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)L. 19 NO. 28
YMAM1T1NG IN
SPRING CREEK
Unlawful Practice is Said to be Fre
quently Indulged in
r ' —'aHon Three Thousand and Five Hundred
The Best Advertising Medium in Southwestern Georg
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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY,
It is reported that some fear-
dynamiting of fish was in
deed in over on Spring Creek
the Fourth of July.
\ gentleman who lives near
creek was in Bainbridge Wed-
sday and on being asked if
iere were many fish in that
ream replied ‘ ‘no, not since the
ourth of July, so much dyna-
iting was done in the creek on
hat day the number of fish left
comparatively few.”
This man went on to state
iat he estimated that there
iust have been a hundred sticks
f the explosive set off in the
reek in the space of a mile.
[e said the creek was made
muddy as a result of so much
dynamite being used.
It is believed that such whole'
sale slaughtering of fish by such
means will soon kill most of
them out and scarcely any will
be left in' the streams of this
section.
People who do this are run
ning a great risk, as it is a vio
lation of a very wise law passed
by the legislature of Georgia. If
current reports be true a num
ber of people will be in serious
trouble if they do not stop such
practice.
Besides being in violation of
the law and making the perpe
trators liable to prosecution, it is
very unfair to the people who
wish to catch fish in a legitimate
way, and is surprising that many
have not already been prosecu
ted for the offense.
Just a little thoughtfulness
would cause a person to stop
such practice. One or two and
even more fish large enough to
eat may be killed by the explo
sion of one stick, but at the same
time hundreds of smaller ones
are killed, and in this way mil
lions of smaller fish are destroy
ed each year.
It would be well enough for
the law-abiding people of the
county to give a note of warn
ing that such unlawrul prac
tices must be stopped.
Jap Representative Here
Mr. Y. Nigematsu, representa
tive of the Japaneze government,
spent several days in Bainbridge
this week, inspecting the turpen
tine industry of this section.
Among the places he visited
while here was Vada, Reynolds-
ville and McCaskill’s still. He
was accompanied by Mr. J. C.
McCaskill, Mr. L. Ball, Mr. C.
A. Crews. He visited this and
other places taking such data as
he seemed to want. From his
conveisation it is understood that
he made weekly reports to his
government.
Mr. Nigematsu had a letter of
introduction from Washington,
D. C. to the Carson Naval Stores
Company of Savannah, and from
that firm to Mr. L. Ball here.
The Jap representative would
take photographs of everything
of importance he saw, and seem
ed to take a deep interest in the
turpentine business from the
methods of getting the gum from
the tree to the spirits as it comes
from the still.
He said the industry in his
country was in a very crude
state, compared to the methods
employed here. He said the
pines in his country did not af
ford enough gum for the manu
facture to assume the proportions
as it has in this country.
HOKE SMITH ELECTED
NOTED STATES SENATOR
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Atlanta, July 11.—Governor Mr. Stovall were Senators Brown
Hoke Smith will goto the United and Morris. Those voting for
States senate to fill out the un- Mr. Covington were Senators
Another fine Farm
Mr. C. C. Willis, who has just
returned from the farm in Mitch
ell county owned by himself and
his brother Mr. E. J. Willis, says
that on two hundred acres of
cotton they are sure of gather
ing at least one hundred bales.
He says that the corn, ground
pease, velvet beans and all other
products are very promising.
They have marked and brand
ed more calves this year than
usual, the number being some
thing near a hundred,
ho;
year.
Burning While He Slept
A stranger, a Jew, came very
near sniffing his life out and in
cidentally causing a blaze at the
Bon Air Hotel by going to sleep
with a lighted cigar in his
mouth Wednesday night.
The man went to the hotel and
secured lodging for the night
and retired. Later in the night
one of the bell boys was passing
along the hall and discovered the
netting on fire over the bed of
the stranger.
Everything got busy at once
and put the fire out, but not un
til the netting was burned as
was also part of the mattress.
The strange part of it all was
the stranger never woke up un
til help went in to put the fire
out. A minute longer would
have found him roasted in his
bed.
Quick work saved a possible
fire of big dimensions and also
saved the necessity of calling out
the fire department.
No man living has ever been
able to explain why people go to
bed with a lighted cigar in their
mouth.
expired term of the late Senator Bush, Douglass,
A. S. Clay. liarns.
A total vote of one hundred
and twenty-seven was cast for
Governor Smith today in the two
houses of the general assembly,
balloting separately for senator.
A vote of one hundred and fif
teen is necessary to elect on joint
ballot.
Senator J. M. Terrell, who
was appointed by Governor
Brown to fill the vaconcy caused
by the death of Senator Clay
during recess of the legislature,
received fifty-three votes in the
two houses. Pleasant A. Stov
all, the Savannah editor, ran
next with a total of nineteen
votes in the two houses. Judge
W. A. Covington polled fourteen
votes in the two houses and
Thomas E. Watson received five,
all being cast in the house.
Call on Governor.
When it became apparent that
Governor Smith would be elect
ed for the senate by a good sized
majority friends .and supporters
flocked to the governor’s office
at the capitol and began shower
ing congratulations upon him.
Governor Smith received his vis
itors with face beaming. He
declared, however, that he would
have no statement for the press
today.
Bigger Vote Tomorrow.
It is regarded as certain, how
ever, that many of the members
who today cast complimentary
votes for other candidates will
come to the governor’s support
on Wednesday, swelling his to
tal to 135 to 140 or more. Had
Hoke Smith received two more
votes in the senate on today’s
separate ballot, there would have
been no occasion for tomorrow’s
joint ballot. He would, in that
contingency, have had a clear
majority of both houses and
would have been elected under
the law.
Those voting for Mr. Smith
were Senators Aaron, Adams,
Beauchamp, A. 0. Blalock, Davis,
Duggar, Felker, Hill, Hullencer,
Knight, Kincaid, Marshall, King,
Shaw and Wil-
Mr. Williams
Congratulate Him
Following immediatelv upon the
announcement of the vote in the
house the assembly adjourned
and scores of legislators hasten
ed to the executive offices to con
gratulate the governor upon his
election, everybody taking it for
granted that the toga is his. Mr.
Smith was evidently pleased with
the result of the vote in the two
houses and his friends were
particularly elated over his re
markable showing in the senate.
They had counted positively on
eighteen votes. But the ballot
showed that he has three in ex
cess of this number.
The balloting in the the two
houses was intensely interesting
and the scene was watched by
crowds that packed the galleries
The vote in the senate inquir
ed only a few minutes, but in
the house the balloting was pro
longed by the large membership
and the fact that scores of re
presentatives arose in their places
to second the nomination of Gov'
ernor Smith. During all of this
time the galleries looked on with
expectant interest, but the zeal
of the Smith men on the floor
indicated clearly that he would
have an overwhelming majority,
The Smith Vote.
The following members of the
house voted for Mr. Smith
Messrs. Adams, Adkins, Ander
son of Gordon, Alexander, Allen,
Almand, Beck, Bell, Booker,
Brannon, Brown of Forsyth,
Bryan, Burnett, Burney, Bur
well, Cabaniss, Calhoun, hand
ler, Christopher, Collins d'Un
ion, Converse, Cordell, Darsey
Deese, Defoor of Clayton, Ibe-
foor of Bibb, Dickey, Dubos/'/of
Wilkes, Farrar, Ferguson, 1\ >s
Fortune off Three Acres
There are few people who are
able to make a good living from
so small an amount of land as is
Oliver R. Shearer, who lives at
Hyde Park, a surburb of Read
ing Pa. Mr. Shearer is two and
a half miles from the heart of
the city, and raises vegetables
Their anc * P° u ' tr y- His farm consists
, c ...J of a trifle over three acres, but
crop ,s also very fine this j ^ are only about two and a
Mr. Tom Williams died at his
home in this city Wednesday af
ternoon about 4:00 o’clock after
an illness caused by a complica
tion of diseases lasting for a long
time.
Mr. Williams was about 50
years of agetat the time of his
death. He was born and reared
in Bainbridge, but has been
away from here for the past six
or seven years. He returned to
Bainbridge about six months ago
but had been in very feeble
health for a long time before he
came back to Bainbridge.
Besides his wife and daughter
he is survived by three brothers
and two sisters. His brothers
are U. J. Williams, Charles Wil
liams and E. D. Williams. His
sisters are Mrs. L. C. Toole and
Mrs. Joe Peacock, both of Jack
sonville.
Mr. Williams was a member
of the Baptist church and the
funeral services were held from
that*church Thrusday afternoon
at half past two o’clock, Dh
Carl W. Minor, Dastor of the
church officiating.
After the service at the church
the body was born to the city
cemetery and laid to rest.
Their hundreds of friends
sympathize with the family in
their great loss and deep grief.
LIFE CRUSHED
OUT BY TRAIN
Paulk of Irwin, Payton, Pope,
Garland, Reaves, Redwine, Roy
al, Simpson, Slade, Smith of
Dooly, Stephens, Stovall, Stubbs,
Taylor of Ware, Tarver, Thur
man. Thompson, Tippins of Ap
pling, Tippins of Tattnall, Tol
bert, Turner, Upshaw, Waters,
Watts, Westmorland, White of
Laurens, White of Screven, Wil
liams or Meriwether, Wilson,
Wood of Walton, ’Worsham,
York, Youmans.
The following members of the
house voted for Mr. Terrell
Anderson of Floyd, Ashley,
Ault, Baker, Blasingame, Bow
ei, Brinson, Broiyn of Fulton
Buchanan, Cannon, Chaney,
Foster of Floyd, Hall of Echols
Hayes Hobb&, Holtzclaw, Joiner,
Jones of Dougherty, Jones of
Meriwether, Lezure, Longino,
Lott, Miller, Montgomery of Jeff
ter of Newton, Frederick, QJ } ■%r) av j Si Mooty, Pickett, Ragsdale,
ner, Garlington, Gastley.^Gow
er, Hardeman, Harrell, Mt Mil
ler, Harrell of Stewart, Al arris,
Harvey, Henderson, 'jimes,
Hixon, Hollis, Hopkins, JacV'^n
* ' * ■ «, rl . YkftL rUHUVVIIl£ iuviii*/va a isi
of Monroe, Jackson of Whitfltes >uge vo t e( j f or Mr. Covington
t t . i T ” _
Mayson, Oliver, Owens, Prather,'James, Johnson, Jones of Burke,
Shingler, Sheppard, Spence and
Whitehead. Those voting for
Mr. Terrell were Senators H. C.
Blalock, Crawford, Copeland,
Cromartie, Culbreath, Dicker-
son, Edwards, Ennis, Graham,
Grovenstein, Hamilton, Harris,
Mann, Moore, Roberts, Worley
and Slaton. Those voting for
Kendrick, Kent, Kimbrough,
Kirby, Lane, Lee, Lord of
Washington, Lovejoy, MacIn
tyre of Thomas, O’Connell, Mc-
Ury, McElreath of Murray, Me.
Kee, Massengale, Melton, Mer
ritt, Middleton, Montgomery of
Webster, Nix, Nisbett, Parker
of Marion, Paulk of Ben Hill,
This is said to be one of the, . ... .
finest plantations in this section i tlon ' 1 . , t„„„
of Georgia 1 tore one corner of the t, ace
Wanted to Sell
half acres that are under cultiva-
mountain stream
to
pieces so badly that it cannot be:
cultivated. The little farm pro
duces about ten thousand heads
celery, three hundred to five
Ten vaTds of Calico for 39c; one hundred tomato plants, and anj-
pair Mens’Shoes for $1.25: one where from three thousand to
pair Mens’ Sunday Shoes for seven thousand each of lettuce,
Si. 19. A lot of white cloth and endive and beets. From five to
bleaching at 5c per yard. All at' ten bushels of onion sets are
J- M. Floyd's new store, Bain- usually planted each year and
bridge, Ga, * yield a bountiful crop. —Ex.
Lister!
We want jfjj/Once, Fifty
proved Farms from 1 OOirto ij
200 acres, if you VIANT toji^
sell list with . ... . J
fimu f.o the Post Office.
Bower-Fleming Realty Co.
Iw Vlins, Scott, Smith of Henry,
Summerlin. TurnipseeA Vinson
Wimberly Wohlwender; Wood of
Twiggs
Following members of the
Young Man Met Instant Death at
Babcock Yesterday
Mr. H. G. Snellgrove, an em
ployee of the Georgia, Florida
& Alabama railroad was instant
ly killed yesterday at Babcock.
The terrible accident happened
about 10 o’clock in the morning.
It seems that the freight train
on which, it is understood, Snell
grove was a flagman, had stop
ped at Babcock, to make some
kind of change of cars. They
had attended to all except one
and the train was backing slow
ly to leave another car.
Snellgrove was walking along
between the cars with his h$nd
on the coupling lever ready to
uncouple as soon as the stop was
made. He got in between the
cars, it is said, just why no one
knows, and was walking in that
position while the train was
moving at a speed said not to
have been over three or four
miles an hour. Just a short dis
tance from where the stop and
uncoupling was to have been
made the young man’s foot
caught between one of the
guard rails and the main line
rail at the switch. He made a
terrible effort to pull his foot
out, leaving the shoe at the
place, but being fastened as he
was he was perfectly helpless
and was knocked down by the
moving train and crushed to
death. The body was fearfully
mangled and death was instan
taneous.
The body was brought to this
city and prepared for burial at
Ihe undertaking parlors of G. B.
Brackin. The young man’s
father came up from Tallahas
see, their home, late yesterday
afternoon and accompanied the
body of his son back to Tallahas
see, where the interment will
take place today.
Not much could be learned of
the young man, though he
seemed to have been ebout 22-
years of age and is said to have
been unmarried. His father
and mother survive him.
Bush, Collins of Mitchell
Cook, Ellis, Hall of Bibb, Hires,
Lord of Jackson, Paiten, Reese,
Speaker Holder.
The followng mombers of the
house voted for Mr. Stovall—
Anderson of Chatham, Black-
shear, DuBose of Clark, Fro-
hock, Fullbright, Green, Law
rence, Macfarland, McCarthy,
Murphy. Parker of Liberty, Pea
cock, Pierce, Smith of Tattnall,
Spier, Waller, Williams of Bul
loch.
The following members of the
house voted for Mr. Watson:
Collins of Grady, Elder, Mitch
ell, Newsome and Strickland.
The following members of the
house voted for Mr. Brantley:
Butts, Harper and Spence.
The following members of the
house did not respond to the call
of their names: Byington, Field,
Moore of Butts, Moore of C ol-
umbia and Taylor of Laurens,
Hooper.
Have vou seen the new and
special line of Stationery at F.
A. Brcston’s ? 7-14-lt
Bond Question May Come.
It is very probable that the
people of Bainbridge will have
an opportunity to vote for bonds
for the purpose of building a
modem school house in the near
future. Talks heard on the
streets of late point strongly in
that direction and such talk
sounds mighty good.
It is conceded by ^all that the
one thing Bainbridge does need
above all others is a modern
school building and it is believed
that the vote on bonds for this
question will be practically solid.
Some say that it would be the
proper thing for the council to
take up the matter at once so
that the bonds could lie issued
and work begun by the first of
1912. If such steps are taken
things will begin to look more
like business around town in a
short while.
The new Stationery at F. A.
Preston’s has some beautiful
views of Bainbridge on it. Come
and examine it. 7-14-lt
It seems that both Smith and. |
Terrell are looking around to m
where they are “at.”