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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY OCTOBER 5. 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
■ople from all -Over the
Section are Attending in
Great Numbers. Inter
est in Exhibits Keen.
rue Southwest Georgia Fair
eff open its gates to an im-
,„se crowd of folks that had
thered in from every quarter
the three tributary states,
orgja. Alabama and Florida,
iple were interested in this
and have been for many
foand they found all they
, e d to find, they found more
they expected. The band
istc, the carnival, the' exhi-
the crowds, the merry-
leers have made a great week
the West Decatur Metropolis
and experienced fair goers
us that this agricultural dis-
has never been surpassed at
of the fairs held in the big
ies. Every interest in _J:he
cultural field of endeavor is
11 represented. Every amuse-
nt that the young could wish
there for their pleasure,
ery kind of an animal is -there
mi the very best down to med-
n.
lainbridge folks have been
Ing over in scores, all taking
irest in the event and all
;hly pleased with what they
Automobiles from almost
rywhere have been passing
iugh the town on thier way
he lair. For a week the sec-
has been centered on the
n of Donalsonville and there
no doubt that Donalsonville
measured up to expectations
ill of us. This Fair will long
remembered as one of the
it comprehensive ever held
•he state and its good re
ts will be felt for many years
come.
A special sermon will be de
livered by the pastor next Sun
day morning to the SENSIBLE
MEN AND WOMEN ot the city.
All members of the cohgregation
are urged to be present. A most
cordial invitation is extended to
all friends.
AUTO FULL OF WHISKEY
Mr. Ed Farnell and Henry Ed
wards of Whigham were arrest'
ed in Bainbridge Saturday night
charged with selling whiskey
and it is alleged that their car
had quite a load of pint bottles
of whiskey in it. The men gave
bond and for a while there quite
a little gossip about the matter.
The arrest of Mr. Ed Farnell
on such a charge caused quite a
surprise among the friends of
that gentleman as he was an
officer of the law having, been
both one the police force cf this
city and of Whigham. The case
created quite a lot of interest
and will be watched as to the
out come.
DECATUR BOY IS
KILLED BY FULL
FRJM HORSE
Well Known Young Man
Found Severely Injured.
Facts Seem very Vague
as to Accident.
An auto collision was averted
yesterday afternoon on Belchers
corner by smashing into the
buggy of old uncle Harp, a well
esteemed old colored man living
just out of town.
Mr. Gunn in trying .to dodge
a driver of a Ford who was
looking in another direction
when turning the corner smash
ed into the buggy and the Ford.
The Ford man backed out of the
wreck and beat it, leaving Mr.
Gunn to covqr all damages. That
the accident was not more seri
ous is a miracle.
The 12-year-old son of Greene
Murkerson, a farmer living west
of here, in this county, was found
in a dying condition in the woods
near his father’s house yester
day afternoon. The boy was car
ried home and diedwithout ever
regaining consciousness.
It was at first thought that
perhaps foul play might have
caused his death, his head bear
ing a great bruise, apparently
caused by a heavy blow.
Going back to where he was
found it was seen that he had
fallen from the horse which he
rode and that his head] had
struck a stump, leaving hair and
blood. The little fellow had been
in poor Health and was just get
ting strong enough to get about
when his father sent him on
horseback to Reynoldsville, a
nearby trading point, ior medi
cine. At dark he had not return
ed and searchers were sent to lo
cate him. The horfie was found
SLAYER CAUGHT,
MOTHER OF
KILLEDJY MOB
Sam Coneliy, Alleged Mur
derer of E. M. Melvin,
of Calhoun County Is
Brought to Macon.
The slayer of E. M. Melvin, a
well known Calhoun county
farmer, residing at Leary, was
Next Sunday being the Second
Sunday in the month, Mr. Sams
will be in Cuthbert and there
will be no services i n this
Church. The Sunday School at
10:00 A.M. Friday afternoon,
Litany Services at 4:30 P. M.
SOUTH’S COTTON TO BE
IN GREAT DEMAND
The South’s cotton after the
close of the European war will
captured yesterday afternoon at be in greater demand than ever
TO CONSIDER'
SCHDDL-
BJOK BILL
State Board of Education
Will Hold Meeting Sat
urday to Study Meas
ure’s Provisions.
Pretoria in Dougherty county,
when he went to a store there to
get something to eat. The pro
prietor of the store recognized
before since the cotton famine
following the Civil War, accord
ing to United States Senator
Hoke Smith, who predicts that
the young negro whose name is! this section of the cohntrv is
Sam Connelly and phoned to bound to enjoy a continuance of
Albany for officers to go to'prosperity when hostilities have
Pretoria to make the arrest. I ceased. Everything the South
The officers arrived just as the, raises "will be in demand, as the
k. T. C. Funderburk has ac
ted the agency for the fam-
Cha'.mers automobiles and
H carry a line of them for the
|Ple of this section,
he Chalmers is a well known
of splendid make and with a
°rd that stands the test of ex-
ts - Mr. hinderburk has some
eriencc in the auto business
will make a successful sales-
1 ot this car.
1 SPECTACLE COMING
Jooias Dixon and Victor
oert s dramatic spectacle
music, ‘-The Fall of a
on ' will be shown here
L ASSOCIATION
TO MEET IN ATLANTA
negro finishing eating and carri
ed him to jail at Albany, but up
on order of Judge E. E. Cox,
of the superior court he, was
immediately carried to the Bibb
county jailatMacon to avoid an
effort ot a posse of citizens
whom it is said had been search
ing for him since the crime.
Carrie Connelly, mother of
the young negro, who took the
boys part in the difficulty with
Mr. Melvin, was taken from
the lock up at Leary Monday
senator points out, while nothing
the south needs will necessarily
be scarce, and this condition
will naturally and inevitably
produce prosperity. The Senator
leaves this week on a speaking
tour for president Wilson under
the direction of the Democratic
national committee.
grazing in the woods and the night by parties unknown and
boy’s body was lying nearby. It
is thought that he either tried to
dismount at the stump, and slip
ped, or that he became Weak and
fainted.
The largest attendance on re
cord is the aim of committees in
charge of plans for the next an
nual meeting of the Southern
Medical Association, wnich con
venes in Atlanta on November
23 to 26. The association em
braces fourteen or more southern
states and its annual meetings
are the biggest medical events
of the year in this section of the
cauntry. The officers are Dr.
Robert Wilson, Jr., Charleston,
president; Dr. Holman Taylor,
Forth Worth, Tex., first vice
president; Dr. Guy L. Hunner.
Baltimore, second vice president;
Dr. Seale Harris, Birmingham,
secretary-treasurer.
8 Peculiar distinction among
great ' var films is in its im-
''aUve prophecy of America’s
gainst the background
6 European struggle and
fu 'l view ot all the
_^ ln g national problems. The
fanes the welter of all
°rces working in our
na ‘‘fe — liberty, foreign
,peac <± propaganda, militar-
5U:; agism, imperialism—
Pictures their combination
^orldshaking cataclysm.
J * >me forms a surprising
im ment ’ * n w hich women
Jr , a fading part in the
j, - 5 emancipation.
® ten reels were filmed in
r i„ n ~ at an expense of
u a trillion dollars and with
e model equipment of the
NO LIMELIGHT FOR HIM
"No limelight for me until I’m
inaugurated” is the policy just
announced by Hugh M. Dorsey,
governor-elect of Georgia, who
has received so many invitations
to speak at various gatherings,
and to make other public ap
pearances, that he was forced to
make a choice between devoting
practically all his time to these
invitations on the one hand, or to
his private affairs on the other.
Mr. Dorsey takes the position
that Governor Harris is still the
head ot the state government
and therefore the state’s official
representative, and he does not
care to assume a conspicuous
GOOD COTTON SEED
MARKET AT BAINGRIDGE
It is not generally thought of
but Brinbridge'has one ot the
livest cotton seed markets that
she has ever had and far better
than most of the neighboring
towns. The seed went up to $50
per ton today and the Bainbridge
buyers are right on the market.
This makes cotton seed nearly
as valuable as corn and the
farmers are all taking advantage
of the good prices paid. Every
buyer here is paying the top of
the market for them.
JOHN STANFORD KILLED
IN G. E. & A. Yi
her dead body riddled with
bullets was found in the road
a short distance from Leary
Tuesday morning by passersby.
—Macon Telegraph.
CITIZEN BANK TO MOVE
IN NEW QUARTERS
The Citizens Bank will move
to the building next door to them
in the Bon Air Block where they
are having a magnificent front
prepared and When it is finished
it will be one of the swellest
bank buildings in the city. Work
is being done by the Richardson
Engineering and Construction
Company. The bank will faee
the court house and Water street
too, and every modern banking
convenience will be in the new
building.
PRESBYTERY MEETS
AT ATTAPULGOS
John Standford, Colored an em
ployee of the G. F. & A. railroad
was killed late Monday afternoon
by a train in the yards of the
company. The man was in some
manner knocked off of a car and
his head was cut plum off from j Macon and ^Dublin
his body by the moving car. The j Cordele to Quitman west,
negro was a workman in thej Interesting it will be with
shops and not one of the trans-! addresses and sermons by dis-
The Presbytery of Macon
meets in the Presbyterian Church
at Attapulgus Friday night, Oct.
17. There will be ministers and
representatives of churches in
Southwest Georgia, Columbus,
south and
tinguished speakers, both mini
sters and laymen. The meeting
will continue through Thursday
night and probably till Friday
noon.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
A NIFTYJISPLJY
H. W. South, proprietor of the
Oak City Stuido has a booth
this week a the Fair in Donal
sonville that is one of the most
attractive teatures ot the dis
play. Mr. South has placed on
exhibit photos of very well
known folks, things and scenes
that have attracted the eye of
every person passing by the
booth. As a photographer Mr.
South is head and shoulders
above any that has ever been
in this section and his work
gives great satisfaction where-
ever placed.
SCRAPE LAST SUNDAY
Mr. will Littlefield shot and
seriously wounded Gaston Mock
Sunday afternoon in the Fowl-
town district ot this county.
The wound was with a shot gun
and a very serious one. The
trouble between the men being
the triangle with the usual dis
astrous results. Both of the
young men are well known in
their respective districts and
have lots of friends and the
episode is sincerely regreted by
the friends of both. The chance
for the recovery of Mr. Mock
is very scant as his brains were
oozing out of the wound in his
head. Very meager details of
the shooting have reached town
and of course nothing is know
as to the real cause of the
shooting.
The regular meeting of the
state board of education to be
held Saturday of this week will
be important as well as an inter
esting session. The board is
composed of the governor, Sup
erintendent m. L Brittain, Prof.
E. J. Woofter of Athens, A. H.
Moon of Baxley, G. R. Glenn of
Dahlonega and Walter E. Steed
of Butler. All the • members will
attend, with the probable excep
tion of Mr. Steed, who may be
detained.
At this meeting the board will
take up for analysis the Yeo
mans school book bill, under
which the county boards are au
thorized, so soon as they have
sufficient funds, to begin the
distribution of free books to cer
tain grades of the public schools.
The bill has been printed in cir
cular form by the state- depart
ment, and the Saturday meeting
will go over its provisions, decide
on a working plan for carrying
into effect the new law, and will
give such information to the
county boards as is necessary in
that respect.—Macon Telegraph.
THE GEORGIA MULE
Hats off, gentleman, to the
festive mull Who would have
thought that the meek and
lowly hard tail, butt on innum
erable jokes, yet indispesable
all of the southern farmer,
would be riding in a mule train
de luxe from St, Louis to At
lanta. So great in the volumn
of mule traffic moving from
that city, which is the concent
ration point of mules in the
southwest, that the Southern
railway has just inaugurated a
Special through train leaving
St. Louis at six o’clock p. m.
and arriving in Atlanta at 3
o’clock a. m, ot the second day,
thereby eliminating the necess
ity for a stop over to feed. The
high price of cotton and other
conditions of general prosper
ity in the South have greatly
stimulated the mule trade.—Ex.
poration crew. He was know as
a pretty faithful worker.
LITTLEFIELD GIVES UP
AT FATHERS’S HOME.
Following is a list of the new
The sheriff came in Yesterday books received and- the Public’by a number of his Screven county
about noon with Mr. Will Little- Library: ' supporters of a large and luscions
field, the young man that shot 1 ‘‘From the Housetops” by Me-1 yellow pumpkin weighing sixty
and seriously wounded Mr. Gas- Cutherson; In Another Girl’s pounds. It so happened that (Mr.
ton Mock. Mr. Littlefield was at Shoes” by Ruck; “Prudence 1 Dorsey received sixty votes in
his fathers home as he phoned Says So” by Hueston; “The[the militia district of Screven
the sheriff to be there and his Chief Legate” by Green; “When j county where the pumpkin was
son would meet him there yester- a Mans a Man” by Harold Bell J grown, and thus the pumpkin re-
one pound for each
DORSEY PUMPKINS
They are naming pumpkins in
honor of Hugh M, Dorsey, Geor
gia’s governor-elect, down in
Screven county, as the result of
the presentation to Mr. Dorsey
Council met in regular session
Monday, Oct. 2, 1916. Those
present wete Mayor Callahan,
Aldermen Carter, Fields, Wheel
er and Lane. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and
approved, A resolutions author
izing the mayor to execute a
renewal note at the Decatur
County Bank was read and pas
sed, a copy being attached mark
ed exhtbit “A”. An ordinance
prohibiting the concealing of in
toxicating liquors was read and
passed, a copy being inscribed in
the book of Ordinances. C. B.
Brockett and E. Rich appeared
before council to discuss the
matter of installing an abbatoir,
and a committee consisting of
Aldermen Carter and Lane was
appointed to confer with the city
attorney in regard to getting up
a suitable ordinance and submit
same to council either at a call
meeting or any regular meetipg.