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# VOL. XIV. NO. 1
CLARENCE H. CUBBEDGE. W. A REDDING.
CUBBEDGE-REDDING HARDWARE COMPANY
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HARDWARE AND HOUSEHOLD SPECIALTIES
361 THIRD STREET, MACON, GA. PHONE NUMBER 227.
THE IRWINTON BULLETIN.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
Official Organ Wilkinson County.
P. F. DUGGAN, Editor.
Advertising rates furnished on ap
plication.
Entered at the Irwinton postofflce
as second class mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION ?1 A YEAR IN
p ADVANCE.
a Editorials
The union meeting held in New Or
leans advised the holding of cotton.
! They did not explain how, since debts
' must be paid.
The Emperor of Germany has arous
ed his entire people by simply ex
pressing his own opinion.
Can Augusta control herself and
entertain Rockefeller and Taft at the
same time?
‘ | Local News.
HISTORICAL NUTS TO CRACK.
♦
A very remarkable pioneer,
Mix. d up somehow with an egg, I
hear.
Shrewd and friendly, witty and wise,
.He drew down fame by a string from
the skies.
An old man hanged one Bible day,
► But his soul goes marching on for aye.
The king of the world at thirty-two,
Died, since himself he could not sub
due.
r Amid battle and bloodshed, her white
pathway led
From a sheap-yard, through fame, to
a fiery bed.
The most glorious modern murderer
lie
Lied on an isle . a lonely sea.
I
i Ami^&pany a nation and peril he
strayed,
Saved once by a compass, and once by
a maid. v
Rev.J. M. Kelley filled his regular
appointment here Saturday and Sun
day. Saturday being such unfavor
able weather only a few attended con
ference. His subject Sunday morn
ing was “Happiness. Its Basis, and
how it can be obtained.” Text, Psalms
32:1-2. Sunday evening he preached
from II Peter 3:9, “Why Christ De
lays His Coming.”
Mr. M. A. Tarpley and family vis
ited Irwinton Sunday.
MisA Georgia and Mamie Huges
of Toomsboro attended church here
Sunday.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Ida Lee Hatfield of this
place to Mr. Lemuel P. James of Tis
► ton on December 2d. This is to be
a church wedding and one of much
I interest in the social life of Irwin
ton. Miss Hatfield is a beatuiful
young lady and her charming person
ality has endeared her to a host of
friends who wish for her a long life
of happiness and prosperity.
Misses Ellen King and Mamie Lou
Dixon visited the former’s mother
here Saturday and Sunday.
Dr. Flanders of Johnson county was
in Irwinton last week in the interest
of working convicts on the public
• roads. He will be here again the first
Tuesday in January and will make
a speech on “The Use of Convicts
^n Public Roads.” Come and heaz
him.
t There will be ah election on the is-
M suing of bonds held in this county on
Ks the 12th of December.
| Mr. A. J. Dixon, who lives in the
■ lower part of the county, near the
R Laurens line, suffered the loss of his
pi dwelling, smoke house -and potato
banks Friday afternoon. The family
Jnimttim
lItWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVES,
were all away from home at the time
and very little of the furniture was
saved. The fire was discovered about
1 o'clock and in a short time it had
completed its destruction. Miss Ellen
King, who was bearding at Mi’. Dix
on’s, lost her trunk. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The Bulletin regrets
to learn of their misfortune.
iMr. and Mrs. J. R. Dixon are mov
ing this week to their country horn’?,
near Poplar Springs.
Mr. J. T. Hatfield, son of Mr. J. T.
Hatfield of this place, lost all his
household furniture and 'clothing by
fire cne day last week in Macon. The
Bulletin extends sympathy.
Mrs. Etta Avant of Oconee was in
town this week.
GLENNELLA NOTES.
We are having some disagreeable
weather at this writing.
Syrup making is the leading occu
pation of the season. Everybody is
getting sweet.
The little infant child of Mr. and
Mrs. George McAdams was burned at
the Catholic cemetery on Friday even
ing. •
Our school at 'this place is progress
ing nicely under the skillful manage
ment of Miss Sarah Brundage.
Quite a jolly crowd were enter
tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hogue on October 31st at a Hallo
we’en party. The most interesting
feature of the night was the fortune
telling which produced no end of fun.
After a series of games the guests
were ushered into the dining room,
which was artistically decorated with
autumn foliage and evergreen with
jack c’ lanterns to produce’the ghost
ly appearance, which always lurks
around on Hallowe’en night. The ta
ble was elaborately spread with all
kinds of goodies and funny objects,
viz.: pumpkin faces, witches, etc. The
closing feature was beautiful mush:
and singing furnished by the Mclntyre
class, which was greatly enjoyed. All
present expressed a jolly 'time.
Miss Mary Batchelor has returned
heme after a pleasant stay with rela
tives near the G. S. S. z
Mrs. Georgia Secinger from near
York is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gladin and
children spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Hogue.
Mrs. Mamie Branan is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Lora Freeman, at
Toomsboro.
Mrs. R. L. Hartley and little daugh
ter, Florence, of Mclntyre spent Wed
nesday with Mrs. Hogue.
Miss Rozella Hooks and Mr. Cole
man Etheridge were out driving Sun
day evening. Ha, ha, you have a
steady employment haven't you Cole
man?
A number of young people too quite
a pleasant trip on Thursday night
straw riding and called on Mr. and
Mrs. J. T/ Young, having quite an
amusing time.
LEAP YEAR.
THE COUNTY BOY THE NATION’S
BEST ASSET.
From “School and Home.”
Among the civilized peoples the
country boy has proved to be the na
tion’s most valuable asset. In Amer
ica he has loomed into startling prom
inence. It is estimated that upwards
of 60 per cent of the men and wom
en mentioned in “Who’s Who” are
from the rural districts. Splendid
humanity has always been one of the
staple products of our farm lands.
Further, a contentrated rural popu
lation is essential to the welfare of a
nation. A nation develops power in
proportion as its people remain in
contented prosperity and in large
number? on its farms. Undermine the
welfare of the country districts, allow
conditions of rural life to be such as
to breed discontent, to drive people
away; destroy or even seriously in
jure this great reservoir of manhood,
character and patriotism, and you
have a social condition far more
threatening than would be the arrival
of hordes of anarchists.
Unfortunately, we are menaced by
the very things which we dread. Near
ly everywhere the rural districts are
being depleted of their population. This
situation has become serious. In some
sections there are not enough men
to exploit the natural resources of the
land. Churches and schools are less
well attended, grow weak, and close.
Things combine to work in a vicious
circle; isolation and hardships drive
many away, and thus isolation and
hardships become intensified for those
who remain. In some sections an un
desirable class of foreigners, some
grossly immoral, are drifting in, and
thus the reluctance of the older set
tlers to remain is increased.
Producing Contentment in the Coun
try.
Heme, church and school should
unite intelligently to produce condi
tions which will make for content
ment. Social forces in the country
are centrifugal and expulsive; their
directions is from the center outward
and away; they must be made centrip
etal and attractive. The dominating
question should not be; “How can I
get away?” but “How can I make con
ditions such that I shall be glad to
stay?”
As an aid in improving conditions,
the telephone, the trolley and the ru
ral free delivery are operating favor
ably. The church and school are be
ginning to feel a new life. Economic
conditions are also improving, and
form lands and crops are more val
uable than ever before. Perhaps the
most comfortable and prosperous
class in the country today are the
farmers. They are organizing every
where. A rural literature is rapidly
developing, teeming with excellent
books and magnificently edited period
icals. Most astonishing are the varied
agencies which have begun to operate
for a social uplift. The future is full
of hope.
Os course, this new life has not
reached all, nor even the many. And
even in the favored communities it
has scarcely extended down to the
children to improve their schools ana
give them opportunities which twen
tieth century children must have.
Child life in the country is often dull
and hopeless. Nearly everything con
spires to drive them cityward. An all
important question, then, is, what in
fluences can be brought to bear on the
situation? How can country boys and
girls be kept in perfect -contentment
at home? The more that can be kept
there, the better for the country. A
good farm is still the best possible
place to rear children.
For the encouragement of lady ed
itors we publish the following extract
from a paper read by Miss Nora Law
rence before the twenty-second annual
convention of the Georgia Weekly
Press Association:
Extract from Georgia Weekly Press
Association by Miss Nora Lawrence,
Farmer and Stockman, Ashburn.
EXTRACT
From Georgia Weekly Press Associa
tion by Miss Nora Lawrence,
Farmer and Stockman,
Ashburn.
During my experience in journalism
I have observed six qualifications es
pecially necessary to make a newspa
per a success. The first two of these
women possess as does also a man.
The last four of them are more strong
ly developed in a woman.
First. A good, general education,
particularly, a technical knowledge of
the language that the writer may ex
press themselves accurately and clear
iy.
Second. He or she should keep in
touch with the best literature of the
day, keep well informed on political
events not only of this country but of
the world.
Third. A good journalist should be
of a social disposition. In this, a
woman excels. If she isn’t sociable
naturally she can make the public be
lieve so to perfection.
Fourth. One must be. able to un
derstand human nature, and x where
did you ever find a man in whom the
initiative power was so strongly de
veloped as in a woman? *
Fifth. You must have a nose for
news and when it comes to curiosity
a woman can’t be beat.
Sixth. You must be truthful and
hpnest and when a woman makes a
promise the chances are in ninety
nine cases out of a hundred, she will
keep it. Os course when a woman
promises to marry two or more men,
nobody really thinks of holding her to
it, for the law of the land forbids big
amy, and when she turns down one
man to whom she has given her prom
ise and marries another she is but ex
ercising her royal prerogative of
changing her mind. But even a prom- ,
Ise to marry two men is sometimes ,
kept by a woman, and for proof of the \
correctness of this assertion I will i
just cite the case of Charles K 1
Mann. Andrew Kenney and Miss Min- j
erva Bowers, all three of whom lived -
in the little town of Delaware, N. J.
Minerva was quite the village belle,
and of course both the men wantedl
to marry her, as did a lot of other
fellows. These two, however, are the
only two whom she promised to mar
ry. Os course when she married
Mann. Kenney thought she had bro
ken her promise to marry him, and
he naturally was very sore over it.
At least that is a fair presumption.
But right there is where he made the
usual man-like blunder of jumping at
conclusions, it is true that when she
married one of the men she had not
kept her promise to marry the other,
but the mere fact that a promise is
not, at a certain time, made good does
not necessarily mean that it is brok
en. Anyway, she married Mann ana
went away. Kenney also got married
and went away. After awhile, Mrs.
Mann returned to the town of Dela
ware on a visit and she wore widow’s
weeds. The strange coincidence oc
curred of Kenney, also returning to
his old home town at the time and he
was also in the lonely class, his wife
having gone on the long journey. Os
cotfse, they met, and she remember
ed ner promise made long before and
so did he. He reminded her of it, and,
woman like, she declared she was will
ing to fulfill it, and that is what she
did. Os course something like twen
ty years passed between the time she
i, ■ Jo the promise and the time she
kept it, but no one can say she failed
to keep her promise.
Just give a woman time and she will
always keep a promise—that is, al
most always.
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.
Dr. V. A. Latyam, of Chicago, and
Miss Mary A. Booth, of Springfield,
Mass., are said to be the only expert
women photomicrographers in this
country.
The wife of the Prime Minister of
Bulgaria is the president of the Bul
garian Woman Suffrage Association,
which ha sa membership of about
3000 women.
Miss Vera Wentworth, a British
suffragist, was kept in Holloway jail
a day beyond her companions for
cutting “Vote For Women!” on the
wall of her cell.
Miss Ross Becker "has been ap
pointed a claim agent and United
States pension attorney in Missouri.
She has been known for years as one
of the most successful women in St.
Louis, being a notary public and an
insurance agent.
To overcome the objection on the
part of some women to high-heeled
shoes, because of their danger to
weak ankles, a Virginia woman has
devised a T-shaped piece of metal,
to be inserted in the heel of a shoe
and extending on either side of the
foot to support it.
Mrs. A. F. Godard, of Abington,
Mass., has resigned her place as
church organist after a service of
forty-four years, said to be the
longest term of any woman in the
church history of New England. She
has been a successful director of
choruses and quartettes and has pro
duced several popular musical compo
sitions.
TALKING THROUGH THE GLASS
A Simple Plan That Dors Away With
a Box Office Nuisance.
“I don’t happen to know,” said he.
“who was the man Responsible for
the plan of having round holes cut
in the windows of theatre ticket
booths, but whoever devised it has
my thanks.
“I remember when I used to crouch
down and turn and twist like a gym
nast to get my words to the ear of
the man in the ticket office, for in
stance, and had to make contortions '
of many kinds to hear what he was
saying. Nowadays wherever they have
a cashier or some such per son coop
ed up they have these rout..l boles
cut in the glass about as high as an
average person’s mouth, to make talk
ing easier.
“There is even a newer scheme,
which naturally didn’t take long, to -
come in, with so many phonographs
about. They have run small ho-ns
through these openings in some of
the theatres, so that the speaker and j
listener may stand fairly far apart I
and still be understood by each oth j
er.” —New York Sun.
Take Care
of Your Money
and in old age it will take care of you,
We know of no better way of taking
care of money than having it deposited
in a good bank where it is insured
against burglary and fire. We receive
deposits by mail and appreciate hav
ing your Bank account.
The Peoples Bank Gordon
W. A. JONES, Pres., .W. BROOKS. Vee Pres., J. E. BELL, Cashier.
Real Estate and
Fire Insurance.
I have for sale in Toomsboro 23 desirable lots.
Prices from sso to si2o dollars each. .Lifetime
chance. Come and see them.
Also have 166 acres of land 1 3-4 miles from Toomsboro. 2 1-2 boras
farm cleared. Good houses and water; plenty good fruit trees. Will sell
on reasonable terms.
G. C. DANIEL, Agent.
TOOMSBORO, GA.
Wilkinson County Bank,
TOOMSBORO, GEORGIA.
PAID IN CAPITAL $15,000.00
SURPLUS EARNED v 2,250.00
ABSOLUTE SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS $32,250.00
Large and Small Accounts Receive Care
ful Attention.
COURTEOUS TREATMENT GUARANTEED TO EVERYONE BYTHE
FOLLOWING OFFIFCERS OF THIS BANK:
R. L. STUBBS, President. J. J. PALMER, Vice President.
G. C. DANIEL, Cashier. ,
Calder B. Willingham
COTTON
FACTOR. $
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Macon, Georgia.
Ship me your COTTON and get
the BEST returns.
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