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VOLUMN NO. 4. INSIDE YE NEWE COURT HOUSE (By Alex S. Boone) Go to Flurridy! Go to Florida! We shan’t. For we had rather be a scratched up lamp post in Irwinton, rather be that, than to be the undis puted Lord of Miami’s populous strand. And we had rather be an Artesian Well in Toomsboro, rather be that, than to be the whole blessed Gulf of Mexico, that majestic fountain of Al mighty God from which issues that stupendous flood, the Gulf Stream, whose genial currents yet doth warm the British Isle. ••v And we had rather be a faded, sodty sign-board, in the City of Gor dqn, rather be that, than to shine in the million dollar publicity of Coral Gables Town. And we had rather be the half-way post between Danville and Allen town, rather be that, than to be the owner of the twin cities of St. Paul feid Duluth, or to be the Big Mogul ^the Flagler East Coast and the Florida Keys. And Ivey, that sweetest name that ever came from Ancient Wales, much rather had we be, the mail toter at Verner Jackson’s Post-office, rather be just that, than to be any or all of the puffed up plutocrats, splurging on their war money, their blood money, on the golden sands of Palm Beach. And we had rather be the mail crane at Lewiston, rather be that, than to be the State Capitol in the salamander town of Tallahassee. • And more, we had rather be the dee-pot helper in Mclntyre, rather be that, and have a vine-clad cottage, filled with books, on the near hill, side, it all our own, rather be that, and have that, than to be cursed by having to “keep cool with Coolidge”, in anybody's Old White House. Beloved! Our knee-caps maybe showing through our pants legs, said knees being out from constant hum ble prayer. And the seat of said pants maybe frayed and patched and worn from constant back-sliding. But beloved what of it? Did we not have the blessed privi lege of being born in this part of the Original Garden? Have we not al- ways been conscious of the presence of Him that ever liveth, and Him - whom who yet loveth to wander, in the cool of the evening, in this place first prepared for man and for woe - man? Have we not for all our life had our brow kissed by the gentlest zeph yrs of God. The very Air of Heaven, reserved, exclusively, by the Maker of all Things, to skip with deftest touch over the hills and hollows of Here? And Air reserved from Heaven to play in gentlest frolic with the tem ple curls and bobbed tresses of our multitude of most beautiful Eves. Really, folks! You remember that Pat said that if hed had not been . born in Ireland that he would be ashamed of himself, “By Jaysus”. And we have some sort of that feel ing for Wilkinson County, and feel further that the only possible excuse for any one leaving, is for the pur pose of getting something to bring back. And here, folks! Here is the spot of'spots,The very site of Old Eden, ' - and a New Eden, and a New Eden whose splendid gates are not guard ed by any Cherubim and Seraphim with flaming sword, forbidding none, but inviting all to enter herein, thus act our guarding fairies. This above constituting our Articles of Faith and besides which the Augs burg Confession, the Thirty-Nine Ar ticles, and the Nicene Creed hath no dignity whatsoever. Be it ever so humble, etc., etc. And all that don’t believe all of the above can please to stand on your shins. And there is no Florida for us. One reason might be, because we lack the fare to Mclntyre and fur- The Wilkinson County News BLOODWORTH DISTRICT NEWS Mrs. J. M. Pennington is very sick. We are very sorfy, but we hope, she will soon be better. Mrs. J. S. Parker has been very sick but am glad to say is improving. Miss Mertil Jones is in our vicin ity now. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kingry of Mc- Intyre spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Carr. Mr. J. E. Smith is at home to see his sick grandmother, Mrs. Jim Pen nington. Mrs. Bill Johnson was to see home folks last week end. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hardie and family of Ft. Valley spent last Sun day with Mrs. J. T. Carr. Little Miss Mary Penington is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mrs. Wall, in Milledgeville this week. Mrs. and Mrs. D. C. Kingry was to see Mrs. J. R. Hudson Sunday P. M. Mrs. I. C. Carr and children was to see their parents, Mrs. W. R. Har «iie Sunday. Miss Ruby Hardie gave a singing Sunday P. M. A large crowd at tended. The Annua! Reunion wit’ be at Mt. Carmel July 28th at Sccw July 29th. Everybody come and be together that day to show respect to our loved ones. Bring your dinner and spend the day and all the flowers you can to scat ter around the graves. Mrs. Charlie Fountain is staying with her sister Mrs. Pennington dur ing her illness. Miss Maggie Lou Langford is at tending the summer school at the G. S. C. W. Miss Idell McCook is visiting rela tives in Ft. Valley this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Carr entertained with a lovely family dinner Sunday, June 11, in honor of Mrs. Carr’s sis ter, Mrs. W. F. Hardie of Ft. Valley. Such a delightful dinner of old time barbecue, Brunswick stew, light bread pickle, cake, ice tea and other good eats was served. All report a glor ious day was spent and was enjoyed by all that was present. FOR SALE—One jersey cow for sale —fresh in milk, has young calf; a fine butter cow; disposition of cow just splendid. Price of cow and calf very reasonable. See Mrs. C. H. Ryle for particulars. YOU NEED THAT VACATION. Busy men are apt to put off much needed vacation, but it pays to take time off at least once each year. On these summer days there is nothing so restful and so enjoyable as a trip on cool Lake Erie. Steam ers of the C. & B. Line, the great Ship “SEEANDBEE” and her sister ships, the “City of Buffalo” and “City of Erie”, operating daily between Cleveland and Buffalo, carry thou sands of passengers each year, some on business bent and a vast number seeking and finding pleasure. Travelers may leave Cleveland or Buffalo on C. & B. Line Steamers any evening at 9:00, (Eastern Stan dard Time), enjoy a night of refresh ing sleep on Lake Erie and arrive at desitnation the following morning at 7:00. Automobile tourists, too, will find this a delightful way of relieving the monotony of long overland tours, and each year a great number of motor ists make use of this popular “save a day” car-by-steamer service. MERCER CONFERS DEGREES ON 37 SUMMER STUDENTS Macon, Ga., June 25.—The names of thirty-seven candidates to receive degrees at the end of the 1925 sum mer session of Mercer University are among the 375 which are now listed on the registrar’s book. Among these students there are twelve who will receive the Master of Arts degree; twenty for the Bach elor’s degree in the school of Arts and Sciences; and four in the school of education who will receive the de gree of Bachelor of Science in that subject. A course in the practice and teach ing of penmanship has been added to to the curriculum for the benefit of the attending teachers. The course will be taught by Miss Bertha Meda, director of penmanship in the pub lic schools of Buchanan, W. Va. The enrollment for the summer shows an increase of forty percent, over that of the last year, and the candidate for degrees have increased from twenty to thirty-seven. IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, JUNE 27, 1925 IRWINTON LOCALS. Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Wood were called to Cordele on account of the serious illness of Mr. Lawson Pritch ard Friday evening. Mr. Charlie Hatcher is spending awhile at Attapulgus. Mrs. Robert Maddox and son, Joe, Mr. Roy Cannon, Miss Mary Tign^r, and little Miss Mary Sue Lindsey, visited Macon Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Johnson, Mrs. Bo leen and little son, and Miss Florence Johnson are visiting in Attapulgus, Ga., and places of interest in Florida. Misses Mary Player, Claire and Eileen Carswell, Mrs. Rosa Lindsey, Mrs. Gertrude Carswell and Mr. Thad Player and Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Wood, attended the funeral of Mr. Lawson Pritchard in Tennille Tuesday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Davidson spent Monday in Macon. Mrs. E. C. Momand has returned to her home in Miami, Fla., after a pleasant visit to friends and relatives in Irwinton and Macon. The friends and relatives are griev ed at the loss of Miss Narcisus Mc- Cook, who died at her home in Blood worth District last Friday evening about eight o’clock. Surviving her are two brothers, Mr. F. M. and G. W. McCook, two sister, Mrs. Lutha Smith and Mrs. Tom Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Davis have returned home after a pleasant visit to relatives and friends. Miss Floy Lee and Malcolm Ever ett visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Everett Saturday and Sunday. Miss Lola Hatfield was a week end visitor to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hatfield. NEW STORE IN IRWINTON. Joe Wilson Boone ,the youngest son of Clerk of the Superior Court, has opened up a new grocery store in Irwinton, and is now prepared to fur nish his friends with fresh and fancy groceries. Joe is quite young to engage in the mercantile business, but he is on the job early and late, and his cus tomers will always find him to be at his place of business and are assured of curteous trehmtrietand full Weight" and measures. CLEAR CREEK ITEMS The members of Clear Creek Sun day School were very sorry indeed to hear of their president, Miss Ruby Brooks, being sick. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brooks are parents of a fine baby boy. Miss Edna, Vyrdilee and Emma Dell Brooks and Messrs. Burden and Handsley Brooks and Mr. William McNeel visited relatives in Twiggs County Sunday. Miss Blanche Brooks, Mr. Arthur Williams, Miss Mildred Brooks, Mr. Merth Casey, Miss Virgue Stuckey, and Mr. Taylor Jones went to Byron Sunday and had a very fine time. Miss Lucy Sanders has returned to her home in Columbus after staying several days with her aunt, Mrs. J. D. Brooks. Miss Mildred Brooks spent the week-end with her sister of Twiggs County, Mrs. O. L. Barrentine, and had a fine time. TOOMSBORO LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Gleen Hemminger and Mrs. T. F. Hemminger, of At lanta, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Cason last week. Mrs. W. H. Freeman and daughter Celia spent last week in Valdosta. Mr. H. B. Jordan spent Sunday in Macon. Miss Helen Chambers, of Atlanta, has returned home after a pleasant stay with Mr. F. B. Chambers. Mr. Herbert Holliman, Mr. Weldon Phillips motored to Rebecca Sunday. Mr. J. A. Barge, of Macon, was in town last week. Miss Snow, of Mclntyre, was the guest of Mrs. P. Z. Lord last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb and Misses Edna and Mary Brown, of Macon, were the guests of Mrs. S. B. Gilbert' last week-end. ,' Mrs. R. O. Bargainer and children have returned from a visit to Bar-, tow, Ga. Miss Willowine Freeman is attend ing summer school at G. S. C. W. Miss Maybelle Bridewell spent last week-end in Macon the guest of Miss Annie May Darby. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Duncan and grandson, of Macon, and Dr. W. P. Duncan, of New York, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Gragg spent the week-end in Eatonton last week. Mrs. E. M. Boone and children are visiting parents at Jackson, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Brewton left Monday for North Carolina, where they will visit relatives. Mrs. L. M. Ware, of Auburn, Ala., is the guest of parents here, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hall. Mr. J. T. Lord, Jr., left Tuesday night for Washington, D. C., Boston, Mass., and New York. Mrs. Levi R. Cason was hostess at the Mission Study class on Tuesday afternoon. After the study a delic ious salad course was served. Miss Louise Brookins spent the week-end in Milledgeville. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carswell and son William, and Mr. Cliff Carswell, of Americus, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Carswell. They motored to Tarversville in the after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Collins have been on the sick list the past week. Mrs. B. F. Birdsing and little son, of 707 Broad street, Macon, spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. C. H. Ryle. Mrs. Belle Floyd, formerly of Dud ley, will make Gordon their future home and are occupying the Collie Nelson home. Miss Ethel Ryle is spending the week-end in Macon, the guest of Mrs. “Bubber” Branan. Mr. W. B. Ryle and Mr. and Mrs. Medlin motored to Macon Tuesday. Mrs. Anna Dempsey and daughter Callie, of Savannah, were the guests of Mrs. R. E. Evans last week. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Isenburg and chil dren motored to Warrenton Sunday. Miss Hannah Isenburg is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Mcßloom, of Augus ta, this week. Miss Lucy Wood, of Atlanta, is spending several days this week with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Stokes. The Bible class of the Methodist church spent last Friday evening very pleasantly at the home of Mrs. C. <C. Johnson. Mrs. W. B. Braman and son Fernie have* returned from a visit to Mrs. Fannie Metts, of Dublin, from Dublin they visited relatives at Scott and on to visit Mr. F. C. Braman of Swains boro. Mrs. W. D. Gibbs has been sick with fever the paW«sew days. * Mrs. R. G. Smith and daughters, Martiel Smith and Mrs. Bill Harrison and children of Milledgeville, spent Sunday with Mr. Joel McArthur. Mrs. R. W. Lee, Mrs. Bowls, Mrs. De Muth, Mrs. Evans and Miss Mary Ryle were a very congenial party that motored over to Milledgeville Tues day afternoon. Mr. Fernie Branan, accompanied by his brother, Alton, has returned to Nashville, Tenn., after spending ten days with homefolks. Mr. I. B. Stinson and Mr. Sol Isen burg have begun work on a brick building between the store now occu pied by Mr. Isenburg and the ice house. Mr. Carlton Ryle and mother, Miss Pauline Ryle, Mr. Goodwin Miller and Mr. John Miller returned Monday from Hot Springs, Ark. They report a most delightful trip. i Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Barwick spent Sunday in Sandersville. Miss Maria Stokes is the guest of her sistar, Mrs. Francis Branan, of Macon, this week. Miss Elizabeth returned Sunday from a very pleasant visit to Mrs. Cliff Smith, of Griswoldville and Wellston. CAMJP WILKINS The following young ladies are at tending Camp Wilkins on the Uni i versity of Georgia campus this week: 1 Misses Hazel Pennington. Ima Smith, ■ Ruth Johns, Sara Lawrence, Ethel I Stuckey, Irma Tidwell and Velma Williams. They were chaperoned by Miss Rosa McGee. These girls will come home filled with a great vision for service and will doubly repay all effort and money spent on the trip. They will truly say “Let’s go! Wil kinson County!” I Prof. Brannan Visits Parents Mr. F. C. Branan of Nashville,, Tenn., who now is a teacher of Nash-: ville Automobile College, was home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. 1 Branan. His many friends were glad; to see him. He and his mother and' Little Annie Bell Branan spent last week with their uncles and autns, some near Dublin, some near Scott and Swainsboro. We feel his mother cherishes a son like Farnie. They re-' ported a wonderful trip. Mr. Alton ' B. Branan went back with his brother Fumie to Nashville, Tenn., to spend his vacation. He also will be with his sister, Miss Alo Mae Branan on his trip. WHAT THE FOREST DOES The more we learn about the for est, the more we appreciate its pres ence and see the good it does us in every day life. We will, therefore, help protect and perpetuate it. The Forest is a Renewable Natural Resource. It uses nature to produce and fur nish a timber crop that we may have lumber and fuel wood to build our houses and warm us in winter. The parts of tree are used in many ways to give us the comforts, necessi ties and luxuries of each citizen’s every day life. The leaves, branches, bark, roots, sap and fruit go to make dyes, paper, fuel, medicine, tannin, chemicals, foods and hundreds of the essentials to mankind. The Forest is a Land Saver. Every acre should be kept produc tive. Trees will grow on land too poor to produce food crops. The for est increases the value of worn out land by producing a crop at very lit tle labor cost. It also increases the value of the land by addition of hu mus, thus making the soil fertile for a future field crop. The Forest Insures a Continued Prosperity. In order to harvest the timber crop,' labor must be employed and paid, thus releasing large sums that benefit the' merchant, local food producer and a general increase in business. There must be machinery, transportation and exchange. One of the most im portant items is that the forest pro vides homes for game and birds which hold hodes of insect pests in check. The Forest is a Water Reservoir. The forest increases the relative humidity of the atmosphere nearby, benefiting agricultural and horticul tural crops and adds to our comforts in like, manner. It reduces evaporation of moisture from field crops on leeward side of the forest. Its cooling effect encour ages rainfall and acts as a regulator in letting the water flow* off the ground, thus lessening the frequency and danger of floods to the lower country. « The Forest Provides Recreation and Health. It furnishes us a place to camp and fish. A pleasant place to refresh our minds and body. It filters and puri fies our water supply, and, as an old German proverb says, “The care of the forest brings all blessings.” Cer tainly for Georgia forest protection, regulation and wise use means pros perity; destruction means economic suicide. From the Agricultural Extension Service of the Georgia State College of Agriculture, J. Phil Campbell, Di rector. United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating. Distributed in furtherance of the Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914. BETTER TRUCK CRCtS The Control of the Mexican Bean Beetle. The Mexican bean beetle has made its appearance in bean fields and gar dens. Why let this pest destroy the bean crop when it can be controlled economically by dusting t, Experi ments have proven conclusively that if the following methods are carried out the small garden patches and larger areas can be saved. 1. When the beetles appear, apply immediately a dust mixture of sodium fluosilicate nine parts, by volume, of hydrated lime, at the rate of 15 to 25 pounds per acre. If sodium fluosili cate can not be obtained, a dust con sisting of one part of calcium arsen ate, one part of fine dusting sulphur and four parts of hydrated lime may be used. The adults frequently feed on the upper side of the leaves and are more easily controlled than the larvae which feed entirely on the under-side of the leaves. 2. The second application should be made a week later. If no rains have occurred and the beetles are not nu merous, the second application may be delayed from a week to ten days or longer. Usually three or four ap plications from a week to ten days aphrt will be necessary. For pole beans and other late varieties, five or six applications may be required. 3. For small patches and the gar den a hand-bellows duster is satis factory. For larger fields, the rotary fan duster gives good results. Ih ap plying the dust mixture the nozzles should be so directed that the mate rial will be applied to the under-side of the leaves. • George H. Firor, Field Agent in Horticulture. WHILE THE WORLD WAGS By B. M. Mcßee. Os course and as was to have been expected, the decision of Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy, sitting at Cheyenne, in favor of the Teapot Dome oil interests, will be appealed, just as the decision of another Fed eral Judge, sitting in Los Angeles— which decision in a similar case while involving the same issues, was almost exactly opposite in point of the con clusion reached—will be appealed. The lawyers will see to that. There are too many “pieces of eight” in sight for the lawyers to drop the litigation, regardless of who wins, so long as they can keep it alive, and this good lawyers can do so long as there is plenty of the stuff that makes the mare go. • • * The two cases will go to the cir cuit court of appeals, where a ma- j jority of the judges will decide them one way or another; then to the Unit ed States supreme court, if there is a constitutional question involved— and there will be. Leave it to the lawyers to see to that. If in a case holding out such “good picking’s” there is no question of constitution-., ality the able an<f patriotic lawvera will manage somehow to put bne in. A lawyer skillful enough could inject* a constitutionality into a case of pig theft, thus to carry it up to the very throne of American jurisprudence's, adequately paid. t »» » • Judges' decisions often are enig matical. Both of the judges in the Teapot Dome needle case are able men; big brains, ponderous intellects, learned in law, capable of rifting facts from frnth. of weighing, ev^ donee, of reasoning to a logical and unassailable conclusion. They starr ed out to roach a decision in these two cases, each with practically an identical array of facts before him. But when the cases reach the su preme court the chances are that there will be a majority and a minor ity opinion handed down. It often happens that a final decision is a four-to-five affair. But that settles the case, regardless of which set of judges is right Judges’ decisions often are ludi crous. In some instances, to the lay .’tizen’s mind, they are actuated by intelligence no more nearly sublime tnan was that back of the actions of the six geese in the nursery rhyme: “Two flew °ast and two flew west and two flew over the cuckoo’s nest.” But the intergrity of our government rests upon the courts and we must not criticise them, even when they hold that a group of corrupt office holders and politicians have a con stitutional right to barter away the public’s oil reserves worth millions of dollars. • • Judge Kennedy held that the “loan” of 525.000 by Sinclair to Secretary Fall in 1923 was a “suspicious,” but legal, “circumstance.” What made him conclude that it was all right and not inimical to the law—to say noth-, ing of the public welfare—was, hg' said, the “ready explanation” given by Sinclair’s attorney to a senate ink, vestigating committee; and the lack* of evidence that any attempt at secrecy was made over the deal, he said, gave it the badge of a “legitimate transaction.” Good news for all who would give or receive bribes. If yotf want to “fix” a public official, or, if you are a public official and want to be “fixed,” don’t be secretive about the deal; pull it off in the open; let the money be delivered in broad day light in a black bag; have a lawyer quick with a “ready explanation.” And then if there is a fuss made about it and the case gets into court the judge will have precedent upon which, if he is a friendly and prac tical judge, to base a convenient de cision that, as there was no apparent attempt at secrecy it must have been a “legitimate transaction.” The judge is not quoted as having mentioned the black bag that figured so conspicuously in the senate inves tigation of the Teapot Dome scan dal; but he did order stricken from the record the evidence introduced re garding Fall’s bank accounts in the 1 government’s attempt to prove con^ spiracy and fraud, holding that it did not link the former secretary of the interior with any “unlawful” dealings with Sinclair. He ordered it stricken from the court records, but it has not been stricken from the public mind and conscience. (Continued on page 2) NUMBER 8
