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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY JULY 6, 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
NO. 15.
^ducting L e ? al
r the State of Col
orado.
oil Fleming, a Bain bridge
ven t to Colorado several
y has recently achieved
Jwide reputation in his
“ ution of a famous murder
a S on was accused
This milhonare father.
was purely cir-
..J but the jury return-
Xrerdict of guilty. So ably
■Russell Fleming- handle the
d S uch a reputation has
„ij e that two Denver papers
^suggested to him that they
X ready to boom him for
Lor of the State should he
lesire.
ie Denver Post at the end ot
Has the following to say o"
... Bainbridge boy which
iends will read with plea
It begins to look like there will
be no contest in Decatur county
this year for the two plaees as
representative in the legislature.
Both the incumbents, E. H. Grif
fin, editor of the Post-Search
Light; and A. B. Conger, a mem
ber of the bar, are candidates to
Battle gucceed themselve, and thus far
there has been no intimation of
opposition to either. They are
serving their first terms and hold
good committee assignments.
L where
evidence
AGED 111
She Died This Week, and
Was Perhaps State’s
Oldest Resident
Restrict;
for Russell W. Fleming,
attorney, he received
his usual quiet,
wming manner. There are
who say that no one other
a man with the fighting
of Russell W. Fleming
[have won the case for the
But Russell VV. Fleming
lly smiled when this was
timed to him.
le evidence was there, ” he
, "and the jury saw
ttfrifVas the evidence which
ight the verdict of guilty.”
evertheless, there are few
i in the world who could
e prosecuted the the
When “Aunt” Cindy Butler
died in the Pine Hill district of
Decatur county chis week, the
oldest inhabitant of the county
and possibly of the state had
passed away. . “Aunt Cindy”
claimed to be 111 years old, and
some of her relatives insisted
that she was still older.
It seems reasonably certain
the old woman was well over the
century mark, for she remembers
Uve Stock Convention at |m HE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Moultrie Great Beneiit
LIVE HERDS EXHIBITED AND VALUABLE IN
FORMATION GIVEN.
BY EUGENE SOUTHVVIUK
The Live Stock Convention
held at Moult, ie June 27, 28 was
possibly one of greater interest
to stockmen generally of Georgia
than any former simular occasion.
Possibly more registered live
stock may have been assembled
at the state fair or other stock-
mans convention, but it is de
batable if more prize winners
were ever shown at any one time
and place in the state. Under
tw r o large tents the prize cattle
were stalled and in most instances
arranged according, to age and
value with the prize winners or
the herd bull standing at the
head. Heardsmen with each
drove of stock were incessantly
active caring for the comfort of
the cattle or busy grooming them
for exhibition.
In one tent was stalled the six
teen head of registered Herefords
exhibited by J. M. Anderson of
Marietta; also the magnificant
registered herd of eighteen head
of pure bred Herefords owned
by Mr. McNeel of Cobb county.
In both Messrs. Anderson and
century niditvj m
when “de white folks went away McNeel herds many prize win.
to fight de British”—referring to
the war of 1812. Shejwas a grown
woman when the stars fell in the
early thirties.
“Aunt Cindy” came from
South Carolina to this county as
a slave woman in the ’forties,
and had outlived all of her chil
dren except one son, Andrew
Butler, one of the oldest men in
the county. She remained vigor
ous and active throughout all the
long years of her life, and re-
c piusccuicu inc me Ldac ~ , ... , £
inst Reinzi C. Dickens as called Wlth vividness events of
ning prosecuted it. Against
idds of superior numbers in
meys, against the money
er of the Dickens tamily,
inst the moral support which
7 relative gave to the defend-
against everything possible
ileup in the way ot odds,
sail W. Fleming fought a
tin the Dickens case that is
om equalled. He was alone,
re was no one to take notes
him, Ther
her earlier years.
NEW MADE GRAVE
ning animals were to be seen
Standing at the head of fifteen
pure bred Herefords on exhibition
and owned by W. L. Florence of
Powder Springs, was the famous
line bred bull Beau Perfection
weighing 2400 pounds. This
animal probably the heaviest and
largest on exhibition attracted
the attention of all visitors
present. The exhibit of Mr.
Florence was especially admired
from the fact that his present
herd of sixty five head represents
both the largest and oldest herds
in the state. Other attractive
herdes of Hereford stock were
exhibited by J. F. Shingler, Ash-
burn, Ga., and E. E. Mack of
Thomasville.
ABERDEEN ANGUS EXHIBIT.
Stalled by themselves, and
admiration from the
to increase his herd, either can
not afford or does not wish to as
sume a luxury in a pet animal,
therefore turns to the practical
side of the question and with his
native cattle on hand, observes
the cross bred stock with person
al satisfaction. Here the problem
of successful and profitable 6tock
raising seems to be solved.
Crossed with a full blood Here
ford bull, native cows mother a
calf which at the age of two and
one half or three years old is
worth pracitcally five times as
much as a full native steer of
same age. Naturally a grazer the
Hereford stock loses none of his
feeding aggressiveness when
crossed with native blood and
consequently develops a large
and well formed body from the
grass or other vegetation con
venient to his range.
Crossed with the Jersey a
double advantage is offered to
the small farmer who must keep
the family milch cow or dairy
herd. The calf favoring the white
faced bell in size and color at
once assumes the form and pro
portion of the beef animal and
with average pasture at the age
of two or three years is market
ed at a large and advantageous
figure.
It was also affirmed by cattle
authorities present at the conven
tion that a herd ot native cattle
at whose head stands a purebred
bull that in due time the herd
Although next Sunday is the
second Sunday in the month,
the services will be held in this
church as follows:
10 00 a. m. Sunday School.
11:00 a. m. Morning Prayer
and Sermon.
8:00 p. m. Evening Prayer
and sermon.
Mr. Sams will not be able to
go to Fort Gaines next Sunday
as was announced last Sunday
and he will conduct services in
the church here. Everybody is
cordially invited to attend the
services.
While driving out to a farm be
longing to one of them, two
Bainbridge citizens thought, winning
they found evidence of some i many visitors, stood the register-
grave crime committed against ei herd of eighteen headlof Wack
— —l the state. In a pine grove near |Aberdeen AngusSeattle Standing
was no one to t h e roadside they discovered a , at the head of this famous herd
1 suggestions to him. There j i itt i e grave newly made and ^ere the two prize winning bulls
10 one to help him in his part iallv hidden by some over-; Bonny Ben and Blackcaps Prince
Hanging undergrowth. Albert. These bulls, sleek as
Thinking some one had made seals and gen e a ® s .
way with an infant and buried valued at prices exceeding $1,000.
its remains in this out-of-the-way This herd was exhibited and is
place, they rushed back to town owned by J. J. L. Phillips cf Tit
and secured the officers for an j ton.
investigation. In great excite-) Passing from the numerous
ment the grave was opened and, 1 herds of registered pure bred
to the dismay of all, it was found cattle-including the many state
to contain the remains of some prize winning animals, possibly
faithful dog whose owner had' no other exhibit attracted more
>ing—Russell W. Fleming
,and he fought alone and
ending solely upon Sheriff
™ Buster and Deputy
R 0. Smith for his aid
"Mg up evidence, he fought
te detectives, investigators,
influence and every other
er Possible to raise in a
fcase. Making his notes
^ked and
E FOURTH IS
OBSERVED HERE
Practically All Stores were
Closed—Day Is Observ
ed in Picnicking and Fun
Making.
Bainbridge celebrated the
Fourth today in a quiet and
orderly manner. Nearly all the
stores closed Monday night to
open no more until Wednesday.
Some few of the grocery stores
and markets opened in the morn
ing for a few hours, but by noon
nearly every store in town was
closed.
The drug stores, cold drink
stands and restaurants are open,
of course, for they seldom close.
Practically all the other stores
are shut tight, however.
The bicycle races staged by
the Motor Bicycle Company was
pulled off in the afternoon on
Broad street and furnished a lots
of fun for the children. Follow
ing are the results:
White—1st prize, Bruce Dykes;
— — 2nd prize, Bob Dupree; 3rd prize,
will practically increase in value J Bennett Bell.
; iaiimui uug wuuac i . -
- questioned the thought him wort hy of a decent attention or were the subject of
'-ts, Stayinn* -mml... u :~i_i 1
- ig awake nights i inr ; a i
5 , tlle m >dnight hour toj
, dev e!opments of the
Wakening himself from
" elIort > both physical
‘ ® but never weaken-
„ a moment—Russell W. . „ . ,
n ? fought the greatest letral the Southwest Georgia Brigade,
n the history of Boulder Confederate Veterans, that there
f "hen he tried Riprm c ! will be a big re-union picnic at
nsfor the murder of his ! Edison > Ga - on the of ,. l n iS
~Hnd won. : month. We are all cordially
more eirnest inquiry than a
stall containing three cross bred
steers owned by W. L. Florence.
These three steers two and one
. , half years old avearging 1200
L havp received a notice from I JL rp.
as beef cattle to those of pure-
breeds. The purebred bull will in
crease the value of the growing
herd something like five hundred
percent open market value,
which fact is vitally significant
to every stockman and farmer.
COUNTY OWNED BULLS.
With this significant economic
fact verified by actual attestation
and the half bred native steer
bringing in open market a quick
sale at four to five times the
price of his half brother--the all
native—no more timely or vital
economic question could face the
county authorities or contest the
treasury of the same, than the
purchase of a number of register
ed bulls and stall Ihem at con
venient points. With the service
of the pure bred bull one offspring
from native mother at the age
of three years is worth the price
of four or five head of stock at
same age from native bred. One
steer equals in value—open
market price-four of five common
ones; ancf the one half breed eats
no more or requires no more ex
pense for marketing than one
common animal.
Colored—1st prize, Bill Barnes;
2nd prize Dowdell Peterson.
BIG DAY AT EDISON
Edison is preparing to pull off
a big gala event on Wednes
day July the 12th, and desires
as many guests as can possibly
be there to enjoy it. “It is to be
a genuine BIG DAY,” says
Mayor E. L. Smith. In connec
tion therewith the Southwest
Georgia Confederate Veterans
reunion will be held, instead of
at Arlington as was scheduled.
Other features of the day are to
be an old time barbecue and
basket dinner, speeches by seve
ral prominent speakers, foot
races, sack races, slick pole
climbing, double-header baseball,
all interprised with brass band
music. Reduced rates on the
railroad has been asked for and
several thousand people are anti
cipated and they are going too.
Judge E. E. Cox has already
accepted an invitation to be one
ot the speakers in the interest
of his candidacy for congress
NECESSARY TO
BE DONE IN TOE
NEXT 30 DAYS
Co-operative Extension
Work and Home
Economics
All cotton should be cultivated
intensively with implements that
will keep down all vegetation
and form a good mulch without
cutting or interferring with the
lateral roots ef the plant. You
can’t go over it too often. Do
this weekly if possible.
CONTROL OF THE WEEVIL.
Pick up and burn all punctur
ed cotton forms. Do not let
them lay on the surface until the
adult weevil emerges. Nor will
it do to plow them under. To
plow them under the average
dept of cultivation will only
serve to furnish a sufficiency of
moisture for the rapid develop
ment of the weevil, which will
work his way to the surface.
The destruction of the punctured
forms with thoroughness is the
only known means ot control
that is appalicable to the pre
sent period. To half do this
work is equivalent to not do
ing it. For example, two punc
tured forms left undisturbed
would develop two adult weevils
in fifteen days. Assuming the
two to be a pair, male and fe
male, under favorable conditions,
they could raise over 600,000
weevils in ninety days. Assum
ing it to be a female, she would
deposit in forms an average of
150 eggs, besides she would des
troy many more forms in feed
ing. So by neglecting destruc
tion of one form, you soon have
150 adult weevils puncturing
forms. A handful of punctured
forms destroyed now is equival
ent to the destruction of barrels
of them on August first.
Your success in control of the
weevil will depend on the tho
roughness with which you do
this work. The over winter
ed weevil emerges from hy-
bernating quarters and lights
on the cotton. At this period,
she does not travel. She will
not cross a turn row from one
cut to another but confines her
feedings to within the space of
a few feet. She will soon leave
her period ofr life and die, and
is dependant on the eggs she
lays to develop weevils and thus
perpetuate her colony. You
break up her nest. Destroy all
punctured forms. Results: No
young ones raised. The old
weevil dies. They do not come
from other fields to yours. The
over wintered weevils are hardly
equal to the natural shedding of
the cotton until the migratory
period about August the tenth.
invited to attend. Also the com
mon people are invited to be
tk' G - Pel ham,
a , Picnic
R r ‘S honor of her |
' Flowers, of'
- , pounds in weight, after remain-
General Halsey, Commander of ^ on exhibition for two days,
sold for ten cents per pound each,
netting the owner $360. Here
then was the point of interest,
these steers grass fed and having
no other feed or care than the
open pasture and sharing the
common lot of native cattle
brought in the open market over
one hundred dollars in excess ot
the price paid for native stock of
the same age feeding under same
or simular conditions.
INTEREST IN HALF BREEDS.
In as much as the pure bred
animal is not found among the
herds of the average stockman.
The farmer who wishes to enter
N O T I c f i -
Maxwell T ■ present. Governor Harris and
it, and I will h«i me ^ Judge Cox will be present and
of tbl u b Personal sp eak, but the principal, thing
i e ‘ e stl0 P- I will ap-! that concerns us is the big eats,
Work you will send' of which there will be plenty.
iC JJj n i...* « • nil- _ e •_ j J/«11nwt* +n*» trip
e “s a trial and be con- i The fare 13 tw0 ( i? 11 . ar 1 ? ■ j 0r 1 ™
1 Julian Hodo-pq round trip from Bainbridge. If
“ . • ‘ you haven’t got the money you
can borrow it. The train leaves
entertain-; Bainbridge at 7:30 a. m. and re-
Tue«dv- 1C "' C u on Spring; turns at 8:17 p. m.
- aav m i, * L _i a. S. McBride, Adjutant,
t , Decatur County Camp,
I 1043 U. C. V.
the live stock businegs_gr_wishes d sultsjmtheo^en^marketj^
Fewer and better cattle is thejanditis probable Judge Frank
economic situation and lesson to i Park will also accept. Several
be learned from the exhibit at' other speakers have been invited
Moultrie. The cost is no more)and it is expected that at least
and the profits increased over I one candidate for Governor will
four hundred percent. Where
the countv may not respond to
the situation a community of
farmers should club together to
secure the pure bred animal to
head their herds and thus in
crease the value of their market
animals. Possibly a difference
may exist in the minds of differ
ent I farmers as to the best or
most valuable breed to be used
with native stock, some prefer
ring Herefords, [other the black
Aberdeen Angus, and still others
the famous shorthorn. For beef
only the Hereford cross has
verified unusally satisfactory re-
be there. The veterans of the
Sonthwest Georgia Brigade,
composed of the camps of Cal
houn, Early, Miller, Randolph,
Baker, Decatur and Dougherty
counties’ are expected to attend
the annual reunion on this oc
casion in full force.
Altogether, it is to be an
evqnt well worth the time and
efforts of big, little, old and
young to attend.
son of the uniformity of size and
color. It is difficult for the buyer
to discriminate between the
animals and thus a unform price
is secured for the entire herd./
RECOVERY NEWS
The farmers are very glad in
deed to see the nice rains on
their crops. They are looking
forward to a fine corn crop
through out Recovery district.
There was a fine picnic at Dell,
last Saturday. Everybody was
invited to bring well filled baskets
but there was only one basket
although it was well filled and
give the crowd plenty.
Mr. A. J. Andrew made a
business trip to Chattahoochee
last Monday.
Miss Rannie Griffin, has re
turned home after spending a
few days with relatives in Donal-
sonvilte.