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Judge’s Luncheon
festivities sttendant upoi
machine marriage oi
djalie Kwilecki to Mr.
Ehrlich, reached their cli-
t ), e brilliant luncheon,
to the bride-to-be and to
l t intimate friends, by
p. Fudge, at the Hotel
on Friday of last Week,
ge, exquisitely gowned
crepe
It was while in
Washington he had the attack
Bainbridge Woma i’s Club.
Joseph M. Terrell Dies.
Ex-governor Joseph M. Terrell
died at his home in Atlanta Sun
day night after an illness lasting
for more than a year. He was
stricken with paralysis over a
year ago and never recovered
from the stroke.
Joseph M. Terrell was one of
the most prominent men in state
politics 'for many years. He was
de chine, Miss 1 elected to the legislature when
Kwilecki, in a handsome 1 very young and served in the
of Brown messaline, and I house for sevei al terms, going
Vilecki in a modish blue j from the house to the senate.
wn received the guests j He was attorney general of
spacious parlors of the'Georgia lor many years and filled
where they were de- that office with distinction. He
oJy entertained for a short served two terms as governor
Uh songs appropriate to, of the state and was appointed
beautifully ren- 1 by Governor - Brown to fill the
,, nnrl unexared term in the United
XuFudSe. The guests States Sera* cn the death of
J ushered to the hand-■ ^nator Clay,
dining room of the Calla- , ,
;5i\-as most,beautifully that cla,med h:s llfe -
[artistically decorated- for the;
n, the color scheme being
and w.hite, countless The program of. the Woman’s
id white roses being used £ ]ub hf 0VGm bar 14, was one
ain th?v,desr- e ec.. mucb interest. Mrs H. C
nd a large round tab e, D raper gave a delightful paper
Uhich tier after tier of pink “Southern Poets and
pile rosebuds arose from a,»^ r j ters » phe life and work of
■ fink tulle in which were p Unier) Sta nton, Father
id numbers-6f hearts and Ryan) HarriS) p age> Allen ,
six small tables were Harben> Augusta Evans,- Ruth
, each table laid for g tuart Mary Johnston and Wood-
Each place card was ; Wil80r)i
were sympatheti-
the beak of a miniature cally h an dled, and the fact was
tr, perched upon the cock- . mpre8ged tbat the South weU
Rthe first course of the lunch- dsserve8 a leading place in the
kwas served. Pink shaded nationa i H all of Fame,
i threw a rosy glow over | Lucile Charlton gave a
1 damask, gleaming silver most en t er tainin and convincing
happy countenances of dialect st0 ry, “The Gumswamp
►fortunate guests. Pink con- p) eba f e ” on the resolution that
taery. served in dainty bon- „ De Pen ig m0t Powerful dan de
Hires of the same color, and p 0 wder.” The subject of the
Ms scattered here and alternoon wa8 “The South,”and
cover the tables carried out tbe comm jttee on program could
i color scheme, designed by not bave a9 ked for a more dis-
0 to be symbolic of the +i n ctly Southern atmosphere.
Ided life of the fair bride- * .
►mnVthis 8 c r nSmTng h affSr; Stores Close Thanksgiving.
e symbolic of the abundance The Stores of Bainbrid e will
Ktod things which the friends be closed on Thanksgiving day.
Uiis popular young couple wish All who would do trading on that
Ithem, her intention was most day had better trade on the day
Bessfully carried out in the before, as no one will be opened
1st of seven courses which on Thanksgiving day.
each course? being aj People from the country are
nph of culinary art and per- especially urged to come before
/served. j Thanksgiving and do their trad
|After the third course a novel ing, as it will be vary inconveni-
1 delightful feature was in- 1 ent for them to be here on that
xluced in the passing of a lov-j day without being able to trade,
The Bain bridge Foot Ball | Next Sunday morning and
Eleven and the Eleven from evening will bring to a close the
Tallahassee will meet on the
gridiron here Thanksgiving day,
November 28, when one of the
livest scrimmages of the kind
ever witnessed in the city will
be pulled off.
The game will be played in
Jackson Park. A small admis
sion fee will be charged to assist
the local boys in defraying the
expenses of the game.
The local team is getting in
splendid shape to put up a strong
play. The Tallahassee boys are
said to be in fine condition and
those who witness the game will
be well paid or whatever little
amount they are charged.
As it will be a holiday all are
urged to attend and see the fun.
- la Superior Court.
In the superior court this week
the case of the State against
Otto Snooks, charged: with
having shot and killed a negro
woman some time last year' was
tried and a verdict of not guilty
was brought in by the jury.
The case against J. E. Harrell,
charged with having shot and
killed a Mr. Bowman in the
upper part of this county some
months ago was also tried with
the same verdict of not guilty.
These . were about the rroit
interesting cases tried during
the week.
It is understood that the grand
jury is very busy, and that a
number of true bills are being
returned.
Teachers Annual Institute
The Decatur County Teachers’
Annual Institute will be held
during the week beginning Mon
day January 13th 1913.
Prof. F. E. Land, our State
Supervisor, will have charge of
the work cf the Institute. All
teachers intending to teach
any of the public schools are re
quired to attend the five days as
the law provides.
All white public schools will
suspend during this Institute
week.
J. S. Bradwell,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
present conference year with the
Methodist people. On Monday
Morning, Rev. Walter Anthony
will depart for the Conference
where reports will be heard from
the large number of preachers
representing more than a hun
dred thousand members of the
Methodist Church in tie South
Georgia Conference.
The report from the Bain-
bridge Church is said to be one
of the best in many years: More
than a hundred new members
have been added to the congre
gation during the yem\ and be
tween four and five thousand
dollars raised for various objects
by the Church.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to atten 1 these closing
services; there will be no preach
ing a,t th • Methodist Church the
two Sundays following. '
The Subject at the Morning
Hour "Thanks Giving;’’ at the
evening service, a epecial ser
mon', will be preached to the
Board of Stewards, after which
the- service of installation of
these Officers will be held, ' A
cordlkl invitation is "extended to
all. V*
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Under the laws of Georgia
Justice Peace Elections are to be
held ipn the First Saturday in
Dec each 4th vear to elect Justice
of the Peace for each militia dis
trict. Under this regulation of
votes, An election will be held at
each militia district in Deca
tur county on Saturday the 7th
day of Dec 1912, Call at Ordi.
nary’s office for Blanks.
T. B. Maxwell
Ordinary
cup around,' each guest
®king thpre^rdm, pnd reading
| toast to the' bride which was
The people from the country
however, are invited ? to come to
Bainbridge dn that day and wit-
on the . reverse of each' ness the foot ball game between
card. The toasts, full of 'Bainbridge and Tallahassee,
wisdom! an4 goodirtVishes IP 1
Ehrlich Drug Co. Growing
1 the bride, were f read amid
t'h sympathetic laughter and
•est. ... ; v V
I The Whole affair in alVifs de- , ...
w> most original and bean- ?-•*“,. 8 ft P * l ” ‘T
«1 ranks,high among
Njr. C. F, Rowell, who has
Seen : with the Oak City Drug
N charming entertainments
The Ehrlich Drug Co. is one of
whi k m enter* nmen » ^ 0 f the kind
wh,ch Mrs. Fudge is justly Mf . Ehrlich start-
IThose enjoying the hospitality ed ou * som ? ^^-^n^which
Mrs. Fudge were- Mrs Ben campaign of advertising which
L, ich. Mrs J ITubers Mrs ,^ brought large resU , lt8 " T
' Mchor,' i £Jrave. th “> *! c ',Z
c. C. Harrell, Mra^Max ^ rKia „ oth „f Atlanta with
three graduate licensed phar-
Their prescription bus-
that they
To Organize Minstrel.
Prof, Gerth, Director of the
i^nBridge Concert Band is
arranging to organize a minstrel
coipposed nfoatly jofthe members
Of'the Band. /'•‘Probably some
others will be included.
This will be dime for the
benefit of the Band fm! a good
pattonage is confidently expect
ed.? The Band has already be
come so well liked that Bain
bridge could ill affort to lose it
The minstrel will undoubtedly be
a success because of the un
excelled talent among the mem
hers of the Band.
Watch for futher announce
ments.
®sbaum. Mrs. Melvin
w. Mrs. Flora Krause, Mrs.
• Krause, Mrs. Britenbach,! I 113 - 0181 ®
David Cohen. Mrs. Gordon ’ ne8S bas M r- n
iW “ « “*
c * llec ' c >. Blanche Ehrlich and friends -
”®° r gia Fleming. I
Dtatk Ot Mrs. McCuDers.
Mrs. McCullers, an aged lady,
Jhe Search Light is glad to
, that Mrs. Joe H. Gilpin is,
improving from her re- died at her home in Climax one
^ ' on k and severe iUness. She day last week.
V'ow able to take nourishment Mrs. McCullers was one of
W. D. Upshaw Sunday.
The people of Bainbridge are
earnestly reqeustedtohear W. D,
Upshaw Sunday. The lecture
to be given at the court house
one of his best. Everybody
knows when Upshaw speaks
there is something said.
Don’t fail to hear him, and
bring your friends
‘i
Mr . J. N.iJatthews returned
B wan W..V, - Saturday 'f ^ week from
enjoy some sleep. Col. Gil- the oldest women of that section i J* j rela-
* l '« been out for several days of the county and leaves a large spent »e
V\
Notice.
To The Trade
Tne mercantile business now
being run by Jno B. Lane. Iron
City, Ga., will on and after De
cember 1st be known as "The
Cash Store”, and will be con-
dusted on a strictly cash basis.
Will pay cash and buy cheap.
Will sell for cash and sell cheap.
10-25-4t
“ able to atten 1 to business, number of relatives.
lives.
Railroad accidents continue
right along. Almost every day
some serious happening is record
ed in which a number of ^people
havellost their lives.
Larger crowds than aregener
ally seen here were in atten
dance upon court this week.
Mr. C. J. Acosta, Traffic
Manager of the G. F. & - A. Ry,
has gotten out a very interesting
circular on water melom culture,
Every farmer in this section
should have one of these circu
Jars, A post card with your
name and address sent to Mr.
Acosta, with a request for the
circular, will bring it immedi
ately.
A blaze was discovered on the
roof of the kitchen of Col. Jno E,
Donalson Monday afternoon, but
the quick work of the Fire De
partmer.t soon had it out. The
kitchen was badly damaged, ex
cellent work of the Department
saved the main dwelling
Dr. Carl W. Minor has return
ed from Moultrie, where he
attended the Georgia Baptist
Convention.
Mrs. 0. N. Canova and 0. N.,
Jr., left this morning for Florida,
where they will Join Mr. Canova
i at Lake City lor some time.
THREE QUESTIONS )
First:
D O T H E Y P A Y?
Do you believe that they
have added prosperity
To our grocery dealers?
Or our drygoods and cloth
ing men?
Or our furniture men?
Or <»ur jewelers?
Or our butchers?
Or our railroad men?
Or our blacksmiths?
Or our schools?
Or our churches?
Or to anybody else except
the beer dealers and maybithe 1
undertakers?
Have they made any of us Safer, Happier,
Wiser, Nobler? Look at the money end of it
HOW MUCH NONEY DO WE GET?
THE LICENSE at
Elberton Ir
Cordele
Cedartown
Dublin
Mflledgeville
$8,000
10,000
10,000
15.000
20.000
$200.00
BAINBRIDGE, Two hundred Dollars
Second Question:
DO V.'L HAVE TO HAVE THEM?
Waycross. population 15,000 has no Saloons '
Carterpopulation 4,000 Has no Saloons
Thui.jasville, population 6,000 Has no Saloons
Elberton, poputy^i 6,500 Has no galoons
Dalton, populatf j,u®,300 Has no Saloons
Neither has DaV ^4i, horNewnan, nor Douglas,
nor Milledgevilte, nor Dublin, nor Cordele,
etc. etc.
But BAINBRIDGE with only 4,200 population
has SEVEN SALOONS.
Third Question: **.. f
How did these other Cities get ridP
of their Saloons?
Answer:
■1
The License can be made $20,000
Council may forbid any beer being drunk
In Saloons.
Council may close them at dark.
Council may forbid any other buslnes, as
Pool etc. in^pnnection with Saloons.
CounEw may require a bond of any amount
of any dealer in Beer. ->
Authorities may punish with fine or im
prisonment any dealer who sells real Beer.
ALL THIS HAS BEEN HELD BY THE COURTS
WE DONT HAVE TO ‘HAVE SA
LOONS.
Legitimate business, and our homes, and
our boys, and our schools, and our churches,
and every true man of vision, and our 'good
God is calling upon our noble and efficient city
council to wipe Bainbridge clean of this stench
and curse!
SAVE US OUR COUNTRYMEN
