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mm r if. The Search-Light. BAINBRIDGE, MAY 11, 1601. tllfc M’LAt'IIIN HOVaMBN-r. JAC KbOASILLIS l!» A6HKS. hit. Bryan deals with the Charlotte speech of Senator McLfturln in a more neriduE vein than it has been dealt with generally by Democratic papers in various parts of the coun try. He says it “mark* the begin ning of a movement In the South, which will ha-e an influence upon the politics of the nation.” Mr. Bryan has no futher use for Sena'.' r M Ltnrin. He declares that the Senator has deserted the Democ racy and joined the administration and is therefore entitled to a front seat among the reoiganizers—mean ing of course those who insist upon reorganizing the Democratic party Mr. Bryan, however, finds some satisfaction in the thought that if Success attends the effort to establish ft white Republican party in the South, the party will not be strong otmtigh at any point to evorcome the I) nioenitic party, but tbo effort of such a party may be to devide the colored vote of the North and biiug into the ranks of the Democracy ol that section those Republicans who have been able to give no better reason for remaining with their party than the South was solidly Demo erntiu. The hopeful view taken of the sit uation by Mr. Bryan may have the effect of comforting those Democrats who think that if Senator MoLaurin should seriously undertake to set u] ii white Republican party in the South he would be so successful that the South would soon cease to be soli Uy D u,nin ‘ ral * ,J > InR fi° rc South t icre is no apprehension that the McLa'iriu movement will have a disturbing effect of serious propor lions. Even thoses who have very great regard for Mr. McKinley per sonallv, and approve some of the features of his administration, hav< no intention whatever of join.ng his party. The Democratic party is sat istactory to the South.—Savannah News. *Tlio frequency will) which women arc using hatpins as weapons inay lead to legislation prescribing the le gal length of that article of dress, iust is it does the length of a knife a n an may carry without being amen able to the law regarding concealed wcai ons. A.tOTHttR “BI.A-'K FRIDAY . Breaking it Gently—Clergyman (after being rescued from the ship- wreck)—“Mr. Smith, did I really ap pear soared when wo thought all would be lost?” Mr. Smith—“I can’t say that you were scared, but for a man who has been trying to get to heaven all these years you appeared most reluctant to accept the opportunity.”—Harper’s B.icar. A Sunday school superintendent, who happened to be a dry goods mer chant, and who was teaching a class of very little tots, asked wl eu he had finished explaining the lesson: “Now has any one a question to ask?” A very small girl raised her lirfnd. “What is it, Murtlijj?” asked the sup erinlendent. “Why, Mr. Brooks, how much are those little red parasols in your window?” said Martha.—C rent Literature. “Did anybody ever try to start a newspaper here ?” asked the intel lectual looking man with glasses, ac cording to the Washington Star. “Yes,” answered Broncho Bob; “but it failed. The editor wouldn't lend to business.” “Was he a dissipated man?” “No, but he insisted on sitting at Ins desk with ins back to the door, when ho ought to have been stand- with a six-shooter ill hisjiatul aud his eye at a knot hole. Shortly afternoon of the 3 r, l ,n8t -* the most disastrous tire since the burning Chicago, swept the city of Jacksonville, Fin., from centef.to circumference. The city has been practically swept from the face of of the earth. The flames cut a swath two miles long and eighteen blocks across, leaving not a building stand ing in 190 blocks. The loss of property at the lowest estiinate'amoiiiits to from ten mill ions to fifteen millions ot dollars and 15,000 people left without a shelter to coyer their heads. Public build ings, including the county court house with all the record, costly churches, palacial hotels and mag nificent residences all alike wereoon- s nied by the destroying flames The city indeed presents a scene of desolation seldom witnessed in the history of the whole country The fire was not checked until it had practically burned itself out, leaving only a small portion of the city outside ot the surrounding sub- „rb«. After the destroying flames had done their work, thousands ol people were wandering about home less with all their worldly posses sions upon their backs. No divid ing line seeded to stand between the rich and the poor, for they were all for the time, at least, suffering the same fate. The railroad depots that escaped were converted into temporary shel ters and hospitals for the injured. Fortunately the weather was fine and there lias not been much suffer ing so far for lack of covering, but hundreds were left without clothing except those they wore. The mill tary was called out and the city placed under martial law to protect the city from thieves and plunderers. Many people are missing and it is supposed that a large number of lives have-been lost. Gov. Jennings sent a relief committee to the stricken city and placed $20,000 at their dis posal. On every vacant lot in the terri tory . in-rounding the burned district the people ave encamped and thou sands of others who could get away have fled to other cities for refuge. Help is coming in from every quar ter, but it will necessarily be some lime before permanent shelter can be provided for the homeless thou sands. The War Department lias dispatched 1,000 hospital tents and permitted the use of the barracks by the city. Many articles ot value were saved by some of the more prudent and cool-headed by digging holes and burying them wrapped in blankets. Women and children who have al most been rich have been obliged to accept the charity of public aid, even tor bread and meat. But already a spirit of hope seems to pervade Un people and plans are in progress to rebuild the city on the ashes that cover it. At this time thousands of laborers with pick, shovel and banows are at work removing the debris, and Jack sonville will in time again rise from tb.- nsiieS, the pride of the stale. Large amounts of fire insurance money will soon be pouring itno tl hands of the property owners, and this m >ney will be put into circula tion in the form of labor and mate rials. Large amounts will come too from the charitable, and within few years little evidence of Jackson ville’s present desolation will ap pear. Professional Cards- From the Savannah Sews: Russell Sage, the noted financier, is persistent in his prediction that the present craie for speculation wt end in another “Black Friday” and that it will be more disastrous than the original “Black Friday.” because there are so many more people who will be utterly ruined when the crash comes. In his opinion, and there ale many who agree with him, the present high prices for railway stocks cannot be maintained, and. the industrial stocks which have been put on the market by the hundreds of millions of dollars are not worth the prices which are be ing paid for them. The lack of con fidence in these stocks may become apparent any day, and then there will be a rush to sell. The people who have been buying with tbe ex pectation of getting rich will tumble oyer each other in their haste to get rid of their holdings before their margins are exhausted. People who now think they are rich will find themselves whithout a dollar. Just now all the talk in New York, and, m fact, in all of the country, is of the stock market. Even women are affected by the craze, and in New York hundreds of them are risking their money in the great gambling game that is going on in the Stock Exchange. Some of them have made a large amount of money. In fact, about all of them have been fortu nate, because there has been almost a steady rise In stocks during the last tew weeks. But it is probable that most of them have reinvested all of their winnings on margins, and will be caught when prices take a tumble. Men like Russell Sage, who haye been through more than one panic in Wall Street, recognize the signs of a coming storm, and no doubt they will be prepared for it. Those who are less able to suffer losses are the ones who will lie caught and stripped of their all when the present madness for speculation has run its course. Indeed, the most conservative of the banking houses of Wall Street have been saying tor weeks that stocks were bringing prices above their in- trinisic yalue, and that there would be a downward movement in the very near future. Tins downward movement has been delayed longer than was expected, but it is believed that it will come before long. DR. S. I CHESNUT. Physician and Entpcco G. R AUS' m AtTORNEY-AT-L^ Treats diseases of the £j T e, Ear, Nose and Throat. Office With Townsend .ad. “ BAINBRIDGE - All calls promptly attended. OFFICE OH Broughton Street. to. B. Bowes. BOWER&BOW ATTORNEYS AT lj\ J. E. MATHIS, Contractor and Builder, BAINBRIB GK, GA. Bids Submitted on All Kinds of BRICK: or : WOOD : WORK. 12 A tf Estimates cheerfully, furnished on ail . . classes ol building. . R. J. ROONEY, Contractor and nilder. • J. W. BURNEY, MBUILDER BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. Bttet, ’* l!. Cj BAINBRIEGE, Practice in the State courts J and Justice courts. Also denVl estate, improved aud -Hid ]„iv? tots for sale. • ( » W. I. GEEB] Mtorney and Counselor At j COLQUITT, oeoeJ Office: In Court House. ALBERT H-RUSSj Attonsy at Law” BAIN BRIDGE, - - gKoJ Office Over Bainbridge State] J- STERLING ROBREtJ ATTORNEY AT LAW, BAINBRIDGE, . . G j Will practice in all the court figyAgent for Hardwood Mantels Doors, Sash and Blmds, and contracts for first-class Cement Sidewalks. Fresh Meals O F A.11 Kinds AT MY NEW - SHOP, ON WATER STREET. JETEH. POWELL JOE. H. GILPIH] Attorney at Law f BAINBRIDGE, - - jjigy Will practice law tcgetherL courts, except the criminal braticl* city court of Decatur comity. U Public in office. " * TOMB STONES, -AND- w m Do you contemplate erecting a monument or tomb atone, or in any way im proving your cemetery lot.? If so, write me at JOHN C- CHASON. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BAINBRIDGE. Gj Will practice law in all the Com M kites Si El li ATTORNEYS AT LA^ Bainbridge, - Ga. Will practice in all the Federal unij Courts Offices: Up-stain-1 Building. SIC XTUSSBA1 Attorney-at-Law BAINBRIDGE, - GuOfl Will pi.mtice in all the courts, lal attention given to real estate, mercial aud corporation practice. Office in old Bank Building. CUTHBERT* GA. 1 will submit designs and prices and will call at yo lr home to see you. The best work of all The Washington Post (Ind.) says: “To those who know Gov. Candler, his denial ot the report that he had used the. term “damned Yankees” was unnecessary. The Governor may not haye a very high opinion of some of the busybodies who have been visiting the South, but he un derstands the sentiments of the Northern people too well to permit himself to fall into such an error as was attributed to lmn.” “Our little girl was unconscious from strangulation during a sudden and terrible attack of croup. I quickly secured a bottle of One Min- uce Cough Core, giving her three doses The croup was mastered and our little darling speedily recovered.’’ So writes A. L. Spafford, Chester, Michigan. R. L. Hicks. Texas seems to have it in for the Standard Oil Company. First her legislators, and now her oil gusliers, are trying to put tbe Rockefellers out of business. “I have been suffering from Dys pepsia for the past twenty years and have been unable after trying all preparations and physicians to get any relief. 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