C Mo
mand, an Irwinton merchant, hac
returned fn m Macon with the first
automobile owned in town.
Early in 1899 Mr. Gus Brundage
was elected sectetary and treasurci
of the M. E. Sunday school at
Union church. The year before Mr.
Henry B. Adkins was on a Jo-dat
furlough from camp at Chicamau
ga; and Col. J. S. Davis moved hb
family to Irwinton. And not so long
ago, Miss Nina Ragan was enter
taining at rook parties and joining
the stampede to heat Hairy Lauder
in his Macon presentath n.
Prophetic t otes ficm 1919 tun in
194 1 pace: "Hie Geimans are be
coming supetmtn-ials.” And, "Is it
not better to join the Lt ague of
Nations than to have our sons and
brothers and fathers shughteied
in another war a few years hence
The same year the queny went
the tounds, "By the way, what
will nrake'Milwaukee famous aftei
the 21^ 0 J •
All Farms Should
'Supply Own Needs
I
The first essential of a livestock
program for Wilkinson, in the
opinion of County Extension Agent
John D Daniel, is to have enough
livestock on the farm to supply the
needs of the farm —an average of
two milk cows-, one brood sow and
30 laying liens
Ihe county Agent pointed out.
thttt. bStf cattle and sheep nearly
always will have to be considered
as a more or less surplus livestock
since the average farm is not
equipped tor the production oi
sheep or beef cattle.
"More farms could handle a few
sheep more easily than beef cattle-
Six or seven sheep are equivalent
to one animal unit, thus the aver
ige farm could more nearly carry .
unit of sheep than beef cattle. F t
teen sheep make a good practical
unit for an additional nvenue.
i "It enough milk cows are carrier!
to furnish enough nii.k and daily
products, and enough hogs to fur
nish meat products, aid Inns h
furnish eggs anil other ptoducts.
usually the'e will be a surplus am
when that is sold it will increase
the income considerable
"After all this has been take
i care of, then ami then only sin uh
further cftoi is in iivesUk k he con
sidered. I’cimanent pasture suflic
lent for all livestock and enuugl
aircage tofutniih temporary sum
. mer and winter gtazirg er equiv.i
ent is definitely essential m sue
cessful production of livestock 1 his
equivalent may be in the imm of
silage or dry roughage.’’
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
Dr. George W. DuPree
Physician
Gordon. Georgia
Dr. Samuel N. Rubin
General Practice
Butts Drug Company
Gordon, Ga.
Dr. A. D. Ware
Toomsboro Drug Company
Toopisboro, Ga.
Dr. W. M. Puckett
Physician
Irwinton, Ga.
Dr. J. F. Hall
Dentist
Gordon, Georgia
। Wanville’s
IRews IRotee
MONTYNE A. KITCHENS
Funeral services were conducted
for Montyne Annette Kitchens, 3,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Kitchens, by Rev. J. F. McCluney
and Rev. R. H. Moreland at the
Methodist church Sunday after
noon. The little girl died at a Ma
con hospital Saturday following an
illness of three weeks. Besides her
parents, she is survived by her
grandparents: Mrs. W.R. Williams
and Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Kitchens.
RUSSELL-FAULK
Cordial interest centers in the
announcement of the wedding of
Miss Marguerite Russell of Dublin
and William Charles Faulk of Dan
ville which was solemnized in JefF
ersonvilleon Friday evening, June
27, with the Rev. D. M Si^ith
officiating
Mr. Faulk is the son of Mr. a»d
। Mrs C R Faulk He is employed
1 in the sales department ot a
Dublin grocery company, in which
city the coDple will mike their
home.
MRS. WHHEHI RST, WML’
SUFI', HONORED
At the executive board meeting
of the Ebenezer WMU he’d Suu
day afternoon with Mrs J 11
Whitehill st, a tribute ot love was
pai l Mrs. Whitehurst in the mo
tion made by Mrs. P. 11. Ward:
that tile board memorialize Mrs
Whitehurst through a gift to the
Margaret fund, and that her name
be entered in the book ot Mar
garets.
A second gift was made to this
cause by M’ss IL., ihi Hughes
who memorialized her mother
Airs. Dudley M Hughes. A tribute
ot love and apprccaturn was pain
to Miss Gwyndolyn Guest who has
iesigned her position as scrap book
chairman. ILr approachu c mar
riage will take her to another asst
ciation.
Mrs. R. L Powell opened the
meeting with the devotional from
Psalm t~. Mrs 1). Al Smith spoke
n:\\hx 1 live ioni c People s Or
can zatiuns: Other chairmen on
procram Mele: Mrs. Al.uk Faulk
11 , Mis^ Lillian Crusby, Mrs J. T
)’N,al, Alis J. C. Shann n, Mrs
E. D. Mavwdi; and reports were
civen tom three district sere
.Hies: Mis. Ji e l au k. Airs. F. D
La rd tn and Mrs. Glen Asbeh. Mrs.
j U Wimbeily presented a map o!
the \\ MU to the board.
A social h ur followed the busi
aess meeting.
New Electric Unes
for Wilkinson
Suflrcient funds will be
furnished at an early date tv
increase the rural electric
lines in Twiggs, Wilkinson,
Laurens and Bleckley coun
ties announced F. Y. Stokes,
Tuesday. Mr. Stokes is vice
president of the Oconee
Electric Membership Corpo
ration.
He, with Carl Nelson, pro
ject attorney of Dublin, has
just returned from a trip to
Washington, D C. relative to i
securing further appropriation ,
for energizing parts of these <
four counties not now being
served with electricity.
“1 have worked hard on
thisproposition and am thank
ful that almost all of my county
will be completely electrified
within a short time.” stated
Mr. Stokes.
Number 25
Irwinton
HewslTtems
Dr. W. M. Puckett, Mr. Philip
I Jones, Misses Sarah Butler and
, Clara Beall have returned from an
extended trip to Mexico,California,.
Yellowstone Park, and other West
ern points. The party returned by
way of lowa where they were
guests of Dr. Puckett’s son, .Mr.
Roy Puckett. The good doctor fells
of great adventures in Mexice,
where he met the President of the
; Republic, sat on and stuck to a.
postage stamp en route home; but
was turned down by postal clerks
at the border for msutheieut pos
tage.
1 Mrs. Delisse Sapp is the guest of
her daughter and son-in law, Mr.
and Mrs Edgar Pendleton.
The residence fuimerly occupied
by Mr. and Airs J L. Carswell is
being remodeled fur the home of
Mr. and Mis. John N. Todd, who
' will move from Mclntyre.
Miss Mary Sue Lindsey of At
lanta was at home with her family
tor a wink this week
Mrs Annie Jones and Alias Bes
sie Jones are spending several
weeks at Indian Springs utter a
visit here with Mr=. Eula Byington
and other relatives
Mc?s>s Felix Billuc and Glover
Hudson return Irom Florida long of
otuiy but shoit ot tish
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Adkins
and son of Putt St. Joe, l ia. arc
spending- several days with Air.
and Mrs. Joe D. Adkkins.
ALss Martha Hopkins of Way
cross is the attractive guest of Aliss
Dons Council this week-end.
Air and Airs. W A. Love of
Hedge, La. arrived today to spend
stVciai days with Mis Love’s par
ents, Kev. and Mrs-C.AI. Entmger.
The ladies manifested particular
.merest m the luarmg this week ui
iiK Akluty te bvud case.
Miss Virgiuia Bragg arrived k.i
day trum Atlanta to spend the
buiidays with her sister. Airs.
Manne AladduX.
Mrs. J. L Etheridge moved to
Macon Ihursday to make her
Home with her son, Willie Ethe
ridge.
Read the Bulk tin.
_ • » .
Boy Scout Troop
Organized
One of the most worthwhile pro
jects undertaken in the community
in some time got under way in a
meeting at the Irwinton Court
House Wednesday night called for
die organization of a local Bey
Scout I’roop. Some eight or ten beys
above the age of 12 were present to
hear County Agent JohnD. Daniel,
who will act as Scoutmaster, ex
plain the puqKise of the scouts
and theMncihod of getting estab
lished.
Scoutmaster Daniel said the goal
>f the new troop would be to in
elude every boy above 12 in the
recreational and educational pro
gram. He urged every boy and his
parents to be prtsent at the next
meeting of the scouts next Wednes
day nigiit at eight o‘cluck in the
Court House.
Mtsseis L. L Pettv, Sr- and
Fied G. By ington will act as Assist
ant Scoutmasters. The troup com
mittee consists as follows: George
H. Carswell, Chairman; N. B.
Bacon, O. W. Bell, W. L. Council,
J F. Bloodworth and Clyde Hern-
Jon.