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VOL. 20 NO. 50
BAINBRIOGE. DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DEC. 20,
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A Year of Good Work
No little city of her s ze hrs
Red Cross Seals
, ‘What is the origin of these
accomplished more than Bain- little Red Crosses everybody is
bridge since tin begining of ihc wearing?” is tin question hun-
year 1912. She h s made a re- dreds of people are asking,
cord for real work that many There are few who are familiar
places many times her size can- with ttie fact that the double
no t touch. Red Cross itself signifies enlist-
A large amount of this work ment in the crusade against
has been accomplished by her Tuberculosis, but what they do
0 vcn citizens, under the leader- not know is how it happened to
ship of the present city adminis- be chosen,
tration- There has never been a The double Red Cross is sinv-
jlayor or Council of any small lar in shape to a croos used fre-
city accomplished more probably qently in the Greek church, and
than the present Mayor and is also like the Lorriane cross of
Aldermen of Baintridge in one France. It was first suggested
year’s time, taking the size of as the symbol of the Internation-
the place into consideration. 1 al Anti-Tuberculosis association
The Search Light feels that it at a meeting held in Berlin
is due the present administration October 1902, by Dr. G. Sersi-
to say these things at the ron, of Paris, Associate secretary
close of the year. It may be J of the French association. The
that some have criticised. It 1 meeting promptly adopted the
may be that others have objected | suggestion and took steps at
to some things that have been
done, but we afre of the honest
opinion that all will come to see in
once to secure official recognition
and protection for the double
Red Cross from the government
time the wisdom of what the of Europe,
administration has done. The National Association for
Not only will the people praise the study and prevention of
the present administration in I Tuberculosis in the UnitedStates
the future, but they will call for I has now used the symbol in this
the work that has been begun country for more than for years,
this year to be continued, They j When the double Red Cross
will call for more of the streets, was first adopted there were not
Front Page Editorials
to be paved. They will certainly
call for the paving of the side
walks.
The Search Light feels like
rising to thank the administra
tion for the beautiful paved
streets; the magnificent school
building, which is under con
struction; for the pretty city hall
just begun and for the extension
of the sewerage system, which
means so much for the health of
the city, ,
While the Mayor and Aidermen
have been busy many of the
private citizens have not been
more than a half dozen associa
tions for the prevention of tuber
culosis, organized on a wide
basis in the United Statas. To
day such associations have been
formed 1rt practically every civi
lized country in the world.
Even China is begining to take
action along this line, while ac
tive associations are at work in
Turkey, India, Japan, the Phili-
pines, South Africa and Iceland.
There are 420 local organizations
in the United States.
The Anti-Tuberculosis work
is bei ng practically supported by
The Search Light sends Christmas greetings to all,
it has been a prosperous year With each subscriber. In
back over the past year’s life, we woulff all probably 1 take back
some things we have done or said, or would do them or say them
differently if we had the opportunity. How clearly our mistakes
appear after it is too late to correct them. Some of us can look back
over what we have slid and done and find something to be proud
of. Some things the Search Light has done that it would do dif
ferently, or let entirely alone, if it had the time to go over again.
But some things we have advocated and Btood by we are proud of
We have fought for pure morals. We have fought for whiskey
and all intoxicants to be driven from among our people. We have
steadfastly refused to take a whiskey advertisement. We arc
proud of our record on all these questions. No child in Decatur
county can say of a whiskey advertisement “I saw it in the Search
Light.” We are proud of that. No mother can say “The Search
Light directly or indirectly helped to ruin my husband or son.”
We are proud of that record. We want to continue the agitation
of this question untile very weekly papi'er iri" Georgia levels Whis
key advertisements off. Most of them now will not take
ads at any price. May we live to see the day when none wiU do it.
Our front page article last week has brought quite a pUih-
ber of favorable comments. A number of new subscribers navfls
also come in. There is much comfort in all this. A man is just
like a child; when he has a heavy load or a hard task he does bet
ter when he is encouraged. It’s good for him. We thank one and
all for the words they have sent in or spoken in person. There are
some we have never heard a whisper from however, that surprises
us. They seemed to have been on our side until we came out so
strong. Maybe they are not afraid. We hope they are not
Say, can’t you spare the Search Light a Christmas present of
a dollar—Just a dollar. It would be appreciated so much, and just
now we are badly in need of it. You know whether or not you
have paid us a dollar this year. If you have not, just one dollar
n ,w as a Christmas present will be one of the very best things you
can do for us. And besides you get your date run up a year. See
how many will send in the dollar before Christmas day.
Upshaw
We hope in this territor y for Cyrene In
looking
Bainbridge Woman's Gab-
Program of Band Concert Sunday Dec. 22nd, 1912
idie.
BY BAINBRIDGE CONCERT BAND... E. W. GERTH, DIRECTOR
1— March American Soldier Francis A. Myers
2— Medley Selection Haviland’s Happy Hits No 2.,. .by R. L. Halle
3— Celebrated Waltz from ITTrovatore Verdi Ford
4— Med March Who are You With To-night.... Van alstyne & Bots
INTERMISSION
5— Grand Selection from the Comic Opera Wans W. Morse
A number of beautiful i the sale of the Red Cross Christ- j 6 _ Neve]ette Passing Thoughts B. G. McFall
i i .irViilo 1 —„ c-oio nrill hi 0 JMeveiBMe rawing UlUUgllUt
stitute has brought remarkable
results. He began at Cyrene
some weeks ago with an appeal
to the audience present and be
fore the meeting closed some
thing like six housand dollars
was pledged.
lit.* went from there to Donal-
sonville, Iron City, Lela and
Brinson and at all these places
had remarkable success. He fol
lowed this up with a visit to
Bainbridge, Whigham, Colquitt
and other places. Wherever, he
went the people responded very
liberally and the outlook for the
future of Cyrene is brighter now
than it has ever been.
Mr. Upshaw will be in the ter
ry again sometime the first
oi next year. He feels sura > hat
he will succeed in raising enough
to place the school on solid foot-
ing.
Mr. Upshaw is considered one
of the best financial agents ever
put in the field for a cause of
that kind. He knows what the
struggle for an education means,
and knows just how to bring the
question home to the hearts of
the people.
The friends of Cyrene through
out the territory are urged to as
sist Mr. Upshaw in every way
possible. With the cooperation
of these there is not the least
shadow of doubt about the suc
cess of the undertaking to finance
the school.
The trustees of Cyrene held a
meeting Monday in Bainbridpe.
Mr. Upshaw was present at that
meeting. The trustees are’ Very
hopeful now that there will be no
further trouble about finartcing
the school, and expects it to be
larger and more prosperous next
year than it has ever been be
fore.
“The Home as Affected hr
Modem Life” was the subject of
a forceful paper given by Mr*.
Wm. V. Custer at the jDemdibfg.
meeting of the Bainbridge Wur
man’s Club. Mrs. Custer war
most sympathetic in her treat
ment |of the strain of modem
life—the high cost of living, tUh
constant round of effort to gate
the best in life either for one'*
self or for others, the peculiarly
unsettled .situation with regard
to child-development—all theaa
strains are making nervous
wrecks of those passing through
this place of civilization. Mr*.
Custer pointed out as the solu
tion of these problems the intel
lectual development of the mass
es and added power in the hands
of a truly enlightened woman
hood.
The paper of Miss Onys Willis
on "The Divorce Evil” was ex
cellent. While divorce has been
steadily increasing for a number
of years, to a point where Ana
divorce from sixteen marriages
seems a near-possibility, that
the home of to-morrow would be
founded on a secure basis of a
better understanding and higher
ideals.
Members of the club were glad
to learn at this meeting that
World-Peace Sunday would bit
observed in Bainbridge pulpttk
The international observance of
this day is surely bringing near
er IRh time when "nation shall
Kit up sword against nation,
nephew »ha | th f y learn wqr any
more/’
residences have been built; while ■ mas Seals. These Seals will be
others have been remodeled [ on sale in every town in Georgia
in a manner that they are practi-J throughout the Christmas sea-
cally new. Many improvements son. Everyone who buys
have been made on every side in j them will help in the great fight
the residence sections. against the dread disease Tuber-
While all this has been going culosis.
7— Song The Garden of Rcsbs Dempsey & Shmidt
8— March I’m Crazy Bout the Turkey Trot Geo. W. Meyer
5
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, the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road has been building a new
bridge and new trestle, repie-
senting an outlay of probably
8200.000. This is one of the best
.pieces of work on the entire sys
tem of that great road. The
trestle and bridge is across the
Flint River and is one of the best
pieces of work probably in the
United States.
One of the best works accom
plished this year is that of the
additions to the two magnificient
hotels of Bainbridge. The Bon
Air was almost completely over
hauled so that it presents almost
an entirely different appearance.
This is one of the most popular
hotels in the South and is grow-
inf more Dopular all the time un
der the most excellent manage
ment of Mrs. B. D. Fudge. The
Hotel Callahan has been over
hauled throughout. It is one of
the prettiest buildings of the
l;ind in the country. The work
Methodist Church Announcement
Preaching 11 a. m.—Christmas
For Christmas
Sermon, and Special Music.
Preaching 7 p. m. ;Subjcct;
‘‘Wise or Foolish?”
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Epworth League 6:45 p. m.
Praver Meeting Wednesday
Evening 7 o’clock.
Other services as announced.
Public generally invite!.
Rev. Walter Anthony, Pastor.
Card oi Thanks
We wish to extend thanks to
the friends who were so kind to
us during the illness and death
of our wife and mother.
Dr. J. E. Toole and family.
Follow the crowds to
the Big sale at J. M.
Floyds Racket Store.
on these two has cost many j They have «» pretty show wm-
thousands of dollars to Mr. J. W>ws. as pretty goods as many
Callahan. He has spared no ex - of them and as good qualffy^as
Dense in putting both J these ho-1 ^ ^ with no more
tels in the very front rank so far, otaies p
as beauty and magnificence is, ^The^holS'meTCve spread
concerned. out and have done remarkably
Then our merchants have done. this year . Bainbridge
great things this year m so far h , le merchants send out
as large stocks of goods goes.
No place the size of Bainbridge thig territory. It is
can show
1 • e eilUTIIlUUa
1 P lace the size of Bainbridge throughout this territory
can show a greater variety of ^ q{ ^ beat who i esa i e points
goods, finer goods or more of fa ^ u jg 8tranf?e that
them. There can be had right
, , . . a wholesale dry goods establish-
here the very best materials for na8 not t up here before
any and all purposes. A visit to ^ The whoie8ale men will
Bainbridge nght now will con- that their trade has
S,„Sriy««HUhl. year.
Letter to Santa Clause^
Dear Santa Clause:
Please bring me a bicycle and
a foot ball and a big rubber ball
and anything else nice you have.
I am a nic( Nttle little boy and
live at 15G West St,. Bainbridge,
Ga.
S. J. Chesnut.
Peddlers Coining
We offer many articles of value
practical and nj&afui' gifts, ^©der
ate in price which should appeal
to every taste. . .*
Icy Hot Bottles, Kodaks,
Coats, Sweaters, Gloves, Caps,
Pocket Flashlights, Nassau Ci
gar lighters, Robes in great var
iety, and many other goods.
fH WILL BE APPREQMEP.
of this citv have not been asleep.
Caldwell Jlfotor Car
Co.
Two headline fun Deddlers,
singers, dancers and entertain
ers, the best in their lines are
coming to the Grand Theatre
next Monday Mr. Charles Gano
and “Nicodemus” (Mr. Nick
Glynn) the Premier Comedians
of Coburns Greater Minstrels.
Every one remembers happy,
laughing, jovial, Charley Gano,
last season on hie first trip south
with Manager Coburn. There
never was never a comedian like
him. He was a tremendous hit.
He is returning with new songs,
new jokes, new comedy, and
opposite him is “Nicodemus”
Glynn, quaint, droll, uproarously
funny* (last season with Al G.
Field). Back of them is an en
tirely new show, new' people,
Turkeys, Chi c k eta s;
Eggs and all kinds of vtffr
etables at lowest prices.
Phone 212 or call to see
Belcher Commission Com
pany, Belcher Block.
Shooting Affair Near Lakeburf
A serious shooting affair
occurred over in the neighbor
hood of Lakeland Monday
morning, in which Messrs. Ross
Mcrkinson and Ike Dean both
received gunshot wounds.
it seemed from the best in
formation that can be gathered
that Dean, and his wife had
sepatrted, she having gone bade
to her parents, Mr, and Mrs.
Merkinson’s. Dean went to the
home Monday morning. Just
what words were passed has not
been learned, but Dean, accord
ing to the report, had his shot
gun with him and after a few
words pulled dowh on tfitfridii-
son. Merkinson had wheeled
around'however, and his hade
was turned towards Dean when '
the latter fired. Some of the
shot grazed Merkinson’s face
and a number entered his shoal* .
der; one side of his hat was torh
away by the shot.
It is said that Dean then fired
at his own wife, but the shot
went wild. He then turned r the /"
gun upon his wife’s mother, but ■
missed her also. Dean then
started away and was climbing
new music, everything new. Oover the fence, reloading his gun
And back of them all is manager
“Joe” Coburr, courteous, pro
gressive, and giving the people
their money's worth. You all
know him and bis corpjWhy, It’s
a clean, first class, musical,
laughable, fun show. Don’t for
get the date.
Apples, Oranges and
Bananas at wholesale
prices. No goods sold at
retail, Ralph R. Belcher, _
Wholesale Mer chant,! Dean seems to have made
Belcher Block. I his escape so far.
at the same time, when Mfi,
Merkinson piffled down «a
from the house, sprinkling !
pretty severely with a load
shot. Dean, it i» sffd,
his gun and fled. He was "seen
80040 distance aw&y ffljm the
Merkinson home and was. bh
ing considerably . from tl
wounds.
Sheriff Emanuel was
and went to the Merkinson 1
later in the day, but could
locate the whereabouts of ]
