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Tne Search-Light. s. mm,i m\m, i Knttrei at the P ut Office at Bainhridg Oa.. at tecoiul-clatt matter. IMPURnXT KOTIl'K. Notice i* hereby given that I have this d» ; de-unsted the BAt.VBRIDrtE SkaKOH LlOHT. a 'veekly uewspaper published in Biiliibridge. Or.. as the medium for the publication of all leiral advertise- iuent« eminsting from the Sheriff', office during the year 1001. Jan. 10th. 1001. A. W. FORPHAM.Sheriff. An exchange doubts if Jonah real ly thought his wife would believe the explanation of hi* absence, “How to live a hundred years” is the title of a pharuphlet now distrib uted through tlie mails. If the ii - Hiruotions strictly carried out enables one to get on the pension lists it would be successful in its mission. That per diem of $10. is thought to he the obstacle in the way of the members of he Cuban convention llmt impedes their progress in agree ing to the Platt amendment. To make haste s o . ly is both wise and economical on their part. Every true American heart, with out regard to section or party, went o it in sympathy to Mrs, MtKinly in her late illness and to the President in his hours of distress. In her im provement they both receive sincere c ingratulations from every part of t"t* country. Thu Spiritualist fad seems to he fading under the new light of the Christian Science fad. The latter will in lime fade out of sight under the light of the newest fad, the “New Thought” religion. What the next fad that is to befall the world baa not yet been anno.meed. Gov. and Mrs. A. D. Candler are to chaperone a party of young lady teachers and girl pupils of Fulton County to the Buffalo exposition in August, The party is to go under the auspices of the Atlanta Journal and will have all their expenses paid by that enterprising paper. We have not been informed whether a call on Dr. Parkluirst is down on the pro- i grume. Complaints are being filled with t e Jacksonville Relief Committee to the effect that rents are being raised by landlords to an extortionate fig ure and the committee lias appointed Bish >p Weed to investigate the mat ter ami report. The committee inti- mates that it any such complaints he well founded the landlords found guilty will be properly punished and the facts made public, The lower house of the Florida legislature has passed a hill toeslal- lisli a State Whiskey dispensary svs lein, the funds arising from the sales to lie devoted to the improvement of the public roads. It is thought that the hill will pass the senate with as little opposition as it met in the house. Good roads iu Florida will be more profitable to the people of the state than are the bar rooms. Pennsylvania has made it plain that she is not above ind lgiug in a lynching bee. A mob in the Key- stale did its best the other night to stain its hands with the blood of a negro who had committed a murder. It battered down the walls of a jail with a telephone pole, and obtained a dear view «f the intended victim, but the business-like muzzle of the sheriff’s revolver acted as an effective deterrent on the mob leaders, and they retired precipitately. About the only difference between lynching parties uorth and south is that the fonin r seldom carry out their plans, a id l c latter usually do.—Albany Herald. |, ,, H | y«II.UIXI> is this * ot.\ ‘ '• The Dairy industry is being rapid ly developed in the Fowltown and Attap.ilgus sections of t.us—Decatur county. This valuable resource has been there all the while, but no effort has ever been made to develop it until withiu.it few years past. Now there Is scarcely a farmer who does not have dairy products to sell. Mr. Maston H Duke is a small farmer, near Faeeville, in the Fowl- town section. He was in town last week, and requested the writer to give him the names of a number of Apalachicola merchants to w hom he desired to ship butter. We asked him why he did not sell this product right here in Balnhrulge? He an swered that he made too much todis nose of here. “How much do you make?” was our question. His an swer was: “Two hundred pounds a week.” Ami upon inquiry we learned that a number of farmers in that sec tion produced more per week than he. There are several thousand pounds of delicious butter shipped out of this county every week, and it adds greatly to the prosperity of the farmer. The Fowltown and Attapnlgus section of Decatur county is one of the most beautiful and fertile regions iu nil this fair land. Its magnificent hills— almost mountains—loom up against the blue sky a glorious pic ture; while the lovely valleys, per forated by perling streams, and cov ered with the richest verdure, present scenes long to be remembered. The soil will produce anything. The grasses grow there in all their glory, i euoe it is the finest cattle county in tile State. And the farmers have improved the hived of their cattle, and but tew are not slocked with the Jersey and other fine breed. Verily, old Decatur is the garden spot o£Georgia; and Bainbridge is the growing, enterprising and beau tiful capital city of this God-favored county. KII.I.IXJ (JH.VSS. Daring the present month and the next, more agricultural wealth will be destroyed on the farms in Decatur county than the yalue of the whole cotton crop within its bounds. This may to some seem an extravagant statement, but it is the whole truth. The killing of grass is not only a loss in Itself but the process entails an enormous expense on the farmers en gaged m the work. Suppose all the grass that is destroyed iu these tw o mouths by the farmers in this county in the cultivation ot cotton were eco nomically cured, harvested, put into merchantable bales ind immediately converted into money as its va'ue de mands on the markets every day of the year; or converted into beef or butter—the equivoleul of cash al ways and everywhere—w’lint would be the result as compared with what we now see? . Some might answer that there is no market for these products and that cotton is the only thing that comm aids money at home. Iu the experience of many of ovr most progressive and successful farm ers, those who are making money by farming, this is not true. There is more money paid for Western hay shipped to this county every year thltn the value ot the cotton crop, and the demand for more bay grows every year. A load ot good hay baled can be sold any day ns readily as a load of baled cotton. As for beef and butter, the genuine articles, not such stuff as we often see offered on the market, are always staples and will make a market for themselves any where. It is more profitable to cultivate grass than to kill it. The famous Park mandamus suit was taken up iu the Supreme Court Thursday morning and a decision will be reudered iu about ten day-. tun Ol’i'UBrtXITV IS WAITIXG TO MtliTTHE SIAM. There is perfect independence, if not large fortune, in an industry that we will point out right here. It is market gardening and poultry farm ing. Land is cheap near this city, and a few acre* would be all that is necessary. Would the products of this enterprise sell? Yes, Indeed; there is hardly anything raised on a farm or in a garden that does not find a ready and profitable sale right here in Bainbridge; which thriving city has a large and rapidly increas ing population of working men who make money and must be fed. For instance, the only man tn the county who makes anv pretense of market, gardening is Mr. Glisson, of Faeeville, 12 miles away. His gar den is not extensive, yet he manages to sell $40 to $50 worth of vegeta bles a week in Bainbridge. If there is not big money in this resource it fully developed, we are no prophet, and will forever after hold our peace. And the po iltry farm. This is the bonanza. More money in it than in all the gold fields <ft the Klondike. Do you doubt it, gentle Annie; then be convinced. Did yon know that the egg eiop of the United Slates is worth considerably more than our boasted cotton crop, even at 10 ■ants a pound? Did you further know that po >try, and its products, is worth nearly double as much as the cotton crop. There is always a market for these products In Baiubridge at profitable prices. Chickens are selling iu this market now at 40 cents each, and scarce at that. The poultry farmer lias a field here that cannot be crowd ed. Our big hotels will always keep the price up to a healthy figure. The opportunity is here waiting to meet the man or men! The following utterance of Dr. Lvman Abbott, Brooklyn preacher and New York editor, must have been aimed at Parkhurst and Ogden: •‘The foutlierner has less prejudice against the negro and more interest m his welfare than the Northerner has; he desires the negroes education out believes that whatever it may become in the future, it should now ne industrial rather than literary; the South lias spent on the negro’s education between three and four times as much in school taxes as the North lias speut in contributions; the work of the North amoug the negroes should be carried ou lu fellowship with the Southern whites, not in an tagonism to them; to attempt to force either political or social equal ity is to inflict incalculable tujury ou the negro and on the nation. In a word, the Northerner should'* recog uize the fact that the Southern while man now wishes to befrieud the ne gro; but the negro should recognize the fact that lie has yet to earn tne Southern while* men’s respect.”— Atlanta Journal. The Southern white man not now but always has been the negroe’s best friend « hiob fact the negro has not to learn. It seems impossible for this idea to enter the cranium of the aveiage Northern man. With out the ignorant interference of peo pie who cannot understand the pecu liar relations existing between the negro and his Southern while peopU there could be no such thing as a uegio problem. Baiubridge is tiie coming winter resort of the South. Her two big hotels, tiie Waiuman and Bon Aire, will turn the drift of travel to our city; and witliiu a year or two there will be a grand wiuter hotel of 200 rooms erected on the site of old Fort .Hughes, on that 75 foot bluff oyer- llooking the Thronaieska river. It j will certainly be built. It would not ; surprise us if the job were undertaken by J. P. Williams, H. M. Flagler or the Plant System. It will be the grandest hotel in the South. 1 1 B I ] mm Wmfim TO ' if I Shirt waists 30c. 40c, 60c. flOc. $1.00. $1.20; Ladies Black " tVor W Skirts 90c, 09c,$1.20. $1.50, $1.95. $3.35; Silk Skirts $4.50, a*korted'i»| lit] Fancy Brocades; Black Crepon Skirts, $4.50; Brocaded Satm Skirt* I $7.00; Fancy yard wide Percales in the hest makes at 9c peryaird. wortfl fully 124r India Linen 54c. 7c. Be. 15c. 20c, 25c. 30c per vard; L»'wn Dimmities 8c. 10c. 15c per yard; Slippers 75c, 95c, $2.00; Spelpisl gjl gains in Notions; Suspenders 8c; 12 yards of Lace. 5c; Cologne 15c, j^i 15c; Ladies Hose Oc, 8c, 10c. 12c. 15c, 20c. a pair; 24 sheets note miapo^ * 3 Bars Sweet Soap 5c; 5 Cigars for 5c; a good umbrella 43c; 5 wapersof pins 5c; 5 papers needles 5c; 12 safety pins Sc; Men’s Oil Grain f Shoes $1.10; Lace Pillow Shams 19c. Everything sold cheap afl lew York Racket Sim WATER STREET, BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. W. S. W1THAM, PmllMI. J. D. HARRKLI., V. Pre.’i. R. «. II ARTSVIKI.n. r» People’s Bank of BaiiM; Duly Chrtered Er.c er tne laws of Georgia; : CAPITAL 125,000.00. : W. 8, W’itham, John D. Harrell, It. G. HartsfieM, Directors: Dr. J. D. Chason, James A. Reid, A. B. Belcher, H. C. Draper. Aocouxits of corporations, Firms individuals solicited. BRACKIN & COMPANY. Livery And Transfer Stables, Broad Street Busses meet all trains and transfer passengers promptly to any|i lion of the city. First class teams and trusty drivers. GALL AT OUR STABLES—PHONE 66. Brackin & Co. r uausBJwamammtM I. E. BRHZHKD, Columbus. Qeorgiq A 1 kinds of Builder’s Supplies, Lime, Plaster, Cement, N i I oise and Mule Shoes, Paints, Oils, Glass, Brushes Doors and Blinds, in fact anything you need for building f ,>oses or in a Blacksmith Shop. fake advantage of the low freight rates [bn the n J write me and let me give you prices. T. L. GFTZARD. COLUMBUS, O' -THE JESSE FRENCH PIANO -Head Office: ST. LOUIS M0.* Branch Houses at Nashville, Tenn , Dallas, Tex., Binning 1 Ala., Montgomery, Ala. MANUFACTURERS OF —*• THE STAR, JESSE FRENCH, AND*RICHMOND Pl*^ ALSO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AGENTS FOB! FAMOUS STEIN WAY, KNABE, VOSE & SONS, BE*' 1 " TON AND CHICKERING PIANOS. BEST ORGANS ON EARTH. Terms reasonable. M strumeuts fully guaranteed. 23 Xj BLEDSOE fieao;al Agoiat Donalsonville, 2*