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About Wilkinson County news. (Irwinton, Ga.) 1922-2008 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1925)
VOLUME IV. LETTER FROM AN OLD SOLDIER To My Dear Comrade: I was a member of old Co., (I) 27th- Ga., Regt. When I enroled in the army in Irwinton Wilkinson County Georgia, the first week in April |862, I was 15 years and 9 months old. I went through the strugle to the close of the war. Was wounded three times. I go to the Reunions *and look for some of the old Regament, but find none, and it makes me feel so sad. If there is any yet living, I want to meet them in Birmingham next May. For our Rank is growing thiner boys, Our steps are growing slow: Opr eyes are getteig dimmer, Our heads are bending low. Our forms are bent, but people are ever proud to see, The boys who fought with Jack son, with Johnston and with Lee. We are not so lithe and limber, As we were in Sixty-one; Our eyes are not so sparkling, For we see our sitting sun. But then our spirits in us, is as it ever wants to be; • The boys who bought with Jackson. With Beauregard and Lee. Our days being hundreds, and we’l soon depart to rest; Beneath the Sod of Ditie, the lane we have the best. But grand will be our memory, til time shall cease to be; The boys who bought with Jackson Hood Gardon and With Lee. We were never much in number, But I know we did our part, And won the whole world’s honor, And our Native Country’s heart.' And when this life is over, and w< , from toil are free, | We’ll fight fight no more wit Jackson Johnston and with Lee. Messrs I. B. Stinson, E. O. Smith M. T. Nichols, J. W. Brooks and Dr R. E. Evans were in Irwinton Tues day for the meeting of the Board o County Commissioners. Messrs S. C. Jones, Sr., and S. C Jones, Jr., of Jeffersonville wer visitors to Gordon Monday afternoor LITTLE MOTHERS’ LEAGUES; GIRLS SHUULB JOIN The State Board of Health has been very much interested in the organiza tion of Little Mothers’ Leagues, be lleving that this is a good work, and worthy of everyone’s hearty support The Parent-Teacher Associations and the Home Demonstration Agents of the Agriculture College have been of great assistance in this work. Many classes have already been held in va rious parts of the State, and we sin cerely hope that our county will see to it that our school girls are given this very beneficial instruction. The lessons are prepared and fur nished by the State Board of Health. The classes are instructed by the teacher in the school, and when the lessons have been finished and the class, If of sufficient size, the State furnishes a nurse to examine the chil dren and to give demonstrations in how to dress the baby, how to give it a bath, how to prepare its food, the signs of illness, etc. To succeessful children she gives a beautiful printed certificate under the signature of Dr. Abercrombie, Commissioner of Health, countersigned by the nurse, also a "Little Mothers’ League” pin having the great Seal of Georgia in its cen ter, a very serviceable and artistic piece of jewelry. The information given is very prac tical. and will be serviceable through out the child's life. There is nothing in the lessons to which anyone can object, but all praise has been given them. The State Board of Health will be glad to send the lessons to any school that is interested and will take up with them the necessary details of the completion of the course. Another matter along this line in which the State Board of Health is interested is the instruction of moth ers about their babies: they call them "Mothers’ Classes.” The Parent-Teach er Associations, Women’s Clubs or th mothers themselves can organize these. Any one interested should write to Division of Maternity and Infancy, State Board of Health, 131 Capitol Square, Atlanta, Ga. Blindness in babies is preventable in a large measure. The thing to do L to put drops into the eyes at birth. One person in six suffers a spell of sickness during each year. The Wilkinson County News EETING OF THE GORDON WOMEN’S CLUB The Gordon Woman’s Club was en tertained at its regular meeting, Thursday by Mrs. Nelle Newman Downs, in the parlors of the Gordon Hotel, which were attracively decor ated in autumn leaves and flowers. The business part of the meeting was of more than average interest. Plans for a Community Christmas .ree and the singing of the Christmas carols, was the chief subject of dis .’ussion. Four new members were welcomed into the club. The social hour was happy with ;ood fellowship. Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Reeves gave ■everal attractive musical numbers. Mrs. Newman in a most charming manner read a beautiful and appro iriate poem. Miss Rebecca Nichols, captivated ’er audience with two numbers in oe dancing and by special reqquest rave a third. At' the close of the program de ightful refreshments -were served by he hostess. The next meeting of the club will be with Mrs. T. B. Dennard, Thurs 'ay, December 17, at 3:30 P. M. All Ingredients for mak';ng your Christmas Fruit cake at Smith Mer ’antile Comoany. Godron, Ga„ Phone •0.2N0. 20. CITATION GEORGlA—Wilkinson County: To all whom it may concern: Mrs. R. L. Brooks havihg in proper form applied to me for Permanent letters of Administra 'jon on the estate of R. L. Brooks, ate of said County, this is to cite ill and singular the creditors and le of kin of R, L. Brooks to be 1 appear at mv office mithin , time allowed by law, and j ow cause, if any they can, why i jrmanent administration shauld a.t be granted to Mrs. R. L. Brooks on R. L. Brooks estate. Witness my hand and official signature, this Ist, day of Dec., i.;25. J. E. Butler, Ordinary. CITATION EORGlA—Wilkinson Count": The return of the appraisers setting apart twelve months’ sup port t the family of Fred Galli more deceased, having been filed in my office, all persons concern ed are cited to show cous y the Ist, Monday of January 1926, why said application for twelve months, support should not be granted. This Dec., sth, 1925. J. E. Butler, Ordinary. TO THF PUBLIC I wish to announce that I have been appointed Representative in this county for Coggins Marble Company, Canton,Ga. They man ufacture high grade Monuments, both Marble and Granite. Also Regal Blue special. In many beau tiful and appropriate designs Prices ranking from $15.00 to $1500.00. If you should get ready to buy before I see you, just drop a card to address below, and I shall te make a special and show you what we have to offer. W. E. BATCHELOR Mclntyre, Ga. IRWINTON HOTEL Ii winton, Georgia. If you want the best of service and good meals, eat at this hotel. Rates Reasonable' Miss Ida Hughes Proprietess. IRWINTON, GA., THURSDAY Dec. 3, 1’25 DIVORCE IS GRANTED EVERY FIVE MINUTES ATLANTA. Dec., 1. (AP)—After granting 48 divorces in one day, Judge George L. Be ,llin superior court here, declared the chief causes for estrangement and separation of couples are habitual drunkenness of the men and nagging by the women. The judge granted one divorce every five minutes for four hours. Mr. I. B. Stinson spent Wednesday in Atlanta on business. Pearls are formed bow foreign sub stances in the oyster which covers them with a layer of nacre. Gen. Zachary Taylor served as Pres ident less’ than six years, dying of eating chirries and drinking milk.} Pon distillation, petroleum gives off gasoline, kerosene and lubricating oils in the order named. Pennsylvania produces 85 per cent of the mushrooms grown in the United States. California has 6,000,000 acres of irrigated land, producing annual crops worth $300,000,000. • - - Italian automobile manufactures have adopted the installment pay ment plan in selling cars. Caliapin, the great Russian sing er, has bought a large residence with considerable forest land near Prague. CITATION GEORGlA—Wilkinson Coun.y: Whereas, F. B. Chambers, Ex ecutor of the last will of Jack Garrett, represents to the Cocrt, in his petition, duly filed and en tered on record, that he has fully asministratee Jack Garrett’s es tate: This is therefore to cite ail persons cancemed, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said Executor should not be discharged fron his administration, and receive Let ters of Dismission, on the first Monday in January, 1926. J. E. Butler, Ordinary. CITATION GEORGlA—Wilkinson County: The return of the appraisers settting apart twelve months’ support to Mrs. W. H. Parker deceased, having been filed in my office, all persons concerned are cited to show cause by the Ist, Monday of January, 1926, why said application for twelve months’ support should not be granted. This Dec., Ist, 1925. J. E. BUTLER, Ordinary. GEORGIA, Wilkinson County. Notice is hereby given that the Bulletin, a newspaper published at Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia, is hereby declared and made the official gazette of Wil kinson County. Georgia, for the publication of all official adver tising on and after January firs*, 1926. This declaration and no tice is made in accordance with the Acts of the General Assem bly, approved August 15, 1910 This December 1, 1925 J. E BUTLER, Ordinary Wilkinson County, Ga. L. P. PLAYER, Sheriff Wilkinson County. Ga. Alex. S. BOONE, C. S. C Wilkinson County, Ga. GEORGIA: Wilkinson County. To the Wilkinson County News: Notice is hereby given that on and after the first day of Janu ary, 1926, the legal advertising for Wilkinson County, Georgia, will be changed from the Wil kinson County News io The Bul letin. This Dec. 1,1925. J. E. BUTLER, Ordinary L. P. PLAYER, Sheriff A. S. BOONE, C.S. C. PENSION LIST IS COMPLETED MACON, Dec, I.—Pension com missioner John W. Clarke will, to morrow, hand to Governor Walker, a completed list of the back pensions due to all veterans and widows in 140 of the 162 counties of the State, the list being as verified back check of every pensioner on those rolls. In the process of the verification, Commissioner Clarke has cleared up and corrected a large number of er rors on the rolls, he says, and in some instances has discovered erroneous payment of pensions, and in a few cases pensions paid after death of the pensioner. Mr. Clarke says instead of running around $5,000,000 which was the orig inal estimate of the amount involved in payment to date of the “back pen sions,” the total will run somewhat less than $3,000,000,000, and ti is his understanding that the scrip will be drawn in the name of each of the pensioners just as soon as the list is delivered to the Governor and gone over by him. An interesting part of the pension commissioner’s conversation is that he hA the direct understanding that a very prominent financier in Sa vannah, has indicated his willingness to look seriously into the matter of handling the entire issue through his bank, that if certain State officials and prominent men in the State who are in touch with the management of Legislature, within the time it was intended the scrip to be taken up, such provision would actually be made, the scrip can be handled. QUICK SALE AT A BARGAIN One pair good mules for sale; also One Trip Cart and hrrness. All cheap for cash. Apply to; S. B. WYNN, Toomsboro, Ga. The iron houses under construc tion in England consist of plates bolted to waterproof joints the inter nal walls being’ of asbestos sheeting. If you once eat our home-made Pork Sausage, you will always eat it. Made fresh daily. Phone us for an or der. Smith Mercantile Company. Less than fifty years ago a woman was outlawed in Norway because she spoke in public. - Get your Fruit Cake ingredients at Smith Mercantile Co., Gordon Ga., Telephone No., 20, for Delivery Scr vice. Measurement of the force ex erted by waves upon the sea shore show that during a gaie the waves sometimes strike a blow of 6,000 pounds to the square foot. This makes it easy to see why the sea is continuously encroaching up on the land and why each year the waves eat the way a little further into the shore line. Increasing French competition re sulting from the decline of the French franc, has depressed Bel gium’s metallurgical and textile mar kets. Full line Fresh meats, Pork Sau sage, Brookfield Eggs and Butter, Cured ham. Boiled Ham, Vegetables and Fruits. Our Prices are right and satisfaction is guaranteed. Smith Mercantile Co. Gordon, GGa. Try a pound of our Home-made Pork Sausage and become one of our regular customers. Smith Mercantile Co., Gordon. Ga., Phone, 20. Peaches are pitted by a patented machine seven times faster than by old methods. Brooklyn. N. Y—Officer Smith writes Some years ago I suffered from severe nervousness, brought on by acidity of the stom ache I could digest but very little food.— 1 was rapidly losing weight and feeling miserably. I tried Tutt's Pills and the first dose gave me great relief. I con tinue to take them as directed and am glsd to recommend them to al! my friends who ' have usk. them with meat gratify tag runite.*' At all druggists. SLATE MAEKS YEAR’S SURVEY ATLANTA, GA., Dec. I.—State Auditor Sam J. Slate is engaged in sasting up the linancial status of the State government will be in entering upon business beginning January 1. next, and to determine whether or not the income and appropriations are going to meet, or how much they will lack for 1926. This, statement, it is understood will be compared nia week or 10 days. It apears from unofficial figures, the deficit for 1926 will not be so great, but indications at this time are that the 1927 deficite will run con siderably over a million dollars. JOHN W. HAMMOND The many friends of Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Simmons are delighted to know that they have been returned to Gor don for another year by the South Georgia Methodist Conference which met in Macon the past week. This is Rev. Simmons’ third term as pastor of the Methodist church at this place Mr. and Mrs. Hal Irby were visitors to Macon Tuesday afternoon. Mesdames J. W. Hooks, M. T Nichols, Joe Caldwell and A. K. Smith attended a meeting of the Wilkinson County Chapter D. A. R. in Irwinton Tuesday afternoon. MILLION PECAN TREE S GROWING LEADING VARIETIES FINEST QUALITY Low Prices. Free Booklet, “Pecan Trees and their Cul ture.” Read before buying. AMONG OLDEST AND LA RGEST GROWERS MILLEDGEVILL NURSERY CO. Box 2203 Milledgeille, Ga. FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK For the many patrons that we have we are operating this bank to give them something more than a salt place in which to deposit .funds. We have combined safety with courtsey and survice. SAFETY—COURTSEY—SERVICE. DEPOSITS INSURED. I. B. STINSON PRES. F. S ENGLISH CASHIER FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!! Are you protected if your home should be destroy ed by fire tonight? If not you are making a great mistake by not having it insured in some good re naoie company. I represent some of the VIUVOV and safest in the United States and will be glad to talk it over with you at any time. Let me write a Policy on yo”r home. Others consider it better to pay alittle fc Insurance than to lose a lot by Fire. F.S. ENGLISH, Gordon, Ga. Jarrett Paint & Glass Co. Patton's Sun-Proof Paints Glass* and Painters Supplies, and other Pittsburgh Proof Products Phone 2606 312 Third St. Macon, Ga. We Know We Know Paints DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION ORGANIZED IN WILKINSON COUNTY Twenty four ladies from Gordon, Danville, Toomsboro and Irwinton, met in the Auditorium of the Irwin ton, court house, Tuesday afternoon, to make preliminary arrangements to ward the organization of a D. A. R., chapter, in Wilkinson County. Col. Victor Dovidson, county histor ian made a splendid talk, bringing out many historical facts, connecting Wil kinson County with the Revolutionary war. Mrs. J. W. Hooks, apporinted by Mrs. Julius Talmadge, state regent, was the organizing regent, and Mrs. A. K. Smith, was chosen temporary secretary. Mrs. Julia Porter Kitchens, county Demonstration agent, served a delici ous salad refection with hot coffee and whipped cream, and presented each one present with a small Un ited States flag. The pledge of allegi ance to the Flag of the United States, was made in closing. We sell the best and tenderest steak in town. Try anorder and become one of our regular customers. Smith Mer- cantile Company, Gordon, Ga., Tele phone No. 20. Quick Delivery. Nc. 31
