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The Wilkinson County News IRWINTON, GEORGIA. ELI B. HUBBARD Editor and Publisher. Official Organ Wilkinson County. Mrs. T. A. Gibbs, Representative for The News, at Gor don, Georgia. > J. L. Dean, Authorized Solicitor and Collector of Sub scriptions, Irwinton, Ga. 4 ntered at the Post Office at Irwinton, Ga., under the | Act of Congress of March 3rd., 1879, as second class 5 mail matter. —— : \ Subscription: One Dollar per Year Payable in Advance Advertising rates furnished on application. M , IT IS NOW TIME TO STOP. K.'.. - That certainly was a funny editorial in The Bulletin last week, and inasmuch as its editor has evaded every question pertinent to the issues involved, and by his sil -1 ence made a clean admission of their truth, and he V now resorted to expressing himself in a dialect with which ? we are unfamiliar, we think it is time for us to stop ‘ and in accordance with this view we here and now, read ers bring this controversy to an end, which was unwar rantedly thrust upon us, and unless the editor of The ■ Bulletin injects some new issue we will not again burden you with reading any more editorials on this question. WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT THEY ALWAYS FIGHT. We have been reading the newspaper accounts of the 1 Holder, Walker, Anderson et al. controversy concerning the State Highway Department, and we have reached the conclusion that when “thieves fall out they begin to fight.” So far we have refrained from expressing an b opinion on this matter and reserve our opinion until we have read John N. Holder’s side of the question. It is apparent, however, that some one connected with this department has been using public funds without authority of law. We do not know whether this money was used by . John N. Holder or not, and it is yet a question that may -be explained in such a manner that will vindicate Holder of any diphonesty and cast suspicion on some one else. This question reminds us of the Hoke Smith and Joe " - Brown ouster question of many years ago, and if we remember correctly the people of Georgia vindicated the record of Joe Brown and repudiated the authority of Hoke Smith to ouster him. Who knows but what his '. tory will repeat itself. At any event we will watch the future with interest, and time will tell whether one man cap slide into the office of Governor of the state by fringing the character of a public official in question and | 'thereby originate an issue by which the passions and pre- i ALONG LIFE’S | TRAIL it $ By THOMAS A. CLARK $ Dean of Men. University of Illinois, y (©, 1^24. Western Newspaper Union.) VACATIONS *T'HIIEE young girls came hastily - , 1 and noisily into the car as the train ■Tmovzd out of the station. They had Just ’ ’barely escaped being left. The vaca *tlon was over, and they were going | ^back to work. As they disposed of Hhelr various belongings, settled hack Mn their seats, mussed up their hair a little more becomingly, and made dis ... criminating use of their powder puffs fragments of conversation began to 'float through the cur. I buried my | 'self In the book I was reading, but I t /found it impossible not to hear some : ’Shing of a “peach of a vacation” min f jailed with grand opera and Farrar hi - jCarmen, with New Year’s eve at the Congress hotel, with a lovely formal . party at Northwestern university, and with an all-night party at the Country i- -club. “I am simply dead,’* one of them Yiald. “and I have a pack of back work jo hand in tomorrow.” The babble of conversation ceased shortly, and the ‘ silence became so great that I turned to find the cause. They were asleep, their tired, pallid faces and the dark tings under their eyes showing all too well what a lovely, restful vacation they had had. ■ The man who said that it takes the Strongest constitution to stand the average trip for the health might have added that it takes the strongest man 'to stand the ordinary vacation. A .woman whom I once knew when asked If she employed a servant girl, re- Inarked that she had one. but that she was Just then doing her own work.; She hoped as soon as she was strong enough to try one again. 1 have often * felt that it might be a good thing to require young people to pass a physi cal test to determine whether or not they are ‘strong enough to indulge in ► the dissipations of a vacatiqn. A line of pale, sad-eyed, tired, and physically Knocked-out undergraduates who come ' into my office after every vacation may^ have bad a “peach of a time,” hut' they very seldom, reveal much of the Hloom on their return. | There Is no more severe test of a I span’s character than the way In which ' lie spends the time that Is his own and tjre way Jn which he puts tn the hours / or days of leisure and vacation. Most of the moral delinquents whom I know grayed away from the path of virtue and self-control first when they had nothing else to do —when they were / having a vacation. judices of the people can be arraigned against this of ficial and credit given to another for such exposure. Merit does not now count in the qualifications of a candi date for public office, but you have to resort to methods of petty politics in order to be elected to any office. We trust that some day the people of this state will re pudiate such nefarious methods and. each voter will make an honest investigation before casting his ballot. The Aprif term, 1925, of Wilkinson superior court will soon convene. The grand jury of the county will, a: is is invariably called upon to do, make certain recom mendations. We do not know whether this grand jury will be called upon to make certain recommendations or not, but if they are called upon to make certain recom mendations, it will be well for that August body to in vestigate the source and cause of these requests, and if it should appear that personal interest is involved such request should be ignored by that honorable body. It was hoped that the new court-house would be completed in time to Jiold the April term of the superior court there, but the commissioners have been informed by the architect that it will be impossible to complete it by that time. Weather conditions have prevented the contractor from being able to complete it, and the cause therefor, has been unavoidable. The people of the county were anxious to hold the April term in the new court hous, but it seems that the old school house will again have to be used for holding the April term. Should the weather be disagreeable at that time, and we have seen some very disagreeable weather in April, the people who are compelled to attend court will suffer great inconveni ence. There are no heaters in the jury rooms and if the weather should be cold we surmise that the jury wil make its deliberations short. We took a trip to Waynesboro last week, and from Milledgeville all the way to Wayrtesboro we saw indica tions of resumed interest in farming. The large level fields in Washington, Jefferson and Burke counties were all prepared for planting, and we met hundreds of wagons loaded with guano, which was all evidence that the farm ers are going to renew their interest in raising cotton Should the seasons this year be as favorable as last year and the farmers raise as good a crop of cotton as was raised last year we believe that the prosperous conditions that prevailed prior to the boll weevil conditions will be as good in the future as they were at that time. Now is the time to decide what you are going to raise, and while you may raise a good crop of cotton don’t forget that it is necessary to also raise some foodstuffs. Here's a Puzzle What Am, And if Yvu Can't “Do" It Try it on the “Prof." Atlanta, Ga., March 10.—Puzzlers: Here’s one —When you have time to quit looking for a three-letter word beginning with G and ending with W that means a milk-producing animal, you might turn your attention to a puzzle that is somewhat different from the cross-word—if you are of mathematical turn. Some years ago “How Old is Ann?” became a favorite among the brain teasers. Now the railroads have produced a teaser that ought to prove popular. It follows: Under certain atmospheric condit ions sound travels at the rate of 1,000 feet a second. Therefore, if a locomotive whistles when 5,000 feet away from you it will take five sec onds for the sound of the whistle to reach you. If this locomotive is coming towards you at the rate of 5,000 feet a minute, and it begins to blow its whistle when it is 5,000 feet away from you, and stops blowing when it reaches you, although the actual whistling ahs lasted a period of 60 seconds, you will hear only 55 seconds of whistle! Problem: What has happened to the other five seconds of whistle ? If the locomotive is traveling away i from you and begins to whistle when it leaves you, you will hear 65 sec onds of whistle. The problem in this case is: If the locomotive whistles for 60 seconds, but you hear 65 seconds of whistle, where do the other five seconds of whistle come from? A cynic is a traveler who lies about Russia and waits for the lies to come true.— Okmulgee Daily De mocrat. In last analysis President Cool idge’s theory is that nations will al ways find something to fight for as long as they have anything to fight with.—Anaconda Standard. Atlanta.—Attorneys Beeland and i Foy representing Willie Jones and Gervis Bloodworth, young Taylor men under sentence to be hanged in i Taylor county, am’ whose execution has twice been stopped, are in Atlan ta to argue to the state Supreme Court i their extraordinary motion for a nc .v trial. Solicitor Flournoy is here THE WILKINSON COUNTY NEWS, Irwinton, Ga„ March 21, 1925 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GRAND JURY. THE NEW COURT HOUSE. INTEREST IN FARMING RESUMED. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Spears, of Jeff ersonville, were in town Sunday. Mrs. Pennington and son, Clarence, of Macon, were in Irwinton Sunday. A Viriginia editor, says an ex change, threatened to publish the name of a certain young man who was seen hugging and kissing a girl in the park unless he paid up his subscription to the paper in a week. Fifty-nine young men called and paid a year in advance. Lots of men get into jail by mistake but it’s generally their own mistake. —Birmingham Press. Plan Another World Survey. Business men from 29 countries are to meet in Brussels next June to plan for a world survey of economic problems and conditions. The meeting is that of the International Chamber of Commerce, the organization whose prelimnary report in Rome in 1923 paved the way tor the Dawes repara tions in subsequent years are the re form of the calendar, stabilizing of exchange, unfair competition and sta tistical uniformity among nations. “How did such an intelligent com munity as this come to elect a man like the Hon. John R. Boomwaller to the legislature?” “We had the choice of two evils— to elect Boomyaller or nobody,” re plied old Riley Rezzidew of Petunia. “Ai d so we did both.’’ is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Dengue, Headaches, Constipation, Biliousness. It is the most speedy remedy weknow J. N. Kalish Frank H. Ju^soi “Opjjcal Specialists” MACON, GA. Thanks for This Tip. fififi LET US EXAMINE YOUR EIES. < Professional Cards F. S. English Fire and Life Insurance Insure Your Property with me. Gordon, Ga. Jas. A. Moore Funeral Director and Scientific Embalmer. 121 W. Hancock Street Milledgeville, Ga. Jno. T. Stokes Great American Hartford, Prudential FIRE INSURANCE Gordon, Ga. Evans & Brookins Physicians—Surgeons Masonic Building Gordon, Ga. Dr. Geo. W. DuPree Physician and Surgeon Lee Building. Gordon, Ga. Eli B. Hubbard Atoorney at Law Practice in all Stat 2 Courts. Office upstairs in Butler Building IRWINTON, GA. Dr. E. D. Gleason 464 Plum Street Licensed Veterinary Surgeon. Treats all Sick and Crippeld Domestic Ani mals. Diseases of Dogs a Specialty Macon, Georgia A. K. Smith Atoorney at Law Office in Court House Jeffersonville, Ga. DR. J. B. HELTON Dentist Office at Residence Gordon — — — Georgia Winfred A. Ryle Attorney at Law 513-14 Bibb Building MACON, GEORGIA. DOBBIN AND CAR TIE DR. J. H. DUGGAN Physician and Surgeon. Dr. Parker’s old Office. IRWINTON, GA. Dr. A. Durward Ware Physician and Surgeon. Office in Drug Store. Toomsboro, Ga. Dr. J. T. Mills Physician and Surgeon Office Upstairs Post Office Btfilding Toomsboro, Ga. Athens. —The special budget com mittee, appointed by Governor Walk er to make a survey of the needs of t^e educational institutions in Geor gia, held its first session Tuesday at the state university. The committee met only for a short time, adjourning to visit the chairman, C. Murphey Candler, of Decatur, who is ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Goodham. Alkali Proof Metals Tried. The increasing number cf automo biles in the desert countries where alkali water is hard on the'radiators has resulted in serious attempts to line the radiators with a metal imper vious to alkali. The latest process is 1 known as sherrardizing, and it is six _ J times as cheap as nickel plating.': After the rediator inside parts are electrically heated to a high, degree, tin dust is throwt on them so as to fornr^ an*aUoy with the^teel. I^an Gordon Church and Lodge Directory GORDON oAPTIST CHURCH D. T. Cox, Pastor. Sunday Service: 10 A. M. 10:00 A. M. Sunday School. Every Sunday morning. 11:00 A. M. Preaching Services. Every Sunday. 7:00 PM: B. Y. P. U. Every Sunday 8:00 P. M. Preaching Service. Ev ery Sunday. Monday, 4:00 P. M. Ladies’ Missi onary Society. Wednesday, 8:00 P. M. Mid-week Prayer Meeting. Friday, 7:00 P. M. Friday night Bible Class, Taught by the Pastor. Everybody welcome. METHODIST CHURCH. Methodist Minister: W. J. Simmons Sunday Services: 10:00 A. M. Jno. T. Stokes, Superintendent Sunday School, Every Sunday. 11.00 A. M. Preaching by the Pas tor, Second and Fourth Sundays. f-45. .Epworth League. Every Sun day night. 7:30 P. M. Preaching by the Pastor Every Sunday. Monday 3:30 P M. Woman’s! Miss ionary' Society. Mrs. T. A. Gibbs, President. Thursday, 7:30 P. M. Prayer Meet ing. Every week. GORDON LODGE, NO. 240 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS Meets every First and Third Wed nesday nights, at Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren invited. R. H. Camp, Worshipful Master. GORDON CHAPTER N. 155 O. E S. Meets every First and Third Tues day nights in Masonic Hall. All visiting members invited to attend. Mrs. E. P. Anderson, Worthy Ma- Macon.—Mrs. Osgood P. Willing ham, Sr., 62, one of the best-known women of Macon, died at a hospital Tuesday of pneumonia. “Lord Leaves Florida,’’ says a headline. Florida was lucky he didn’t make up his mind to take it away with him.— Canton Daily News. • Example of current tolerance: “I don’t agree with him. Where’s a brick ? ” —Nashville Tennesseaan. Tifton.—William H. Taylor, young white man, and Howard Mayo, alias Robert Williams, and Charlie Jackson negroes, 'are being held in the Tift county jail on warrants charging highway robbery and assault with in tent to murder, following an attack late Saturday night on P. J. Fowler, a negro taxi driver of Tifton. Fowler was not eriously hurt. Macon.—The Central of Georgia railway and the Retail Merchants’ as sociation will have floats in the Peach Blossom festival parade Thursday and Friday. The Central of Georgia railway will operate a special train each day of the festival, leaving here at 10 o’clock, eastern time and arriving at Fort Valley at 9:50 o’clock, central time. This is in addition to a large number of trains operated by the Central over that division. The Dixie Coaches will also run busses every two hours between Fort Valley and Macon. It is estimated that 20,000 Macon people will attend the festival. BALDWIN FURNITURE CO. Milledgeville, ga. We extend to the people of our adjoining county of Wil kinson a Hearty Welcome to visit our Store. We feel that you are our close Neighbors and Friends, and yant you to make our Store Head-quarters when here for: Furniture Stoves Bags Rugs, Art Squares Ranges Bags Linoleum Refrigerators Phonographs Complete House Furnishings. We operate a complete Furniture Store in a Small City and can Save You Money. BALDWIN FURNITURE CO. The Modern Home Outfitters. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. CITATION. GEORGIA —Wilkinson county. To Whom it May Concern: Whereas E. JI. Miller, administrat or of Ann Brookins, represents to the court in his petition", ‘duly filed and entered on record that he has fully administered Ann Brookins’ estate. This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors to show cause, if any they can, why said administrator should not be discharged from his administration, and receive letters of Dissmission on the First Monday in April, 1925. J. E. BUTLER, Ordinary, Wilkinson County, Georgia. CITATION. t GEORGIA —Wilkinson County. To Whom It May Concern: The' appraisers appointed to set apart a years support for the widow of J. B. Yarbrough, late of said coun ty, deceased, notice is hereby given that said appraisers have filed their ,return, and if no objections are filed thereto said twelve months support will be granted at the Ordinary’s court on the first Monday in April, 1925. This 2nd day of March, 1925. J. E. BUTLER, Ordinary. Wilkinson County, Ga. GEORGlA—Wilkinson County. To Whom It May Concern: Mrs. Sallie M. Wood having made application 'in due form to be ap pointed permanent administratix up on the estate of R. L. Wood, deceas ed, notice is hereby given that said application will be heard at the reg ular term of said court of Ordinary for said county, to be held on the first Monday in April, 1925. Witness my hand and seal, this the 2nd day of February, 1925. J. E. BUTLER, Ordinary^ Wilkinson County, Ga. CITATION. GEORGlA—Wilkinson County. To Whom It May Concern: J. M. Hall, a resident of this state, having in due form applied to the undersigned for guardianship of the property of Rosa Mae Smith, minor child of Hardy Smith, late of said .county, deceased ,notice is hereby ,given that said application will be heard at the next court of Ordinary for said county, on the first Monday in April, 1925. . Witness my hand and official sig nature, this the 2nd day of March, 1925 J. E. BUTLER, Ordinary. Wilkinson County. Ra. Notice of Application for Pardon. GEORGlA—Wilkig^pn county: Notice is hereby given that an ap plication for pardon will be presented to the Prison Commission of Georgia on the first Moriday in April, 1925, Said application will'be for the par don of Lee Davis, convicted in Wilkin son superior court. This the 3rd day of March, 1925. • LEE DAVIS. By his attorney at law, ELI B. HUBBARD.
