Irwinton bulletin. (Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga.) 1894-1911, March 08, 1907, Image 7

Irwinton bulletin., March 08, 1907, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextCLOSING • OUT SALE We are offering the people of Wilkinson County the great est bargains of their life. Below we are giving you the prices bf some of our staple articles. - 4 FORMERLY. NOW. MB^ORM^LoaTS. . $3.50 $2.24 STORM COATS . . 1.50 1.19 B BUGGY ROBES. . , 2.00 1.49 ■S LADIES’ JACKETS ..2.25 1.87 ■ LADIES’ JACKETS. . 2.00 1.39 V LADIES’ CLOAKS . . 6.00 4.19 ■W LADIES’ CLOAKS . 5.00 3.89 HAIN COATS. . . . 3.00 2.19 LADIES’ SHIRTS . . 1.50 1.09 ALL WINTER DRESS GOODS 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT. Men's Clothing FORMERLY. NOW. SUITS $15.00 $3.99 SUITS 12.50 8.79 SUITS 10.00 7.79 SUITS 8.00 6.59 SUITS 5.00 3.89 I We have a full line of Men’s and> Boys’ Hats to go at 25 per cent. Discount. We have a line of goods not men tioned in this list to go at a b’g dis count. ’ H. A. HALL 4 SON, * ' Toomsboro, Ga. BOYS’ SUITS, ALL SIZES, AT 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT. ALL ODD PANTS TO BE SOLD AT 10 PER CENT ABOVE FACTORY COST. Shoes BROGAN FULL STOCK SHOES; OTHERS SELL FOR $2.00 — $1.65. OIL GRAIN ELASTIC SHOES, $1.50. SHOE BOOT THAT RETAILED AT $5.00, NOW $3.49; ALL BUTTON SHOES TO GO AT ACTUAL COST. Ladies’ Shoes. FORMERLY. NOW. UNLINED COURSE SHOE .$1.50 $1.29 LADIES' LINED SHOES 1.25 1.09 LADIES’ SHOES. .. 3.00 2.49 Georgia Cullings Curtailed Items of Interest Gathered at Random. Carworkers Again on Strike. All the car workers on the Georgia railroad. who recently returned to work >t Augusta, after being on strike three weeks for an Increase of wages, have quit work again, al leging that the company has violated the articles of agreement. * * * Njoney for Georgia Troops. The treasury department at Wash ington has notified Senator Clay that the claims of the Georgia Spanish- American war soldiers, which have been pending before the department for several years, have been settled, the aggregate of the awards is $29,- 383 and warrant for this amount will be promptly sent to Governor Ter rell, who will distribute the fund. « * * Georgia Building at Jamestown. The contract for the erection of the Georgia building at Jamestown, which will be a reproduction of Bulloch Hall, at Roswell, the girlhood home of president Roosevelt’s mother, has been let by the Georgia Jamestown commission to a Norfolk firm of con tractors on a bid of $12,000. It is hoped, however, to scale that price considerably on account of a large amount of material, both lumber- and brick, which the commission has had donated to it to go into tlie building. * * * Taylor County First to Act. The first county immigration asso ciation to be organized in Georgia was forfeited at Butler, in Taylor county, the' past week. The organization meeting was well attended by rep resentaiive citizens, and great enthu siasm prevailed. president John A. Betjman, of the Georgia Immigration Association, was present, and made au address. The cotmty association will co-operate with the state immigration assoc ia ti<m. Prominent citizens of Taylor county were elected officers of the association. * * * Bacon's Credentials Presented. A Washington dispatch says; The credentials of Senator O. A. Bacon, Mi-appointed by the governor of the si.ate, for the interim between March 4. when the senator’s present term expires, and the election of his suc cessor by the legislature, which meets in June, next, were presented to the jeaate Saturday. The appointment | Fill muke Senator Bacon’s term con tinuous, whereas if the governor had waited tor the legislature to elect there would have been a hiatus of ^bout four months. *. » «■ I Monument Commission to Meet. Members of the Gordon monument commission will meet on March 11th at the slate capital for tlie purpose of Lopeaing bids to erect the pedestal and laiso to decide upon the date for un -1 veiling the statue snd arrange the program for the occasion. I Hopes have been expressed that it I might be possible to have the un- I veiling ceremonie? on the 12th day of May. It is stated, however, that the exercises will more likely pe held some time during the month of June, probably on the second day after the general assembly is convened. The equestrian statue is now being cast under the direction of Solon Borglum, the sculptor. * * * “Unwritten Law” Saved Gilpin. The jury at Lyons in the case of William T. Gilpin, charged with the murder of W. W. McDonald a promi nent attorney of Douglas, brought in a verdict of not guilty, after having been out several hours. Gilpin shot McDonald in his wife's i oom at the Rimes House in Vidalia, one night last October. He had con cealed himself in the closet, of the room. After McDonald had entered, Gilpin sprang from his place of con finement and emptied two revolvers at McDonald. Gilpin pleaded the "un written law” as his defense. the state alleged that Gilpin had console ed to take the life of McDonald. Mrs. Gilpin was also under indictment, but the case against her was no! prossed. * * * Quick Action Imperative. According to Commissioner oi Agri culture T. G. Hudson, it is up to the Georgia Immigration Association to get busy Quick in the matter ot getting immigrants to the south. The longer the dciay, the more severe the restrictions likely to be put upon im mh.ration agents by the foreign coun tries from which we are seeking to secure desirable citizens for the state and section. “i am reKably informed.'’ said Mr. Hudson, "that the foreign countries from which we propose to draw im migrants, are constantly putting new restrictions upon those representa tives who go there for the purpose ot inducing it. From the intorma tion that comes to me, I am satisfied that our immigration officials would have an easy time today compared to what will confront them in foreign countries six months from now, and the quicker we get busy the better. The matter is in the hands of the im migiiitiou ass'.xi.'titm, so far as the funds are concerned, arid as soon as they indicate to me what they want done in the matter of state iepresen tatives, 1 will make provision tor them.” ** * 1 Location of Agricultural Schools. The following are the accepted bids for tlie district agricultural schools of Georgia: Ist District, Statesboro —$60,000 I cash; 300 acres of land, S2O/01); elec trie lights, water and sewerage, j $20,000. 2nd District, Tis con—Donations same as first district, except market value of land probably $30,000. 3d District, Americus —$40,000 cash; 300 acres of land, $20,000; lights, wa» ter and sewerage, $15,000. 4th District, Carrolton—s3o,ooo cash; 300 acres of lard, $15,000; lights and water, $15,000. (I under stand that at least SIO,OOO more cash will be added to this donation). sth District, Monroe —$31,000 cash; 250 acres land, $10,000; lights and water, $15,000. 6th District, Barnesville —$50,({J0 cash; 300 acres land, $20,000; lights and water, $15,000. 7th District, Powder Springs- Academic building and boys’ dormi tory, according to architects plans, $23,000; 240 acres of land, $12,000. Bth District, Madison —$40,500 cash; 300 acres land, $20,000; lights and water, $15,000. 9th District, Clarksville—s2s,ooo and 300 acres of land; telephones. 10th District, Sparta —$47,000 cash; 250 acres land, SIO,OOO. 11th District, Douglas—sso,oo® cash; 300 acres land, $20,000; lights, water and sewerage, $15,000. Note —The lights, water and sewer age are valued at about the cost of same, and the land is estimated at the market value. —JOSEPH S. STEW ART. Gordon, Ga., Feb. 26, 1907. J. F. Williams, Irwinton, Ga. Dear Brother: Enclosed check for one dollar for the paper, 1907. Many thanks to you. J. F. STEVENS. Gordon, Ga. The above letter was written by an old Confederate veteran —one who re turned home after the war to fight the battles of life at a great disadvan tage, having lost a lower limb in the war. Mr Stevens, although old and not in the best of financial circumstances, is always careful to keep his sub scription to The Bulletin paid in ad vance. Others, who have never felt the ef fects of war, and who are physically sound, might profit by Mr. Stevens example. There are many on our list who are behind on their subscription for 1906, as well as 1907, whose failure to come forward and settle up we attribute more to an oversight than to anything else. We wish to say to all such that our creditors never overlook our bills when they fall due, and these bills have to be met by subscriptions to tlie naper. ERRING ACTRESS KILLED. Brunswick. Ga., Gets Into Limelight With Rotten Tragedy. Lillian Davenport, an actress, was shot and almost instantly killed, and W. H. Brown, a bartender, who was : with her, was also shot, and will ■ probably die in a secluded part of : Windsor Park, in Bruns vick. Gal Wednesday night. R. L. Davenport manager of the Majestic theater, and ; nusband of the dead actress, was ar rested, suspected of the killing. He was soon released, however, having proven an alibi. Brown and the actress went to Windsor Park together. They were seated upon a bench in a secluded part of the park, and had been there only a short while, nat knowing they were being watched, when a pistol report sounded. Two shots followed this. Brown was shot twice, and Mrs. Davenport, who tried to defend him and started toward the assailant, was herself shot. Brown started to bring assistance to the wounded woman, out she died before help could arrive. Brown told the police, that he thought the shooting was done by Davenport. Later, he stated that he was not positive that Davenport did the shooting. Brown only located in Brunswick a short while ago, and is a bartender at the. Mecca saloon. Davenport arrived in Bi unswick last January with the Parker Amuse ment Company, and is new manager of the Majestic theater. He and his wife came from Illinois. Mrs. Davenport was known on the play bills as “Superba, ’ and was the leading attraction of the com pany which DavenpoiT brought to Brunswick. She was about 20 years of age. MUST GIVE DAILY WEIGHT. Cortelycus Last Official Act Was Knockout to Railroads. The last official act of Postmaster General Cortelyou was an order put ting into effect the provision requir ing mail carried by a railroad to be divided into the actual number of days to secure the average weight per day. CONGRESS DEMISED Fifty-Ninth Session Passes Into History. FEATURES OF LAST HOURS Songs, Stories and Farewells Were in order as Gavels or Both Houses Fell at Noon, Announcing the Final Windup. With a new record for large appro priations and far reaching legislation,, the fifty-ninth congress was brought to a close shortly after noon Monday. The last few hours were cairn, in fact tame, by comparison with what had been expected. Long before noon, I Senator Gallinger's fight for the pass i age cf the ship subsidy bill had been ; abandoned and the filibuster against ■ it conducted by Senator Carmack be ing no longer necessary, he surrender ed the floor, mm o the disappoint ment of the gaiier Before with drawing the bill. S- >or Gallinger expressed the belief that with the I support of the Democratic members ; which he had been asst red of, he I would get action on a measure prac : tically along the line- of the present I bill at the next s<^on gs congress. Extreme fatigue, ’due to continued ! night sessions ii the house during; the last weeimmad a dampening ef fect upon mal^fcepresentatives and. I the usual exceaWe “last day enthu siasm” was confined to less than, half the membefchip. One of the interesting features in cident to the close of the congress i was the. visit of President Roosevelt, i who, with his^abinet, White House staff and a Jmiher ot guests occu pied the president® room in the sen ate wing. Seated* at a big table in I the center of the room, he signed the ! bills as they were unrolled and pre sented to him. On account of the dis- I patch which business has been con tinued during the past week there I were only forty bills to be signed up. He devoted most of the time in visiting with his cabinet, both the i retiring and incoming members being । present, and in presenting them to ! personal friends of the senate and house. When the members of the commit tee which waited on him with the - information that congress was ready to adjourn had delivered their mts ■ sage, the president thanked them for the laws that had been enacted, but he added with a smile that he still , had several bills that would Ite heard from in the future. This amounted to good natured.^H^diiect notice to congress "not abandoned se v d a :i me: session. Vice Presiikßmßlirba’.ks and Speaker Cannon ^Wved the thanks of the minority for the impartial man ner in which they had presided over ike- ^liberations of the two houses i ancSßoth of these officers made spines expressing gratitude at the j w^^Hof appreciation. A feature of I ti^^Buse session was the presenia. ' tic^B a club silver service of three I hi^Be<l pieces to General Grosvenor I hdHps colleagues of the fifty-ninth arongress. I Speeches of regret at the veteran I Ohioan's retirement were made from both sides of the chamber. In addition to the songs and stories, that usually mark the close of iliti । session there was a beautiful picture formed by the entire house rising, j and waving flags and singing "My j Country. ’Tis of Thee” as the gave, fell at 12:15 p. m. In the senate the last of the pro ! ceedings was the speech by Vice President Fairbanks. prior to ad- I jomnment at 12:13 p. m. His re marks wen applauded by the thous ands of visitors and the applause con tinued as the audience watched with interest the farewells of the senators on the floor. ^OLIVER MAY BRING SUIT. Says Government Should Reimburse Him for Outlay. ' It is rumored in Washington Thar Mr. Other will submit a bill to the । administration for $40,000 expended by him in forming the Panama Con struction Company. If not approved, i he will take his complaint to con i gross. He went to this expense, he t says, on an intimation from the presi deal that his bid would be accepted i if he associated with himself some men who were acceptable, who couid J help assume the responsibilities of ! the undertaking, FOUR KILLED; THREE INJURED In Explosion of Powder In Mixing Mill at Dossett, Tenn. The mixing mill at the Rand Pow- I der Company's plant at Dossett. Teun., ' was biown up Friday afternoon*Four men were killed, and three injured. Two others are missing. The dead are; William Hall, William Owens, Thomas Kennedy, James Mesterson, The explosion shook buildings in. Clinton, seven miles away.