Newspaper Page Text
■
-
y/KI-NKSPAV, MAY 11, 1921.
the milledgeville news
MILLEDGEVILLE. CA.
REARS 25 ON
LABORER’S WAGE
Progeny of St. Louis Man Range
in Ages From 40 Down to
Seven Years.
NOW' HE MANAGED IT
Hard Work and Industry the Secret—
Nevir a Brighter, Merrier, Rosier,
Hcaithier Lot of Children
Graced a Board.
<• I,,, ,i>. -I’nrct.ls, you who tii.tl the
.,;|ini’ even nil average family
„ j . ,|. m these days, heliolU Frederick
tV;,i!.i-i.lioj>r, who Is tin: father of
1 wi*my live elilldren, and tells how he
liiis i imaged to liriitg them tin on ti
Jaboivi-'B dally wage.
ihe house m which lie lives is ouo
ln,l,'\ to his methods. It is u cottage
0 f |,. i nils live rooms. Hack-of the
house is u bunt und iu the barnyard
:l cow mill a flock of chickens.
Tl'i' Is a best room furnished
,n :itly hut scantily, the superfluities
coiisi'tlm; must ly of homemade linmll-
i■ l*iift, shelf covers und their tidies of
white linen crochet. The visitor is
permitted to tarry here for u moment,
lint uhiii'St immediately Is Invited Into
1 he kitchen beyond, where three
daughters busily serubblng floors or
lire] Hiring the midday meal cannot
spore time to sit idle as they talk,
indeed, one is told that father will lie
in presently for his dinner, but he
won't have time to talk, either, for
several jobs of plowing are waiting
for him iu the afternoon.
Daughter Runs House.
Hilda, (lie oldest daughter at in.me.
apparently 1ms been In authority since
tin* death of tiie second Mrs. Walken*
horst, five years ago. The first wife,
the a.'tiier of If children, died when
her lied child was five days old. The
second wife, n widow with one child,
Report of Scottsboro School j Report of Humphries School
Enrollment 2.). Average jv*r cent,
attendance, 80.
Progress in 3 K’s. Very good, 11
peeially the second and filth grades.
Progress in agriculture. Not niuec
progress, bat a good number of the
children have litlle home gardens
Progress in singing. Twenty songs
besides the minimum number re.mir
ed
General progress and serving the
community.
At the close of school lust year the
each . organized a club ; luting the
children of the community, will a
memb j -rip of fifteen. It was-tailed
the "Vacation Improvement Club."
('In's -,-it.It met every tv.o weeks with
an average attendance of eleven, un
til school opened in the fall.
T lie p i poge of the club was lm
seif improvement, anti Improving the
senr..-! loom. No fixed amount of
elitld felt able to give. The teacher
promts; 1 to duplicate whatever
amount the children tniglii give. Non
of the children were over I- years of
age. The pregrams were varied; usu
ally a story to inclucate s;me valu
able lesson was told, such us kind
ness to animals and birds, service .'or
others, unselfls ness, contests In
word-making, Graunuer games, etc.,
tmtved for entertainment, when it \v.i3
ti warm for outdoor games. Thrift
-. empha izt 1, ah o h< alth and oare
of teeth Sample tubes of tooth paste
wero secured from the Pepsodent
tooth part co., anti distributed aatrtig
tin- club members. With the nn nsy
t us taised was bought as follows;
1 window shade, 1 dozen Instri etor
library bocks, I small globe and a
map of Europe, a picture each of
Washington and Lee, 1-2 dozen black-
down and the lumber fill be moved W'vu we first road the requinnonts
ny the lime this report is rend. made by Mr. Bivins to win the Vle-
The paint is all paid for and not trolu, we resolved to make a perfect
cite cent has come from the conn y. trport every mouth, so every pupil
As sc-nie of.the trees were dead, has put forth every effort to be pres-
p.nd otheis in an i.n.calthy condition, cut every day, und wo haven’t h id
0 me ol the community mtn met soon a ringle ease of absence for the past
alter New Year, cutting down some of live months.
a trees and trimming others. I 2. We thought by having perfect
Nothing has been done in the way i attendance, that was the b-st way t.)
01 planting r.Uu'.hbury or flowers, as | nicks t :e m i l progress in the three
We thought it v, -ttid be better to wait.H's.
until after the old hov.se was oat of Every child Joined the Health Cru-
the way, and the trees were trimmed, sade and we l'e 1 that has boon a
That will have to wait until next win- leans of keeping their bodies well-ami
ter. j their mind:-, bright, and the progress
! made has been most gratifying to the
- pat ns and teachers,
j 3. We have no inclcsnre at the
l-r- hool for a garden, but all the child-
whom the stepfather uiso reared, lie- , . , ...
, ' , hoard erases, an indoor ball, on ax->.
enme I lie mother or 11 \\ alkeiiliorsls. !
a brocm, roll of paper towels, a pane
of glass and putty, had three window
enme tlit* mother of 11 Wulkenhor«ts.
There are now 12 children at home,
besides a small son of Hilda's.
There are not enough chairs any
where visible lo seat all tHo family
at table tit once. But chairs art * 1 to
lie classified its luxuries that may lie
dispensed with, one observes taler
when six bright, rosy cheeked, blonde
youngsters come trooping in from
school and take places, standing, all
attention, with spoons poised, ready to
begin on the soup almost before Hil
da 1ms measured it into their plates.
The ages of the Wulkenhorst
progeny range from forty down to
seven years. Besides the 12 children
now at home, live have died at vari
ous ages and the others, being older,
have married and gone to homes of
their own. There are eight grttndehll ‘
drew Three of those who reside un
der the parental root are working in
factories In the town.
“How have 1 managed to take care
of 2.1 children?’’ Frederick Walken
liorst echoed after my question, tvffct
lie had fed ids horses out in tin
burn and stood rolling up his sleeves
at the kitchen sink. “By working
hard every day." The hands In
spread to view were testimony more
eloquent even than the vigorous, dear
ring of bis voice, and his knitted coal,
uet with perspiration, was further
evidence of his hearty Industry.
No Signs of Worry.
lb is a tall, spare man, remarkably
erect for his sixty years, fair and rud
dy, and the lines on his face are not
itiose of worry hut of good humor. If
itis children take after him, dentist
hills need not he one of tin* family
problems. His teeth tire strong and
while. Ilis eyes, lie says, are fail
ing. One doctor assures him nothing
can he done for them, so he thinks
any farther expenditure on them Is
useless.
Never a blighter, merrier, rosier,
healthier looking lot of children
ever gathered about a millionaire's
bottl'd than those 12. Tlielc Ite.-vy
shoes made a lot of noise on the hare
floors, but otherwise in on orderly line
about the table, speechless in Ihe pres
ence of the strange visitor, tltelr si
lent hut radiant smiles relleelcd their
father’s pride In them.
Somewhere recently the writer enme
upon statistics to the effect that at
the nge of slxty-flve no less than .14
per cent of parents in this country
nre dependent upon their children for
charity, Walkenhorst'a next remark
revealed another remarkitlde contrast
In his attitude toward .parenthood.
He laid spoken of his dimming eyes.
"I figure at the rale they are going
lay eyes are good for about live years
more,” lie said. “I expect to work
'-very day until I am blind. By Hint
time Helen, the baby, will he old
enough to do something for herself.
Then I shall lie through.’’
New England Conscience In South.
Somerset. Ky.—The drug firm of
Williams St Son lias received u letter
front an unknown woman who writes;
"I am very nervous. 1 have lutd it lot
of trouble lately. Inclosed Mini $2 to
pay for several valentines which I
took 14 years ago, when n girl of four
teen.'
Boys No Longer Boy*.
Morgantown. \V. Va.—Dr. A. M
ltcese of the department of zoology of
West Virginia says the American bov
of today Is "different." In spite of tin
fact that It whs liberally advertised
that the department would pay 2.’'
cents for each rut brought In, only one
boy wits on the Job.
Twenty-eight r.cng books were pre
sented to t e school by Miss McClure,
■ )io raised the money to buy them.
Respect!ally submitted,
(Miss.t E. S. Richardson. Teacher j ren have assisted their parents with
i the gardens at homo and all have
I nice guldens. '
SHERIFF’S SALE j We have used the tex book in schorl
I work and nave carried nut sons of
I tiie experiments suggested bv Mr
fnecr and by virtue of an exoc.tion j U( , sm , U)fi Tea|;her8 . uie8t!ng .
i.ru., out of the superior court of; , Qur schoo , BmaUi but wo hftVe
Baldwin county, Ga„ it. favor of Sami. | S0lne ‘ g0( d v k . es iind „ Bve ,earned
Evans & Co, end against 1». B. Adams, | lh(J 8ongs miull . eS; Amer iea, Georgia
Sr., former administrator, an 1 now C j Stho(ll Son „ aeor?ia Land( TUe star
Emmy, Lou, Scott’s Lady of the Lake,
Andy Gordon and several others.
T.te pupils wrote essays on the lives
of Oglethorpe and Penn
The children are not near enough
to attend Sunday school, so we study
the Sunday school lessons in eenuee.
tion with the morning exorcises.
RCBY LANE, Teacher, April 12, 1921.
Maniac Dies In Will of Boiling Water.
Beatrice. Neb. .lumping into a cis
tern used ns nn exhaust for pipes
from the holler house. Peter Truelson.
forty-seven years old.* an inmate of
the institution for feeble-minded, was
submerged In Ihe helling water and
was sea tiled lo death.
It's an III Wind, Etc.
Athens. (). Bootleggers nre doing
Athens n good turn. In the first
three months of Ei2'i the city police
collected only ,$75 in lines, hut during
the first three months of 1021 bootleg
gets paid Into the city coffers $2,500.
TAKING IKE PLAGE
(FROCK AM) RYE”
In the Treatment of Cold ; and
G rippe—f. ’ol lier’.s Capa t one,
a Compound Solution of
Genuine Aspirin With Other
Valuable Ingredients Added.
A quick warm up r.r.tl instant re
lief, v.iih no fear c.f a;"re»ting t o
Heart or Stomach.
Caoaton' 1 is hi-lily rccomnt -uc’ed
for headaches, neuralgia, rh uma-
tisjii, nervous - . lmrvtm:;-
r.cts, lumbaj c : :i£t.';W y aii-J tooth
a.he.
Buy a bot '- fss SO. or GOc, take
i no dose and r <v yiur mon- y
lack if you am not satisfied with
vcsults. t..
Capstone is cold by all drug
Ron s.
shelves made for flowers, two shelves
in the house for books, and two
ill.-Ives for holding lunch.
When r.e .ool opened tlm club mem
bers bought pot plants (fetus and
geranium! ) and ns the winter was no
mild, they have looked well and all
winter in the school room an 1 have
added to cur pleasure.
Or. Allen, the Health Officer, hue
visited the school several times.ex-
nnining t u pupils eyes, ears and
throats. With the exception of a few
he found the min good e ndition. lie
also introducting ids 'Health Crusade,’
t a good number of the pupils ex
pert, (o la- rate "Knights of tile Health
Crusade" within the next few days.
Twenty books were lent t e school
for three months, by the State Circu
lating Library. Many of these books
wete enjoyed by the pupils, ns well
as other members of the family.
Ninteen books were added to ot r
little library, some given by the Fed-
i rated clulus -and some by a 1 adv of
the community
Special days have been observed
with suitable programs. On Arbor
Day. Christmas and Georgia Day we
had visitors v. jo expressed themselves
as pleased with the pregrams. On
the other days- Thanksgiving, Lee’s
and Washington's birthdays, tiie alter
vises were part of out morning ex
ercises.
The patrons and friends of the
school, after discussing the matter,
decided tx offer tie county the build
big which belonged to the community,
and which had been used for school
put poses for several years. The coun
ty accepted it.
In October the same patrons and
friends met and made plans to paint
Adants, administrator, up-it tiie es
into of Mrs. Fj. M. Adams, deceased,
I will sell at public outcry, before ill"
court house dcor, within the legal
hoars of sale, tn t o first Tuesday in
June, 1921, to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following described proper
ly :
All that tract or parcel of land sit
uated ami being in the 31Stli. Dist. G.
M-, said State and County, and hound
ed it:, lollo.vs: on the North by lands
of -Met'raw and Allen, on the East by
lands of H. W. Little; on the Sont
by lands cf B. B. Adams, dr.; and on
the West by the Sheffield Ferry road;
some times called the Milledgeville
and Eatonton road; said tract or par
cel of land containing two ht mired
n!ntey-six and 3-4 (298 3-4) acres, and
more particularly end hotter describ
ed in a plat of a survey made by \V.
Spangled Banner, Sunshine and Rain
and Rock of Ages.
We can also sing most of the songs
in tiio book given by Miss McClure.
5. Dr. Allen has visited o. r school
and examined each one of the child
ren apd they all joined the Health
Crpsado and are very conscientious
-n carrying cut the health laws, and
have gained their badges.
Nature h;i3 already endowed us
will benutijf til school grid intis, but
we have kept the school roof bright
all winter with growing plants.
We celebrated the foil wing days
with reading, talks and songs; Armis
tice Day, T. anksfiiving, Christmas,
Lee's, Washington.'s Lowell"s and
Longfellow's birthdays and Easter,
also Georgia Day.
We have a small school library and
L. Robinson, surveyor, on December lliiVe a ,,umber ct l,ook? ' among
recorded 1 thenl: Tow Sawyer, In Old Virginia,
' Hans Drinker, Polyannu, Polyanna
24, 1873. which said plat is
in the clerk's office of Baldwin Su
perior Court, and said tiaet or parcel
of land indicated cn mtiil plat as part
cf lot number 310 and lot number 322,
209 acres in lot 310 and 87 3-4 acres
in lot 322.
Said property will he sold for the
purpi sc of paying the prim Ipal, in
terest, attorney's fees and costs upon
the execution above described.
Tenant in possession and defendant
in fi fa notified In terms of the law.
S. L. TERRY,
5-11 -41 Sheriff Baldwin Co. Ga
Grown 1’p, The Secret Garden, Black
Beauty, Dickina Christmas Carol and
The Cricket on the Hearth. Freckles,
Keep p. 20 or 40 ladder at yo r
house.
“We Sell Them"
- CULVER S. KIDD DRUG CO.
“Of Course"
Phones 224-240
HEMSTITCHING AND PICOTING
Attachment works on any r whig
machine, easily adjusted. Price
12.50 with full instruction;. Goni
Novelty Co., Box 1031, Corpus Chris
fi, Texas. 4.20-Up.
FOR RENT
A small size and well arranged
garage in t e basement of the build
ing occupied by Dobbs Grocery <’".
Has alley entrance. Apply to B. Wil
son at Dobbs Grocery Co. 4-13.2t
PLUMBING
FOR QUICK AND SATISFACTORY
WORK, PHONE 55 OR 12-3c. CAN
URNISH ALL KINDS MATERIAL AT
Darwin V. Brake
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms have on un
healthy color, which indicates poor Wood, and hs a
rule, there is more or l ess stomach disturbance.
GROVE S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC ulven regu
larly for two ur three weeks will enrich the blood,
improve the digestion, and actas a general Strength -
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worm*, and the Child will he
in perfect health. Pleasant to lake. 00c per bottle.
Do you know
you esn roll
^O&Qodl
cigarettes for
(Gets from
one
Finally Relieved by taking
Lydia E. Pink ham’*
Vegetable Compound
Ravenswood, W. Va. — “For seven long
years I suffered from a female trouble
and inflammation so
that 1 was not able
to lo m.v housework.
I -onsulted several
doctors but none
seemed to give me
| relief. 1 read in a
paper about Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound so
I decided to try it,
and before the first
It bo D-l e was gone I
l'ennd great relief so
1 continued using it until 1 bad taken j
the school house. One entertainment eight bottles. Now 1 am very well and |
- - ■ ■ ' cart do my own housework, lean gladly ]
recommend Lydia E. 1’inkham‘s medicine I
to Buffering women.” — Mrs. Bkrtha i
Liering, R. F. D., Ravenswood,W. Va.
The ordinary day of most housew ives
is a ceaseless treadmill of washing,
cooking, cleaning, mending, -sweeping,
dusting and caring for little ones. Ilow
much harder the tasks when some de- ;
rangement of the system causes head- i
aches, backaches, hearing-down pains 1
and nervousness. Every such woman i
should profit by Mrs. Liering s experi- j
ence. Remember this, for over forty
was given in October, and another in
December, by wBich f5tt.no was rea
lized.
There was an ohl building tut the
gr, urnls which detracted much from
t he appearance. When we were ready
to lot the contract for painting, Mr.
M S. Barnes kindly offered to do the
work for the ohl house, agreeing to
tare it down and remove tit-' lumber
and lubbish. And now tin school j years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
lut- se is painted, the old house torn Compound has been restoring health.
YOU KNOW—That tha day ot the I.OG houao, la paat.
YOU KNOW—That tho day of tho FRAME home lo paoolng.
YOU KNOW—That tho day of tho BRICK house Is right now.
YOU KNOW—That BRICK residence, Imparts a certain distinction
to the owner.
YOU DON’T KNOW—How little It costs to hive walla of Brlck-
ASK US—YOU will be surprised.
UII.LEDGEVILLE BRICK WORKS CO
J. W. McMillan, Pres. R- W. McMillan, V.-Pies.
Fitform Clothes
For Ycun^ Men
^A Perfect Fit for EVERY Man’
Do Your
Clothes Fit?
Fitform Coats are design
ed to drape properly. Trou
sers and Vests also harm
onize and look better. Let
us try a Fitform on you.
You'll feel the comfort
and see the advantage in
Wearing these well tail
ored clothes.
Good values at
moo moo
And Under piTFORM
ftClotliM farVoun^Ma ^
MYRICK-HOLLOWAY CO.
THE QUALITY SHOP