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BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 4, 1911
51.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
|Y FARMERS
SEEKING HOMES
[bcr Have Been Looking for Farms
and Homes This Week.
ire farmers from a distance
been in this section during
aSt week looking for farm
than was ever known prob
in one week before. The
shows just what advertis
ed hustling will do.
t real estate firms as well
erybody else have been ad
ding and talking the advan-
of Decatur county soil for
ie time. A number of them
been carrying ads, some-
s a full page being carried
single firm. Such adver-
i g is bound to bring results,
number of papers carrying
,e ads have been sent out in
ous directions and when peo-
Ifrom the outside looking for
and homes see such ads
iy at once become interested.
was the method employed
building up the great West
Northwest, by the railroads
big land corporations.
;f the people who are vitally
rested would employ such
It'nods still more freely it
|uld not be very long till the
nty would begin to fill up
h new settlers.
me great drawback has been
t the great bodies of land
itaining thousands of acres,
Id not be cut into small
Irms to suit hundreds of small
irmers who want not more than
hundred acre3 and in many in-
nces much less. This trouble
being overcome to a great ex
ult now and in some sec-
ions farms of almost any size
in be had.
It would be one of the greatest
ssings that could fall to the
inty if some strong firm could
organized to buy up' a large
dy of farm land, divide it up
hto small farms and erect cot-
ges on each one. A good thing
r such company would be to
prove in this way only about
e-third or one-half of the pos-
lessions, leaving the other to en-
ance in Value, To improve such
iaces and give reasonable terms
ould bring a farmer to every
ne. One trouble about a small
armer is that- he is not able to
make the necessary improve
rs, including building and
erything else. They often
'aek down from such an under-
hiking. They do not mind how-
v «r, to buy an improved place
H( 1 pay the price, provided they
are given reasonable terms,
h is likely that number of
home seekers now in the
»unty will find places to suit
them.
Several from North Georgia
are among the number. Quite a
Entertained Last Friday
Last Friday morning from 9:30
to 11:30 o’clock, Miss Lyda
Green entertained for the fol
lowing visiting girls: Misses
Eunice Moody, Monroe, La.,
Zudie Sapp, Camilla, Ga., Cor
nelia Williams and Carolyn Nor
ris, Newton, Ga., Estelle Arnold,
LaGrange, Ga., Alma Waudick,
Marianna, Fla.
Each guest, on arrival, was
invited to a cozy corner in the
hall where they were served
with delicious punch, served by
Misses Lucile Diffee and Nina
Mills.
The color scheme was white
and pink and these young ladies
were dressed in white w'ith pink
ribbons. Miss Marian Suther
land had charge of the dainty
guest book.
The main feature of enter
tainment was a guessing contest;
the questions being asked about
a bridal couple, the answers the
title of popular songs. The
prize was a lovely little cupid
picture won by Miss Onis Willis.
Several of the young ladies ren
dered instrumental solos, which
were enjoyed by all.
Menu cards were handed each
guest and from the following
they were to select: Hidden
Tears, a chip off the old block,
a reminder of spring, a school
girls delight, a southern product,
the saver of earth, a story in
Ladies Home Journal, the staff
of life. This part of the enter
tainment was real amusing; some
receiving a glass of water and
tooth pick, some a pod of red
pepper and corn bread, some salt
and water, some pickl^ and tooth
pick.
But close upon this Mrs. Scott
and Mrs. J. D. Blakely served a
delicious salad course. The fol
lowing young ladies were pres
ent: Misses Onis Willis, Irene
Martin, Ruth Holder Eunice
Moody, Jessie Mildred Scott,
Zudie Sapp, Cornelia Williams,
Alice Powell, Grace Hines, Es
telle Arnold, Marie Diffee, Em
ma Sutherland, Elsie Crom, Al
ma Wandiek, Cordie Scott, Flora
Maxwell, and Carolyn Norris,
The hours parted with winged
feet, as they ever do for happy,
light-hearted girls and each
guests in her own happy way
expressed this when she bade
her hcstesa adieu.
Big Barbecue And Elks Parade
For Bainbridge on August 18.
Farmers’ Institute, Will be Held aud Other Features Promise to Make it a
Notable Gathering.
The Caldwell Motor Car Co.
Some important changes, or
rather, additions are being made
by the Caldwell Motor Car Com
pany this week.
They are re-arranging the in
side of the beautiful “Toole”
building recently occupied by
"The Mart,” and will have that
converted into a large sales
room.
Mr. Caldwell never does any
thing by halves and it is a fore
gone conclusion that when they
move the machines into the
bunch have also come from South handsome building it will be fit-
Carolina and Alabama ! ted up in proper style and will
Aianama. ^e one of the prettiest places in
The conditions confronting the town,
farmer are difficult at best, and • The Caldwell Motor Car Com-
It is dp«i.T-ri U- pauy has been very successful in
hand ,i P'ace within his; the automo bil e business. They
as through the medium of have carried and are still carry-
Bainbridge is likely to have the
day of her life Friday, August 18.
The merchants are going to give
a great barbecue on that day,
with everything to eat and cold
water to drink and everything
else that goes to make a bar
becue.
The Elks will have a great
parade on the same day and yvill
unite with the merchants to make
the day one of the greatest ever
seen in Bainbridge. Itis known
to all that whatever the Elks un
dertake on the line of a big time
they ( make it a success. They
have never been known to make
a failure in a single instance.
They have thrown their shoul
ders to the wheel and united
with the merchants to make of
the 18th of August a day long to
be remembered in Bainbridge.
A great Farmer’s Institute will
be held here on the same day.
Such noted rpen as Thos. G. Hud
son, Commissioner of Agricul
ture of Georgia, J. W. Hart, Pro
fessor of Dairy extension of the
state College of Agriculture and
J. Phil Campbell, Professor of
School Extension of the State
College of Agriculture, will be
here and deliver addresses.
These will be supplemented by
local speakers including Mr, J,
T. Pittman who is in charge of
the Demonstration work of this
county.
Everything mentioned will be
free to everybody. It is expect
ed that farmers will be here from
all over this and adjoining coun
ties. There should f>e ,at least
5,000 visitors in Bainbridge on
that day.
The farmers are especially
urged to turn out and attend the
Institute and make it a grand
success. It is largely in the!
given out just where the barbe
cue will be spread, but this part
will not be hard to settle as there
are a dozen beautiful places in
the city for such an affair.
It is not known yet just what
all the Elks will do on that day.
It is known however, that they
will have a grand rally and that
they will parade. But the Elks
are liable to spring a surprise on
a crowd at any time and they
may have something else up the
sleeve that has not been made
public. It is well enough to keep
an eye on them. . ■'
Watch out for the^big adver
tisement in the Search Light
next week. In that issue more
will be told of what will be done
on the big day, 18th of August.
The following programme will
be carried out by the Farmers’
Institute, August 18.
PROGRAMME:
Morning session, 10 o’clock.
Invocation.
Introductory—J. T. Pitman.
“Specialized Farming”—J. W.
Hart; Professor of dairy exten
sion, State College of Agricul
ture.
“Seed Selection”—J. Philip
Campbell, Prpf^sspr of School
Extension, State College of Ag
riculture.
Afternoon Session, 1:30 o’clock.
“The Problem of the Farmer”
—T. G. Hudson.
These speakers understand
present farming conditions, and
may throw some light on your
problems.
Think about the subjects to be
discussed before coming to the
institute, and be prepared to ask
questions, thereby making the
meeting of service to you.
Corn club members should at-
hands of the farmers of Decatur,tend the institute,
county now to make the name of j Don’t forget the date,
the grand old county sound bring a friend with you.
throughout this and other states
as the greatest county in Geor
gia. They can do more. They
can make her the greatest coun
ty in the South. Let the re
sources of Decatur county once
and
the
■ I'h will be of special service ever brought to this section of
a '<i value to him at this time I * he state. They also carry the
T:„ y u- famous Brush machine that is
. institutes can accomplish having such a remarkable sale.
f unless patronized by the They are also among the best-
‘urr ners whom they have design- advertisers in this part of Geor-
to sen ’ice. We know theltna. ,
S* friers’ institutes have ac-1 . 'Y hlle the large room hey are
C0! npli-heH j fitting up now will be used ex-
are S |, P ‘ .^ erc ’ an< ^ we clusively fora salesroom, they
ifici • i . W1 . be equally ben- will keep the room now occupied
1 cl -l to Georgia farmer s for a repair shop.
Baughman Automobile Co.
The Baughman Automobile
Company received a car load of
six new A. B. Maxwell cars
be known to the outside j Wednesday. This shipment
world and it will be one of j made a total of eleven cars of
most thickly populated communi- j this make they have received
ties in the United States. And J during the past week,
what is more, it will be one of They have sold five cars in the
the wealthiest communities in
the world It seems hard for
people to realize this, but as sure
as the stars shine these great
stretches of uncultivated lands
will not remain in that state
many more years. They are
bound to be settled up by thrifty
farmers. Let every farmer in
the county and their neighbors
in the surrounding counties turn
out on the 18th of August and
1 start the great boost for Decatur
| county.
; Besides the speaking there
| will be plenty sport of other
• kinds to entertain everybody. A
j ball game will be pulled off be-
; tween the Bainbridge team and
, some other good team yet to be
| selected.
| The various committees are
now at work arranging for the
big barbecue as well as the other
. entenainments. It has not been
past week and it is likely that
they will sell as many more in
the next few days ^
They are puJmngnow in
special sale iy of their 191 „
models. 7*’f™ 8 J* e ha® attracted^,
conBiderabi ,u ^ention and quite \
a number of de )ls have been "
made. j
This firm believrfs in the word
“hustle” and t‘«y prove their
faith 6jrtb. > v /rks, by not let
ting anything ^/ow under their
feet. They have built up an en
ormous trade and their sales into
a wide stretch of territory.
Negro Woman Killed.
A negro woman by the name
of Rosa Dunwoody was killed at
her home in the southern part of
the city Friday night. The body
was found Saturday morning un
der the house.
As to who did the killing it
may always ramain a mystery.
Otto Snooks, a white man was
arrested charged with the crime
according to the verdict of the
Coroner’s jury.
A commitment trial was given
Mr. Snooks Tuesday and he W&s
released. This was about the
status of the case up to Tuesday.
There was some talk of having
the body exhumed before the
trial was held but this was not
done- TPhe purpose was to find
if possible the size bullet, if bul
let at all was found, that enter
ed the negro woman’s body.
The body was exhumed Wed
nesday but no bullet was found.
Some seem to believe the crime
must have been committed by an
instrument other than a bullet.
At least that is the talk among-
some. An Italiairwho lives in
the neighborhood is said to have
been on bad terms with the wo
man and since the killing he is
said to have left Bainbridge. It
is further suggested • that
“stiletto” could have produced
the wound that caused the ne
gro’s death.
There are some things said to
be connected with the whole af
fair that makes it a very ugly
story, and tod bad fa Appear in
print.
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Successful Applicants
The following is a list of suc
cessful applicants for teacher’s
license OJ*examiflation June 16th
and 17th™
Miss Lucile Charlton.
“ Mary ftae Carner.
“ Susiemlaude Murphy.
“ CarriaTalbert.
" Mild/J.j^Srell.
Lome Belid4^yes.
tense Floyd.
Lllie Ballou.
“ Bekha Parker.
“ EvefS^vParker.
Mr. U. V. Ami^son.
“ C. V. Chandler.,
Mrs. C. V. Chandler.
Miss Ruth Voorhies.
Mr. C. E. Duggar.
“ C. L. Perry. *
‘ ‘ Forest L. Maxwell.
Miss Sue Hayes.
“ Callie Hurst.
Elizabeth Taylor.
Hattie Wells.
Delmo Barineau.
Mamie Hurst.
Sabrina Trawick.
Mary Anglin.
Winnie McElvey.
Florence Neel.
Lillie Trawick.
Addie C. Mosley.
Pearle Mock.
Emma Mock.
llie Blair.
Bertha Gholson
Sadie White.
Rossie Dixon.
Ozella Eagerton.
Fourteen made first, seven
second and fifteen third grade
licenses. There were forty one
applicants.
J. S. Bradwell,
Co. School Com.
• Pe
Er
‘JO 1
ftie
(f Sa
Five Passenger Touring
Car, in good Condition,
For Sale or Exchange for
Real Estate.
B. C. Dickenson.
WILL COME TO
DECATUR COUNTY
Several Families Decide to Make Tbear
Future Home Here.
Four South Carolina farmers
have been located in Decatur
county during the week. This
is but a beginning of what is
hoped will be a big ingathering
from that state. •
The four are Messrs. James
Caddin of Williston, S. C., W. R.
Mims of Williston, S. C., R. E.
Lowe and W. E. Woodward, both
of Wagner, S. C.
These are all good farmers and
excellent citizens and they will
receive a hearty welcome to
Georgia and Decatur county,
r* South Carolina has furnished
many good citizens to Georgia.
A number of the most Drosperous
business men in this county now
are natives of that state.
There is room enough in De
catur county for 2000 more such
families as have just located and
it is hoped that they will come
whilefthe great bodies of lands
are comparatively cheap.
The four families mentioned
will come to Georgia about the
last of the year.
A number of other farmers,
some from North Georgia and
others from Alabama, have been
In tits counjcy this week looking
for homes and farms. It has net
been learned whe^or on not any
of these have located.
If any of the farmers or land
owners in . the county having
lands for sale will communicate
with the editor [of the Search
Light he will take pleasure in
trying to get them in touch with
parties wanting to buy. Small
tracts are most desirable, as most
of these people looking for homes
want only small places.
If any one having a large body
of lancLwill agree to divide it up
into snmh bodies it might be an
inducement to a number to make
purchases in that way. Hardly
any of the new comers want
largo bodies of lands.
Panther ,on Spring Creek
A real, sure enough panther is
said to have been discovered on
Spring Creek. The animal is
said to-be as tall as a young calf,
is a bright yellow color and has
been heard to make screams like
that of a woman in distress.
The panther has been seen of
late by a number of people. It
was seen first by Some men who
were fishing on the creek. Later
it was seen by three women^whe
had gone down to the creek to
fish. The animal is said to have
crawled out from a thick under
growth and appeared as though
he was going to spring on one of
the ladies. Must at this junature
the woman screamed and the
beast disapeared in the thicket.
Some men appeared on the scene
but the animal had escaped.
One man saw the animal a few
nights ago while riding along on
his mule. The mule became
badly frightened and the man
could not get a good sight of the
beast.
As to where the panther came
MB*
Mr. Willie G. Harrell, who has
been visiting home folks and j from or how long he has been in
friend; in this city for the past the neighborhood no one seems
week, left Tuesday for Atlanta to know.
to visit friends in that city be-1 A united effort by the people
for j returning to his home in; in that community will probably
Sw '.inesboro. 1 be made to evterminatc the ani-