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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY MARCH 23, 1916
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4n smith, daughter of Dr.
Mrs. Ernest Clayton Smith,
■n. Qienn Douglas Darbyshire
erlv of Shannon City, Iowa,
, ic h took Place at the residence
(the bride, Wednesday night,
irch loth*
'ev James E. Ward performed
‘ceremony in the spacious
■ing room beneath a canopy of
,thern smilax and yellow roses,
, w hich a floral wedding bell
(Suspended. ,
■he bride was lovely in a wed-
lg gown of white Radium silk
, traine trimmed in shadow
•e and irredescent spangles,
[d a veil of tulle fastened with
wreath of Valley lilies. She
pried an exquisite bouquet of
iite orchids-
[ rs . Edwin S. Varner was
i of honor and wore a
frock of white chiffon and
ie with accordion plaited skirt.
ie carried a huge bouquet of
rechal Neil roses. Miss Nell
Joman as maid of honor wore
reilow chiffon with drapery of
and carried a bouquet of
jr lillies. Mr. Harry Mc-
ikill served as best man and
White R. Izlar of Orange-
irg, S. C. was groomsman. The
ide was given away by her
icle, Mr. Quincy A.. Kennedy
Orangeburg, S. C.
(Mrs. C. C. Norris played the
jedding march and during the
jremony rendered the aria from
imson and Delilah. Mrs. Harry
Brles Gamage gave several
(os. The rendition of “Oh
romise Me” being especially
eautiful.
The bride is a recent graduate
Lander College, Greenwood,
C. and is a grand-daughter of
e late distinguished jurist,
idge Izlar, of Orangeburg, S. C.
■he has a gracious personality
id has enjoyed unusual populari-
both in her college and social
e. She is a beautiful and talent-
young woman possessing a
>vely soprano voice.
Dr. Darbyshire . has lived in
Sainbridge two years, originally
oming from Iowa. He is a man
If unusual capability, is a suc-
ssful surgeon, physician and
usiness man and is popular in
11 circles.
Dr. and Mrs. Darbyshire left
i the midnight train for a wed-
' n R trip to St. Augustine and
her Florida points. They will
ake Bainbridge their home.
Following the wedding Dr. and
rs. Smith entertained with a
iception for Dr. and Mrs. Darby-
" re ' Assisting in receiving
^ re Er. and Mrs. Darbyshire,
Ej; Edwin S. Varner, Mrs.
‘Iliam R. Lowman of Orange
ry. Mrs. C. C. Norris, Mrs.
lr ry i harles Gamage, Mrs.
'arles Parker, Mrs. Kenneth
McCaskill, Miss Nell Hollo-
* n ' Dr. if. Izlar of Orangeburg,
• Quincy A Kennedp of Or-
Seburg and Mr. McCaskill.
's. Smith was charming in a
taffeta and lace dress. Mrs.
vrnan wore a silk and lace
• Mrs. Charles Parker’s
' n was ut blue chiffon with a
nming of iace and pink roses,
s. Norris wore a gown of silk
Mrs. Gamage wore a
• °f apple green taffeta
• & ■ with apple blossoms.
• Kenneth McCaskill was
Z° m i n white brocaded
lace r " ( ^ ra P e d with princess
wbirt!.! / sc heme of yellow and
>n each 3 ^ art ' st ically carried out
lovely , r : tr ‘ e room3 - Especially
duin'ir, 3 the decor ation of the
‘ d rtc,m - Garlands of smilax
Services every Sunday morn
ing and evening. A most cordial
invitation is extended to every
one to attend. The entire mem
bership is requested to be present
next Sunday morning.
Mr. Geise who has so ably as
sisted in the music during the
fall and winter will sing “THE
HOLY CITY” next Sunday morn
ing.
THE LOCAL MOTION
A
The town folks have been in
terested in a local moving stunt
that is being pulled off this week
under the supervision of the Cal
lahan Theater. A contest of
some spirit decided .that Miss
Catherine Chestnut should be
leading lady and the Rt. Hon.
Quim Melton should officiate as
best man. The fire wagon took
a run, Judge Bryan pulled a
stunt or two and various other
matters of local interest were
gotten in the picture. The
young ladies that were in the
cast were all rigged out in the
usual regalia and it is already
admitted that for good looks the
Bainbridge girls have the whole
section backed off the board.
The picture will be shown here
about ten days from now and
considerable interest will be
manifested in their exhibition.
MR. AND MRS. PATTERSON
TO LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON
GOOD FARMING LAND
AT MODERATE PRICES
Prospective Buyers Afforded Every Opportunity for
Investigation.
One of the most frequently: counties more thickely settled,
asked questions is, “What is the
price of your land?” In the case
of Decatur County the answer is
that it depends altogether upon
quality and location. One can
get good land for $10 an acre
that will yield a handsome return
by proper cultivation, but it is
not within reason to expect
in this day and time, that at
such a figure the land will in
clude modern improvements and
close accessibility to railroads.
But at that $15 to 830 per acre
high-grade land, with good clay
subsoil, close, to main roads and
within reach of one or two rail
roads and river, can be obtained
in almost any quanity.
As yet there is a scarcity of
of small farm tracts, but some
of the larger land owners pre-
would bring twice or ^ three
times these figures.
Persons interested are asked
to write to those mentioned on
the page for complete informa
tion. They will at once be put
in touch with the owners direct
ly, or with responsible local
real estate agents.
Decatur county asks investi
gation. In these days of land
booms and glowing advertise
ments much harm has been done
districts looking for legitimate
exploitation through methods
employed by the unscrupulious
dealers and promoters. It is said
pridefully that none of these are
found in Decatur county. Every
proper effort is made to secure
desirable farmers, but misrepre
sentation is steadfastly frowned
Lands here will bear
, . 7 . (Upon. Lands here will bear
pared to cut up their holdings to[ cloge examination, and such in-
suit tenants. This land, that is, 'spection is asked as well as ex-
land of similar fertility in thejpected.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Patterson
have leased their home to Mr.
Doland of Pittsburg for two years,
and expect to leave soon for
Washington, D. C. where they
expect to make their home with
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Tiller.
Mrs. Patterson was born here.
Mr. Patterson moved here thirty
nine years ago, and it is with re
gret to their many friends they
are moving so far away. Mr.
Paterson has been a prominent
man in the Democratic party
was member of the city Council
twenty years, Sheriff a number
of years and served a time in the
State Senate. He was in the
Brick business until a few years
ago when he retired.
We wish them both much
happiness in their new home.
black
gown
SOW
frock
CITY COURT IN SESSION
The City court convened Mon
day morning with Judge Spooner
on the bench and Solicitor O’Neal
in charge of the state’s interest.
The work of the court was gotten
right into from the start and
quite a number of criminal cases
were disposed of. The docket is
in good shape and has been kept
that way for several years past
and the work of the court this
session will not be so heavy.
and yellow roses were festooned
from the center to the four com
ers of the room. Yellow tulle
streamers were suspended from
the chandelier and fastened to
the sides of the table with love
knots of tulle. A handsome doth
ofcluny lacy over yellow satm
covered the table and a large
vase of white sweet peas graced
the center. Silver candelabra
with yellow shaded lights and
silver bon bon dishes containing
yellow mints and confections
decorated the table.
One hundred and fifty guests
were present.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
We wish to give our advertisers the very best possible service
and we earnestly ask them not to wait until press hour to give ub
their advertisements. We cant get the ads up in good shape, we
cant give them good position and it is about as useless a proposition
as one can follow is to wait until the last minute and expect an ad
to get results that is just thrown together any kind of way to get it
in the paper. The paper comes out Thursday noon and all adver
tisers should have their copy in not later than Tuesday night and
we can give them such position that they will get good results. We
have been obliged to turn down advertisements this week because
of their eleventh hour coming in. Give us the copy in plenty of
time and we can please you. Wait until the’ last minute and you
have to take what is left and you are not satisfied but still at the
same time you have no one to blame but yourself. Give us the
matter right and let us sell your goods for you.
SCHOOL CONTEST
On the evening of Thursday
March 30, at 8:15 at the School
Auditorium, will be held the re
gular annual contest in the
Music and Expression depart
ments. The student who is
judged the winner in each de
partment will have the privilege
of representing Bainbridge at
the District Contest at Sylvester
April 13th, and 14th.
SOME CLIMATE HERE
The following item from the
Atlanta Constitution of February
28th, 1914 telling of the grass
mowing in Bainbridge, is so re
cent as to be well remembered.
A fearful blizzard, the worst
since 1888, swept all of the East.
Even Georgia suffered, now ap
pearing as far down as Savannah
while sleet was seen in Albany.
But Decatur County, warmed by
Gulf breezes, was so blessed as
to escape all but a light frost
that nipped only the tenderest
vegetation. The article follows:
WHILE REST OF GEORGIA
SHIVERED, GRASS-CUTT
ERS BUSY IN BAINBRIDGE
Bainbridge, Ga., Feb. 27
(Special).—The snow failed to
reach Bainbridge this trip and
though several persons declare
they saw light flakes falling in
the afternoon. Yesterday was
chosen as grass cutting day in
Cannon Park, and the 1 Chief of
Police, who is in charge of the
Parks, took advantage of the
beautiful clear weather to have
his mowers at work. Owing to
the mildness of the winter, the
grass is especially luxuriant this
year, and the Northern visitors
have been commenting on the
sight of mowers at work while
the State in under a blanket of
snow.
The Ladies Shop is meant for
ladies it is said and it is a very
noticeable tact that the ladies
from all over the county are
taking advantage of it. The
store was filled Saturday with
visiting ladies from all over the
AT
The boys of the town have
been working on the baseball
proposition and it is now thought
that we will have a good team
this' summer. The boys are
afraic} that Quincy and a few
outlying villages will spoil if
they don’t get up a team and
ease down there for a few days
at any hazard. Now Quincy has
been known to have a real good
team several times and the Bain
bridge boys are hoping that
they will be ace high this sum
mer. It is in air and the kids
are all jumping around like toad
frogs. Baseball is what they
want and baseball is what they
will have. Let ’er rip, every
body is ready. The same bug
bit the whole business about the
some time.
ENTIRE TOWN OF HAVANA
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The town of Havana was
literaly wiped out last Thursday
night by fire. It was one of the
most disastrous blazes that has
swept over this section in many
years and the town was almost
burned entirely out. Only two of
stores and the depot were left in
the entire business portion of the
little city. The store and residence
of Mrs. Horne was burned earlier
in the night and after all had
went home and retired again the
second blaze was discovered in
the back of some of the stores.
This blaze got beyond control
and in a short while the plucky
little towto was all ashes. About
23 buildings were destroyed and
they were all in the business
portion of the town.
The hotel, O. P. Dugger and
Company. Telephone Exchange,
Residence of E. B. Shelfer, W.
S. Loyd City Drug Store, Shel
fer and Ellinor Company, Post
Office, E. B. Shelfer, four brick
buildings, Greek Restaurant, E.
B. Shelfer, wood building, A. J.
Smith, Grocer, J. H. Rollo, H. A,
Levarr, Barber shop, H. M. Dur
den, Carl Moreland, Bell and
Clark, J. H. Rollo brick building,
Sapp Drug Company, Tillis Office,
P. A. Brinson, Hardy Cox, brick
building, Havana State Bank, E-
H. Slappy, office building, Wom
ack and Strickland, P. C. Harrell,
City Hall, O. M. Tillis, J. J. Win :
burn. Harrell and Ellinor, Crown
Bottling works. This long list of
businesses were burned down
and only a few of them were
protected with insurance. The
people of the town were badly
discouraged but they will get
right down to work and build up
their little city as soon as the
work can be done.
BAINBRIDGE HOTELS
Bainbridge has hotels well
worth boasting of. The tourist
who visits this city finds it an
easy matter to get accomodations
that please. This is an ideal
tourist point and yearly the
number of visitors who spend
the winter months in Bainbridge
is increasing.
Excellent hunting and fishing
here guarantee the tourist a good
time in old Decatur county.
JUDGE LANE IN CHICAGO
The friends of Judge Wilfred
C. Lane, who was refreree in
bankruptcy of this district up
to 1912, and who presided here
in the famous Oliver case, and
others of more or less note,
will be pleased to know that
after his resignation of this
office and pursuing a lucrative
practive in De Moins, Iowa, he
is now located in Chicago, where
he is specializing in Patent law
and Bankrupty litigation. Judge
Lane made many warm friends
•here who will be gratified to
learn of his success.
GEORGIA COUNTY FAIR
OATES ARE SELECTED
Indications are at present that
Georgia will have the largest and
most successful state and county
fairs in her history.
Officers of the various county
fairs, members of the Georgia
Association of Fairs, are making
preparations daily for the holding
of the largest fair ever before in
their respective section. This
fact is established through re
ports that are daily received at
the Macon State Fair headquar
ters by Secretary Robert.
Dates for the various county
fair have been fixed and now the
men behind these organizations
are pulling together to make the
show a success from every angle.
Some of the county fair associa
tions are going to have a live
stock show in connection with
the agricultural display, exhibit
ing a number of the best and
highest bred live stock in the
state.
The following list contained
the dates and officers of various
county fairs:
Woodruff Fair—Winder Ga.,
October 2,11,1916; G. W. Wood
ruff, president.
Southwest Georgia Fail— Don-
aldsonville, Ga., October 3, 7,
1916; W. H. Van Landingham,
secretary.
Southeastern Fair Association
—Atlanta, Ga., October 14, 21,
1916; R. H. Stripling, general
manager.
Hahira Fair—Hahira, Ga., Octo
ber 17, 21, 1916; W. W. Webb,
president.
Taylor County Fair—Butler,
Ga., October 17, 23, 1916; Ira
Chambers, secretary.
Dodge County Fair—Eastman,
Ga., October 17, 21, 1916; W. L.
Glessner, secretary.
Tattnall Couuty Fair—Reids-
ville, Ga., October 17, 19, 1916;
E. C. C. Collins, president.
Third Agricultural District Fair
—Americus, Ga., October 23, 28,
1916; E. H. Hyman, general
manager.
Twelfth District Fair—Dublin,
Ga., October 23, 28, 1916; E. Ross
Jordan, general manager.
Georgia Florida Fair—Val
dosta, Ga., October 24, 28, 1916;
J. M. Ashley, secretary.
Georgia State Fair—Macon,
Ga., November 2, 11,1916; Harry
C. Robert, general manag«r.
Washington County Fair—
Sandersville, Ga., latter part o*
October; Sam H. Sherrard, secie-
tary.
Houston County Fair—Perry,
Ga., latter part of October; W.
C. Lewis, secretary, Wellston,
Ga.
East Georgia Fair—Washing
ton, Ga., latter part of October;
J. Luke Burdette, president.
There will be a box supper at
the Fairchild school house next
Friday night March 31. for the
benefit of the school. An inter
esting debate is also scheduled
county and their purchases were for that date. Subject— Resolv-
of such a grade that a new spirited that the country would be
of good dressing seems to have | better off without the negro,
come over the shoppers. [The public is cordially invited, in Macon
The marriage of Mrs. J. S.
Evans, formerly of this city to
Mr. Robert Hill Cowart of Macon,
will come as quite a surprise to
i the many friends of the bride.
Mr. and Mrs. Cowart were
married Saturday March 11th,
high noon in the study of Rev.
Callaway of Macon. The wedding
was a very quite affair, being
witnessed by a few immediate
friends and relatives of the young
couple.
After a two weeks bridal tour
thro the South-west Georgia and
Florida, Mr. and Mrs. Cowart
will be it home to their friends
KILLED ACCIDENTALLY
Mr. Tohn Harrell, a young son
of Mr. G. W. Harrell was killed
last Saturday morning at Olivers
Mill by a flying piece of timber
from the saw. The death of the
young man was very sad and un
expected. He had just walked up
to the mill and was standing
talking to some friends when
a piece of timber was caught in
the saw and thrown out in his
direction, hitting him and killing
him instantly. The young man
was just twenty years old and
bore a good reputation with all
in the neighborhood. He was
buried Sunday in the family
burial ground in the presence
of a large number of friends.
Nelson Bruton of Jacksonville
spent Sunday in the city with
home folks and old friends.