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V, / / ll E POST-SEARCH LIGHT BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY AUGUST 3. 1916 Lon Introduces Bill LwnbvAmerican Bar VVo “ l !j Use Divorce Evil Make Marriage lies fre Sacred. L en actment""of the law' to |te marriage in Georgia, 1 j; now pending in the legislature, will revolu- , e marrige regulations and Ly prevent the evils of L|jty and divorce, which, fetors say are dependable ■promiscuous marriages con 'd under the present inade- I laws. ,J which was introduced J house by representative leson, of Turner county (drawn as a model by the lican Bar Association, and liready been adopted by a ■er part of the state assem- Jofthe country. Where it (been tried it has worked lactorily, and it is almost m Linal form that it is offered Jeassembly of Georgia. The ■alterations made are minor J to suit the state, such as Ig out the provisions for ler marriages. Be main provisions of the bill | Marriage may be validly racted in the state only after jense has been issued before | person authorized to cele- :e marriages, by declaring in presence of at least two jetent witnesses other than [officiating person, that they peach other as husband and Application for a license must pade at least five days before [license shall be issued; pro- d, that in case of emergency If extraordinary circumstancs j Judge of the court having hate jurisdiction may author- i the license to be issued at time before the expiration N days. pO license shall be issured un- borth parties are identified he satisfaction of the proper f nat h who shall require a |< n >ent under oath relative ■he legality of the comtem- |ted marriage. w license shall be issued if her of the contracting parties r be utlc J er the marriageable f. 01 conser| t as established If either of the con- r! n ® Parties between the Jiageable age and the age of P, majority (male 17-21; fe- no license shall be L without the consent of r 5 °r guardians, given un- L* °a!j er Lbi tided in w tiling pblic' aVlt b? ^ ore a notary tlilo" 35 ' Te also Provides that K J tlons , for license shall be lr .° lathe office of the ordi- ftl-f 4 ',. ’ r tbe of copies L;,J narnage certificate with c ‘ n ar., who shall, in turn, a record of them to the ,rw y of s tate. i dot f men ’ lawyers, bankers -er Profession me n have ibip Verj ’ m uch in favor of i 0Ve ‘', as . a Practicable means a; if J ? llns a state affairs V° n? been keeping the l°r*dir - „' r0m a Wealthy moral pit c ? n '.. Marriages under pre- id irt ' JAu ’. tlons are often enter- per e little thought, by Ipjffi ““-ren who considered gi e °~ e a romance that means $1.00 PER YEAR NEW BOOKS RECEIVED m PUBLIC LIBRARY Following is a list of the new books received at the Bainbridge Public Library: “The Borber Legion,” by Zane Grey: ‘‘Fall of a Nation,” by Dixon; "Cam Clarke,” by Walsh; ‘‘Behold the Woman,” by Harre; “The Man of Music Mountain,” by Spearman; “Seven Miles to Arden,” by Smythe; “Alice Devine,”, by Jepson; “The Proof of the Pudding,” by Nicholson; “Clappy Ricks,” by Kyne; “The Tigress,” by Warner; “The Door of Dread,” by Stringir. DUST AT_FRWLSTOWN Several Arrests Made at Bainbridge in Murder Case. The body of Willie Edwards, a negro who lived below Fowls- town, in this county, was found buried in a bank of saw dust near his home iate Monday after noon. Charlie Smith and three negro women are in jail here charged with the crime of mur der and accessories after the fact. Parties passing the saw dust heap noticed the presence of large swarms of flies and that buzzards were beginning to con- : gregate. Investigating, they ; found the body of the Edwards ; negro, having been buried at a 1 shallow depth. WHEN LAST SEEN. Those who had last seen Ed wards remembered that he had Igone to the house of Charlie Smith one night last week. | Investigation proved that he and Smith had been at outs over a woman, although Smith is 'married. Smith was arrested and with him his wife and two other women—Nora Hunley and Dutch Antley. One of these confessed that Smith did the kil- I ling and that the three women helped dispose of the body. Smith ithen confessed, but claimed that he was drunk and accidentally 1 fired his pistol with the (result that Edwards was killed. The women claim that Smith came in and told Edwards he had been looking for him a long time, and without hesitation drew his pistol ' and shot Edwards. The negroes will be tried at the November j term of court. jNEW RANK AT ATTAPULGUS j The Eank of Attapulgus open- led on Tuesday, August 1st, by I Mr. P. P- Perkins, of that place, | with Mrs. Alice P. Chesnutt j who will extend courtesy to alii (customers, as Cashier. I The new bank' although operat- ; ing on a small scale, will doubt- less render much service to At-j tapulgus and surrounding com- j munity, as well as proving pro-i fitable to Mr. Perkins anil Mrs. j Chesnutt. Packing House or Abet- toir For Decatur County Six Big Packing Plants To Ba Completed Within Shipping Distance. BY EUQKNK SOUTHWICK but not fantastic or idealistic; for nothing is said of a certifi cate of health, and the author of the hill does not intend that it shall go any farther than is nec essary to put a check on a mill \ which turns out divorces by the hundred in a single session of court and do away with condi tions which purefy the state. Eugenic measures may come later, bat all who have seen this bill are sure that its provisions With the recent introduction of live stock to the farming in terests of Georgia, the success of the enterprise depending mater ially upon the marketing of the product, special examination of methods employed by northern packers were made to determine the best results. Reviews were made from past and current re cords of both cattle and swine raising to secure for this state the greatest possible advantage in the development of this branch of agricultural husbandry. As confirmed by large northern ex perience, the packing plant was the medium of economic opera tion between the stock raiser and consumer and accordingly the establishment of the packing house has become a necessity in the order of the business. Accepting the approved method, the packing piant was established in Georgia with the liberal introduction and growing of meat animals for market. Moultrie responding at or.ce to the call of live stock men in south Georgia for such a plant, and so successful has been its operation that the special service rendered the county and com munity has called forth wide in quiry from other towns and counties in behalf of simular service. Not only has the matter of such a plant been reviewed by the several towns but at present time five new plants in four dif ferent cities within a radius of 250 miles or easy shipping dis tance from Bainbridge are being erected and will soon be installed for service. These new plants situated at Andalusia, Ala., Waycross, Statesboro, Jackson ville (two) with the one success fully established at Moultrie and another projected at Macon, must necessarily, with ordinary capaci ty, meet the requirements of south Georgia, especially until the meat producing industry in this section has taken on definite and well defined proportions. Until the industry or the grow ing of meat animals lor market has become a well attested and worked out plan with the farm ers and the packing plants now being completed verity their economic usefuness by paying a living dividen on the capitol invested, it might prove dis cretionary at least to abide the experimental time and effort of those now engaged before estab lishing still others. COUNTY SITUATION STATED. The fact is stated by those in formed in the county that a large amount of “home cured” meat fails to stay cured resulting in a large per cent of loss to the farmers. Further, that much of the meat which remains cured has little commercial value and no special market demand by reason of improper methods of slaughtering and packing. Thus the double loss to the farmer, little value for his surplus pro vided such surplus exists. Ac: cording to the 1910 census De catur county slaughtered a total of 25,261 animals to supply meat for a population of 29,045 which would indicate small surplus provided all the meat obtained properly cured and consumed. Doubtless not the case. On the other hand, with increased activ ity of the live stpck interests of the county, a large amount of and sold which surely does not indicate home sufficiency, either as to production or preservation. The supply of commercial well cured meat in the county, for the county, present trading fails verify as attested by the supply merchants. A timely economic fact to be reckoned with. BETTER EACILITIES REQUIRED. Eliminating the matter of sup ply, couniy sufficiency, the matter of each farmer preserving and eating upon his own table first class meat must mean large ad vantage in domestic comfort be sides a vast saving of money. Climatic conditions and a lack of experience make it imperative that the farmer secure assistance in the slaughtering and curing of his meats. Further until his own household is supplied with good well cured meat he surely has nothing to sell or offer to a packing house. His need is domesiic and here the abattoir comes to his rescue by supplying what the farmer lacks: cold storage and slaughtering and curing facilities. ECONOMIC MEANING OF AN ABATTOIR. With a well established abattoir (public salughter house) ably and and scientifically managed in the county, either or both at Bain bridge and Donalsonville, where the farmer could bring his meat animals for slaughter and have the meat cured arid packed by experienced men and then placed in cold storage—all at small cost and no loss—here the farmers is guaranteed good meat for his table besides having a commer cial article to sell if a surplus exists. This is the experience of Fulton and other north Georgia counties that the abbattoir serves a large economic place in the matter of handling the general meat situation with rural people. Few farmers in this climate have the experience [to properly dress and cure a carcass lacking both refrigeration and slaughter ing facilities. The abattoir equipped with all modern facili ties, besides the management well informed as to curing and preservation of meats, offers to the farmer an advantage of vital monetary interest [and one that should be incouraged by every economic interest of the county. It would mean no loss or waist of meat by inefficient curing; properly cured, wholesome meat for the table; and a market for any surplus at competing com mercial prices in the state. COUNTY INTERESTS AND SUPPLY FIRST. Until it is definitely determin ed that the meat supply exceeds demand by actual attestation in county markets—all merchants and [supply houses using only Decatur county meats—also that the farmers themselves are eat ing only first class meats of their own growing and a battoir cured, it seems self evident that not the general packing plant but the domestic abattoir is the home institution needed and required. With six pocking plants within easy shipping distance any sur plus can readidly be placed at their yards with twelve hours from destination. A very short haul compared with norther plants. Let the other plants enfoy the experience while Decatur countv MR. W. J. BRADY TO OPEN NEW STORE Mr. W. J. Brady, who for a period of years was in the em ploy of J. M. Laing in a general dry goods store, has succeeded Mr. J. M. Laing in the business. fn this respect it is understood that Mr. Brady will open his store with,an entirely new stock of dry goods and notions; also a full line of shoes and gents furnishings. With his large ex perience both with general trade and trade demands, it is assured that suocess will follow this business from the start. The many friends of this enterpris ing young man wish him every success in his splendid under taking. INBRIDGE Rescued Young Woman From Man Eating Shark Advice has just been received that J. C. Goodrich of Bainbridge has been recommended by the Carnagie Award Society for a hero medal for the timely and perilous rescue of Miss Janetta Keith of Tallahassee, Fla., from a terrible death at the mercy of the waves and a ravious man man eating shark in the waters of the Gulf some few days since. While full information has not been received concerning the incident it is understood that Miss Keith accidently stepped from the pier into the foaming surf and was soon engulfed be- ! neath the waves. Following in stantly the disappearance of the young lady the people standing on the pier were stricken with horror on observing the fin of a huge man eating shark passing 1 rapidly towards the spot where (Miss Keith was last seen. Con sternation reigned supreme while (women fainted. All were too dazed for action until the hero j of the hour appeared, Mr. J. C, (Goodrich who instantly leaped (from the pier into the depths (beneath and after a mighty struggle was seen battling with (the waves bearing the young ( lady safely to shore. Just how j the struggling couple were saved ( from a terrible death by a j miraculous escape from the shark (will possibly never be known. It is understood that Mr. Goodrich will receive his medal at once. HANGING FRIDAY * Will Lampkin, the condemned wife murderer will be hanged in the county jail yard tomorrow, Friday, betv/een the hours of 11 and 1 o’clock. Despite the at tempt to get the sentence com- munted to life imprisonment ex ecutive clemency was refused and the j/vife murderer must suffer the dire consequences on the gallows. ICE CREAM SUPPER There will be an ice cream supper on lawn in front of of the Presbyterian Manse at Climax on Monday night August 8th., for the benefit of the Climax Improvement Club. Everybody cordially invited to be present. ; good home grown and well cured meats by creating and establish- | ing for public utility and better- | rnant a public slaughtering house I to be used under skilfil manage ment for the people and by the people. Afterwards the packing IS BEING RAISED IN miCULOBl Can’t Win From Cairo, But Still Wants to Play Bainbridge, A Team Fjrnished Most of Cairo’s Players. “Bainbridge, the peer of all “pikeis,” was to play five games with Quincy this week, but after making the arrangements have canceled the games. Of course there is nothing surprising in this action, as it is nothing un usual for the old rival to craw-fish at the last minute when defeat seems to be staring her in the face. In future Quincy will very likely require her to put up for feit, for that is the only safe and sane way to deal with a bunch that have no regard for their word or inclination to live up to an agreement. If Bainbridge ever does get a baseball team together that she has a hunch can put it over on Quincy we’il wallop the very stuffin’ out of her.—Gadsden County Times. Poor Old Quincy! She just can’t help it. With a bush league team she still wants to be rated in the same class with Bainbridge, a town that has just finished a season ot real baseball. After Cairo had taken a few Bainbridge off casts and wallop ed the stem-winding stuffing out of Quincy there would not have been the slightest chance for the Gadsden boys in a contest I with us. We were really too charitable to think of such ruth less slaughter. j Furthermore the Bainbridge baseball crowds are a rather particular set of people; they like to see teams from larger towns, j We tried playing Donalsonville, I Climax, Quincy and these smal ler places and they do not draw the crowds. When Quincy grows a little more and get a first class ball team we will take her on for as many games as she wants. Until then, lay off on that “defeat staring her in the face” stuff. A special meeting of members of Decatur Lodge No. 32 K. of P., was held at th# Castle Hall on Broad street last Friday after noon at four o’clock, at which time officers were elected for the ensuing term, which resulted in the unanimous re-election of the present officers by acclamation; C. A. Miller, C. C.; W. J. Crom, iV. G.; J. M. Laing, Prelate; J. |G. Garrett, M. of W.; Dr. V. Berry, K. of R. & S., and M. of F.; J. N. Matthews, M. at A.; Jno. H. Emanuel, I. G.;A. A, Morris, O. G. The next regular convention will be held on the second Tues day in August, which will be the eighth and a large and enthu siastic attendance is expected, as it was decided to hold this and probably subsequent meetings in the afternoons at 4 o’clock | on account of the hot weather , and as it is expected to be more I convenient for a large number ot ( the members who wish to at- < tend. All members are cordially invited next Tuesday afternoon. plant. Pg P. Perkins, one of the lead ing merchants of Attapulgus, was here this week on business.