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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY MAY 11, 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
LEAGUE OPENS MONDAY WITH CAME IN BAINBRIDGE
m Eye View of Gigan-
-Spectale to Be Played
{ Monday. Tuesday
fj Wednesday.
»siier performance March
lit the Liberty Theatre
r y 0 rk. Some of the sub
'll productions were: Tre-
.Theatre. Boston, Mass.,
Ung April 10: Illinois
... Chicago, 111., starting
5; Brighton Beach Music
INA'. July 3; Nixon Theatre,
intic City. N. J., July 18. All
■ were long runs of many
ftbs.the five separate com-
i aggregating a total at-
Idaacsof 10,000 patrons week-
|Never before has a play run
rsimultaneously in so
|nj’cities, including also seven-
n weeks in Los Angeles and
i weeks in San Francisco,
me of the greatest battles
War re-enacted. A
Auction of Atlanta as it was
, built up to be destroyed
|fire, in the picture of Sher
i's march to the sea. Lee and
int shown at Appomattox;
d’sTheatre, Washington, re-
NOWJ SESSION
The May term of Superior
Court opened Monday morning
with Judge Eugene Cox presid
ing and Solicitor Ball looking
alter the interests of the state.
The Judge’s charge to the Grand
Jury was one of the usual able
and brilliant charges that he
makes to them and excited much
complimentary interest. The
court got right down to work
and will turn off considerable
business this week. The observ
ance of the prohibition law was
one of the matters interest that
was touched on by the judge in
his charge.
OEGATURlEFORE
THE CONVENTION
P. S, Cummings, Delegate
from the State at Large-
, John W. Callahan, Dis
trict Delegate
Two of Decatur county’s citi
zens edged on the political map
in mighty fine trim last week in
Macon. Hon. P. S. Cummings,
of Lela, was elected as a dele
gate to the National Convention
from the state at large and Hon.
iced to the smallest details i J. W. Callahan was elected as
iKIux
te Lincoln tragedy. Recon-
ition pictorialized in the
South Carolina scenes,
xing with a series of wild
Klan rides that com-
indeered a county for a day
cost $10,000.
of depending solely on the
I musicians, a complete
iphonic orchestra is carried.
score is synchroniz-
tothe several thousand thous-
distinct and individual
MS.
The spectacle has met strong
'Position at various times but
been approved by every
d °f Censors with one ex-
•tion in the United States and
scores and scores of the most
iinent United States Senators
Representatives, Governors
States, Judges, Publicists,
'®ats, educators and clergy-
It has been viewed and
tended by a larger number
P>iests and ministers than had
{r .Obviously approved a
'trie entertainment.
-ceipts and attendance have
wise ma de a new page of
Ft’-'-al history. Within the
one of the second district dele-,
gates,
The boys from Decatur reach
ed out and got recognition in
everyway they sought. The con
vention was a quiet and orderly
affair and steered by the most
able helmsman in the state, the
Hon. W. J. Harris who came
down from Washington with a
very large and constructive
Olive Branch in his hand.
first eight months the gross at
tendance was approximately
1,500,000. Receipts have dwarfed
those of “Ben Hur” and every
other great spectacle hitherto
presented.
Artistically, “The Birth of a
Nation” combines exquisite
domestic comedy and romance
with the grandeur and thrill of
History greatest moments, in
culcating the lesson of patriotism
that springs from the “nation re
born” as the result “of War be
tween the States and Reconstruc
tion.
Charlie Truloek was in the
city Sunday afternoon a short
while.
HELP BAINBRIDGE KOP THE KUP
SLOGAN ADOPTED FOR OPENING
DAY OF THE NEW DIXIE LEAGUE
Bainbridge After Attendance Trophy Offered for
Largest Paid Attendance on Opening Day. Moul
trie will Face Bainbridge in Initial Game of the
Season. j
I
3,000 PAID ADMISSIONS 1 WILL WIN
TROPHY OFFERED FOR BEST CROWD
Special Train From Moultrie with Team, Fans and
Moultrie Band will Bring Large Crowd to Game.
Railroads put on Reduced Ratps for the Day.
Feature Picture will Help as Drawing Card.
Bainbridge is out to “Kop the
Kup”.
A campaign to round up 3,000
baseball fans on Monday next
and corral them in the Bain
bridge ball park, has been in
augurated and will be pushed to
a successful climax.
Moultrie opens the Dixie
league schedule, on Monday,
May 15th. in this city. This
marks the initial appearance of
professional basball in both cities.
A large loving cup has been
offered by the Chero-Cola people
for the largest paid attendance
in any park in the league on
opening day. Every one of the
six clubs will be fighting lor this
trophy.
But Bainbridge is out to “Kop
the Kup”. She has called on her
friends to help and with the as
ststanCe of the towns near here
expects to turn out a large“crowd
for the opening stanza.
Moultrie has signified her in
tention of helping all that is pos
sible. A special train will be run
from Moultrie here. The Moultrie
club, fans, and brass band will
be brought here on this special.
Fully 500 people are expected
from the packing house city.
Both the G. F. & A. and the
Coast Line R. R.s have put on
reduced rates tor Monday the
fifteenth on account of the open
ing game. This in itself will re
sult in many out of town visitors.
The stores of Bainbridge will
be asked to close their doors
Monday afternoon for the big
opening game, so that every
clerk and proprietor in town can
attend and help swell the at
tendance. Bainbridge wants every
loyal citizen in town to be on
hand for the opening.
The ball park located on the
site of the old fair grounds has
been out in first class shape. A
grandstand and bleechers have
been erected large enough to
care for the crowds that are ex
pected. Everything is ready for
the big event.
News from Moultrie indicates
that Manager Winges lof the
Packers has lined up a good club
and will give Bainbridge and the
other clubs in the circuit a run
for their money. Moultrie has a
way of lining up good things and
their dub this season Will be no
exception of the rule.
But when the umps yells “play
bawl” Baifibridge is going to
have a club of her own that will
bear watching. Manager Glass
has been working the boys at a
pretty stiff gait since the train
ing season opened: He will have
a club that must be beaten out if
any other club expects to carry
home the bacon.
In addition to the opening of
the baseball season here a large
crowd will-be brought here by
the feature picture “The
of a Nation.
VISITS BAINBRIDGE
Judge A. S. Johnson of Mitchell
county, candidate for Judge of
the Superior Court of the Albany
circuit, whose announcement is
on another page in this paper
spent Tuesday in the city meeting
the voters and the people of the
circuit. Johnson is a splendid
gentleman a good|lawyer. He is
worthy of the honor that he
seeks. For a number of years he
served his county in the halls of
the General Assembly and was
also county judge for a term or
so. Judge Johnson is basing his
campaign on high and manly
plans and the people who know
him admire him.
SC?DULE OUT
Oil LEAGUE
Bainbridge DrawsOpening
• and Closing Series at
Home. Season Closes
July 22.
BIG SUCCESS 01)
T
Annual Boosters Minstrel
Show Makes. Big Hit
With Crowded House.
Best Local Black Face
Yet.
The Boosters minstrel was
pulled off Tuesday night at the
Callahan Theatre in great style.
From the first to the last drop
of the curtain the show was high
class, clean cut and a scream.
The boys who took part in the
production handled their parts
like veterans. Had no one known
that the minstrel was a home
talent production, it would have
been an easy matter to have
mistakened it for a seasoned
road show.
The music was tuneful, the
jokes were submarines for
every situation was a laugh
producer. Especially good was
the opening of the show. YYith
twenty-one men in the circle,"
backed up by a large orchestra
the boys looked like "a million.”
A good house turned out to
President Ward of the Dixie
League has forwarded 4 copy of
the official schedule of the league j
to the presidents of the six clubs.[encourage the boys and every
The season opens May 15, and^ ^pson there enjoyed the show,
runs for the sixty one garnet, A good sum was cleared for the
ending July 22.
Looking at the schedule hurriedly
it seems as though Bainbridge
fared well at the hands of the
dopester who drew up the paper,
We draw the opening game on
Monday next and also the closing
series of the season.
Moultrie opens the season here
on the 15 and preperations are
being made to handle a record
breaking crowd on that day.
Birth ! Low rates have been given by
The Monday after-(the railroads and at least one
noon matinee has been called off ; special will be run on that date,
by manager Brackin on account j The complete schedule for the
of the opening game. The out of entire sixty games is as follows:
town fans can see the big game
and attend the picture that night.
If Bainbridge gets a good
start next week and puts a
majority of the games in their
won column she will be ready for
all comers. Bainbridge fans be
lieve that this city will be strict
ly in the running from the start
to the finish.
MAY0R ISSUES proclamation for
OPENING GAME OF THE DIXIE BASE
BALL LEAGUE IN BAINBRIDGE
i, rJ f n W. Callahan has
(ailing fol,owing Proclamation
t nd ^ 0n th<? People of Bain-
&5*5 this city “Kop the
"ie/o Tvi f ? F the largest
M mil, 0 P d admis sions at the
fifteenth m ° Pening da >- Ma V
OB that rt ^ 0ultrie will open here
ate with the local clubs.
Proclamation.
>^ ere , as: bainbridge has se-
S b r enh in the newl >' Gr
and 1 Ll '' le Base ‘hall league,
••tre as: The president of the
cup f Qr . n ,^ s °^f re d a silver loving
Uielaro-e'f Clty that turns out
^ns ItT lber ° f paid 3d ‘
ind c the opening game,
Whereas: Bainbridge is accus-;
tomed to leading in every respect, j
and now has a chance to demon
strate her superiority as the lead
ing city of south west Georgia, |
Therefore I hereby issue this
proclamation calling on the good
people ot Bainbridge to do every
thing in their power to help the
locals “Kop the Kup” on Mon
day, May fifteenth. Let us lay
aside all business on Monday
afternoon and give a few hours
to Bainbridge. Let every loyal
citizen help swell the attendance.
Three thousand has been set as
the mark to shoot at.
Issued this the tenth day of
May, nineteen hundred and
sixteen.
Signed. ^J.W. Callahan, mayor.
ATTENTION CON
FEDERATE VERTERANS
I have made arrangements)
with Manager W T . J. Brackin of,
the Bainbridge Moving Picture'
Show, whereby all Confederate!
Veterans will be admitted to see
the Birth of a Nation either Tues
day or Wednesday afternoon
May 16th. or 17th. for the price
of $1.00. The regular price is
$2.00. This picture is considered
to be the greatest war picture
ever shown and all veterans who
can possibly do so are urged to
see it. Before going to the opera
house please call at my office and
see me in order that 1 may ar
range for you to obtain the re
duced price.
Major A. S. McBride,
Adjt. Decatur Camp 1043 UCV.
TB
Mr. N. J. Smith went down to
Suwanee Springs Monday to
spend several days teasing the
bream and trout in that section.
Miss Annie Forrest, of this
district, had a narrow escape
from being bitten by a snake
while out picking berries with
her mother, Mrs. J. M. Forrest.
She stepped in the coil of a
large rattlesnake, but seeing her
danger in time she managed to
jump out of the way, calling to
her mother to help her. With
the pluck of a motner Mrs.
Forrest killed the repttle, which
measured 6 feet and 10 inches.
DOMESTIC ART EXHIBIT
The members of the Domestic
Art Class of the Bainbridge
High School will have an exhi
bit of their work in the school
auditorium on Tuesday morn
ing from nine to twelve o’clock
All who are interested in
handi-craft are cordially invited
to attend.
AT HOME.
Moultrie, May 15,16, 17.
Dothan, May 22, 23, 24.
Valdosta, May 25, 26, 27.
Eufaula, June 5, 6, 7.
Quitman, June 15,16, 17.
Eufaula, June 26, 27, 28.
Moultrie, July 3, 4, 5.
Dothan, July 10. 11, 12.
Valdosta, July 17, 18, 19.
Quitman, July 20, 21, 22.
ON THE ROAD.
At Quitman, May 18, 19, 20.
At Dothan, May 29, 30, 31.
At Eufaula, June 1, 2, 3.
At Valdosta, June 8, 9, 10.
booster treasury.
The Annual May Ball and
summer opening of Lanark will
take place May 19th and every
body all over the section will
take it in. Low rates will be
offered by the railroad and every
kind of amusement will be on
the grounds for the occasion.
Splendid preparations are being
made for the fun of everybody
that goes and no one will regret
taking taking this day off to at
tend. Special trains will be run
on this day and everybody can
ride to and from Lanark most
comfortably.
T. B. Oliver of above Climax
was among the visitors here this
week.
At Moultrie, June 12, 13, 14.
At Quitman, June 19, 20, 21,
At Eufaula, June 22, 23, 24.
At Valdosta June 29, 30, July 1
At Moultrie, July 4 (afternoon
game).
At Dothan, July 6, 7, 8.
At Moultrie, July 13, 14, 15.
MERCHANTS WILL CLOSE THEIR
STORES FOR GAME THAT USHERS
IN PRFESSIONAL BASEBALL HERE
The merchant of Bainbridge
have to a man agreed to close
their stores on next Monday from
2:30 o’clock till after the opening
ball game. This will allow the
proprietors and their clerks to)
attend and “Kop The Kup”.
Chairman Geo. H. Fields of
the Bainbridge Retail Merchants
Association has issued a pro
clamation calling on every mer
chant to close his doors for the
game and urging them to turn
out and help bring the crowd
to 3,000.
Tickets for the opening game
will be placed on sale at the up
town drug stores Monday morn
ing so as to facilitate handling
the crowds Everyone that can
possible do so is urged to buy
their tickets up town so as to
make it easier to handle the
crowd at the park.
The game will be called prompt
ly at 3:30 o’clock. Moultrie with
Per strong club will be the first
team to meet the 1/cals. Manager
Glass has rounded up agpod club
and the fans who have been
watching his bunch work out are
hopeful of getting a flying start.
Mrs. E. G. Brooks will enter
tain in honor of Mrs. R. G.
Morgan of Montgomery, Ala.
with a motor ride and fish fry
at Spring Cr-ek. The mem
bers of the Crochet Club wili
be entertained,