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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY JANUARY 18. 1917
$1.50 PER YEAR
[IP & COMPANY
Our Customers:
Ljng to the fact that we are
baring to retire from busi
ng we wish to ask that all
that are due us and
ons
not made settlement to
l35e do so at once or come
1 make satisfactory arrange-
Intsasto their balance. We
them to kindly give this
Itter their attention We wish
] thank all our friends and
Irons for their liberal patron-
the years gone by and
lure them that their busi-
has been appreciated and
thing all a prosperous New
IV r
are here for always, the
iple of the county have been
friends and patrons too
ny years to leave them but
|s change in business must be
ide and we will appreciate
KLINE’S BIG SALE
The well known firm of Kline
Brothers on Water street will
open up their big sale Saturday.
It is their first one in three years
and they have some startling
facts to present to the buyers of
the section. Everybody knows
them, knows their line and the
fact that they are the real busy
folks of the town and conse
quently have no old goods on
hand to offer the public. See
them and get their prices.
Judge Park seems to stand
some considerable chance tor the
United States Judgeship and so
sure seem some of his friends
that several have been mention
ed for the possible vacancy that
will occur in the event of his
Among those
Ur immediate compliance with ; a PP olntr nent
mentioned in this week’s rounds
i request.
Respectfully,
H. B. Ehrlich & Co.
of the press from this county
have been the Hons. P. S.
Cummings and John W. Calla-
lian. From the other counties
are Col Bell of Grady, Judge
Cox, of Mitchell and Judge Luke
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18.— A net' of Thomas. These mentioned
tning ot 21.1G per cent on a candidacies will of course de
ntal stock of $600,000 was the j pend on the disposition of the
narkableshowing for its stock- mantle of the Federal Judge.
HOW WE GAN IMPROVE
THE SCHOOL
There are many ways in which
we could improve the school
grounds:
First— To make them look
pretty and neat we should be
careful and not throw paper
etc., on the grounds.
Second—There could be plant
ed grass, shade trees and pretty
flowers to help the beauty.
Third—Swings, see-saws, trap
ezes, etc., would help the looks
and also afford the children
pleasure.
Basket ball, tenni3 and golf
courts are needful.
There should also be sand
beds for primary children.
In fact I think a school ground
should be almost like a park.
Annie Catherine Carr.
Fifth Grade.
CIGARETTE CAMPAIGN
The American Tobacco Com
pany have just closed through
their advertising agency a big
contract for the pushing of their
famous Sovereign cigarettes.
This campaign will be wide-
THE GASH GROCER
BEGINS CAMPAICN
Attention is called to the ad
vertisement of Mr. Gus T. Weil,
the Cash Grocer on Water St.,
in this issue. Mr. Weil begans
a special advertising campaign
to interest the folks in buying
their groceries for cash and
saving all expense possible. He
is quoting some prices each
week that will prove a revela
tion to those that buy their
groceries and have them charg
ed. Look for his space each
week and you will see some
prices that will make you think
about that cash buying proposi
tion in dead earnest.
The Cash Grocer has no dead
accounts to look after and his
customers do not help feed any
dead beats. Get your eye on
that ^advertisement of his, it
will be right there every week
for the next year and full of
fine suggestions to the housewife.
COMING SOUTH
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18.—One
million tourists pass through
Georgia every winter on their
way to Florida resorts, accord
ing to figures just announced.
At the present time most ot them
Miss Mildred McArthur of this
city and Mr. Travis Hathcock of
Atlanta were married in that
city on the night of January 4th,
in the presence of a few friends.
Miss McArthur is the daughter
of Mr. E. A. McArthur of this
city and lived i n Bainbridge
practically all of her life, Mr.
Hathcock is a young railroad
man of Atlanta. Thev are mak
ing their home in that city.
BANKS CLOSE FRIDAY
I
The following banks, belong
ing to the Bainbridge Clearing
House, will be closed on the
above date to observe Robert E.
Lee’s Birthday, being a Legal
Holiday.
Bainbridge State Bank,
First National Bank,
Citizens Bank,
Decatur County Bank.
WILL WORK FOR PARDON
Iders in 1916 by the Fourth
ptional Bank of this city, thus
lording another indication of
s great and growing prosperity
toad in the south.
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
Mr. Joe Nicholson, one of the
most respected citizens of all this
spread. This paper has received j travef "on "trains" " but "in "the I section came U P trom Havana
its portion of the contract and it future a considerable proportion Saturday to enlist the aid of his
is one of the real large ones of! will make the trip in auto-
DANGER SIGNAL FOR
COTTON FARMERS
hundreds of friends in getting
the year. The advertisements mobiIei seeing the statei getting
are neatly gotton up and all in
the very best of style and print.
THE MECCA, SURE
Merest ;
The Mecca, the new place of
amusement in Bainbridge, open
ed just next to Bainbridge State
Bank is the real Mecca of all the
are served on the place and no
Stop! Look! Listen! which is
‘he bank paid a 12 per-cent j booked to appear at the Calla-
idend of *72,000, put aside 1 ban Theatre Saturday Jan. 20th
1,000 to undivided profits and is another of Charles Dilling-
balanee was reserved for ham’s success. It contains a
and taxes. It is under- health of cleverly written’songs, jyoung men at"nightnow7 They
that the nearest approach a remarkable cast of vaudeville have i nsta li e d a bowling alley
the Fourth National’s net head-liners, wonderous costumes j and an up . to -date bil i ard room>
nings of 21.16 per-cent was a couple of carloads of impres-1 and j^ j g a straight amusement
ther bank’s earning of 18 siomstic scenery and entertain- hall No soft drinks ol kind
cent. ment enough to make three
'aptain James W. English, a shows of its type. There are
itinguishod Confederate veter- lots of girls and pretty ones and
and former mayor of At- things never lag. The chorus is
ta, again heads the bank as large in number, excellent in
sident, and the other officers voice, with lyrics of the most
re likewise re-elected, these jingling variety by Irving Ber-
John K. Ottley vice presi- hn. What more could be asked?
and Charles I Ryan vice It comes to Bainbridge direct
from a phenominal run at the
Globe Theatre, New York City.
Sale of seats begins today. 50c
to $1.50 no $2.00 seats at all.
acquainted with its people and
its resources, spending their
money along the way.
MOVES SALE ROOMS
I
Mr. P. T. Rich has moved his
Buick sales rooms from the
former Toole building, just in
front of the Post office to the
building formerly occupied by
the Baughman Auto Company,
Mr. Rich will keep on exhibi
tion in the Toole building his
_ , cars as he lias been doing but
gambling of any nature allowed b j s s t ock and conveniences will
and the young men are fast tak
ing hold on their chance to have
some place to go in the evening
and have some harmless amuse
ment.
psident and cashier.
be in the Baughman building.
A sample car of each
pattern can be found in the
, . , building now occupied by the
The boys are having jy chAuto gupply Company,
some very interesting bowling | ____________
j contests evety night now.
IS COSTLY
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18—Getting
door to an advertising
Fchant in order to catch some
I the trade that comes to his
F* ' s the latest trick of the
SOUTH IS PROSPERING
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18—South
ern people are becoming lenders
1 advertiser and the advertis- 108tead of borrowers, are becom-
! men newspapers of Atlanta in8, P urch asers of investment
common with those in other securities on a steady upward
lies over the country, are de- | scale > according to William Hurd
pm? ways and means of dis-! Hill y er - a well known capalists
tmtenancing the practice and antl financier of this city who
it uncomfortable
P e who resort to it.
£ or has obtained some interesting
I?
and significant data on the sub-
I the
higher tribute could be paid je ^; . iU 4 . .
! power of advertising than! The fact that the south is be-
a non-advertiser who refuses coming more and moro a market
, te H the public about himself j for investment securities is one
d his goods, to take a location of the most encouraging signs
't to the store of a mer- j of the times ’ for showes that
who believes in advertis- southern people are getting
STATE'S RATION BILL
DEATH OF LEE
Mr. Lee Williams died at the
. , T . home of Mr. Eivy Parker about
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 18 Notwith- three miles west of Bainbridge
nmr 11+nflint I ...
pardon for his son recently con
victed in Valdosta.
The case was a very sad one
as the boy was arrested in con
junction with another older man
and sentenced to purnishment
before Mr. Nicholson knew any
thing about it. It is a case of
a young boy getting in bad com
pany and being led off into
trouble by others. The boys
previous record was good and
his father hopes to be able to
get the sentence reduced or a
pardon.
Joe Nicholson is a good citizen
and a good man that has raised
a family of good, people and his
burden is a heavy one. He only
Here is a warning we wish
every farmer in America could
hear and heed. Especially should
such a warning be an effectual
answer to such advice as Col.
E. H. R. Green is giving Texas
farmers—telling them to plant
the whole earth in cotton next
year and the fence Conors around
it and risk buying their food
stuffs from other sections.
If there ever was a time when
the farmer should make “safety
first” his motto in business, that
time is now. The world can get
along better without clothes for
awhile than it can foodstuffs and
feedstuffs and so whenever the
crash comes cotton prices are
likely to drop more quickly and
to suffer longer than the prices
of foods and feeds.
‘‘Woe unto the farmer next
fall,” says the Progressive farm
er, “if he is forced to pay for
everything out of his cotton
crop when an over-production ot
that crop and disturbed financial
conditions work together to force
down the price! Surely we have
not so soon forgotton the lessons
of 1914!”
The "safety first” should be
the motto of business men gen
erally, it should ten times more
emphatically be the motto of the
southern cotton .farmer.—Macon
News.
GUTHBERT ADAMS GETS
FIVE-YEAR SENTENGE
■Camilla, Ga. Jan. 18.—With
all of the evidence in and the
case ready to be argued, attor
neys for the defense and the
state, with the consent of the
court, reached an agreement
yesterday afternoon, permitting
, , , , Cuthbert Adams, charged with
had to saj the word and every i the muder of his father, Judge
friend i.e Had was anxious,-j, T< Adam9i t0 enter a plea
willing a> ' ready to help him. j 0 f g ud ty to voluntary man-
If there wu. "m> a case worthy | s | aU{rb ter
of gubernatorial latency, this Adams'at or.ee was sentenced
is one and we believe it w. 11 be
execised in this case.
I
ana c °unts it as the strong-
a ‘ actor in building up his
a well-known and
Advertised concern in Chic-
secured a verdict of $60,000
cst a competitor who came
e immediate vicinity and
■n . lcat ^ d the advertiser, s store
‘ The false-front merchant
U “ ot an advertiser himself
;‘ e had business brains
a 5' n 1° appreciate the value
' ert ‘ 8 i n K. and business dis-
oft \ enou gh to attempt to
‘ by the advertising mer-
rn ’ j’ ex P e nditure and well
, reputat i° n - After a long
K22.litigation tl
standing the fact that Georgia
produced no less than $37,000,
000 worth of beef, pork, mutton,
milk, butter and eggs during
1916, millions of dollars went
out of the state to buy meat
and forage, showing that there
is still room for a great advance
in living at home.
That the state is not asleep,
however, is shown by the rapid
growth ot the live stock industry
and the multiplication of packing
plants in various sections ot the
state and adjouring states where
they are being located within
convenient reach of Georgia
cattle and hogs.
According to a bulletin just
after an illness of several months,
Mr. Williams was twenty-three
years old and having lived here
the biggest portion of his life.
He was employed at the Bab
cock mill for some time.
Mr. Williams is survived by
two sisters Misses Maud and
Minnie Parker of this county.
He was buried last Monday at
11:00 a. m. at Bethel cemetery,
Rev. Bluett pastor of the Bethel
Church conducted the funeral
services.
LOCATES NERE
Dr. P. M. Lewis, an eye, ear
issued by the U. S. Department ( nose and throat specialist has
ahead of the financial game and 0 f Agriculture, the pecan is * oca ted in the city and will do
^advertijiBgl
are able to put aside an ever-
growing surplus
The high price of cotton, the
raising of diversified crops, the
practice of economy during the
past few years—these and other
factors have all contributed to
the improved financial condi
tion of the south. Mr. Hillyer
declares and he shares the
view of other leading authori
ties that the south will be in
better position after the close
of the European war than any
other section of the country.
rapidly becoming the finest nut j tk ' s _ Practice exclusively. Dr.
raised in America. The depart- j T^wis is a graduate of the At-
ment has assigned a corps of j Medical College an was
experts to co-operate with pe- j an associate professor at the
can growers in improving both 83016 institution and for the
the quality of production and oas t ^Sd 1 * months has been the
the department ventures the i h° use surgen in one of the lead*
prediction in its bulletin that! 10 ? New York hospitals where
the pecan is destined to play a class of work is done ex^
prominent part in off-setting the
deficit caused by the boll weevil.
BASKET SUPPER
There will be a basket supper
at Alliance School house Friday
The Flint River Milling Com-i . , , .*
pany is now paying 95 cents per " lgh ^ January ^ th >, f °5 the
nnnhrl fnr ntifllMtoMMMMlttBfi“
clusively.
Dr. Lewis will bring his family
here, wife and one child and
cast his lot with our people and
every citizen will welcome his
coming to be one of us.
The Flint River Milling Com-
The regular services will be
held in this church as follows:
10:00 a. m. Sunday School and
Men’s Bible Class.
11:00 a. m. Morning Prayer
and Sermon.
7:00 p. m. Evening Prayer
and Sermon.
Wednesday afternoon, Litany
Service at 4:00 oclock.
Thursday Jan. 25th, Conver
sation of St. Paul, Holy Com
munion at 10 o'clock.
Thursday afternoon at 3:30
Mrs. Mclver, oi Savannah, Presi
dent of the Woman’s Auxiliary
in the Diocese of Georgia will
deliver an address to the ladies
of St. John’s Church, and it is
hoped that every lady in the
Congregation, whether a mem
ber of the Auxiliary or not, will
be present promptly at 3;30. The
Ladies of the missionary socities
of all other churches in the city
are cordially invited to attend
this service.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method of thank
ing the friends who ministered
to our dear mother in her last
illness and by their many deeds
of kindness, showed their love
for her.
by Ju2,.e Harrell, ot Mitchell
county superior court to five
years in the penitentiary. When
the case was called Thursday it
was the third time that Adams
had been tried for the alleged
murder of his father, who was
one of the best-known men in
this section of the state.
At all three trials the plea of
the defense was insanity. The
first jury, after deli berating three
or four days without reaching a
verdict, was dismissed and a
mistrial was declared.
When the case was called at
next term of court the first
question put before the jury
was Adam’s mental status. He
was adjudged insane and sent
to the asylum! After observing
him for several months the
asylum authorities pronounced
him a sane man. He was
brought back to Camilla and the
trial which was abruptly ended
by the plea of guilty was
started.
Adams shot his father to death
after the latter reproved him for
going at a dog. Several witness
asserted that the young man
was drinking heavily at the
time.
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COTTON GINNED
There were 9427 bales of eotton
counting round as half bales,
ginned in Decatur county, from
die crop of 1916 prior to Jan.
iiirnimiimHffiiTi
rom