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19 NO. 51 BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1911 $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ■TTY SIGHTS HERE THIS VEEK Places Hm WMm Dressed in the PreEest af Fukkm I'Hare you noticed the Luty of the stores in Bain- Edge?" This question is be- t heard on every side this Eek. The fact is, Bainbridge Lents one of the prettiest Lhts imaginable just now. Al- ■ost every business house pre- Ints some special attraction on L inside that has not been feen before. [It is hard to say which would ike the lead in this feature. Perhaps the Caldwell Motor Car Company would carry away the lake for beauty and unique pay in which the great show iindow is arranged. This is one If the sights in Bainbridge now fcnd is not surpassed in attrac tiveness anywhere. Further down West street is Morris, the jeweler with a re volving show window that is at- xacting attention from every- me. It is as pretty as can be, i is the whole inside of his ore. When one goes into the Flint liver Store a whole block is :rossed in a perfect sea of beau ty, made so by the arrangement if innumerable Christmas toys ,nd other goods. The next door is Blumenstein, Willis & Co. with the first Christ mas tree in a window to be put up. It is one of the prettiest of sights. On the corner is Pocn Belcher, with a basement full of toys ar ranged in beautiful display. Coming north on Broad street Geo. H. Fields Co’s, window is among the pretty sights. Ad joining this is the window of J. M. Laing, another beauty. A little farther south on the same street is C. B. Scott with another fine display. haire & Wilson have made one of the prettiest of . displays. Their entire store is a beauty. Others who may be mentioned as having made special Christ mas attractions are Cliett Hard ware Co., Clarence Belcher, C. S. Haddon, Kline Bros., J. M. Scott, A. Kaufman, H. Groll- man, J. I. Subers, J. M. Floyd, N. J. Smith, F. A. Preston, I. Kwilecki, Stansell Bicycle Co. Still others could be mentioned, but space forbids in this short write-up. Go anywhere you may n Bainbridge and you will see •he spirit of the Holidays in •he pretty arrangement of the (oods and show windows. Disinfectants and the Tank Two things were mentioned at the meeting of the City Council Monday night over which there has been considerable discussion during the week. One of these is the matter of disinfectants bought for the city during the year, or probably during the twe years past. When they begin to count op the amount of disinfectants bought in that time it looms up to a huge sum for this article alone. The council a few meetings ago tabled a bill for nearly $800 sent for disinfectants. At the same time it is understood that great heaps of the article are at the depot now, or was there a few days ago. It is further claimed that 1,000 pounds have been received at the depot this week. The question is, what do they do with all the stuff?, and why buy so much of it? It is proba ble that Bainbridge has bought as much disinfectant as any city in the country three times its size. The administration just clos ing its work may go down in his tory as the ‘‘Disinfectant Admin istration.” Another matter mentioned is the galvanised tin tank now ly ing on the public square ready to be put up at the well on the square. This tank is about fif teen feet high, and will hold a considerable amount of water. But it looks ugly, and that’s one of the “rubs.” Many claim that while a different arrangement is needed at the well in the park, whatever is put there should be more ornamental. It is understood that I. Kwi lecki proposes, if proper ar- rangments can be made, to put a sanitary drinking fountain at the well in the park, and that he will take the galvanized tin tank off the city’s hands in a deal of tliis kind. It is not known just wfiat will he done in the matter, but it is hoped that arrangments will be made along the lines suggest ed by Mr. Kwilecki. The Third Degree "The Third Degree,” Charles Klein’s graphic-drama, will be seen at the Grand on Tuesday- night. The great success of the play has been most startling, and is is believed that the present conditions in many police circles has had an effective bearing on the interest of the general pub lic as well as those who are regu lar theatre patrons. Miss Grace Cord continnes in her path of artistic triumph as Annie Jef fries, Ida Root Gordon, Ray- mond Wells, Frank Patton, Chas. -• DeVechio, Edmund Sprague and \\ m. Weston are still play ing their respective roles. Seat sale at Willis Drug. Co. si°5o iay ' Price 600 * 1,00 and Griffin-CampbeU An interesting social event was that Sunday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Griffin, of near Strickland, when their daughter, Miss Freddie Lou, wps married to Mr. A. H. Campbell, of the same community, Rev. P. B. Butler officiating. A large concourse of relatives and friends a number being from Bainbridge, assembled to witness the happy event, which took place about eleven o’clock. Im mediately after the ceremony the guests were invited to a most sumptuous dinner. Many beau tiful and costly presents were re ceived. The couple came to Bainbridge and spent the night at the Wain man hotel, returning to the groom's parents Monday, where a reception was held. The bride is one of the most popular young women of that section and has a large circle of friends. The groom is a young business man of sterling qualities and has a bright future before him. They will make their home in that community. The Search Light joins with hundreds of friends in extend ing congratulations. Get seats Monday at Willis’ for The Third Degree. BIG TRADE FOR ,, BAINBRIDGE Great Throats Doing Thar Ckristass Shopping Here This Week The merchants of Bainbridge are mighty well satisfied with trade so far this season. A walk around town early this week convinced the Search Light man that the biggest trade in several years has come to Bainbridge this fall. The business men had an idea that the trade was going to be great and they brought in the largest stock of goods ever seen in Bainbridge in a single season. Everv store was filled with fall anjl winter goods of all descrip tions, so that not a single pur chaser need to have gone away from here without the goods de sired. This is proving to be the re cord-breaking week in the mat ter of business. The trade open ed up lively Monday morning and great streams of out-of-town customers have been coming in all the week. As a result enorm ous quantities of goods have been carried out of town. Tliis season is proving that the territory is broadening. This is gratifying to the merchants. Bainbridge is the logical center of one of the best trading Sec tions in the South and it is noth ing but natural that a big trade should come here from the out side. This has been such an encour aging year for the Bainbridge merchants that they will be still better prepared next year to handle the enormous trade that is sure to come this way. DECLARE RESULT OF ELECTION Carnal Cunud Election Reims sad <5> Dcdare that Dseds kid Carried At the meeting of the Mayor and Council Monday night that body, with the holders and man agers-of the election for bonds held in Bainbridge Thursday of last week, the returns were can vassed and the result of jthe elec tion declared, the men named constituting the proper authority to do this. The result was declared in fa vor of bonds for the school build ing, the city hall, paving the streets and extending the water works. It was declared that bonds, had failed to carry for the erection of a hospital. The City Attorney was in structed to notify the Solicitor General of this circuit of the re sult so that the proper legal steps may be taken to validate the bonds as soon as possible, It is thought that no time will be lost in this and the whole legal ^proceedure will be put through 'it short order. The actual work of the various improvements will begin jnst as soon ss these legal steps cat}.be taken r -1 Just where the site will be se lected for the new City Hall building is not known. It is un derstood the authorities are con sidering two or three lots, all said to be conveniently situated. A proposition was made to sell the city toLongley lot fronting the court h /u^e. The Mayor and Council deff^red action how ever, and ai pin ted a committee to look into ls ^s proposition and any others ti It may be submit An Ideal Xmas present: A Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen. F. A. Preston has them, plain or ornamented. ,■ Two years at the Hudson theatre in New York City fits The Third Degree for Bain bridge. ss ted, and rer ).vt to the meeting or the Yy\r arid Council two weeks f Monday night. It is understol—'at some sharp bid ding will* be done by part ies owning p^ r * >r ty for the loca tion of the building, i It is believed there will be no trouble selling the bonds at a I good premium. Bainbridge Woman’s Club. At. the last meeting of the Bainbridge Woman’s Club. Dec. 14, enthusiasm was aroused along school lines. The Club is appreciative of the cordial co-op eration of the city and the coun-' ty superintendents of school and the South Georgia rural super visor, and plans are on foot to commence some very earnest school work. Tvyo of ttyfise plans are, to be gin a campaign to interest both club-women and the public gen erally in medical inspection of schools, and at the coming teachers’ institute for every Bainbridge club-woman to be come acquainted with every Decatur county teacher. With further reference to health, resolutions were passed at this meeting, requesting gov ernment inspection of dairy pro ducts. Similar resolutions have been passed by labor unions and many women’s clubs, and much is hoped from this united effort, in behalf of public health. >. The Helpless was the problem of the day. The -paper on Infant Mortality given by Mrs. M< E. O’Neal aroused much discussion. Deplorable factors to death rate were brought out. Though Eng land, France and Germany con serve infant life by the protec tion of mothers. Massachusetts . is, the cmly one of the United States having any legislative' protection of this jkind. How ever, visiting nurses, milk de pots, and little mothers’ leagues, now in some of the big cities, show that the national con science is not really dead. Mrs. A. D. Graves gave a most interesting reading on Old-Age Pensions. Germany, Denmark, Italy, Austria, Great Britain, France, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand pension the toiler worn out by years of useful la bor. Our country, as usual* is lagging behind in protective in dustrial legislation, but the need is so great, that soiji the United States will follow the example of those countries who honer the gray hair of the workers of the world. HUPMOBILE s WE HAV-i THEM IN STOCK . PkICE $760 F. O. B. FACTORY 1 " / Our Territory: Decatur, Grady, Millei, Mitchell, Early and Baker Counties, Ga., and Leon and Gadsden Counties, Fla. CALDWELL MOTOR CAR 00. BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA immmm New Bank Had Good Start The citizens Bank had its open ing Tuesday, and judging from the work already done by the bank this week they will do a great business from the start. The fixtures for the institution have arrived and are beinj placed. These were expectei several days ago but were delayed in transit. The fixtures are modern in every particular and when placed Bainbridge will have another one of the prettiest banks of Georgia. The men behind this institu tion are numbered among the recognized leading business men of this section. Mr. L. Ball is the president of the new bank and Messrs. W. G. Powell and H. M. Graham are the Vice Presidents. These men need no introduction to the peo ple of this section. Their finan cial and business ability are both well known to all. Mr. R. H. May, Cashier of the bank, comes to Bainbridge from Monticello, Ga. Mr. May has been in the banking business all his life and knows the work from start to finish. For the past several years he has had the supervision of a nymber of banks in Georgia. Mr. May will be j glad to meet the people as they come to the city and would be | lad they would call and have im explain the splendid facili ties they have for handling the accounts. GOOD YEAR FOR DECATUR FJpERS Great Craps Have Bare Raised Tfcr*s£t Nt Ac Bauds at Ik Cauty. It is believed that Decatur county has ended the greatest farming year in its history. This is said to be true so far as the crops are concerned. When it comes to the price of cotton it is, of course another question. The amount of the various crops raised has gone way beyond any thing of the past it is believed, and taking everything into con sideration the county is in better condition probably than it has bee'i in years, if not at any time in the past. If cotton had held up with good prices more money would have been in circulation than was ever known in Decatur. There is only one serious thing about the present year's crop with its income. That is the price of cotton. It is believed by some that the lesson will be a good one, though deariy bought by ngmy. It is thought that the acreage of cotton will be mate rially reduced anothpr year. Thoee who planted but a small crop of the staple this year and paid: more attention to tha va rious grain and feed crops are the farmers who are generally out of debt and have money in the bank. It is interesting to note what some have done in the corn, hay and hog raising business this year. Ono man, a Mr. Alexan der, in the southern part of the county, had twenty acres in cot ton from which he gathered ten bales—a pretty good crop. He had also seventeen acres in groundpeas of several varieties. He bought a hundred dollars worth of hogB at the be ginning of the year, and has kept account of the income from the hog crop, which he fattened on the groundpeas as against the twenty acres in cotton. The re sult is. he received double the amount of money from the hogs that he did from the cotton In other words, it is counted that the seventeen acres in ground peas made him double the amount of the twenty acres in cotton. Mr. J. M. Y. Sellers in the northern part of the county had eight acresjn corn from which he gathered a little more than I four hundred bushels. This amount of corn was raised at j very small expense by Mr. Sei- I lers and proved that corn raising I in this county can be made to pay. These are only two instances of many the writer has heard spoken of where farmers have begun to make experiments to see if they cannot make money without planting cotton. The fact is, the theory is proving 1 true that more clsar money can be made by raising other ’ things than has been realized by the farmer who depends on cotton for his money crop. It is thought that the fanners of the county will go more largely ^ into the hog raising business next year than ever before. The best is never too good, so we get The Third Degee c Tues day night