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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY DECEMBER 21, 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
III SID WILSON
law firm of Harrell &
on will dissolve this week.
e Harre il will go on the
rior Court bench on January
Indue Wilson will continue
practice in the offices. This
has enjoyed a splendid
tice and their many friends
read of their dissolution for
reasons with interest,
dge Wilson has for years
enjoyed a very high reputa-
as a lawyer and counselor
is regarded by many as the
t careful and painstaking
rney at the local Bar. As
al adviser Judge Wilson has
anding that very few attor-
enjoy and his practice is
along those lines,
dge Harrell will hold his
court in Mitchell county,
second week in January and
a number of his friends
signlied their intentions
eing present to hear his first
•ge to the grand jury and
al court.
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
he Citizens Bank held their
uai stock holders meeting
nday and elected Mr. W. G.
'ell, President; R. H. May,
•president and cashier. Mr.
retiring. A dividend of 8
cent was declaied and a
stantial sum left in the un-
ided profits.
his has been a good season
h youngest Bainbridge finan-
Institution. Mr. Ball has
n president of the Bank
ce its founding and Mr.
well has been one of the
ectors.
he marriage of Mr. Julian
ilecki and Mrs. Pearl G.
yers Sunday morniug was a
riiage of much interest to the
ends of the contracting parties.
Mr, Kwilecki is a son of Mr,
Kw leeki, the oldest merchant
Bainbridge and a young man
sterling character and lots of
lends.
The bride is a young lady
t has a number of friends in
inbridge, having visited here
>>’ times and is one of the
yabie young ladies of her city.
Immediately after the marri-
e t’ne couple left for Havana,
'ba and on their return will
ake their home in this city.
; e young couple have the best
ishes of many friends for a
, n g and happy life.
That the spirit of Christmas is
upon us one need but walk
through the shops these days
and be convinced. Visit the toy
department of any store and
learn that Christmas, with its
kind old Santa Claus, and, in
fact, Ithe whole Yuletide spirit
lie deep in the hearts of the
children.
Perhaps there are among the
growups some who haven’t notic
ed that Christmas dolls ahd rock
ing horses and skates and such
delectable things are ever so
different from the common or
garden variety of the year round.
Miss Bessie, the Christmas doll,
for instance, is not to have her
silk clad body and waxen curls
swathed in brown jiaper and de
livered by an ordinary delivery
wagon. Most emphatically not!
The spirit of Christmas is
abroad, and he whispers of Santa
Claus and reindeers that pull the
jolly old man and his sleigh over
the snow covered roof tops and
stand prancing and pawing at
each home while Santa slips
down the chimney.
For it is in just this way that
the Christmas dolly, the Irish
mail, the lacking horse and even
the big toy automobile are trans
ported from the show cases and
windows of the department
stores to a place benath the
Christmas trees of eager little
girls and boys on Christmas eve.
If any one doubts this let him ask
even the first little girl or boy he
meets in the toylands. — Washing
ton Star.
HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
CROWD THE STREETS
Bainbridge Stores Are Thronged With Buyers And
Merchants Are Doing the Best Business They
Have Enjoyed In Many Years.
The stores are crowded this j but that of every one else. The
week with the shoppers from
every section of the county and
the outside towns. The Bain
bridge merchants have stocks
that are supplying the needs ot
the folks and .they are now en
joying the fruits of their careful
buying. The streets this week
remind one of the days of 1906
when you had to get in the road
to go a block with any speed at
all. The stores are enjoying their
very best patronage. A good
clean trade, many are buying
now with clear heads that used
to come in the city and load up
on liquor and squander money
for booze that would have made
many a little heart happy. The
streets do not present their usual
appearance every morning with
the bottles all over town. The
business is more satisfactory all
the way around. The stores can order that he is keeping silent.
wait on their customers and not
be annoyed with the usual drunk
that not only spoils his shopping
trade, the class of stuff being
bought now is not that shoddy
make shift line that used to at
tract. The automobile and the
rural route have raised the trade
to a higher standard. This is the
one banner fall of this section.
While not a great amount of
cotton was grown, what was
grown brought a splendid price
and everybody seems to have
money. Turkeys, chickens, corn,
peanuts and everything that man
could raise to eat has found a
ready cash market here and
there is none that have been un
able to have spending money if
they half way tried. A great
Christmas trade, a joyous Christ
mas crowd and everybody feel
ing cheerful. The growler is
very conspicuous by his absence.
He is here but so badly out of
TEMPLE BETH-EL
SLEAO
One of the very interesting
and solemn things of the week
was the dedication of the Jewish
Temple here last night. The
exercises were very interesting
and quite a number of the mem
bers of that faith and order as
well as lots of their friends
were present to witness the ser
vices. The services were con
ducted Dr. Landau of Albany
and Rabbi Solomon, of Savannah,
both men very high in the
councils of their religion.
This Temple is one of the
things that our Jewish citizens
can well be proud of, located in
the very prettiest part of the
city and one of the neatest and
most attractive building in town.
They have taken great pride in
the work from the laying of the
foundation stone to its dedica
tion. All the citizens and well
wishers of the Temple were
cordially invited to attend and
many of them availed them
selves of the invitation.
TO CORO TOWNS”
Many, many homes are enjoy
ing this season that did not get
much out ot last years holidays.
MORAL FILMPLAY COMING
TO CALLAHAN THEATRE
The picture that has taken the
country by storm "The Little
Girl Next Door”, will be present
ed as an exclusive attraction at
the Callahan Saturday of this
week.
The innocence of youth is so
that too much
The boll weevil is here and no
one can tell now to what extent
it will cut next year’s cotton
crop. Therefore everyone should
make his money go as far asj great an asse t
possible by buying their horses, | cannot be done to protect it.
mules and brood mares from Joe i However, ignorance is not in-
It is said that the state of
ilordia has a law on its statute
ks that prohibits the shipp-
8 . ,JI oranges or any citrus
u ' ts from this state into that
<1 that it a man receives a ship-
, en f °t that kind of fruit from
°n'Ja and does not want it
can t ship it back to where it
me from. This strikes
. as room for a large sized
lc '■ It this state were to re-
1 la te with a law that prohibit-
the receiving of this fruit
0 tit* 5 state it would present
' et 7 peculiar state, of affairs,
^rgia will hardly put up with
3 kind of treatment at the
an os of her sister state.
J. Battle, Moultrie, Ga. The
price is from fifty to seventy-five
dollars a head cheaper than
others get for the same class
animals A big selection al
ways on hand.
The Rt Hon. Emmett Cooper,
now sojourning at Donalsonville
was in the city Sunday with old
friends andacquaitances. Coop is
always a welcomed guest in this
city and while he may ramble
aronnd in other towns here is
where his heart lays and he has
an especially reserved seat on
the public park.
The Steamer T. C. Drake’s
name will be changed and the
name of. Conrad Buchanan will
be given it by the Thronatesska
Navigation Company as a fitting
tesitomial to the work of this old
riverman, the last of this kind.
Captain Buchanan was one of
the most lovable men that ever
plied this river and his fiiends
will learn with much pleasure
that the boat will bear his name
in the future.
Mr. J. H. Loughbridge, pres,
andtreas., of the Weaver-Lough-
bridge Lumber Company of
Boyd. Fla., was in the city a
few days this week with Mr. J.
|K. Farrar. Mr. Loughbridge is
! an old Murry county boy and has
! made good in Florida as his
company holds many ana ex
pensive timber holdings. Their
mill at Boyd has a capacity of
one hundred thousand feet per
day and runs a day shift on pine
and a night shift on Cypress.
""re will be a hanging here
e 2s<th of this month if the
8,er c °urts do not interfere in
^me manner. Charlie Willi-
13 ,v o° was convicted at the
0v *mber term of court, will
j ' oe penality his crime.
nocence, and in the modern day
of progress and uplift, sermons
are being preached, magazines
and the press are filled with
theories of how to safeguard the
children.
About three years ago Lieuten
ant Governor O’Hara of Illinois
began an investigation of vice
conditions throughout the state,
the Legislature voting $100,000
for the expense of the inquiry
and a committee of state senators
being appointed to carry out the
work. Motion pictures illustrat
ing the main features of the re
port were authorized upon the
completeion of the investigation.
The production of the story was
placed in the care of the Essanay
Film Manufacturing Company,
and the lieutenant Governor,
Senators, and other officials were
all brought into the scenario.
The first showing of "The
gator of the senate committee,
by the secretary of the meeting
which discussed the film after
viewing it at the Essanay plant,
The letter in part, follows:
"If the moving pictures of the
report of the senate vice com
mittee for revealing what was
uncovered by that committee
are considered by their value in
exposing the evils referred to,
then they should be credited as
being of great value, and they
should be of great help in arous
ing condemnation of the evils and
securing the launching ot plans
for their supression.”
The picture has the fascination
of a great play and the sledge
hammer power of truth. It will
do more good for the cause of
morality than all the reports ever
filed.
"The Little Girl Next Door”
has been secured by the Callahan
for the one day. No children will
be admitted unless accompanied
by parents. This however does
not indicate that children should
not see the production, tor the
moral lesson is a strong one, as
should be shown every vetTfig
man an woman durjng’its en
gagement here^
The fajt+hat "The Little Girl
Little Girl Next Door” (which Next-Door,” has been praised by
was the name selected for the the press, the pulpit and leading
MARGUERITE CLARK
HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY
IN “THE GOOSE GIRL"
Count-Von Herbeck, the chan
cellor to the Grand Duke of
Fhrenstein, is married but keeps
the fact secret on account of his
high ambitions. His wife, dying,
writes him '& letter urging him
to make their little child a great
lady. With this purpose in view,
he arranges with Torpete, a
gypsy, to abduct the daughter of
the Grand Duke. He takes the
coat, hat and locket belonging to
the little Princess and sends his
own child away. During the ab
duction of the little Prineess she
is wounded on the shoulder by a
bullet.
Fifteen years later Von Her
beck tells the Grand Duke that
he has found the Princess, and
produces the locket and coat in
proof of the identity of the child.
Meanwhile, the real Princess,
after being abandoned by the
gypsies, has been adopted by
peasants and has grown up as a
“Goose Girl.”
At the same period, the young
King Frederick of Judgendheit is
This terse saying that is going
the rounds of the press has no
more true application than the
roads leading to this town, the
best town in this part of the
country. The county towns that
have good roads leading into
them are all on the up move and
there is no doubt that Decatur
leads all the state now m mileage
and grade of her public roads.
Our people have no real idea
what they have in their roads,
what marvelous progress has
been made in their roads or their
bridges worth in the past three
years. Of course much has been
said in recommendations by the
Grand Juries of the county meet
ing at different times but those
that go over them, have to use
them regularly as the grocery
drummers know and say that
Decatur county is far ahead of
anything or county. Because of
the fact that our county com
missioners work for very little,
we have the habit of criticising
them on every little thing and
with as much freedom as if they
were really drawing pay com
mensurate with their service and
it is rare that we look for any
thing about their work to com
mend that we really have very
little idea as to just how much
has been accomplished in the
roads. It is amusing to hear a
man who has no spirit of patriot
ism stand on the corners and
gab about the work of commis
sioners when he knows that he
would not do their work for the
little money that they get and
these kind of men never find
anything but the d^rk side to
look on. If our folks will just sit
down and look over the past four
years and see just what has been
done along county lines and look
for the good as earnestly as the/
do something to criticise some in
dividual commissioner, or the
clerk, or the Warden they would
find much that they could derive
consierable stimulation from so
far as county pride is concerned.
This article is brought about by
a trip over the roads of an ad
joining county and one at that
we have heard the growlers hold
up as an example. Good roads
lead to good towns and it takes
officially betrothed to the Princess good men to build them, and
ot Ehrenstein but does not wish good men to back the builder
to marry a woman he has never [UpUl-the work is done,
seen, or to put diplomatjc
sity above lov§^H6" disguises
himselfas-a'Vmtner, meets the
GposeTlirl, rescues her from the
Insulting attentions of a vicious
Count and longs to marry her.
TRAWICK-
Quite a surprise to their many
friends was the marriage of Mr.
T. A. Cowart, of Fowlstown
When it seems impossible for| andMiss Lillie Trawick of At-
the story to come to a happy! tapulgus on Dec. 17th.
conclusion the 1 real identity of
the Goose Girl is revealed through
the bullet mark received when
men and women of prominence , . . . , , . ,
in this country, and that Vice the gypsy stole her, and she takes
film) was made at a private ex
hibition in the Essanay plant, m,n wuhuj, anu mai ?«*!, . ... . ,
which was attended by a select President Marshall Champ Clark riR , u J? ace on . ' ror ? e ‘
,, . . „ u , Ai i , , „ , ■ : This makes the marriage to the
gathering, including the Rev. | and others actually take part in PrinceS8 o{ Ehrenstein the one
places the
picture upon a high plane that
is demonstrative of its merit and
worth as a power for good.
Dr. Brushingham pastor of the th& presentationi
South Park Methodist Episcopal
church of Chicago. The pictures
were declared excellent in a let
ter written to the chief investi-
LOVETT-
Judge W. R. Brown of Brinson
and Mrs. Lula Lovett of Fowl-
town were married on December
7th, at the home of the bride.
The friends of both of the parties
The famous, Pietum. Davy with
Crockett has at last been secured .. . .. frianAa nf
the children ought to see th.s
picture. It is one of the real
valuable historical pictures that
the Judge all over the county
will wish him a long and happy
life. Judge Brown is well know
i in the county and numbers his
is being shown and eve y r i friends in every walk of life and
of this section and its traditions, jjjg estimable wife will be
will be wise too when they see an addition to the community
I life of Brinson.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE
Owing to his election as’Judge
of the Superior Courts of the
Albany Circuit, Mr. W. M. I appears as the star through the
Harrell will retire from the law courtesy of the Famous Players.
thing in the world most to be
desired by the King of Jugend-
heit, and everything ends happily
after all.
“The Goose Girl” is found on
Harold McGrath’s famous novel
of the same name and is offered
by arrangement with the pub
lishers, the Bobbs-Merrlll Com
pany. Miss Marguerite Clark
firm of Harrell and Wilson on
Jan. 1,1917.
Mr. John R. Wilson will con
tinue the practice and will sue
We begged them all to shop
early and now some of those
ceecf to the" business of Harrell j Jacksonville shoppers are sorry
and Wilson, occupying the offices
of the old firm.
Ba : nbridge, Ga., Dec. 20th 1916.
it.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes cjLQuincy
spent Sunday in the city with
friends.
that they did not take the advice,
It is not time for us to use
only one-armed men in taking up
collections but is a safer proposi
tion to trust your pint to an one
armed blether.
Mr. Cowart is an employee of
A. C. L. Railroad. He has the
faculty of holding his friends.
Miss Trawick has been teach
ing in this county for about
four years with much success.
She is now teaching near Donal
sonville. She is a young lady o£
a lovable character.
They will enjoy all the good
wishes of many friends for a
long and happy life. Only a few
friends of the contracting parties
were aware that the marriage
was to take place.
COMING TO SUNBBIBSE
Dr. Parks will be at - the
Jewelry Store of C. C. Norris
from January 17th. It you want
your eyes scietincly examined
and fitted with glasses be sure
to see him. This means expert
service at reasonable prices.
Mr. J. D. Bower of C’arrabeile
was in the city Sunday and
Monday on a business 1
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