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OL. 19
Home Mission News
(Mrs. J. S. Stovall, Press Supt.)
OUR AIM
1— An auxiliary in every
church and every woman in the
church a member;
WEEK OP PRAYER
2— The Home Mission Depart
ment of the Woman’s Missionary
Council has set aside October
2-8 as a time for holding the
Week of Prayer. This means
much to the spiritual and finan
cial success of our home mission
work and every auxiliary in
Southern Methodism is expected
to observe it.
THE COLLECTIONS.
3— The money collected during
the Week of Prayer is specifical
ly directed to a work maintained
by the society. The collection
last year was about twenty
thousand dollars and was used
to build a dormitory at Ruth
Hargrove Seminary, our banner
school at Key West. Ruth Hart
grove is the only Protestan
school on the island of Key West
and among its patrons are Pro
testants and Catholics. The col
lection this year will go to Bre-
nard Normal and Industrial Col
lege, at Brenard, N. C. This is
a school for mountain boys and
girls, a most worthy institution,
and should be liberaly supported
by every loyal Methodist.
SOCIAL CIRCLE
4— The social club of the socie
ty continues to grow in populari
ty. Its membershin is now thir
ty six and each meeting develops
new interest. Mrs. Clarence
Griffin entertained the circle in a
delightfully pleasant way la£s
weik. Tuesday afternoon Mrs.
Isaac Griffin was hostess in her
cordial and informal manner at
her home on West Street. She
was assisted in entertaining by
her sister Mrs. Hurst.
IMMIGRANT HOME
5— The Immigrant Home at
Galveston, under the wise leader
ship of Rev. A. E. Rector, and
the hearty co-operation of his
wife, continues to do good ser
vice. Repots from the home
show:
Incoming immigrants handled
in May, 485
Incoming immigrants handled
an June, 216
Outgoing immigrants handled
in May, 17
Outgoing immigrants handled
in June, 19
Total immigrants cared for, 737
Daily visit of seaman to read
ing room, May, 698
Daily visit of seamen to read
ing room, June, 669
Total 1375
OUR PART IN THIS WORK
6— It was the most insignificant
home mission member that help
ed these strangers, because each
member made the home possible
by her dues, Conference pledge
and free will offering.
A GUARD FOR ALIENS
BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2y, ffl.1
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Grand Op®, h ««s, D ecatur County Fair Proved ^ f ^^^^ ^^;
To Be a Grand Success
Opera House two night com
mencing Wednesday September
25th Mabel Paige and her excel
lent company opening bill “The
Lost Trail” The following is what
the Moultrie Daily Observer has
to say of this company.
Mable Paige, a wee known fav
orite among local theatre goers,
who for several seasons has tour
ed the south, starring in different
plays, was greeted by a large
audience last night at the Cordele
Opera House in opening produc
tion of the season at this place—
“The Lost Trail” an entirely new
play plotted from practical pion
eer western life, which, present
ed as by Miss Paige and her
strong support of actors actresses
depicts a ir.03t interesting and
entertaining story true to human
life and environments-
The play was seemingly most
highly enjoyed by all in atteq
dance.
Tonight the Mabel Paige, Co.
will close their engagement here
with the presentation of the
celebratedly funny farce comedy-
“Billy”
Prices 25 35 50 75 Tickets now on
sale at Mays Drug Store.
The Inauguration of the thea
trical show with Miss Paige and
company will start the show
season big in Bainbridge.
Mach Interest Shown and the Exhibits Broofht in Were
Viewed by Hundreds with Much Interest
Meet of the Archdeaconry of Albany
Evening Prayer was said on
Wednesday Sept. 13th at 7:30 p,
m., in St. John’s Episcopal Church
by the Rev. E. L. Malone, Rec
tor of St. Jame’s Church, Bel
li eaven, N. C., and Rev. James
B. Lawrence of Americus, Ga.
The sermon was preached by
the Rev. Mr. Malone from the
text Gal. 6:7, and his message
was found to be very helpful.
This service is preliminary to
the meeting of the Archdeaconry
of Albany which will be held in
St. John’s Church on October
10th, 11th and 12th. The Bishop
of the Diocese of Georgia, the
Rt Rev. F. F. Reese, D. D. has
divided the Diocese into four
Archdeaconries, namely. Savan
nah, Augusta, Brunswick and
Albany. Bainbridge belongs to
the Albany Archdeaconry.
At the meeting which will be
held in October the addresses
will be made by the Rev. Charles
T. Wright, Rector of St. Paul’s
Church of Albany, the Rev Wm.
H. Higgans, Rector St. Thomas
Church of Thomasville, the Rev.
James D. Miller Rector Christ
Church of Cordele and the Rt.
Rev. Bishon of the Diocese.
On last Wednesday evening a
meeting of the Vestry of St.
John’s Church was held, and
every effort is being made to
make the meeting in October a
great success, and it is hoped
that it will be of great benefit to
the city.
The Decatur County Fair prov
ed to be the biggist thing seem
in the bounds of the county in
many years. In fact, nothing of
the kind has ever equaled the
gJand display made by the far
mers. And what is the best of
all, it is Relieved that the display
selected to be carried to Tifton
will come mighty near bringing
back a first-class prize. The ex
hibit furthermore, is evpected to
make such a ravorable impression
on the minds of the homeseekers
that a number of them will be
located in Decatur.
The two days Fair here could
not have been the success it was,
without such men as H. C. Al
len, W. 0. Flemming and others,
who worked so faithfully in
making araangements for the
exhitits. The two men mention
ed have put in a few days of as
hard and faithful work as was
ever done by a committee select
ed to lock after the preparation
for an exhibit
Special praise is due the com
mittee of ladies from the Federa
ted Women’s Club of Bainbridge.
Among those composing that
committee and assisted in the
work were Mrs. B. B. Bower,
Sr., Mrs. Warded, Mrs. N. W.
Connell, Mrs. C. B. Scott, Mrs.
Blakely, Mrs. Max Nussbaum,
Mrs. D. T. Sutherland, Mrs. Al
bert Russell, Mrs. Rawlings, Mi: s
Myrtle Kornman, Miss Claudie
Deverges, and others. This
committeee had charge of the
decorations, they also had charge
of the display Qf needlework and
other exhibits sent in by the
women. And by the way, this
exhibit was one of the most at
tractive in the building. Many
remarked that some things on
display were among the most
artistic and beautiful hand work
they had ever seen. The same
exhibit would make a fine dis
play in a great state fair.
The decorations were among
the prettiest imaginable. The
committee of ladies had a large
amount of bamboo brought in
and with other evergreens and
with other flowers soartistically
arranged, and with bunting
arranged to make tha perfect
effect, made the large room have
the appearance of a little fairy
land. Everybody had something
to say in praise of the decora
tions.
The exhibits should have been
seen by everybody in the county.
The Search Light urged from
the firrt that everybody come
7-Rev. Mr. Rector, the Sup- the foul place that has made so
erintendent of the Galveston much trouble with its big saloon
work, writes: “Every ship re- and law standard. Of course
veals some new form of service j he went away a wiser and a sad-
and it is astonishing in how i der man. The woman seemed to
_ ns, limes, pomegranites,
groundpeas, cushaws, tobacco-
in fait, almost everything grown
anywhere, in any climate, right
ajpngside the display of corn,
ntioned above. With the corn
ire Some oi the finest displays
cotton, of the several varie
ties grown. In this also, one
c^n see the beautiful blending cf
the climatef so that conditions
are made to suit the advantage
of the farmer of this section
that is found nowhere else on
the globe. The faat of the busi
ness is, a South Georgih fair is
one of the most interesting
things in the world, because it is
said that 95 per cent of the whole
world can be grown here.
A most excellent display of
cotton was shown. Not only can
Decatur cope up with any sec
tion with corn, but she can show
about as much land as any coun
ty that will produce a bale to the
acre. This, of course, is speak
ing of short cotton. It is not
generally known that Decatur
is also a fine county for long sta
ple, or sea island cotton. But
it is, and this fact was brought
out during the fair. Some very
fne cotton of this variety was
brought in from near Fowltown.
It is likely that a great deal of
this staple will be raised in the
county next year.
Some as fine caue as was ever
seen in Georgia or the South was
bought in. All varieties were on
display. One display from four-
year old stubble was among the
very best seen. Ground peas
came for a big share of praise,
as did also the display < $ oats.
These two great product^Are go
ing to figure largely in the fuKlre
development of this sec^on.
Various other products, mdation
of which will be made later, jerc
on display. Jf >
The fruit display war a su:
prise to even Decatu; county
people. A great many saople in
the county did not ki^w that
the very finest grape fn.' was
growing here, but they are,'**
so are the tangerine, orangl
lemon, banana, and of course
the pecan. The finest pineap
ples can be grown here also, and
it is said that celery can be made
a very profitable crop.
Tne poultry display was most
interesting. The Rhode Island
Reds predominated in numbers
and some of the finest of that
breed were on exhibit. Besides
these were the Bramas, the Sil
ver Wiandotts, the White Leg
horns, the Indian Game, and a
number of others.
The tobacco display was one
of the most interesting features.
new
crusade to evangelize the Ameri
can continent, which will be
financed by a group of men worth
more than a billion dollars, 'will
be launched tonight, with a con'
ference at a dinner at the Me
tropolitan Club.
J. Pierpont Morgan heads
the financial department and
ninety-seven of the country’s
greatest business and profession
al men.compose the directorate.
The plan contemplates the
holding of meetings in seventy
six of the populous centers of the
United States and Canada.
Pellagra Patient is Cured.
J. O. Sanders, of this city,
whose illness with pellagra was
reported in these columns about
four ..months ago, has returned
from a hospital at Athens, ap
parently free from the dreaded
■disease'
Mr Sanders called at the Her
ald office this morning, and to the
news writer who had reported
his illness four months ago he
presented an Ifctirely different
appearance. At that time the
skin was peeling off his hands
and he looked like a sick and
distressed man. Today his skin
has a natural, heathly appreance,
and smiles instead of lines of
worry featuring hiB countenance.
“After remanining in Albany
some time under the treatment
of a physician, who said my case
was curable” &tid Mr. Sanders,
I went at his suggestion to
Athens, to take treatment under
Dr. Born of that city. Since
then I spent most of the time
in the hospital there, but during
the past few weeks I have been
at Coffee Springs under treat
ment of Dr. Fleming, of Enter
prise, Ala., who kept up treat
ment under. Dr. Born’s direc
tion- Yesterday Dr, Born dis
missed me as cured.”
Asked if the physician who
had treated him had advanced
any theory as to the cause of
pellagra, Mr. Sanders replied:
Yes; he says its a bad form of
malaria. What kind of medicine
he gave me I don’t know; but I
<|* know that it had a wonderful
effect on me. You cannot im
agine the relief I feel at having
been turned from what seemed
an inevitable slipping to the
brink of the grave, ana restored
to health again. It is a happi
ness I cannot discribe in words. "
Albany Herald.
and bring the children. There. It was of course ’aTl Decatur
were only a few days in which'county grown, and even the
to get the exhibits, but in those! on display, at least by
some, contains! only the pro-
few day the farmers had thougl^^-^-p™^^—^ ip ^ th
in their minds and made arrang
many ways these people need ; be a weak, well meaning creature, j have done credit to a great
wrapper a id ft 'er.
ments for display that jwould^, The display ifc Fulhrs Earth
protection. , (-who was moved by his importu- j anywhere.
About dark, from one of the nity and touched by his apparent It would have oponed the eyes
recent ships one of the sailors kindness, but who was heartily: of anyone to have seen
came to us bringing an immi-!giad to be rid of his instructions. ]kink of corn can be produced
grant mother and three chi 1
dren. He had the impudence
to propose leaving the children
and baggage with us while he
out of the kindness (?) of his
great heart was to bring the
mother to the “Texas Hotel”—
Besides all these and numer-
^us other things not mentioned,
The squad of immigrants heard! Decatur county. In fact,4 (netyvere two pigs, the “RedDurocs”
the colloquy between the man and'feels a certain kind of South, .ithat caught the fancy of all.
s e l e l ■ /orld.
^VBesi,
od in n us otl
.4 ineHvere t
c iused a great dc il of
iA is Decatur product,
11 be among the fin
omment,
fend said
it in the
Bro. Reifschneider, came for-' pride in the fact that right here
ward and expressed their appre-' in old Decatur we are in the
ciation of the fact that somebody ( greatest section of the country
here was on guard for the in the United States. On dis-
a liens.” I play were oranges, grape fruit,
The Bagbasket people had a dis
play, as did also the Baker Hog
Cholera Company. Mr. Wimber-
ley was there with an electric
display. Some of the ladies had
very fine displays of canned
fruits and preserves and jellies,
A large middling and a couple
hams made up the meat display.
There were some of the nicest
bottles of syrup among the ex
hibits. The Garner-Blakely
Company had a very attractive
display. A number of fine colts
were brought in. The Fire
department added to the interest
by bringing up their pretty dogs.
It was enough to cause any De
catur citizen to feel proud that
he lived in a Georgia county in
which almost anything in the
world can be profitably grown.
This southwest corner of Geor
gia will yet develop into the eden
between the great Piedmont
ridve and the Gulf.
The W. C. T. U. had a pretty
booth from whence they dis
pensed the purest ice cold water.
The whole tiling was of much in
terest and opened the eyes of
the people of the county as to
Decatur’s possibilities. •
Be it understood, that about
this time next year, or probably
a little later r a great Decatur
County Fair will be held, and
every farmer in the county is
urged to begin planning now to
help make it the greatest county
fair ever held in the state.
Says Pellagra is Malaria.
The appearance in the last few
years in Macon of a faw cases of
pellagra and in other parts of
the state, has occasioned some
discussion among the physicians,
and they are not only looking up
its history and causes and treat
ment, but giving cloee study to
the cases in hand.
The disease was discussed cas
ually at the last meeting of the
board of health, and in order to
ascertain the exact number of
cases in the city, Chief Inspec
tor Nottingham was instructed^
to have every physician make
report of the cases under treat
ment by them. Nearly all the
physician have been seen, and
with the result that only twelve
cases are now under treatment
At this meeting the physicians
present were divided in opinion
as to whether the disease is con
tagious or infectious. As a mat
ter of precaution, however, they
were handling their patient with
gloves. This belief that it is not
a contagious or infectious disease
is shared in, it is understood, by
Dr. Harris, chairman of the
state board of health, but the
Macon physicians do not agree
with Dr. Harris that it is caused
by a variety of ptomaine poison
ing arising from indigestion of
corn products prepared from dis
eased corn.
Dr. J. J. Subers, so well known
in the city, writes this concern
ing a case that came to him
through another physician, and
which he treated according to
h : s own ideas.
“I took charge of the patient,
a young lady 17 year old, and a
pupil of the High School, on
June 24. At that time her hands
were so cramped, and she was
so weak physicially that she could
not convey a glass of water to
her mouth. I noticed her com
plexion, and I saw that where
she had only one red corpuscle
she should have had twenty,
and I knew enough of the disease
to know that there is no disease
that weakens the blood so rapid
ly.
“My previous experience is
the treatment of malaria in all its
forms stood me in hand in this
ease, for mv opinion was and is
that pellagra is caused by or
from malaria, and I determined
on treatment suited to such cases.
y first there was a
From the very _ _
favorable response to the treat
ment, but .after nine days the
patient had a relapse. This is a
peculiarity of the disease not
yet explained. This relapsing
condition lasted CBS usual three
days, and then she again respond
ed to the treatment, and from
that time the improvement was
marked. The pain subsided, and
she was able to use her hands
to convey food to her mouth.
The roses came back to her
cheeks and she gradually regain
ed her healtn.
“I had the satisfaction of
knowing that after eighty days
treatment of this young lady, she
went to school on the 14th in
good health, and with as gcod a
color in her face as any girl, in
the city.
“That this was a genuine case
of pellagra, I have the evidence
of two good physicians of the
city, one of whom turned it over
to me on my statement that it
was curable. As to the facts as
related above, should it be neces
sary the father of the young
lady will gladly furnish an affi
davit.
“It is my bslief that pellagra is
a phase of malaia. 1 do not
believe it to be contagious or in
fectious and I know it is cttrable.
There are not many cases in
Macon, but tike everything else,
it is liable to appear”—Macon
Telegraph.
