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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.