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BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. OCT. 26, 1912 $1.00 PER YEAft
ads Good Showing.
A Sad Death
Attapulgus school had a I One of the saddest deaths
, agriculture Jexhibit which j West Bainbridge has had in a
iot only pleasing to the eye long time was that of Mrs. Cor-
distance but upon closer j nelia Blackburn, which occured
[nation was found to con- at her home Sunday afternoon,
, world of various products J October 20; 1912. She was
had been raised on the stricken with fever and suffered
I grounds. There were j for some time until death reliev-
of exquisite roses and, ed her suffering,
j in the center of which. Mrs Blackburn was born at
Ef beautibul embossed cake i Toombsboro. Ga; April 16, 1869
) attracted much attention J and was 43 years of age at the
|walls, back of the exhibit timfe of her death. She is sur-
Ilined with sugar cane and j vived by her son, aged 12 years;
Id the banks of flowers were ako by her mother, Mrs. M. E.
ables still fresh and just I Martin, of Diffee, Ga; and two
Ped that most gardens have brothers, Messrs. I. J. Martin of
without for weeko. The | Diffee, Ga; and J. W. Martian, of
s fruit exhibit was great and j Cedar Springs ; Ga.
ited ot large bunches of i Mrs. Martin was a member of
, fruit just turning yellow',' the First Baptist church of Bain-
falso oranges of different, bridge and had a host of friends
from the- Ratsuma to the who are saddened at her untime-
(love variety. {ly death.
[sum up jutt what Attapul- j The funeral saivieew. s con
DECATUR COUNTY BOYS AND
GIRLS CORN AND CANNING CLUB
Much Interest Taken in Fare—Many Interesting Articles
Exhibited. Contestants Awalded Prizes.
_ The Decatur County Boys’
Corn Clubs and the Girls’ Can
ning Clubs Fair was held here
last Thursday and Friday.
Both of these organizations
displayed most creditable exhib
its of their work and made the
fair a decided success, despite
the unusually unfavorable sea
sons this year. With more fa
vorable seasons next year and
the encouragement accorded the
members of the clubs this year,
our boys and girls will be able
to make a grand show here next
have the following is
i as a pretty complete list
exhibits: Com, cotton,
ducted from the hombV,y Dr.
Carl W. Minor, her pastor.
i remains were carried to Miller
I cane (red and green) japa- coun ty Monday and inten-ed in
j cane, sorghum, peas, pota- [ cemetery at Cedar Creek
velvet beans, peanuts, church,
canned tomatoes, green ( The sympathies of a large cir-
[toes, bunch beans, butter cle of friends go out to the bereav
i, pumpkins, citron, pecans, ed one3 '
fruit, orangeB,
A Pretty Close Call
A wagon smashed to pieces,
bushels of apples scattered about
the grounds a muie slightly hurt
Mr D. F. Crenshaw of this
IN ADVANCE
Death of Mr. Poston
Wednesday morning, October
city has again demoatrated what j 2nd, at 9 o’clock this noble man
the raising of fine poultry means, | passed away at his home near
by coming back from the State j Cyrene. His death was not un-
Fair at Montgomery last week
with second prize, won by a
pullet where there were more
than a hvSdred competing.
Mr. Cr»haw carried two
cockerels!Hi three pullets and
in a con' J where there were
more thariCk hundred competitors
6f Rhode Island ^eds from all
over the country, some from
Canada, the winning of the
second prize by one of his pullets
is a source of much gratification.
Mr. Crenshaw has already
this beginning is the beginning
of a county fair which we so
much need to advertise the al
most unlimited resources of the
county.
Besides the exhibits of these
boys’ and girls' clubs there were
many most creditable exhibits
of school improvement and indus
trial work by the pupils of the j built up a wide reputation as one
public schools. Among these, 1 0 f the best poultry men in this
particular mention should be
made of the beautiful and inter
esting exhibit made by the Swi-
cord School, Miss May Jeter,
fall. This being only a begin- teacher, showing in detail a his-
ning-the first year, they willbe-jtory of the school development
gin in time next spring to have of the district from the first little
Bowei Entertains^
Is. Rowland Bower and ’
grape
pomegranites. Besides
Here were flowers on dis-
|of almost every description.
! one of the most interest-
|exhibits fron any point of ari< j a negro frightened out of-
b his wits, were about the sum to-
q tal of an accident on the A. C. L.
Ry. yards Wednesa
The negro driver of the Mad
ias dok Grocery Co. had gone to get
ieline Bower entertained a l° ad from a car of apples, He
G. M. Lewis, of Porto had started back and was cross-
and Mrs. Jack Bower, of in » the track when the wagon
York, Wednesday afternoon was struck “amidship” by a big
Bower’s residence on engine, with the result stated
ell street. There were above,
ibles of bridge. I The engine had been detached
Ed Perry won the prize, I from the tram and was going to
and silver vase and Mrs. | B et water. The negro saw the
and Mrs. Jack Bower 'engine start, but thought the
the recipients of a box of whole train was moving and
-made linen handkerchiefs calculated he could make it across,
set of cut glass tumblers, j The engineer was looking on the
i. Rowland Bower received I side opposite from the wagon,
purple and gold marquisette and bailed to see it until too late.
ii'erything in better preparation
for V ri.<v crops and a larger num
ber of exhibitors will contest for
the prizes to fee offered. Much
of the success of these boys
clubs was due to the encourage
ment offered by our county dem
onstrator, Mr. J. T. Pittman,
and Mr. Cunningham, the Dis
trict agent of the Agricultural
Department, with the co-opera
tion of County Superintendent of
Education, Mr. J, S. Bradwell,
and the girls Canning Clubs
were organized under the guid
ance of Miss Mary E. Cresswell
of the State Agricultural College
and the personal instructions of
gold satin and Miss Bower
lingerie dress of mull and
ice.
s. Lewis’ gown was white
Another Auto Accident
A boy by the name of Davis,
uisette and'ciuny lace and 1 one of tha Corn Club boys was
Jack Bawer wore a Dolly ™ u °y er by IT an ; au ^. mo . bde i he ^ e
to marquisette with plait-
net and val lace.
Thursday. He is thought to be
not seriously hurt.
The accident occurred in front
of Mr. Holder’s liver/. One of
County Fair. I Mr. Holder’s men was backing
, _ * a car out of the place. The
er the auspices of the Wo- driver, it is understood, was
ub of Cuthbert, Ran- W atching some boys on one side
county folks will hold their of the car and did not see the
air at Cuthbert, begin- little fellow that was standing
October 31st and lasting ■ on the other side. The boy was
I a ? . I standing with his back to the
m entertainments have approaching machine,
rranged, including an ad-, 'fhe accident is very much de
plored.
by ‘jovernor Slaton, aero
bights, fine music etc.
*bert is one of the most
fessive and attractive cities
teuth Georgia, and it is ex-
that a great many will
advantage of this favor
A Card Of Thanks
We take this method of express
ing to our friends and neighbors
who so sincerely admistered to
opportunity for paying it a 1 our loved one, Mrs Camilia
n j Blackburn who departed this life
* Georgia, Florida & Alaba- on Oct 20- 1912. May God in
Railway will put on low round His infinate mercy, reward each
for the occasion. 1 one > who 80 sincerely administe
red to her, and in our hearts
1C E-Fi8hing and hunting™ 11 ** the la8tin * remember -
section of the South, He has a
n imber of blue ribbons won by
tiis birds.
log cabin school house built of
sixty-five native woods of our
forests, including maps and vari
ous kinds of school work per
formed by the pupils. This
beautiful exhibit was awarded
the $20.00 premium offered by
little Miss Thompson, grand
daughter of Mrs. Jno. E. Don-
alson, for the best school exhibit
There ware ether creditable
school exhibits, but lack of space
forbids a description of them in
detail. >.
The Attapulgus exhlblvvith its
varied agricultural products* i%g nc j
beautiful flowers and tropica^f ur .
! fruits, including oranges, grape
Caddin-Grifiin
The pastor’s study at the Bap
tist pastorium was the scene of
a quiet marriage Sunday after
noon at four o’ctoi k, when E.
Morven Griffin and Miss Lula
Belle Caddin were joined in
matrimony by Dr. Carl W. Minor.
Miss Canddin is the daughter
of Mr. James Gaddin, a prosper
ous farmer south of Bainbridge,
who eame to Decatur county from
South^Carolina about one year
ago.' "
youi t
toitfl
'* flight wishes for
Miss Annie Lou Tappan, both of i fruit and limes attracted the at-
whom deserve the highest praise tention of everybody.
for their effective and practical
work. Enough has been accom
plished this year as demonstrated
at this fair to show the grert
value of these clubs of young
people in economic and industrial
anvancement. We hope that
Outside of these school exhibit s
quite a number of fine specimens
of livestock were shown, such as
colts, pigs and poultry, all ot
which were of the finest quality.
The Canning Club prize list
and awards were as follows:
1st Prize. Scolarship, $26.00
> \ Griffin is a sterling
k^ness man of Fowls-
expected, as he had been confined
to his bed for three months, suf
fering the most excruciating
pain, but he bore it to the laat
with Christian fortitude.
Mr. Lewis Poston was hofn in
Florence, S. C.. in August 4th
1847. He came to Decatur
county, Ga; in 1889 and engaged
it the turpentine business with
the Powell Bros., which he
followed until 1896. Since then
he has lived a plain, quiet farm
life.
He was married August 13th
1892 to Miss Mollie Jackson of
Cyrene. He was a duitful father,
kind and loving husband.
He is suvived by two brothers
and one sister, Messrs Frank
and T, M. Poston and Mrs. Rutha
Poston, all of Savage, S. C.
He leaves a wife, two children
and a multitude of friends and
relatives to mourn his death and
drop a sympathetic tear over his
bier.
As a friend and neighbor he
was congenial and helpful. Both
old and young loved Lewis Pos
ton. His social disposition
gained for him friends on every
hand. He was an acceptable
Christian gentleman.
Dearest friend, thou hast left us,
We our low do deeply feel;
But the ood that hath bereft us,
He can all our srtoew heal.
He enjoyed ;the respect,
toitivoi 7.. ~ ° i ance of their kindness.
eiy prohibited on the , Mrs. M. E. Martian and family
^'ng lots of land: 60, 70,!
J,9l -92, 89 and 109 in FOR SALE- 200 acres fine tim-
District, Decatur
Ua - Violators will be
-'“•'l to the fullest extent
^ J. W. Callahan.
her 6 miles from good town.
Good location for small mill
More timber near that can be
bought. For particulars write ■
J. D. James, P,0. Box 265,
Bainbridge, Ga. I
LADIES
As long as they last, we will
sell you for CASH a pair of
WICHERT & GARDINER’S
FINE SHOES
Regular $5.00 Shoe For $3.00
Regular 4.00 Shoe For 2.75
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.
•THE SHOP OF FASHION"
Bainbridge,
Georgia
beaiVasl-W and ' SnvT i
and let me explain love of all whol
also show you just what 1 have in\pe in our metp-*-
Tombstones, Ornamental Fences ana r .,u
else that goes to make up an outfit that Ml Jl j*
L pasting and ornamer^j Jr . It
When the rfpeow the matter (fficeiliid terms I ca£~\ fc J**
progress at the MeCgnands of all. Lib ar<f./Vberal as atf
closed last Sundav. Company carvel* 0 J> rf “"1 coiwWictory as
re* 8 host (ngels descend
the A tV if our beloved
tpftsC 7
tend<
closed last Sunday, Company
ception of forty ^dealing an
into the church, the tME and Bv.
Walter Anthony, announ^, chat
the real Revival, he believed,
had only begun. He looked, he
said, for a religious awakening
which should ecompass the en
tire city, and revolutionize its
moral life.
Next Sunday morning the
subject of the discourse will be
“Full Grown in the Master’’; at
the evening hour, the sermon
will upon “Christ at the Door.’’
A cordial iry 'tt'tpn is extended
to all.
To Open
The merc^
beinf run by
City, Ga., w x f De
cember lsjfcSl U1 vOUI'V'The
Cash Sto)< J _ -
eartfelt sym-
the family of our de>
riend in this sad hour of
, and pray that the God
idow and fatherless will
I’inS^-*. keeping and
rom harm,
interred in
the BrinsoL. ~ /y Thursday
aftereoon, D. Snyder
officiating.
By fea fVjew him.
Ni [who can
k or any
Jfish for.
n 1 /faction,
Prepared fa us a
Cash Stoi*
ducted oG very thing Sanitary and Clean. Clean Linens,
Will pay find Clean Floor. Rooms Cooled by Eli
Will sell,'
l&Co.
pon’t
I0-^o-4t. .t>
Opposite ta
bridge Stay
for girls State College of Agri
culture, Miss Mary L. Rogers,
Faceville school; 2nd prize $12.
to Miss Myrtle Hurst, Iron City;
3rd prize-$6., Miss Harriett
Martin, Donalsonville; 4th prize
$5., Miss Louise Swicord, Cli
max; 6th prize-$4., Miss Stella
Gibson, Donalsonville; 6th prize-
$3.. Miss Mabel Kinley, Donal
sonville; 7th prize—$2., Miss
Susie Barineau, Faceviile; 8th
prize-$2., Miss Myrl Adamz,
Iron City; 9th prize-$l., Miss
Minidine Arline, Climax; 10th
prize-$l., Miss Hannah Bari
neau, Faceville; 11th prize»$l.,
Miss RobaCox, Attapulgus; 12th
prize-$l., Miss Morma Town
send, Climax.
In the awards to the Corn
|Club boys, for the best yield of
corn, with written account of
grown,
given as follov
1st prize, AltOjT. ^togers v
bushels; 2nd, Willie Reyna
94 bushels; 3rd, Donald Swicord;
4th, Jimmie Taylor; 5th, Homer
Faircloth; 6th, Gene Gibson; 7th
Sampson Waddell; 8th^Willard
Fain; 9th, Emmett Faircloth;
10th. Norman Fain.
in the best ten-ear exhibit the
awards were: 1st prize, Jesse
Gibson, 2nd prize, Jimmie Tuylor
&d, Willie Reynolds.
William Martin won the $6.
prize for the most perfect ear of
corn, the prize being given by
Mr. A. A. Subers, of Donalson
ville.
Mr. H. J. Wimberley won 1st
prize for the best general farm
exhibit; Mr. W. E. Swicord won
2nd and Mr. II. A. Gte, 3rd.