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NO. 16'
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY JULY 13, 1916
tons Necessary
L Fall Business.
^ha^traderwhofe
fc 0 pon the housetop ob-
economic horizon of
“coming harvest with its
Lied wealth must be
kready to share in its on-
■waveot prosperity. The
o fact is almost here. A
,ks more of sunshine and
kand the time will be at
jrparticipation in the sue-
(distribution of the spoil,
harvest will come its
vealth; its great
Ir.i-
bonding w
Distributed or
I
power. —
j; hundreds of different
’or planters this wealth
orpidtibcio *
id, seek a market ad van t-
i to the merchant and at the
' ie represent a large buy-
ower from the merchant,
aerchant will have special
lity for an increase of
ss a n d timely concern
be improved to enjoy full
|tage of the favoring cir-
inces,
>ecial preparation
necessary.
pthe increase of harvest
^corresponding cash equiv-
fwill come special demands
the shelves of the mer-
With liberal crop re-
come also liberal buy-
’he people will desire more
■otter goods than is usual
ordinary crop returns. En-
ga surplus of cash many
,and more expensive articles
athing, furniture and farm
nents will be desired and
ised. Each and every
er of the household may
demands upon the mer-
.j for special articles possi-
[never thought of or called
wring periods of past trad-
, Added wealth will favor
festive if not speculative
an d it is the merenant
'is on the hosetop of wise
bmely buying, stocking his
res with the more substan-
ijid attractive goods who is
the lions share of in
fall and winter business.
sites should be cleared
make room for a new stock
Hand winter merchandise,
shelves should be cleared;
the store room of all sum-
° r unseasonable goods,
mgh special summer sales a
■ral clearing should be made
h merchandise not compara-
the best fall or winter
'• JIeet new trade and
®oney with new goods. The
rade is going to demand it
I '^creased buying power
the knowledge that new
can be secured if not at
then elsewhere or at the
Jderhouse. With the two
jm? summer months sales
Jn should be effected to
house—to clear both the
a and store rooms of sum-
jeffjfSj ' vorn merchandise,
tonlvh IS ‘ sucb goods must
H D k. e 0ue red at specially
linam 8e ° US Price but extra *
v'’' practically unheard of
th^ 5, b>ur mg the past
|At& e0fKreSS & Co
in,. ., as cr °wded to over-
mt, JU ^ 'Womens shoes at
iter win, Pair ' The entire
3 v s ! h S , ome five hundred
. earl >' cleared by. as
ie r “;!, er3 ' vel1 dressed white
, the "««
lofiton thl i , Kress made no
* „i hedea l h eat least got
!. Hp i St0tncr9 inside bis
Igoods p C, j areci the sh elves of
n ^ the people-to
$1.00 PER YEAR
HUGH M. DORSEY ID
SPEAK HERE MONDAY
Candidate For
Will Address
County.
Governor
Voters of
Hon. Hugh Dorsey, candidate
for governor, will address the
voters of Decatur county Mon
day, July 17th. He will speak
at the court house, beginning at
10:00 o’clock in the morning.
Mr. Dorsey undoubtedly has a
strong following in this county
and his friends think that he
will be heard by a tremendous
crowd and that his candidacy
will be greatly strengthened by
his speech.
BOLL WEEVILS
ABE NOW IN DE-
CATU^ COUNTY
Decatur Was the First
County in the State to
Discover the Pest.
The Thomas county farmer
who declared last fall, with ref
erence to the boll weevil, that
“there ain’t no such animal,”
should come to Decatur county if
he wishes to be disabused in his
belief. That the boll weevil is
here no one any longer denies,
| no matter how strongly he might
1 wish the contrary true.
| Decatur county was the first
jin the state to discover the pres-
I ence of the dreaded pest, and it
, is perhaps true that his advance
ment is more pronounced here
j than elsewhere east of the Chat
tahoochee. County Demonstra-
ition Agent Lewis has recently
made a tour of the county and
states that in not a single field
did he fail to find boll weevil,
; and that in most cases there are
jnot just one or two but great
'quantities ot them.
IATTLESNAKE
INSTEADDFJEN EGGS
When Mrs. T. L. McLane,
who resides about two miles out
from Naylor, went out gather
ing eggs on last Wednesday
morning she found one hen nest
which contained a monster rattle
snake, instead of eggs. Mrs. Mc
Lane was within a few feet
of the snake when she discoved
it, but did not lose her head
and scream. She went to the
house, secured a shot gun and
put the reptile out of business,
Crop Marketing Vital Eco
nomic Fact With Farmers
ENORMOUS LOSSES SUFFERED FROM IRREG
ULAR METHODS.
BY EUGENE SOUTHWICK
Crop marketing, following im
mediately after crop growing, is
the vital economic fact of sue
cessful farming. The growing of
a crop is usually accepted as a
common everyday affair with all
classes of fanners and in possibly
too many instances not sufficient
regard is personally given to the
quality or quantity of the harvest.
But if evidence may be secured
to substantiate a lack of interest
in the growing or harvesting of
the crop, possibly and in fact a
volumn of evidence could be se
cured to support or substantiate
the assertion or second fact, that
of the two, the marketing of the
crop generally receives far less
attention than the growing. To
plant and cultivate a crop in
some fashion—for better or worse
—is a seasonable habit with the
farmer or land tenant even
though he may not be seriou3 as
to the character or value of the
crop thus planted; however, with
the marketing it is different, this
requires special iniative and in
telligent effort on the part of the
farmer if he would secure the
largest the largest financial re
turns in the open market for his
produce. The final and effective
work of the crop is consummat
ed only when the bank cashier
hands the grower a cash equivol-
ent for his offerings,
ECONOMIC WASTE ENORMOUS.
Any attempt to compute the
economic waste to the county by
reason of failure on the part of
the farmers to market the sum
total of their produce is prohibi
tive, but reviewing the relative
value of the annual increase of
the average farm as compared
with the actual amount sold must
leave quite too great a deficit
against the margin ot profit for
the year’s work. It is well under
stood fact in commercial or in
dustrial life that moments and
trifles count and it is upon this
margin of trifles in the cost of
labor, raw material or freight
rates that the profit to the busi
ness largely is determined. Waste
of any kind in a business reduces
profit and increases cost.
The same rule 'or law applies
with equal force to the farm; the
returns from the same. It is by
marketing everything which is
commercial above farm or family
consumption that full returns or
compensation is secured against
the business of farming, for
farming is a business. Growing
the crop is only one half of the
the second
This is the second rattler Mrs.
McLane has killed in the past j transaction and it is
few days. A day or two before or marketing half which brings
killing the second, she shot the] ; n the cash to pay for the farm:
head off a six-foot rattler. —Val- educate the children ; bring com-
dosta Times.
fort and convenience to the home
or place a comfortable margin of
cash in the bank. It is when the
crop is marketed, not simply
or less) regardless of sales while
the manufacturer must sell to
live. The advantage seemingly
is with the farmer, and such it
should be if it does not end with
BAINBRIDGE ID HAVE
PLACEJR SKATING
Will be Unlike Anything
in this Section of The
Country.
Prospects are that Bainbridge
soon will have a place of amuse
ment unlike anything in this sec
tion. The Bainbridge Ice Com
pany is contemplating the con
struction of a large swimming
pool in connection with its plant
recently completed here.
It is the purpose to convert
entire satisfaction with the living the pool into a skating rink in
and utter disregard for the year’s
income. Necessity may not play
the whip hand with the same
severity to the farmer as to the
manufacturer if no sales are
made, but in net income the
farmer must equally with the
manufacturer study and secure
the advantage of favoring mark
ets, if he would enjoy a reason
able and satisfactory return for
his labor and investment.
For the convenience of its
patrons, all the larger dailies
carry full market reports; also
many timely hints and sugges
tions. These should be carefully
and systematically observed. Be
fore your produce is ready for
market ascertain before hand
the most favoring and active
source of demand. There is a
cash market for all commercial
merchandise somewhere and it
can be located with proper dili
gence.
MARKET ONLY THE BEST.
To secure highest market
quotations and quick sales, offer
only the best,
the winter season by freezing
water from the ice plant, Ice
skating is a sport with which few
Georgians are familiar, but it is
believed by those who know that
once they become accustomed to
it the recreation will become
popular.
T
THE LEGISLATURE
Thanks Friends for Inter
est Shown But Declines
to offer for Lower House
of General Assembly.
In a card addressed to the
editor of the Post-Searchlight,
John W. Callahan announces that
he will not be a candidate for the
lower house of the general as
sembly in the September primary.
Select only that Callahan has been urged to
which is strictly commercial from
the crop and then in the neatest
package possible get it fresh on
make the race by many of the
voters ot the county, but leela
that his business interests are
the market. It will bring you in such that he can not make the
the cash. Remember it is quality j sacrifice ju3t now neccessary to
that counts in the open market; (make the race and then serve
the housewife being quite willing j should he be elected,
to pay the extra price for invit- j Mr. Callahan has given much
ing table delicasies. The quantity 1 0 f his time to the state and his
idea with too many farmers and city. As a member of the state
the failure to select from the
whole only the best for market
cancels all commercial value for
the lot and a total loss is too of
ten sustained. The fact should
ever be bourn in mind that the
open market is comparative; thus
all goods or produce offered must
find a ready or slow sale accord
ing to quality and comparative
value. The are always purchased
first with no demand for common
or quantity stuff.
At the present time country
eggs are quoted at a trifle over
senate from this district, and as
mayor and councilman of Bain
bridge he has probably given
more of his time to the public
than any man in Decatur county.
In his card Mr. Callahan thanks
his friends for the interest they
have shown and assures them
that he is ever glad to serve
them. He states that the county
has two good representatives
and that he sees no reason for
him to run. He states that his
business needs him just at this
stage of the game, and that he
20 cents per dozen with market j W ju be kept busy with private
trading at his place of business.
With the harvest almost at
hand, let not the glory and honor | , , . .
, . , , „ j „ . ..I grown or even harvested, that
of increased fall trade go to the f, , . ’ ^ .
., , . w . . .. the success of the increase is
city merchant. Bainbridge should | .
, , . , ! determined and the supreme ef-
beand is equal and alive to all r" ,
■ - . ... .. _ ! fort of the year should be given
her commercial obligations both; , , ,
as to finding a market for the 1 ° the study of markets to secure
merchandise of the county as , the most liberal returns,
well as supplying the demand of j markets should be studied.
larger and more selec^ buying. | The first question with the
The merchants thould be and ’ manufacturer- is markets; the
are on the housetops of commer-!.same should hold good and be
cial enterprise carefully inter- ! true with the farmer. Both are
preting the general trade setting producers. One secures his in-
for the mutual advantage of all crease from raw material the
interested. The banner year is other from the soil; but in each
at hand and this banner should case, a market must be available
be hung high on the commercial for the offerings of their hus-
achievement of Decatur county bandry. However, in favor of the
and Bainbridge merchants. farmer, he gets his living (more
well supplied; on the other hand
fresh table eggs at 35 cents per
dozen quick sale cannot be se
cured in quantities to meet the
demand. The difference of 15
cents per dozen or practically
two times the price of common
eggs, is simply a matter of care
in production and knowledge of
demand or marketing. The same
rule or law of economic advan
tage or disadvantage holds good
with respect to the’.marketing of
all farm offerings, especially
corn, cattle and hogs. A load of
corn brought to town by a farm
er in the shuck with ears of
uarious grades (a very common
occurance) has no actual com
mercial value and is disposed of,
if at all, at a give away figure. At
the same time standard grade
corn is being shipped from the
west into the same town and
selling at top commercial prices.
The farmer must commercial his
corn crop here the same as in
the north or west if he would
secure commercial prices. Only
loss can result from an attempt
to market non commercial grain
or produce. The best well sold
and the balance profitably fed on
(continued on page Tea)
interests and as mayor of Bain
bridge.
The card addressed to the
voters of the county through the
editor follows;
Editor Post-Searchlight:-
Will you allow me through the
columns of your paper to thank
my many friends throughout
the county who have urged me
to enter the race for the general
assembly, as the a member of
the lower house. While 1
thorougherly appreciate their in
terest in this, still I feel that my
business interest are such that
I cannot make the sacrifice nec
cessary.
The county has two good men
as representative so I see no
special need for me to make the
race against them. I understand
both will offer for re-election.
My private business interests
coupled with my duties as mayor
of Bainbridge will take all my
time. I certainly would not allow
myself to neglect my office of
mayor to the detriment of the
town, to enter a race for any
other political position.
It is a source of gratification
to me that so many people in
every section of the county have
Flint River Over
flows Its Banks
Decatur County Suffers
Little From Flood.
After a week ot almost incess
ant ram Flint river and its larg
est tributay Spring creek are
roaring torrents overflowing
their banks and covering some
considerable territory of bottom
lands. For several days the water
has been gradually rising, at first
with great rapidity while for the
past twenty four hours only
about one and one half inches
per hour. The river gauge hav
ing reached a stage of practically
twenty eight feet with slight in
dications of further rise seems
to forecast that the crest of the
flood is about reaching its maxi
mum. Also reports at Columbus
and other up state points indicate
that no further rise of importance
may be expected.
Not since the floods of 1912
has the river reached its present
stage nor ever come at a period
when floods meant possibly more
considerable damage. Although
it is understood that Decatur
county has been far more fortu
nate than many other counties
from actual property or crop
loss. While some bottom lands
have been inundated and some
corresponding loss sustained
from crop destruction yet it is
believed that when the final
estimate is made on actual dam
age done that only comparatively
small losses will have been sus
tained. Happily the flood came
gradually thus affording ample
time for the removal of much
personal property. No loss lias
so far been reported either as to
human life or live stock.
The washouts on the railroads
while vexations are being repair
ed at small cost and without ad
ditional labor. The mails were
delayed for some time but are
again coming on schedule time.
The sudden rise of the river at
tracted thousands of people from
town and county to its banks to
witness the turbulent rushing
stream, while many others camp
ed along the stream to watch the
progress of the upward rising
water. With the river now
standing practically stationery it
is believed that further damage
or anxiety for the further safety
of life and property is passed.
NOTICE
All boys receiving pigs from
the board of trade are hereby
advised that an immediate re
port is requested in order to as
certain the condition oi the pigs
and the progress made. In this
respect each boy has a pig will
write at once to the secretary of
the board of trade with infor
mation concerning the pig. This
report is desired at once. When
writing please give post office
address and rural, delivery route.
Eugene Southwick, Secretary.
seen fit to urge m£ to make the
race. Their confidence and
friendship means more to me
than any political office I could
ever attain.
I am not shirking my public
duty in declining to make the
race. If competent men were not
serving the county I would lay
aside personal matters and offer
for the place. The county is
well represented in the lower
house of the general assembly.
Again allow me to thank my
friends for their interest and
confidence.
Sincerely,
John W. Callahan.