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%AA L AU. (y WMmam MAj^~ QIIjp lamhrftnp Bmv i NO. 40 BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCT. If, xJ $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE INT WED- 16 WEDNESDAY IMe it Yoons People of Bao- Joined ia Wedeck. [adding of Miss Kather- Ids and Mr. Edward Surles was solemnized Wed- y evening, at nine o’clock Presbyterian church of lity, Rev. J. E. Ward offic- church’s decoration was illy artistic and elaborate, [under the direction of Mrs. k Ausley, whose original i was carried out in the (scheme of pink and green, e centre front of the church Matlus-Brim. Beware of the Fakes. | Bainbridge Womens Chib Foot Ball Game Saturday JJST OF PRIZES Wednesday morning of this j It is hard to believe that peo- week at the home of Mr. and pie will continue to be caught in Mrs. Roy Connell, the beautiful fake schemes. But some of them wedding of Mrs. Daisy Mathis are so pretty on their face that to Mr. James Brim of Sasser, Ga., was culminated. The groom was accompained the unsuspecting will be caught, Within the past few weeks the good women of Bainbridge have by his brother, Mr, Ed Brim, his been taken in with two or three best mac. Preceding the bride, j things that are regular bald face came the maid of honor, Miss fakes. One of these was oper- Eula Brocket, dressed in white ated by a stranger, who. went marquisette over green silk, car rying white carnations and ferns. The bride came in leaning on the arm of her brother. Mr. J. H. McMurria, dressed in a beau tiful gown of white crepe-de chine of satin, with pearl trim ming and real hand made lace, carrying bridal roses and ferns. They left for New York and inked with ferns and hot other cities of the east. Her plants, entwined with 1 traveling suit was blue diagonal of pink blossoms. I cloth, with hat to match, bridal party stood beneath | rpj^y are eX p ec ted to arrive at their future home at Sasser, Ga. about October the 20th. arches of Southern Smilax I ithed with pink roses and with incandescent lights, similar arches decorated inter isles. Garlands of and roses extended from [our corners of the edifice {were festooned to the cen- Ichandeliers. effect was exceedingly jl when the lights, except above the bridal party were iguished. During the cere- , Mr. Hughes gave a violin to, followed with a solo: So Sweet and Holy”, by Mrs. Mercer Baggs with kable charm. Immediate- ceding the arrival of the party, Lohengrin’s and delsshons wedding marches rendered by Mrs. M. E. al in her usual exquisite er during the entrance and ture of the bridal party, ushers were Messrs. T. S. i, Edwin Perry,, J. C. Mc- kill, Eugene Roan, Troupe es and Chas. Parker. two little flower girls, s Laura Delle Parker and Dickinson, in accordion 1 dresses of white chiffon shadow lace, with pink chii> sashes, and Master Maston eal, the tiny ring bearer, ® next in order, rs. Chas. Parker, the Matron Honor, in a white crepe de ne > with silver embroidery, lowed carrying a bouquet of ite carnations. Miss Sarah wers of Americus, dressed in me* saline draped with dow lace, which was caught Place by bunches of pink s, was the Maid of Honor 'd carried a bouquet of Enchant- 8 Carnations. The maids, Misses Emma Mor- wearing a quaint gown of : ere Pe de chine with Watteau 'Sit and rose trimmed corsage, orma Hines of Thomasville, essed in a rose colored robe of de Paris, trimmed in Prin- ss lace, Nell Jones of Mont- Wnery, in a, gown of pink crepe 6 chine embroidered in silver, l^ru Sutherland in a Marie An- Mnette costume of pink crepe e chine draped with pannier ln d fishu of shadow lace carried *°uquets of Enchantress Caroa* ions. The groomsmen were Messrs. Mticus Parker, Lewis Clittt, M>ry Morris and Owens Fields. “ r - S. H. Brantley officiated as "*** Man. The bride, in a gown of white r^meuse. with panels of Rose ^"'ts lace and fishu of same. *thed with orange blossoms, l v **l with coronet of simi- Jiowers, made a lovely picture, about the city pretending to rep resent a certain magazine, for which he was soliciting subscrip tions, representing at the same time that a 36-piece dinner set would be given to each subscrib er. The whole thing looked good. But he wanted a dollar in ad vance. That did’t look so bad. He took in subscriptions right and left. The pretty things never showed up, neither did the dollar. The man also disappear ed. The magazine house was written to and answered that no agent was in the company’s employ authorized to do any such thing, and that the c6mpany would be glad to get hold of the faker. The schemer is still at large, so is the money. Tuesday of this week, another »g a she v#r bouquet of to be prvsent. Bride’s Roses and Lillies of the Valley, as she entered with her father, Mr. Geo. Fields. ^ cerem ? ny fellow appeared in the city tak- Mrs. Fields entertained the bridal , party and a few invited friends ^orders for umbrellas. The at their residence. 1 8am Pl e ® were nice and this also Mrs. Fields looked unusually ( looked good. His victims were charming in a gown of white dishing out the coin to him in crepe de chine And chiffon with amounts from one to four dollars corsage embroideredl in^ silver. , n advance> The authorities got She wore a coiffure bandeau of .. „ pearls and silver. , on to *“*’ and had the f « ,low Assisting the hostess were »rrerted. He was permitted to Miss Nan Philpot of Nashville, leave town by paying back all in a white marquisette, embroid- the money he- had fleeced out of ered in black and trimmed in the women. Val lace, Mrs. Geo. Ferrill of Mayor Callhan seated to the ThomasviHe, wearing a white Search Light that he wanted a „ and black gown of lace and chif-, , fon. Mrs. Mercer Baggs in ai the warned to Iook out primrose chiffon and white lace, j f° r these fakes. They seem to Mrs. M. E. O’Neal in a blue and ( be infecting other towns and gold marquisette and Miss Lula sections as well as Bainbridge. May Sheperd of Atlanta in a rose chiffon embroidered in silver beads. Serving punch were Mrs. T. A. Ausley, who wore a robe of rose colored crepe and messaline draped with real lace and corsage embroidered in gold and trimmed with chiffon roses, Mrs. W. D. Martin in a dainty dress of white tulle over pink with Bertha of lace and Miss Evergiline Bower in a rose messaline draped with pale blue chifion. The house was artistically dec orated in Southern Smilax and pink carnations. The numerous and beautiful gifts received by the Bride and Groom were evidence of unusual popularity. Among them were a chest of silver from the Bain bridge State Bank, of which Mr. Varner is Cashier, and a lovely electrolier, given by the Orion Lodge of Masons. Other out of town guests at tending were Mrs.and Miss Miram Philpot of Virginia, Mrs. Geo. M. Lewis of Porto Rico, Mrs. Jack Bo\yei of New York City, Mr. Geo. Ferrill of Thomasville and Mr. L. C. Pilcher of Madrid, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Varner left on the midnight train for a bridal tour of several weeks and will be at home to their friends on their return at their residence on Broughton street. An interesting feature of the Varner-Fields wedding was the attendance of the Fields’ family servants at the church. Con spicuous among these were ‘‘Aunt Gussie”, the well-known chef, and “Mammy”, the old nurse of Miss Fields, who came down from Americus especially On Tuesday the third,, the social re-union of the Bainbrftge Women’s Club was held at the hospitable home of the charming president, Mrs. Max E. Nuss- baum. Besides the club, the women teachers and several for mer cluty/iembers were present. The reception rooms were beautiful Jforith /profusion of golden-rtf aand^,^ coreopsis, carrying ft the*’’ ,t scheme of orange V jS brd* jt-colors. gram was mosMnter- rs. Nussbaum opened ding, "A Collect for ipn,”—an earnest, prayer. of the afternoon Mrs. L. A. Fried- \ Ss an outline of Bain- f Effy. from the day of - -*ing in 1829, (when was incorporated), of big hotels, fine irprising merchants, ents and white ways, of her interesting riedman was indebt- m. Harrell, one of loneers, and also a >tten out in 1870 bv rlyn and Col. McGill, of Bainbridge by club-members and belonged to the Bain- ilies of long ago. Old {ted before and during nd old daguerreotypes ?• 'rs and Miss Cooper- V^dings in harmony ,' Vht of the after- 4- * ‘‘“-Ttinea the m «v&ram, The foot ball team of the Nor man Institute will play the Cy- rene foot ball team at Cyrene tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) at 8 o’clock. This will be the first game of the season between the teams of these two institutes and the struggle for supremacy is ex pected to be very interesting. It is claimed for the Norman Park boys that they are well up on the game and are expected to do some clever playing Saturday. The Cyrene boys are young in the way of practice, but they have already developed into a splendid team. The people here, because of local county pride, hope tor a victory for Cyrene. A large crowd is expected to go from Bainbridge to see the game. Other towns and com munities are expected to furnish big crowds and altogether Cy- reue hones for one of the biggest crowds that day that was ever seen in the place. The new uniforms for Cyrene are expected to arrive this week. In the meantime they are put ting on training all the time, get ting ready to give the visitors an interesting time when they come. The Cyrene Institute invites all wta can possibly do so, to se% the game. FOR BOYS & GRIS fssBf Finer* si As Csmty Is be Escsvtged ■ As 1 ariu For the best record of any “Corn Club” Boy, (the points considered in adjudging will be yield, profit, exhibit of ten ears and written account of how crop was grown.) First Prize Value Second " also abtf*~ qvc«id iqe course *T; {fi efwed Jay' coffee. *e.l«oon Was one of lelightful in Woman’s Club history. Mrs. E. M. Collins has return ed from Louisiana, where she spent some time visiting rela tives. LADIES w As long as they last, we will sell you for CASH a pair of WICHERT & GARDINER’S FINE SHOES Regular $5.00 Shoe For $3 Regular 4,00 Shoe For 2 Regular 3.50 Shoe For 2 50 POSITIVELY 35 io 50 cents a pair less than New York cost and bran new Shoes* George H. Fields Co. Notice Odd Fellows. All Odd Fellows, whether in good standing or not, are urg ed to meet at the hall of the Oak City Lodge No. 234 on the night of the 17th of October and listen to an address from Conm**! S. A. Roddenbery, wh<i to the gathering that nV The gathering will be) lar “homecoming’’ ocy * all Odd Fellows are ul present. * Plenty* of refreshment ser^d and a general,r of V>arty fellov^J " The speech Roddenbery isf'jf’ most interetf - - tereW w£*t|) going af 1 : 1 The bridge to vention CartersvilR ingtheig- bridge en b $26,00 16.00 Third “ “ 10.00 Fourth “ *’ 6.00 Fifth V “ 3.00 Sixth “ “ , 1.00 Seventh “ “ * 1.00 Eighth ” “ 1.00 Ninth “ “ 1.00 Tenth “ " 1.00 Every Corn Club boy who makeB an exhibit of ten ears of corn with a report of how he grew his corn will receive a gold pin with the Boy’s.Corn Club emblem engraved thereon. This offer is made to all Com Club Boys regardless of how' much com or how little they made, The belt exhibit of ten ears of. Com by any Com Club Boyi„ First Prize Value $5,00 Second Prize “ fc.(tt Third Prize 0.00 Mozt perfect ear of Mta 6.00 Beat canning exhibit—Scholar* chip to school in Athens. Best school exhibit $00.00 LIST OF PRIZES FOR FARMERS best exhibit of ten O nfey any farmer: om Bain- U. Con- cently in in secur- for Bam- was giv en, who (/ sy which xtending .pplause finally vote for “THE SHOP OF FASHION” Bainbridge, Georgia 7W rrC/iJb ai After vitation > which ind. tion of the This is and the me ComC’ t w ning iLA that the bontests prizes offered these clubs wi Thursday Otf '•* . ( -There W il r ' ve " t !°" was fed to the r 8M,88 ^ een faking the Hn 1 " v ‘ tat,oa --- w< ,-k qnd sP u , j Fourth jaliahan, I pjf t h ) 95.00 n/ 8.00 Milliner 2,00 i*- r r.vs--If^hibit by any bg 1 farmer of jducts of the farnl. (points to be considered will be arrangement, variety and qual ity.) First Prize Value $10.00 Second “ “ 5.00 Third “ “ 2.00 LIST OF PRIZES FOR DEMONSTRA TION EARMERS. For the best demonatratioa acre of com: First Prize Value $10.00 Second “ " 5.00 Third “ “ 3.00 Cotton not being gathered, no prize can be offered. LIST OF PRIZES FOR THE GIRL’S CANNING CLUB. For the best recordand exhibit by anv Canning Club Girl, (the points to be-considered will be yield, profit, exhibit and a writ ten account of the growing and canning.) First Prize Second Third Value invitation from Bainbridge toM the State Convention. Beiri^ so far down Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth $25.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 3.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Every girl who makes an ex hibit of her own Canned Pro ducts will receive a beautiful gold pin with the Girl’s Canning in the State more central cities Club emblem engraved on it. have heretofore been favored.! awardin K committee has Under the circumstances there- the power to substitute merchan- fore, Bainbridge gained a decid- f or gggh in any or all cases ed victory. . , where they see fit SlqxriM. Hey^ a nnJn dUntLv at°the Flirtt th ® ab ° V ® U,t 0411 do SO! and OX- open and on display at the r lint .... River Store. We advise our hibits will be properly placed and readers if they wish to see the tagged. Poultry may also be largest amount of goods ever ...... , . displayed in one store to call on exWbited * n< * Prizes them. given.