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ou '20 NO. 47
(•ird From Col. Donalson
Tothe Law Abidins-
j Decatur County.
Lawlessness is rife in Decatur
tonty. Its up to you whether it
y be stamped out, or be
Lphant and continued. Hear
Je for the sake of your county,
L homes, your property, your
feand your sacred honor,
lathe tobacco region of our
-dty there has been discontent
I y ears, caused by the prostra-
0 f the tobacco industry,
rafew years it appeared to
a( jold mine fdr the growers,
mdfabuluous stories told of how
mdderiy people had become
waaltliy by growing the weed
attracted capital from everv-
^ire, and thus the business
^have probably been over
ripe. More tobacco was grown
H1907 than ever before or since,
lad the quality of that crop was
BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. NOV. 29, 1911!
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
money to pay the expenses of
, making the crops and supervise
citizens the cultivation and lertilization.
All the growers were to share in
Takes Oath ot Office
Wednesday morning City)
Home Burned Wednesday
Mr. C. G. Mandevill’s home
giuncio VYCIC tu DUdiC in f* . T J UT>C1 •
jn the profits of this association > V >ourl Ju . ge K Spooner wts in the eastern part of the city
in proportion to the crops they
made. This fell through because
of inability to make the necessary
financial arrangements for its
inauguration. The writer was
one of the promoters in both of
these laudable undertakings to
help the farmers.
Subsequently another effort
was made along the same lines
confined to growers of the Atta-
pulgus section, and this for some
reason failed.
Afterwards the Farmers’
Tobacco Protective Association,
composed solely of growers, was
organized, and under its
rules no packer was eligible to
membership, however small his
packing house, and though only
used for packing his own tobacco.
Its only idea of protection was to
issue edicts that the acreage was
formally inducted into his new i was totally destroyed by fire
office when the solemn oath was | Wednesday afternoon. All the
administered to him by Judge [ contents were destroyed, not
T. B. Maxwell of the Ordinary’s
court. At the same time former
Judge W. M. Harrell of the City
to be cut down to fifty per cent
the poorest on record. It was' 0 f t h e year p re yj ous an( j allowed
lark, it would not burn ana the j n0 exceptions to this command.
Btie turned away from it in dis- j j t or( j ere( i no t only its members
jst The buyers who contract-1 t0 comp iy with this behest, but
Jin the early part of that^year, jjy j mp jj cat j on p ac i cers w h 0
were growers,
Bo boy it from the farmers failed
i many instances to comply
nth their contracts, but they
lought enough to break or
eriously em harass them, so
in sut sequent years they
rere not able to buy, This
nined many small growers and
disappointed all. The packer
wbo had more invested was corn-
died to stay in business in order
to save a part of his investment.
It was not the abundance of
the crop that broke the market,
tat the quality of the tobacco.
Here has.never been a day that
prime light wrappers could not
be readily sold at some price, and
they are selling now as cheap as
they ever sold at, from $1.25 to
H.85 a pound. The tobacco in
dustry is improving, not because
of an increased demand for to
bacco, but because there are
sore light wrappers on the mar
ket and conseq uently more sales,
the crop of 1912 was exceeding-
bfine, and better than since 1906.
[his is ihe cause of the improved
demand. Light wrappers once
»ld from $2.00 to $4 00 a pound.
Compare that with the present
price. But the mafket is healthy
and all good stock is readily
absorbed. It is not the quantity
but the quality that gives to the
tolacco market a life and a vigor.
To save the situation in 1908
an effort was made to form an as-
aociation of packers and growers
for the mutual protection of both
aider the name of the “Florida-
Ceorgia Tobacco Association.'”
This fell through becaus? of the
apathy and seeming opposition
if a few large packers and buy-
«fs. But for this opposition from
an unexpected quarter the tobac-
industry would have promptly
fevived and would have remain
ed in a prosperous condition, for
that proposed association was
actually officered, but“died in the
horning” as it proposed not only
to regulate the prices of labor, as
there would be no throat-cutting
® er ®, but also to supervise the
fertilizing, cultivation and har-
?es ting the crops so that the
quality of the tobacco would be
Uniform and saleable and a fixed
Junket price thus established.
The growers to a man joined, or
* ere anxious bo join this associa-
even a bit of clothing being saved
It is not known how the fire
originated. The first seen of the
Court retired, turning over the! blaze the building was in fjf,
tlj
office to his successor.
Judge Harrell goes back to the
active practice of law with the
love and esteem of all the people.
He has proven himself to be an
excellent official and one who
would administer the law with
out affection of favor for any
ill over, or practically so,
Mandeville was up town a 1
work and the children wet}* at
school and no one was in the
home at the time,
The loss falls very heavy on
Mr. Mandeville. He has several
children and all their clothing
The writer having failed to or
ganize the large packing house
in 1909 intended for the protect
ion of all the small growers, in
order to remain in business had
to build a small packing house to
accommodate his crop of thirty
acres. He had to keep up his
acreage, as it was barely suf
ficient for a packing, and to
grow less meant to abandon bis
packing house. To have grown
less meant to go entirely out of
the tobacco growing business, in
which he had invested most of
his means. Just as the tobacco
market was recovering and he
began to have ready sales for his
light wrappers, NIGHT RIDERS
at the midnight hour on the 26th
inst. stealthily stole into his
premises and burned two of his
tobacco barns, almost simultane
ously, located some distance
apart so that one did not catch
fire from the other. And to pre
vent communication cut the
wires to Bain bridge. Why was
this done? On the same night near
Quincy, Fla., a bunch of incen
diaries who were tracked to
wards Georgia, burned five large
barns for Douglas, Carmichael &
Malone, who, like the writer,
were independent packers and
growers. The crowd that burn
ed my property fled towards
Florida. This shows the con
spiracy between the lawless of
the two states.
Personal liberty and the right
of personal property, guarnteed
to the citizen by the constitution
and laws of our land will not
stand in the way of the cowardly
would-be assassins and murder
ers, jayhawkers and barn burn
ers from carrying out their in
famous plans, previously arrang
ed by the lawless class in their
nightly conclaves.
Shall the law abiding citizen
have protection in Decatur
county? It is up to you good
people to protect your honest tax
payers or to turn your county
over to the anarchist and mob.
Your civilization is on trial.
Shall you or the lawless prevail?
And will you have our county
pointed out as the hot bed of
anarchism? Do not excuse or
palliate this crime,
A short while ago whenjthe
nine or more barns of the Ameri
can Sumatra Company were
one. He is known throughout; was burned., As is the case in
this section as one of South Geor- j all such fires there were some
gia’s best lawyers. • -His practice Lthings destroyed that Mr.
is already large and it is predic- mandeville could not s^t a price
ted now that he has retired from'on.
the bench, that he will be over-.j When the alarm was given the
run with work. Fire Denartmeht made a quick
Judge Spooner takes up the iron, but the flames had gotton
responsible work of Judge of the Junder such headway that nothing
City Court of Bainbridge witlv could be done to save the building
the hearty good wishes of the or its contents.
people throughout the county. I. ~~
Judge Spooner is in the very] Rtfl Cf0SS ChfistlDfiS 0631
vigor of young manhood, is a
THE SALOONS
IN-
OIR MIDST
splendid lawyer and it is predic.
The Red Cross "Christmas
Seal” dates back in origin to the
ted that he will make his mark ,, , , .
as City Court Judge. I Chartt y Stamp” used during
The carembny. while very im . the Civil War to raise funds for
soldier s relief. Now it is used
to raise funds to stamp out that
dread disease—Tuberculosis.
Della Clarke in “Inlroduce Me” Thi ” 86,1 ,or one “ nt “ ch
pressive, was witnessed by only,
a few.
t ' on but a few packtrs threw
iteir mighty influence in the way
ai) d killed it.
Jn_l 909 an effort was made in
‘* c atur county confined alone to
^‘ e growers, to erect in Bain-
or Attapulgus a large
^king house, for packing, stor-
y an< l Belling all of the crops
burned there was no public
condemantion, because the tobac
co interests were so languishing
that no one seemed to care
whether the barns were burned
or not, and most of the owners
not living in this section made
no appeal to the public for
protection, It is different now,
The two barns burned belonged
the small farmers, so advance to my company and I wa» bom
; and are used during the Christ-
"Always leave them laughing mas season on Christmas letters
when you say goodbye” is the and packages—net as postage
mot to of Della Clarke the author stamps but as expressions of
and playwright whose latest desire to help in the fight against
comedy success, “Introduce Me”| ‘‘ the great white plague.”
will be seen at The Grand on) The proceeds from the sale go
Saturday Night Dec 7th. \ to the prevention and cure of
Give the people a bright, Tuberculosis in Georgia where
wholesome and happy-hearted thousands of sufferers are in
play and they will be your best n’eed of help. Those proceeds
advertisement is the way this are in the following inlays:
young author puts it. | To provide visiting trained
Find the audience that has nurses whose service .are free to
left a theatre after going through sufferers.
an evening of troublesome se-! To help maintain dispensaries
riousness or mawkish sentiment where thousands of consumptive
that is employed to create sympa- patients receive free treatment
thy for some soiled heroine, ” she and assistance,
said,” and I will show yon an| To help purchase millions of
audience that will not lose its circulars and similar literature
breath hurrying to see that same with which the public has been
•play next season. The people educated about tuberculosis,
want to be made happy and be I To help establish and maintain
entertained: They do not want open air school for consumptive
to go to the theatre to figure children who need treatment,
out problems or watch them j Every man, woman, and child
figure out. They want to laugh' in Georgia can, and should, help
and have gladness put into their in this great work which moans
lives.* Seat reservations may j so much for humanity,
be made by application to Mana- j The American Red Cross is
ger Brackin or at Willis Drug furnishing the seals through the
Company Friday and Saturday; National Association for the
Dec 6th and 7th Prices 50 to $1.60. | Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis. The work in Georgia is
being carried on by the Christ
mas Seal Committee of Georgia
with headquarters at No. 87
South Pryor St, Atlanta, Ga.
We want to sell the Seals in
every city, town and hamlet in
Georgia. Will you not help
this great work?
Quick Payment Of Claim.
Bainbridge, Ga., Nov. 22, 1912.
Mr. A. Bennett, Agent,
Massacauetts Mutual Life Insur
ance Co.
Thomasville, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I wish to thank you and your
splendid company for the very
prompt settlement of the claims The A c L Ry will put on
under my husband’s policies with j p u u ma n sleepers fop the
your company., the claim papers j accommodation of people who
having been completed and given will want to attend the lriaugura-
Arrange For Inauguration
to you just eight days. ticn of President Wilson on
I also note that an addition- March 4th.
al dividend has been allowed on The company is already making
each policy. ! arrangements to have a sleeper
The amount of the policies in-! at each point where the number
eluding the annuity is $35,000.00 will justify it. It would seem
Very Respectfully, «»t a large enough number of
Mrs. H. M. Graham.!People will go from Decatur
countv to justify a sleeper being
in Decatur county and have lived operated from Baninbridge.
here all my life, and I now appeal'The rates will be very cheap,
to my countrymen for their moral 1 Those interested should begin
Some Facts:
Facts are Stubborn; they wont
run; wont lie; wont down; you
can’t quarrel with them.
Here Are Some Bainbridge
Beer Saloon Facts:
First:
WE HAVE BOYS IN BAINBRIDGE:
Boys don’t think—Sometimes; Boys learn to be
Drunkard j n Beer Saloons; it’s the Social Fea
ture; they’re tempted; they fall; Many of our
boys have been ruined physically in Bainbridge
Beer Saloons.
Others Ruined Morally; some made loafers; ft
few criminals. Some have been murdered:
Their graves are in the City Cemetery.
Second:
WE HAVE NEGROES IN BAINBRIDGE:
Negroes love beer; it makes them drunk; A
drunk negro is a devil; he’s a murderer; he's ft
rapist; do you love your sister? Your Mother?
Negroes and White men drink over the same
counter in Bainbridge Beer Saloons.
Third: . - w ..
WE HAVE WIVES AND CHILDREN IN
BAINBRIDGE;
Beer drinking makes- few b scuits; no beef
steak: ragged clothes. A young husband lost
his job in Bainbridge lately; Reason, drinking
in Bainbridg&BeerSaloons; head groggy; work
shoddy; Wreof
Wife? Yes.
Children? He had two.
Hungry? Oh yes!
His money? Beer Saloons?
He owed one of them over forty dollars.
They garnishef\his salary.
Fourth: ^
WE HAVE MORAL DECENCY IN BAIN-
t BRIDGE.
But the odor of the saloons. Smelling them
across the street. The language used in thettt?
Profane! Vile! You can t help hearing it at
you go by. Read that black oath under frame
Lettere big enough
Fifth:
WE HAVE LAW IN BAINBRIDGE.
Bainbridge is in Georgia. But every saloon
Bainbridge sells poison which makes dru
come. A man w a * tried in Mayor’s court t
other day. Drunk on the streets. “Whered:
you get your drinks,” asked the Mayor; ‘‘O
of Bainbridge Beer Saloons,” his repl:
“Which one?” “AllDf them just alike;
drunk in any of them.” This man ha
a pistol; said he was going to kill th
and shoot the chief; thinks to Leer saloons.'
Sixth:
WE HAVE GOD AND GOOD MEN IN BAIN
BRIDGE.
They ate after these saloons.
They love their town. *
They are brave. They mean business.
IN CONCLUSION:
This is a copy of a Letter.
Covington, Ga.. Nov. 2,1912.
Hon. A. H. Russell.
Replying to your letter in regafd to the Beer Situation In our
City, I beg to say that we have no Near Beer Saloons. We say to
each applicant for license, that our people do not want any
kaar colnona' fharaforo uro will malrotha liranon Ll/vL
support, and to the courts for ( to make arrangements early so
legal protection. | that sleepers may be had. Full
Will you stand by me? | announcement will be given
Jno. E. Donalson. next week.
beer saloons; therefore we will make the license so high that you
will be compelled to ask the courts to say whether they are prohi
bitive or not; then we will not allow you to sell a single thing in '
your saloons except beer; we will not allow even a chair or screen 1
in the room; and last, but not least, we will issue a warrant every %
day, and raid your place in search of whiskey. So far, no
has dared to undertake the job in our city. I just put them on
notice that we will do all in our power legally to run them out.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) GEO. T. SMITH,
Mayor of Covington.
Why Can’t We Do This? We Can!
Save us our Countrymen!