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/(A 20 NO. BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, $ll¥)AY, AUG. 1912 $1.00 PER YEAR IN AT VANCE PASSED BY LEGISLATURE , Passed by Georgia Solons During the Past Fifty Days e following are the most im- nt of the bills passed by both u 0 , !se and the Senate this jca'of the Legislature. i e Ault committee bills limit-1 number of inspectors, pro- n? for inspection of gaso- benzine. ana naptha, and .jfing the fertilizer tax to be into the State Treasury be any expenses are paid. > Harris substitute fertilizer preventing the manufacture sale of fertilizer containing unless so specified on sack ...1 providing for the crea- of an office of Lieutenant •ernor, who shall act as presi- t of the Senate. This bill not become a law since eral companion bills have not n passed. ; creating the new counties leekley and Wheeler. I providing for a change venue for electrical power panies operating in Georgia, he general Insurance bill. General deficiency appropria- bill. pecial appropriation bill, he Atlanta amendment bill. to require a promisory e taken for mining stock to c consideration and specifica- n of said stock on face of J es. he farmers’ free list bill, ex iting certain articles from ation for a year. A bill to provide for the ap- intment of an official cotton igher in every cotton growing trict in Georgia. •he Tallulah Palls resolution nesting the Government, to igate suit against the power pany developing the falls. A bill requiring all passenger operating on Georgia lines have cinder deflectors. Abolition of the Justice sys- ra in cities over 20,000 popula- with the exception of vannah. A bill prohibiting cemetery C1 als to discriminate against rtam kinds of coffins. A resolution expressing disap- ov al of the Georgia Legisla- re of the manner in which ngress passed the Bristow bill. The bill allowing the pulling mileage on trains. A bill known as the “blue 5 law, which is aimed at udulent stock and bonds. A bill strengthening the pres- 1 game and fish laws of the ‘te. A bill repealing the tax on ~s. The Tippins bill, killing the r-beer saloons and locker )S Passed by both houses, but ted by thejgovernor. House ‘used to pass again over veto. Was Exciting Race. The next representatives from Decatur county will be Mr. J. T. Lane, who is now a member of the House, and Mr. W. G. Har rell. These are both well known men and both received a large vote, receiving almost an equal number of the ballots cast. Mr, Lane’s record in the pres ent legislature is already known to all. Mr. Harrell’s record as a legislator is yet to be made. He | is regarded by all as a most con-1 scientious man, and is one who is known to stand by what he believes to be right. Mr. P. S. Cummings and Mr. W. T. Nicholson, the other two candidates in the race, while not receiving enough votes to elect them, were stood by loyally by a large number of voters. Monster Rattle Snake. Berry of Faceville, o iv t< ?!' he c >ty a few days t nT a rattlesnake | P n^ sured " lore than six feet ‘tasnr^i - snake’s body » 0u .more than ten inches . na at the largest part. -y i.terr-v killed the snake the If. ore - He found the rep- f him ‘"if the roa ^ just ahead is rrifit?.! " e i Was tfoinpr home on ; j L8 , 0t :^ r cycle. He discovered r. .r„i ?u t l ,fnw to dodge it and go lv 1 sna ke. saving himself cwmches. The mon- hi Hon, 0 ' 1 rattle9 and the re )r ,.. V ff la wet seen a lorg tiMe. WINNERS IN THE STATE PRIMARY News of Some Who Were Suc cessful at Polls Wednesday Atlanta, Ga., Aug., 22—Fol lowing are the candidates who were winners in yesterday’s pri mary contest: Governor-John M. Slatm. United States Senator—A. O. Bacon. Attorney General—Thomas S. Felder. Railroad Commissioners—Jos eph F. Gray, George Hillyer, Paul B. Trammell. School Superintendent—M. L. i Brittian. THE ELECTION IN DECATUR COUNTY A Numbeil rprises Were Seen as Cleared Away. ’ll*? votqS We (close on to 1,800 ^edue )ecatur eounty in t* r *primary. The vote was, Rediy. as large as many I tions of the state are quoted in had fTsched'd, some however,had condemnation of the veto, They Traveling Men Make Kick Atlanta, Aug. 21.—Governor Brown’s veto of the bill requir ing the railroads to pull mileage on their passenger trains has aroused a storm of protest from the traveling men of the state and some of them in interviews published here go to the extent of charging him with paying a debt to the railroads. Traveling men in various sec- The issue in Decatur was a| Pension Commissioner—John most peculiar one, and many; Lindsey, claim that they voted against j Pr ‘ ison Commissioner-T. E. their real choice amonjj tlje can-1 Patterson, didates because of the main issue I Commissioner of Agriculture— involved. This issue was the di- Judge, Court of Appeals-• vision of the county of Decatur r Broyles. in order to form a new county west of Spring creek, including part of Early county. Messrs. Lane and Harrell were voted for by many because they opposed the new county. Mr. Nicholson was neutral, but Mr. Cummings was outspoken in favor of the proposition. While Mr. Cummings failed to get a majority of votes in the whole county, he carried the proposed territory for the new county by a considerable majori ty, some say he carried it by nearly seventy per cent. The race was the most excit ing and interesting one of the entire list and there was much speculation as to the outcome. Back From Iowa Prof. J. F. Thomason, Super, intendent of the Public Schools Bainbridge, arrived in the city first of the week with his bride from Iowa, where they were married two weeks ago. The people of the city are glad to welcome Mrs. Thomason. It is hoped that, as she has come just as Bainbridge has begun to take on new growth and new life, she will see the place grow into one of the great cities of the South, especially in point of com merce and as a winter resort, as well as a manufacturing center. Prof. Thomason will go to work at once making arrange ments for the opening of the Bainbridge Public Schools. An nouncement of the opening will be made in due tirrie. It may be well enough to say again, that Bainbridge will have one of the best high schools in the state. Prof. Thomason is making every possible effort to make the high school department most attractive in order that large numbers of the boys and girls of Bainbridge and sur rounding country will not be compelled to go away for a high school education. Full announcement of the opening and work of the school will be made soon. predie^uu all along that the re turns u'fnild not show more than 1,800. The day was an ideal one for an election. The weather was clear up to late in the afternoon, and the farmers were not so busy that they could not turn out to the polls. It would not have been surprising to many if 2,000 had voted in the county. The result was surprising in some instances. For instance, Mr. Perry’s vote for United States Senator was three times as many as some thought he could get. The vote for Gover nor showed that Joe Hill Hall received a much less vote than was predicted for him. Thomas S. Felder received a surprisingly large vote. His closest friends had not predicted that he would receive as many. Hooper Alexander for Gover nor made a wonderful race for Congress; Eleventh district, Walker; Tenth, T. W. Hardwick; Ninth, T. M. Bell; Sixth, Bart lett; Third, Charles R. Crisp. Atlanta, Aug. 21—John M. Slaton, president of the state Senate, has swept Georgia for governor, carrying at least 135 counties and possibly 138 to 140. He has made a record, carry ing more counties than any man I the length of time he was before elected who ever ran against op position, and the indications from the returns to-night are that his popular majority over both his opponents will prove almost equally a record breaker. It is perhaps the most sweeping vic tory ever given a statehouse offi cer. Mr. Slaton has carried De- Kalb, the home county of Hoop er, Alexander, his prohibition opponent by a plurality of 200 votes, while Fulton, where he lives, has stood to him. giving him a majority of approximately 5,000 votes over both opponents. To a late hour to-night returns indicated that Decatur was the only county carried by Alexander and that by a small plurality; while Joe Hill Hall of Bibb has carried, in addition to his home county, Dooly, Dougherty and Crawford. Outside of these five, Slaton will scarcely lose another county in the state. There is no question as to the renomination of Senator A. O. Bacon over H. H. Perry of Gaines ville. Senator Bacon practically has swept the state in almost as great a degree as did Slaton, Per ry carrying scarcely more than half a dozen counties. J. D. Price is running a close race for commissioner of Agri culture, up to 11 o’clock to-night fifty counties had reported for him, while A. O. Blalock was next, with J. J. Brown third. It is possible however that this race will go to the state convention for decision. Other statehouse races resulted as follows: Thomas S. Felder wins overwhelmingly over W. R. Jones for attorney general. J. W. Lindsey is renominated for pension commissioner, and T. E. Patterson for prison commission er, Joseph F. Gray, George Hilb yer and Paul B. Trammell have been re-elected to the Railroad Commission. M. L. Brittian has won over- the people. Mr. Alexander was in the race practically two weeks. He had no organization in the county, but when the votes were consolidated it was found he had received 734 votes: against Sla ton’s 841 and Hall’s 142. Slaton and Hall both had been in the race for months. express hope, however, in their petition now pending before the Railroad Commission and say if they fail there they will go before the Legislature again next sum mer. Many hold that if there was question about the constitu tionality of the bill, it should have been left for the courts to pass on. Late Returns Show Changes. Late returns from the election Wednesday indicate that Judge Broyles of Atlanta defeated Judge Pottle of Blakel v for the Court of Appeals. J udge Tom Parker of Waycross was defeat ed by Col. Randall Walker of Valdosta for Congress from the Eleventh district. The returns also show that Congressman Bart lett won out in the fight to re tain his seat in Congress. This was contrary to first reports re ceived. Crisp won out for Congress over Shaw and Mercer. It was first reported that Shaw had won the race. The returns show that Alexander probably carried one county for Governor and that doe Hill Hall carried three coun ties. The indications are that The official vote of the county I J - J* Brown,is leading for Com- gave the following results, it missioner of Agriculture, will be noticed that only the names of candidates are ~nyen who had opposition: ' - ' For Governor, Alexander 734: Hall, 142; Slayton, 841. For U. S. Senator, Bacon, 1092: Perry, 499. Attorney General, Felder, 1288; Jones, 402. {\ State School Supt. Beck, o73; I Tittian, 1221. Pension Com. Lanier, 407; Lindsay, 1221. Prison Commissioner—Groven- stein, 165; Johnson, 416; Pat terson, 1046. Commissioner of Agri. — Bla lock, 565; Brown, 323; Price,888. Judge, Court of Appeals — Broyles, 492; Pottle, 1210. R. R. Commissioner—For of fice held by Gray, Gray, 999; James, 99; McGee, 345; Shipp. 255. R. R. Commissioner, now held by Hillyer, Bankston, 281; Hill- Try to Capture Georgia. Atlanta, Ga, — With prominent Georgia business men at the head of its executive organization, and with i hye promises of a coffer full of c .fell to be distributed for cam paign purposes, the Bull Moose party of Georgia is planning to open in a few days a fight to swe< p the state for Roosevelt. There will be no effort by the Progressives to put out a state ticket. TK *as been definitely decided on. “We considered it utterly un wise to make any such attempt, ” said National Committeeman Mc Clure to day. “All our energies will be devoted to putting Geor gia’s electoral vote in the Roose velt column. It may be that in one or two districts we will have candidates for congress, but this still is under advisement. The word for the sort of a yer, 708; McLendon, 705. . , , , K. R. Commissioner, held by cam Paign and the sort of leaders Trammell, Flint, 662; Trammell. -Bell 1041. Solicitor General Wooten, 618. Representative— Cuntm ings, 679: Harrell, 1062; Lane, 1059; Nicholson, 626. Mr. Roddenbery had no oppo sition for Congress. He receiv ed 1704 votes. Judge Park re ceived 1698. Mrs. J. Feiler of Meridian, Miss., who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. David A. Cohen, is spending some time at Larark Springs, Fla. Bartlett Beaten in 6th. Macon. Ga. Aug 21—Returns from eight counties in the Sixth Congressional district unofficially give J. W. Wise of Fayettville, a j whelmingly for state school sup a majority over Congressman i erintendent and there is every Bartlett, of 3,300. ! indication of the successor Judge This leaves Bibb and four jj. R. Pottle in his fight to retain jority over Hon. Emmett Shaw others to be heard from, but if his seat on the State Court of of Clay. , early figures are any where cor- Appeals bench. j Congressman T. M. Bell of the K y ' rect Congressman Bartlett is de- K«.r>ort from- tne Third con- Ninth retains his seat, winning! feated fur renomination after-.., f ij str j ct V ea the con- over W. A. Carter of Gaines- Mr. J, P. Hart (field of the Oak ‘Cra-SS. JwS.'.'-.tow «<* n™ R vilie Hon. John N. Holder of City J.M.g Co., .pen. S.mto that Bartlett won. Crisp of Sumter by a safe ma- Jackson, speaker of the House, with homefolks In Moultrie. was sent by none other than George W. Perkins and there was immediate peace, tranquility and harmony in the Bull Moose ranks of Georgia. The word was that Bull Moose campaign fi ds would not be available for in this state if the same m< of squabbling for patronage pie that al ways distinguished the Republi can party in the South were em ployed by the Progressives her<. The word was sent straight. It was delivered by E. L. Cooney, of Atlanta, general manager for Georgia of the New York Life Insurance Company, of which company Mr. Perkins was for-! merly chairman of the board of directors,’ and in which he is still PREPARING FOR BIG FALL TRADE ureal Stock of Goods Being Bought and Merchants look for Good Business The merchants of Bainbridge are preparing for a great trade i his fall. All indications point to one of the best seasons for trade the business men here have en joyed for many years. While the cotton crop is off one fourth or more, the general opin ion is that the prices will make up for the shortage in yield and that the farmers will get as much or more money for their crop than they did last year. Beside this, a fairly good corn crop will be gathered, the hay crop was good and these, added to the oat crop, ground peas, tobacco and other products raised in the county, the tillers of the soil are not in such a bad condition after all. In view of ail this, 1 he mer chants are preparing to make a special effort to induce trade to come to Bainbridge this season. They have already bought and are buying, the largest stocks of goods ever seen in the city. These goods of course include all the varieties found in up-to-date cities. Another thing is the merchants are going to reach out for new territory. It is believed if the proper efforts are put forth Bain bridge will enjoy a trade over a wider field than has ever come here before. It is likely that a board of trade will be organized and with such a body of men ac tively at work advertising the advantages offered by Bainbridge a new territory will be opened up in every direction. The new life that has been in fused into the city of late, is put ting a fresh move on tver> thir.g. Naturally the merchants world catch this new life. This in a large measure explains the for ward move being put on by the merchants. The trading public may expect to find anything they are looking for right here in their own little metropolis. No use Rending away for anything. Come to Bainbridge. Something For The Band The Bainbridge Concert Band has been strengthened in the past few days by the addition of several new members. It is believed that the band will have twenty instruments in a very short while. Prof. Gerth, Director of the band, says it is making rapid strides in its practice, and says it will be one of the best m the state. The material and talent are both here, and noth ing remains Prof. Gerth says, but faithful practice. The band is in need of funds and it is hoped the excursion to Lanark on the Fifth of Septem ber will net the boys quite a neat little sum. People gener ally should advertise the excurs ion so that a large crowd may be had. The trip to Lanark is a great feature within itself, but addi tional strength is added to the feature on this trip, in that it will help the young men to give Bainbridge better music. I Misses Emmie and Eva Floyd, ! who have been on a visit to their Unde, Mr. J. A. Colson, of er Junction, Fla., returned Monday night.