The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-31


business. Mr.. Wilkes is a success
full farmer and a raiser OF fine cat
tie. In addition to his valuable
herd of high grade Durhams, he has
recently received number oil
thoroughbred Red Poles. Mr..
Wilkes has learned from experience
that grain, grasses and cattle arc
more profitable than cotton.
Masters Robert aud Irl and
Miss Ellen Lightfort entertained a
host of their little friends on Tues
day evening with a ''soap bubble
party" The air was flashing with
myriads of rainbows as reflected
from the bubbles blown by the lit.
tie folks, and resounding likewise
with ordinations of JOY and disap
pointment according to the realiza-
ton of their efforts. Cake and
cream were served on the lawn.
Go to Cox's for Mason
Fruit Jars. He has not adj
vanced the price.
Monday evening Miss Ruth and
Master Lloyd Everett Swinebroad
entertained a large number of the
little children of Bolivar in honor
Of their parents tenth anniversary.
The evening was spent in games
and other amusements. Elegant
refreshments were served at nine
o'clock. Many useful presents, ap-
propriate to the occasionrwere pre-
scented to the parents by the chill
dren. The home was brilliantly H.
Illuminated and choicest plants were
used for decoration. The dining
room was a bower of creeping vines,
stately palms and graceful ferns.
Two large tables were spread in
snow white damask, cut glass and
silver. Miss Ruth served the tea
from a china tea pot half century
old. The evening will long be re-
membered by the children as one of
the most pleasant events of their
childhood days.
~ Magistrates Blanks for sale
at the BULLETIN OFFICE.
The following item is we'll
worth careful consideration by our
best farmers: w. Halliburton spent
the past week in Indiana, and at
Bloomfield while he was there a
shipment of cattle was made as
follows: 800 steers avering 1000
pounds sold at 81 cents per pound,
or $89 per head, and for the bunch
S26.926. These cattle were loaded
at Bloomfield and shipped to Boston.
There they will be reloaded on ship.
and sent to London, Eng. These
cattle were all raised in the neigh
borhood and is only one of many
such shipments made annually.
They ranged from l,4OO to 1900
pounds, from two to three years
old. One man sold 100 for IS, 800.
He did all the feeding and made all
the corn and hay they used himself.
He has. IS yet that average 1.4OO.
These he will ship later. This is
done on less than three hundred
acres of land. Suppose every one
thousand acres even in Haywood
county was doing this we'll? Here
is something to think about
Brownsville State Graphic.
Bunch Wilson, young white
man of Hardeman County, appar-
emily about 90 years of age, was
arrested Saturday morning by Officer
Mid Hays, on a charge of larceny.
Wilson is charged with breaking in
to and robbing the store of Mr.. w.
A. Rush, at Silers, Tenn, on last
Wednesday night. Early Thursday
morning warrant was issued, for
Wilson's arrest, but before the papers
were served he got news of the pro-
ceedings and left the community.
Nothing more was heard of him I'M
til yesterday morning, when Mr..
Rush, who was in town on business,
recognizedWilsOn on the streets, and
he was Immediately arrested by
Officer Hays. Among the articles
missing after the robbery were sever
al bottles of snuff, few pounds of
tobacco, box of cigars, two shirts
and $l.10 in money. When arrest
ed he had about SO cents, and had
on one of the shirts which Mr.. Rush
claims was stolen. Officer Hays
turned the prisoner over to Sheriff
May, to await the arrival of the
warrant previously sworn out in
Hardeman County.-JacksonWhi
Wilson was tried. before Esquire