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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY JANUARY 6, 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
IRDJFTBME
iiinent Business Man
ected to Fill Vacancy
used by Resignation
W, A. Wheeler.
mil STAY THIBTY DAYS
10 RELIEVE BIO EYES
Carter, manager of the
ire Cotton Oil Company, was
e J president of the Bain-
, e and Decatur County Board
ade to succeed Mr. W. A.
eler, Mr. Wheeler resigned
time ago but his resigna-
ras not accepted until last
iday night when he anncunc-
t the last meeting that it
id be impossible for him to
i further.
Carter-was elected unana-
sly to head theorganization
choice of this man assures
success of the Board of Trade
ng his regime. Ht* is a practi-
iusiness man with the inter-
f Bam bridge at heart. He
booster from the word “go”
will make an ideal man for
face.
rill the vacancy left by Mr.
r when he was elevated
second vice-paesident, to
ident, Dr. Toole, was elected.
E. C. Smith was elected
missioner of agriculture to
a vacancy on the board of
missieners.
be Board of Trade is plan n-
a big “Dollar Dinner” for
tary 21 at the Hotel Callahan,
be members will be expected
)rir,g their wives and sweet-
rts [to this social session of
organization. The committee^
harge of work is Fields, Gray i
Blumenstein.
, pl
has betfn made by Dr. J. P.
Parks, the optician and opto
metrist! that he will extend his
S’.ay in Quitman until the first
of April to meet the demand of
many patients who are seeking
his services.
Dr. (Parks came to Quitman
several months ago to be here
only alshort time. Since his ar
rival, j his work in relieving
sufferi/ng eyes has been so suc-
cessfujl, that he has found it out
of the question to get away for
other engagements.
Dr.! 1 Parks came to Quitman
with j highest testimonials and
man.if endorsements from other
cities and believed after a few
daysj he would be able to return
home, but his personality and ex
pert I work brought him new
fnepds every day and, as he
says, “I just staved on, busy
ALL 0L0 ACCOUNTS UST 6E
‘ SETTLED BT JAM THE 20
Retail Merchants Association Sets This As Date For
Turning Over All Accounts to the Credit Bureau
With Instructions to Collect and Black List.
Thursday, January twentieth
is the day on which the lid will
be clapped down good and tight.
The Retail Merchants Associ
ation has agreeded on this as the
last day on which past due ac
counts may be settled without
having same turned over to the
credit bureau. The merchants
propose to elimininate the "‘dead
beat from their books and to
extend credit in the future, only
to those who pay their bills
promptly.
this city to make some arrange
ments for paying their past due
accounts by Thursday January
20th.
The credit bureau of the as
sociation will serve the local
merchants just as Bradstreet
and Dunn serve the wholesale
merchants. Every person in
Bainbridge will be listed as to
their credit. Three classes, good
Day, slew pay, and bad risk, will
be used in classifying.
The Bainbridge merchants are
Instead of working a hardship anxious to “Make Bainbridge
all the time.”
Tfie Free Press seldom goes
out;of its way to personally en
dorse, but in this finance it is a
pleasure to recommend Dr.
Parks, as a gentleman and an
optician to the general public.
The Free Press regrets Dr. Parks
even contemplates going next
month and earnestly hopes he
may decide later on to return
and make Quitman his perman
ent home. In this expressed
opinion it is believed the public
will give unanimous endorse
ment.-Quitman Free Free.
on the good customers this will
enable them to buy better goods
for the same money. The mar
gin ot profit can be cut down
as the merchants will have eli
minated all losses from bad ac
counts and every customer will
not be forced to contribute to a
jack pot to cover this lose.
Atter January 20th, it will be
impossible to “sting” one mer
chant and get credit from an
other. For after that date the
merchants will refuse to extend
credit to anyone whose name
appears on another merchants
books with a past due account
agains them.
So it’s up to every person in
TO
m OF T
e wish to take this method of
fiding our thanks to the fri-
and neighbors who were so
and considerate of us during
illness and the death of our
her Mrs. James H. Colbert,
generous spirit shown us
ing this trying time will be
remembered and apprecia-
Respecttully,
Mrs. J. C. Gowder.
Mrs. C. A. Helton.
J. T. Colbert.
B. H. Colbert.
BRUTON'S BIO SHE
Four Page Advertisement in
paper tells you that Henry
ton has on his ANNUAL Jan-
Clearanee Sale. The Sale
be conducted by Mr. George
r’ooten. All Decatur county
cs know the immense stock
ried by the Flint River Store
1 in this sale every article is
uced to startling lowness,
id this big advertisement and
serve the paper. It will be
"th semething to you and if
i have to make any purchases
ill before spring now is your
e to do so. This will be the
gest mercantile event, oi the
if and the wise byyer can’t af-
d to miss this.
sic she iiTIhiii
The Motor-Bicycle Co., wishes
to thank their customers for their
patronage during the past year,
and all those who we will have
the plealk re of serving this new
year cart be assured of good ser
vice. Oif course none of us are
perfect, 1 - but anything we do is at
the Trade Center of Southwest
Georgia.” They want to put
their stores in a position to offer
attractive bargains, real values
to the home folks and the out-
of-town-shopper. By eliminat
ing the “bad risk” from their
books they will be able to do this.
January 20th, has been set for
handing in all past due accounts
to the credit manager. Twenty-
seven merchants compose this
organization and will act in
unison when it comes extending
credit to a party.
Remember the date Thursday
Jan. 20th. and settle up before
then.
PITTMAN IKES AN
EXCELLENCE REPORT
J. T. Pittman, farm demon-
staation agent for Decatur and
Miller counties has made his
annual report to the state de
partment of agricultural exten
sion. The report is a credit to
Mr. Pittman, and ta the farmers
of these two counties.
A copy of the report was tor-
warded the local Board of Trade
by Prof. Soule, head of the work
in this state. This report shows
that Mr. Pittman was ‘ ‘on the
job” all the while and that the
work he did in this and the ad
joining counties was better than
90 of the work done by other
demonstration agents.
A campaign to raise funds to
provide an agent for Decatur
county by herself is well, under
way. Decatur county can use
an expert like Mr. Pittman 52
weeks in the year.
MO. WIMBEBLEY AN
NOUNCES FOR CLERK
Mr. C. W. Wimberley announ-
VETERAN EDITOR
OIES IN AMERICUS
J. W. "Walt” Furlow, for over
ces in this issue for re-election as thirty- years city editor of the
Clerk of the Superior Court Mr.
Wimberley needs no introduc
tion to the voters of this county.
For many years he has been
known as the most efficient clerk
any time unsatisfactory, all you j n the state, the many different
have to do is report it to us and judges with whom he has served
it will be a pleasure to make have all from the bench given
things rjfcht at even our own ex- statements to that effect. He
pense. weare handling the best knows his duties, he attends to
line of tficycles and supplies we them. No higher praise can be
can get,'and are selling bicycles offered an officer. He has been
and supplies at “living” prices. 8 o often complimented that our
Wishing you a prosperous new words can add nothing to his well
year, we are,
The Motor-Bicycle Company,
J. Robert Haire, Proprietor,
Americus Times-Recorder died
Saturday morning at the Ameri
cus hospital. He was well known
throughout south Georgia and
was the newspaper nestor of this
section. The funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon from
the first Methodist church of
Americus.
SOME GREETING
^ ^ The Goodrich Tire Company
deserved econiums heretofore re- Bent ou * ^e following greetings
n only n
Theri were 23 ot them, only
23 and they were lined up before
the Mayor Monday morning for
the gentle offense of speeding
their automobiles. A modern
and exciting past time that can
only be enjoyed at the price of
23 cents per gallon. For several
months past these brethern have
made, tie streets of Bainbridge a
race-cJttt’se and the mayor merely
jerked'them up to the snorting
pole and extracted $5 per head
for license. They stood the gaff
very nicely and as some of them
were very heinously guilty they
did not expostulate much for
they knew they should have been
hit for abqut ten bucks apiece
just to impress the lesson. Yea
and we know some of the very
worst ones at the game happened
to the very good fortune of being
too broke to buy gassoline or
heifer & Ellinor jdompany of
vana began one of their big
-t-Holiday sales .yesterday at
ivana and the people of the ^ ^
ibacco Belt are getting some of j their cars were broke or they
“best bargains of the year. I vvould have! been among the band
: company has issued a price. , , hlesAed 23 that charged
,letin that proved to be an eye 01 < - j T .; 0U slv. Mayor
per to the good shoppers of I the tank do L.
•t section and thi*y taking arl- Callahan itave them a
tage of them i;* .many ways. | warning tbht the next close,
>' will/cany iljcii H days; , e repea te|L would be very ex-
• e and everybody! in ffeBelti . At any rate the 23 that
gee -J r sha-e^f the bar- j will heed:
ceived.
PIG CLUB PICTDOERS
SHOW TO AUDIENCE
OF FULL 000 PEOPLE
for the New Year to quite a num
ber of papers that have been
carrying their advertising mat
ter in tbq past year. It is so
unique and good in spirit that
we reprint it and pass on the
good wishes herein contained to
every man that read their adver
tisements in this pager. The
Goodrich folks seem to know
that newspapers appreciate the
good wishes on their advertising
The special feature picture,
Pig Culture in Georgia” as'patrons,
shown at the Callahan theatre] “1916
Monday afternoon by Prof. Jas. j no j only wish, but we be*
A. Downing was a success from., lieve> that 1916 wiU ^ a H apoy
every angle. Over 500 people, New Year for you> |
sam the picture and listened to; want 1916 to be complete
the lecture of the head of the pig f or y Q u. We want it to be built
clubs of the state. j like ^Goodrich Tire.
Many in the audience were. May its fabric be one of depen
dably happy days, with never a
DEATH OF MOO. COLBERT
Mrs. J. H. Colbert, mother of
Messrs. Jim and Ben Colbert and
Mrs. Charlie: Helton died Satur
day after a long illness and from
the weakings of old age. Her
death will be read with sorrow
by her friends and the older cit
izens of the city and county.
Mrs. Colbert was for many years
a resident of this county, her
husband being one of the men
that left this county tor the civil
war with one of the very first
companies, She was a real
mother in Israel” one of the old
fashioned type of mothers that
made the nation great. She was
very far advanced in years and
had seen the town grow from a
struggling village to its present
size and importance. She was a
good neighbor, a loving parent
and a loyal friend. She was ever
ready to attend the needs of the
sick and the distressed and her
tenderness had smoothed many a
rough path for friends and neigh
bors. She will be missed m the
circle that she has been one for
a number of years. Her type of
woman is fast passing into the
great beyond but their examples
and lives live long after they
have gone. The lives of these
great and good women of the old
school cannot well be chronicled
for they never wearied of well
doing and very little is known of
the good they do Their modest
lives and demeanor are an endur
ing monument to their sex aad
they live only to be loved,. She
left two sons and two daughters,
they are the recipients of the
sympathy of all their acquain
tances in their loss, She was
buried in the presence of a large
gathering of neighbors and old
friends Sunday afternoon.
members of the Decatur county
Pig Club and the interest mani
fested by the little fellows stands
sponser for ttieir earnestness in
work,
The pig club work in this coun
ty will be made a big feature of
the demonstration agents work
in 1916. The boys of the county
will be given a greater oppor
tunity to learn scientific pig rais
ing during the coming year.
Max Cohen returned Sunday
night from Savannah where he
has been spending the holidays
with his brothers Messrs. Edwin
and Fred Cohen.
J
broken thread, with the warp
and woof of the hours woven
firmly and smoothly.
May its bead be one that holds
good fortune tightly to the rim
of your ambition.
May its tread be one that gives
you safety and “good going” al
ways.
And may it prove to be the
“best in the long run” of your
life so far, with the greatest mil
eage of success you have ever
known.
S. D. Fletcher of Ciimax was
among the visitors here Monday.
EMANCIPATION EXERCISES
The colored people of the town
held a celebration cf the Eman
cipation Saturday at the court
house and had a very instructive
program arranged. Quite a num
ber of white people attended and
heard the work. They had the
services of Prof. John R. Scott
of Jacksonville as their orator of
the day and his speech was one
of remarkable strength. He gave
his people some of the very best
and soundest advice that has
been heard here in many years
and altogether was a very pleas
ing speaker. The balance of the
program was arranged locally
and did credit t,o those that got
it up.
Thomas W. Bell of Brir.son
was ; n ihe-citf Wednesday.
TEACHERS MEET
Seventy-Five Pedagogues
of This county Spend A
Week Here Holding
Daily Meetings.
The Decatur county teachers
institute has been in session all
this week with over 75 teachers
in attendance. Miss Celeste
Parish, supervisor of the central
district has been in charge of
the work and the institute has
been a pleasant success.
The daily sessions have been
held in the Sunday School room
of the Presbyterian church. Two
sessions a day have been held
here.
In addition to interesting talks
bv Miss Parish and Prof. Brad-
well, county superintendent, Mr.
Jas. A. Downing, head of the
pig club work m Georgia, de
livered several interesting lec
tures. One illustrated with mov
ing pictures was especially en
joyed.
y. S. “COLUMBUS” HEBE
Despite the croakings of cer
tain river boat line men and oth
ers who had rather see freight
go up the Chattahoochee River
than down it, the big rive boat
“Columbus,” Capt. Lapham,
managed to safely navigate St.
Andrews Bay from the mouth
of the Canal to Panama City with
a tow 595 feet king, and this dur
ing one of the nastiest storms of
the season.
The “Columbus” came in
about 5:00 p. m. Monday with
three barges and the dredge
“Blackwater”. She anchored
her tow in the stream end then
docked at the Harrison avenue
wharf, where she attracted num
bers of visitors during her stay.
The "Blackwater” goes from
here to the Narrows in Santa
Rosa Sound to remove some of
the kinks in that waterway.
Capt. Geo. S. Lapham, of the
“Columbus,” is well pleased with
St. Andrews Bay as a harbor for
river boats or ocean going ves
sels. There is, the captain ob
serves, plenty of deep water for
the latter, while the numerous
bayous and coves would afford
ample shelter for a light draft
river vessel in any kind of a
storm. Quite contrary to the
statement of Mr. Collins, of Co
lumbus, to the effect that the
U. S. Engineer Department river
boats would not be allowed to
navigate the Bay on account of
the rish. But chen Capt. Lap
ham is probably not interested in
any Georgia lailroads.
One of the engineers stated
that the Callahan boat now build
ing in Appalachian for the
Bainbridge-St. Andrews Bay run
is nearly completed, which is.
good news indeed,
The "Columbus” left early this
morning on her return trip up
the river.—Panama Pilot.
The regular services wiM be
held in this Church next Sun
day, Jan. 9th as follows:
10:00 a. m. Sunday school
11:00 a. M. Morning Prayer
and sermon.
7:00 pj m.lEvening Prayer and
sermon. '
Friday aftemeon Litany ser
vice at 4:00 p. m.
D, A. Shaw of Amsterdam was
among the has ness men of that
section in the c ty a short