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VOLUME 8. NUMBER 31.
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Good schools, good churches, food
roads—and the Uvest people In
the South.
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BAINBRIDGE, GA„ THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30th, 1922.
PASTORS ASSIGNED
AT SOUTH GEORGIA
METHODIST MEET
Editor and Business Manager
of Advocate Limited to one
Year Term.
REV. J. M. FOSTER
TO REMAIN HERE
One of the Most Profitable Ses
sions in History* of Confer
ence Ends With Reading of
Assignments for the Year.
WAYCROSS, Ga., Nov. 27.—One
Mf the most profitable sessions in the
history of the South Georgia Con
ference, Methodist, came to a close
i.ree this morning with the reading
v f the appointments for the year, by
Bishop Ainsworth.
At the closing session an amend
ment to the constitution of the Wes
leyan Christian Advocate was passed
fixing the terms of service of the ed
itor and business manager at one
year, instead of four, as at presetn.
In reading the report of the Sun-
ay School board, Rev. Reese Grif
fon said it had perhaps been the best
year in the history of the Sunday
Schools of the Conference.
Rev. Bascom Anthony, Rev. J. B.
Dell, and Rev. J. M. Outler, were el
ected trustees of the Wesleyan Chris
tian Advocate.
Rev. T. F. Thompson, treasurer of
the board of missions, announced that
£36,526 had been set aside for the
assistance of mission charities thra-
< ut the conference.
TRANSEFERS
Bishop Ainsworth announced that
the following had been trnaseferred
x? other conferences:
L T Johnson, Louisville conference-'
0 L Rogers, to Mississippi confer
ence; I L Llewely to Virginia confer
ence; and A M Hughjett to the Flor
ida conference.
In reading the pastoral appoint
ment®, Bishop Ainsworth assigned
Rev. Walter Anthony, formerly pas
tor of the First church, Athens, Ga.,
and transefrred to the South Geor
gia conference, to Mulberry Street
Methodist church, Macon, Ga.
Rev. J. A. Thomas, retiring pastor
of St. Luke’s church, Columbus, was
rent to Wesley Monumental, Savan-
r.ah, and Rev. C. R. Jenkins, presid
ing elder of the Thomasville district,
was assigned to St. Luke’s church.
The list of appointments for the
Thomasville district, in which Bain-
bridge, and this immediate section
is located, is as follows:
Thomasville District
0 B Chester, presiding elder; Al
bany, W H Budd; Attapulgus, A A
Waite; Baconton and Newton, E M
Elder; Bainbridge, J M Foster; Bos
ton, G R Partin; Brinson and Iron
City, P S Sharpe; Cairo, A H Robin-
on; Cairo circuit, W E Scott; Ca
milla, J H House; Climax, J W Hays;
Colquitt, H A Heisler; Damascus, C
3 Herrington; Donalsonville, A S
Trulock; Dixie, M B Boykin; Eldo-
lendo, (to be supplied); Jakin, L C
Walker; Meigs and Ochlocknee, H
P Stubbs; Metcalf, J W Reese; Pa-
v o, J W Patterson; Pelham, J P
Wardlow; Sale City, C J Mallette;
Thomasville, P W Ellis; Vada, J N
Barrette; Whigham and Calvary, E
P Drake; missionary to Japan, W E
Towson.
Tri-County League To
Meet At Brinson
The regular monthly meeting of
the Tri-County Epworth League Un
ion will be held at the Brinson Meth
odist Church, Friday evening, Dec
ember 1st. A banner will be award-
^ the League having the largest
percentage of its membership pres
et, and it is hoped that each League
^ill be fully represented, with a com
plete report from each department.
It is hoped that those owning cars
11 assemble at the Methodist
( hurch Friday night at 6:30. The
worth League has a large mem
bership and President Walter John
son is anxious for as many to go to
•be meeting at Brinson as can from
•he Bainbridge League, as Bainbridge
9 out to capture the attendance ban-
To Observe Education
Week in This City
ih<‘ Parent-Teacher Association of
inbridge has announced that plans
" been completed to observe Ed-
'tion Week in this city. In talking
the president, Mrs. Henry Mad-
"• ‘t was learned that a program
*>• arranged, and a good speaker
be invited to talk on the Ob-
■■ of Education Week, its mer-
' ' ‘ and other things that many
' 'v:or»nt of, and that information
u mean a great deal to this
Emory M. Rich Is
Accidentally Hurt
Wednesday morning Emory Rich,
the 20-year old son of E. A. Rich,
had the misfortune to get caught in
the shaft of a sawmill of the Fur
man Lumber Co., at Edison, where
he was employed, resulting in the
breaking of his right arm between
the shoulder and elbow.
The young man also sustained oth
er serious injuries, including ty badly
sprained back, and it is feared that
he was internally injured. His cloth
ing was torn to small bits. He bare
ly escaped death, |ind while his in
juries are serious, the attending phy
sicians say he will recover.
KEEN INTEREST IN
MOULTRIE GAME
Business Will be at a Standstill
Here Thanksgiving, While
Hundreds Will go to Moultrie
to Root for Home Team.
Everybody in Bainbridge that can
go will be in Moultrie today rooting
for the local High school football
team. There is more interest in this
game, it sems, than in most of the
previous games.
The local boys have worked hard
and fought gamely for a position in
the Association, and they have shown
that they are worthy contenders for
any honor. The cars are leaving in
streams, and Wednesday night the
town began to take on football re
galia.
If the team does not win it will
not be because they are outmatched,
for their home folks are all behind
them. They have aroused the folks
of the town by their hard playing,
and they go to Moultrie backed by
every man woman and child in Bain-
bridge. Moultrie has a hard fight on
her hands, as sho will find out be
fore the sun goes down Thanksgiv
ing afternoon.
LOCAL SCRUBS WIN
FROM CAIRO TEAM
By Score of 37 to 0, Second line
up of High School Team De
feats Visitors in Game Last
Friday Afternoon.
Last Friday the scrubs of the Bain
bridge Bear Cats had a second chance
to win glory for themselves, when
they lined up against the football
teaip of Cairo High School. The fi
nal score was 41 to 6 in favor of the
Bear Cats, and fairly indicates how
well these scrubs acquitted themsel
ves.
They have played two full games
now, having previously defeated Ha
vana 37 to 0. In the two games the
scrubs have rolled up a total score
of 78 points against their oppoinents.
This is a fine record, and one which
the varsity itself might well envy.
It is a remarkably good record,
when one considers that the scrubs
were playing against the varsity of
the other schools. The fact that the
scrubs have done so well gives an en
couraging outlook to the prospects
for the varsity next year. Without
a doubt some of the scrubs who play
ed so well against Havana and Cairo
will be hitting the line for the var
sity next yey.
The whole team played such good
ball against Cairo that it would be
hard to pick individual stars. How
ever, it is possible that Douglas El
lis was the outstanding star for the
Bainbridge team. He did everything
a good fullback ought t odo, and in
addition kicked five drop kicks for
goal after touchdown, out of six at
tempts. Not many college men are
more accurate on drop kicks than this
and it may be counted as certain that
he will be a great asset to the team
next year along this line.
Clifton Butler, Abert Jacques, and
Lee Knowles also played a splendid
game in back field. The only criti
cism of their work is that they were
a little slow on defense in breaking
up Cairo passes, and in meeting end
runs at the line of scrimmage. On
the offense they made splendid gains.
Albert Jacques and Clifton Butler
getting off to two especially long
runs.
On the line, Max Nussbaum, Mas-
ton O’Neal, Emmett Mathews, Paul
Stevens, Herbert Knowles, Hugh
Hmail and Harry Thornton all play
ed well. Max Nussbaum recovered
a blocked kick for a touchdown, on
ly to have it disallowed because a
Bainbridge man was offside. Her
bert Knowles picked up a fumbled
punt and ran for a touchdown. Mas-
ton O’Neal made one touchdown when
he caught a pass and ran 35 yards to
a score.
The others also made many fine
individual plays, and it may be very
safely said that the Bainbridge fan*
are proud of the scrubs this year, and
DECATUR COUNTY LEADS GEORQA IN
ADOPTING LAND SETTLEMENT PLAN
*1.50 PER ANNUM
iftWHMP. ,-.J
Decatur county has the honor of
being the first county in Georgia to
start a definte land settlement pvo-
jeet, complete in every respect, and
in strict accordance with the “Geor
gia Plan” endorsed in a recent series
of articles in the Country Gentleman
by P. S. Lovejoy, one of the fore
most students of farm development
and land reclamation in the United
States, according to W. B. Fleming,
of this city, director for Decatur
county, of the Georgia Association,
which is the author of the Georgia
Plan.
The land selected by Mr. Fleming
and his associates for this first pro
ject belongs to C. K. C. Ausley. local
farmer and capitalist, director of the
Georgia Joint Land Bank, and First
Vice President of the Georgia Associ
ation. The land is located five miles
from Bainbridge, near one of the best
sonsolidated schools in the county,
and in the midRt of one of the most
progressive and up-to-date farm set
tlements in Southwest Georgia. Mr.
Ausley will start the construction of
a residence and farm buildings on the
first 80 acre unit next week, and they
will be rushed to completion at an
early date. The land is already all
clear of stumps, is fenced and in a
FACEVILLE LADY IS
CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. H. H. Hammock, Well-
Known and Highly Regarded
Lady, Died Last Wednesday,
After a Brief Illness.
The many friends in Fnceville and
surrounding section were grieved to
learn of the death of Mrs. H. H.
Hammock, on Wednesday afternoon,
November 22nd. Mrs. Hammock was
born and reared near Sumner, Ga,
Since moving to Faceville in 1918,
she has made a hoRt of friends who
mourn her death. She was a faith
ful member of the Methodist church,
a true wife and a devoted mother.
She is survived by her husband, two
daughters, Mrs. J. D. Vnugh of
Bainbridge, and Mrs. Lois Hambrick
of Quincy, Fla, and five sons. •
The funeral services were held in
the First Methodist church, at Sum
ner, Ga., with the pastor, Rev. Wells,
officiating, in the presence of a large
number of friends and relatives. A
profusion of floral offerings testified
to the esteem in which the deceased
was held. Interment was made in
the Sumner cemetery Friday after
noon.
We extend our heart-felt sympathy
to the bereaved family.
E. R. W.
BAND BRAVES BAD
WEATHER SUNDAY
Sunday Afternoon Concert Giv
en as Usual, Despite Unfavor
able Weather Conditions, and
Was Much Appreciated.
The genuineness of the band and
its unselfishness was fully demonstra
ted Sunday afternoon, when, accord
ing to custom, and on scheduled time,
soft and beautiful notes, clear and
sure, came from the numerous in
struments composing the band.
There was a pathos about it that
touched t|Dse most, perhaps, who
were not at the park to see. The
notes reminded one of a small group
of young boys and men who are more
in earnest about playing for Bain
bridge than Bainbridge probably real
izes and fully appreciates.
To those of us who were sitting
at home around snug fires and cheer
ful hearths, the unselfishness of those
boys and men was driven in with a
feeling not hitherto felt. It was raw,
bleak! The first real cold of the sea
son, the wonder is how they held the
instruments ? The fact that they
played, regardless of the cold weather
and discomfort, did their part in the
face of difTeultieo, should arouse an
interest in Bainbridge surpassing
any interest expressed lately in any
one thing.
To those who do not own cars and
cannot get out and to those who can
not afford the ordinary pleasures and
) outings after a week’s toil, that mu
sic meant a great deal. That the
stand is being remodeled for the ben
efit and pleasure of the band is worth
praise for those seeing to it. The
band should have (almost) anything
it asked for.
' Buy Christmas Seals—and be a
i humanity loving people.
good state of cultivation. The equip
ment of the farm, which has been de
signed for a modern dairy farm, by
the experts of the State College of
Agriculture, will be arranged in ac
cordance with a rlan hoi ked out by
Mr. Ausley and to be approved by
the local county agent, Dr. Sawyer,
und a live stolk specialist from Ath
ens.
The residence on this project is to
be constructed in accordance with a
prize winnig plan secured by the
Georgia Association -from the Coun
try Gentlemen, which furnished the
architect’s drawings for the building.
The design was worked out by a
Southern farmer and his wife, and
was first awarded a hundsome prize
in a “better home building contest”
vecently conducted by the Ludics
Home Journal.
When the first unit is completed,
by Mr. Ausley it will be offered to
scvreal hundred dairy farmers, who
are seeking locations through the
Georgia Association, and when a sat
isfactory purchaser is found the im
provements on this first unit will
serve as a model for similar improv-
ments on a number of other farms
adjacent thereto on several thousand
j of acres of desirable farm lands con
trolled by Mr. Aufeley, C. S. Hodges,
and other local land owners, which
will be subdivided and improved when
desirable buyers are secured.
Long and easy terms will be offer
ed to •buyers in acordancc with the
Georgia Association plan, while local
cooperation of the Association with
the Decatur County Board of Trade,
local banks and the county farm
agent will aid the now settlors to a
profitable market for their cream and
other farm products, including hogs
and poultry.
Under this plan, according to Mr.
Fleming, n# effort is made whatever
merely to sell Decatur county lund,
but every attention Is given first, to
securing desirable farmers by furn
ishing the equipment and the terms
that will ennbly, theft Ut succeed, nnd
then providing the local machinery
that will insure succes* undfcr ap
proved farm development plans of
the Georgia Association.
C. K. C. Ausley, who is furnish-
modern farm improvements for this
ing the land and constructing the
first complete project offered in
Georgia, as a matter of public spirit
and on terms that will pass the prof
its along to the buyer, says: “No
one can read the splendid endorse
ment of" the Georgia Association's
Plan by the Country Gentlemen and
thoroughly examine the plan without
becoming convinced that it is the
most practical thing yet worked out
in the South to bring to our own
farmers an opportunity to improve
their present condition and to attract
and hold
formers
lieve, will be attracted to us by this
method.”
Referring to the valuable advertis
ing this plan has received at the
hands of national publications, Mr.
Ausley cited a full page advertise
ment in the Philadelphia Public Led
ger on October 23rd, carrying a half
page cut of George T. Betts, presi
dent of the Georgia Association, and
a story of Turner county prosperity,
resulting from one year's working
under the Georgia Association farm
plan, the entire advertising cost in
d h«*A a very high class of
fronruther states, who, I be-
i are expecting great things of them
| as varsity mer. next year.
REV. J. M. FOSTER
TO REMAIN HERE
The Many Friends of Local
Methodist Pastor Will Learn
With Pleasure That he Has
Been Re-assigned Here.
The many friends of Rev. J. M.
Foster, the pastor of the Bainbridge
Methodist church, will learn with a
great deal of pleasure that he has
been sent back' to Bainbridge for
another year.
This in Mr. Foster's second year
here, and we have just found out
enough about him to get to thinking
a great deal of him, and he is just
learning about us, and his return here
is very pleasant to us all. Mr. Fos
ter is one of the old-fashioned preach
ers who are eagerly sought for, and
badly needed by every community
now.
Important Transfer of
Business Buildings
J. T. McClendon has just bought
the south half of the Shingler build
ing on Broad street, which gives him
ownership of all the buildings on
Broad, Troup and Clarke street*,
formerly owned by J. S. and T. J.
Shingler.
this instance being paid for by the
Country Gentleman. Mr. Ausley
states that if all the business men
of Georgia will give this matter the
study nnd ntetntion the subject de
serves, they will all get behind the
program, as one man, just as they
are now doing in Decatur county,
where businesH men and farmers, un
der the leadership of the County
Board of Trade and the Kiwnnis Club
of Bainbridge have adopted a farm
program centered about the cow and
the hog and the chicken, and are all
backing up a strong county agent to
the limit in pushing that program to
a success.
F. H. Abbott, secretary of the
Georgia Association, examined the
proposed project offered in Decatur
county today,-and declared It to be
an ideal offering especially because
of the proximity to a fine consolida
ted school, its immediate location on
a railroad, and its accessibility to
Bainbridge nnd other market places
over first class roads. State College
authorties have been usked to give
immediate attention to the location
of the proposed new buildings, ho
that this lrst new project may be
ready to be advertised before the first
of the new year.
FLAN CAMPAIGN TO
EXTERMINATE RATS
Local Boy Scouts Will be Offer
ed Prizes to Aid in Work of
Ridding City of Thin Des
tructive Pest.
Rats nnd mice destroy thousands
of pounds of food, carry disease, and
are generally a pest. Help to clean
up nnd kill them during the week of
December 4th to 9th.
In order to make the campaign
more interesting and effective the fol
lowing cash prizes are offered to the
Boy Scout of Bainbridge killing the
most rats and wire during this -per
iod: 1st, $3.00, 2nd $2.00 and 3rd,
$1.00. To the boy or girl going to
any of the rural schools of the coun
ty, similar prizes are offered.
Terms of the contest are that the
rats and mice be killed during the
week beginning Dec. 4th, and ending
Dec. 9th, und that the contestants
bring in the rats and mice tails for
count to a meeting to be held at the
Court house in Bainbridge, on Sat
urday, December 9th, at 1:30 p. m.
At this meeting a representative
of both the Bureau of Biology of the
U. S. department of agriculture and
the state college of agriculture, will
be present and will demonstrate the
best methods of keeping down the
rats and mice. Meet with us then.
D. E. Sawyer, County Agent.
baiWdgeleads
IN POLE INDUSTRY
_______ •
Local Concern Heh Developed an
Extennive Business in Sup
plying Cedar Poles to all Sec
tions of the Country.
Willis H. Gilbert of this city is
building up a large business in cedar
poles for telephone, telegraph, elec-
tre light and traction lines.
These white cedar poles are found
principally in the cedar swamps of
Florida. Many of these poles are
brought up on barges from Florida
to the yards here in Bainbridge, and
some are shipped direct from yards
located at Kirby and Bristol, Florida.
During this month poles have been
shipped to points in the following
states: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, New York, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Al
abama, Louisiana, and Texas. The
point fartherest north to which poles
have been shipped is Ludington, Mich,
while the fartherst south was to Lake
Worth, Florida.
Attractive udveirising matter is
sent out every three months to every
user of poles in twenty states. Bain
bridge now has the most extensive
business in poles of any point south
of Minnesota, where northern cedar
pole* are produced.
Mr. Gilbert’s constantly increasing
business over this large territory is
doing much to help put Bainbridge
on the commercial map of the coun
try.
8T. JOHN’S CHURCH
Advent Sunday, December 3rd.
Church school, 10 a. m.; Holy com
munion, and sermon 11 a. m.; Church
Service League, 6:15 p. m.; Evening
prayer and sermon, 7:00 p. m.
W. H. Harrell Named
Local Oil Inspector
The news of the appointment of
Mr. W. H. Harrell, of Vada, as the
Oil Inspector of the Bainbridge dis
trict, was received this week. Mr. L.
C. Brown has held this position for
the past two years, and among sev
eral others he was an applicant for
reappointment.
Mr. Harrell haR been guano in
spector for a while, or the past term,
but this time he applied for the oil
inspectorship. Mr. Harrell is well
known in Bainbridge, and has a lot
of friends, who will learn of his ap
pointment with pleasure at his good
fortune.
CONVENtlON CLASS
LOSES ITSTEACHER
Baptist Sunday School Suffers
Loss of one of it Moot Earn
est and Efficient Workers by
Removal of Mr. Underwood.
The Convention Class of the Bap
tist church, one of the classes that
has been very deeply interested in
the work of that Sunday School suf
fered the loss of their teacher last
Sunday in the departure of Mr. W.
C. Underwood for Colquitt.
Mr. Underwood hns been teacher
for scverul years and it is no flattery
to say that no man ever worked
harder, no man ever was more earn
est and sincere in his wishes for the
claHB that wuh Mr. Underwood, and
the members of the class regret to
lose him for more than they were
able express at their faVcwell
meeting lust Sunday.
Mr. Underwood moves to Colquitt
and the Baptist, church of that town
h:iH an acquisition thnt will be of
great and lasting benefit to their
church, in him. The Bainbridge Sun
day Hchool class und the church lose
him with the deepest regret, and wish
for him and his family all the good
things of the world.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
HELD SUNDAY NIGHT
First Methodist Church Organi
zations Render Program in
Honor of Memory of Miss
llcnnet and Mrs. Graham.
Memorial services wore held In the
Find Methodist church Sunday night
at six thirty in honor of Miss Belle
Bennet, noted national and inter-nat
ional mimdon worker, nnd Mr*. C. R.
Graham, leading worker in social Her-'
vice in Bainbridge. In the absence
A the Rev. Mr. Foster, who wss at
tending conference In Waycross, the
services extended into the regular
church hour, with on unusually large
attendance.
The first part of the program was
conducted by Miss Nancy Mnddox,
who led the progrum for the Epworth
League, and the second part wa* led
by Mrs. J. B. Plant, for the Woman's
Missionary Societies of the church, us
the two organisations were in charge
of the complete program.
The services were inspiring, and
fitting to our own beloved member,
Mrs. Graham, and to Miss Bennet.
Deep feeling was shown in the sen
tence prayers, and the references to
Mrs. Graham's great work here, by
Mrs. J. M. Simmons, who read the
paper that Mrs. Graham was to have
qead, and talked on in behalf of the
life work of Miss Bennet. The Ep
worth League program opened with
Song 481), scripture reading from
Romans, 10th chapter, 11-16. Prayer
by Glenn Holder.
A missionary in your home, by Mr.
Robert Halre.
Finding the Lord—by Mrs. Wood-
berry.*
Ilustrations—Willie Lewis, Viola
Johnson and Bonnie Ratliff.
Tell Them So—Mary Hale.
Song—049.
Mrs. Plant’s program consisted of
scripture reading fi-om Miss Ben-
net's favorite chapter, John 14, pa
pers by Mrs. Chappell and Mrs. Sim
mons. Miss Bennet, a native of Ken
tucky, wa* one of the most beloved
women of America. She gave thirty-
five years of her life to active ser
vice, and entirely without remunera
tion. She was president of the Mis
sionary Councils, when a combine
was made eight or ten ycasr ago of
foreign and home missions.
Her hobby was educating children
from every nation. Deep apprecia
tion of her saintly life was fully ex
pressed in the services that were
held as a memorial to her and to Mrs.
Graham, whose recent death removed
from the Methodist church one of its
most treasured leaders.
Mr. and Mr*> W. A. Haire of Daw-
1 son attended the murriage of their
slater, Mias Leona Haire to Mr. Ly
man Gregory Cowart, Tuesday morn
ing. ,
PEACH COUNTY
FIGHT BEFORE
GOVJHARDWICK
Cannot Declare Result of Elect
ion Until Matter is Investi
gated Thoroughly
FILE CHARGES
OF ILLEGALITY
Admitted by Officials That Ser
ious Complications Will Re
sult From Extreme Laxity in
Making up Election Returns.
ATLANTA, Nov. 28.—Allegation*
of numerous Illegalities in the gener
al election of Nov. 7th, and filing of
protest against the returns from cer
tain counties, has been put before
Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick and is a
ious problem for his consideration
and determination.
The certificate of returns as com
piled, filed with the Governor today
by Secretary of State S. G. McLen
don, is n qualified one and leaves tho
result, particularly as to the creation
of Peach county, a question for deter
mination, and brings the matter be
fore the Governor in such a ahape
that his proclamation cannot issue,
legally, declaring the result of the
electloh, until there has been some,
adjustment of the Complaint filed
with and actually made a part of the
certification of the returns.
Gov. Hardwick, Upon receipt of the
papers today, said he had no idea just
what pointB are made In the protest
against returns from certain coun
ties—it is not in the form of a con
test—and until he can go into the
matter, mak#*a study of It, and get
clear understanding of what the
grounds arc upon which certain re
turns are asked not to be included,
he can not make any comment.
At the same time it la laarnad that,
In the shape presented to him, the
certification of the results 1| such
that there is grave doubt upon the
face of the paper aa to just what the
Peach county result legally is.
Secretary McLendon in hia certifi
cation to the Governor, giving the
E ‘ figures, says the protest filed by
Senator J. E. Davidson’ll a "general
disregard of the positive require
ments of our latg as to persons who
are to conduct elections, and the man
ner In which these elections era ta be
held, and tho manner In which they
were certified. Without going into
the details, because I submit to you
the entire record In the ease, it is
pointed out in this protest that, in
two counties, the certified eonsollda •
ted return* now in thle office, were
manifestly all writtsdi by on# and tha
same hand. In other respecta It ap
pears that one person held the elec
tion in a given precinct and that in
many of the returns there is no evi
dence that the persons holding the
elections were legally qualified.’’
The secretary says he finds the de
tailed statement filed by Senator Da
vidson to be corroborated fully by
the actual returns made to his office.
In the anme connection he sums up
the difference the protest would make
in the figures, and compared with
the returns and alleged illegal fig
ures in the vote on Peach county, it
is shown that, if the protest is found
to be legally well based, and exectlve
it will throw out 5,348 votea polled
in favor of Peach county and 18,921 '
polled against Peach county, leaving
tho final total 24,439 in favor of cre
ating the new county and 22,345
against its creation.
The case is one the like *f which
has not been railed before, and pre
sents an admittedly serious compli
cation in what has for a long time
been recognized a seiqtreme laxity
in the making of as well aa filing re
turns from a geaeral election by the
county and precinct managers and
authorities.
Visiting: Officials Are
Guests at Supper
Judge Patterson and Judge Rainey
of Atlanta, members of the state
prison commission, were the guests
of honor ut a large bird and fish sup
per Monday night. After the supper
the judges were entertained with a
possum hunt. They were in Bain
bridge at the invitation of D. R. Bry
an and Col. Hartafield.
Judge T. E. Patterson
A Visitor in the City
Judge T. E. Patterson, a popular
member of the state priaon commis
sion, has been spending several days
this week in the city and thia section
on official business. Judge Patterson
is always welcomed to Bainbridge by
his many friends here.
The most Tcmarkable production
of the age, with more than 125,009
men and women taking part—The
| Fall of Babylon.