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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
DORSEY SWEEPS THE STATE FDR GOVERNOR! OEMS
DECIITIIR TO THE
nrollment For
Day.
■First
Iridge
High School
Jay with a full corps
fesent and a splen-
L for the first day.
Gilding being prop-
_ for an immense
f The work this year
love the average,
ment this year will
brably with that of
jear. and more inter-
|o be taken by the
usual. Most of
[that were here last
led tor this year’s
I, Thomason, the Sup-
T has great expecta-
l work this year.
HOLIDAY OCT. 0, FOR
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN
•i!
The county board of education
met last Friday and during their
deliberations they passed a re
solution making Friday Oct. 6th,
a county wide holdiday and any
child in the Decatur county
school that desires to attend the
educational rally and Day at
Donalsonville during the week of
the Southwest Georgia Fair may
do so. This day will be one of
most instructive days that the
children of the county have ever
had and a number are counting
on attending.
HARRIS RUNS SECOND—HARD
MAN THIRD—POTTLE FOURTH
Returns Up to This Hour Show Dorsey on First Bailot-J, D.
Price in Close Contest With J. J, Brown.
Park and Harrell Winners.
JUDCE HARRELL
WINS EASILY
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
,*\j0
The election passed off very
quietly in this county and while
interest seemed keen there was
not as large a vote polled as
was was expected. The result
was a landslide for Dorsey in
this countv, Park and Judge
Harrell for congress and Judge
of the Superior Court respecti
vely.
The effort to combine the
Pottle, Hardman and Harris vote
failing Dorsey beat them all put
together nearly all over the
state. Congressman Frank Park,
winning the county also by a
ful of the outcome of the Con
vention, the booger that con
fronted all. The vote was very
heavy throughout the entire
state and every county that went
for 6orsey seemed to have gone
for him overwhelmingly and
while he has the needed vote in
the convention he got a big
majority at the hands of the
people. There is no question as
to the desire of the voting
strength of the state as to who
they want for Governor. The
other state offices remain about
the same. There seems to be a
Judge W. M. Harrell carried
Decatur county by a majority of
1324 votes, Calhoun by 115 maj
ority and Grady by 808 majority,
making his majorities 2257. He
lost Baker by a vote of 3 and
Dougherty by a vote of 415 and
Mitchell by hardly 600, making
his Dosses of 1018, this giving
him a majority of over 1100 votes
prrick's greatest am-
The Bainbridge Public Libary
has recently received from the
; Trustees under the will of Mary
j Baker Eddy, the following books
on Christian Science:
| “Science and Health With the
I Key to the Scriptures.” Mis-
liplift the stage. All j cellaiieous Writings.”. "Retio-
Jfultalents are direct- pcction and Introspection.”
It end, He becomes ”First Church of Christ/ Scient-
fmany, but advances i ist and Miscellany.” “Christian
for women arouse j Healing and the Peoples Idea of
in him, until one j God.” “Unity of God,” Pulpit
|le playing “Romeo”! and Press.” ”>'o and Yes,” also
t in a box i ‘ ‘The Lite of Mary Baker Kady, ”
a wealthy Lon-! by Sybil Wilson and the follow-
visits Garrick ing periodicals; Christian Science
ithat his daughter 1 Sentinel (weekly); Christian
i love with him. He! Science Monitor (daily).
rick a big sum to
land, t;hus giving
.y, a favored suitor,
Id. Garrick refuses,
its to cure the girl of
tion for him.
ds a dinner at Ingot’s
meets the daughter
of his dreams. Stung
bv his promise to In-
These books and peroidicals
have been presented without cost
to the library and are at the
disprisal of the reading public.
DEATH OF MR. DEAN
One of the pieces of sad news
that we are called on this week
k carries out his plan, j to chionicle is the death of Bob
otr.es aware of Gar- Dean, who passed away on last
it affections tor Ingot’s Thursday night about 10 o’clock.
Ada. and informs her. j A man with lots of friends and
u fion of the story a man with a good heart. For
Joint holds one breath- many years an officer in the
nterest in its masterly j county and city. He was
)n °* humor, pathos, 1 strange and odd character but
aR d passion. And a man that everybody liked.
PPiness builds to de-iBob Dean was a real landmark
STATE CONVENTION
Bunch of the Truly Loyal
to go to Macon.
The excutive committee met
Wednesday at noon and named
as delegates to the State Con
vention as feollows: Dr. J. D.
Chason, J. G. Garrett, E. J
Willis, B. B. Bower Jr. Alter
nates: M. E. O’Neal, J. B. Kev
in the circuit. Judge Harrell’s nolds, D. R. Bower, C. S.
friends feel good over his mag
nificent showing and they as well
as the county at large teel grate
ful to the voters of the circuit.
NE6H0 SHOOTING
SATURDAY NIGHT
Rob McCay and John Greed
two negros from above Bain
bridge pulled off an old fashioned
shooting and cutting scrape
Saturday night. They had a fall
ing out over $1.50 difference.
Green proceeded to cut McCay
in several places when McCay
pulled a 32 Special and proceeded
to smoke up the scenery with the
result that Green was pretty
badly wounded just above the
heart. McCay gave up to the
officers without any parleying
and was brought into jail where
his wounds received attention.
Green is resting pretty well and
outside of a pretty bad scare he
will not be any the worse for
wear.
Haddon, and also names as com
plimentary alternates were T. E.
Rich, C. W. Wimberley, Jr.,
C. E. Glisson, W. G. Powell,
H. A. Taylor, J. W. Napier, E.
M. Littlefield, S. Davis Tonge.
This list was made up of tried
supporters of Mr. Dorsey by the
chairmen of the Dorsey com
mittee find furnished the exe«
cutive committee chairman.
They will leave with Dr.
Ceason as chairman of the com
mittee."
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MRS. NINNA TOOLE DIES
SUDDENLY IN ROME, GA.
JUDGE W. M. HARRELL
of Bainbridge, who was elected Judge of Superior Court of
the Albany Circuit over Judge A. S. Johnson of Camilla
iding.
aracterof Davis Gar-
Ttrayed by Dustin Far-
and stood as a connecting link
between the past with the pre
sent in this section. He was a
easy infused into it a better friend to everybody than
amount of heart in-1 to himself and a man that pre
sympathy. The cast sented more different sides of
ional support good fellow than any man in the
nderfully sue- city.
•At Callahan
onday night Sept. 18.
non.
Bob will be missed, his cheery
word and lively spirit was
source of great pleasure to his
friends. Never a man to be
down-hearted and despondent he
made everybody feel better by
■services will be being around him. Bob was a
next Sunday as good citizen and had many ac-
| quaintances all over the county
mnday School, j that will miss him. Peace to
Morning Prayer his ashes and may he find as
! many goods turns in the life to
Evening Prayer come as he has done others in
j his day and time,
to -—
rdiall invited
■ese services.
HI GINNED
wer.
Services next Sunday morniug
and evening. Everyone is cordial-
I ly invited to attend. All mem-
urjrJj U < : ot ' bers are urged to be present.
1 Dpnat n aS ^ k a ^ es ’ Morning service at 11:00. Even-
r- l Tuir C ° Unty from ing service at 8:00.
Y l,e 4*16 season priori
££*1. 1916, as com- —
bales ginned; Mr. Otho Benton was in the
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flattering and handsome vote.
Judge Harrell carried the county
overwhelmingly over Judge
Johnson ot Mitchell county.
There seemed to be no ill feeling
during the day and the friends
of the candidates arond the polls
spent the day ranging each
other and the best of humor
prevailed throughout.
There seemed to be a deter
mined effort so far as the De
catur county voters were con
cerned to put in new blood in
the State House and the vote
showed this sentiment very plain
ly. J. J- Brown tor Commission
er ot Agriculture ran a supris-
ingly strong race in the county
and cut the big vote of Price
of two years ago all to pieces.
Luke, Fullbright, Jenkins,
George and Cozart ran ahead for
the place on the court of Ap
peals. Both Dobbs and Eakes
getting a great vote in the
county. The hottest election
held here in many years but at
the same time the best natured.
The state campaign was full of
surprises for some of the wise
acres in the political arena. The
election of Dorsey shook the
thing up right lively and his
enormous vote was a surprise
even to his most loyal supporters.
They thought that he would lead
School open Monday morning
and as usual there wa3 a lot of
confusion about the kind of
school books that the children
were to use. A list was published,
a list we are informed furnished
the school book dealer and at
the last hour changes made in
f this list and confusion resulting.
It does look like the school
trustees could protect the people
from any such needless worry
and confusion. They can decide
or have the teachers decide at
least 10 days before hand what
books they are going to use and
positively prevent and last hour
changes in them. It would be a
splendid idea for the trustees to
at least prevent changing them
at all for a short term of two
years. Methods of teaching dont
advance so fast that the books
have to he changed every term.
In one of the grades a reader
The friends of Mrs. Ninna
Toole will learn with regret that
she died very suddenly at Rome,
Ga. Mrs. Toole had gone there
to accept a position and became
ill immediately on arrival. She
was one of the most lovable ladies
that ever lived in Bainbridge and
in her circles of friends she was j was placed on the list, the dealer
a close race between Price and
Brown for Commissioner of
Agriculture with the chances
favoring Brown at this time.
Some of the interesting features
of the primary were the defeat of
Judge Fite of the Cherokee Circuit
the winning race of FetOverstret
in the First district and the de
feat of Dudly Hughes for Con
gress from the third district. The
re-election of Alex Lawrence
from Savannah after a heavy
and terific fight being made
against him. The election of
Judge Walker from the-llth,
district. Fullbright, Cozart
and Jenkins seem to have won
tor the Court of Appeals but that
is still very much in doubt.
Judge Price Gilbert of Columbus,
one of the leading judges of the
state was beaten by a close vote.
Bob Blackburn was defeated for
Congress from the 5th, district
J. J. Brown carried Clarke county
for commissioner of Agriculture.
Fondren Mitchell of Thomas
County was elected Solicitor-
General of the Southern circuit
will be a pleasant bit of political
news to his many friends
Decatur county. Calvin Parker
and Volney Williams of Ware
county beat the bolters from the
March primary in that county
badly and the party is sustained
very popular. A life long member has them but for some reason
of the Baptist church she was .another reader is substituted tor
known by her work in that church | this one and neither dealer has
by all of its members. The body jthem. Nov/ we dont know whose
was brought to Bainbridge Mon
day and interred in the local
cemetery in the presence of a
number of her friends and ac
quaintances. Mrs. Toole was a
sister of Mr. C. E. Williams of
Tallahassee. The news of her
death will be received with sor
row by all that knew her.
MAKES GOOD SHOWING
fault this is but we do know
there is very little business
sense in this constant substitu
tion of books after a list is print
ed, which we would suppose is
authentic as no dealer loves to
buy books that are not listed to
be used.
fir
LAST E
The colored senool opened up
Monday under the principalship
of Prof. G. R. Hutto and his corp
of teachers with an increase of
nearly one hundred pupils over
the first day last year. The city
has made some improvements in
the school building and they are
able to accomodate more pupils
than ever. Prof. Hutto has been
in charge of the school for sever
al years and it 3eems to prosper
under his management.
Miss Vera Miller of Iron City
and Hattie McCaskill of Donalson
ville were in the city Tuesday
,light, attending the theater.
On Sept. 19th the A. B. & A.
Ry., will operate its last popular
price excursion this year to At
lanta. The round trip rate will
be less than the regular one-way
fare. The tickets will be good
to return on any regular train
for five days after date ot sale.
The tickets will be good in sleep
ing cars. Reservations should
be made as tar in advance as
possible. Tickets will be sold
from stations on the Thomas-
ville Division. Ask the A. B.
& A. Ry., Agent for further in
formation. W. W. Croxton,
General Passenger AgenJ At
lanta, Ga.
Rugs nicely cleaned 25 cents
Squares $1.00. Let us do yours
for you. Dixie Steam Laundry, i