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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY JULY 27. 1916
[ittee (
Conger and Grif-
Important Com-
jjj-Reid With
Lor Harris.
LfliJffiY MELTON.)
i .July 26-(Special)
'people are prominent
«vsof the week at the
rapitoL Representatives
an d Griffin, and senator
ihave all played a pro-
Ipart in the workings of
jalature during the past
jmvanof the Railroads
K and a member of tne
ieeof the agriculture and
nations senator Callahan
•n in the limelight since
-sent term'of the legisla-
Jonvened. He also served
(ember of the special com-
[appointed to investigate
spate arising out of the
■drenewal of the contract
n the state and the Copper
|Sulphur people of Ten-
Iresentatives Conger and
a are members of im
p-committees in the house,
iris vice chairman of the
on railroads and a
|»r of general judiciary
3 {No. 1, and of the
J means committee. Re
lative Griffin is chairman
ecommittee on public print-
pe is a member of the com-
! on Appropriations, and
btesanitarium committee.
) WITH HARRIS.
InlKeid, of Bainbridge, is
I clerk at Harris headquart-
pthe Kimball house. John is
|ing hands with his south
i friends there and pre-
i landslide for the gover-
ith his intimate know-
P of south Georgia and his
! acquaintance there John
pake a valuable man for
I governor’s campaign com-
tLLAHAN ENTERTAINS.
Mtor John Callahan enter-
™ " e dnesday evening at
mer party at the Piedmont
; r Hls quests were Mr. and
’"“bur Moore, Hon. Ogden
f ns - President of the state
te ' and Quimby Melton, city
the Constitution.
, fi0PERTY TRANSFER.
e following account of a
J transfer m which
Rh f® d Decatur county
Cons > hgUred a PPeared in
£ ut>on of last Saturday.
lieofsiiioi-/ ;in negate
Ke annS fe 2 tured in an
r R.A Fwi yesterday
koi i h f,f the real estate
J ' r ‘- smith & J, H.
‘!? volved were
ige, Ga • n ! L ' r,ts an d Dain
ty ■’ t,j " n and faim pro-
^trie ng rp ,!d for A -Green,
^bridgf Co” v° L - B alh of
ave n 8 ue G a a ".g Nos - 32 and 34
"tent L three-story brick
iEas£ 6 fron ting 100
^’SevA™^ The a P art ‘
0 exchan a J Ue . d at *50,000.
properv at Ro- gav ?
I'ands njiar^h f ln ^ ldge and
\ Ea» a lhat Clt y-
'J lormeril en u e a P artmen ts
rli%r * er known no tv, n
WEEKLY BOARD OF
TRADE NOTES
Gynjnasium With Bathing
Pool and Reading
Rooms Needed.
$1.00 PER YEAR
I With
loroi t
Pon
BROWN TO OPPOSE
J. 0. PRJCE IN RAGE
Retiring President Georgia
Farmers’ Union Seeks
the Position of Commis
sioner of Agriculture.
J. J. Brown, retiring president
of the state Farmers’ union,
Saturday afternoon authorized
the announcement of his can
didacy for commissioner of
agriculture.
“I have been so busy since the
meeting of the union in Macon I
have not yet had time to prepare
a formal statement of my can
didacy,” said Mr. Brown “but I
am squarely in the race, and
will publish a formal statement
the latter part of the coming
week.”
The further statement is auth
orized that J. J. Conner, who has
been mentioned as a possible
candidate, will riot be in the race,
but will support Mr.LBrown.
Mr. Brown was for two years
assistant commissioner of agri
culture during the Conner ad
ministration.
LIFE IT
Athletic rooms for the young
man of Bainbridge is a timely
item of special interest. Possibly
few other topics of greater need
or importance could be discussed
with a view of serving the civic
demands of the city better than
the establishment of a gym
nasium equipped with reading
rooms, bathing pool, shower
baths and athletic apparatus,
With the closing of the base ball
season, some other pleasureble
diversion should be instituted to
afFord engaging and helpful en
tertainment for the young men
of the town; besides the physical
and intellecual benefits dreived
from manual training and
athletic sport afforded therefor
must more than pay in good
health the cost of maintenance.
In the larger cities, the gym
nasium with its reading rooms
and athletic equipment, is usually
supplied through the Y. M. C.
A. homes where ample and time
ly arrangements have been made
for the. entertainment and phy
sical improvement of its young
men. No call for civic improve
ment in any department of the
city is usually reponded to with
greater satisfaction or prompt
ness on the part of the business
men than a demand made for
funds to erect and .equip an in
stitution for the home entertain
ment and general improvement
of its young men, Employed dur- The Mitche u County Bank, of
the day, the young man both de- Camilla> is ln the hands of the
sire and require enjoyable re- state bank examiner . The offi
creation and athletic diversion cerg and d j rec tors of the institu-
during the evening. He needs a • tioI)f a{ter a mee ting at which
complete change of the social ^ be a ff a j rs 0 f the bank were gone
setting. He wants to sw ' m > | over, decided that it was best to
bathe, box, wrestle and otherwise close itB do0rs and not if y the
exercise and train his bones and s j- a t e banking department what
muscles in ways of active health; action they had laken . The im . j
and strength. The growingl med j a t e cause of the suspension]
nature demands it, and happy is of buginess was the lack of legal i
the youth who finds at his con- j reserve> but the bank has not
venience the well equipped gym- j beenon a pay i ng basis for sev-
nasium. It means to him innocent era | mon ths.
and well advised companionship
Well Known Camilla Man
Committed Suicide By
Shooting Himself With
A Revolver.
Mrs. T. R. Rushin and child
ren have returned from a three
weeks’ visit at Lanark. Mr.
Rushin went down and accom-
pained them on their return.
MITCHELL COUNTY fill
OP
Will Shiver, a well known
Camilla man, committed suicide
at his home there by shooting
himself throught the head with
a revolver, according to news
reaching here today. • It is stat
ed that members of the family
were away from home at the
time. Neighbors hearing the
pistol shot rushed to Shiver’s
home and found him lying across
a bed with a smoking revolver
grasped in his hand. The bullet
entered just above the right ear
and passed through his head.
He was dead when they reached
his side.
For several days Shiver had
been acting peculiarly. His wife
was tried Saturday before Or
dinary Wood on a charge of
lunacy, and although the jury
held she was sane, it is thought
that he brooded over ffiis trouble
until he becaume temporarly un
balanced and ended his life. Mr.
Shiver was about 42 years old
and was a member of one of
Mitchell county’s largest and
most prominent families.
JUDGE PARK OUGHT T0~
TO
Col. B. B. Bush, of Colquitt,
was a visitor here this week.
Miss Lida Lee Bruton has re
turned home after spending seve-
IFEBERAL TRADE COMMIS-
} lOrmprl'. T~ “^““‘“ciii.3
V, , ' known as the
•Iasi s i^,: ar T men ts. Within
^SGldVr- - vs Diey have
J. F a ru se P a rate times.
®ator Carlmn r * s ,°. ld them to
hrr. 'r/J ° n - °f Moultrie, who
h Sm?h T 1° A - J - Green.
15 handler! Mng agenc - v
Rirct ery transaction..
Prof E f R a visitor.
fc **et«i3fa?ih the Bainbrid « e
. ta^ulty was in Al
and athletic improvement.
For Bainbridge the large and
expensive Y. M. C. A. buildings
are not to be considered or need
ed, but upon a modest, though
liberal plan, suitable rooms could 1 ral weeks at Lanark.
be secured or built to meet all |
reasonable demands.
Mention has already been
made for the use of the old
school building, the rearrange
ment of some portion of the
same; also mention has been .
made of the use of other vacant 1’ be Federal Trade Commission
properties in the central portion , at IWashington, of Jvvhich Hon,
of the city. It seems reasonable W. J.. Harris of Georgia is a mem-
to presume that suitable quarters her, is already at work framing
could be secured and athletic ap- questions for its examination
paratus and other gymnasium i into the news print situation,
features installed at a figure jand it will shortly be up to the
entirely within the financial icon- various publishers to prove a,
venience of the business men of case against the paper manufac-
the city, should this timely civic turers, if such evidence exists, j
need be pressed to an issue. I A circular letter is .being tenF
Not indifferent or less con- out asking tor reports on paper I
siderate of the interests of her consumed since 1913, together j
young rren than other cities,, with the prices paid, the cost ofj
Bainbridge is quite as able and freight, evidence of waste, name
willing to conform with such of seller. Other pertinent in
needs or requirments and fulfill inquiries will be made, tending
the same with modest but suf-' to expose the entire inside situa-
hcient gymnasium facilities as tion of the paper business, and
may be necessary for the enter-: demonstrate whether the short-
tainment and physical improve- jag® ' 8 real or artificial.
ment of her sons. If the blanks sent out by th . e
- - I commission are filled in intelli-
. , . . ... u.: gently and promptly, it will not
lanta several days this week. He.f, ; * • l , . !
was en route to Ashville North' take long to arrive at a conclusion j
Carolina, where he will spend as to what is the matter with the
the summer months and was manufacture and sale of paper.
held up in Atlanta on account of
the damaged railroad tracks be-
tween here and the Carolina Mr. Eugene Rushin, of Thom-
resort. Prof. Bitser has accepted astcn, spent two or three days
a position in Quitman for next here last week as the guest of
year. ‘his brother, Mr. T, R. Rushin.
Judge Park’s friends believe
that he should be returned to
congress from this district, bas
ing the conclusion on the fact
that he is qualified by ability,
training and temperament for
the position.
Not given to spectacular met
hods, Judge Park’s work for
his district has been in a quiet
dignified, persistent manner and
that his services have been ap
preciated by the Democratic
party in congress and his worth
recognized by the statesmen is
proved by the important com
mittee assignments he has re
ceived.
When he was sent to congress
he almost immediately gained
recognition among the big men
of the nation as a man of depth,
dignity, capacity and conscience.
Only ability and worth could
win such standing, assert the
friends of the congressman and
it is the general belief that he
should not have had oppoosition
at this time, which belief is evi
denced by the complete failure
of his opponent to secure en
couragement from the voters of
this district.
History shows that the longer
a man remains in congress when
he is. efficient, honest, faithful,
and prompt the more useful he
can be to his people. The north
and east have been keeping their
members in congress for a long
time, Land the south has been
doing so now for a number of
years. —From The Cairo Messe
nger, July, 21.
PELHAM GETS FIRST BALE!
The first bale of cotton for j
Georgia so far as is known here i
was marketed last week a t
Pelham. It was raised by Ned
Sanders, a negro farmer, in the I
western part of Mitchell county, j
He is the same farmer who;
raised Georgia’s first bale last
year. He is one day later this
year than last with his first bale.
The bale was sold that morn
ing to the the Hand Trading
Company, of Pelham, who shipp
ed it by express immediatly to
Savannah. It weighed 501)
pounds and classed middling.
CONDITIONS REQUIRE
A CLEAN UP WEEK
A Clean Up Week For Bain
bridge is Very Much
In Order.
Following the long period of
rain and cloudy weather covering
something over three weeks
grass and weeds of all kinds
have grown excessively practi
cally covering every spot of
ground not already occupied.
This grass and weeds grown
tall and rank are not only unj
sigthly and generally objection
able, but offer timely refuge and
afford a veritable incubator for
mosquitoes and other insects to
multiply and remain on the pre
mises. To allow the grass and
weeds to remain is veritably to
invite these pests to stay with
us as visitors of torment if not
actual sickness; besides common
civic pride and prudence should
advise immediate removal of the
unsightIV weeds and other rubb
ish. If the matter of health is
not involved common expedi-
ancy is in the matter of timely
removal tor convenience and
general improvement of the pro
perty. Tall weeds and rubbish
is not an asset to any home,
town or community.
W ith the end of the rain practi
cally in sight and the sunshine
coming to the rescure of
DIXIE LEAGUE
E SUCCESS
FIRST
AH Teams Stayed in Until
Close, and All Will be
Back Next Year—Bain
bridge Finished Third.
The Dixie League, whose sea
son has just closed proved to
be one of the most jam-up
ilttle leagues in the country.
Every team stayed fill the close
and althrough Valdosta wavered
for a time, It is believed that
all will be back next season.
The race for the pennant,
while confined to two clubs dur
ing the latest part of his season
proved a hummer and was not
decided until the last week of
the season. Dothan and Eufaula
the two contenders, had the ad
vantage of entering the league
before most of the Georgia
towns thought of such and con
sequently were well heeled when
the oiher teams were just start
ing.
No team entered the league
with the expectation of making
money and none did, unless it
was Moultrie, where the attend
ance was said to be phenomenal
the jail the season. This was offset
situation, the timely and urgent perhaps by the expense Moultrie
thing to do is for every home j incurred in trying out so many
to clean off all grass, weeds and jplayers, presenting a new team
other unsightly rubbish from the almost every week,
yard-both front and back-and j Most of the teams will be kept
burn same as soon as dry. On j intack for several weeks yet to
the part of the city, authority !play amateur organizations,
should be given for all vacant Moultrie has already entered the
property to be likewise cleaned; Big Four Circuit, while Valdosta
this to include all parks and vac- i is playing Cairo this week and
ant lands within the city limits, j Bainbridge is figuring on games
This act of common expediancy 1 with Quiny, Tallahassee and
on the part of each resident! other Florida towns.
would not only beautify the j
place but materially reduce the
cause of much everyday torment,
the mosquito. Certainly cause
enough.
A clean up day therefore is
very much in order and it is
WEEK ENOPARTYATLANARK
A week end party of twenty
seven Bainbridge people enjoyed
reasonable to belteve that this'^ he no , ve J ! xp ! rienc ® of rlding to
occasion will be adopted and ap-
Lanark Saturday afternoon on a
proved by every resident and | motor car or bus completed-with
property owner and that timely j the engine and gear from a Buick
action will be taken to remove I 1 automobile. Just how novel or
the unsightly, unsanitary grass f^oyable the tnp was must be
and weeds with
breeding verim.
their insect
HUGH M. DORSET DECA
TUR COUNT! CLUB
learned from consultation with
some member of the party, al
though general entusiasm prevad-
ed the crowd over the safe and
rapid transit made by this novel
car.
At Lanark the party was
warmly received by the hotel
j manager M. T. Sollar and wife
Everybody who is interested‘and cordially and comfortably
in Mr. Dorsey’s candidacy for j entertained. Bathing, boating
Governor are urged to attend a and dancing was engaged in with
mass meeting at the court house enthusiasm and delight. The
next Saturday, July 29th, at 1:30 members cf the party were: Mrs,
o’clock, P. M. Saturday has 1 J. F. Tolar, Mrs. Edna Williams,
been agreed upon in order that
all of Mr. Dorseys friends who
live in the country will be able
to attend this meeting and have
an opportunity of being heard
Miss Kate Griffin, Mrs GusKorn-
man.Miss Blanch Kornman, Miss
Myrtle Kornman, Miss Emma
Sutherland, Miss Marion Suther
land, Mrs. Mary Cox, Miss Elsie
and offer suggestions in behalf j Cox, Mr. C. L. Walker and wife.
of Mr. Dorsey.
A Decatur County Hugh M.
Dorsey Club will be organized
with a committee and chairman
in each malitia district, it is
therefore necessary that as many
as can be present from every
district and locality of the coun
ty.
This method of organizing will
enable every one who is Mr. Dor
seys friend to do something for
him and show their loyalty and
receive the credit of their vote.
If you are busy plowing, send
your boy or your friend and in
struct him what to say for Hugh
M. Dorsey.
Hugh Dorsey Club.
R. B. Coleman, G. C. Heldman,
J. C. Goodrich, C. R. Graham, -T.
C. Hooten, Scott Russell, H. G.
Bell, Ralph Kwlecki, Charles
Chestnut, E. S. Maunk, Ted
O’Donald, N. J. Crom, W. O.
Lumpkin, Eugene Seuthwick
and T. S. Haws.
MrrJ. I Subersistakinga post
graduate course at the Emerson
College of Expression at Boston,
Mass. She will be absent until
September. In returning she
will combine pleasure with study
and visit historical places of
interest in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Washington and
Atlanta.