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BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 13th. 1922.
$1.50 PER ANNUM
^ chattahoohee, Fla., next
July 20th, marking the
acceptance by the Florida
highway department the new
U highway bridge, across the
Koockee river at that point.
m Trj . S;s t,. Navigation Company
The t r ;a t a special steamboat
be operated to Chatta-
“Tffroni Bainbridge for this oc-
^„ the steamer John W. Callahan,
jT iw assigned for the trip. A
land comfortably equipped barge,
« j—will be towed i
OTIS L. BELL’S
FILLING STATION
u up for dancing
^ ner, making accommoda-
gt for a total of
the trip down the river promises to
w Of unusual pleasure, and reser-
(0J< are being rapidly made. It
ktiicvod that the 300 tickets will
fcpooed of before the departure
the
ion will he Governor Carey D
fee, of Florida. Other noted j
for? will also be present to de- i
addresses. The new highway
Ige, it is understood, will be for- (
Uy opened to traffic immediately i
LINE BRIDGE
10 OPEN JULY 20.
V r "excursion will
■'operated from here
for the occasion.
Democratic Executive
Committee to Meet
A meeting of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of Decatur county,
is hereby called, to meet at the court
room in Bainbridge, at 10 o’clock A.
M. on Saturday, July I5th, 1922, for
j the purpose of making such prelim-
ir((is of Bainbridge people are j inary arrangements as may be neces-
' to rtu nd the celebration to j sary, for the coming Primary election
for the nomination of Party Candi
dates for the various State, Federal
and County officers to be elected dur
ing the present year, and for the
transaction of any business that may
be prqperly considered.
Mrs. W. M. Harrell Delegate to Sixteenth Biannial of
Women’s Clubs Returns With Very Interesting Report
A Message from the Sixteenth Biennial of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, That Met at
Chautauqua, New York.
Chautauqua has a peculiar appro- founded by Miss Armstrong, of Chat-
priateness for the meeting there, be- tanooga. That occasion was used to
cause before the Federation existed support Mrs. Hayes or recording sec-
it has stood for the things we arc retary. Most of the Southerners wore
standing for. There is no glare of cotton and 1 found that among that
lights, no jingling of bells and whis- galaxy of brilliant women,' so many
ties to disturb the calm. One sees Northern states had Southern women
A full attendance of the Committee j aI1 over tb is country the same kinds for their Presidents,
is earnestly requested. j of "’omen, with the same problems,! Atlanta secured the council meet-
C. S. HODGES, Chmn. with the aame wa y s of solving them, j ng f or 19 2S, Los Angeles, the Bien-
C. W. WIMBERLY, Sec. little by littIe taking out the fine „ial for 1924.
■ black lines of differences that divide, „ . . .
v Mrs. Hayes received six more votes
Mrs. R. L. Lane and Mrs. G. B. I 1 f or recording secretary than any other
Toole and
a trip to
mi • • , , it i , m rii . • tvl * Ct-vlUlllg nvt.1 visll j Vlictll till j Uvlivl
children have returned from | Thls 1S the Chautauqua, it 0 flj cer 0 f the G F W C The Geor-
Beacort Hill. hasn't the iure of wealth, it hnsn't the gja delegateg with their cnthusias .
” re . ®spcc acuai u it as orl ». ^-ay badges, pins, watermelons anil
: stood for the culture that reaches out , , .. ,. _ , ,
, v >ciu.a uui lovely southern songs captivated the
Convention.
to human beings and therein forms
the inner life of men and women.
The message of welcome from Mrs.-< Mr *' Hny,,s ’ P erR0,lal chairman
Thacer Guernsey, Mrs. Thomas H. made her an easy caudidate to P re ‘
Edison and response by Mrs. Thomas sent and elected to offlee ' Th « recc P'
Winter with beautiful musicals made tion held in honor of Mrs ' Hayes in
every member of that great Biennial the drawinK room of thc Athenaum
feel welcome and happy at the open- gave the Gcor g ia hostesses an op
ing session. Then we had ten days P° rtunity t0 extend ' cordial “ Tettin ^
of strenuous activity. Listening to to the entire covention '
forty-five feet above it, the Otis L.; the most prominent women and men The sessions were held in open air
Bell NEW FILLING STATION will j n the world. Many distinguished out ampitheatre in the center of a beau-
„for the trip, and dancing will be! be opened to the public on Saturday, s jd e speakers ,werc secured to repre- tiful P ark - A great pipe organ was
Ingress practically all the time j July 15th, at the corner of Broad and I gent various interests, many members the instrumental basis for the music
the trip down, and. the re-. Calhoun streets. . () f the club have themselves made no- and an official organist, Miss Jennie
in the evening. Short trips down ' With the latest arrangement and table utterances on the same subjects
liver, at one hour intervals, will every possible convenience to serve made by the experts. Georgia stood
M(le from Chattahoochee all dur- the public in, Mr. Bell invites the peo
ple to inspect his new place. With
boat, and those who wish to
the trip arc urged to make their
itions as early as possible.
Srst class orchestra has been se-
WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON
SATURDAY AT CORNER'OF
BROAD AND CALHOUN.
With a United States Flag, flying
Boy Scouts Are
Progressing Rapidly
The Bainbridge Troop of Boy Scouts
are progressing rapidly in advance
ment, several more boys will be given
higher grades thiB month..
The Troop is going on a camp soon,
under the supervision of jthe Assist
ant Scoutmaster, the Scoutmaster will
visit this camp nearly every day and
stay some at night, but will not be
in attendance all the time. On this
camp the boys will do their own cook
ing and it will be mostly a pleasure
trip as the big camp wars more for
advancement than pleasure, however,
both were had.
Troop No. 1 will receive a few ap
plicants now as the ranks are a little
broken and we need a few boys to
make out the number that we wish to
maintain in the tnoop.
Make application to J. Robert
Haire, Scoutmaster.
[the (lav.
b addition to the large crowd ex
ited to go down by /boat, many
ms from this city will probably
le the trip by automobile. It is
jected that fully ten thousand peol
be at Chattahoochee to attend
celebration, and it is stated that
nothing to obstruct, a “Loop the
Loop” or a “Clip the Corner” can be
done by the newest as well as the
oldest automobile driver. Pumps are 1
so arranged that cars loaded higil
can be served without disturbing the
ib slolcu goods. From the heaviest to the very
rttcue dinner suffic'ienTTo feed J lightest car, can be handled quickly
number will be prepared by thc, with the new arrangement |
irav officials. A basket picinc din-1 An U P date greasing and washing
Wifi also be a feature of the day. P !t ha s been installed and a late line!
. of accessories will be carried. Every-1
icipa! spea er or e ^hing f 0 r automobiles will be on hand i
with SERVICE from Otis Bell that!
the public needs no introduction to.
“Brother” Otis may be his first name!
but SERVICE is hi9 middle name.
On opening: day, to every purchaser |
of 5 gallons of gasoline, or more, 11
... » gallon of the best automobie oil, will
iway officials. The erection of
bridge removes a serious barrier
tffie between points this side the
ttahooo’nee in Georgia and Florida |
Ike western part of Florida. j ur(jay> Ju)y 1Bth> the , biggest open
.... • ing day that has ever been put on in
1NARR RPFfIAI ” • Bainbridge.
null OI uuIfiL ! Q t j s Bell, by bjs untiring efforts in
service, his cordial polite manner to
every one, has made a host of friends
not only in Bainbridge but in Decatur
INGE ONLY EFFECTS THE county, who extends him best wishes
IETIRNTNG TRAIN WHICH i tor his new place that is a credit, as
LEAVES AT 6:20. | well as himself, to any city.
in the front ranks and thc President
referred the other states to Georgia
work for an example. We had a
Southerners meet,
Weller, was formerly a Georgia.
Too much cannot be said in praise
to the Club Women who have organiz
ed and worked in co-operation with
other women to make this Biennial
institution the success it has been.
Smoking Out The False
be given away, absolutely free. In
appreciation to return the favor in a
measure. The oil will be given away
‘! so long as a customer comes on Sut-
SCHEDULE CHANGED
char.ct in the schedule of thc Mrs. Otis L. Bell Is
u,k Special,” Sunday excursioni „
operated by the G. F. & A. PllbllClty Chdimian
n !'. i? announced this week by _ "
Manager C. L. Senter, effect-' Mrs. Otis L. Bell has been notified
Sunday . The change will i fa y the State president of the Georgia
»only the returning train, the! Federation of Business and Pro-
Wo for the train going down in fessional Women’s Clubs, Miss Mamie
morring remaining as heretofore. 1 Merri11 - of Thomasville, of her ap-
Oder - n,. „ , , , , pointment as publicity chairman of
!““-*■»- »• - «"*» -
teV”CM.n«,T£S | ‘"TrLnbrtta Ch* MM, ...
r Hat .Si h , ? fcer , , ganized in April, has 62 paid-up mem-
that this is made in order to! ^ and un(]er thr )emtership o{
Miss Ruth Botts, presiriem, the club
t0 w iU begin work next week on the
erection of its summer camp build
ing. The club intends to pay for it
and open it without a bill attached.
Senator Boykin has introduced a
bill that will show up some of those
dear brethren that have shed teai-s
over the poor school children that
need school books. He has introduc
ed a bill to provide that every time
one of the rich and well to do want
to buy a drink at the soda fount he
will put up a penny for the school
children of the state. He says that
the folks paid this tax to get money
to kill men and they ought now to
pay it to make men and women. The
Senator may not get his bill through
but he will show up those hypocrites
that pretend to care so much for the
school kids. Cold drinks age luxuries.
It will put the drug stores to a bit
more trouble to keep up the tax,
BUT what is a new tax more or
less to the drug stores?
Every tipie anybody wants to
raise any money, they levy a new
tax on a drug store and they are
used to it now. There has not been
a new tax bill introduced in the
state in ten years that did not
put a new tax on them and they
won’t kick. Not at all. At any
rate we are glad that the senator
shot his bill in the hopper. Not
that we think that more, burdens
ought to be put on thc tax ridden
drug stores of the country, BUT be
cause we want to see rome of thc
cheap politicians put in a nine hole
on this matter.
It is a sure thing that a man that
is able to buy cold drinks ought to
be able to toss the school children
of the state a penny while enjoy
ing his cool drink doesn’t it. AND
WHAT IS FURTHER this bill is
going to take root and get to be an
issue. Senator Boykin is not after
placing any burden on the drug
stores or the drink founts. He
merely wants to tax a known lux
ury to help the school children. Let
every weekly paper take this paper
up and discuss it. Then we will
get rid of a lots of hypocricy in
this school book game.
Senator Boykin says that he has
received wonderful encouragement
on his bill. The only draw back at
all is the fact that it puts more
work on the drug stores that are
already ridden. They wont have to
pay the tax but they will of course
have to keep books on it. This bill
is going to smoke out things.
BOARD OF TRADE
MEETING TONIGHT
TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT AT
THIS MEETING. EVERY
MEMBER BE PRESENT.
Ap important meeting of the Bain
bridge Board of Trade is annunce.l
for Friday night, July 14th, at the
city hall, and 1 all members are urged
to be present, as a number of matters
! of vital interest to the organization
| are to be acted on.
I The principal business to come be-
j fore the meeting will he the election
j of a new president to succeed Presi
dent Garrett, who recently resigned
j because of being called to Statesboro
I for a few months this fall. After
1 this has been-carried out, other mat-
! tors will camp up for discussion, and
l a full attendance is urgently desired.
| The Board of Trade is again be-
j coming active in promoting the up-
' building of Bainbridge and Decatur
: county, and is accomplishing splendid
I results. The organization deserves
I the unqualified support of every busi-
: ness man and citizen of the city,
j Recently an extensive advertising
' campaign has been conducted in the
columns of the weekly press of north
' and central Georgia, in an utfort to
induce farmers to locate in this coun-
! try. A number of inquiries have been
| received as a result of this advertis-
| ing, and all land owners who have
land for sale are asked to list it with
I the Board.
Mrs. T. E. Rich Returns
From Western Trip
Mrs. T. E. Rich has returned from |
a trip through four states after a |
visit with her family in Mississippi.
Mrs. Rich made thc trip in her Ford 1
sedan with her children, the youngest,
twelve.
No accidents occurred to mar the j
pleasure trip, but Mrs. Rich sayn,|
after any one goes over those Ala
bama and Arkansas roads they want
to hug every commissioner in De
catur county for the good roads here. I
FT. HUGHES NOW
BEING BEAUTIFIED
DONATED TO THE CITY BY TUB
CHASON ESTATE FOR CHIL
DREN'S PLAY GROUND.
The grounds that surround Ft.
Hughes on the approach to the banks
of Flint river that mere deeded the ■
city of Bainbridge'for park purposes
—so long as they were kept as such,
as a memorial for the late Dr. J. D.
Chason by the heirs of his estate, are
being put into beautiful shape for a
park and children’s play grounds.
The work started early Wednes
day with Mrs. Otis Bell, E. T. Hines,
chairman, street and land committee.
C. C. Bell, Mercer Baggs, T. E. Rich,
Dr. Wheat and Chief Barber on the
grounds.
| The city force was made stronger by
the county convicts. The derhis and
underbrush is being hauled out, trees
trimmed and vistaH cut through to
the water’s edge. Swings of chains
with board seats were filled with chil
dren as soon as the workman could
hang them. The limbs well be pad
ded to save them from injury of the
chains. Sand piles will be built and
benches will be built around the
great oaks.
The city had water running -on the
grounds early and the work 4a >
rapidly ahead. Immense«
ing with moss, old cedars, ■<
and pines stand in magntfioeot:
ever two or more acres of load a)
i most in the heart of Bainbridge whose
J children can play In safety.
I Florida street, which leads to the
park, is an avenue of very tall and
, beautiful cedars which makes the ap-
porch to the play grounds and park
j very beautiful. When men go after
; civiq Improvement the way those vet
erans of civic pride did, Bainbridge
, will indeed be a beautiful littlfe city.
1 Those men left duties to do the work.
They called on the Mayor for certain
privileges that he cheerfully left other
business to grant. ( Enthusiasm ran
[ high and as Mercer Baggs, said: “Let's
do it all while we are on the job.”
! Men offered to donate lumber for
the cause and men gave chains for the
swings. These men can always be
counted on to do things that means
, civic improvement and pleasures for
; the little folks. The grounds will be
easily accessible for our friends from
the country and neighboring places to
rest in, they will be lighted and can
be enjoyed in the evenings as well.
And another thing, they will relieve
Willis’ park somewhat. it
Getting Into Politics Sure Enough
'wtors to Lanark to enjoy
’fwn-OTn swim, and
iK-cial Sunday evenng din-
’ Lanark .Inn.
* h'" "’K-ration of this special
to.,’, stashore-on Sundaes by
t A.
Hollman of the Constitution gave
the road bond issue its dying stab
in his paper last Tuesday night in
tryhi« to keep the Highway De-
pnr.ru 1 out of politic*. In trying
to do n's v.inderful stunt he put
it i'-' L i'o the mire of politics.
He vr:.* • .*■ hi ml to do ail this fine
v,- r r 'irve it all to do the very
th:.-. -„..r. l.i pretended that he did
not want'it to do. His article was
appreciated is evidenced . . tj
Patronage of the people ofjBoXITYg Match Here ...
^ and all along the line. Tuesday Night. July 1UJ the most acute effort to raise the
in schedule, giving visitors ! G i,l factional issues in this state
B#R ” ni,v to remain pratically Boxing match here Tuesday, July •
- the resort, will very | lgth jj mmy Russell meets Ralph
in increased patron- ; Hannaht a ten-round contest h* '' 1 Senator Tom WatSOIl
I under the auspices of the W. O. W.
, r ” | Degree team.
' nc ii experts At This promises to be nne of the
liberty To Return' best bout3 of the sea "°' at ' both boy '
10.—(By the Asso-i Th * men are pret ' y W€ ” eVenl> '
Reported Improving
that could have possibly been writ
ten. His desire to start the old
fires was so plain that the smoke
choked dbwn the last chance that
the bond issue had. He did pre
test too much and thote crocodile'
tears will continue to fall, BUT he
he will not be able to start the old
factional fires to burning ayain for
the pure and simple reasot) that hi*
paper no longer has weight enough
in the state politics to float an is
sue or borrow a measure.
Dr. Schreiber Will
Resist Extradition
Hawkinsville Hotel
Burns; One Is Killed!
Hawkinsville, Ga., July 10.—The 1
Globe Hotel, a Hawkinsville landmark,
was burned to the ground today and |
Robert Elrod wan so badly burned
and injured when he jumped from a
second-story window that he died n
few hours later.
Macon, Gr., July' 10.—Attomety-
for Dr. Eugene Schrieber, charged
in warrants obtained by Mrs.
/ '—The Francii" experts matched, although
•i-Ljt; are at complete liber-.weigh 5 Russell.
r£ ' 3r ' to Paris at any timej Russell has lots o
ood punch. There.w
seful work there, it was
’ the foreign office to- j R atl le Royal.
>' nave not yet informed
tn t that .they have giv-
» - J f co-operative work with
to-iussions dealing with the
Problem.
Washington, July 9.—Senator
Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, and
Mrs Watson, both of whom have been
out ill with bronchitis at their home in i Schrieber, at Boston, Ma3s., with
Chevy Chase, were said by Dr. Grant | abandonment of his minor children,
f g p € .(i and a S. Barnhart, their physician, today to desertion and non-support, will go
.] also be some be convalescing. Senator Watson, to Atlanta tomorrow, where they will
Hannah
ed they are no longer. ^ w ith a good however, will not be able to resume his
duties in the senate for another week.
Senator Watson and Mrs. Watson
Palmer Tinley returned to W T ash-, became ill about ten days ago. Dr.
ington D. C. f Monday afternoon. | Barnhart said the senator had been
Mrs Thomas R, Ramsey is visit- i "quite ill” but now was well on the
• ’ • TK.V.1U, road to recovery.
sung in Dublin.
appear before Governor Hardwick
and resist the removal of the Macor.
specialist to Boston to answer the
charges.
Mrs. Charles Parker and Miss Lau-
radtll are in Clayton.
"CDTTflNFKHNG”
WILLS99NBEHERF
SEVERAL FARMERS HAVE SENT
IN COTTON BOLLS DURING
THE WEEK.
That “cotton-picking" time will soon
be here is evidenced by the fact that
open bolls have been received the past
few days by the Post-Search Light-
from every part of the county.
Some fields, according to reports,;
are already taking on a white tinge,!
while open cotton bolls arc said to
be numerous over the country. With-
j in th© next two or three weeks cotton- 1
picking will be actively under way.
! The cotton crop in Decatur county
is said to be in fairly good condition,
in spite of the boll weevil handicap,
and an average yield is expected. !
However, the acreage devoted to the
fleecy staple is considerably less than;
in previous years. j
BAINBRIDGE NEGRO
SAVES HIS OWN LIFE
LUTHER ORR, ONE OF THE BEST
NEGROES IN TOWN HAS ,
NARROW ESCAPE.
While laying sewerpipe in a deep
excavation for the drainage of
water that accumulates on West
street, Luther Orr, a negra,
nearly lost ’his life on Wed
nesday. Men ahead were digging the
ditch and Orr was following, connect
ing the pipes, when the earth caved
in. Orr saw the earth was giving
way, and stated later that he figured
that if he would rest against the side
with his arms over his fare he would
not quickly smother, and the act
saved his life. His fellow-workers
gave assistance immediately by dig
ging with all their might. Orr-blithe
best negro in Balrdn-idge and ht*
rescue is the gratification of many
white and colored fritndi.
This place, where the water stands
several feet deep when in rains, 4am
been the cause at much compla feat %
the residents of that locality. Money
has been spent several times by the
council in an effort to remove the
cause, but without success. Recently
the present council, with Troup Hines,
chairman, has undertaken the job of
stopping it by laying sewerage of a
sufficient depth and distance to carry
it off.
Notice
Needing more room to successfully
carry on my Profession and render to
my patients the necessary attention,
their condition may necessitate, I am
moving to 147 South Broad St., second
floor on Monday, July 17th, 1922, and
will on that day see all of my patients
in my new offices.
Thanking all, I am,
Respectfully,
BS. W. 8. lfcQUAOME. 1
