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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1912
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
RONG SERMON
BY REV. ANTHONY
itr Scored Near Beer Saloons
Some Practice of Elks
most talked-of sermon
ibly ever preached in Bain-
as delivered by Rev.
Anthony at the Metho-
■huvch Sunday night. The
was the chief topic of
■sation Monday and it has |
discussed on the streets,
the homes of the people !
,veek.
rmon was the closing of
of sermons on “Souls”,
Mr. Anthony has ' been
g for the past several
at the evening service,
uhject selected for the dis-
Sunday night was “Soul
” and the near-beer
of Bainbridge waspictur-
the chief agent in this ter-
lestruction, the Elks Lodge
K next as the agent in the
iction of young men in
ridge,
Anthony said personally
the kindest of feeling for
he was arraigning. He
would go any length to
a favor or be of any real
them. It is the business
engaged in he is fight- j
said. I
minister said the most!
urder is not butchery of
bodies, but the destruc-1
human souls. He wanted I
he said, about some as-
of this class. i
barged the beer saloons!
eing the chief agent in j
idge in causing the down-!
ruin of young men. I
tioning the various phases
wsiness he said “From a'
■cial viewpoint these
ire ieeches.’* He pictur
es sapping the very
Court Only One Day.
Superior Court for Decatur
county had only one days session
it being convened Monday morn
ing and taking recess Monday
evening 'til the first Monday in
July, when the regular term
will be held.
Judge Park made this dispo
sition of the matter after receiv
ing numerous petitions and re
quests from citizens, especially
farmers, and from the members
of the local bar, and a recom
mendation from the Grand Jury
that such steps be taken. All
this was done for the reason that
the recent rains had almost made
it impossible for the farmers of
the county to attend a two weeks
session of court just at this time.
It is understood that the regu
lar two weeks session will be
held in July, beginning on the
first Monday. By that time it is
expected that the farmers will
be through with the biggest rush
of work.
Big Furniture Deal.
It is understood that Messrs.
Lane and Salter, comprising the
Shaw Furniture Company. hav2
bought out the Pierce Furniture
& Carpet Company, the deal to
take effect, the first of next
week,
The firm buying^ the business
are hustling furniture men and
will doubtless cover the field well
when they are in possession of
both stocks of goods.
Continued on page 5)
Mr. Mooney to Leave
Mr. W. A. Mooney, long
a resident of Bainbridge, has
sold his property here and will
move soon to Macon.
It is understood that the prop
erty was sold to Mr. I. Kwilecki,
Mr. Mooney has already shipped
a portion of his household goods
to Macon and it is understood
that he and Mrs. Mooney will
leave inside of ten days for their
future home.
UST ARRIVED
-Several Car Loads-
Automobiles
he HAYNES
ELECTRIC LIGHTED, 37x41-2 Tires,
Cylinders 4 1-2x51-2, Self Start
er, 120 Wheel Base.
lie COLE
ELECTRIC LIGHTED, 37x41-2 Tires,
Cylinders 41-2x51-4, Self Start-
tit;. 122 Wheel Base, Shock Ab
sorbers, Seat Covers.
be NEW HUPMOBILE
MODEL 32, Cylinders 51-2 Stroke,
Tires 32x31-2. We will have this
Model in 2 and 4 passenger. This
car has created a sensation and
the. demand is greater than the
supply;
Uie above are new Models and intending
purchasei-s should see them.
ldwell Motor Car Co.
•ON li(I .SQUARE.
Cit-oruiit
CONTRACTS LET MR. PITTMAN TO
FOR BAINBRIDGE) CLUBJEMBERS
Paving and School Building Contracts (Encourages All the Boys to Special
Both Let This Week.
At a special meeting of the
Mayor and Council Wednesday
night the contract was let for
the street paving, recently voted
on by the city of Bainbridge.
The contract was awarded to
Jamison & Hollowed, of Atlanta.
The firm to whom the contract
was awarded will use vitrified
brick. These brick are made in
Agusta, Ga., and are said to be
among the best on the market.
Jamison & Hollowed were the
lowest bidders on the brick pave
ment, their bid being 159,330.20.,
or $2.14 per square yard. After
Council had 1 decided to use vitri
fied brick it was agreed to let the
contract to Jamison & Hollwed
provided that firm would do the
work for $2.10 per square yard.
This proposition was made by
Council ancj accepted by the
company. This reduced the
amount by about $300.
Other bids were received from
various companies, some of them
being for vitrified brick, some
for asphalt and some for creosot-
ed wood block paving.
The H. S. Jaudon Engineering
Company, of Savannah, are the
WILLIAMS LANDS
Efforts During Present Year
I see that all the names of the
boys in ,,ie Corn Club are not
published. There is a mistake
somewhere, possibly in the mail.
The names were sent in to the
office and they are enrolled as
Club Boys.
Go right ahead, boys, make lMoore ' w - T. Nicholson. A. R.
the corn, you are a Club Boy. (Benton, 9- YV. Napier, C. h. Par-
I’m sure that the mistake, if, er * B. Gilpin, Byron Bower,
made by the office force, was
not made intentionally. It is
not our desire to leave out any,
but to serve all alike.
Many of you have made a fine
showing considering the condi
tions and the prospects are fair
ly good. Do not think you are
the only ones
Jno. R. Wilson, J. L. Davis, T. D.
Trawick, J. E.
Smith. E. H.
Bryan.
Johnson, J.
Griffin, D.
Real
Week.
Estate
Delegates to Atlanta. MR. DRAPER BOYS
Following are the delegates!
appointed by Chairman T. S,
Hawes of the Democratic Exe-j
cutive Committee of Decatur
county, to attend the State con
vention to meet in Atlunta in a
few days, when delegates will
be chosen to attend the conven
tion at Baltimore:
T. S. Hawes. Dr. J. I). Chas-
on, Jno. R. Sharpe, W. V. Cus
ter, J. W. Callahan, H. M.
Graham, C. H. Caldwell, J. C.
Deal Made i
Here Last
Drowned in Flint River.
A big real esteate deal was
closed last week when Mr. H.
C. Draper bought the J. P. Wil
liams property out on Douglas
Lake road and Attapulgus road.
The property lies on both sides
of these roads and is considered
among the most valuable real
estate about Bainbridge.
The tract of land comprises
about 110 acres, 50 acres lying
inside the corporate limits of the
city, the rest adjoining and ly
ing on each side of the two roads
mentioned above It is all heavi
ly timbered, the timber being
round, having never been boxed.
The deal comes as a matter of
William Bird, a negro boat
having adverse j hand, was drowned in the Flint surprise to many, as it was be-
conditions and weaken your ef-' river just below the county bridge! lieved it could not be bought at
forts. A letter from the State j yesterday afternoon about two'any price. It is considered
Office says, that Decatur is in'o’clock. He was assisting Mr.'among the most desirable prdp-
the lead from South Ga, Let’siBrainerd in building the new erty about. Bainbridge. Lying
make her lead the state in yield.
I believe Decatur has as good
soil and climate as any county in
the state, and isn’t our state as
good as any? The boy that
makes the greatest yield and
keeps his record will be
paid.
We should not become dis-
engineers who are to superintend ^ouraged. I find that in 1907
the work. Mr. Jaudon was pres-1 the condition on June 1st was
ent Wednesday night and assist-!70.5 and the same time 1908 the
ed the Council in considering the
various bids. This engineering
company has done most of the
work of the kind in Georgia for
past several years. They did the
paving work at Thomasviile, and
many other places that could be
mentioned. Following are the
sections to be paved in Bain
bridge.
Broad street, from Shotwell to
Calhoun; Around the public
square; Water street, from Craw
ford to Clay: Broughton street,
from Crawford to Clark; West
street, from Troupe to back of
court house. This will comprise
condition was 79.7. In 1908 we
made 1,815.^,34 bales in Georgia,
and in 190,we made 1,931,179
bales. You see we can yet make
an average crop. In 1907 the
corn crop on July 1st showed
only 80.2 and in 1908 showed
92.8. yet Georgia made o'ver^l, 9 ;
bushels per acre. .
The enormous cotton crop made
last year was due principally to
the preparation. We couldn’t
prepare this year, consequently,
the success of this .''qyf u ’ d /-rop
wheel on the John W. Callahan, as it does on the Douglas Lake
when by some means he fell from' road, as well as the Attapulgus
the barge on which they were road, it is in special favor, as al-
working. He went under the. most everybody is agreed on the
the water and is supposed to have idea that this will be one of the
gone under the barge. He never'main residence sections in the
well | rose after falling in. I future.
Bird was about 40 years old Mr, Draper has not stated his
and was considered one of the plans, but it is hoped that at
best negroc* in Bainbridge. He some date in the near future
is said to have been true to every , beautiful property will be
, , ... , . , I divided up into residence lots
trust and could be relied on to do and Kold ^ thoSe who w , n build
his part in any good work.
Presbyterian Church.
homes there.
Dogs to be Muzzled,
will depend large' culti
vation. The c-tj - should
be frequent, shJ^ [r i [l late
in all, about 22000 square yards. I into summer, as l ygff . will
The pavement is to be laid onjbe later than usu\ Li—iw* the
concrete base, with all joints be
tween the bricks to be filled with
cement, which will make the pave
ment water proof. Mr. Jaudon
says when the work is completed
Bainbridge will have some among
the best paved streets in the
country.
Yesterday afternoon, (Thurs-,
1 lay) thet Mayor and Council met
to consider bids for the erection
of the school building. Various
companies submitted bids.
There was a considerable differ
ence in the amounts-submitted,
and the Council had a rather
lengthy session considering the
various features,
The bid was finally awarded ,oi
Hollady & Crouse, of Greens
boro, N. C.. the amout of the
bid being $37,970.
The cor tract for the heating
was let to Air. Ivan L)s Morgan,
of Tilton, Ga.. for $3,887.
Work on both the streets and
the school building will be com
menced at an early date and
pushed to completion as rapidly
as possible. The contract for
the erection of the city hall will
be let some time in the near
future.
Text next Sund-iv morning 1 A)1 d( « s run " in « at lar B? *»•
text next Sunday rn ° rn ' n 1 f ’ j tween now and the first of 'No-
Honor thy lather and thy vem ber must be muzzled at once
n- 1 ”'er ” A sermon to children I subject to my inspection.
ages. Vocal solo, “One. 1 Any dogs caught on the streets
sweetly solemn Thought.” Violin ' without muzzles will be handled
nhliontn | aa the law dlrects -
'|, gat ' ,. ... .... I will see that this law is
Everyone is cordially invited to; strictly enforced.
' ’ ! — 1,1 — ! *’" i Jas. H. Emanuel
attend the services. Evening
servic? at 7:30.
Chief of Police
be later than _
harrow lengthwise^ vise,
before and after. .. .-ring
toothed harrow, Little Ay har
row, and Drag harrovasVpvery
time land gets dry 'firlough. I
Harrow! Harrow! Harrow!
Mr. J. Cadin is giving an ex-,
ample of good farm work. The j
floods, of course, have been play-!
ing havoc with him too, and he!
couldn’t do what he would have!
done, but Mr. Cadin generally j
finds'a way or makes one and:
turns defeat into victory.
We need more farmers from !
South Carolina like Mr. Cadin in
Decatur.
J. T. PirrM 'Tr
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Baraca Excursion to Lanark.
A Union Sunday school picnic
will be held at Lanark on Friday,
the 24th of May, by the Sunday
schools of Bainbridge.
An excursion under the man
agement of the Baraca Class,
will be run from this city to Lan
ark on that day. The excursion
train is expected to leave Bain
bridge about 7:30 a-m.
The G. F. & A. people will do
all in their power to make the j
picnic and excursion a success'
and their efforts, with those of;
the Baracas, will no doubt insure
a good rime for everyone who is
to go on the |
One of the finest onions seen
here lately was brought by Mr.
J. W. Butts from the county
farm to the Search Light office, j fortunate enough
. It was brought to the office Sat- excursion,
unlay of last week. The onion
, is of the large, white variety and
shows that this particular variety
I The excursion rates will be the i
sume charged as heretofore $1.00,
for adults and 50 cents for)
can be successfully grown in .hi# children.
section. It is raid the garden at It is expected to be the biggosl
the fount)’ farm i. one of lhe | (jay ol ouljtigenj'ij '•<< by the Sun-
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We Will Give
5 0 Cents Each
For every old Hat in Decatur
county in exchange for
A New Hat at Regular
s i Selling Price
Bring in your old hat and get you
a new one. No matter how old,
we will allow you 50 cents for it
and sell you a new one as cheap
as you can buy it anywhere else
in the world.
Seo. fields Co.
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