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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR CO., GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1901.
ONK 001.1.A If A YEAH
IN ADVANCE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
iiing at Donalsonville.
pf the most shocking homi-
ni has occ irred in the limits
loimty in a n.unber of..years
toe at bonahonville, Tuus
ning hist when J. S. Yeates
instantly killed W. B.
h and seriously wounded G.
All of the parties to
saution are white,
is fled immediately after the
nd has not been apprehend-
reward of $550.00 has been
lie will in all probability
the end.
Yeates and G. II. Brown
•ested as accomplices. Yeates
mmittment trial Thursday
ttdgc Tonge in this city and
anded to jail in delaiilt of a
loud: «Hc has siuce given
Young Brown waived eom-
t and is under $200 bonds,
the action of the Grand
L’he facts in the case appear
follows:
Bros, had been conducting
stable iu Donalsonville for
ie and have lived in the
,ast fall Yeates was charged
ie breach of the regulations
kn and a case was made
list him. He has since evad-
by remaining out of town,
tys ago he notified the au-
of his intention of standing
He employed Col. John
'o defend him %nd rode into
ville Tuesday moruing as
ise. He went immediately
ble. whither the officers re-
ther to make an arrest or to
in to appear for trial. Both
ius are set forth,
lling occurred within a few
aud Yeates had escaped.
>urailed after some hesitancy,
leaving the town several
quit the road, dismounted
in the middle of a pond
lefiuite trace thus ends,
illowing signed statement
C. Griffin an eye witness
air was received by us aud
erbatim.
present when Freeman was
heard fuss and went to see
uble. I met Jim. Freeman
tch that man,’ Jim says:
ither me, I’ve got no friends
don’t want-to hurt you.’
between Jim and the other
ill Freeman was ahead, Oli-
and Sam Freeman behind,
to horse in front part of
d led him out with reins on
a pistol was in his left hand
ible barrell shot gun in his
^iien he turned to mount
11 made a dash to catch him.
four feet of muzzle of gun
on him. Horse got fright
jerked Jim back about ten
then raised his gun and
liver who was about forty
his horse jerked again
tight gun do .vn and the
ed Oliver’s leg. The sec-
lie horse got entirely away.
ii middle cl street. He look
if gun, reloaded it and said:
that other son-of-a-b
ead out there I want to
:k at him.’ He went back
nd got another horse and
■er shot at Jim after Jim
twice. Jess ha 1 pistol in
li lie W'as plae’ng in first
f and .then the other. He
een Jim and the Freeman
Oliver, aod kept shoving
Jim on out the front of stable. I did
not hear him make any threats. I
did not see him present gun.”
The whole affair is a deplorable
one. The lop of Freeman’s head was
blown eulirely off and his brains
scattered upon the ground thus pn-
senting one of the most blood curd
ling scenes imaginable. Oliver is re
ported to be resting easy and will re
cover.
Freeman was a man of middle
years and leaves a family. He luid
been Town Marshall for several
months and was a bravo anil trust
worthy official. As a citizen lie was
of worth to his county and as a friend
was trite aud tried, he was of one
of the best families of the county.
Yeates was a young man of rather
a rattling disposition but was not
generally oon.siilered a dangerous in
dividual. He was clever aud faith
ful and has many friends who will be
sorry to learn of bis engagement in
so serious an affair.
REMOVAL TO li tIMIKIIICIC.
Mr. J. M. Floy d has rented a
store house and bought a building
lot in Bainbridge. He and his fam
ily will become residents of the Oak
City during the spring or summer.
Mr. Floyd will go down in a few
weeks and open a store. His family
will remain here until he has a resi
dence built which will be both
pretty and convenient.
This family will leave in Colquitt
many friends who hope that peace
and prosperity will continue to at
tend them in their new home.—
Miller Co. Liberal.
A CARO TO TIIE I'PBLir.
We wish to inform the public that
Drs. W. C. Spence and L. D. Baggs
of Valdosta and Quitman Ga., have
purchased the dnntal oulfioe of the
late W. W. Palmer, of this oily, and
also the lease of his offices.
We take pleasure in recommend
ing these gentlemen to all the friends
and former patrons of Ur. Palmer,
as skilful dentists, entirely efficient
in every department of their profess
ion.
It would be specially gratifying
to us and the many friends of Ur.
Palmer to tee tin m receive tiie fav
orable consideration of the public,
feeling assured that they will prove
the value of their professional ser
vices to the people of this county.
W. W. Palmhu, Su.
J. S. Bkadwell.
Bainbridge, Ga. 3-2 1901.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All hunting, shooting fishing or
otherwise trespassing on the follow
ing lots of land is hereby p'ositively
forbidden, 15th Dint. Decatur coun
ty Ga :Lots 233, 235, 236, 237, aud
238
12th Uist. Baker county. Lots
179, 180, 181 aud 298.
I will prosecute to the full extent
of the law any party or parties vio
lating this notice. A reward of $10
will be given anyone furnishing ev-
nleece to convict any trespasser.
All permits revoked.
Fob’y 28, 1991. Mrs. M. E. Ron
ERT8. ,
I Crescent Coffee Mill’s Java and
! Mocha Roasted Coffee—one am!
i three pound cans at 35e. and ■. 1 --
j nothing better on the market—to
found at Sims «fc C’liell s C-.ty
Bakery.
(Communicated.)
That Depot Bill.
Our attention has been united to n
closer and more careful examination
6t ibis important and much discussed
question bv the printed explanations
and excuses made by the “Fillibns-
terers” in justification of their votes
and tactics. It struck us as rather
pcoular, if the depot bill was such a
bad measure that it should be so nec
essary for those who opposed it to
go oil explaining and j slifying their
position. Therefore we have made
a careful study of the situation and
we must admit that investigation and
information have changed our opin
ions on this subject. To speak (rankly
we were at first opposed to this bill,
on the ground that we could see no
reason for the State to build a depot
for the city of Atlanta. However,
we find upon investigation that the
present depot in Atlanta is the prop
erty ot the Stale and was built by
the State and three other Railroads,
that the State owns the land on
which it is situated, aud also owns
lauds adjacent thereto, as well as the
right of way and tracks into the city
of Atlanta, and owns the Western
and Atlantic Railroad—or sometimes
called the Slate road—a railroad
from- Atlanta to Chattanooga of
which this depot is the terminus.
That I he .Stale receives as rental
tor said depot aud railroad, Four
Hundred and Twenty Thousand and
Twelye Hollars a year, or Thirty-
five Thousand aud One Dollars a
mouth, which is Eleven Hundred and
Sixty-six Dollars aiid seventy cents a
day; that half of this or Two Hun
dred ,and Ten Thousand aud Six Dol
lars a year go to the support of the
common schools, and the other half
goes to the support of the Slate Gov
ernment, aud to keep down the rate
of taxation; that this Railroad prop
erty.is chiefly valuable on account of
the situation of it’s terminals and de
pot in the city of Atlanta, where
real estate is very high, and especi
ally on account o! its tenants, which
are other Railroad Companies and
which pay large sums for the privi.
lege of using the present depot aud
gio mils; two of the roads alone pay
ing Thirty Thousand Dollars a year
to the lessee as rental, and all agree
ing to pay larger rent if the State
should build a suitable depot, the
present depot having been declared
to be inadequate in every way by
the roads, the public and the author
ities. New. should the Slate fail to
build, the Railroad Commissioners
will be compelled to order the rail
roads to build their own stations, aud
the State would thus lose its valu
able tenants, and the value of its
property would in consequence great
ly depreciate. Experts have stated
that the property would lose fully
half its present value slio Id the Cen
tral, and Southern, and Atlantic and
West Point Railways' pull out and
build their own station on their own
property which they have already
bought for that p :rpose, and winch
they threaten to do. Should the
Slate thus lose her valuable tenants,
which is one of the clnefest and sur
est so. icc.i of income t<> her Railroad
property, there wo.d-i is*’two <-o"di
ti-ins with which U.-.ngia wo «>i >.<.
•y. . .ji > !'. t ^c i.o fa«. i u< i nd <-f <he
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!...<• in-- icuai.U imp. o;ie must
either scii at an enormous sacrifice,
which would complete tho wreck of
this splendid property, or she would
have to lease at about half the rental
she.now enjoys, on account of the
loss of its revenue and its tenants
and the inconvenience to any new
lessee in losing connections and hav
ing to transfer passengers and bag
gage from one depot to another; the
common schools would suffer a loss
of about hajf its income from that
source and the term be cut propor
tionate!}', and there would be a de
ficiency of half in the amount which
now goes to llio support of tho State
Government that the people would
be taxed to supply.
If the Railroads, at present ten
ants of the State's depot, should pull
out and build their own perm inert
depot, that very moment the State’s
properly would suffer a permanent
injury and loss which the State’s les
see would immediately feel, and
which would fall on the State when
the present lease expired. The plan
incorporated iu the bill was to build
the depot out of funds winch must
otherwise lie idle iu the treasury for
•fifteen years (as none of the State’s
| bonds fall due for fifteen years) with-
! out.a cent’s cost or lax on tho people,
and to take the additional rental of
six per cent on the cost of the new
depot which the roads agree to pay,
and put it back to draw two per cen 1 .
iu State Depositories, and in fifteen
years the depot would Iihvo paid tor
itself in rents over and above the
rent paid for the State road; every
dollar which was taken out .to build
the depot* would hnvo been put back
in the Treasury, and tile State would
have had its new depot just for the
interest on this money, and retained
its tenants; the property would be
greatly enhanced in value, and the
Slate would secure a much larger
rental In consequence when it came
. to lease again.
This plan was endorsed by the
Governor, by the Attorney General,
by the special Slate’s Attorney for
the Western and Atlantic, and by
numerous other State officials. There
were one hundred aud five members
: of the House iu favor of tins bill
' though it took only eighty-eight to
' pass it, and the Senate was said to
favor it by a largo majority. It
' would undoubtedly have passed but
for the “filibustering” of a small mi
nority of about thirty men that took
up the time aud State’s money with
having the roll onllcd over and over
again, and other dilatory tactics. It
would thus appear that there must
lie some merit in, and necessity for
legislation which was so strongly en
dorsed by the State’s highest officials
and a large majority of the Legisla
ture, it being a democratic principal
and usually a safe prestirnpi on
tha ta majority is generally light
and a minority wrong, ruther than
a minority is right and a major
ity wrong, and. we therefore are in
clined to think that the lull should
! l»ave been passed.
| This was no, depot for Atlanta, as
some suppose, no more than the State
Capitol was Atlanta’s Capitol, be
cause built there, but the State’s de
pot, built by the State’s money, on
its own l-iit 1, paying for itself, and
r- v..ruing ’o ilu- .3,ate in i. rid
r*! v.:- growing revenue i>. iueu.~-
urabK i* tlie • ormnon >.. too 1 *
w ■ 1 s.v-..*ly monthly iucorn , o-.ax
ing • hire ...are of the expense.- of
t .c State'jovermuent, aud allrv. .i-
ing 1' e burdened condition of ii._
HEWAItll EUR LEM WARREN.
The reward for L an Warren, M e
long wauled Randolph county tapisr,
lias been reuewed. Governor Cand
ler issued Ins proclamation Saturday
morning offering a reward of $500,
the limit allowed him by law. It is
said that the negro is in New Mex
ico, and can now be captured with
out much diffiou Ity.
Warren’n crime was committed in
1896, and was one of the most bru
tal ever known, llis victim was
Mrs. J. H. Bass, a beautiful nnd
highly esteemed young woman, and
she was found unconscious iu a cow
stall.
The crime aroused this whole sec
tion, and armed men scoured the
country 111 search of the brute*
More tliau one innocent negro who
was thought to be Warren has been
killed since the commission of the
deed that means death in Georgia.—
Dawson News.
IlLEWIT-nitOL'K.
liev. J. It. Blewit and Miss Toms-
lin Brock, of the 16th district were
quilely married Wednesday last at
the home of tho bride. Rev. Geo. F.
Taylor of Vada performing the cere
mony .
Both parties to the affair have
hosts of friends throughout their sec
tion, who will be rejoiced to hear of
the happy eyent. The Sea roll Light
congratulates them both.
(TTY COURT JlllOKS. s
The regular March tram of Deca
tur term of City City Court will
convene next Monday morning. T! e
following list of Jurors have been
drawn.
Kin Braswell, W. It, Gainey, W. II.
Earnest, J. H. Perrilt, A. W.-Bogeti,
J. L. Griffin, W. B. Godwin, C. A.
Monroe, T. H. Elkins, Tlios. Jones,
Wm. Allen, P. G. Brinson, W. li.
Owens. G. W. Susser, Date Murki-
son, J. S. Yarbrough, John Cliasou
and It. M. Walden.
NOTICE TO TLACIIBHK-
The questions in Theory and Prac
tice in the next examination will be
based on Roark’s Methods of Educa
tion. Price $1.00 postpaid, Ameri
can Book Co., Atlanta, Ga., or at
my office. Rom*. Bowen, O. 8. C.
people by keeping the rate of taxa
tion on a proportionately low basis.
True, it is situated iu Atlanta
where real estate is high, but more
valuable on that account. We do
not think the city of Atlanta ever 0
wanted the State to build that depot,
and there are one or two good reas
ons which incline us to this belief.
Should the Southern or Central roads
build where they have purchased
land to build, it would greatly in
crease the value of real estate iu that
ejection of the oily aud Atlanta would
have two depots with the property
adjacent each appreciated; and the
transfer of passengers and baggage
from one depot to another, alone,
would give Atlantia.a lucrative busi
ness aud a big revenue, and ihe city
would receive big city taxes from
the Southern or Central’s depot.
Should tiie State build on us proper
ty, the present site, 110 new section
of the city would be developed; no
new business fur Atlanta be opened
ep; arid'Alla lilt would not receive a
cent for City tax, as the State’s] rop
er ty is not subject iu taxation.
