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BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1912
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOTE FOR JOHN E. DRAKE
For Connty Treasurer, in the primary of March 13th.
If elected will endeavor to be faithful and efficient. Your
support is earnestly solicited.
Bainbridge Men Honored
Col. John E. Donalson and Mr.
H. J. Bruton went over to Al
bany Wednesday night to attend
the banquet given to the dele
gates attending the “Get To
gether Club” which is expected
to do much in the way of pulling
for southwest Georgia. Col.
Donalson made a speech at the
banquet and of course made it
very plain that Decatur county
is the biggest thing in this cor
ner of the state. It is said the
banquet was a most brilliant
affair.
Since the above was written
it has been learned that the
speech of Col. Donalson was the
feature of the evening. He was
congratulated on every side.
Col Donalson also had the honor
of naming the organization, the
name being "Southwest Georgia
Commercial and Industrial As
sociation.”
Hon. J. A. Davis, of Albany,
was chosen President of the or
ganization, and Mr. Chas. H.
Caldwell, of Bainbringe, was
elected Vice President. Mr.
Caldwell was not present at the
meeting and the unanimous
choice of him as Vice President
show's in what high regard he is
held in this whole section of
Georgia as a conservative busi
ness man. A more fortunate
selection could hot have been
made.
Haiie & Wilson
Haire & vVilson are having
the new fixtures put up in their
millinery parlors this week.
Hereafter those visiting that
store will see one of the prettiest
millinery parlors in the South.
The large cases that surround
the millinery department have
glass fronts and mirror backs
and are very costly fixtures. The
overhead will be arranged with
Card From Judge Maxwell
To The Voters.
To the voters of Decatur county:
In the approaching primary
election I will be a candidate for
re-election as Ordinary. My
duties in the office requires my
presence every day. Therefore
I can only talk to you in this
way.
You know' my efficiency as an
electric lights, as will also the | officer in this capacity, and my
very close attention to ail mat-
sides of the parlors, so that the
effect will be as beautiful at
night as in the day.
This firm is now in the very
front rank in the lines they carry,
which'is millinery and “Every
thing for Ladies and Children”
The volume of business they are
doing is growing larger each
month and the territory from
which their trade comes is grow
ing larger all the time. They
say that selling for spot cash
enables them to give bargains
that they would not otherwise
be able to give. They are ad
vertising a sale for three days
of next week that it is believed
will create considerable interest
throughout this section. It
would be well for all to note the
great reduction in prices in the
sale referred to.
Messrs. Haire & VVilson are
both young men, full of vigor
and business energy, and are
determined to keep right to the
front in their line among any
firms of the state. They are
going to great expense fitting up
their store to make it one ■•of the
most attractive in the country,
and at the same time they make
it a point to buy the very best
goods, so that the name of Haire f-
& Wilson will stand for excellent; *
quality as well as reasonable i j
prices.
ters that pass through the Ordi
nary’s office.
My record will prove to you my
ability which has been examined
and re-examined by the various
Grand Juries, and not a single
complaint has been made. With
my advanced experience in the
duties of an Ordinary, enables
me to conduct the necessary bus
iness which comes to the office
quick, and to the point, and
satisfactory to every one who
has business before me.
With this general satisfaction
I appeal to you to give me your
support at the election on the
13th day of March 1912.
Thanking you for past support,
I remain yours very truly,
T. B. Maxwell.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Trawick,
of Fowltown. are being congrat
ulated on the arrival at their
home a few days ago of a fine
baby girl.
Field And Garden Seed %
You
Notice, Farmers Union
The County meeting of the
Farmers Union of De<atur Coun
ty will be held at Bainbridge in
the court house Saturday, March
2nd, at ten o’clock a-m.
All members are earnestly re
quested to attend.
J. B. Lane.
Secty. and Treas.
Can Save
’ Money on
r This Proposition
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9 Mitchell’s Pharmacy
9 "LmIi*Us Up” Brwd Street
9 Brinbridge, - - Georgia.
Grocery Co. Wins Suit
A case of more than ordinary
interest to the people of this sec
tion tried in the United States
court at Valdosta last week was
that of the Bainbridge Grocery
Company, vs. the A. C. L. Rail
road, in which a verdict was
rendered in favor of the plain
tiffs for $27,000.
The suit has been in the court
since 1907, when the large ware
house of the Bainbridge Grocery
Company, was burned. The
firm was composed of John R.
Sharp, S. G. Garrett and H. J.
Maddox. The warehouse was
burned on May 27, 1907. The
amount damage asked for was
$31,000. The suit was held up
on demurrer for three years or
more.
The road succeeded in June
term of last year in getting a
continuance, and the case was
tried last week before Judge
Sheppard. The trial lasted near
ly four days.
The contention by the plain
tiffs was that the wareh ouse was
set on fire by sparks from the
engine of the defendant road.
This the road denied, and around
this point the legal battle was
mainly fought. It was a hard
contested legal struggle, every
inch of ground being contested
by both sides.
Messrs. Russell & Custer and
T. S. Hawes of Bainbridge repre
sented the plaintiffs, the defend
ants being represented by Ii. G.
Hartsfield, of Bainbridge, Pope
& Bennett, of Albany, Col.
Akerman, of Macon, and Judgfy
Bennett of Brunswick.
The case involved a great deal
of detail work on account of the
company’s books being burned in i
* | a former fire, and something like
£! 400 interrogatories were made as
j* ja matter of court recoid.
j The railroad appealed for a
* new trial and the hearing for'
f i this was before Judge Sheppard
* i Wednesday. It has not been
4; learned at this writing as to
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4'whether the new trial wes
2 granted.
Endorses Judge Harrell.
Editor Search Light:
I read with i net re; N the state
ment of Judge Arthur Powell,
formerly of the Court of Appeals
of Georgia, that Judge Harrell’s
decisions take such high rank
with those of the best judges of
the state. Judge Powell is in
position to know, having re
viewed, for the purpose of cor
rect! rig errors, the decisions ren
dered by the judges of all the
lovtCr courts.
I think I was the first lawyer
at this bar to take exception to
one of Judge Harrell’s rulings
soon after he went on the bench.
In spite of my efforts to over
turn his decision the Supreme
Court promptly affirmed it. 1
have since watched the results
of his decisions that have been
carried up to the higher courts
and the reports will show that
they have been affirmed in a very
large majority of cases. The
reports show a low percentage
of affirmances for many of our
judges, and there are few that
rani; above^he average as Judge
Harrell does.
From this it would seem that
Judge Harrell is well qualified
for the position he now holds,
and to wl£ch he again aspires,
judging'from the standpoint of
ability. As to his character,
both as a man and an upright
and just judge, I believe there
are few to be found who can say
that it is otherwise than the
best. I take pleasure in endors-
2y.
Respectfully,
R. G. Hartsfield.
County Health Rules
We publish this week legal
notice of the rules and regulations
adopted by the County Commis
sioners for quarantine, compul
sory vaccination and the control
of contagious diseases, especially
small pox. The countv authori
ties under the law can enforce
quarantine regulations and com
pel every one to be vaccinated
to prevent the spread of small
pox after notice of their rules
and regulations have been pub
lished and approved by three or
more physicians
These rules were made by the
commissioners after urgent de
mand for them from several
sections of the county where
cases of small pox have appeared
The purpose of the citizens of
those communities is to use the
law of quarantine and compulsory
vaccination to prevent further
spread of the disease. After the
publication of these rules any
violation of them will subject the
offender to punishment under
the penal laws of Georgia. Of
course they will not be enforced,
except where the necessity is
urgent. They do not apply to
incorporated towns.
The promulgation of these
rules will be generally commend
ed and it becomes the duty of all
citizens to aid in the suppression
of any contagious diseases wher
ever they appear. A few cases
Voter Praises Mr. Bower
Editor Search Light,
I read with great pleasure in
your last issue the article signed
"Citizen” advocating Byron
Bower for Solicitor of the City
Court.
On account of the strong stand
Mr. Bower has taken for the en
forcement of the Vagrancy Law,
I agree with the Citizen that
wrote that article; and every vo
ter who read it is singing Mr.
Bower’s praises from one end of
the County to the other, as a
great many farmers had to stop
their children from school to
help gather the crop the past
season, because they could not
hire help, while hundreds of idle
negroes were loafing around do
ing absolutely nothing. Mr.
Bower being a member of the
Legislature is acquainted with
every detail of the, strong law
that .we have against Vagrancy,
and his election will be the great
est blessings that ever came to
the farmers of this county, and
all other citizens who have to
hire help. I predict that on
March 13th that there will be a
regular landslide for Mr. Bower.
A Voter
Rev. Walter Anthony is con
ducting a series of meeting at
Wesleyan Chapel Macon.
Miss Lucy Hatch, of Golds-
[ take pli
ing his candidacy
of small pox have appeared in | boro, N. C., is the guest of Mrs.
the county and the observance Gordon Chason on Shotwell
of these rules by all persons can street,
easily stop the spread. I „ . „ „ « u
Dr. V. Berry is county physi- Col R. G. Hartsfield spent part
cian and consequently the county I of this week in Savannah at-
health officer under the rules. tending to some legal business.
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