From Days Gone By May 15,1913

May 15, 1913.

    The day sacred to mother was more generally observed on last Sunday than on any other previous occasion. Pastors spoke of it in their pulpits, and dwelt on the sacredness of home and the duty of children to their parents. This week marks the close of the regular routine of class-room work for the 1912-13 year at Warthen College. Friday will be entertainment at the college auditorium, Monday the Senior play, Tuesday entertainment by several classes and Wednesday will be the graduation excercises. It is the intention of Warthen College to conduct a Summer School for ten weeks. The purpose shall be to give special practical training in the elementary branches, also to offer opportunities to students desiring to make up incompleted work or to advance more rapidly.

    R. B. Bryan has bought from H. C. Tompkins his automobile. It is a splendid machine. Mr. E. A. Hitchcock and family will move this week to the Daley house on West Elm Street, recently occupied by R. R. Martin. Mr. G. A. Brasington has leased for several years the residence of Mrs. Leila Daley on North Marcus Street coming from South Carolina.

    H. C. Tompkins Department Store is holding a special sale on millinery, ready-to-wear suits, laces, embroideries and everything in dry goods. The Needle Craft Club was entertained at Miss Rowena Daley's "Hillcrest" residence. The friends of Mrs. S. M. Johnson will be gratified to know that she is recovering from her late severe illness of grippe. The United Confederate Veterans National Reunion will be held at Chattanooga, Tenn. May 27, 28 and 29. N. B. Miller, Johnson County's new Tax Receiver is making his third and final round.

    Mr. Bunyon Burns died last Thursday night at Rawlings Sanitarium and was quite a surprise to his many friends. Mr. Burns had only been sick for a few days when he was taken to the sanitarium, at which place his condition was considered hopeless by his physicians. His death resulted from blood poisoning suppose to have been superinduced from a fractured ankle received while exercising in jumping. He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Burns and was 24 years old, the youngest of a set of twins, his brother being Gainer Burns. Services were held at his aunt's, Mrs. Richard Walker residence on West Court Street and buried at Westview.

    Local legislation was introduced to the Georgia General Assembly by Scott Mayor T. J. Burke. "An Act to create a new charter for the town of Scott and to define the corporate limits, to provide for mayor and council, their powers and duties and manner of election; establish a system of public schools for the town of Scott; to provide for the support and maintenice of same by taxation and otherwise; to authorize and require the State School Commissioner to pay to the mayor and council of said town the pro rata of the State School Fund to which said town would be entitled under the general law; to provide for the issuing of bonds for the support of the public school system; to provide for the issuing of bonds for street improvements and for other purposes."