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ME 8. NUMBER 28.
BAINBRIDGE, GA„ THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9th, 1922.
$1.50 PER ANNUM
apulgus wins
IRSI PRIZE AT
TRI COUNTY FAIR
Splendid Exhibit of Neigh-
ring Town Awarded 1st
Place by Judges
inbridge gets
SECOND PLACE
fed Weather Prevailed All
lui-imr the Week, and Large
rowds Were Here to Witness
ie Many Attractions.
ounty Fair came to a suc-
e Saturday night, under
ilipht skies and with mid-sum-
mth. Never before has such
weather prevailed during the
Not a shower, not much
and not an accident,
addition to the Fair, a circus
cal playhouse putting- on
ill for the pleasure of
ice and Decatur county, made
ually gay and pleasant week,
complaints can be heard
of these entertainments.
Littlejohn, inveterate worker
s, deserves a word of com-
lation. He accepted the shove
mipetition into a distance, little
than has been the case be-
and went ahead without a draw-
The crodws were there, in the
and everywhere. The music
especially good.
said that the scenes behind
i were all clean and good. Ar-
iments for live stock exhibits
well planned as at the larger
the cities, and the cash priz-
side and side of those of Ma-
other cities. If all goes well
county will have things to
next year, if there is a Fair
With the best county agent
(he comes most highly rec-
nded) there will be something
The ladies of the Method-
ch were almost sure of the
prize this year. They worked
for it. They learned last year
Climax captured the first prize
hile fancy work was good, it
not the all-important thing. So
;ime they stressed farm products
ith a small exhibit of needle-
pulgus did not show the fine
ork that she did on the pre
occasion and Bainbridge
:ht for this Reason, that she
this time. But the old-timers
lard to beat. Attapulgus had
inly an exhibit of farm products
had them arranged with an
standing hand and walked off
the $150.00 prize,
nbridge congratulates those in
of the exhibit, and is glad for
neighboring town to get the
The lesson that Attapulgus
aught them will be used for
er trial at landing the first
' 1. CONVENTION TO
BE HELD IN VIENNA, GA.
Southwestern Regional B. Y
Convention will be held in Vi-
a . on the 22nd and 23rd of
mber. Every Union in this Re
urged to send representatives
Convention.
BRANSON HARRISON,
Associations! President.
ER10R COURT
NVENES MONDAY
be First Session in Home
unty Presided Over by
dse Custer, and Many of
Friends Will be Present.
CHIMPANZEE, ILL
UNDER CARE OF
OF PNEUMONIA,
SPECIALIST HERE
ior court will be held in Bain
beginning next Monday, and
*!y elected judge. Judge W.
* r will preside. Much cordial
attends the Judges’ first ses-
court at home, and it is ex-
J -at many of the home peo-
hf * present at the opeing hour.
: u of the occasion, the court
will have well-washed and
,; K windows, cobwebs will be
from every nook and corner,
>t removed from every bench,
'•J ehari, chandeliers relieved
r accumulation of—; marble
l ade marble-like instead of the
°d appearance, carpets brush-
neatly removed from the
s and from against, newly
walls into bins in the cellar—
• things that should be done
rly and systematically by the
will be done in honor of the
Judge. Somebody said
Ur *uld be done (If they did
tht-y should say so.)
mo .Mr$. p t Pelham of
r *' the guests of Mr. and
B Tool* Sunday.
Mona Lisa, the famous Chimpanzee
of the Sparks circus, has been seri
ously ill here at a local hotel for the
past several days, with pneumania.
Mr. E. L. Livingston, trainer, is
in charge of the little animal, which
is about three and a half years old,
and is one out of only about half a
dozen of her kind of monkey in Am
erica. The Chimpanzee, it seems, is
not only hard to get, but are exceed
ingly hard to raise.
Mona Lisa was brought to this
country when very young by a sailor
and sold to a family, who in turn
sold her to the Sparks Circus. She
was taken sick about four days be
fore she came to Bainbridge, but they
had to keep her until they could get
her under the care of a child special
ist, as it seems they have to be treat
ed just like children. Dr. M. A. Ehr
lich, the local specialist for children,
has been looking after the little ani
mal, and it is fast getting well, and
will be out on the streets for the
kiddies to see Friday afternoon.
Mr. Livingstone, the trainer, states
that the animal while very valuable
in price, is also a pet of the entire
circus force, and it is due to this fact
that so much is bein done to save her
life, as well as the price she is worth
on the market.
Mr. Livingstone will train her dur
ing the winter to perform stunts and
interest and amuse the children as
she goes along with the circus. The
writer visited the sick monkey, and
was very much amused at the simi
larity between the antics of the sick
monkey and a sick baby. It takes
about the same amount of petting
FARMEXHIBITS ARE
FEATURE OF FAIR
Attapulgus, Bainbridge and
Bethany Display s Gave the
Thousands of Visitors an Idea
of County’s Possibilities.
One of the most interesting fea
tures of the Tri-County Fair was the
competitive agricultural exhibits ar
ranged by the ladies of Bainbridge
and Attapulgus and Bethany. These
exhibits were very instructive, giv
ing the several thousand visitors an
idea of what can be raised in the
different communities, and the county
at large.
Many of the visitors speculated on
who was going to receive the first
prize of $150.00, as apparently the
Bainbridge and Attapulgus booths
were destined to win—one the first
prize, the other the second prize.
The Bainbridge booth was the larg
est, and was also nicely arranged,
but lost first place on acount of hav
ing too large a variety, that is, too
many articles on display that were
not strictly agricultural products.
The Attapulgus ladies held strict
ly to agricultural products, and with
the splendid surrounding country to
draw from, and having such an ener
getic leader in the person of Mrs.
Carl Cqok, they apparently had no
trouble in winning over Bainbridge.
The decision was made by Mr. Wat
son, Stewart county farm agent, of
Richland, Ga. The prize won by the
Attapulgus ladies has been turned
over to the Presbyterian church, for
making payments on their piano.
The Attapulgus ladies wish to ex
tend their thanks to all who contrib
uted to their display, and also their
friends in Bainbridge who assisted
them in their efforts.
Minnie A. Etter.
Bainbridge Passes A
Quiet Election Day
Election day passed off very quiet
ly here Tuesday, and very litlc inter-
est was shown^ There was no con-
tests of any kind at all of a local na
ture. There was some opposition to
Peach count ythat developed on the
last two or three days before the
election. The vote was exceedingly
light, and very few scratches were
made on the ballots cast.
Red Cross Drive Will
Be Staged Saturday
Only one day—Saturday, Nov. 11
will be tfiven for membership in the
coming Red Cross Roll Call. It is
believed that one day will suffic
Mirs. J. Allen Johnston, chairman,
has committees ready to carry thru
the work.
These committees composed of
some of the best workers in the city
wl»I be stationed at prominent loca
tions to receive your dollar member
ship fee. Let everybody come with
a dollar in their pocket for the Red
Cross Roll Call this Staurday.
and persuasion to make her take her
medicine as it would a baby at just
about the walking age, and she acts
in many other ways about like a ba
by of that age.
Dr. Ehrlich said that while mon
keys were not in his line, and he had
never had any experience with them,
that it’ very interesting to treat one
and that you soon got interested in
one because of their mimicry of
children of about the same age, and
that it required about the same med
ical treatment that a child does.
The officials of the circus said they
could not leave Mona for treatment 1
anywhere except under the care of a
specialist, and for that reason they
had to wait for four or five days af
ter she got sick to get her where they
could get the services of Dr. Ehrlich.
While a monkey is a monkey, a
sick one of the Champanzee variety
is one of the most interesting things
we have ever seen. It sems that on
ly a very thin wall is between a
Chimpanzee, the highest elass mon
key in intelligence, and a human
being, and they lend a lot to ftar-
win's theory. The monkey is named
for the famous Italian painting, the
Mona Lisa.
At the last term of court one of
the most telling illustrations of whats
in a name developed. One man by
the name of Quart Bowie was tried
for having liquor in his possession,
and for public drunkenness. Now we
would like to know how a poor devil
like that could get from under a name
like that.
OUTLOOK FOR NEXT
YEAR IS PROMISING
Effects of Boll Weevil Being
Offset by Organized Plans for
Diversified Farming, With an
Unsurpassed System.
The outlook for Decatur county is
the brightest and most promising for
both its agricultural and business in
terests now than ever before in its
entire history.
With the effects of the boll weevil
being offset by plans for diversified
farming that is being established
with a system unequaled by any oth
er county, the future looks good.
Trips to Ashburn and Turner coun
ty by twenty-seven farmers and sev
eral business men recently, for the
purpose of getting next to farms,
dairies, chickens and pigs and pas
tures and all the knowledge of how
it was done there, has resulted in a
dairying association being formed,
and the putting on of a firHt class
county agent, Mr. Sawyer, of Doug
las. Ga.
Decatur county now represents £
100 per cent county for diversified
farming and an interest that surpass
es anything of its kind ever before
has been aroused, and the farmers
and business men are hand in hand
in carrying out t’he plans that are
bound to be of mutual interest,
BAINBRIDGE WINS
FROM TALLAHASSEE
Local High School Team Scores
Another Gridiron Victory.-
Will Meet Strong Albany Hi
Outfit on Nov. 17th.
Bainbridge defeated Tallahassee
last Friday in one of the hardest-
fought games of football ever play
ed on the local grounds. The score
was 14 to 6, and indicated fairly the
relative strength of the two teams
The whole Bainbridge team played
fine, hard football, but special men
tion should be given Clifton White,
Metz Holder, John Holder, Albert
Jacques, Benton Nussbaum and J
lien Graham. Glenn Griffin, Richard
Wood, Paul Stevens, Innes Sube
and Emmett Mathews also played
well, and the victory was well earn
ed.
Tallahassee also played good ball
Their stars were Wilson and Parker
They showed the best team of any
visitor here this season. Bainbridge
scored on straight football, Clifton
White and Metz Holder each scoring
a touchdown. The Tallahassee score
was made by Wilson. The game was
clean as is always the case when
Bainbridge meets Tallahassee.
The Bainbridge eleven will meet
the undefeated Albany aggregation
on November 17th, and this contest
will very probably decide the South
west Georgia Association champion
ship.
Only 60c to tee A Fool’s Paradise.
RETURNS INDICATE
PEACH COUNTY HAS
BEENOEFEATED
Available Figures Show That
Opponents of New County
Succeed in Fight.
DEMOCRATS MAKE
GAINS IN CONGRESS
Control of the Next Congress
Will Rest on a Very Narrow
Margin, as Result of Nation-
Wide Election Tuesday.
ATLANTA, Nov. 8.—Statisticians
onsolidating the vote from all the
ounties of the state reported at 10
'o’clock H'r.ight that Peach county
had been defeated in the election of
Tuesday.
Macon, Nov. 8th.—Official and semi
official returns from practically 100
counties received by the Macon Tel-
graph up to a lute hour tonight in
dicated that the proposal to create
Peach County mas defeated by the
voters of Georgia on Tuesday. The
Telegraph had received the consoli
dated vote for and against the meas
ure from only forty-nine counties,
all the other returns shoring major
ities for or agiusl the Peach county
amendment.
The complete consolidated vote of
the forty-nine counties, in which were
listed Bibb, Chatham, Richmond, Ful
ton, Floyd, and many of the other
big counties of the state, gave: For
Peach county, 13,469; against Peach
county, 15,142.
However, the ,active workers in
behalf of the new county have not
abandoned all hope, and state that
it will be necessary for the complete
vote of the state to be consolidated
before the result will be known for
certainty. It is admitted by all
that the contest will be u close one.
REPORTS FROM THE
NATIONAL ELECTION
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—Control of
the next House continued in doubt
with the Republicans leading 209 to
198 on returns received up to nine
o’clock tonight. The twenty-six re
maining districts, scattered through
out the country, upon which control
of the House hinges, will probably
not be definitely heard from until
tomorrow. The Republicans held the
Senate, but by a reduction of a half-
dozen votes.
Sweeping gains were made by the
Democrats all over the country, which
is taken to indicate that President
Harding will be disappointed in his
hope for a second term.
Mr. C. M. Welch Dies
v Result of Injuries
Mr. C. M. Welch, one of the best
known citizens of the city, who wai
accidentally shot In the foot last
Saturday morning, died Tuesday
morning at a local hospital, after a
hard fight for his life.
Mr. Welch lost so much blood be
fore medical aid reached him that he;
was not able to hold his own. He
was a man well liked by all who knew
him and a citizen who took much in-
st in his home town. Mr. Welch
had four sons in the World War, and
took a great pride in the fact that
not a son of his old enough failed to
spend to the call of their country.
He was the father of eight sturdy
•ns. His oldest son, Charlie, is now
China, with the American Tobac-
> Obmpany, and several others are
various sections of the country,
and all are doing well.
All of the boys came home for the
funeral except Charlie, v/ho could not
get here. We will have a more de
tailed account of Mr. Welch’s death
»ur next issue, as we have been
unable to get all the facts in
nection with the accident, and other
detals.
U. D. C. to Give the
Play “1975” Nov. 24
The U. D. C. organization of Bain
bridge will give the play “1975” ir
the Callahan theater on the evening
of November 24th.
A full attendance of the member
ship of the organization is expected
to be at the regular meeting Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, at the home
of Mrs. W. V. Custer.
The committees in charge of this
entertainment promise a delightful
evening to all who attend the pla/.
Bainbridge is always loyal to home
talent, for she not ever disappointed
in what the Bainbridge stars do.
This occasion promises to be one of
the best that local talent has ever
given.
INTERESTING HISTORY OF FT. SCOTT
IN STIRRING DAYS OF INDIAN WAR
Mr. Ralph Porterfield of Atlanta
was in the city for a few days this
week.
(By Frank S. Jones)
Some years ago, while hunting
with a companion about fifteen miles
below Bainbridge on the west side of
the Flint river, our dog struck what
appeared to be the trail of a turkey.
We followed through a forest of pine
timber* and finally came to the dog
on the bank of Flint river, our tur
key having evidently flown across.
In a few feet of us wo noticed a
large cannon erected upright on a
base of granite. Filled with curosi-
ty we walked over and read the fol
lowing inscription: “Erected by the
United States on the site of Fort
Scott, in memory of the officers and
men of the Fourth and Seventh Reg
iments of United States Infantry,
who died during the Indian campaign
of 1817-1821, and are buried near t’he
Fort.” As we looked on this monu
ment, erected by a grateful govern
ment, I thought of the historical im
portance of this spot.
To this place came General Ed
mund P. Gaines, in 1816 to build a
fort as the farthest outpoHt of the
United States on the frontier of the
land acquired from the Creek Indians
by the treaty of Fort Jackson in 1814.
Just’ a few miles further south was
Florida, then a dependency of Spain.
Previous to this time many of the
Creek Indians refused to recognize
this treaty and fled to Florida, join
ing the Seminole Indians under Chief
Boleck, popularly called “Billy Bow
legs.” As allies of the British in
the War of 1812, they expected under
the treaty ending that war, to have
their lands in Southwest Georgia re-
PAVING PROJECT IS
BEING CONSIDERED
Plan to Pave Highway From the
Foot of New Bridge to Broad
Street Discussed at Council
Meeting Monday Night.
The city council met Monday night
and several of the members were not
present on acount of the dengue, but
finally a quorum was gotten together
and the meeting got down to busi
ness.
The minutes were read and adopt
ed. Mrs. Ingram asked for a reduc
tion inhe r taxes, which on examina
tion was allowed. Mr. Rich, chair
man of the (Jounty commissioners,
ppeared before the council asking
conjunction of the city on the pav
ing from the end of the county prop
erty of the new bridge to the city
paving on Broad street. A commit
tee was appointed by the mayor to
take up the matter with the adjacent
property holders, with a view to put
ting thin great’ improvement through.
It was agreed that it would be a won
derful as well as an economic thing
if the mater can be arranged.
Mr. E. J. Willis was named as a
special assessor to act in the matter
of the city versus B. A. Harrison, on
College street. The city will in the
future ask for the usual discounts on
all articles purchased by the city.
Council then adjourned.
FIVE NEW VATS
ORDERED BUILT
CommiHHionerH Provide Facili
ties to Hasten Completion of
the Tick Eradication Cam
paign in Decatur County.
The Board of Commissioners met
Monday morning in the regular
monthly meeting, with all members
present. Several women appeared
before the board and asked to be re
lieved from poll tax, as they did not
care to register and vote.
A petition for a new road was pre
sented by Mr. J. L. Taylor and oth-
Ac.tion on the matter was de-
d until the next meeting. The
Sheriff was requested to ask for the
new passes that the law grants to a
sheriff.
Mr. R. W. Dean was allowed $50.00
in settlement of a claim against the
county. Mr. Watson Taylor was al
lowed $25.00 in settlement of a claim
against the county.
Rr. Haywood went into the dipping
busine»K and requested five vats to
be built, which was so odered. The
board was asked the loan of a light
dynamo for one night, by the Pine
Hill school, which was granted. Mr.
J. T. Taylor of Attapulgus waa ask
ing for an exchange of land near his
land in Attapulgus, which was left
to the discretion of the county attor
ney.
A hedge was ordered planted all
stored to them.
In this contention they were sup
ported by a former British officer and
adventurer, Colonel Edward Nichols,
claiming authority to conclude an al
liance between the Seminoles and En
gland. He rebuilt an old fort on the
Apalachicola river, about 15 miloR
from the mouth, and stocked it with
750 barrels of cannon powder, 2600
muskets, casks of gunpowder, many
hundreds of carbines, pistols, swords
and other supplies. He and other En
glish officers, acting largely on their
own responsibility, no doubt encour
aged the Indians in their discontent.
In the summer of 1815, Col. Nich
ols, the Indiun prophet, Francis, and
many of the leading Creeks left for
London. Besides the refugee Creeks
there were in Florida at this time a
great many runaway negroes, who
had adopted the life of the Indians.
They had chiefs, and their farms and
grazing lands extended for fifty miles
on either side of the British post.
After the departure of Nichols and
his followers, these negroes seized
the fort and it was henceforth known
as the “Negro Fort.” The blacks
rapidly became plunderers and out
laws, making raids on the border set
tlement's of Georgia, running off cat
tle, freeing slaves, murdering those
who resisted and creating a reign of
terror. General Andrew Jackson
waH directed by the Secretary of War
to demand of the Spanish govern
ment' the suppression of these out
rages, intimating that if the Span-
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MELON GROWERS TO
MEET AT VALDOSTA
Co-operative Marketing Meth
ods Will be Discussed by Well
Known Experts at Meeting to
be Held Nov. 14th.
The wntormelon growers of thin
section who are members of the
Southwest Georgia Water melon
Growers’ Association have received
an invitation to attend a co-opera
tive marketing meeting to be held at
3 o’clock in the court house Tuesday
afternoon, November 14th, at Val-
dostu. Members of the Association
have been asked to extend the invita
tion t oull the others interested.
Those in atendance at this meeting
will have the pleasure of heariag J.
S. Edwards of Redlands, Cal., one of
the original organizers of and at the
present time a director in the largest
unit of the California Fruit Growers
Exchange. Mr. Edwards was one of
the original committee of Twenty-
one named by the American Farm
Bureau Federation to perfect a Na
tional Sales Organization, and the
efforts of this committee has brought
into existence the Federated Fruit
and Vegetable Growers, Inc., which
will render u nation-wide sales ser
vice to commodity organizations on
a positive cost basis.
The Federated is a non-stock, non
profit organization and the control
and government of the Federated will
be vested in toe commodity organi-
zatloriH using its services, as each of
the organizations will have a direc
tor on the bord of directors.
Mr. A. R.'Rule, the newly-elected
general manager of the Federated
Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc.,
and a recognized authority on na
tional sales and distribution, will al
so be ut Valdosta for this meeting^
and a large representation of the
growers in South Georgia should at
tend. All are invited.
KIWANIS PARTY
FOR THE LADIES
PLEASANT AFFAIR
Club Pays Obligation Incurred
By Defeat in Old-Fashion
ed Spelling Bee
ATTRACTIVE GIFTS
FOR THE LADIES
Kiwanian Jules Brasille, Noted
Entertainer, Was the Feature
of the Occasion.—New Coun
ty Agent Introduced.
Ladies Night, celebrated last Fri
day evening by the Kiwanis Club, waa
one of the molt enjoyable occasions
of the aeaaon.
An obligation incurred by the Club
when it waa defeated by the Bain
bridge Woman's Club some weeks ago
in an old-faahioned spelling bee waa
the reason for the entertainment at
thin time.
The Kiwanians wanted to do their
beat for the ladiea and for their hue-
bands, who were invited irrespective
of membership, and when Jules Bra-
zille, noted entertainer, was haard at
the convention in Savannah, his ser
vices was engaged for the event. No
other town the sice of Bainbridge has
hod such an entertainer.
The meeting was called to order
by Vice President R. L. Lane, who
presided in the absence of Marshall
Mayes, the president. The regret of
the evening was the absence of Mr.
Mayes, who had to miss the party he
had been bo enthusiastic over, on ac
count of sickness.
After tho invocation by Rev. Mr.
Ward, Clarke Gurley entertained and
led in the singing until Mr. Brazille
appeared. A striking . personality,
mugnetic, and a memory that served
him well all during the program, Mr,
Brazille drew constant applause.
While in a vein of rippling fun,
there was a serious side of Kiwanian-
ism portrayed every now and then
by Mr. Brazille. A talented, cultur
ed gentleman, and vary versatile, he
drew his audience quickly into a sym
pathetic mood that lasted with ap
preciation throughout the evening.
Tables for the spread were arrang
ed in the dining room of the Callahan
where Manager Plant did his best
yet, with an elegant turkey aupper.
Well prepared and nicely served, it
was thoroughly enjoyed.
One of the features of the evening
was the presence of Mr. Sawyer, the
new county agent for Decatur county.
When Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer, of Doug
las, were introduced,. Mrs. Sawyer
was presented with a bouquet of hot
house chrysanthemums, and in re
sponse to a call for a "speech” Mrs.
Sawyer, in a lovely voice replied: "I
hope you will not be dlaappolnted in
us.” Since the Kiwania Club la fos
tering the diversified farming project
with the board of trade, it was fitting
that Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer could be
present on this occasion.
Thera wore gifts for the ladies and
many attractive remembrances were
ilruwn. The party was delightful,
nd the ladies will be glad, at any
time, for an invitation. Mrs. W. M.
Harrell, president of the Woman’s
Club, was responsible for the occa
sion that brought about the much ap
preciated invitation.
Pardee Wimberley
Goes to Annapolis
Pardee Wimberley, only son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Wimberley of West
street, has received an appointment
to Annapolis naval academy, effective
in the Spring.
Young Wimberley is seventeen, and
is now a student of Tech. He will
go to Annapolis without the necessity
ofstanding examinations, except' the
physical ones, as the Bainbridge High
School is a Star A accredited school,
and pupils leaving this school with
certificates can enter any other school
The many friends of this splendid
young fellow hope that his physical
condition will measure up t» the re
quirements, and that he will in time
became one of the leaden at Annap
olis. Young Wimberley gets the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
William Riley Spenae of Sylvaater,
and will apply for the Spring term
entrance.
next year were ordered run. The
I ' minutes of the previous meeting were
read and adopted. The board than
ulsr advertisements for bids for the adjourned.
G.I.H. BOYS MADE
HIT HERE SUNDAY
Macon Industrial Home Cornet
and Bugle Corps Greeted by
Large'Audience at the Calla
han Theater Sunday P. M.
The Georgia Industrial Home boys
from Macon made the biggest hit
they have ever scored here when they
played to a capacity house Sunday
afternoon in the Callahan Theater.
Crowds of people blocked the side
walls and vestlbulea of the theater
in an effort to hear the boys give
their really splendid program.
Although they came into the city
just on the out-going of a big fair
week and circus, the lads and their
leader, Mr. H. L. Salter, were well
rewarded fur their call on Bainbridge.
Their courteous manner and well-
groomed appearance attracted atten
tion and the little fellowa were cer
tainly cordially received, with homes
of every denomination opening their
doors to them.
Fine expreaaion characterised their
playing, and they were a hundred
per cent good. Ernest Stone, the boy
cornetlat, had hia eleventh birthday
in Bainbridge Sunday. After anoth
er excellent short program in tho
band etand Monday morning Mr. Sal
ter and his Interesting little group
left for Donalsonvilie.
Eugene Zarhartaa spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mm. H. U Gam,
