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The Bainbridge Search Light Talk on Many Topics
Published Every Friday by The Search
Light Publishing Company.
P. B. BUTLER Editor.
Official Advertising Medium of Decatur
County and the City of Bainbridge.
Entered at the Pott-Office at Bainbridge. Ga,,
a* aerond-claM mail matter.
BAINBRIDGE, GA., JUNE 7, 1912.
(By “Georgia Cracker”)
Activity in the real estate
market seems to be on the in
crease. The demand grows bet
ter daily. Property is changing
hands and building is going for
ward. Prices of real estate in
Bainbridge are still low in corn-
kind. A number of other states I weather, and at rare times a sur-
already have such a law. feit of moisture, there is really
This county has been well! hardly ever any danger of any
worked by stock and bond sales- j great damage resulting from
men during th£%)ast few years.
They seem to Vck us out as
shining marks. »Well dressed
and ‘^gjitlemenlyVagents come 4
into the coimty, h$ing a list of
prominent crtizens of Bainbridge
either, and the farmers always
manage to come out ahead of the
^ Busines men, and the farmers
parison with values. There is a and Donalsonfille and the rest
fine margin
investor.
for profits to the
Did you know the Bainbridge
band is giving a very creditable
concert on the square every Sun-
Value of Rural ’Phone.
of the county. Armed with a
pocket full of cigars, they go in
automobiles to see those named
and unfold to them the most
alluring prospects of enormous
profits to be made by a small in-
, vestment in these ground-floor
day afternoon, and that hundreds stocks and ^nds, which they
of people are going out to hear i were or( j e red to sell exclusively
them. They have some wer y ] to them. The company is locat-
^(wkI msuicians, and the band is { e( j * n a distant city and the busi-
- a cr f d '* to tovvn * They J negs ] ooks g00( j on paper and, to
_ s.iould be heaitily supported. | hear the agent tell it, sounds
. j good, too. Isn’t it funny that I ble figure; but most of us can
The reported harmony of the ■ some people will take his word j remember the. days when cotton
Underwood Convention last week | and buy, and yet they wouktnVsold for half this price, and yet
dollar in a meritoijlW^farmers continued to raise it?
How do you I
Several times we have had
occasion advocate the more rap
id extension of rural telephone
service, together with the
provement of roads and the ex
tension of the rural mail delivery
Nothing of such small cost addf
so much to the comfort and j was a surprise and disappoint-j invest a
pleasure and convenience ofimentto some of the critics of: home enterprise?
rural life as general extension of the prevailing element of the j account for it ? It must be that
telephone service. Not only is [party. Mr. Watson was the\ “distance lends enchantment.”
also, who are becoming business
men very rapidly, are watching,
with great interest, the develop
ment of the situation in other
sections of the country, especially
the Cotton Belt. Unless Texas
and the territory t o the
west of the Mississippi d o
better than Georgia this year,
we certainly can hardly expect
more than about 11,000,000 bales
of cotton, and this will mean
something between 12 1-2 to 15
cents for the cotton crop this
year. Of course, it goes with
out saying, that this is a profita-
Anoiher Office Building.
it. a source of pleasure and
promotion of social life and in
tercourse, but it has its utilitari
an phases as well and is of in
comparable value in case of em
ergency. Recently the practi
cal value of the rural ’phone has
been demonstrated in educatio
nal work and in the advance
ment of public interest therein.
In this connection we reproduce
-herewith a letter written to the
Progressive Farmer by Miss
Craig, who speaks from personal
experience of the value of the
,phone:
“In my neighborhood every
family has a telephone, and I
know of nothing which has help
ed this community so much.
bogie that frightened some of
the participants and his name
was used by some of the mal
contents to raise a row with.
Not much of a row and little
scare was the result. Mr. Wat
son goes to Baltimore, with legal
credentials as one of the dele-
. j Work was begun Monday
p • m | i morning tearing down the three
u60I gia Melons. j Story wooden building on Brough-
The melon crop of Georgia is j ton street just east of the First
becoming one of great wealth to [National Bank building, and
the State. Piobably twice as I known as the Democrat offlice to
many carloads of watermelons | make way for a three-story brick
and cantaloupes are sent out of j offlice building to be erected there
gates at large from the Georgia I the State each year as there are, in the near future. The building
Democracy. | peaches. It will be remembered land lot were bought from Mrs
Why not Mr. Watson? Since that a car of melons, however, (John Brown of Dawson, some
he was ushered back into the only brings about one-sixth the
price of peaches, when peaches
selling at their prime price, or
any other way, for that matter,
for in a corresponding measure
The slanders of his enemies are products of this section has in
evidently unfounded, or else he j creased year after year, until
would have been unmasked and I now the Georgia Fruit Growers’
abandoned by the good people j Exchange has the situation so
who etioose him as a leader or well in hand, and the distribu-
an ally. tion so well manipulated, until
The truth is, Watson has (rog .both the melons and the pouches j
upon the toes of conservation, lean be sold to a great advantage, leaves Bainbridge every
r&ther than offended against the!greater than cotton,corn and [Sunday at 6:45 a. m., re
moral or statute law. We should other products of the soil. .[turning, leaves Lanark
not use Watson and then abuse The weather situation is b#T/00 p. m. Spend the day
party in 1906, as an ardent sup
porter of the Smith faction, his
iavor and support has been al
ternately sought and secured by
one or the other of the contend- j the price of melons will drop
ing factions. His influence and [along with peaches. Ordinarily
following must be strong, or else j Georgia would not make a bump-
it would not be sought. He I er crop of peaches and a large
From a ’shack’ of a school buil- must have some attractions, or [crop of watermelons at the same
ding they have risen to a nice else he would not have followers. 1 time, but the demand for the
painted building, and the term,
which used to be four months,
is now seven and the teacher’s
salary is almost twice as large.
There was no library; now they
have a small, but well-assorted
one, and the books are read
with interest by everyone in the
"community, An Improvement
Association had been organized
and the school ground is being
worked on. The money was
nused to build this house and all
other funds needed for expenses,
by plans talked over and planned
over the ’phone. They have a
parents, meeting over the ’phone
(we are on a line.) The number
of pupils is small, but every child
in the community of school age
attends. Futhermore, the older
sons and daughters are attending
college.”
“ This is what the telephone
has done for us and it will do the
same thing for any community, I
believe.”
Even if the telephone
nothing more for the rural sec
tions than the removals of the
otherwise inevitable isolation of
rural residents in winter, it would
be more than worth the Cost.
Persons living miles apart are by
it brought into intimate
pleasant social relations, re
less of weather or roads.
are various other uses foi
days age, the lot being bought by
the Decatur County Bank and the
building by Mr. J. M. Floyd.
It is understood that Mr. Floyd
will use the lumber in the erec
tion of a number of small cotta
ges. The Decatur County Bank,
it is understood, will erect the
brick structure, which will be
constructed for offlice purposes,
and will be a beautiful building-
This deal was made through
the Towsend Company and means
a great deal for Bainbridge as it
will place to her credit one more
handsome brick building.
‘The Lanark Special”
hini, and it seems both factions
have been accepting his aid with
alacrity, i He is. therefore, a
party factor.
1 see from the daily papers that
an enterprising legislator pro
poses to introduce a bill to pro
tect the people of this state
against the sale of “sky blue”
stocks and bonds, that is, s!uch as \ mav
have nothing back of them ex
cept the pale blue sky. It does
seem that we need a law of this
The weather situation is dw e v.w p. m. o^nu ukuhj
coming somewhat less a problel I it the seashore--a whole-
at the present time. We havlp® ome and delightfuj place.
thr^|fh six months of
and heavy
e first time
fcing, for a
-fashioned
kiTfkCV farmers
1 with dis
solutions that
wn lsTilM )V drout ^ and
['jnfavorably weather con-
s. Though this section
considerably from hot
Round trip fare $1.50
FOR SALE—75 Acres Clay Land
2 miles from Bainbridge, on
graded road. 40 acres stump-
ped. All under wire fence.
$32 50 per acre. Easy term.
The Townsend Co.
HAIRE & CROCKER BOILER WORKS
We solicit a share of your patronage, we are
pared to repair all kinds of Boilers, make Stack
Tanks and all other kinds of work pertaininc tn
Boiler work. k Wthe
We carry in stock Sheet Iron, Flues and all th
materials suitable to repairing boilers. ine
Get our prices before letting your contract u- P
guarantee satisfaction and the lowest prices. ’ e
JACKSONVILLE!
And Return $4.00
1912.
Leave Bainbridge ad
than midnight]
JUNE 13th
Special Excursion Train VVill
11:20 a. m.
Tickets good to return not later
JUNE 15th, 1912.
A good time for everybody-Don’t miss this cheap
and Delightful trip,
A. C. L. Ticket Agents will Furnish Full Information.
E. M. NORTH, L. P. GREEN,
Asst. Gen’l. Passenger Agent, Traveling Passenger Agent,
Savannah, Ga.
Thomasville, Ga.
Notice change in Schedule of
CA LLA HA N L/ATE
Effective Monday, July 1st 1912. Boat Schedule will be as Follows:
Leaves Bainbridge every Monday and Thursday at. .10 A. m.
Arrives Apalachicola every Monday and Friday at.. .8 a. m.
Leaves Apalachicola every Tuesday and Saturday at.. 12 noon
Arrives Bainbridge every Wednes. and Saturday at. 5:30 p. m.
For Further information Regarding Freight and Passenger Service Write
J. W. CALLAHAN, President and General Manager.
Bainbridge, Georgia.
FOR RENT—Lovely room in
small private family, with
every comfort assured, includ
ing electric lights and bath.
Close in. Reasonable. Apply j
at Search Light office.
Will Find it to Their
Advantage to Open an
Account in our Savings
Department.
They will fihei the first deposit
will act as an incentive to
make others and in a short
time they will have a substan
tial balance drawing 4 per
cent interest.
Every accomodation consistent with sound banking afforded
our customers.
First National Bank
Bainbridge, Georgia.
Capital $125,000.00
cate with almost any section
the county. The great count
of Rockingham and Augusta i
so effliciently and universe
■served by rural telephone tl
ville, Va., Register.
1912.
“The Lanark Sp«
leaves Bainbridge
Sunday at 6:45 a. m., re
turn ing, leaves U
7:00 p. m. Spend th
•lound trip fare $1.50.
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Bainbridge, Georgia.
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