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BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1911
$1.00 PER YEAH IN ADVANl
ROAD IS DOING
GOOD BUSINESS
G. F. 4 A. lakini Rapid Strides ■ De-
rdapaot aad lacruie a Bateau
The Georgia. Florida A Ala
bama railroad is closing the best
year of its history. The writer
has heard many things of late
that leads him to believe that
the road is now in a most pros
perous condition. The month of
September of this year went
auead of any other month up to
that time by at least 15 per cent.
The fact is, the year of 1911 will
be a record breaker ita the matter
of receipts for the road.
It is said that the increase in
gross receipts for the road at
the close of the fiscal year waB
something like $70,000 over those
of the previous ysar.
This is considered a remarka
ble showing, and demonstrates
the efficiency of the management
of the road in all its departments.
The showing also points out the
fact that the territory through
which the Georgia, Florida &
Alabama road runs, is develop-
For tadies Only
We have decided in the future
to devote our space and atten
tion solely to men’s wear and
therefore offer the ladies and
children of Decatur county go
opportunity for the next lfi-i*
of buying any ladies’ and
shoes in.Qur house (except
at actual factory cost %
never before had a chad
an absolutely new htyl
stock shoe at prices like
fore. Wemust have the
for Christmas goods,
ber 15 days only, and then they
are off of the market.
The Geo. H. Fields Co.
New Presi-0 -Starter The Geo. H, Fields Co.
A self-starter and an electric
lighting system have been added
to the Cole cars manufactured
by the Cole Motor Car Company
of Indianapolis. The starter od-
ited is «m invention of the
0-Ut6 Cteneay of India*-
5- while thraighting system
Sr' "that ,‘#£ fort Ward-Leone
why of New Yot
thia the, part of tj
Cole rtannteeturers. it iajatA
the foreronfner of numwous A
nouneements that will he tagI
by autdpmbile manufaetuwrti
within the very near future, that
similar additions have been mlide
in connection with their
The self-starter question If
that has given automobile
gineers much study. It hae tfedb'
If you should have any doubts
about whether arnot advertise
ments in the Search Light are
read and bring results, ask Mr.
Georgejfields *t the Geo. H.
^ '“The Store of
FMds will give
•■advertising
to suppose that most of this
amount is spent here. Besides
this, the road spends a large sum.. ,
in the city for othhr things.- * «*>»•<* that wasimore or less
He, like
the leading
th»* they pride themselves in cany-
right kind
batter je-
amount
Their refrigerating cars are re- j complicated and the automobile'
iced here, and other items that! manufacturers have been rather
could be mentioned, would add
largely to the amount of money
turned lobse in Bainbridge. The
total would probably amount to
something like $200,000 in a
year’s time. The road is a large
factor in , furnishing the sinews
of trade for the city.
The officials of the road are J.
Alabamaroaa runs, is aeve.op-.p_ Wi ,| itw President, Atlanta: TT-J m
ing very fast. And just here X .Tob-iami Xr Viee Pre«i that this starter, a simple device,
the writer wishes to contribute \ a ent Sta S e ?’ Ga : R. A is practicable. In fact, theman-
a mite of praise for the splendid
work the officials have done in
the way of developing the terri
tory adjacent to their line. They
have had thousands of booklets
and other advertising matter
printed. One of these, "The
Land of Promise", is a beautiful
booklet setting forth the advan
tages offered the homeseeker in
■southwest Georgia and west Flor
ida. Just this week Mr. B. C.
Prinoe sent a thousand of these
to Chicago, to be distributed
among the visitors of the land
exposition to be held in that city.
Mr. Prince, as traffic manager
of the road, has been untiring in
his efforts to induce settlers to
locate in this inviting territory,
and his work has already brought
excellent returns in the way of
development.
But the road has' not only
grown in the way of gross re
ceipts, but a great deal of work
in the way of improvements has
been done. Thousands of new
ties have been put in and the
track otherwise improved; a
splendid new depot has just
been completed at Edison and
another at Carabelle will soon be
finished: a steam shovel has been
purchased and the big^ fill at
"Yankee Branch” about 60 feet
high and 500 feet long, will soon
be completed: a number of their
engines that needed repairs have
been put in first-class condition
at the shops here; the passenger
coaches have been improved so
that most excellent service is
given passengers over the line.
These are only a part of what
has been done in the way of im
provements.
A :fact not generally known is
that arrangements have been
made by this road with the Sea
board Air Line by which large
quantities of fruit grown
Florida is being shipped over
their line. Several hundred car
loads of Florida fruit were hand
led during the last year,
With the shops of this road lo
cated at Bainbridge and with the
general headquarters here, the
Georgia, Florida and Alabama
road is one of the greatest sources
of revenue for this city. About
514,000 is paid out here in sala
ries each month. It is reasonable
Me-
Tyer, Secretary to President,
Atlanta, Ga., L. G. Papy, Sec
retary and Treasurer# J- E. Tus-
sey, GensroEMpdagerr, J. F. In
galls, ; Auditor, S! -J, Jones, Su
perintendent of Transportation,
B. C. Priivc<y Traffic Manager-*
all of Bainbridge.'
The officials of the road are all
courteous, whole-souled gentle
men, as are their assistants and
clerks. In fact, a more clever
set of officials and assistants
could hardly be found any
where.
Mr. McTyer, Secretary to the
President is a man who handles
things in a way that appeals to
men of business. He is bending
his every effort to make of the
road one of the great lines of the
South, and judging from the
present successful status of the
road, success will crown his ef-
rort8. J. E. Tussev, General
Manager, has been with the road
five years and is considered one
of the best railroad men in the
country. B. C. Prince, 'Traffic
Manager, has worked untiringly
to build up the traffic oh the line
and the outlines given above
shows how well he has succeed
ed. Messrs. L; G. Papy, Secre
tary, and Treasurer, J. F. In
galls, ^.uditor arid S. J. Jones,
Superintendent of Transporta
tion are men who can be found
at their posts of duty at all
times, and have contributed no
little in bringing the road to its
present enviable condition. Oth
ers could be mentioned who have
worked and are working just as
faithfully for the upbuilding of
the line. The time seems not
far distant when these men will
see their work rewarded in look
ing upon their fine as one of the
leading roads of the South with
a traffic in both freight and pas
senger departments not surpass
ed by any line in the country of
its length.
__The people of Bainbridge and
of this whole section of south
west Georgia and west Florida
feel a just pride in the Georgia
Florida and Alabama railroad,
becase of its being the main fac
tor in the development of one of
the greatest and richest sections,
naturally, in the South.
slow in adopting the device for
fear that its practicability stage
had not been fully developed.'
The Prest-O-Starter now on
the market was adopted only af
ter rigid experiments in which
the Motors Of the Cole, National,
Stutz, and Stoddard-Dayton and
other factories were used. It
has been proven on these cart
ufacturers guarantee their pro
duct.
Electric lighting for automo
biles is a problem that the auto
mobile engineers have also given
much attention. Its value was
early determined, but to have a
lighting system that would not'
work under all conditions was
what held the manufacturers
back. The Ward-Leonard Com
pany are pioneer electrical men.
Their system as perfected is
based on the dynamo plan where
by the motor power of the car
generates the power that keeps
the storage batteries continually
serviceable.
President J. J. Cole of the
Cole factory announces that the
new additions can be added to
all Cole cars. He states that the
factory has had the improve
ments under experiment a long
time, but refrained from making
public announcement until his
engineers were sure that they
had hit on something that was
right and would not cause Cole
owners dissatisfaction.
seen thfeadin the Search
t, and of course they were
hags.: j And requests keep
g in large numbers,
in in the city if you will
in to the store of the Geo.
ielda Bp? yd(i will tea one
.he prettiest placed in this
ion ot the state. They have
id up their stem with modern
res eqfal to.anything in the
;e cities^ And they are tell
ing the people each week some-
Ithing of what they have. Asa
th
ready built up a large trade [has a large grove on his farm,
which is growing in volume each The trees from which the sam<
ANNOUNCEMENT
The four Sunday Schools of
the city have formed a Sunday
School army and will hold
meeting at the Methodist church
Sunday afternoon at 8 o’clock.
Band Reorganized.
has been reorganized and
secured rooms over C. B. Scott’s
store. The first meeting of the
band will be held tonight, and
all friends of the band as well
as the members are urgently re
quested to be present.
This is a most worthy institu^
tion that should be liberally
patronized by all. It is hoped
that the band will be in splendid
trim in a short while and will be
able to furnish the best of music
for any occasion. • <
There is some fine musical
talent in Bainbridge and by con
stant practice one of the best
bands in the state can be had
here.
cad in
thief list that
gs for all the
(Mdnm'in the county.
pouring in at
Light nuu}e
it issue of we
•the company to
ppetty bags.
Up tb Tuesday more than three
hundred had answered the ad-
veltiuemfnt and received the
prflpht. f Monday,' the day the
cirtua was here, something like
liberty offer
give away
ndred went in and said they
lie i
Haire & Wilson
Haire & Wilson have in a lot
of one-piece dresses and suits
for ladies that are making a
special hit with the trade. They
are said to be among (he pret
tiest seen in Bainbridge.
■Thia firm is making rapid
strides and has built up one
die finest trades of any house
the kind- he southern Georgia.
ing “everything 1 for ladieeaid
(children.” and they corneas near
doing that as any other firm.
Their millinery department tt;
one of the largest aid most com*
plete to be found anywhera,
They keep the very latest in;
styles and the goods art of the
finest quality.
This progressive firm enjoys
an immense trade throughout
this and surrounding counties.
They have built up their large
business by courteous treatment
to their customers, by carrying
the best of everything they
handle, * by giving the right
prices, and by persistent adver
tising. The readers will notice
that they carry a change of ads
each week and they always have
something new to tell the trade.
Such push and enterprise is
bound to bring success to any
firm, _
Some Fine Pecans.
Mr. I. Griffin of Faceville pre
sented the Search Light than a
few days ago with some Of the
finest paper shell pecans.
week.
'The Chorus Lady.”
Patricia O’Brien. Queen of v.'
Chorus, rolled through a drama,
ic refinery in James Forbes in
ternational comedy, ‘ ‘The Chorus
Lady” will make her appearance
at the Grand Theatre on Monday
night Nov. 20tb. “The Chorui
Lady” has scored one of
greatest hits of the Amerl:
stage in recent yearn and
comes to this city with the
dorsement of a year’s run in
New York, nine months in Bos
ton, six months in Chicago, and
six month in London, England.
The play is a four art comedy
and contrary to the title, fp nbt
a musical show, though a num
ber of girls are carried for the
famous dressing room scene in
the second act. It is a story of
stage life, with a fetching theme
and a serious lesson. It pictures
certain phases of life in that
mysterious land, “behind the
m n „ scenes,” dealing with the rank
The Bainbridge Concert Band and fi]e> rather n upper star-
which ft» I//', been fre
quently ity*' American
authors.// V 0
Patriga O’Brien isrthe com
monly jccepted typOof -He chor
us girl, st
ar as her ver, aculai
pies brought here were gathered
have been set out only four
years. They are very large to
their age and bore a fine crop
this year.
Decatur county can .show as
ne pecan lands as can be found
any other section of the state,
only reason why people are
ot comirg here and investing
thousands of dollars in lands for
pecan culture, as they are doing
in other sections is because the
lands have not bean advertised
they should have been, tiun-
oeople from the north
andnortuWest would invert in
these lands for paean culture if
they only knew they were so
well adapted to their culture.
Florida After Vagmti
CoL R. G. Hartsfleld made a
business trip to Atlanta the lat
ter part of last week.
pose and h$J wholesome humani
ty stamps/jeras a most unusual
>n and help make the
e of the most origi-
same time most
and appealing that
has been brought forward on the
stage in many a day. Seats now
selling at Willis Drug Store, 50c
to $1.50.
Florida authorities arggnaking
strenuous efforts to rid me state
of vagrants. It is clai|§ed that
thousands of this class aTO in the
state and that the numbers are
increasing at a rapid rate.
It is claimed that most of this
class are able bodied men 1 who
are able to work, but that no
sort of inducement can get them
to work. As a consequence
strenuous efforts are being made
get them out of the state.
and hei^Aeral bearing are con- Vs claimed that many of these
cerned, Duf her honesty of purif are white men going into Florida
young per
crla. ll cter <
nal a,.d atl
convincif:*,
from almost every section of
the country, but a large per cent
of them are said to be negroes.
Florida has strict laws against
vagrancy and a general demand
is being made for the law to be
enforced, in the hope that labor
MEETING FOR
COUNT? FAIR
CsoUtr Fliai far Kf EnrtMrit
•aether column will he ritor
a call for * mass maefrifcv -
idtiaens of Decatur ceuatr 1 '
at the opart tone, fk* meet
ing Is called for the purpose of
iauneMng thjs big fair R|r
county in 1912. \ |
It is expected tiist a large
crowd will be In attendance as ,
much interest in the enterpgfe
idy been shown, ftto
of the dilfetors otCtte
•••odation that people at- A
from every section Of the
county. ’’This is necessary from
the fact that every community Of
the couhty is expected to be rep-
reeented in
the fair next year.
Just what will cojne before thO i
meeting next Tuesday night is
hpt known, but it is supposed
that some plan of operatioa wU!
be agreed upon and that tha'Aii*
tion will begin pt eniee
prepare for the big shoto |n the
fkll of next year. Those mes*
Interested say that no time should
fee lost, ait will rtiqulrt' h&it'
now till the time the Udr opens
to erect the hecceBsaryhuild||ngn,
WS -1 build thg fences, booths and pens
“ for iSBrttry and stock and to J
otherwise prepare tbe grounds
for the; occasion. It'seematobe
the general idea to secure a- s<te w :
large enough and to erect build*' .4 ij
ings sufficient to meet future
needs and make the Decatur
County Fair a permanent institu
tion. ;;)> 1
It is the opinion of many that
a big county fair held, here each ’
year would do morO than any
other agency to advertise the
splendid resources of the county
and that the money put into the
institution will be the ,best money
that could be spent, 1 not that' the- ‘
dividends will be so/jarge, but
(hat the indirect returns coming
In by reason of the development
of the whole county ; will' he ee.
great
- It is again urged'by the mana
gers and all others concerned/'
that flumers begin nowtoeelsrt
their fields and acres cn
they expert to grow their ,,
for exhibits and to begin to
lect their stock, poultry
that (hey expect to bripjg*
beginning at this time oosof
must'interesting exhibits ever-
seen in the state will be shown.
Returned WiA BiideSada^.
Mr. Roland Boweir and his
bride arrived in the city Sunday,
they having been married at the
home of the bride’s parents at
Cayey, Porto Rico, on Sep&nh-
It [.ber 1. They returned by way of
New York City and were on the
way several days.
Mrs. Bower, as Miss Louise
Lewis lived in this county, some
years ago with her parent^ thp
family afterwards going toParto
Rico. She has a wide circle of
acquaintances in Georgia. Ifr.
Bower is known to most readers
of the Search Light. He is on?
conditions will be improved.
It is said similar conditions j ^ »turdy young men of the
prevail in some sections of Geor- county and is making his mark
„ kT and the officials in this state!™ ^»e business world.
nidav fo^NashvHte 1 " Ga and ^ being urged to lo o k ft fter the Many congratulations have
nwuay tor wastviue, ua.. anq ,—been extended the couple since
other points to fill some musical enforcement of the law on the
engagemento. I subject of vagrancy.
their return.