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Where the finest biscuit,
cake, hot-breads, cru&s
or puddings are required
‘Royal is indispensable.
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BakingPowder
Absolutely Put*
Not only for rich or fine food
or for special times or service.
Royal is equally valuable in the
preparation of plain, substantial,
every-day foods, for all occa
sions. ft makes the food more
taSty, nutritious and wholesome.
Local Matters
i Rev. J. A. Reamy and family have
, all departed for their new charge
i and home at Tifton, Ga, and tne
| Baptist Pastofiuro and pulpit are
The rapid approach of Christmo , temporarily vacant. May the right
is about the oolv panicy indication i , liau succeed to this responsible and
of the times.
Those who got most of the Carni
val got the most dirt and dust.
Mr. T. H.ftail, ot linker County,
was in the city »>n Monday, on busi-
aess^-hcing a Turpentine operator.
The Atlanta Journal of Tuesday
published a handsome picture of
Miss Mary Clifford Babbitt, Bain-
bridge’s “Queen of the Carnival.”
M iss Mattie Haygood, alter a des
tightfui visit to her sister, Mrs. A.
R. Fain in Ti xas returned aome the
past week—accompanied by Mrs.
Fain. ,
Mr. Raines Roshin and wife have
^begau bouse keeping with their
grandmother, Mrs. Lula Bruton, at
the Bruton Residence at the corner
of Potter and Evans street.
Social and business life are both at
a standstill, tollow.ag the Carnival
occasion and dissipation. There’s
always a calm following a storm—
it is the law ot nature as it is ot
human Lie.
An aggravating delay en route in
a shipment ot blank paper, used in
printing the Democrat, has given us
much annoyance and inconvenience
this week, and bur neighbsrs seem to
have had the same trouble.
One small ad. may not empty
your store of goods, but a constant
pounding at the people in the news'*
papers will bring them to your place
of business and make tnends and
buyers out of them. Try it and see.
With two circuses in two weeks,
and a week of Street Carnival, day
and night, the old town is about like
a squeezed l^raon, financially with
state, county and city taxes staring
us in the face. c
... r The Core-nation exercises of the
“Queen of the Carnival” on Friday
night was a brilliant sceue seldom
witnessed and w r as ob erved by
&ousands. The Coronation Oration
was defivere-l by Judge W. M. Har.
rell and the Coronation act was
performed by Mayor McCaskil,
amid this jfejaudits of the multitude.
Mifes never looked more
lovel', and bore her honors with
charming grace and much dignity.
Indeed it was a great honor most
worth'ly bestowed.
mo.-t desirable position.
The regular December Term of
i he City Court ot Bainbridge com**
menoes on next Monday in this city,
Ids Honor Judge Harrell presiding,
t'arties witnesses and jurors take
due notice, and govern themselves
accordingly.
Expert Accountant C. C. Brown
is engaged in checking the Books of
certain County Officers, whose duty
it is to handle public funds, in pur*
surance ot the Gfand Jury’s recoin-
dal ions, as published in the Demo
crat last week.
y Mr. Troupe Hines will erect a
lovely home on Shotwell Street next
to the home ot Eton. W. W. Wright
on thp vacant loithere situated. A
lovely lot most admirably situated
and it will be graced with a house
that will enhance that locality’s
architcohural beauty.
Pastor Smith of the Methodis
church left for the session ot the
8 nth He >rgia Conference at Quit,
man, wbieh commenced on yester
day. bn Tneaday morning, and will
return early next week—'there being
little doubt of his return to this pas
torate for another year.
The Methodist pulpit will be fill
ed next Sunday morning and night
by Rev. J. L. Gilmore, a local
Methodist minister—in the absence
of the Paste , who is in attteodance
upon the South Georgia Annual
Conference in session t bis week at
Quitman, Ga.
All the School Teachers in the
county will spend next week in the
city in attendance upon the Decatur
County Teacher’s Institute begin
ning next Monday, under the con
duct of Prof. Geo. D. S’oddard, as
sisted by County Sehooi Commission
er J. S. Br dwell. The Teachers are
welcome to the best that is going.
Mr. Paul Richardson formerly
of this city, twenty years ago, where
Lie was head devil in the Democrat
office for several years and where
he learned the Art preservative,
was here a couple of days last week,
and his many boyhood triends were
triad to see him. He is doing well,
and lives in Atlanta, where he is the
traveling representative of the Ini
land Type Foundry, m the South.
CASTOR IA
For Infanta and Children.
Ik KM Yh Han Atop Bo*
the
or
Hade (Jood Money.
The Carnival peoj le made uood
money'out c>f . this ’community—as
j.jN/ved by the fifteen per <eim
paid over by tht-m and received by
the Bainbridge Board of Trade .for
the week’s business.
Chairman Gurr mfoinns us- that
the Boaid of Trade received.. %456.83
for their part of the receipts-^this
being fifteen percent of the total re
ceipts, ot $6,852 45 admittedly taken
in" by the Carnival people—daring
the six days ofthe Carnival, c
We understand the Meiry-.Go-
Round, led after they got goiog.wifh
the Ferns Weel second, and the
Merrimac and Monitor, Naval Battle
scene, of the Civil war, m Hampton
Roads, third.
’1 he Carnival is being pulled oft
this week in Dothan, Ala.
QUEEN OK TAE CARNIVAL.
In a spirited contest over which
one of Bainbridges lovely daughters
should oe crowned Queen of the
Carnival occasion. Miss Mary Clif
ford Babbitt won by some ten thous
and plurality out cf a total ballot of
46,30oo votes oast, and besides being
crowned as Quern was presetted
with a ^handsome soltaire diamond
ring, worth $15o. The Caroriation
occasion was an exceedingly bril
liant one, and was done in front of
the Flint Rive? - Store and Willis
Drug Co., corner, on Friday night,
thousands witnessing it with gusto
Miss Babbitt is the eldest daughter
of Mi . J. R. Babbitt, and fills a most
responsible position in the Bain-
bridge Post Office most worthily,
and always accentaoly—to the thou*
ands of patrons whose mads she
daily handles to the entire .atisfac-
tion of everyone.
It was a high honor most worthily
bestowed, upon a young lady of
most charming personality and high
moral worth.
BUSINESS men’s PARADE.
The business men’s parade led bv
the Automobile display was quite
an attraction, on Friday, and elicited
much hilarity, in some part.
The Bainbridge Cooperage Co.,
and Maddox Groc?ry Co., led in the
magnitude of the merchants, and the
automobile of Mr. John W. Callahan
in attractiveness of decoration, done
in wlite andlavendarcrepe paper.
Mr, <’. H. Caldwell’s big touring
car was the finest and was handled
with expert cleverness. Dr. Nee'y’s
and Mr. Clarence Griffin’s autos
were both recipients of ad.
miration.
Squelched The Hoochee
Coochee.
Before the City authorities would
consent to the coming to Bainbridge
ot the oarniva! crowd last week,they
had it “pat in the agreement” that
nothing of the obscene or mnsole, or
Hoochee Co icbee, dance classshould
be palled off or attempt ^finder the
aegis and shade of our City Oaks,
but notwithstanding* this "solemn
agreement, on Thursday night, after
three days advertising with immense
banners ot “Salome,” in half nude
state, the “Hoochee Coochee” was
pulled off, to the delectation of gap
ing crowds, ot both races. Again,
on Friday night, after the Corona,
tiou o* the Queen ot the Carnival,
when thousands literally crushed
each other, in their efforts to see
what was to be seen, the “Hoochee
Coochee” or “muscle” stunt, after
being spieled vocifieronsly from the
plat f orm fronting their l:ootb, while
three sirens’ in abbreviated skirts
and tights and partially bare bosoms
for many minutes, was gone ’into
with the bridles off, but hadn’t pro
ceeded very far or long before, the
Mayor,’being present in the tent or
boothe, interposed, an 1 had the
Hoochie Coocbie class crowd pul.ed
off the perch—but on their promise
to do so no more, under the Shade
of the Oaks, allowed them to go
hence without day.
ViNOL CURES CHRONIC COUGHS,
COLDS m BRONCHITIS
After Other Remedies Fail
“I have been troubled with a chronic
cold and bronchitis for a long time
and have tried many remedies without
finding relief. Through the kind sug
gestion of a friend I tried Vinol, and
after taking four bottles, am entirely
cured.” -A. H. Wilde, 733-8th Avenue,
Minneapolis, Minn.
S'. McDonald, 147 ‘ W. Congress
St. Paul, Minn., writes: ‘‘I con
tracted a severe cold last winter and
thought I would never get rid of it. I
tried Vinol as a last resort, and it has
completely cared me.”
Vinol. combines two world-famed
tonics, the healing, medicinal proper
ties of cod liver oil and tonic iron, de
liciously palatable and agreeable to the
weakest stomach. For this reason,
Vinol Is unexcelled as a strength-
builder for old people, delicate chil
dren, weak and run-down persons, af
ter sickness and for Chronic Coughs, j
Colds and Bronchitis.
Clinton’s meat market has got the
other meat markets skinned as to old
tim- prices. He sells the best native
meats 20 to 25 per cent cheaper than
nas beeu known for a many a day
and gives you such cuts as you
want including spare ribs and back,
bone of pork. ' tf
NOTICE.
The public is nereby notified that
the branch business of Waterman <fc*
Company heretofore conducted in I
Bainbridge, Georgia, has been dis»:
c ntiutied and no persons are author- j
lzed to contract any debts tor the
said business.
,, WA I EKM A .V & COMP VN Y,
By Hemy Waterman.
' The OptlAUtfc Doaghaat
The comic weekly, “Judge,” has lately
been featuring in its columns the pic-1
ture of a plump doughnut, with a small,
hole. The doughnut typifies the great
natural resources and the real prosperity,
of the country—the small hole the actualj
occasion for business depression. This*
doughnut is surely a Cottolene doughnut; |
for
For
Lame
Back
An aching back is instantly relieved by aa
application of Sloan’s Liniment.
This liniment takes the place of massage and
is better than sticky plasters. It penetrates—
without rubbing—through the skin and muscu
lar tissue right to the bone, quickens the blood,
relieves congestion, and gives permanent as
well as temporary relief.
Sloan’s
Liniment
has no equal as a remedy for
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or any
pain or stiffness in the muscles
or joints.
Prtee 2Se^ SOe^ and $1.00.
Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass^ U- S. A.
ixsok m korMs, Mttto, alM^p sad pooltrj sent fre*.
no other could be a fitting type for the,
Gospel of Optimism. Doughnuts fried
in fard are indigestible and are con
ducive to dyspepsia and depression.
Cottolene doughnuts are dear, plump,
light, crisp, digestible—not greasy, sog
gy, iard-soakea.
Lard makes you feel blue. Be sunny;
use food cooked with Cottoiena
Medicine That Is Medicine!
*‘I have suffered a good deal witb ma
laria and stomach complaints, but I
have now found a remedy that keeps
me well, and that remedy is Electric
Bitters: a medicine that is medicine for
stomach and liver troubles, and for ran
down conditions,” says W. C. Kiestler,
of Halliday, Ark. Electric Bitters puri
fy and enrich the blood, tone up the
nerves, and impart vigor and energy to
she weak. Year money wrll oe refund
ed if it fails to help y.m. 50c at all
druggists.
Thousands Have Kidney
Tronbie and liefer Saspeot it
Prevalency of Kidney Disease.
Most people d® not realize the alarm
ing increase and remarkable prevalency
of kidney disease.
While kidney dis
orders are the
most common
diseases that pre-
vail, they are
almost the last
recognized by
patient and phy
sicians, who con
tent thcmaelvca
•frith doctoring the efeett, while the orig
in! ’ iltHcaae undermines the system.
Wt--t To Do.
There is co:;;K>. t in the knowledge 90
ofUr.i c-Tiv-e*we<l ’V>t Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the .greet kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
jjaiii in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability to hold* water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild aud
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
is soon realized. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis-
iressiug cases. If you need a medicine
* ->a should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fiftv-cent and one-dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle and a
book that tells all ‘
:ii rut it, bothsent free
by mail. Address Dr.
Kilmer, & Co., Bing- =
hamton. N. Y. When Home of S^unp-Root.
writing mention this paper and don’t
make any mistake, but remember the
name. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and
.he address, Binghamton, N. Y.
§yrup°/figs
^ElixirsfSenna
Cleanses the System I
uaUy;Dispels Colds an
ect-
iy;±Jispeis KjoiasancLliead-
acVies du.e to Constipation;
Acts naturally, acts Truly as
a Laxative.
Best ForMenV'onten an iCUA
ren-Voun gand Old.
To get its jB enejicial Ejects
Always huy the Genuine which
has the jull name oj the Com-
"CALIFORNIA
Syrup Co.
by whom it is manufactured, printed on the
front of every package.
SOLD STALL LADING DRUGGISTS.
one size only, regular price 50* p«r battle.
FALL SARDES
For FAIL Planting
Ruia Baga
and Turnip.
All Varieties.
Onion Sets.
White. Yellow, Ked.
Rye, Barley, etc.
Garden Seed.
All Kinds this-year-raised
FRESH SEED.
Plant Your Gardens
willis Drug Company*
There was a Reason
And a time when many people might hesitate to visit. a dentist.
What their friend- told wus sufficient, to kevp them away.
Progress in dentistry fas reduced pain to such a
minimum thai fear ol train is ;.bs*‘lnt ly useless to think about.
Lack ot attention your belli m- d, is a continual invitation w
many things which in latrrl’fe ere not to b desir. d
One pro<>l 'hat my operations are lh» j s-itislactoi v kut "*
my pations are delighted to make statements that cause frirt •
o come m a;-d want the same kind of hone-t work.
Or. Hamil
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Mountain City Milis Products.
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