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For Men Only
W E cordially invite you to our Spring Open
ing of MENS WEAR. Where you will
find the most complete line of Mens Furnish
ing ever shown iri Bainbridge.
...Everything a Man Wears...
Mens Suits
Palm Beach
Fancy Crush
Topical Worsteds
: 1 Middle Sex Flannels
l! $5 to $15
Hats
Blum and Koch’s Fash
ionable Straw
Stetson Spring Line
Panama, Bankoff, Milcus
in Leghorn
Shoes
Edwiii Clapps Leonard, Shaw & Dean Bion F. Reynolds
$6.50 to $10 $4 to $5 $6
Arrow Shirts and Collars
Spring Underwear, Trunks and Bags, Gloves and Neckwear
OPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 18TH.
GEO. H. FIELDS
The Fashionable Haberdasher of Bainbridge
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GROW JEM RAPIDLY
Quality of Work Ranks
High in Comparison
With Other Schools.
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Spring
1916
Fashionable Millinery
For the Smart Dresser
■ It is an inspiration to see our New Spring
Models. No effort has been spared to make this
presentation of Spring Styles complete in every
way. A Radiant exposition of all that is new
and beautiful in things dear to ladies.
We extend a cordial Invitation to be at
Our Opening Display
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
MARCH 22nd AND 23rd.
Roberts Brothers
“The QuaUty Shop”
Donalsonville,
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Three years ago the demand
for better schorls in Bainbridge
resulted in more generous pm
visions for a school. The need
had been felt for several years.
A splendid building was erected
and Bainbridge moved up to
the front in equipment for
schools among cities of its size.
While considerable provision
was made for future growth, it
has now become apparent that
the public’s appreciation of good
schools was underestimated, and
the necessity of more adequate
facilities now occupies the at
tention of the City Council.
The progress of the school as
manifested in better physical
equipment finds a parallel ad
vance in the more satisfactory
and rapid advance of the pupils
in the school. The proof of this
far reaching statement may be
found in improved attendance,
superior scholarship, larger per
cent of promotions and a marked
decrease in loss of pupils and
truancy. If those permanently
withdrawn be excluded from the
count, the attendance of the
school averages 90 per cent and
above, varying with the preval
ence of contagious diseases.
This appears to be fairly good at
tendance where it is not com
pulsory. Promotion and better
scholarship in a natural sequence
of better attendance and im
proved teaching ability. The fact
that the teaching staff, with two
exceptions, has been in the ser
vice of the school for more than
one year and the majority for
several years, is indicative of
increased efficiency in teaching
ability. The school is now given
a high rating by competent
judges who have had opportu
nity of making comparisons
with other schools, and who test
the school by its finished pro
duct.
A great improvement in the
conditions in the lower grades
has been made by relieiing the
crowded rooms and employment
of extra teachers to care for the
overflow. There are no crowded
grades now below the sixth,
and it is planned to improve the
sixth and seventh grades in like
manner. Not only does this
plan of supplementary grades
make it so that the regular grade
teacher has a reasonable number
of pupils to teach, but it also
offers opportunity of more rapid
advancement to some who have
the ability to go forward more
rapidly. Reducing the number
of pupils for a teacher also offers
opportunity for more effective
and supervised study in school
and renders possible the reduc
tion of the amount of home as
signments for the pupil.
The policy of the school is pro
gressive, neither too conservative
nor too radical is the ideal. The
main emphasis of the grades is
in giving the tools of education,
as reading, writing and arithme
tic. However, the information
al and cultural studies are not
neglected. During this season
especial emphasis has been plac
ed on teaching pupils how to
study, and the methods of in
struction seek to strengthen the
judgement, self reliance, and
develop the dignified man.
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Bainbridge, Georgia.
of sixteen units of work. Form
erly, the school offered one
course of study which was rated
at ten units of work. Nor is the
difference in number of units and
courses the only measure of
superior advantages, for the
work done in forty minute
periods of study and recitation
is necessarly of much higher
character than that of twenty to
thirty minute periods.
The diversity of studies in the
high school is now as much as
the number of teaching periods
will permit and the pupil has not
only a choice of three courses
of four years’ work each, but
additional elective studies may
be had, limited only by the de
sires of the pupil.
While the school has made this
marked advancement, there’s no
disposition to “rest on the oars.”
Plans for the future are in con
templation which will continue
the increase of efficiency in the
senool, and it may be expected
that another session will bring
important changes for the better.
I wish to express my gratitude
to the voters of the county for
their support and consideration
for my re-election as Ordinary
of Decatur County. I will as
The progress of the school as heretofore give my services
a whole is best seen in the re
suits obtained in the high school.
Four years ago this part of the
school consisted of about 10 per
cent of the total school enroll
ment and it now has about 22
per cent of the total enrollment.
This marked advance in holding
pupils is the true measure of the
school’s increased efficiency.
There are three courses of study
in the high school, and upon the
completion of any one of these
courses the pupil receives a
diploma with a minimum credit
faithfully, fair and impartial to
all in the discharge of the duties
incumbent upon me. Thanking
you again I remain,
Yours sincerely,
T. B. Maxwell.
NOTICE
I have eight Duroc Jersey hogs
four months old which I will sell
for ten dollars each at my home
on the Bainbridge and Butler’s
Ferry Road, seventeen miles
from Bainbridge.
Miss Ruth Voorhies,
Routh B. Donalsonville, Ga.
Judge Hall Calhoun of i
ton was in the city a :
Saturday morning.
Mrs. J. W. Harrison annol
the engagement of her daugj
Mary Granger to Mr.
Braxton Holmes of James hi
S. C., the wedding to take [
at the home of the bride on)
26th.
Tom Roberts, of Don.
ville and bevy of those
looking ladies from over
were in the city last night.]
tried to keep up with
names, but could not well dd
as we had to look at them.
Miss Laurie Jinks, whol
been spending several days I
as the guest of Miss Lidal
Bruton, left Sunday for Blf
where she will make a
visit before returning to |
home in Union Springs, All
The friends of Mr. and
George Tomlinson will
with regret to know of the (
of their little baby last Satu]
morning. The young pai
have sympathy of their fr|
in their hour of sorrow.
Special attention is calk
the advet tisement and invita
of the firm of Roberts Brotj
of Donalsonville in this it
They offer a most complete!
comprehensive line of
both mercantile and
They have set the dates!
March the 22nd and 23rd |
their millinery department
be under the supervision of |
Susie Griffin. They will
play on this occasion only!
up-to-the-minute in the line. f
OF T
We take this method tot
our friends for their kin®
and sympathy during the
and death of our fath eI ,
Geo. G. Butler. May uodsl
est blessing rest upon >' ol! ]
is our sincere wish.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Bo