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FOR SALE CHEAP-One 4-hp gas engine and wood saw as good as new r . Must sell at once. W. M. Jester. FOR SALE —Two good horses and new two horse Mitchell Wagon. Will sell cheap for cash, or exchange tor beef or pork. Cliff Brocket. WANTED — Position to teach in private family, by young lady who holds county license. No objection to going in the country. References exchang ed. Address Box 326, Bain- bndge, Ga. LOST STRAYED or STOLEN- From McCaskill's pasture on Doughs Lake road, one dark brown or black steer, 4 years old, marked, crop 2 splits in right ear and smooth crop in left. Reasonable reward tor any information. McDonald Bros., Attapulgus, Ga. WANTED-We will pay 5 cents each for cotton seed hull sacks and oat sacks. Bainbridge Ice Company. FOR RENT—Two large connect ing rooms, furnished, for light house keeping. Apply to Mrs. I. B. Grifhn. FOR RENT—Building next, to the Post Office. Good terms on lease. See or Address, CL G. Bower. FOR SALE: Good Buick Car, just overhauled, Price $150.00. Big bargain. L. F. Patterson. If you want buy a bicycle go to a bicycle store. The Motore Bi|ke Co, Shingler Bldg. {Hundreds Visited College Farm j During August mid Roptembpr each year there are automobile excursions M»f farmers to visit the farm of I ho Istate College of Agriculture. These (come in iiartles of from 75 lo ;ioi). IKIghl or ten counties have sent <lelo- (gallons. They have proven profitable land enjoyable occasions, and tanners iate glad lo repeal the visit each year. Get Machinery Under Cover L. C. HART, Professor of Agr. Engi. netring, Ga. State Col. Of Agr. Do not leave farm machinery out In the Held where it has been used, • but take it at once Into the barn or machine shed. Clean up the im plement, oil the bright surfaces, clean out (he oil holes and then plug them .»vith jvood or cotton waste to keep euvt the dust. It pays to take good of farm machinery. Farm inn ■ehltury pays best when treated best GMESTEilS PILLS laurnsi A'V J,,.,. for OElI-CHTls Vgtt S A DIAMOND Ilka NO rtu.s lo Ren ., a.l/V. Ont o inetall^ »*r*. scaled with HluK&j) Jllbbon. Tam no ornru. Huy of *«ur V/ Jksimli.1 «*W f,» r rllI.CIIKM.TFUH V HI A MONO 11 it V Nil* PILU, for twentv-flm yc.iv* icj*iitdf*l n* Safest. Alwnv* Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS nan* *iauKi' Bicycles for schools boys and fcirls at Motor-Bicycle Co, Shingler Bldg. INfiNCE Be it ordained] byj tho Mayor and Aldermen in council assem bled that from and after the passage of this ordinance it shall be unlawful lor any person, Sirin or corporation to have or . keep any nytroglycerine. dyna mite or other high explosives ’ -within the corporate limits of the city of Bainbridge. Any violation of the above 1 ordinance snalljupon conviction be purnished as prescribed in Sec, 430 of the City Code. Passed in open council and ap proved this Aug. 7, 1616. W. 0. Fleming, Clerk, Callahan. Mayor. V ' f Subscribe for the “Big E*aper,” l he Post-Search Light and get all the news Beats Other States In Pig Club Results According lo rcnoriH of all pi£ clubs in the (Jailed Staten, Georgia leads in largest net. profit per pig and low est cost of producing gain, excelling such corn states as Indiana, Nebras ka and Kentucky. Georgia club boys have purebred pigs for one thing. The iruiebreds and low coat of feed netted an average of $20.77 profit per pig at a cost of 2.9 cents per pound of gain. Moving Pictures Used A novelty in extension work among farmers in Georgia and in the United States is the movies. A complete power outfit of engine, dynamo and moving picture apparatus is carried out to school houses in the country on an auto truck. The very best of results as to pictures are obtained. Vast crowds swarm to see the agri cultural pictures, many to see movies for the first time. Field Specialists Visit Farmers No more important work is done than that which is conducted by spe cialists who go out from the College of Agriculture and come in touch with the farmers and help them solve their problems. Through these specialists demonstration work is done in beef production such as right feeding, con struction of silos, planting feed crops, introduction of purebred animals for breeding stock, the organization of livestock clubs and holding of live* stock meetings. Cream Routes Established Cream routes have been establish ed during the past year for collecting and marketing surplus cream of farm ers. The cream is shipped to the Col lege creamery and there made into butter. Purebred dairy sires have been in troduced, advice has been given as to feeding, silos have been built and home making of butter and the care of milk has been emphasized. Two specialists in dairying are constantly at work among the farmers. Extensive Publication Work Done Besides bulletins, circulars and pos ters, the Editor of the College pro vides 150 weekly papers of the slate, a column of free plate each week for a greater part of the year. Tills plate carries important agricultural Infor mation and reaches a large part of the farmers of the state. A news and information service with daily papers is also carried on. A circula tion of 500,000 a week is obtained for items in newspapers. Aid In Horticulture Extension work is done with orch ards in planting, pruning, spraying, packing and marketing; In trucking and home garden work; with canning clubs and with civic clubs in land scape gardening. Two specialists are constantly in I lie field. Aid In Building And Drainage The Department of Agricultural En gineering of the College of Agricul ture is under heavy demand from farmer* of thg slate for pisyjs for all , sorts of farm buTidingsTfor slTosTwate? works, septic tanks, lighting plants, dipping Vais, gold storage pfants, hy draulic rams, grain elevators, smitko houses, etc. One specialist is con stantly in the field aiding farmers iu this line of work. County Agents Work With Crops ; N ; t)J4 {teres corn, 30 bushels per acre; O.fiflO acres of cotton, 1,315 pounds of seed cotton per acre; 500 acres in tobacco, 257 pounds per acre; 0,512 acres in wheat, 10 bushels per acre; 7,683 acres in oats, 34 bushels per acre; 1,061 acres of alfalfa, 4.8 tons per acre; 585 acres sown to crim son clover, bur clover and vetch; 7,341 acres iu cowpeas; 3,994 acres to velvet beans; 871 acres in soy beans; 3.3S 1 acres in peanuts; 1.929 acres to potatoes; 20,344 orchard trees cared for. Purebred Livestock Introduced By Agents. Brood mares 240, stallions 52, Jacks 242. beef cattle 489, hogs 1,- 550. sheep 412. Treatment of Livestock Diseases and Pests.—Treated for blackleg 3,* 240, tuberculins tests 4,692, cattle treated for ticks 48,900, for lice 11.- 7IS, hogs treated for cholera 53,500, for lice* 30,112, for worms 16,032; horses treated for distemper 84, for digestive ailments 200, for accidents 200. Treatment Plant Diseases And In sects. For smut and rust of wheat 6,376 bushels; oats 10,368 bushels; for insects effecting tobacco 166 acres; oats 312 acres; potatoes 1S3 acres; orchards 424. Inoculation of Legumes.—For alfal fa 1,061 acres; for crimson clover, bur clover and vetch 7,145 acres; lespe- dezi| 41 acres; cowpeas 785 acres; vet- Vet beans’ 757 acres. Feeding Demonstration.—Dairy cat tle 3,902, beef catle 1,250, swine 3S,- 605. ^*!acy»«»" T. 8Hoa.—Slloa built by demonstration farmers 222. Lime. 5.150. acres were treated with 7,584 tons of time. Fertilizer.—Farmers advised regard ing use of fertilizer 11.800; demonstra tions with fertilizers 600; toils of home-made manure used under agents’ advice 60.000. Farmer*’ Organizations. —Number of farmers' clubs formed IDS. member ship 2.092 Improvements on Farms. Building plans furnished 320, improvements on buildings 1.696, water works installed 152, lighting plants installed 191. homes screened 928. rtv traps installed 1.254, telephone systems put in 24. drainage laid out 280 farms, acreage drained 9.630, stumps removed from 17,905 acres; acres terraced 31.600; home gardens started 5,720; farmers induced to rotate crops 1.264. Visitations.—-Total visits made by eouniy agents to co-operating farmers 48.440; to other farmers and business men 30,120; miles traveled 233.719; calls.made upon agent* at their offices 47,168. DOUSE! SWEEPS THE Monti ruied from "page li there. Decatur county gave Roscoe Luke as big a vote as Thomas County, his home county. Yeomans Jenkins and Fullbright run next as in order named. ITon. Perrv Rich of Miller county was beaten for re-election. James A. Perry seems to have won for railroad commissioner. Dudley Hughes was beaten for re-election to congress from the Twelfth district. The following is the vote as it was ’poised in Decatur County. For Governor—Harris 590, Dor sey 947, Hardman 64, Pottle 290. For Secretary of State—Phillip Cook 1882. For Comptroller-General— Wright 1125, Dobbs 747. For Attorney-General — Clif ford Walker 1864. For State Treasurer — Speer 1100, Eakes 764. For State Supt. of Schools - Brittain 913, Kees 968. For Pension Commissioner - Lindsey 1862. For Prison Commissioner, to Succeed R. E. Davidson—David son 1047, Flanders 225, Henslee 318, Tuggle 225. For Commissioner of Agricul ture-Price 777, Brown 1104. For Commissioner o f Com merce and Labor—Stanley 1883. For Chief Justice Supreme Court, full term—Fish 1884. For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for full term— Beck 1887. Forjudge Court of Appeals, for full term—Wade 1885. For Judge Court of Appeals, unexpired term of R. B. Russell —Hodges 1856. For Railroad Commissioner for full term, to succeed C. M. Cand ler—Candler 1125, Peeples 668. For Railroad Commissioner for full term, to succeed J. A. Perry — Perry 1079, McLendon 776. For Judges Court of Appeals for full term—Blood worth 410, Cozart 356, Fullbright 450, George 387, Graham 123, Grogcn 67, Hutcheson 337, Jenkins 187, Jones 99, Kimsey 115, Luke 1456, Skeeii 92, Stephens 445, Yeomans 630. For Resresentative in the 65th Congress from the 2nd District of Georgia—Frank Park 1289, Cox 591. For Judge Superior Court. Al bany Circuit—Harrell 1602, John son 280. For Solicitor-General, Albany Circuit—Bell 1891. For Representatives — Conger 1802, Griffin 1808. Cash paid for SECOND HAND BICYCLE frames at the BIC YCLE HOSPITAL. Meetings.—Meetings held with farm ers 1,0:16; attendance 101.S00; Held meetings 750, attendance 8,312. Literature and Letters Distributed. —Official letters 39,892, circular let ters 55,980, circulars and bulletins 201,780; articles for publication 1,- 128. Work With Schools.—Visits made by county agents to schools in inter est of club work 2,900, attendance 49,000. County Fairs.—County fairs promot ed 100. exhibits obtained 5,728. prizes won by club boys and girls 2,156. ^Other Work.—During the year 11,- 284 farmers were induced to adopt fall plowing, 4,196 were induced to se lect and Test seed for planting, 1,005 induced to grow - soeT for sale. Effect on Communities Of the fanners who are demonstra tors in co-operation with county agents 79 per cent raise their home supplies; 40 per cent now trade on a cash ba sis; 20 per cent have paid oft mort gages; 45 per cent have decreased in debtedness; an increase of 53 per cent in attendance upon agricultural meei- ings has occurred: 610 homes have installed labor saving devices. Statistics of Boys' Clubs Enrolled in Corn Clubs , . . 8,685 Boys reporting results. ... 2.210 Bushels reported 99,450 Average cost per bushel. . . . 42c Average number of bushels per acre 45 Enrolled in pig clubs ..... 2.605 Average profit per pig $20 77 Average cost per pound gain . 2 9c Enrolled in Oats clubs .... 400 Enrolled in Four-Crop clubs , . 929 In Cotton clubs . S75 In Pea clubs • • 1.025 Miseelli Dress Goods Specials We wish to offer the ladies of the section a few of the splendid specials that we have in Dress Goods. The line is complete and a visit of inspection will mean money saved to you. We mention only a few of the best for winter uses below. Silk Taffetta, swell line, all colors and shades $1,371 Silk Messaline, swell line, all colors and shades 1.371 Crepe de Chine, swell line, all colors and shades 1 45 Splendid lines of Poplin that were sold at 35c, just 25c Best Grade Wool Serges all colors, tans, browns, etc; ... 65c Mull, all colors and shades, good values for only.. 25c Good Corduroy, for Ladies Skirts at 69c Madras Shirting, splendid line only 19c Good Quality of Bleaching for only 10c Read over these and visit the store and get your dress goods for the winter while you have time to make them up and make a big saving. KLINE BROTHERS Water Street THE LIVE ONES Bainbridge, Ga. HIGH’S The Shopping Center of Georgia IN ATLANTA — - " Atlanta’s Leading Department Store The one store in A tlanta where \>our interests ts a paramount issue. Here you can shop by mail with the same degree of satisfaction as when shopping in person. A trial order will convince. Write for samples, price quotations, specifications of arty line of merchandise you may be in need. Your inquiry will receive the prompt, courteous attention of experts, and satisfaction guaranteed. READY TO WEAR LINES, FOR FALL OF 1916 Are Ready, Subject to Your Mail Orders or Personal Selection Showing the Greatest Collection ol Ready-to-wear Apparel for Misses, Juniors, and Women, this store has ever owned. Prices are fixed on a lower basis than the prices at other stores, for lil*e quality garments. Featuring Wool Suits at $19.75, $22.50, $25.00, $29.75 Suits for Misses, Juniors, and Women. Of Serges, Gabardines, Poplin*, and Whip cord*. In Blues, Browns, Black, Green* and Mixture*. The Best Suits in the State of Georgia for $25.00 Better in point of Materials used—in the quality of woikmanship, and Stylings- One Model is here pictured. Sizes for Misses, Juniors, and Women. FALL DRESSES, $14.75, $17.95, $19.75 Of Surges. Wool cloths. Crepe de Chine, EXTRA SPECIAL! To $3.50 Silk Shirtwaists, $1.95 Of extra quality Crepes de Chine, splendidly made. Ten different styles. In leading colors and white. AH sizes. SKIRTS, $4.95, $6.50 To *2.50 Voile, end Organdy Wai.U, *1229 ‘‘Sport*” Coat*, in White, Checks, and Fancy Patterns, for Misses and Women. Priced, $4.95, $6.95, $8.75, $10.50, $12.75, $19.75. J. M. HIGH COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga. Come to the Southeastern Fair October 14 to 21, inclusive. One-way Fare, plus 25c, buys a round trip ticket on all railroads Make our store your ilown-town headquarters. Centratlv located, an Ideal meet- ins place for friends. Host popular-priced lunches In the city, served In our down stairs Tea Room. Make use df our telephones, free of cost. Our Baggage Cheek System enables you to check your parcels in our store, and call for them at tlie Depot at train time. Information about the city cheerfully given. Ladles’ I'arloar and Best Rooms on our second door, arranged for your convenience. THIS $25.00 MODEL SKETCHED FROM STOCK Size* for Misses sad Woman Constipation Dulls Your Brain That dull, listless, oppressed feeling is due to impurities in your system, luggish liver, clogged intestines. Dr. .King’s New Life Pills give prompt re lief. A mild easy, non-griping bowel movement will tone up your system and help to clear your muddy, pimply complexion. Get a bottle of Dr. King's New Life Pills to-day at your druggist, 5c. A dose to-night will mike OF Owing to the tact that I am leaving the city temporarily and will be unable to see my many friendswho have been so kind to us during mv husband’s illness and death. I take a method of ex pressing my many thanks to one and all and may God bless them. Sincerely, Are You Looking Old? Old age comes quick enough without inviting it. Some loos old at forty. That is they be cause the neglect the liver ana bowels. Keen your bowels re gular and you liver healthy ar you will not only feel young*-- When troubled with constipate or biliousness take Cnamo- ' Iain’s Tablets. They are 1 ' tended especially for these^a ■ ments and are excellent. t tarn to take and most.