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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. \UNE 30, 1911
CITY PRIMARY WAS
HELD WEDNESDAY
Mayer and Sit Aldemem Nominated-
Considered Strong Ticket
The Democratic white primary
for Mayor and Aldermen was
held in Bainbridge Wednesday
with the result that a mayor and
board of aldermen were nominat
ed that will be an honor to the
city.
The count of the ballots show
ed the following gentlemen to be
elected:
FOR MAYOR
JohnW. Callahan 243*
F.OR ALDERMEN
E. J. Willis 213
E. T. Hines 213
Dr. Gordon Chason...... 184
J. M. Diffee 174
J. M. Laing 150
M. E. Nussbaum 130
There were five other candi
dates for aldermen in the race.
They were G. B. Toole, L. F.
Patterson, G. G. Bower, W. B.
Shaw and W. H. Krause. These
received votes as follows:
G. B. Toole! 126
L. F. Patterson 80
G. G. Bower 78
W. B. Shaw 72
W. H. Krause *. 31
Mr. Toole was beaten by four
votes, Mr. Nussbaum getting
th it margin ahead of him. There
were five votes thrown out on
account of not being regalar.
There was not near the
scratching that some feared
there would be. Mr. Callahan
received a most flattering
vote, which shows his popu
la: ity and with what esteem he
is held by his fellow citizens in
Bainbridge. Out of a total vote
of 246 Mr. Callahan received
243.
The choice'of Mr. Callahan,
insures a mayor that will be for
progress, and the upbuilding of
the city on all lines. He is too
well known in this section to
need commendation here, but it
may just as well be said that
Bainbridrge will have a mayor
with the backbone and moral
courage to stand for progress
an 1 for the right in every in
stance. He is one of the best
business men in Georgia, and
will certainly do his best to
make the incoming administra
tion one of business from the
start.
THE COUNCIL.
Messrs. E. T. Hines, and E. J.
Willis are both among the best
known busines* taen in Bain-
bridge and this section. They
have both served the city as
Mayor and the administration of
both was marked With the city’s
rapid progress and advance
ment. They have both had long
service as aldermen and it is
conceded that these two men
know the duties before them
about as well as any two that
could have been selected.
Dr. Gordon Chason is another
man who has had experience as
alderman. Beside being one
of the best physicians of the
county he is known far and wide
as one of the most conservative
business men of this section.
Mr. J, j|. Diffee has also
served as alderman. When he
held that j»osition he was Chair
man of the Water and Light
ommittee, and his keen busi
ness judgment is said to have
Save d the city several thousand
Court Convenes Monday.
Superior Court will convene
again Monday and will likey be in
session all next week. This is
the adjourned term set by Judge
Park at the close of the regular
session in May.
So far as jury cases go the
entire week will be taken uf>
with the criminal docket. No
civil cases will be tried except
those that the Judge can hear
without a jury, and divorce
cases.
It is understood that a large
number of cases are on the crim
inal docket most of them probably
brought in by true bills returned
by the .Grand Jury during the
last session of that body in
May.
The Grand Jury will also be in
session again next week, but
just what they will consider or
what will be brought before the
body is of course not known.
It is thought because of the
large number of cases on the
criminal docket the week will be
a very busy one from beginning
to end.
Climax 3. Bainbridge 0
Bainbridge and Climax played
a very interesting game of ball
Wednesday afternoon in which
the Bainbridge boys were de
feated by the score of 3 to 0
The feature of the game was
the star pitching of Thames, for
Climax in which he struck out
22 of the Bainbridge heavy'bat
ters and did not give up but 2
hits. Climax has a clean set of
ball players and will make it in
teresting for any amateur team.
SOME FALSE , STUFF
TYPHOID FEVER IN DECATUR.
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$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVAMCX
A news item making about a hookworm trouble in this county,
column in length 'and with big hut that Decatur was as free
head lines appeared in the Val-, a9 a™ other section in
dosta Times of Wednesday,, stat-; 1 e state ‘
ing that 1 ’typhoid fever, while The article says that typhoid
, ; , . 'prevails to an alarming ex-
not aO prevalent as malariajw £, nt> ., while not 80 much as
malaria or hookworm. That
dollars. His ability is probably
not exceeded by any man in this
section of Georgia. It is said by
many that a more useful man
could not have been chosen as
alderman.
Mr. J. M. Laing is a member
of the present Board of Aider-
men and is another business
man in whom all have the ut
most confidence. He is firm in
what he believes to be the best
thing to do and can be depended
upon to look carefully into every
question before acting.
Mr. Nussbaum is also a mem
ber of the present Board. Mr.
Nussbaum is Chairman of the
Finance Committee and is is one
of the most careful and conserv
ative financiers in Bainbridge.
He is a business man who has
made a marked success and his
judgment on matters of fi
nance's not questioned by any.
It may also be said In passing
that Mr. Callahan is also a mem
ber of the present Board. He
has served in that capacity for
twelve or fourteen years and has
probably bad more experience i,
municipal mattes than an;
other man in Baipbridge.
These seyep men may be ex
pected give Bainbridge one of
the best administrations the city
has ever had. They are all men
of the soundest'business judg
ment. are enterprising and pro
hookworm disease, exists in De
catur county to an alarming ex
tent.”
Just how the Times came it
would indicate that malaria and
hookworm were here in most
desperate and terrible forms
possession of this awful bit of I And all this in f ace of the state-
news about Decatur county, is ment by the “experts”
not stated. And just why it ap-, hookworm vas much less
peared in the Times without the | prevalent in this county than in
publishers informing themselves other sections of the state.
given out from Cuthbert
m 4 ,_ iU ,, -i^at Randolph Camp No. 466.
u tited Confederate Veterans,
have prepared to entertain the
Veterans of Southwest Georgia
and Southeast Alabama, togeth
er with theirjfamilies and friends
at Cuthbert, Ga., on July 4th,
next. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to the citizens of Decatur
county to attend this reunion
and aid in making the occasion
a memorable one.-
The railroads will sell tickets
to Cuthbert at reduced rates and
will furnish extra coaches. A
fine program and nice entertain
ment will be provided.
a little better as to the facts, is
not known. It may be to cover
up what is said to be an almost
epidemic of sickness in Valdosta,
or to turn the people’s minds from
the hookworm plague in Lowndes
county. These may or may not
have been the motive behind the
news item with a big head, we
don’t know as to that, but the]
doctors in Bainbridge say there is
There is doubtless some typhoid
fever in this county. Decatur is
nearly as large as the state of
Rhode Island, and with a popula
tion of 30,000 people. Certainly
there must be some typhoid, but
we venture the assertion that
actual statistics woifid show De
catur to be among the healthiest
no foundation for such rot appear
ing about Decatur county.
It may be that the hookworm
“experts” sent out by the state
may have given out the fearful
“dope.”A number of them were
in Decatur and surrounding
counties a few weeks ago, but
the Times does not say that the
information came from that
source.
When these doctors were in
the county some of them came in
and talked with the writer about
the hookworm disease in Deca-
,tur. One of them in answer to
a direct question said that the
Official Invitation.
Camp
Dr. V. Berry, one of the
prominent prysicians of the
county says the statement is not
true. He said he had talked
with Dr. Gordon Chason and
Dr. Clark, botil among thE lead
ing physicians of this county and
section, and from what they told
him there is nothing in the state
ment of the disease being here
to an "alarming extent.”
, We nope tne state will send
more “experts,” either from
Valdosta or Atlanta, and let’s
get at the truth of this matter.
Since tne aoove was written,
the writer has talked with Dr.
hookworm disease was much less] Clark, Dr. Chason and Dh
prevalent in Decatur than in Toole, all prominent physicians,
many other sections of Georgia. 1 They all say the statement is
He named some of the other sec
tions that it seemed to be “fear
fully” prevalent, but we have
thought all along that it would
be better for us not to name the
other sections. They did say
however, that they found some
ridiculous and that very little
typhoid fever has been treated
in the county during the season.
Dr. Clark says that Decatur
county has less typhoid fever
than any section he has ever
known.
Farm Lands Bought an^Sold.
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1F YOD WANT TO SELL YOUR FARM LANE/ SEE US.
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_ We ere flooded with inqttirirea for improved farms a. Reasonable prices .
^ and if you WANT to sell we can dispose of your pla« ^ ^Drop us a 2
? line and we will come out and look your place over or come .. o see us J
at onr office next to the postoffice.
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f Bower-Fleming Realty Co., ?
£ BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. J
To AH Dmsutratsn mi Ctipewters
You will find it helpful to ob
serve:
1 The best methods of culti
vation used by others.
2 The results of work in your
gressive on all lines that make 0W n fields,
for the best interest of the com-; 3 Deep broking and snallov
munitv. Every single man is breaking, d r jp cultivation and
one with a backbone that cannot shallow. *
be swayed from what he believes; 4 One or more side applica-
to be the right thing to do and t ions of fertilizeiffi'
for the best interest of the city. | 5 The benefitJLf nitrate of so-
The people of Bainbridge mav <j 0 G r sulphate Jl amonia for a
congratulate themselves on the top dr^o. jig. J
fact that no city in Georgia can j 6 Layii.^ y early or contin-
boast of a Mayor and Board of ueing until corn silks and tassels.
Aldermen with sounder business! 7 Different kinds of corn in a
judgement or with better knowl- given locality,
edge of how to do the best things j 8 Desirable and undesirable
at the right time for real prog- traits compared with others,
ress and advancement, * a Time of maturing and shed
ding pollen.
b Place of ears, high, low
hanging down, or pointing up.
c Quality, flinty or soft,
d - Cob, large or small, per
cent in proportion to grain,
e Yield of different kinds,
f Weight of different kinds,
g Covering of foliage,
h Resistance to disease.
' i 1 Crop it can best follow,
j * Effect on fertility of soil.
J / How it should be fed.
What element it removes
from the soil.
m Enemies and how to destroy
them.
9 Expense of the different
implements.
Be sure te select your seed in
the field.
J. T. Pittman,
Headquarters Randolph
No. 466, U. C. V.
Al' Confederate Veterans,
their families, friends and the
people generally are hereby
most cordial! invited to attend
the Reunion of our Camp on July
4th. As will be seen elsewhere,
a program of unusual interest
has beeh arranged for the oc
casion, and every effort is being
made to provide for the pies sure
and entertainment of all who
honor us with chair preaenoe.
Official:
R. D. Crozier
B. W. Ellis, Commander,
Adjutant.
Part of the program includes
musio by Second Georgia Infan
try Band; Address of welcome
in behalf of the city and county
by Hon. R. L. Moye, Mayor of
Cuthbert, Response to welcome
address by Major W. J. Horse-
ley, Arlington, Ga., Address to
Sons of Veterans by Col. B. W.
Fortson of Arlington, Address
by Major General J. H. Martin,
Commanding the Georgia Divis
ion U. C. V., of Havvkinsvllle,
Ga., Barbecue and basket din
ner, parade of Veterans and
Sons of Veterans on public
square, sack race, chasing
greasy pie, baseball game be
tween Cu,thbert and Colquitt
teams.
Collaborator. ! eral years ago.
An Unusual Marriage
A news item from Atlanta
says that an unusual marriage,
at which a former Dawson young
man. Mr. Guerry Bishop was the
groom’s oCrt man, was celebrat
ed in St. Mark’s church in At
lanta,, a few days ago. The
bride and groom were both deaf
and dumb. The ceremony, which
took place just before the church
services, was a most interesting
cnSfgnd was witnessed by sev
eral hundred people, there being
pbout 150 deaf mutes.
Mi* Nellie Prator was the
bride itnd J. W. Thompson the
grt>wn. Dr. A. M. Hughlett,
pastor of St. Mark’s, performed
the ceremony, pronouncing the
usual sentences in the establish*
ed way. To the bride and groom
his words were translated into
the sign language of the deaf by
Mr. Michael, and thus was the
solemn rite made perhaps all the
more solemn from the extraor
dinary way in which it was ad
ministered.
The bride and groom left for
Columbus, where they were
given a reception by the groom’s
mother, wilh whom they will
be at home during the summer.
Mr. Guerry Bishop, is now a
resident of Bainbridge, having
j come here with his parents sev-
OPPOSED TO NEW
COUNTY MOVEMENT
“Decatarite” Writes is Opposition to Ik
Movement te Divide County
Editor Search Light:
Advocates of the new counter
have been going throughout the
county procuring signatures to
their petitions favoring the new
county on the representation
that it would not hurt the old
county but would be of great
benefit to their section. When
you think about the matter yoa
will find both of these represen
tations to be untrue. The peo
ple are now finding it out and
are requesting their signatures
withdrawn and are signing peti
tions against the new county.
The creation of the pew coun
ty will most positively hurt the
old county. They are seeking to
take away about one third of our
territory, wealth and population.
An investigation of the tax
books shows that this section
pays in revenues from all sources
about $15,000. It will cost just
as much to run the old county
without this section as with it.
There will he 09 reductions in
the cost of our courts and road
work nor in any other depart
ment. To make up this loss in
revenue the old county will be
obliged to increase its tax rate
several dollars on the thousan^.
The new county people have
industriously canvassed the
whole county for signers to their
petition and many have signed
without thinking of the injury
that would result. Many of
these are -waking up to the dam-:
ger and are signing against It. '
It iB said that the new county
advocates are also telling the
people west of the creek that
their burdens will be no heavier
than they are now. High taxes
have been the rule with all the
new counties created so far. I
am informed that Grady’s rate
has ranged from $23.00 to $35.00
on the thousand. The people of
the new county could expect to
fare no better. Alluring promr
ises can be easily made before
hand, but after the new county
is created, the people will be
powerless.
I have just learned of another
important fact that .should, be
considered by the people of the
west side. It is not generally
known that Decatur county baa
a surplus school fund in the state
treasury frdm which to draw
annually po supplement her regu
lar appropriation for the support
of the public schools. For in
stance the appropriation this
year for, schools west of the
creek amounts to $9,254.00 while
with the state rate alone they
would get only $7,080.00, a loss
of $2,174.00, which would mean
about a four months school in
stead of nine. The new county
would not share in Decatur’s
surplus any more than it would
in any other property.
It does seem that our good
friends and neighbors of the
west side should consider well
all of the bad features of having
new, expensive and small
county as against remaining
satisfied and content in the goad
old first class county of Decatur
and stop this new county fool
ishness.
Decaturite.