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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. JUNE 2, ^911
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
(TRA TRAIN TO
BE POT ON
of West Side Wii Oat for Better
PasseHger Service.
there have been any doubts
ut the pluck and earnestness
he people of the west side
they unite in reaching out
thing, such doubts will be
jelled now.
few months ago the citizens
nd around Jakin, Donalson-
Iron City’ Brinson. Cy-
and Lela, with Col.
M. Donalson, of Bainbridge
their attorney, joined in a
uest to the A. C. L. Railroad
ipletoput on an extra pas-
ger train between here and
The request was at first
ised, but later the additional
irice was promised, at the
ie time the railroad authori
stating that trains Nos. 57
58 would not stop any more
tags at the points mentioned.
he petioners would not ac- jtban 8:30 a. m., and to leave
this, and so the road re-(Bainbridge on its return trip not
thank you to acknowledge.
Yours very truly,
Campbell Wallace,
Secretary,
Office of the Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga.,
May 26, 1911.
IN RE: Pas sanger train
service afforded by the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad
Company on its line of road
between Bainbridge, Ga.,
and the Alabama State Line.
Upon consideration of the peti
tion filed by citizens of Donal-
sonville, Jakin, Iron City, Brin
son and Cyrene, Georgia, com.
plaining of inadequate passenger
train accommodation afforded by
SOME TALK ON
HOOK WORM.
Interestmg Description of the Warn and
its Effects en the System.
“Hookworm” has become one
of the interesting subjects before
the people. It is said the disease
is less prevalent in this section
than in some others, though the
hookworm is here and in num
bers altogether too large. Ex-
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad j pertB sent out by the Health
Company, praying for additional Board of the State are now in
passenger train service, and of
the evidence and argument sub
mitted at the hearing had in this
matter, it is
ORDERED: That the Atlan
tic Coast Une Railroad Company
shall on or befdre Monday, June
12, 1911, establish and until the
further orders of'this Commis
sion operate daily, except Sun
day, an additional first class
passenger train from the Alaba
ma State Line to Bainbridge,
Georgia, and return, said train
to arrive at Bainbridge not later
ided its order putting on the
itional passenger train,
his brought on the fight
in, and the final hearing be-
the Commission was had op
flay 25th. At that hearing
road was represented by As-
mt Counsel W. E. Kay; Di
ear Her than 5:30.
Provided that the Commission
will consider as a compliance
with the above provision of this
order the operation by the Atlan
tic Cpast Line Railroad Company
of an additional first class pas
senger train from Dothan, Ala-
ion Counsel, Ropt. Alston, j bama to bainbridge, Georgia,
General Superintendent J. L n( j re fc urn> said train to arrive
Brand. The petitioning L t Bainbridge not tater than 8:30
ns were represented by At- a m and j eave Bainbridge
sey Erie M. Donalson, of
nbridge: Messrs W. H. Van-
dingham, A. R. Benton, A.
Shingler, and Dr. M, M.
iter, of Donalsonville; P. S.
wrings, of Lela; J. T. Lane,
iron City; C. S'. Hodges, of
eoe; T. J. Harvell, of Jakin.
'ie hearing took up all the
ning, commencing at 10, a.
and lasting till 1, p. m. The
amission reserved its decis-
stating that it would proba-
render same in the course of
days.
Sat the petitioners were un-
ibtedly able to so throughly
nonstrate the fact that they
re right in thoir demends,
t the Commission was able to
der its decision the day fol
ing the hearing, and passing
order, which was a complete
tory for the petitioners,
hi: order means so much for
people of the. county that it
liven in full below
Kfice of the Railroad Commis-
of Georgia,
May. 26, 1911.-
Pile 868L
Erie M. Donalson,
Bainbridge. Ga.,
r Sir: . ,
y direction of the Commis-17-2-‘2t,
>. I hand you herewith copy j
order this day issued in the! All water consumers failing to
Her of passenger train ser-Ipay their bill by th" 5th of arch
o on the Atlantic Coast Line; month will be discontinued at
boad lvtween Bainbridge, j notice. D. B. Rigi.s. City IVa-
j rgia and the Alabama state!ter and Plumber Inspector.
' he r ivipt o'* which I will' 6-2 or.
not earlier than 5:30 p. m.
ORDERED FURTHER: That
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company be, and said campany
is hereby authorized to discon
tinue stopping its trains Nos. 57
and 58 on the flag at Brinson,
Cyrene and Iron City, Georgia
on and after Monday, June 12th,
1911.
ORDERED FURTHER: That
the prayer of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company for au
thority to discontinue stopping
its trains Nos. 57 and 58 on the
flag at Donalsonville and Jakin,
Ga., be and the same is hereby
denied.
By order of the Board.
Campbell Wallace, H. W. Hill,
Secty. Chairman.
Big New Store Opened
J. M. Floyd has opened up a
tremendous large stock of new
goods in his new building on
Broad street in front of Cox &
BaUVstables and is selling good
calico 10 yards for 39c. Every
thing “awful” cheap.
It will pay you to go there for
bargains.
Decatur and surrounding counties
They have prepared an article
for the Search Light, a part of
which follows:
what it is.
Hookworm Disease is the con
dition caused by the presence in
the intestines of small worms.
These worms attach themselves
to the wall of the intestine and
suck the blood, at the same time
injecting a poison.
LIFE OF THE WORM.
These small hookworms will
live from eight to fifteen years.
They do not multiply in the in
testine but lay eggs there which
escape in the passage from the
bowels. Each female hookworm
may lay from 2000 to 3000 eggs a
day.
THE WORMS AND THE EGGS.
The worms can be easily seen
by the naked eye, being about
one half inch long and about the
size of a No. 1 sewing thread.
The eggs, however, are very
smalt and can be seen only when
highly magnified under the mic
roscope. The only positive meth
od of diagnosing this disease is
the finding of the eggs in the
intestinal discharge.
HOW THE WORM GETS INTO THE
BODY.
After passing out of the body
the eggs develop into haby worms
which penetrate the feet of bare
foot children. They are carried
in the circulation to the heart,
are then pumped into the lungs
where they bore through into the
air cells, where they make their
way up the air passages to the
throat, are swallowed and pass
into the intestines where they
attach themselves and one more
child has become a victim to this
strength-destroying disease.
THE EFFECTS.
The effects are divided into (1)
Direct and (2) Indirect. The
most common direct effects are
(a) lack of energy, (b) pale
skin, (c) stunted growth, (d)
inattention to school work and
inability to progress satisfactori
ly, (e) dull and listless expres
sion with glistening eyes, (f)
SOMETHING THE MATTER.
BUT DON’T KNOW WFjfIf.
Of course all these sym
are not present in every c,
many mild cases only one or two
of them may be observed.
The indirect effects are ofFn
very serious. The worms, ijy
sucking the blood and poisoyng
the patient, lessen his strength
so that he is too weak to with
stand other diseases to which he
may be exposed. It has been
estimated that hookworm dis
ease about double the death rate
from tuberculosis.
who has rr.
It is a disease of all classes, all
races and all ages. It is more
common in Children simply be
cause by going barefoot they are
more often exposed to it. It is
more common in warm climates
because the eggs hatch better
there.
After describing how the dis
ease is spread, which is princi
pally from unsanitary closets,
from which also typhoid fever is
spread by flies, they continue:
Every home, school and church
(that cannot have a water closet
connected with a good sewerage'
system) should be provided with
a sanitary surface privy. »
They say that the symptoms of
Hook-Worm Diseases are so var
ied that it is worth while far
every one to be examined. The
State Board of Health will make
these examinations free of
charge. See your family physi
cian in regard to this examina
tion.
Continuing they say: Georgia
is essentially a healthy state and
we can make it more healthy by
doing all in our power to improve
the sanitary conditions in our
own communities. A new era is
ours, and in a short time the
people of the rural districts will
have ideal homes and surround
ings and every family will be
protected from diseases by be
coming acquainted with the
cause and prevention of them.
Immigrants are beginning to
realize that the local physician,
the county health officers and
the State Health officers know
what to do in order to protect
them from hookworm disease,
typhoid fever, malaria, con
sumption and other diseaRts and
that the South is no longer a
hot-bed of disease.
The State Board of Health/ivill
gladly furnish literature oiy the
above diseases to any on^jwho
desires it. JnMm.
S
“SMALL FARMER”
OPPOSES NO FENCE
Gives His Reaseis for Opposing tiw Pro
posed Law is This County.
Picnic
May 26, 1911.
Editor Search Light:
Bainbridge, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I note in the last issue of your
valuable paper a statement of
the growing sentiment in favor
the no fence law.
I am very sorry to see this, as,
to my mind there can be no worse
thing for any section than for
the farmers to lose their indi
viduality, and the no fence taw
would go a long way in that di-
refltion. The writer has had
occasion to visit a no fence sec
tion not so very long ago and the
country looked as if, to use an
old phrase—tha^ all the farms
belong to “widow women.”
There is to my mind no pret
tier sight than neat little farms
with their well kept fences,
barns, homes and these things
show that the husban man is own
er and master of his hisjown en
closure and that his well kept
fences are his pride and protec
tion. And these fences settle
many a law suit as to land lines,
possession of property, trespass
of stock and of people having
hunting and fishing privileges
as well as other things too num
erous to ntention, that would
arise under the no fence system.
The no fence law is all right
where the lands are owned by
the big planters who live in the
towns and run their farms by
negro tenants; but in this good
old county of Decatur I would be
glad to see a very different situa
tion, as the small farmers with
forty, fifty and one hundred
acre farm are the back-bone of
anv country, and are the ones,
God bless them, who are the fu
ture hope of this great common
wealth of ours, and not the big
Iflind owner with his thousands
of acres of land ^nd his tenant
system and his n<&fence law whieh
permits them to hold these vast
.domains, as he does not have to
Scout Cars Here Monday
The party of scout cars locat
ing a highway between Colum
bus, Ga., and Tallahassee, Fla.,
passed through Bainbridge Mon
day mapping out the new inter
state highway which will lead
from the state capital of Georgia
to- the state capital of Florida.
The new highway will follow
the course of the old stage coach
road that formerly ran from At
lanta to Tallahassee.
The new route will be the
shortest, practical highway from
Tallahassee to Atlanta, and will
run through Bainbridge, Colquitt;
Arlington, Cuthbert, Richland,
Columbus and thence to Atlanta.
It will shorten the distance from
Tallahassee to Atlanta by about
85 miles, and will traverse 6m
very best farming section
Georgia.
The suocess of the underWk-
ing is assured from the begin
ning, as all the cities and smaller
towns along the proposed rente
have taken the matter under nd-
visement.
It is the object of the promot
ers to build the very best road in
the state of Georgia.
Died of His Injuries.
Quitman, Ga., May 29—Na
thaniel Heeth died last night a*
the result of an accident at m
Sunday school picnic at Blue
Springs, Friday. Poising on the
springboard to dive into the
water, he slipped on the wet
board and fell head first into the
water. His neck was broken;
presumably from striking tie
bottom of the spring. Prepara
tions were made to take him to
Atlsnta, last night for an X-ray
examination, but he assured his
family it would be of no use,
and in fact shortly afterward
his condition became Buch that
all hope was abandoned.
The picnic* given at L^'max
last Friday under the auspices
the Knights of Pythias, an<P^° the expense of fencing
joined in by several schools, is
said to have been one of the
greatest affairs of the kind ever
seen in the county.
People were there by the
thousands, from all the sur
rounding sections, the speaking
was of the very highest order
and taken all together it was a
record day for the good town of
Climax and community.
It is said that the good things
to eat was enough to have fed a
much lart wwd. All of
^which goes show that the
^ouu ury aror . Climax is one of
the most pi perous sections in
Georgi j.
Chrystalize fruit in bulk at
May V Drug Si (re. Pineapples
and Cherries, fest grade. 80c
pound.
Ice Creaa Sapper at Fowltawa
During the afternoon (begin
ning at 5 o’clock) and evening of
J une 9th the ladies of Fowltown
will serve cream and cake in the
grove at the Methodist ehureh.
for the benefit of the parsonage.
The public iB cordially invited.
them in order to keep the poor
famww’s stock off the open
range* ^It is all right for him,
ofcour&ti but for the small landj
owner or the renter, or cropper, i
or any other citizens except the
large land holder, it will indeed
be a bad day when this county
joins the no fence column.
Small Farmer.
Ruts to Cktc.
Saturday, June 3rd, being le
gal Holiday, all the banks in the
eity will be closed.
Notice.
Decatur Lodge No. 32, K. of
P. will hold their regular ejec
tion of officers for the inautng
term Tuesday night. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
All water consumers failing to
pay their bill by the 5th of each
month will be discontinued at
notice. D. B. Riggs, City Wa
ter and Plumber Inspector.
6-2 Ut.
All water consumers failing to
pay their bill by the 5th of each
month will be discontinued at
notice. D. B. Riggs, City Wa
ter and Plumber Inspector-
6-2 at.
Neel Bros., are offering the
“Mart” stock of goods at a
great sacrifice, either wholesale
or retail. Read their page ad la
this issue. Some of the best bar
gains seen here in a long time
can be had there.
*~Mrs. E. B. Alday of Donalsoa-
ville has been visiting her. sister
Mrs. W. T. Pace for the past
few days.
rnber Sorghum Seed per Bushel
r anl|e Sorghum Seed per Bushel
- 91.751 Red River Pea Nuts per Peck ----- 81.25
1.751 Carolina Pea Nuts (Hulled) per Pound - - - 10c
INBRIDGE DRUG COMPANY
