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yLLy^^iyhi j?K^r 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 — f u 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:».