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h^O. 39 BAINE RIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCT. '* J ~ $1.00 PER YEAR
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$1.00 PER YEAR IN ALVANC E
m CLUB BOYS
TO GET PRIZES
[Cunningham Wants All the Boys to
Attend the Fair in Bainbridge.
Tj; following letter from Mr.
V. Cunningham, of Tifton, is
vital interest to the Corn Club
vs of Decatur county and we
jju it will be carefully read by
|er} - one interested:
the Corn Club Boys of Deca
tur county:
'fhe County Corn Club show
I,your county will be held in
linbridge, Thursday, Oct. 17,
the fair beginr^fig at 9 o’clock
the morning, and you are re
nted to be present with 10
irs of corn and a report of how
(DU grew the acre. The prizes
[oryour county will be awarded
it day.
Iam trying to make arrange-
ients to see to it that every boy
ho makes this exhibit with the
port will receive a prize. You
iav count on this. The boys
ho make the largest yields at a
profit, of course, will receive the
jest prizes, but I want every boy
receive something.
I would like for you to take a
stalk of corn along with you and
be in the Corn Club parade,
which will be a very interesting
feature of the day. You will en-
ioy that.
At this time also, I shall tell
you about the great Corn Club
trips, too, and the big Corn Club
contests at the Exposition in Tif
ton and the Corn Show in Atlan
ta, to which you, as a Corn Club
boy, are entitled to go. Then,
too, I want to take the corn you
exhibit in your county to both of
these events and put it into the
; contests for the many valuable
prizes offered by them.
If you have not already gath
ered your corn you should do this
before October 12th, so as to be
ready with your report. Please
observe rules given below as to
gathering.
It is well to keep the amount
of your yield a secret until after
all reports have been sent to me
and the prizes for your county
awarded. As soon as you have
gathered your corn, however,
please send me a report of same.
The management of the Expo
sition at Tifton have set Satur
day, November 2, as the day for
awarding all Corn Club prizes.
I want to find out how many of
the Corn Club boys will be here
so I can make plans for them. I
am expecting at least 500 exhib
its by Corn Club boys and three
times that many that day to be
be in the great parade of the
South Georgia Boys’ Corn Clubs
and I am anxious that you shall
be here, too, to enjoy the occa
sion. As in your county contest,
I shall want you to come with a
stalk of corn for you to carry as
you march in the parade.
In order to make arrangements
for you, I am asking that you fill
out the enclosed blank and mail
to me as soon as you can know
whether or not you can come.
The ten ears of corn that you
take to your county exhibit should
be all the same size, same length,
same color of grains and cobs,
rows straight, and well filled out
at both butts and tips.
I am looking forward with
pleasure to the time when I shall
meet you at your county exhibit
and at the Tifton Exposition.
My very best wishes to you.
Sincerely,
G. V. Cunningham,
district Agent Boys’ Corn Clubs
and School Extension.
Birthday Party
A happy occasion among the
very young set was the party
given Saturday afternoon by
Mrs. J. C. Sasser complimentary
to her little daughter, Carlun on
her fifth birthday. Despite the
very inclement weather, quite a
number of the little folks were
present, lovely with their bright
faces and pretty party dresses.
The little hostess wore white net
over pink silk and pink ribbons.
A SHORT TALK WITH OHR SUBSCRIBERS. ! T P ' e,ty th,irch ReceptioD - RICHARD BOWMAN
■ ■ V The recention enven at tr*51
Bi^
The reception given at tty;,
Baptist church on Thursday night ■
of last week, in honor of Dr. 1
SHOT TO DEATH
The United States Governing Tips taken it^in hand Carl w . Mino ; and Mrs . Minor, Asusin Walked spud Shot Him Dm
Though the rain prevented the
many lawn games which had same,
been planned, much amusement
was derived indoors, especially
the pinning on the Donkey’s
tail. J. C. Wagner, Erma Pour- ..... .
nell and Grace Rawlings won the! they will have to send in the subt
to see that all papers going to who owe for their was one of the prettiest occa- at his Own Home,
subscriptions for more than one ghall stop.- Unless !. ion8 . of , the k i?, d eve . r 8 ? en in
they are stopped the editors and TTh^lishers will get them- of the reception was that the
selves in serious trouble. W . I membership of the church and
Now, the editors and publishers of newspapers did ^® s p eoi|ie^°f the city could meet
not make this law neither do thev like it; that is most r T s h J n h ° a r ; ing the arrangements
of them do not. But they will h$e£ to ty^de by it just j n charge seemed to have had
^ Ma^ nPo j everything perfectly planned.
The Search Light has a nt O Subscribers whose lhe c « nter rows ° f seats were
subscriptions are now due and f*Wdue soon.* If these "i°ace in rte ^r o? the S
subscribers continue to receive tnjjA taper after this notice torium. Dr. and Mrs. Minor
b*. Option price, This is Stood under a cluster of lights,
prizes. The booby prizes were I being put on the front page in type SO that all may ( which were partially covered
awarded to Carlun Sasser ard'seeit. - j with evergreens. From this cen-
Albert Spires. The dining rocm , ' ‘ . , „ .ter the evergreens reached out
Understand, these little mites of one dollar does not to the four corners of the build-
amount to very much to the individual subscriber, but ing, all making a most impress-
when the entire amount is taken .into consideration it iv e effect. The church was beau-
means a great deal to the paper, h |TL».22KSU
Very soon we hope to be able to get the paper out in Dr. and Mrs. Minor. Included
much larger and better form. IV is now the largest cir- among those were Superinten-
culated weekly paper in this section of Georgia. We are dent J.E. Thomason of the Bain-
continually receiving new subscriptions, and we would be £ ££,hony C ,nd 5^
very much pieased to keep every subscriber we now and Rev j E Ward 0ther8
have. | included the teachers of the
But in order to do this those- in arrears must send in schools. These stood while those
their subscriptionsat once. . jJUfSffiJVSlS!
We would be glad to carry longer, but Uncle The reception was informal
Sam says we cannot do it. So tl matter is not left with throughout. For some time it
the management of the paper, .H i 8ee ™ ed that everybody in the
' , , I building was talking at the same
Send us a dollar or two doll; iif you like, and let s time. This was as it should be,
join in making the Search Ligi. ;en better and bigger'as nothing less than this proves
than it has ever been. : • IX I to be an informal gathering.
, . • ,, . , „„ , Most delicious refreshments
A number of presents have 1? 1 ^ Aired and as long as were 8erve( j throughout the even-
they last each person bringing in oi->edjiding in money for j ng- The Bainbridge Concert i
renewals or new subscriptions, will get one of these pres- Band furnished music for he ot ' ffus, Writing <W
ents for each dollar brought or sen^in. We are figuring' casion, rendering a nun ||ofi ■«
was decorated with vines and
pink flowers, and the table was
beautiful in pink and white. A
silver candelabra at one end of
the table burned five unshaded
pink candles. At the other end
was the huge white birthday
cake containing the lucky dime.
Five tiny pink candles in rose
bud holders burned brightly on
top of the cake, and a large pink
rose in the center and the figure
five done in pink on one side,
further enhanced its beauty.
Pink ribbons extended from the
lighted chanr 1 Ur ' to the four
corners of the table. The cen
terpiece was a small try horse
and wagon, the wagon filled
with oats and piled high with
the minature favored for the
guests, dolls, rakes, spades, etc.
The place cards were pictured
animals done in water colors.
The refreshments of cream
cakes cut in the shape of animals,
fruits and candies, all carried
out the color scheme of pink and
white.
to me by Express at the Tifton
Exposition, 10 ears described
above, with your name and ad
dress in the package.
All boys entering the contest
for the greatest yield and profit
per acre must observe the follow
ing rules:
1. Corn must be gathered and
weighed in the presence of two
disinterested parties who are ac
ceptable to the County School Su
perintendent, or Corn Club Or
ganizer of the county.
2. Gather the corn and weigh
it. Weigh two 100-pound lots
from different parts of the total.
Shuck and shell each lot and then
weigh the shelled corn in each
instance in order to find the av
erage per centage of shelled corn.
Multiply the total weight by this
per cent and divide by 56 to get
the number of bushels.
3. If you produce 100 bushels
or more per acre, fill a quart jar
with shelled corn on the day it is
harvested and express it to the
State College of Agriculture for
moisture test. See that your ten
ear exhibit sent to the fair is
true to type, and uniform in
size, shape, length and color.
Do not harvest corn until dry
enough for market conditions.
The boys of each community
should work together in gather
ing and measuring their com un
der the supervision of the com
mittee on measurement
Now is the time to select seed
for next year’s planting. Begin
by selecting ears from the stalks
in the field giving the largest
yield of corn per stalk, then se
lect the best of these ears, and
make a test of the grains for
germination. Full instructions
for this have been sent to you in
a circular entitled "Seed Seiec-
tion.” It will pay you to study
P- S.~ If I do not get your com I Jt closely and follow the direc-
from your Countv Exhibit, send lions.
on a number of articles and you may expect something
nice in these presents. Bring or send the dollars before
the presents are gone.
Where Qyality
COUNTS
THE MOST
ATTRACTIVE
LINE OF >•
Men’s Furnishing^
Ever Shown in Bainbridge
“Everything a Man Wears”
George H. Fields Co.
••THE SHOP OF FASHION"
Bainbridge, ; : : : Georgia
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splendid pieces, which w
ly enjoyed by all.
A number of recitattajtjrf l '"r«:
given. These were «(Tuiy*^*he
most enjoyable feature m the
evening. '{-J V -
-Jt was the concensus of opin
ion that gatherings
this should be'meld
quent in Bainbridge.
firmly to
to ore fre-
Haire
Wdson. „ p
Milling Opening.
miUi ^y c i* L^of Haire
Ar Wilson this ,sj N a Jras proved
the most succes™ J^fffair of the
kind that firm *Vet had. The
pretty store w > (J l Wded with
customers to^ M ^.*‘gacity both
days, Wednesdi .“‘^Thursday.
This firm hasf)lJ$ WBh and en
terprise, in a''very short time
leaped to the front as a great
mill.nery establishment. They
have built up an enviable repu
tation throughout this entire ter
ritory as is shown by people com-
I ing from all the surrounding
ifbit^-ut't 0 their store,
j, , <fe great advertisers and
-•* annu^ n see at aR times what
vomen s CFry.
Union of Geor,,~^ :
Bainbridge net- LSIMlDg
Club Exhibits.
special /rw.'dge, Ga., Oet. 3. 1912.
|~ I '~l-iiis is tonify thq teachers
| and the m-i^rs^X/tM Boy’s
|Corn Clubt *£.it. i \ Can ’
ning Clubg w nargest bounty
, that the conteWTo-Uid ^various
j prizes offered J the ^ymbers of
{these clubs will h|^neld here
i Thursday Oct. 17th *
i There will'also be prizes award-
[ ed to the schools of the county
making the best exhibits of
school work and school improve
ments.
| All the schools are earnestly
requested to have their exhibits
here by Monday October 14th, or
Before.
J. S. Brad well,
| 2t. Co, Supt. of Schools.
Mr. Richard Bowman, a farm
er living in the Vada neighbor
hood on the line of Decatur and
Mitchell counties, was shot to
death at his home Saturday night.
The detals are hard to get. In
fact, the Search Light men have
not been able to see any one who
has been able to get a connected
story of the details. But from
the best information at hand it
seem9 that Mr. Bowman and his
daughter had just returned home
from a visit in the neighborhood,
and gotten on the veranda when
Mr. Bowman was called to by
some one. Bowman replied and
at about the same time the man
in the yard fired. Mr. Bowman
was struck by the first shot and
fell to the floor. Reports say
that che gun man kept up the
firing until five shots had been
made, not all striking the victim,
however. Mr. Bowman was dead
in a few minutes.
The killing caused great excite
ment in the community. It is
said Mr. Bowman was a quiet,
peaceable man, and had not been
in any difficulty with any one.
No motive can be ascribed for
the killing as he had no enemies
that were known to any.
News reached Bainbridge at
first that a young man about 17
years of age, J. E. Harrell, was
churged with the crime, but la
ter reports say that no one knows
the identity of the person. No
arrests have been made up to
Mr. Bbwman’s bbvjjjfots brought
t6r%p^fi iblpbridt^Cindtiy night
m the.-,. ...yrtb thrower part of
De'chtur county, where it was
buried Monday.
Judging from information gath
ered from the neighborhood the
law-abiding people over there are
much wrought up over the affair
and will do their utmost to run
down the assassin that the prop
er punishment mav be meted out.
35th Anniversary Wedding.
Hon. and Mrs. L. F. Patterson
celebrated their thirty-fifth wed
ding anniversary Thursday, Oc
tober 3rd, at a family re-union
and dinner party. Their four
daughters and two grandchildren
were present. They are, Mrs.
Etha P. Griffin, Madams C. Deck
er Tebo, Theodore Tiller, Howell
Cobb Erwin, Miss Runa Erwin
and Master LeRoy Patterson Te
bo. Mrs. Patterson was born in
Bainbridge and was, before her
marriage, Miss Isabelle G. Grem-
mer.
Mr. Patterson was born in
North Carolina, was reared in
Enfaula, Ala., and came to Bain
bridge in June, 1877, where he
entered business. He served 27
years as a councilman, 20 years
as sheriff, and was elected five
years ago, to the State senate
where he served this district
with distinction.
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson were
married October 3,1877, by Rev.
R. M. Lockwood, of the Metho
dist church. For two days be
fore their marriage a storm raged
destroying the roofs of the Meth
odist church and the old Sharon
hotel. At that time there was
only one railroad into Bainbridge,
running from here to Savannah.
The Ochlochnee bridge was swept
away during the storm and they
had to go by boat to Eufaula,
Ala., where they spent their bri
dal tour. Mr. and Mrs. Patter
son have lived in Bainbridge all
their married life.
