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JCOMES TO
jayes early,
TUBDAY a. m.
. bekn ill for a
ioNG TIME
lvB TwffB. THREE
three daughters
«0 brothers, funeb-
w. s HELD T'R° m HIS
testerday morning.
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BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY5, 1917.
nouncement of the
(ids.
Hives
*id?e
by the anni
Mr Charles S. Mayes at his
jrademy avenue. He had
teiuid patient sufferer, and
death was not altogether
Urd yet the announcement of
ij away brought sorrow to
He had been ill for
and for nearly a year had
,ed to his home. Perhaps
higher than ours thought
Offered long enough and call-
rest that knows no pain,
it had been a resident of
jp for some years, coming
Columbia, Ala., where he
most of his life. During
: part of his stay heer he
jnnected with the Callahan
Company, of this city, and
leading wholesale houses in
He had traveled a great
this concern, and had many
this section, to whom the
his passing will be a source
ijes was about 65 years of
member of the Baptist
He is survived by his wife
children; Messrs. Clarence,
and Eugene Mayes; Misses
famie and Evelyn Mayes;
brothers, Messrs. J. B. May-
city, and R. L. Mayes, of
Fla.
lefal exercises were held
home yesterday morning
went was at the local cem-
H. H. Shel, pastor, of the
(list church, officiated.
I1L WILL TAKE POST-
Uduate dental work
l M. Hamil, one of the lead-
hits of this section, will leave
10th for Jacksonville, Fla.,
Thornton, Carlye Siegle, Grace Hal
le will take a jost-graduate stead, Caroline Battle, Florence Groll-
his line. Dr. Hamil will m an; Messrs. George Tucker, E. J.
Willis, William Battle, Jack Simmons,
Ramsey Simmons, Malcolm Holder*
Julius Grollman, Norwood Belcher,
Hugh McNair, Douglas Ellis, Roy
Jones, Dexter Subers, Felix Denman*
T- H. Fredman, of Tampa, Fla., and
Leon Gainey.
le on nerve-blockings techni-
<A is said to be one of the
Innced steps in modem dent-
Hamil is not only one of
t efficient dentists in this see
ls also one of the most pro-
1 being ever on the alert for
*“< s in his equipment to
•clientele.
1.50 PER YEAR
Nice Sum For Hicks
Pitcher Henry Hicks, of the local
club, who broke his arm last week,
has been the recipient of many nice
contributions since his accident. All
members of the team gave him a
couple of dollars each, and the ladies
of^ehe town collected enough to bring
ti ’ to $100. Physicians
who attenaeu .. " ^j^services
without cost, and about
town have carried the big "pitcher
trays of food and delicacies during his
confiinment. The big fellow has been
made to feel that Bainbridge people
are kindly and considerate in their
treatment of the boys who have come
into our midst to furnish amusement.
The big fellow is getting along nice
ly arid will soon be in good shape
MRS. J.F. KODATT
PASSED AWAY HERE
WIFE OF LOCAL BAND LEADER
PASSED AWAY AFTER BRIEF
ILLNESS. REMAINS WERE
CARRIED TO CITY OF CHICAGO.
Mrs. J. F. Kodatt passed away here
Tuesday evening after an illness of
about two weeks. She had been suff-/
ering from typhoid fever, but her con
dition was not regarded as alarming
until a few days before the end.
Mrs. Kodatt had been a resident of
Bainbridge for about two years. She
was a native of Bohemia, but had
spent the greater part of her life of
50 years in America. She is survived
by her husband and nine children,
six sons and three daughters, besides
two sisters In Chicago, Hre remains
were carried to Chicago for inter
ment, being accompanied by Mr Ko
datt.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR MISSES
BROCKETT AND RICHARDSON
A delightful event of last week was
the entertainment given by Miss
Evelyn Ellis in honor of Miss Agnes
Broclftttr_of J\lbany, and Miss Helen
Richardson, of . Augusta.
Those- present were Misses Evelyn
Elis, Agnes Brocket*, Helen. Richard
son, Efa Floyd, • Florence Buckner,
Sybl 'Martin, Bessie DaTsey, Katie
Lou ingr&m, of Columbus, Ga., Julius [with
CURTAIN FALLS ON
1917 SEASON OF
THE DIXIE LEAGUE
BAINBRIDGE WON
SECOND HALF
THERE WILL BE NO POST-SEA
SON SERIES, AS MOULTRIE
HAS ENOUGH. BAINBRIDGE
AND QUINCY MAY PLAY
WITH MOULTRIE AS QUINCY
MARTIN, SPOONER
AND DR. GORDON
CHASON NAMED
WILL PASS ON THE
EXEMPTIONS
REGISTRATION BOARD NOW OUT
OF EXISTENCE AND THESE
MEN WILL PASS ON CLAIMS
OF T&OSE DRAWN FOR S3R.
VICE IN THE BIG U. S. ARMY
The exemption board for Decatur
county has been appointed and con
sists of Sheriff S. W. Martin, Judge
H. B. Spooner, of the city court, and
Dr. Gordon Chason. Mr. Martin is the
executive officer of the board, Judge
Spooner the cierk and Dr. Chason the
physician.
These men will pass upon the indi-
idual claims of the various men who
It is good-night for . the Dixie
League. The curtain was lowered
and taps sounded last night. The lit
tle league has finished its 1917 sea
son, or rather stopped it, for the
schedule was hardly two-thirds done.
It was thought that the season
might close on the 15th of this month,
but no one suspected that there was
any danger of a Fourth of July blow-', .... _
up until Tuesday morning when Pres-i are dr ? ft ® d for serv,ce ' There are n0
ident Ward blew in from Dothan with | SpeC ‘f 1 cla8s exemptions. Class ex-
the announcement that Moultrie had * m ^* apply °" ,y * ° ffice ”° f the
developed a case of cold feet and btateB “ nd the several States,
would not play after the Fourth. 8tud ® nta of dlvlnit y- P<*
Quitman and and Tifton had already t Til'*'* T?™
planned to drop on that date, but the ° f the States sublets of Ger-
nany residing in the United States,
end all other resident aliens who have,
ot taken out their first papers.
n 4.v_ i Upon application to the local hoard,
call the I ., . .
I other classes of persons may secure
Moultrie people seem to be hard ” e ™ pti ? n ' These applications may
losers; they won the first half and be- , te fi,,d by county municipal offi-
cause they were not walking away I crB ’ ^p oyed in the trans-
... .. ... ? „ ... mission of the mails, workmen in ar-
with the second, they accused Bobbie i , . ’ . ,
0 , , . t . . . . ... enala and navy yards, pilots, marin-
Schuyler s boys of not doing their J . .. J ’ ’
. . ., .. . , . _ . ers actually on sea duty, those who
best said they lay down, etc. Bob . . .. .. ,
, . . , have persons dependent on them for
and Ed Foster are going to play a | J™ ... . . . . ,
series anvwav According to plans Upp ^* ^e 10 " 8 objectors organized
senes anyway. According to plans . 1M f and thoge found
flfi utp rrn tn nrpua fnc> gpnai will nn«n *
other four clubs were ready to go 1
ahead with a four-club league. Three i
clubs could not run a league, and ac-|
cordingly it was decided to
thing in.
as we go to press, thei.series wilt open ....
, . L , . norally deficient,
here tomorrow afternoon, and two i[_ J*.. .
games will be played here. Then thej'
boys go to Quincy, that ancient rival'
of Bainbridge! and play two games.
Then they come back here for two
games, Wednesday and Thursday of
next week. This should be one of the
biggest drawing cards seen in this
section in recent^years, as it will cer
tainly be the last baseball here thiB
year, and perhaps the last.for several
years' to come." Big crowds are ex
pected from all the adjoining towns.
Bainbridge wound up the last half
great spurt. They lost the
dMrs. J. A. Keefer and little
pJ'Ucile, left this week for
**, Fla-, where they
g a few days.
first two in Dothan, through a little
tough luck, but the last one was cop
ped, and then the boys came home
and won four straights from Quit-
man, while Eufaula was breaking
even with Dothan in Dothan, giving
Bainbridge the second half by a half
game.
A review of the last seven games ^ g Y den t'^lT app'on
played by the Bainbridge team fol-l
lows;
Miss Irene Shuback, of New York,
who has been spending some time __ _ __
here as the guest of Mrs. Julian jthis contest, and each was hit pretty' w .|j ^ a pp 0 j n ^ ed | n proportion to
Kwilecki, left Wednesday for Val- freely. Bainbridge scored two in the 1
dosta where she will visit
The local boards
[are required to decide these claims of
I xemftion within tjiree days after the
filing bf the affidavit!!!';
| The methods of selecting has not
been definitely decided, "but it is the
pinion ol many that the actual selec-
lon will be made iq,’Washington by
numbers. No ityn|fli will'figure in
he selection! Numbers for those
egistered in th? .various states, coun-
ies and cWes have been forwarded
o Washington and, after the quota
or each state, countty, etc., has been
ecidede, number will, be drawn.
Everything it now ready for the
etermination of the order in which
he persons on thiA fist are liable for
military service. The method, man-
.er, time or times, and place or places
f such determination will • be pre-
cribed by the President in regula-
ions to be issued hereafter.
After such determinations have
Irvin Kornman.
*Janua
HCE TO SUBSCRIBERS-
Sometime ago we gave notice that our subscription
**ould be advanced to $1.50 a year, but that old sub
's would be allowed the $1.00 rate until the first of
anuarv. \Y e extended this time for old subscribers to
and since that time have been charging all
■Ptions at the rate of $1.50 per year,
oase note the label on your paper and see the expria-
* e ' If it shows 1-1-17, your time expired the first of
ar >' and you are accordingly due us $1.50, which
iy5 ’ ou ll P until next January... We selected the above
example. Any other date prior to the present is in
,i and we will thank such as are to call in and settle
^ settlement to this office.
ls Possible that the date we carry is not correct in
instance. We all make mistakes, and while we know
e majority of dates shown here are correct,
^reasonable to assume that some are mis-dated. If
18 " e "dll thank you to call in within the next few
^ help us straighten the matter out.
are not allowed to carry past due subscriptions
P<s W„„,i . . . .
tion to the several States, Territories
„ ,, , . .and the District of Columbia, the
Thursday's game m Dothan was lost I to be furnished by each and
7 to 6. Foster opposed Bomfay in ^ so notjfy ^ aovernor3 . Quotas
be appointed in propoi
= i he population thereof. The President
Mrs. .ninth and still had the bases full, at' ffl authorize the Governors of the
which time Manush yanked Bomfay i several gtates tQ apportion t , or him
[and P u t > n Holloway who checked the^ quota(j tQ be (irawn
rally. Pcnner made another home -png p re sident will also authorize
run in this game, which was witness- be Governor of each State and Ter-
ed by a number of Bainbridge people. ritor y and t he commissioners of the
Friday saw us lose another by a 'District of Columbia to allot to coun
close score. Gibson really outpitched '^- eg and cities of 30,000 population
Epting and should have won. •'^ n Ynd over the credits to which such
error by Dunlap with the bases load- | c}un ties and cities are entitled for en-
ed allowed two scores which cost the j H tments in the National Guard and
egular army.
be -' °nd a certain period, and for this reason we
j. ^ corn peiled to cut off those who are not paid up.
-°re suggest that you exercise haste in getting
filbsc 'iptoion paid up.
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game.
| Bainbridge won Saturday’s game 8
to 6. Long was in the box for us,
A list of such persons so desig
nated shall be made by each board
Bicycle Races
The Motor-Bicycle Company on
yesterday offered prizes for bicycle
races, with the following results:
Robert Johnson, first prize.
Ben Curtis, second prize.
Alf Dykes, third prize.
The road race began at the Motor-
Bicycle Co.'s place on Broad street,
went around the boulevard and ended
at the starting point.
The races are fine endurance tests
and the Motor-Bicycle Co. wil conduct
others in the near future.
TEACHING FORCE
HASBEENNAMED
FOR NEXT TERM
FEW OLD TEACHERS
TO RETURN
RED CROSS WORK
ACTIVE IN COUNTY
BRINSON HAS ORGANIZED AND
DONALSONVILLE’S MEMBER
SHIP HAS REACHED 400 AND
HAVE SEPARATE CHARTER.
E. J. ELCAN, OF VALDOSTA, SUC
CEEDS J. T. THOMASON AS
SUPERINTENDENT, AND DAL
LAS WOOD WILL BE PRINCI
PAL. FACULTY STRONG ONE.
The Red Cross work in all parts of
the county is flourishing, and Bain
bridge is no longer the leader in this
respect. Donalsonville has passed
Bainbridge in membership, and now
has a separate charter. Brinson has
jorgatMaed an auxiliary, and others
are in view.
The auxiliary at Brinson was or
ganized on Wednesday evening of iaat
week. Mesdames Frank S. Jones.
John E. Donalson, Geo. H. Fields and
Rev. J. E. Ward went out from Bain
bridge to assit in the work. Rev. F.
L. Stokes, Methodist minister at Brin
son, intrducted the subject. R«v. J.
E. Ward then delivered a most elo
quent address on Red Cross work and
Its need. Those who heard Mr. Ward
say that his effort was one of the best
they had ever listened to on this sub
ject. Mrs. Donalson also made a very
Inspiring talk.
After this an auxiliary was organs
ized with the following officers: Mist
Sallie Jones, chaajjpan;. Mr. • H. B.
Harrell, vice-chain£»n; Mtss—Garria and-Mrs. Fleming are those who will
Tolbert, treasurer; pad Miss Then relum.
Murphy, secretary; It is believed The board has experienced great
that the Brinson 4$j|dliery wil soon dfflteulty in selecting the faculty this
become one of the strong chapters in
the county.
At Donalsonville the Red Cross
people arc doing things in big ittyfo
County Chairman Sams told them at
the time their auxiliary was formed
that if they secured ZOO members he
would use his influence with the state
board to secure a separate charter for
Donalsonville. They got the 200 and
more and the separate charter was
secured. Their membership is now
over 400—more than Bainbridge has
and they expect to have 500 by
Saturday night. They are hustling as
only Donalsonville people can, and
Bainbridge will have to bestir herself
if she doesn’t want to obscured by
this progressive little city.
It is proposed to organize an auxil
iary at Iron City next. If the Donal-
The Board of Education for tba
Bainbridge Public School has an
nounced the following teachers for
the schools, to serve for the 1917-18
term.
E. G. Elcan, of Valdosta, superin
tendent; D. H. Wood, of Attapulgus,
principal of the high school; Miss
Dorris Knight, of Quitman, teachet
of English; Miss brace King, business
department; Miss Isabej Wicker,
science; Miss Sara Babb, of Easley,
S. C., mathematic; Miss-Emmie Per
sons, Yateaville, Ga., sixth grade;
Miss Ethal Arnold, Jacksonville, Fla.,
fifth grade; Miss Mae Johnson, of
Madison, Ga., fourth grade; Miss
Carrie Smart, third grade; Miss
Frances Mayes, second grade; Mias
Louelle O’Neal, Ant grade A; Miss
Lucile Charlton, first grade B; Miss
Ola Johnson, of Madison, Ga., second
and third grades supplementary; Miss
Mildred Terrell , fourth and fifth
grades supplementary; Mn. J. M.
Fleming; piano and sight singing;
Mrs. E. G. Elcan, expression.
It will bo seen from the above list
that the teaching force will havo
many new members when Work be
gins in September. Only seven of the
old ones are returned. It Is under
stood that practically all of them
were offered their places again, but a
majority ot them declined, some am
account of health and others because
of conflicting plans. Missos Charlton,
0*N$al. Mayes, Smart, King, Wlcke*
year, baring, to sleet several times fee
some of the plapes. Those elected ex
hibited a presistent tendency to not
stay elected refusing the places after
they werooffered. It is believed, how
ever, that the faculty selected will
prove one of the strongest in this sect
tion and will be such that Bain bridge
can well be proud of, and a splendid
school year is expected to result from
their united efforts.
sonville people wish, they will be al
lowed to take over this place, as it is
nearer them. In the event it is not
added to that jurisdiction, Bainbridgo
will take it over and present the work
to the good people there.
and must have had a pretty effective by mailand postedco ETAOI
prayer, for everything else seemed to 1 and p08 t ed j n a p ]ace accessible to
be lacking. He gave up 11 hits andj pub )j c v j ew . The local board shall
Dothan socored 6 earned runs. Bain-| send by ma j] eacb person so des-
bridge made 8, however, and won, ‘j^ n ateti notice of such fact,
principally through the 6 errors made I The local boards will first make
by Dothan. Penner and Rogers each ttbe physical examination of all per-
made home runs in this game. Each Yons. The physical examination hav-
hit the first pitched ball and the hom-1 ng been completed the bdard will
ers came together in the third inning [next consider the nfatter of exemp-
| Monday’s game was one of the t j ong .
freakiest ever seen here. In the first The local board will issue certifi-
inning Quitman batted around, mak- Yates of exemptions to all those whom
ing six hits, including three doubles, jt exempts under these regulations,
and five earned runs on Foster. After | The local board wil then consider
this they were unable to hit the big ^who should be discharged if they
right hander with any success. It make application for it in acordance
looked for awhile as if the five mark- with the regulations of the President.
ers in the first inning would be the
game’s -final score. For five innings
I ‘Skinny” Watts had allowed Bain
bridge but two hits and was going
good. True they were hitting him
hard, but their blows went right into
the hands of some waiting Quitman
man. In the fifth, however, the first
two men hit safely and the next
walked. Penner, who was on third,
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The local boards wili certify to the
district boards the names of all pe-
sons drawn and not, discharged or ex
empted.
The local board shall also file with
he district board the exemption
laims and action taken upon them.
Appeals may be taken from the
final decisions of the local board to
the district board, either by the per-
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been called to the attention of our correspondents before,
and most of them have observed its requirements, but in
the past few weeks there has been a growing tendency on
the part of some correspondents to leave off their signa
tures. Some of the best correspondents we have in the
county have done this. We may recognize your handwrit
ing and feel sure that the communication is genuine, but we
can’t take a chance by publishing something for which no
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mean that it will be published or that anybody will know
who sent the news from your section, if you don’t want
them to know. It simply means that we are protected
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source of information. Unsigned communications have
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We want to thank all of our correspondents for their
loyalty to the paper and urge that this be continued. We
are not represented in many parts of the county where we
would like to be, and will be glad to hear from some one in
each place, who is willing to undertake the work.
All correspondents are urged to confine themselves to
news and leave off attempts to be funny at the expense
of some young couple in the community. Give us the crop
news, school news and other things of interest in your com
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too.
And remember that YOU MUST SIGN YOUR NAME,
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