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BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR CO., GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1901.
ONE HOLLA 11 A YEAH
IN ADVANCE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 0EC/TUR COUNTY AND OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
[Jgj ANOTHER VIEW. ^
k.nx» Ga., Out- 14, 1801.
^boH-LioHT:
! U ut interested, either way,
Icitizeu of Decatur county
Luce between the Georgia,
Aliibaiuti railway and the
mistiouers in the matter of
,et the letter of-One of the
s of the G. F. aud A. iu
ek’s pai>er i» iu one particu-
mtevest to me. That is the
a removal of the shops and
as of theG. F. and A. from
1 will say by the way tnat
low tax returns is a ory-
thac it is the paramount
legislature to devise means
e can have just, equitable
returns by ail parties. As
citizeu of BaiuUridge, ever
eorgia Pine was built, I have
loyally aud giveu it what
1 have had iu the way ol
I have never failed to
lt l word for it and have taken
success, and this 1 believe
e position of four-fifth of the
iaiuorkke, tor we all recog-
rnuch it has added to the
of our town and what beue-
teu to the ouilding up of the
after all we have done to-
g the road with our patron-
iud will and the iuterest we
iu its prosperity and our ef-
ike it a financial success, to
he city of Uaiubridge with
t because of a difference he
ld some of the officials of De
tv oyer a matter of business
to me a very poor way to get
those officials or to pay
for what she has done for
really cannot bslieve that
nd offices ate to be moved;
dge is the natural place for
large majority of our oiti-
■lends aud patrons of the road
it believe there is any other
will appreciate them more
ridge or do more to deserve
I also think that after the
shady and considerately gone
;he question considered iu all
that we will hear no more
j the shops aud offices away
The officials of the G F. aud
member that Bainbridge has
3 as well as they and that’re-
something that can be work-
sides. The trade of Bain-
,kes a pretty large part of the
f theG. F. and A. and it they
ley must consider the feelings
ts of the citizens of the place,
ite the whole town on account
cied opposition of a very few.
pe earnestly and truly that
this will come to pass, for,
aid, four-fifths of the people
n are friendly towards tne G
• and ready to work for its in-
id help it all they can if the
give us a fair showing and treat
Citizen.
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Bainbridge. Georgia.
The Band Ooei to Waycroaa.
The Band left Wednesday nigh
to play an engagement at Waycross
Street Fair and return to-day. The
Band has greatly improved aud we
are proud to say that there is not
another band in the state that can
surpass them for the short time they
have been organized.
We are informed that the band
will fill engagements at Dothan,
Eufaula, Valdosta and Thomasville
during the fairs and carnivals in
those places to be held soon.
Wedding Near Sofkee!
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.
J. Jones, near Sofkee, Mr. Joseph
Harrison and Miss Clearisa Jones
were united in matrimony Wednes
day evening last at 7:00 o’clock.
A number of their friends wit
nessed the occasion.
The bride is a charming young
lady of excellent family aud is liked
by her many friends.
Mr. Joseph Harrison is a well-
known young man throughout the
county and is a man of noble aspua-
tions and thoroughly trustworthy.
Death Of Mr. 0. O. Woodhull.
The death of Mr. George
G.
Adel Goes Dry.
bition w»r the issue in Adel’s
M election Wednesday. One
| or mayor and alderman it
lorstood favored the licens-
(aloons, while the other ticket
1 it.
P r y ticket won by a large ma-
1 wet one receiving a very
ote - The ticket etected was
Iws:
[Webb, mayor; ,T. T. Wilkes,
Mard, A. D. Shaw, Henry
H J- A. J. Parrish, alder-
[i ifton Gazette.
Lane, Pewamo. Mich., writes
kodol Dsypepeia Cure is the bes
°r indigestion and stomach
'* 1 ever used, For years
I ro:n dyspepsia, at times com-
* t0 sta y iu bed and causing
asong. I am completely
Woodhull which occurred at his res
idence iu this city last Thursday eve
mng about 7 o’clock came as a gen
eral surprise to the cornmnuiiv. It
was known that he bad been sick for
sometime past with typoid fever,but
few of our citizens were prepared
for the sad announcement. He bad
been on a visit to Macon a tew days
ago, returning home sick with fevei
and a complication of other ail
ments.
Mr. Woodhull came to this city
several years ago from New York
State and has ever since been identi
fied with the business Interests of
Bainbridge
At the time of bis death he held
the confidence and esteem of all the
people here, being permanently con*
neoied in several business enterprises.
During the past year he has held
the position of city treasurer and
discharged the duties ol that office to
tLe satisfaction ot the public. His
brother aud two sisters reside in
Oov. Candler's Message.
The Govenor’s annual message
was read before both houses of the
legislature Wednesday last-
The document is a very able one
and deals in a forceful manner with
many important matters to come be
fore the general assembly during the
present session. He calls attention
to an unusual amount of grave and
serious problems confronting the
legislature, to dual with which it
will require both wisdom and patriot
ism.
Among these ape the deficit in the
state treasury, the pension and
school appropriates. While the
taxable values of the state have in*
creased in the last two years to the
enormous sum of $43,500,000, the
deficiency in the treasury this year,
outside of the shortage of the school
fund, will reaoti the enormous sum
of $260,000.
The gouernor points out three
ways by which to afreet these defioi*
encies, towit: Raise the already high
rate of taxation, reduoe some ot the
appropriations made by the last ses
sion or apply the publio property
fund now in the treasury to the pay
ment of the interest on the publio
debt.
The governor calls attention to the
unsatisfactory working of the publio
school system and advises a change
in the mode of raising the fuuds for
the schools so as to divide the bur
den between the state and the coun
ties, as follows:
“1 therefore recommend that the law
be so amended as to fix the state- 1 school
fund at if1.000,000 per anuum, to be dis
tributed among the counties as now pro
vided by law, but that the amount ap
portioned to no county shall be available
until that county shall have raised by
taxation upon the taxable property
within its own borders, an amount not
less then 40 per cent of its share of the
state school fund.”
In speaking ot the increasing tax 1
rate he says there are but two ap
propriations we can reduce so as to
make any material reduction m the
tax rate, the one for schools and the
other for pensions, which absorb
nearly two-thirds of the entire in*
come of the state.' As to cutting
down the ever increasiug pension exi
penditures he recemmends that pen
sions be limited to those surviving
The fact is oiled that “out of the
137 counties of the state, 111 draw
out of the treasury for sobools and
pensions alone more than they pay
in for all purposes ”
Referring to the extraordinary
burdens and consequent increasing
tax rate imposed by the last legisla
ture, the governor lias this to say
"But at your last session so many ex
traordinary demands were make upon
the treasury by the various institutions
supported partly or wholly by the state,
that you. to meet there demands, raised
the tax rate from $5.20 to $6.44, aud this
ncrease of 24 mills will fall short by
$74,000 of raising revenue sufficient to
meet the appropriations made at your
last session, notwithstanding the taxable
values of the state have increased in the
lust three years more thitn forty-three
millions of dollars. We are thus con
fronted with a deficiency iu revenue of
$74,000 in addition to the pensions al
io wed indigent widows aud not yet paid,
and more than a million which will be
due the teachers of the common schools
at the end of the present year, which can
he met only in the unsatisfactory way
of the past, by applying the money which
ought to go to pay them next year to the
payment of arrearages due thesr for
work done in this. While the stwte has
seldom, if ever, been more pqbsperous
ana neither her credit nor that- of any
other state has even been better, the
system heretofore employed jp the man
agement of her fiscal affairs, so far as it
relates to the common sebow .and pen
sions, is not satisfactory. WeiitWould be
honest and candid with the teiqmerg and
pensioners and taxpayers. ?i,dfktatute
should be allowed to rmufloji the
books declaring that tfvu.-,neWiij{)if| be
paid monthly or even q larftdy.^jv^ien
no money is provided to pay f-frbeui. > It
is misleading, unfair and unjust.” '
Irwin County OOes
A telephone message to tbe Ga
zette from Irwinville last night says
the county went wet in the prohibi
tion election yesterdav by a majority
ot about 250.
New York State, but for many y ea ™ -Confederate soldiers and the widows of
. the winter here > . .... i
Kod.il Dyspepsia Cure. In ! past have spent the winter
k. n ln j> to friends who suffer
Pigestion 1 always offer to pay
“ffs. 1 i uis f ar i have never
R ' b. Hicks.
where they own a beautiful resi
dence. They are expected to ar
rive to-day.
those who are dead, who are physically
unable to support themselves by their
labor and who have no other means of
support.”
Dlxon-MeDanlsl.
Married at the residence of Judge
T. B. Maxwell in this city on Sunday
last Mr. W. H. Dixon to Miss Mat-
tie S. McDaniel.
The groom is an energetic and
prosperous citizen of Pelhata, while
tbe bride is a sister of Mrs. Bob
Westmoreland near this city. Each
of tbe contracting parties have boats
of friends who are well-wlsbers to
tbe affair.
Immediately after tbe ceremony
they left for Pelham wheye .they will
make their home.
Epworth League Work-Re solution* Adopted.
The address ot Prof. E. A. Pound
Saturday evening was a gem of liter
ary excellence and beauty. His theme
was, “The'Leaguer's Guide, The Holy
Bible,” and he handled it like a mas
ter.
Sunday morning Prof R. C. Little,
of Cairo, read a most excellent paper
on the subject, ‘‘A Leaguer and his
Life Bclore the Public.” Prof Little’s
paper coutaiued many beautiful
thoughts elegantly expressed and
aptly illustrated.
He was followed by Mr. B. F.
Hawes, Jr., of Bainbridge, in a force
ful and stirriug talk on "A Leaguer
and His Purpose.
Sunday was a great day with the
Leaguers. The sermon at 11 o'clock
by Rev. W. F. Smith was one of
great power. All day long some in*
teresling exercise was In progress.
In the afternoon Mrs. Peabody,. of
Waycross, gave an entertaining aud
instructive talk on missious, using a
chart to illustrate. She also out
lined the work of a mission study
class, which many leaguers will
adopt.
Sunday evening witnessed both
the close of the confereuue and the
climax of interest. It was a conse
cration service, led by Rev. W. F.
Smith, E. P. Peabody aud others.
The earnest zeal and intent interest
madifested, not only by the leaguers,
but by citizens and visitors as well,
was something wonderful. An old
gentleman, who has lived here a
long time, declared that he had uot
seeu anything like it iu yuurs.
The lenguera have made an im
pression upon tbe town and our peo
ple will long remember their coming
a ith great pleasure. The delegates
aud visitors cease not to praise tbe
kiudness and hospitality with which
they have been received by the gen
erous hearted people of Thomasville.
The coufereuue adjourned Sunday
evening to meet next year at Arling
ton, Ga.
BEBOLUTIOHS ADOPTED BY KPW^KTH
LEAGUE COM FKltKNCK.
liesolvsd 1st, That the leaguers ot
the Thomasville district in confer
ence assembled return thauks to the
various railroads for courtesies to the
delegates to tbe conference.
2nd. That we appreciate the pres
ence and earnest words of our visit
ing leaguers, Mr. and Mrs. E. I*.
Peabody, Dr. W. W v Pinson, Rev.
O. B. Chester, Miss Clara MoWil-
liaina and Prof. E. A. Pound.
3rd. That we exteud our hearty
thanks te Rev. J. P. Ward law, J. E.
Robison; the Thomasville league
and the citizens of Thomasville for
their coudial reception, Christian
hospitality aud splendid entertain
ment during our stay among them,
and that we pray God’a blessings
upon thdm.
4th, That we sincerely regret the
absence of Rev. WV N. Ainsworth
aud deplore tbe cause whiolj prevent
ed his presence, assuring him of our
sympathy and prayers.
That we extend our thanks to tbe
daily paper of Thomasville for kind
notices of the conference during its
session. W. F. Smith,
Chairman.
BESOLUZIOXS OF RESPECT.
Resolved, That th« leaguers of the
Thomasville district extend to Bro.
M. W. Howard, our efficient district
secretary, our sineerest thanks for
the manner in which he has conduct
ed the affairs of the district both be*
fore and during the session of our
conference. That we assure him of
our love and hearty co-operation in
his labors. That we recognize the
severe ordeal through which he has
passed this week, and to give him
our warmest sympathies and pray-
rs. W. F. Smith,
Chairman.
-Thomasyjlle Tjnjcs Enterprise.