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JOHN WHITE k CO,
V LOUISVILLE, KV.
Nochaway Council of
Boy Scouts in Second
District Organized
The Second Congrcssional District
Council of Georgia Boy Scouts of
America has been registered at na
tional headquarters and the charter
received and from now on will be
known as Nochaway Council Boy
Scouts of America.
This is now a first-class council
and it will have charge of the super
vision and development of all Boy
Scout work in this territory.
The officers are; D. H. Redfeam,
Albany, president; W. 0. Fleming,
Bainbridge, vice president; B. Y.
Chambers, Moultrie, secretary; P. J.
Brown, Albany, treasurer; W. H.
Burt, Albany, commissioner.
The county chairmen are; Dough
erty, R. E. McCormack, Albany;
Colquitt, B. Y. Chambers, Moultrie;
Thomas, I.ouis S. Moore, Thomas-
ville; Tift, H. L. Moore, Tifton; Cal
houn, Dr. C. K. Sharpe, Arlington;
Deeatur, W. 0. Fleming, Bainbridge,
Worth, M. H. Westberry, Sylvester;
Early,* Henry Moye, Blakely; Semi
nole, W. H. Vanlandingham, Donal-
sonville; Baker, Benton Odom, New
ton; Mitchell, J. W. Parker, Pelham;
Miller, P. D. Rich, Colquitt; Grady,
J. B. Roddenbery, of Cairo.
The county chairman, together
with the district president, the treas
urer, the vice president, the secre
tary and Doughtery county’s Chair
man, will constitute the executive
board and will meet quarterly to
transact the -business of the district.
The executive committee, com
posed of D. H. Redfearn, P. J. Brown
and R. E. McCormack, Albany; C.
U. Leach, Sylvester, and Dr. C. K.
Sharpe, Arlington, will meet monthly
to transact the necessary business
between the meetings of the Execu
tive Board.
The district council will meet an
nually and is composed of one man
from each troop gommlttee and
other representative men from the
various counties so long as these ad
ditional ones do not exceed the troop
representatives.
Nochaway Council is the first dis
trict council in Georgia to be char
tered, which speaks very highly for
the work here.
Orange Crush is stamped on
the top. Don’t take anything
“just as good,” for there is no
such thing. Crush! Say it plain
KILLS HIS MOTHER, WIFE AND
HER STEPDAUGHTER, SETS HOUSE
AFIRE AND THEN KILLS HIMSELF
Evidence Indicates Richard McHargue
Ran Amuck at Cor
bin, Kentucky.
No Motive For Crim Discovered;
Neighbors Say He Had
Threatened Mother.
Corbin, Ky., Aug. 6.—A triple
murder, suicide and an attempt to de
stroy all evidence of the crime by
burning the house, was revealed in
the discovery.early today of the bodies
of Richard McHargue, his wife and
her step-daughter, and Mrs. Polly Mc
Hargue, mother of Richard McHargue,
at her home. Conclusions drawn by
local officials were that McHargue
had killed the women members of the
family and after starting a fire in
one of the rooms in an effort to de
stroy evidence of his action, took his
own life.
The crime occurred within three
blocks of the Corbin postoffice. Al
though the McHargue home is in a
thinly populated section of the town
and separated from it by a small
stream, neighbors today said they
heard the soud of pistol shots at
about 8 o’clock Friday night and
were inclined to the belief that the
tragedy was enacted at that time.
The mother of McHargue and his
wife were found in one room of the
dwelling, while that of the man and
his step-daughter were in another.
Evidence was at hand to show that
the girl had been stabbed with a
knife, and the body was badly burned,
the fire that had been started in the
house having reached her body where
it lay on the floor before finally burn
ing out.
No motive for the crime had been
developed today, althought officers
said residents remarked that Me
Hargue had not been on friendly terms
with his mother, and it was said that
he had been heard to utter threats
against her.
Business Will Revive
With Coming of Cold
Snap, Harding Claim
Washington, Aug. 6.—“With the
coming of cold weather, business will
revive.” This is the unequivoval
statement of W. P. G. Harding, gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve Board
and, on economic conditions, one of
the best informed men in the United
States.
Mr. Harding predicted the cotton
panic and urged the farmers to sell
when their staple was worth 43 cents,
in July, 1920. His prediction of stim
ulated business the coming Fall is re
garded in Washington as significant.
A much better prospect for cotton,
Mr. Harding also predicts.
“Last Fall,” he said, “ we had a
carry-over crop of’ five million bales
and a new crop of thirteen million
plus. Europe could not buy. Home
consumption was curtailed by virtue
of a buyers’ strike. Now we have
a carry-over crop of approximately
seven million bales and a new crop of
only eight million. Export trade re
suscitated, home consumption, with
stimulated business the coming Fall,
will increase.”
TOBACCO MEN TO
Card From Mr. G. S. Tucker CREATE NO POOL
August 7th, 1921.
Editor Post-Search Light,
Dear Sir:
In looking over the last proceed
ings of the County Commissioners
meeting, one would infer that they
are at last beginning to see the pre
carious condition in which our County
has fallen, as the Judge and Solicitor
of the City Court were “invited into
the conference with the Board, rela
tive to trying certain lines of reduc
tion in the County’s expense,” and I
presume they are calling on the
Court to cut expenses, which might be
both proper and feasible. The Courts
are, we might say, providential, and
have to take a fixed course of pro
cedure and expense, and as our Courts
are now relieved of the burden and
expense of Seminole, this should au
tomatically reduce their expenses,
which of course will help some, how
ever, tile Courts are very essential
and their expense is insignificant,
when compared with some other fabu
lous expenses of the County. Last
Building Bigger and
...Better.
• •
The machinery for our new steam pow
er plant is being erected with all pos
sible speed.
In selecting this equipment the prime
thought was dependable service to our
customers regardless of cost of machin
ery.
When this new equipment is ready for
operation we have every reason to feel
that we will be in position to give our
customers a bigger and better service
than they have ever had before.
Bainbridge Ice Company
Bainbridge,
Telephone 152
Georgia
year, 1920, we paid out for City
Court a little more than $4,000.00, and
little less than $7,000.00 for Su
perior Court, and about $3,500.00 for
Jail expenses, making about $14,500.-
00 all toll, which is comparatively
small when considering the amounts
spent for other purposes, including
about $11,000.00 spent for dipping, (I
think the dipping should be finished,
if possible, but the cost is entirely too
high) and a balance spent on PUBLIC
WORKS and a few minor items,
which makes our total disbursements
for 1920, close to $180,000.00 all toll.
I have not made the above reference
to the Court and Jail expense in the
defense of any one, (I feel that the
gentlemen connected with these
branches of the county affairs, need
no defense, and if they did, they are
amply able to give a satisfactory ac
count of their stewart-ship to the gen
eral public)—but has been made and
the figures given, that we may realize
how and why we are now in such a
state of financial embarrassment.
What chance, have we to ever get
back to where the fore-fathers of our
Country left us? Any?
Our present tax valuation is now
only seven million, as against eleven
million for last year, not including
corporations, and I notice our general
expense for this year is about, if not
as heavy, as they were last year. Mr.
Freeman said one of the Commission
ers told him, he could not find out
what the financial condition of the
county is. I can’t see how he can
act intelligently if he does not know.
He should know. I notice Decatur
county paid in May and June of this
year, for Commissioners SALARIES
AND TRAVELING EXPENSES,
$918,08. Why shouldn’t he know? I
have known County Board whose very
first item of business at each monthly
meeting was a true and correct state
ment of the financial condition of the
County, and occupied the first and
foremost place in the minutes of each
month. By so doing they always
knew where they were at, and what
they were in position to do, or vice-
versa.
Respectfully,
G. S. TUCKER.
AT DOUGLAS MEETING THEY
DECIDE TO ORGANIZE STATE
ASSOCIATION.
Douglas, Ga., Aug. 6.—The meet
ing by the Coffee county tobacoo
growers and business men for the
tobacco growers and warehousemen
of Georgia to meet in Douglas, was
held at the courthouse today begin
ning at 11 o’clock. There were pres
ent about 100 growers, merchants,
bankers, business men and one ware
houseman. Coffee, Pierce, Jeff Bavis
and Atkinson counties were repre
sented.
There were no definite steps taken
by the meeting towards pooling the
present tobacco crop as some of the
growers thought it was too late in
the season to organize a pool for this j
year.
A committee of seven, consisting of
five growers and two business men, I
was appointed to draft a form for an I
organization of all tobacco growers in
Georgia looking to improving the
facilities for growing, curing and)
marketing tcbacc* in the future. This j
committee was empowered to draft j
forms for the organization and to j
call another meeting of the growers i
and business men of Georgia, in the j
tobacco growing sections for the pur- i
pose of adopting the articles of or-1
ganization.
No date was fixed for this next j
meeting, but the time for the meet- j
ing will be fixed, by the committee.
There was evidence in the discussions!
of much dissatisfaction on the part of
the growers of the prices being offered ^
this year for tobacco. j
THE NEW CITY CHARTEJ
. Ther ? seems to be a rnisundm
mg as to the effect of the new 1
relating to the paving of the,
walks, and I a mtaking the
of attempting to explain the
of this charter The authoring
uniform m holding that witWl
express charter provision a mm,-
corporation is, nevertheless .«!
lzed to pave streets and side
The law compels the city to kw
street sin proper condition amn
the discretion of the mayor and,
cil it is necessary to pave the oj
they have the authority to do
without express charter nr 0 J
28 Cyc. on page 949, says' "Vj
street is generic, and includes J
walks and cross-walks; and the.
to improve streets includes the L
to lay sidewalks. 'The municiS
may require abutting owners to 1
sidewalks in accordance with
scribed specifications, and with
discretion may order a repavem
There seems to be no question,
the right of the city to pave,
the streets or the sidewalks
require the abutting owners to I
therefor. The trouble is, that!
under the general provision it i
be necessary to require the oml
pay in cash. If they act undwl
charter of 1920, then it is necal
to make a contract based on »1
year payment. In either event a/
ship would be inflicted upon,
people. The object of the new A
is simply to authorize the ntayoi
council to make arrangements in
contract for the paving for the!
ment thereof eithe rin cash or j
stallments covering such perit
time as they may think proper!
permitting the mto allow a disa
or contract for a discount,
event of a cash payment. Outs
permitting them to arrange M
payment for the work, the new!
ter gives to the cit*r absolute
power of any kind or character]
it does not now possess.
7-21-lt T. S. HAH
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Bainbridge Coca-Col|
Bottling Works
TAX LEVY CITY OF BAINBRIDGE
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Bainbridge
that the rate of taxation on all prop
erty, real and personal in the City of
Bainbridge, subject to city taxes by,
and the same are hereby fixed and
levied for the 1921 as follows: Ordi
nary expenses 5 mills, Extra ordinary
expenses 5 mills, Public Schools 5
mills, on all of said taxable property
in said city.
Passed and approved in open coun
cil, this August 1, 1921.
M. E. NUSSBAUM, Mayor.
J. A. REID, Clerk.
ROAD NOTICE
Georgia, Decatur County.
Take Notice, that Ellie Powell and
other citizens having applied for an
order seeking the establishment of a
new public road, which has been laid
out and marked by Reviewers duly
appointed, and a report thereof made
under oath,—said road described as
follows: Beginning at a point on
the Bainbridge and Blakely road near
the residence of Ellie Powell, about
250 yards practically due west inter
secting the Colquitt and Brinson road
at Thomas Thompson’s house, running
through land lots as follows,—316,
285, 276. and 245, in the 27th dis
trict, a distance of about two and one-
half (2 1-2) miles: Therefore, if no
good cause be shown to the contrary
by persons interested in this matter
an order will be granted by the County
Commissioners at their office on the
first Monday in September, 1921, es
tablishing said new road.
Done by order of the County Com
missioners. this ti:e first day of Au
gust, 1921.
W. G. HARRELL.
Chairman.
Lanark Special
TO THE GULF
Where Cool Breezes Bio)
Every Sunday, Commencing July 3rd
SPECIAL EXCURSION TRAII
Via.
Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railwaj
GOING RETURNS
Leave Arrive!
6:30 A. M. Bainbridge 9:20 P. Ji
6:55 A. M. Attapulgus 8:52 P. Mj
Arrive Leavel
9:30 A. M. Lanark-On-The-Gulf 6:10 P.
9:45 A. M. Carrabelle 5:50 P. >>|
Colored Coach For Carrabelle
LOW ROUND TRIP RATES
Week-End Tickets—Going, good on S a |
urday or Sunday. , J
Returning—Good on Sunday or Mono )J
Sixteen Day Tickets—On sale dail>. S°
to return within sixteen days.
Call on Agent, or C. L. SENTER.
Manager, Bainbridge, Ga.