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VOL. 20 NO. 25
BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDA^ JUtfE 28, 1912
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
BITOR VISITS
Big Saw Mill Burned.
TAR Arm FARM The big saw mil1 of the Cla, 'dy
1 UDfttVV rillVIVl Lumber Company, located two
; and half miles east of Bainbridge
Seme of the Fines* Tobacco on Best' was burned to the ground yester-
** | j c* a [ e j day morning about 4 o’clock,
1 The mill Iwas completely des-
. ., 0 ... . ,! troyed, but the planing mill of
The editor of the Searchlight!^ Farrar Lum ^ r ^ mp&ny
,j9 shown ov* r a o acco ai m | | oca( - ed on bhe ground, was
ist «eek : it being the first farm, 9aved by hard work
f the kino ie a evei seen. The loss to the mill company
he farm is in e ®° u el ' n * ,ar ^' is said to have been not less than
f thecount.v and belongs to Hon., $12 0 oo. The amount of insur-
n0 . E. Dona son, w o, in com-, ance carr i ed j s not known.
an y with Mr. J. T. McLendon,, The oriin of the fire is not
H Erie Donalson and others,, known . The watchman ,s re-
, nt with the scribe over the big] ported tQ have said that the firat
umatra lie s. thing he knew of it the fire was
the sight was most inspiring. aU about the and had
the writer cannot describe the got ton under such headway that
npressiona made on his mind as nothing couW ^ done to save
elotked out under the great tbe plant
itticed shade of 20 acres upon a j T he city fire alarm was soun-
«* rt that „. USed _ t J ° ded and the department made a
run to the corporate limits, but
on reaching that point and
finding that it could render no
service they returned.
It is under stood that the mill
will be rebuilt at once.
an acre, and sometimes
iearly $2,000 an acre. It is not
orth that much now, probably
ot more than half as much; still,
here is hardly anything else in
lie country that equals it as a
aying product, when it grows to t
irfection and when prices range i
rom r>oe a pound and up. Mr. Cummings a Candidate.
Col. Donalson has 40 acres in j
ibacco this year. It is under! The announcement for Repre-
DIRT FLYING IN
BAINBRIDGE
SOME THINGS IN
Canning Demonstraton fLY SWATTING
BAINBRIDGE
ON IN EARNEST
to great shaded tracts of 20 sentative by Mr. P S. Cummings „
cres each. The oldest will now! hunKrf «» dty i. having the dirt which
Street Work, School Building and Railroad A Number of Business Houses and Enter-
Work, All Moving Rapidly.
A considerable force of men
were put to work this week on
the street paving for Bainbridge
This was an event for which the
people of the city have looked
forward for a long time. Now
that the work has actually begun,
it is hoped that the paving busi
ness will not stop, only at very
short intervals until not only all
the streets that need it are paved,
but the sidewalks as well.
The work was begun in front
of the Wainman Hotel on Broad
street and will be continued on
this street until it is completed
through as far as the paving will
be done on the street.
The steam roller with the other
machinery has arrived and the
work is progressi ng very nicely.
The excavation work for the
new high school building has
been completed and part of the
cement work for the foundation
has been put down. This work
is also progressing splendidly and
in a short while the walls will
begin to rise. At the same time
Muy Fits
verage as tall as an ordinary, his friends throughout Decatur
ian’s head, much of it taller county.
nn that. A most wonderful, Mr. Cummings is known
ght is to look between two rows, j throughout Georgia as one of the
I of which are as straight as anj best business men of the state,
row clear across the tract. As a legislator, looking after the
led to each stalk is a thread, business interests of Georgia he
„ ao „, „„ , . .. ’! could not be excelled by any man.
hich .eaches up and is tied I n all South Georgia he is recog
nized as among the leaders in
bove to the lattice work. Look-
12 out upon these myriads of
hite strings just above the sea
rich, green tobacco, and all
oder a lattice shade, leaves a
icture on one’s mind that is irn-
ossible to describe,
Ihe Sumatra tobacco lands are
id to be among the finest lands
the world. Unfortunately, or
(Continued on last page.
the business world.
Mr. Cummings has taken keen
interest in the political move
ments of the state, and is thor
oughly versed in all political
moves that have been made in
the past. He is a sound Demo
crat, a man with the courage of
his convictions and if elected
will make a representative of
which Decatur county people
will be proud.
The New Four Passenger
Hu
$950.oo
We believe the Hupmobile to be
in its class the best car in the world.
The long stroke Motor, giv
ing maximum power at low
speedis a decided advant
age obviating gear changing.
We Have these Wonderful Cars
in
:tock
but the supply is limited on
account of the factory being
unable to supply the demand
Hupmobile Runabout
$750.00]
Caldwell Motor Car Co.
unbrick
• ON THE SQUARE
is taken from the streets to make
way for paving, removed to the
grounds at the school building
to fill up the low places so that
the entire grounds may be beau
tified.
While these two forces have
begun their work, Mr. I. Kwilec-
ki has begun the work of putting
the improvements on the Wain-
man hotel, the contract being
let to him by Mr. J. W. Callahan,
who recently bought the hotel.
Mr.’Kwilecki states that he will
push the work to completion and
that the hotel will have quite a
difference in appearance when
he is through. Mr. Kwilecki
has also been given the contract
for plumbing in the new school
building. This will amount to
one of the largest contracts of
that kind ever let in Bainbridge.
The work on the new trestle
and bridge for the Atlantic Coast
Line road over the Flint river is
being pushed rapidly. The
force has had fine weather so far
and they are making the time
count.
The rebuilding of the shops
for the Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama road is going on as fast as
the force can push it, and will be
completed within the time set
for it to be finished.
While all this is being done, a
large number of people are wish
ing that the city would putin the
‘‘White Way”. It is contended
that Bainbridge can put in such
an improvement just at this time
at one fourth the cost it would
require to put it in lat^r. They
argue that while the street work
is going on is the time to cpt the
ditches and lay the cables, and
that the lights can be looked af
ter later if need be. It is hoped
the authorities will look into the
matter and if it can possibly be
done, that they will carry the
work through at this time.
prises Located Here.
For the benefit of the outsider
who does not knqtt what enter
prises are now itr Bainbridge,
some of them are enumerated
below, together with, a number 1 10 can
of the business firms. These are
given.from memory without an
absik. ily careful count:
15 drygoods stores; 8 grocery-
stores; 8 markets; 4 hotels; 16
lawyers; 6 doctors; 5 churches; 2
newspapers, both operating job
plants 2 regular job printing offi
ces; large bottling plant; big ice
factory; one of the largest barrel
factories in the state; bag-basket
factory; 4 large wholesale grocery
establishments; big oil mill; 2
large guano factories; 2 boiler
making establishments; one foun
dry and machine shops; one big
merchant mill, one grits mill;2
ginneries; 2 turpentine stills;
Two lines of steamers, (the Calla
han Line and the 1. C. Drake
Line); 2 railroads, the Atlantic
Coast Line and Geogia, Florida
and Alabama, with main offices
and shops of the latter road; big
tobacco packing house; 2 cigar
factories;3 jewelry stores; one
tailor shop several pressing clubs;
3 hardware stores; 2 plumbing
companies; several automobiles
liveries; 3 automobile sales com
panies several blacksmith and
wood shops; one photogrther; 3
dentists offit's; one of the larg
est brick p nts +n southern
Georgia; 3 fuijture stores; 5
drug stores; 2—ifes; two cotton
ware houses t* or thfee lum
ber firms; 2 e HfiLtP 8 * 8eve "
ral shoe shojpft k* •^Qartment;
water and light planiv^nd; or
chestra, postoflfuje, doim fei busi
ness of more tf l$15,0Uf A year. (
express officfTS { g a n h. ' 1
business; bic st^e and rfc.
shop; station^/ stoffe; 2 bakerii
dressmaking establihment; 4
livery, sales and feed sta
bles; several fish markets and
fruit stands; telephone offices;
Western Union Telegra
office bank; a nu’-^r f*
estatedealers; 5 v U£rber f*
twe white and thred colt,
Tho following lodges: Mason
Odd Fellows, Knight of Pythias,
Elks, Woodmen, Owls.
In the trades line Bainbridge
has a number of carpenters and
contractors, .all of whom are
busy just now. Mr. P. H.
Gaulding paint contractor states
that he has contracts now for
September. In this connection
it will be well enough to say
that more painting and real im
provement has been done in
Bainbridge this year than for
several years past.
Miss Annie L Tappan the
Canning Club Agent for Decatur
County will coduct a Canning
Demonstration on the Court , #ys Go|( „ Them .
House yard at Bainbridge July; j „ ,
6th at 8 o’clock a-m. fe h*
Everybody is invited to attend .
this Demonstration as great ben- , ^be Anti Hy campaign which
efit will be derived from it. jtheC ty Federation is carrying
The Ladies are requested to on to rid Bainbridge of the fly
come, bring fruit, vegetables etc.,; P e3 *’ opened up last Monday with
At the Bon Air.
Miss Tappan is conducting this
demonstration as the representa
tive of the U. S, Department of
agriculture and the State College
of agriculture.
Canning Club members, City
Federation Club, iarmtrs with
their wives and daughters and
citizens of Bainbridge are es
pecially invited.
Mr. Harrells Candidacy.
The announcement for Repre
sentative of Mr. W. G. Harrell
appears in this issue of the
Search Light.
Mr. Harrell was born and rear
ed in Decatur county and is one
of the best known men in the
county. He has made a close
study of the needs of the people
and comes out in his statement
and says in part, what he will
favor if elected.
One of these measures will be
for the betterment of the rural
schools and for the prompt pay
of the teachers. He is alsp in
favor of making taxes as low Ay
possible and for all property to Jl
great activity among the children
both white and colored. A num
ber of children have purchased
fly traps and placed them in.
stables and fish markets, and
places where flies live in greatest
numbers.
For the benefit of those not
familiar with the particulars re
garding this anti fly contest we
will print them below.
RULES GOVERNING CONTEST.
The contest began on Monday
June 24th, 8 a. m., and closes on
Saturday July 6th, 6 p. m. All
flies killed must be brought to
the Womans Club House between
5 and 6 p. m., on Tuesday June
25th, on Thursday June 27th and
Saturday June 29th, and on Tues
day July 2nd, Thursday July 4th
and Saturday July 6th. A com
mittee of ladies will be at the
Club Rooms to receive the flies
and strict account will be kept as
they are turned in.
All flies must be dry, none will
be accepted on sticky paper or in
a wet condition.
The best way to catch flies in
numbers is ny the use of
r . . and then kill them with the
be An it ?L equal burde 1T f o™' tumes of ' burning sulphur or
All these measures are good,,, . a , r . . . .. ,
ones. So far as the schools are b| ack flag. Fhe bes . bait fa;
concerned they need rhoremoney, the traps is tread scakei in
ana the teachers need to be paid sweetened water or in tomato
promptly. There is no harder catsup, and a great many can be
working class ot people in the kil | ed by the swatters also. These
state than the teacheis of the deviceg | 0 r killing flies may be
schools. Mr. Harrell has a Itrge h d at McDonalds. Kwi-
personal following in the county *_
and will make a strong race. 1 (Continued on last page)
Attention Veterans.
The Veterans
County Camp
Decatur
invited
to attend a reunion an'Wiarba-
cue at Arlington, Ga., I Fri
day the 5th day of July. Those
who wish to go to this' re-union
given by the old veterans of the
First Georgia Battallion U. C. V.
will leave Bainbridge on the G. F.
& A. R. R. at 7:30 o’clockJA. M.
The fare for the round trip from
j Bainbridge will be $1.00 each for
as many as ten o over.
Now old vets sorter slarii up
on your blackberry feed next
Mrs. L, Leopold, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., and her daughter Stella,
are stopping at the Bon Air and
are visiting relatives and friends
in this city. Mrs. Leopold was
formely Miss Maude Dickenson
or this place. This is her first]
visit to Bainbridge after an | week and Ret yourselves in good
sence of 16 or 17 ' t-ar-.. trjm to tackle the good grub that
1). If. Bower made a (lying will be served you un that <ii<
trip to Atlrr.tii, l-Kying mda;
and returning home Tuc sday,
do, .V
All the care, study and experience and all that
they cost does not show, but when you have
found out that
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The color* do not fade
The ititchc* hold
The buttons stay on
The buttonholes do not rip, or
The garment lose its original comfortable fitting proportions,
Then you’ll appreciate those hidden qualities
•that were given to you when you bought
SHIRTS
SI.50 and $2.00
CLUEJT, IT.AHODY It COMPANY, Troy, N.T.
Makers of Arrow ColUra and Shirt*
Sold Only By
Sco. J’ields Co.
"THE SHOP OP F \ >HION M Wn»r» Q jallty Cu jn:».
