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uJItp Uaitthnhgp irarrlt Ctgljt h^O. 39 BAINE RIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCT. '* J ~ $1.00 PER YEAR r_ _ ■■ ti - $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 p 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.