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. 6 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. Georgia Southern Military College, Bainbridge, Georgia. The Leading Co-Edueatioal Military School of South Georgia. Three Courses:—English-Classical, English-Scientific and English-Commercial. $125 will cover all expenses for nine months session. Full and competent Faculty of Eleven Teachers. Literary, Military, Music, Physical Culture, Commercial, Stenography and Typewriting, Expression and Art Departments I SUPERIOR METHODS OF DISCIPLINE AND (STUDY AND THE FINE BEARING OF ITS STUDENTS ARE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS VIGOROUS YOUNG INSTITUTION. Handsomely illustrated catalogue and full information upon request. Lieut.-Col. JAMES E. DUNN, C. E., President, 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.