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BAIKBRIDGK. DF.CATUR CO., 8K0RGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10,1901.
08K DOLLAR A YKAH
IN ADVANCE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
. A rOIIHKfCIO.V
EijITOB Sf.AROH fildliT:—I wish you
to correct e-ota teiuent made iu your last
,0 Ot K BBABKKtf.
Lay of two weeks in Pauacea
'*1‘.rii/for^ur ■fe.tppii'' ;* eek ;* '«'*«“* to Col YV 0.
l",l!> r s of the Search j Fleming. My friend R” in his etate-
,tie'ted to a perusal of squibs;™^' » mistaken m part. After the
• R from the pen of Bambruige Independents disItanded-.W;
ktihje
half stated from the pen
, the editor
our absence our friends kindly
i and by contributions and
ttshed have made the paper
able than usual. We feel in-
them and shall iu part render
it. of stewardship.
It e days we were permitted to
e sunlight of the gulf and drink
breezes. During which liiue.uu-
l, y (sandflies and mosquitoes our
svere almost as sweet as they
inuous. There, shut out from
yet it seemed that the world
Fish and oysters were ours,
,eef. ham. eggs, peaches, piue-
cetera, were ours, - but auiid
managed to live down the ex-
nf the hour and are now re-
your midst. With an increase
ids in flesh and with u propor-
ippetite. do we return, but we
•reuse the subscription price;,
larch Light and our friends need
leour name from the rolls <if
tended guests at picnics, big
.ud the like.
absence our eyes have feasted
they beheld the beauty of the
alms or were lost iu the acres Of
flowers. We have watohed tbe
playing with the pebbles, and
nating costumes of the ladies dip-
stivf. but somehow or other
the mermaid's song in tl}e
the mad sea waves.. Through
never, we munaged to retain
ilibriuu and have not succumbed
jhuicesof the summer girl, con-
ourselves, rather, with sitting
lent seashore and making *'goo
lee at the pictures in the waves,
tea, Fla., is situated near the
on Dickinson’s Bay and is an
irt for full and complete rest,
all, the genial manager of the
a jovial, good fellow and looks
the comfort and pleasure of his
Dance pavilltone, bathing pool*,
les and other amusement* are
so that ones attention may be
les engaged.
return we promise many things
e many things promised us, but
burst forth in song. We shall
rr to substantially improve The
Light and to furrish our readers
of information and apprisal of
of the county and this portion
fate.
is the time to subscribe.
Itlie i
0 Fleming volunteered with Duncan
Carry’s company in Baiubridge in 1862
and was elected 1st Lieutenant of the
same, which afterwards became Com
pany E of the 50th Ga. regiment. When
Cupt. Curry resigned. Lieut. Fleming
was promoted no Captain Shortly af
terwards he became Lieutenant Colonel
ot the regiment. He was the pet of the
regiment when not iu battle, aud when
amid the singing bullets and the scream
ing shells the regiment was his pet.
I think be was the handsomest officer
1 ever saw on dress parade, and most
fearless of them all on the battle field—
a veritable Confederate lion. He always
put his trust iu God. and taught his men
to do the same thing.
I thmk in the latter part of 1808 he
was elected to the Georgia Legislature
from Decatur comity and necessarily re
signed bis commission in the army- Wheu
be (took leaye of the regiment the scene
was very affecting, the tears stood in the
hero's eyes, aud every soldier was visibly
affected, crying like children.
Three years ago'I stood beside his
grave at the Sewetevy'aud I could not
help expressing my sorrow in tears I
have the hope that some day I may be
with him in Heaven. Hpspcotfully,
Grben B. A Lb ay
Donalsonville. Aug. 5. 1901.
1 thank my friend for the correction
and especially for the letter he has writ
ten. B.
EDITORIAL RAIDS J And now we are confronted with
AND RABBLES dsinoMftrte, the
free sitVer democrats, the Bryan dem-
> oornts and the G-root democrats. Oh,
1 lie late tire «t Valdosta, has re- for a few old faslnoned democrats,
juvenftted the limes newspaper of At present It looks as if the whole
that flourishing city. j batch will have to root hog of die!
This is said to He an “off.year” in
politics. Dear oitieeiis lay not this
liatteriug unction to ihy souls.
A man never has real trouble' tin-
The next state senator from the
Eighth Senatorial District miifct be a
Decatur county man, according to the
rotation plan. And the eieotidn is
til he has a son big enough to'wear 0,,| y * n0 " th * « "*> ani *
his clothes.—Quincy New Era. no candidates. Such a state of things
Alas 1 alas !— how true, how true 1 almost makes a feller wish he were
—- dead.
Col. J. H. Estili, of Savannah^ is
MAIXBHIIIUK A WHOLESALE MARKIt'f.
A glance at.ihe map is sufficient
to allow the stroug commercial posi
tion of Bain bridge. Situated at the
head of navigation on the east bank
of Flint river, on the Plant System
of Railways, nearly midway between
Savannah and Montgomery; on the
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Rail
road—late Georgia Pine—now being
built south to Tallahassee, Fig., and
north to Columb,*, Ga., which puts
her iu uiose toi oil with the Central
of Georgia and the Seaboard Air
Line; aud the objective point, south,
of the road now being constructed
FitOM GUN DEE.
re having a plenty of rain in this
now.
|y aU the farmers are idle now.
to the recent rains. ‘
,R l 1 - K. Kelley and W. B. Mo
have returned home from a
® trip to Fanecea Springs.
BAINBHiDUK VS. (lll.VCY.
The Bata bridge base ball team went
down before the Q ;incy team to the
tune ot 14 to 10 in a hard played game
in Quincy, last Wednesday. Quincy’s
second inning tells the tale. Baiubridge
went to pieces and virtually lost the
game in this inning.
The boys report having had s pleasant
time, and will do all in their power to
make the Quincy boys have as uiee a
time, when they come up to play Bain-
bridge next Thursday. ,
Following is the score by innings:
Baiubridge ... 08100818 0—10
Q.iincy .,,...08800108 0—14
Batteries: Bower and Curry, and Nich
olson and Weskbecker.
City Court Juron.
Sept/MBFH Tkum '901.
wealthier titan all of the other can- j Mr, James Barrett, of Richmond , from Ashturn, on the Georgia, Soulh-
d id ales for governor put together, county, is announced ns a candidate urn aud Florida, which at uo distant
But candidates now-a-days do uot for president of the State Agiieul , ,j av Wl u | )e () t throtijgh to Augusta,
Ga.,—makes tills town tl.e liveliest
competitive point in three states.
I Already we do an immense wliolu-
e is * g ar j #a j^ K ,. 0t!er y lra) j e> laying throe big
; establishments backed by unlimited
■ , ~ " . / capital in llm business who met suo-
It seemrf that the G-rOot Progres- I frwm ihe in supplying’' a
T ' I ,1 „ *?}«, Urge territory, in Georgia, Alabama
Warm Mustard, Rampant lledshirt, a(|( j |,'| or i t | R
Free Silver or Bust Democratic Par- , Whj> #ho , M not Bai „.
tural Society.—Exchange,
Is not this old Populist Jim V
There is nothing the matter with old
Rvals, of Chatham,
mer aud a democrat.
need moriey.
The candidates for Billy Brant
ley's congressional' shoes in the
Eleventh,' provided he could have
been induced, to stagd for governor,
have now ‘‘hid out ydjng ’iuhs.” ,'
Our esteemed qonteipp^raryj the
Savannah Morning Jipwiyuow prim*
a column of “Gubernatorial Com
ments,” from which one would infer that the career of this Paint-the-town-
that there is pniy one. pea -in the red infant was so brief. We call
dish. ’ •
ty, has died u bornin.’ It is a sib
Gentle Anuio, io January of 1902
wilj be plenty of time for the “next
governor” to announce himself.
Thei'e will be a rattling <?f the dry
bones of those now lit tb* race ere
that time. ’
The Atlanta Constitution has sent
Col. Joe OM to the Orient to settle
the Chiuese -qnestioh and possibly to
succeed old Chaffee in the Phiilip-
pines. The Cousltytitioh is nothing
if not great and good-
The Macon Tele^&ph of last Sun-
bridge have the wholesale dry goods,
drugs, hardware trade of Southwest
. , ,, • ■ . , Georgia. Those goods, via Jackson-
upon Col, G-reot for an explanat.od. vilIe ^ AlrUl „,, cai ,
be laid down here about as uhcsply
The kaiser is flushing,! full>«rd. a ^ 8avfinnab, and with the Plant
He must be ambitious of becoming u 1 .
populist orator.—Atlanta Constitu- ®y* tenl *"d Central computing for
thru. | this business there can be no doubt
Your uncle BHI has.got the brass of the great comme.uiul advantages
and voice—all he needs is the wills- of our position. Then, our great wa-
kers. Brass, whiskers and voice eon- terwrty will enable us to ship tlious-
atitute the essentials of even-some ends of tons of roewliandise from
democratic orators. l . «ewr York by sailing vessels—the
| cheapest transportation yet known—
Col. J. H, Estill, who has been vla Apalachicola on the Gulf of Mex-
pnblishiDg one of the best democratic lco ’
newspapers in the south— the Hflvan- j f* 1 ;* “ n 9 "botch, b it a real
nah Morning News—for thirty-six praotiuil showing. Wo have ad van-
years—since lie has announced for luges that few other places possess.
.O a load oflgovemor, is com|>el1ed to see hi* 1* practical men investigate this
dy . PP L I,., name printed in some the newspa- matter aud they will soon reach our
liers as “Estelle.” This is the moft oonclusion.
uiikuidest cut of all.
tjomber 10 bird shot into the face of
each one of its ‘pictersBui the old
daily continues to be one' of the
truest and best in 'Georgia.
“Dunns, me lio\ ,” said a fond par
David Mssh'ntrM.J.J. Brown, J, F. <-nt »<• his biitt-headed son and heir,
Brown, J. B. Lewis, W. M. Barinean, K. »„pv« : r despair of the republic or
Lytle, S.’B. Brinson, A. 8. Godwin. y 0ll |. oivn bright future; yen are lia-
Thos. L. Faireloth. J. 0. Aueley. U W . ^ f0 ^ of for gorernor at
Johnson. Martin Curry. Duncan E*n>. ,,
A. Mitchell. C. K. Coleman. W. C. Gib
son. W. J. Ycat». W. A. Johnson.
Court meets first Monday in Septem
ber.
any time and place. Selah.”
In a recent Speech before a Mich
igan audience Ben Tillman declared
that “The white people of South Car-
A.i 1 ttm , breUa w ?" Mt Rt tViT °rZ o'ina were on top and would stay
recently by an uuknown party. Ihe, ‘ . „ . !
- - --- \>au get same by identifying, there m sp*te of (Jie devil. It is
r n . , OWDCr Miu va.uv ./J J 3 , ... .• J
r hnnnger and wife was down property and paying for tins notice, said that his utterance received ap-
; relatives Sunday last.
|r correspondent has been on the
V for the last few days.
Fee. Ga . 8-7,1901. j B
L fbems*, Sumterville. Ala:
, r n f fro™ dyspepsia when 1
fenced taking Rodol Dvepepsia
I * took several bottles and can
anything," Kodol Dyspepsia
t °nl.v preparation containing
—Quinay New Era. I plause
Now this Florida editor is one of j —
the most bonest men we ever heard No candidate can sue^ssfulB
of, and too pure for this mundane claim South Georgja a. his home to
sphere, or the umbrella is not worth , the satisfaction df H,e voters of that
a clam.
a McusbiuoT Piciyuv
W|iy should Joe Terrell and Pope One of the mo-t enjoyable enter-
Brown want to give up their lucrn- taiumenls of the season was the
live jobs, vis: Attorney General and moonlight picnic at the Harrell old
Railroad Commissioner for that of mill last Friday evening. The loce-
govenior t But, say you, Uiey will t jon is one of the most beautifal < a
bold on to what they’ve got with a 1 lhu Attapulgua creek, surrounded
death grip, and not turn looae until by beautiful trees and landscapes, it
it thunders should they fail to get j, r ^ e nts to the visitor some of the
| section of the state! when he lives in
Atlanta and ha* !'I|mi washing* done
We hear that several “aspiring t j, erej ,f tie has i# done anywhere,
youths” around about are being jj 0 s ; ree i j
natural Aigeetiy« fluids. It gives, ‘forced by their friends to sacrifice —
CXndUio? BL Hictf"® I themselves upon the legislative altar | The time is not fa distant when
B. L. Hicks. | Qf Dwatur oo(|nly In the language lands in Decatur *»ll be among the
of Patrick Henry in his celebrated most valuable in tie U. S. harmers
epistle to the aboiigiueea “Let them of old Decaiur, ih^k a long time be
come!"
«BER, LUMBER)
fleetly
[Ceiling,
tefly matched Flooring
16.00 per thousand
ts of not less than one thou*
, Evea though you
loot ready to build, you can
•"oney buying this lumber
88 the price will uot last
'We can serve
t!y.
L,NT PIVER LI MBER CO.
yon
Ter Bile-
Two 80-hone boilers cheap,
perfect condition^
8-10-4t.
One in
Sah|ibridge. Ga.
fore von part witl
No county
bright future
in Gej^rgi
- i
four broad acres,
■gis has such s
the other thing. 'Perhaps !
The editor and his wife disagree
with each other v^ry materially 8he
sets things to rights, and he writes
things to set. She reads what others
write, and lie writes what others
read. She keeps the devil out of the
louse as much as possible, while he
letains him and could not go to
>ress without him. 8he knows more
things tbau he writes, aud he writes
more things than she known.—Goob
er town Grabbler.
most picturesque scenery in south
west Georgia. The piumoers arrived
at about 5 o'clock iu the afternoon
and remaiued till late in the evening.
At mbonrise one of the most
sumptuous feasts ever seeu was
spread upou one of the work benches
in front of the old mill house. Iced
teas and other refreshing driuk* were
served during the meal. After sup
per the party remaiued 'till the moon
had risen high above the boriaou,
The Grabbler has the thing down #ud returncd by its guiding rays.
pat,
For many years past gubernato
rial campaigns for the nominal ion in
ttys state have been nothing short of
‘scrambles.’ And we desire to re
mark that whoever gets said nomi
nation will not only have a scram
ble, bnt will have to ramble and
sbambie tor it Those who are dubious
of this popular process of ofioe get
ting bad beat stay out. The time ha*
The 8Ute Agricultural Society ia
soon to meet at tKomasville. Pope j long since passed in Georgia when
Brotrn. Candida*# for governor, the ofBoe went trotting around “seek
olb «om> *«» «l,VB« ' thinks he has that machine by the>g the man.” Even the lark does
Have yon anv of this? not bnc* Our sister <ity will be full of .not rise up in the mormutf sooner
S&Wa'eSSB??si » „SC3I*—.-,-.-*-, rjN^w;4* ,;: '
trade? will ^ny BP ’ <l ^ a ,"V'u<i n yii t*ii* wvssaili. 11<>» ediep.
All who were present pronounce
this the pleasautest event of the
srason, and with a unanimous vote
declared that it should be repeated
ere the season was over. Among
those present were Mesdames Griffin
and Folsom, Misses Kate, Anna and
Ethel Gnfllu, Misa Lucy Dickenson,
Miss Vers Rawls, Miss Thomas,
Misses Lissis and MargareUo Toole,
Messrs Torn Speight, Will Gnffiu,
Otis Tools, Mack Williams, Clifton
Griffin, Kobt. Heygood, Georgs Aus
tin and Jobs Wilson.
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