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VOLUME 8. NUMBER 26.
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YOUNG DECATUR
COUNTY FARMER
VICTIMACCIDENT
Mr. “Bud” Lovett Passed Away
Saturday as Result of In
juries Sustained
FELL FROM FORD
TRUCK FRIDAY
Dead Man Was Well Known and
Highly Regarded Throughout
the County, and His Death is
Deplored by Many Friends.
"Bud” Lovett, as he was known to
,i host of friends, was the victim on
Friday morning of an accident, which
resulted in his death Saturday night.
Mr. Lovett was riding into town
from his home at the four mile pond
in a Ford truck. When he reached
the Brackin place he told the driver
that he would get off at Glover’s
store, but he did not wait for the
truck to come to a stop, stepping off
while the machine was in motion.
He fell heavily to the ground, strik
ing the back of his head. Aid was
quickly summoned and he was rush
ed to a local hospital, where every
thing possible was done for him. His
death, howeve^, occurred Saturday
evening.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon in the Baptist church near
his home, with the Rev. Mr. Dawson
officiating. The Woodmen of the
World were in charge of the burial
reremonies. A large body of friends
escorted the remains to the grave in
the family cemetery, at the four mile
pend place.
A widow, and sisters, Mrs. Rhodes
and Mrs. Draper, and two small
children survive Mr. Lovett.
A devoted husband and father, a
faithful church worker and a suc
cessful farmer, his death has caused
genuine sorrow over the county. The
deceased was a young man, only 23
years of age. Deep sympathy is ex
tended his family in their hour of
great sorrow. The pallbearers were
Messrs. L. L Inlow, E. Yates, Carl
Brock, Ben Harrell, E. F. Johnson, S.
W Martin.
VARIETY WORKS IS
SPLENDIDJNDUSTRY
Modern Plant of T. W. Jester &
Son is one of the City’s Most
Valuable Manufacturing con
cerns.—Adds to Pay Roll.
Very few of our folks know that
Bambridge has one of the most mod
em and complete variety works in the
country, yet such is a fact. The doors
and other articles turned out by the
local concern are the standard all ov
er this entire section.
The works started on a small scale
several years ago and step by step
modern and up to date machinery
has been added until we now have
one of the plants that is a credit to
the town.
Mr. T. W. Jester is the founder of
the works and for many years has
given this line of manufacturing his
entire attention, until the business
he has built up is really one of the
best additions to the pay roll of
Bainbridge.
Our man about town, while ramb
ling over the city a few days ago,
butted into the variety works, and we
were astounded at what is being done
here and so little said about itf If
you have not visited the plant you
have missed something that you real
ly ought to see.
Mr. Roy Jester is associated with
his father i nthe plant. And by way
• f mention Mr. Roy Jester had on
display last year at the fair one of
the most magnificent and attractive
wardrobes or chiffoniers that we have
ever seen. The highest type of wort:
and the most attractive finish that
we have ever seen in a piece of furn
iture.
When you have the time to go ov-
town and see what is going on
here pay the Jester variety works a
visit, and you will see things that
will really astound and interest you.
is a plant that is worth a great
deal to the city.
Dengue Epidemic
“Gums the Works”
It is a tremendous job to try and
a publication going, with an ep-
dengue raging in the town.
tp e ^ ave ce rtainly had our share of
F ° u k* during the past two months.
»rst, lack of power; second, install-
IK *' % Wkthinery, and thir the den-
gue. The manage of this business
11 *” ov ®d Job plum off his job.
ROOSEVELT STAMP
BE INTRODUCED
Washington, Oct. 25.—The first of
the new stamps of 5-cent denomina
tion bearing the likeness of former
President Roosevelt will be presented
to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt next Fri
day when the issue will be placed on
sale at Oyster Bay, N. Y., Roosevelt's
home; at New York city, his birth
place and at the Washington Phila
telic agency.
Five stamps each from the first
sheet will be given to Theodore Roos
evelt, Jr., assistant secretary of the
navy, and Mrs. Alice Longworth, the
son and daughter of the former pres
ident. Except at the three offices
named, the stamps will not be placed
on sale elsewhere until the present
supply of 5-cent stamps is exhausted.
BAINBRIDGE GIRLS
AT ALBANY SHOW
Miss Sara Agnes Farrar Will
Represent This City as “Miss
Bainbridge’* at Style Show to
be Held in Albany.
The Style Show will be held open
ing day, Monday, October 30th, at
the Albany South Georgia Fair. The
show will be held on the race track
before the grand stand. Miss Janie
iSatman, an Albany society girl, who
represents Miss Albany, will be there
crowned Queen. Her court wil be
composed of princesses from practi
cally every town and city in South
Georgia.
The Gala Parade will be made up
of hundreds of Georgia’s fairest
maids and matrons. They will ride
on fine horses and in beautifully dec
orated cars.
Handsome prizes will be awarded
the most attractive cars and the most
beautiful girls.
One of the most interesting of the
several events will be the Society
Mule Race.
The Queen will entertain the prin
cesses at an elaborate reception, and
a big dance at the Elks Club will con
clude the festivities.
Miss Sara Agnes Farrar will be
Miss Bainbridge, and Miss Betty Sue
Lane and Miss Pearle Floyd will be
her maids of honor.
Detectives Accuse
Philadelphia Woman
Philadelphia, Oct. 25.—Scenes in
the office and in the hospitals after
the killing of Oscar Rosier, head of
an advertising agency, and his steno
grapher, Mildred Geraldine Reckitt,
were described today by witnesses in
where Mrs. Caherine Rosier, wife of
wife of the slain man, is on trail for
for the shooting of the girl. James
H. Foy , a detective, testified that in
responce to his question Mrs. Rosier
had replied she had several cups of
wine before she had commited the
crime. He told how she jumped from
her chair suddenly and exclaimed:
“He killed his first wife; she died
of a broken heart.”
William H. Tyson, another detect
ive, testified that Mrs Rosier had told
him she had found her husband and
the girl in the husband’s office, but
but she would not say she would not
have shot them if she had not been
drinking.
Epworth League Union
Meets at Attapulgus
The Tri-County Epworth League
Union will meet at Attapulgus on
Friday, November 3rd, at 7:30. Ev
ery League should make special ef
forts to have a representative pres
ent. The League members and oth
ers of Attapulgus are making prepa
rations for the cordial reception and
entertainment of the visitors, and the
occasion promises to be a pleasant
an successful one.
Tri-County Fair To
Begin Next Tuesday
The Tri-County Fair opens Monday
and will run all next week. Mr. Lit
tlejohn has announced that he has a
splendid line of free attractions this
year, and will have all the amuse
ments that the young folks will need.
There will be two bands to furnish
music for the festivities.
Bainbridge Citizens
Go to Ashburn
Quite a number of our citizens will
leave in the morning for Ashburn,
to attend a meeting of the Georgia
Association to be held at that place.
This will make the second journey
to Ashburn by Bainbridge folks in
the past two weeks. The boosters
will leave early in the morning, and
will get back tomorrow night.
BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY OCTOBER 26th, 1922
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$L50 PER ANNUM
BAINBRIDGE BOY
DIED SUNDAY NIGHT
RESULT OF WOUNDS
William Rabun Battle Loses
Brave Fight for Life, Suc
cumbing to Injuries
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD MONDAY P. M.
Deceased was One of the City’s
Most Popular Young Men, and
....His Death Has Occasioned
Profound Sorrow Here.
Wiliam Rabun Battle, who died
Sunday night, after a hard struggle
of two weeks to hold his own, was
buried Monday afternon, in Oak City
cemetery, in the midst of flowers,
relatives and friends.
The accident which brought about
this splendid young man’s death was
an unusual one. Cleaning a small
rifle, he had disconnected the barrel
and the stock, and when rubbing and
tapping the barrel a load was imbed
ded in the barrel and burst, sending
the bullet into the abdomen, and caus
ing wounds from which the young
man finally succumbed.
The accident occurred on the 6th
of October. His physicians never
gave definite hopes, although his con
dition physically was perfect, and it
was thought that he had a chance to
get well.
William Battle, who would have
been twenty-four years of age in Feb
ruary, was the third son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. M. Battle, and had been mar
ried just five months. He was with
the highway department of the state
of Florida, and with his application
to duty and striking personality, he
was rapidly going to the top In civil
engineering.
Radiantly happy with his lovely lit
tle bride, he was full of plans and
ambitions for the future, and his un
timely death is one of the saddest
that has ever occurred in this com
munity.
The ministers of the Baptist, the
Methodist and the Presbyterian
churches all officiated in the simple,
impressive services that were held
at the home at 3:30 o’clock.
Floral offerings were enmasse in
every available place in the home and
at the grave it was an expanse of
flowers and perfume.
A large funreal procession accom
panied the body to its last resting
place. The pallbearers, friends of
his youth, were Messrs. Gainey, Wil
liam Kwilecki, Toole, Smith, Strick
land and Rich.
The wife, mother and father, two
sisters, Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Arden,
and two brothers, Paul and Trevor
Battle, survive the deceased.
Deep sympathy of the community
is extended to the widow and the be
reaved family.
i. wTw. members'
ARE PUTON TRIAL
Damaging Testimony Introduc
ed Against Ten Defendants
Now on Trial in the Courts of
California.
Sacremento, Cal., Oct. 25.—The
trial of ten self-admitted members of
the Industrial Workers of the World
charged with violating California's
criminal syndicalism act, was con
tinued here today, with testimony by
the prosecution.
The testimony by the prosecution
indicates that it is seeking to estab
lish that the organization is com
mitted to certain doctrine of sabbot-
tage.
W. E. Townsend, the surprise wit
ness of yesterday, testified that he
had obtained employment with the
railroads during the war for the pur
pose of blowing them up.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS I
By order of the city council, notice
is hereby given to all tax payers of
the city that Tuesday night, Novem
ber 7th, prox., all complaints rela
tive to the city tax assessments for
the year 1922 may be made to the
city council, and will be heard arnl
considered by the same. If you have
any complaints to make you should
make them at that meeting, or you
will be too late, as the assessments
will then be made final.
Oct. 25th, 1922.
J. A REID,
Clerk of Council.
Mr. R. B. Coleman returned from
Atlanta Sunday morning, where he
had been for several days on busi
ness.
Womans* Club Plans
Program For the Year
After the enthusiastic opening
meeting of the Womans Club, the
members are all looking forward to
a year of pleasant, interesting work,
to carry out the lovely programs as
laid down in the attractive year book.
Mrs. W. M. Harrell has hud request
from all over the state for copies of
the year book, so that our methods
may be copied by other clubs.
Owing to the illness of Mrs. L. D.
Baggs, Mrs Chappell will entei'tain
the first regular meeting of the club,
at 3:30 Thursday afternoon, and ev
ery member who attends is assured
an enjoyable afternoon.
NEW SOURCES OF
COUNTY REVENUE
Dairying, Pigs and Chickens,
Under Systematic Co-opera
tion, Will Prove a Valuable
Addition to the Resources.
Dairying, pig and chickon raising
and sales under systemized co-oper
ation in Decatur county with bank
ers and business men backing, a mer
ry Christmas and a happy new year
seems the future promise if experi
ences obtained in Ashburn, Turner
county, will come true in Decatur.
Co-operative hog sales have cer
tainly come up to all expectations and
farmers are taking the project on
each sales week with a greater de
gree of enthusiasm.
The biggest thought to be conceiv
ed and carried out was that demon
strated by Messrs. Hodges and Aus-
ley, on the trip to Ashburn recently.
Representative farmers, some of
whom were A. C. Earnest, O. C. Duke
Percy Yeomans, A. Griffin, W. J. Mc-
Colum, W. S. Allen, P. S. McGlamery,
Paul Ingram, W. D. Miller, H. P.
Townsend, G. D. Griffin, Chas Frec-
Man, Robert Campbell, W. A. Ault-
man, L. J. Bolton, C. S. Hodges, M.
L Mayes, C. K. C. Ausley, W. B.
Fleming, E. F. Vickers, J. D. Gray,
Thad Moore, J. W Donalson, J R
Hendry, G. L. Ernest, went over in
care to thoroughly inspect the dairy
ing, pig, and ckicken farming in the
county of Turner.
The trip was not regretted. On the
other hand only praise of it has been
heard. Then, entertainment was fine
and the knowledge obtained aided in
the arrangement for the meeting that
was held at the court house Thurs
day afternoon.
Cars were plentiful and the trip
was a nice one all the way round. It
was one of the biggest boosts Deca
tur county has yet had.
LET THE PEOPLE
RULE
Folks occasionally rear back and
talk about the wonderful thing of
letting the people rulej and then
move heaven and earth to keep them
from ruling.
The people of Houston county two
years ago elected a senator and two
representatives on the Peach county
platform by a splendid majority. The
county has now been passed by the
general assembly and put before the
people of the state, and some folks
not directly concerned in the matter
are asking that Peach county be de
feated. And they arc foolishly ask
ing this on the grounds that it will
be economy to do so.
Peach county will not cost a liv
ing sou! a dime that lives outside of
its territory. We yell for freedom,
but when 16,000 or 20,000 people
want to govern themselves in a coun
ty of their own, some nuts will raise
a big row about there being 160
counties in Georgia already.
WE WOULD BE A DARN sight
better off if there were 160 counties
in South Georgia, or enough to give
South Georgia a fair deal in the gen
eral assembly of the state. Under
the present constitution the eight
largest counties have three repre
sentatives, the next 30 have two, and
the rest one. AND NOW, if South
Georgia had all the eight and all the
30 they would not have a majority in
the assembly to stop these big appro
priations that South Georgia has to
pay.
Ninety-five per cent of the state’s
money is spent at or above Macon.
In North Georgia there are blocks of
ten little counties that haven’t as
many white voters all told as Grady
county has, and they all have a rep
resentative.
AS LONG as these big counties
are left unwieldy and burdonsome
just so long will the little counties
of North Georgia control the state.
VOTE for all new counties in South
Georgia, until we have a majority
CATTLE DIPPING
WILL CONTINUE
UNTILFINISHED
At Meeting Saturday Farmers
Pledge Their Co-operation
To Finish Work
PART OF COUNTY
FREE OF TICKS
With Full Co-operation the Au
thorities Believe that Decatur
County Wil 1 be Tick Free
Within the Next Year.
At a hearing from a Federal offi
cer in the court house Saturday af
ternoon, with a body of abut fifty
men present, it was agreed that the
cattle dipping work in this county
will be continued until it is completed
and the county is absolutely free of
the costly cattle tick.
The northern portion of the county
has already been released, having
met all the requirements. One more
season, it is claimed, will be needed
to finish the work in the southwest
ern part of the county.
When cattle dipping began in De
catur county, It was understood that
the work would be over in a year, but
the work has now gone into the 4th
year, making many of the farmers
weary of it, as it is an expensive and
troublesome process.
Some of the cattle owners had de
cided that they would quit dipping,
and some vuts have been blown up,
ns has been the case in a great many
counties of the state. A quarantine
was threatened, so at the hearing on
Saturday afternoon itwas stated thut
they would reconsider, put their
shoulders to the wheel and continue
the dipping until Decatur county is
free of ticks as any county in the
state.
The meetiVig; closed' with every
body feeling pleasantly a,ty»ut the
resumption of the work.
Peach County Friends
Are at Work Here
Local friends ,of the Peach county
movement are taking up the fight for
this county in this section in earnest.
There are quite a number of citizens
hero who came from the section of
Fort Valley, and they are all at work
in the interest of Fort Valley, and
the new county of Peach, which will
have Fort Valley for its county site.
For fifteen years Fort Volley has
fought for this county, and now that
she has it before the people her
friends all over the state are work
ing in her interest.
Senator Joe Davidson of Fort Val
ley has lots of friends here who arc
working for the county. He and the
two representatives, Houser und
Jackson, were elected on the platform
of the new county, and by hard work
they put it through the last general
assembly.
FACEVILLE TO VOTE
ON SCHOOL BONDS
Election is Called to provide the
Funds for Erection of School
House to Replace Structure
Destroyed by Fire Recently.
Thu little town of Faceville, which
wan ho unlucky an to Jobc its Hchool
building a few weeks ago, haH ixHued
a call for bonds to put the building
back, and the advertisement appears
in this paper.
The community needs the school
very badly, and the friends of the
bond movement hope that it wil be
successfully carried.
Faceville cannot afford to lag be
hind other districts, and not have a
good, comfortable school building,
and a god school, and it is not thought
that she will. Considerable inter
est is being taken in the district over
the election.
Faceville is one of the most pros
perous sections of the county, and
one of the most progressive as well.
Judge Custer Presides
In Miller Court
Judge Wm. Vance Cuater, of the
Albany circuit, ia holding court for
the judge of the Pataula circuit thia
week in Miller county. The wife of
Judge Worrill ia aeriouly ill, prevent
ing him from preaiding.
A viait to Colquitt Wcdneaday af
ternoon brought out the fact that
the folka of Miller county were very
fond of the judge, and hla viait there
ia very much appreciated.
Rapid Progress On
Flint River Bridge
The work on the new bridge across
Flint river is going forward with
considerable speed, and the structure
is beginning to take on the appear
ance of a real bridge. The work is
being watched with interest by those
interested in the town’s progress.
The fires at night, when they wov.k
at night, as is often the case, makes
it look very attractive to persons
passing along the road. If the work
continues with as much speed ns
seems to be displayed now, we will
get the use of the bridge before the
allotcd time for completion of the
contract. The quicker .it is com
pleted the better pleased will be the
people of the county, aH the bridge
is badly needed.
SPLiM PRICES
AT SALETUESDAY
Another Successful Co-opera
tive Hog Sale Waa Pulled Off
With Results Highly Satis
factory to the Farmers.
The best co-operative hog sale yet
held here waa pulled off at the regu
lar time Tuesday. The aatonlshlng
price of 8.76 waa paid during the aalc,
this price being far ahead of any of
the previoua aalea.
The total figurca for tho anlo waa
$1304.00, 1600 pounds being the am
ount placed on sale. The hogs were
in fine shape. B. L. Duke brought in
43 head, and out of that number were
22 tops, the highest grade of all
Bob Henley did satisfactory grad
ing, every one participating being
much pleased with tho result.
It waa by far the bcHt car of hogs
that has yet been shipped from thia
point, and demonstrated the fact that
the raiHing of hogs in this county ia
being steadily developed along bet
ter nnd more profitable lines. Mr.
Robinson, of Donalsonvlllo, was the
buyer, ulthough there wero several
other bidders on hand when tho sale
began.
Tho finest kind of spirit is al
ways evident at these sales, and eac
one has shown an increased attend
ance. The next sale will be held two
weeks hence, on November 7th.
Union of Churches
Is Now Proposed
Detroit, Oct. 2B.—Organic union In
hIx large l’rotestant denominations
is favored in a resolution adopted by
the Detroit Association of Congrega
tional Churches, which is In session
here.
No definite steps towards such a
union, however, have been taken.
Tho denominations mentioned arc
the Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Congregational, Protestant Episcopal
and Evangelical churches.
AN INDIAN GIRL
CRIES OUT CURSE
Kansas City, Oct. 26.—The three
Conley sisters, descendants of tihe
Wyandotte Indians, arc no longer on
tho war path. Last night thoy did
not renew their vigil in the Huron
cemetery in the heart of the business
district here, which yesterday they
sought to defend with Hhot guns
against what they termed an unmar-
ranted intrusion of white men. To
day the body of a white man lien in
the old Indian cemetery. He lies
there under a curse pronounced by
Helcrqi Conley as his body was low
ered into the grave yesterday.
As pallbearers bore the casket to
ward the grave Helena Conley step
ped forward and, raising her right
arm, sternly declared, “I forbid this
burial. Take the body away.”
The pallbearers din't stop. They
lowered the body Into the grave.
Helena then pronounced a curse,
which was incomprehensible to her
auditors, as it was uttered in the
Indian tongue.
For three years the three sisters
have resisted attempt to bury white
persons in the cemetery, which is an
old Wyandotte buring ground.
Green shade Fdlks to
Clean Up Cemetery
All those who are interested in the
Grcenshade cemetery will please be
there on Thursday, November 2nd,
for the purpose of cleaning up th«
grounds. Bring proper tools to help
In this needed work. Dinner will be
had on the grounds.
Card of Thanks
COMING WEEK TO
BE GALA PERIOD
FOR BAINBRIDGE
Fair, Circus Day, and Many
Special Sales Will Greatly
Enliven Things
LARGE CROWDS
ARE EXPECTED
Manager Littlejohn, of the Fair,
Announces Many Interesting
Free Attractions, for Fair,
Which Opens Next Tuesday.
Next week will be a gala week in
Bainbridge. The fair, the circus, and
several sales will be on and things
generally will be lively. The fair
will open Tuesday, and the indications
are that there will be a big attend
ance all the week. Amusements of
various kinds will be here, and the
week promisese to be full of interest,
with large crowds of people in town.
Manager Littlejohn of the fair has
a lot of free acts that will be new to
this section, we are informed. He
has made considerable effort to get
something here that is new and at
tractive. On Friday the Sparks cir
cus will be here, and it ia expected to.
draw the largest crowd of the weak.
The Sparks Circus is generally re
garded as a clean show, and has nev
er putany stunts over on the people
like the last one that was here last
fall under the name of Howe's show,
and it is to be hoped that if any such
stunts) are staretd the police will
promptly stop them. Sparks has al
ways had a good, clean show, but
we notice that Jacksonville is com
plaining about the Hagenbeck-Wal-
laco shows selling reserved seats,
and then makingthe purchasers stand
up. Our city authorities would not
permit a theater or picture show to
pull such a graft, and we don’t be
lieve that they will allow the cir
cus to graft.
Everybody is coming here, and the
crowds will have a good time, as
Splendid amusements will be offered.
The,Albany fair is on next week, too
and things will be full of pep all over
Southwest Georgia. Have a good
time and get out among them.
NEXT FRIDAY WILL
BE CIRCUSDAY HERE
The Old Reliable Sparks Shows
Billed to Appear in Bain-
bridge Nov. 3rd, With Clean
Up to] Date Circus.
The old and well known Sparks
circus will be In Baldridge next
Friday. For many years this circus
has been traveling in this section,
and It has always been about the
best of its size on the road. SparkB
is well known in South Georgia.
Twenty-five years or more ago this
circus coverod this section in wagons
nnd year after year it has been com
ing back, growing larger and bet
ter us timo passed.
Each time something new has been
added until now it is about the best
small circus on the road, ao far as
fair dealing and treatment of the
public is concerned.
The country side has been well
billed, and a big crowd is expected.
The show advertises several new fea
tures this year that they have not
had heretofore. The winter quar
ters of the show are in Macon, and It
is almost a Georgia concern.
Women Want Rights—
Must Serve in Jail
Los Angsles, Oct. 25.—Mrs. Rose
Febro, who appeared in federal court
with a baby in her arms, hss been
sentenced by Judge Benjamin P.
Bledsoe to serve five months in jail
for violation of the Volstead Act.
The court remarked that women
demanded the rights of men and that
they should be given the same treat
ment as the men.
“If they have children and their
relatives and friends will not take
care of them, the city authorities will
have to do so,” said the court, in
passing sentence.
We wish to extend to our friends
our sincere thanks and appreciation
.Several for their kindliest, and for the many
in the house, and then quit. BUT, citizens of that county took the trou- beautiful floral offerings, during our
don’t quit now, we need the votes. Me to tail us that they were very husband and father’s death.
VOTE FOR PEACH COUNTY. much impressed with our new judge. Mrs. B. H. Edwards and Children.
Woman’s Club Elects
“Baby Tender**
Park City, Utah, Oct. 2s—u. m .
bers of the Democratic Women’s Club
of Park City met last night for the
election of officers, and Mrs. J. L.
Aubrey was choosen “baby tandsr.’’
Her duties will be to look after the
infants while the mothers delvsinto
timely political matters. Provisions
for ths establishment df a “ImU
check room" were nude.