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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA FRIDAY OCTOBER 24, 1902.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVAN;
©fficial Groan of Decatur County anc* the Cit\? of Bainbrfooe.
DAK OF EVENTS.
]im Buchanan the triple
Texas is hanged two
• death sentence is pro-
rurner, a prominent bus-
, of Wall Streen kills two
[ the firm of which he
i ure r, then turns pistol
himself. It seems Turner
ged with defalcation.
Jiattle between the govern-
|rces and Rebels of Vene-
I wages, the latter seem
Ling the best of it.
Two negroes are lynched bv
Texas mob at Hempstead,
Hells peal and shouts rend the
air as the great coal strike is
declared off in the mining regions
of Pennsylvania.
General Miles is reported to
have fallen among thieves in Hon
olulu while en mute to Manila.
d. B. EHRLICH & CO. BURNED. |
Dr, G. M. Jonts Dies.
At three thirty Wednesday
morning fire was discovered in
the second story of the large mer
cantile establishment of H. B.
Ehrlich & Co. In a short time
after the alarm was sounded the
fire had eaten through the ceiling
Tuesday afternoon last Oct. 16-
th this comunity was shocked by
the death of IJr. Geo, Monroe
Jones, which occurred at his res
idence in this place a,t 2.15 P. m.
Dr. Jones had or.ly been ill for a
few days but during that time
The Columbian government
wins against the rebels in a battle
which lasted fourteen hours.
IRoberts accepts invitation
J America next year,
llloer Generals leceive kind
Lt little financial aid at the
jof the people of Berlin.
■alf a Billion dollar combine
Irted as having been char-
linder the laws of New Jer-
The desire is to monopolize
Iroducts.
Oct. 22.—Representative Mor
ris of Cobb County is elected pres
ident of the Ga. House of Repre
sentatives, Clark Howell is unan
imously re elected President of the
Senate.
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18—Annual report of the
lissioner of Immigration is
[public showing that Italy
the fist with Austria, Hun-
[nd Russia following in or-
0t the entire number 648,
lere were 162,188 who could
r read nor write.
any N. Y. has a destructive
One fireman killed and many
ms painfully injured,
irough the personal courage of
ident Castro, the government
is are reported to have won a
victory near La Victoria
uela. The killed and
number 3,000.
puled
19.—By an explosion on
la tug plying the Missippi,
ersons are killed, one fatally
Ithree slightly injured,
| race riot wages in town of
jlcton Ala. Three whites and
I negroes have been killed
I negroes started the trouble
Attacking a defenceless white
Ian.
luorber 1
the
fata! fire occurs in
l0n l oil fields.
hitney and Belmont owners
eat racing stables, decide to
1 the finest race course in
world on Long Island.
''fteen persons are injured in
|ision on the Southern near
j^ville Tenn.
rhe affairs of Littleton Ala,,
,e quieted down.
_ ne millionaire politician, ^
er °f -St. Louis is convicted of
“ry.
be Insh members of Parlia-
nt Create quite a commotion.
^ roun dly hiss all opposition
tbeir schemes.
chamber of Deputies of
Ernest Roche introduces
‘‘ 0r the absolute separation
e c hurch from the state.
of the first floor and embers were some of the best medical and sur
dropping on the workers beneath, gical skill w.is exhausted in trying
With the supply ®f water then at to longthen his days, but sad to say
The non union men are leaving
the coal mines and tne union tries
begin work Oct. 23.
David B. Hill’s voice after a si
lence of ten years, rings out in
Tammany Hall.
It is reported that Miss Alice
Roosevelt Is to marry John Green
way of Arkansis. The latter was
a Rough Rider.
W. J. Tariton of Pensacola crazed
by jealousy cuts his wife’s and his
four year old son’s throat then
committed suicide. The wife and
son may live. Tariton is dead.
In his address at his installation
as Rector of Andrew University,
Mr. Carnegie declares that Germa
ny bids fair to oust Great Britian
from second place in the industrial
world. In speaking to Great Brit
ian of industrial supremacy he re
marks “It was once yours but is
now passed to your lineal decen-
dant who bears the industrial
crown.”
hand there was no hope of saving j to no avail. Dr. McLoy assisted
To The People of Decator County.
At the request of a large num
ber of friends and citizens over
the county, expressed to me in
person, by letters and petitions, I
have decided to become a candi
date for the House of Represent
atives to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of our lamented member
elect, Hon, Ben Nussbaum.
My candidacy will be subject of
course, to the action of the Demo
cratic party.
I take this method of informing
you of my candidacy, as the time
is short I may be unable to see
you in person.
I would be gsateful for your
support and influence in my be
half. Very Truly,
Byron Bower.
A Card.
Oct 71 r * *
Chi In a sugar refinery
. ; ago 29 men and women
cL deat > Fire cut off their
r**, an d many jumped to the
mangled on the
I take this method of announc
ing that I have made up my mmd
not to be a candidate for the leg
islature, and to thank my kind
friends, who would have supported
me if I had remained in the race.
The state of my health woulc no
permit me to make a canvass 0
the county, or give to the office, '
elected that active ser„ce tW
believe would he due the peop.e
olthiegrowi^W
r. B. Kerr-
the building or stock. By the
hard work of Messrs. H. L. Gans,
D. A. Cohen, M. H, Nussbaum
and others the books and valuable
papers were saved.
For some time the entire block
was threatened as the wooden
store house in rear of the compa
ny's briek store caught and had it
not been that rain during the day
previous had wet the frame struct
ure, the fire would have caught
Bainbridge State Bank building,
the rear windows of which are
without shutters.
As the fire reached more alarm
ing proportions and the side walls
began to crack, Messrs. J. I. Su-
bers, C. C. Willis and Nussbaum
Bros., moved their stocks in the
streets. After what seemed ages
to the waiting crowd pressure in
the water mains was finally fur
nished and the fire was controlled.
Ehrlich & Co were partially in
sured, carrying $3,000 on the
building and $4,500 on their stock,
their losses above the insurance
aggregating $10,000. Dr. H. D.
Wilson occupying the offices in
front of the second story as dental
parlors had all his apparatus en
tirely consumed, his loss being
$1,200 The insurance
companies interested are the
Queen, $3,000; Norwich Union,
$1,500: Liverpool and London and
Globe, $1,500; Citizens, $1,500
and Insurance Company of North
America $400.
Mr. H. B. Ehrlich began busi
ness in this place in 1868 occupy
ing the building in which the jew
elry establishment of J. I. Subers
now is. In 1875 Mr. Ehrlich
bought the site on which he built
the store just burned. In 1883
Mr. H. L. Gans became interested
in the business as the junior mem
ber of H. B. Ehrlich & Co.
Ever since Messrs Ehrlich and
Gans have been interested in Bain
bridge their trade has grown and
they have done a large credit bus-
iness with the farmers; so the
public generally and especially the
farmers will be gratified to know
that the gentlemen intend to re
build as soon as possible to adjust
their losses. The whole county
is with them heart and hand in
rising after the fire with renewed
energy. May they meet with
even more consideration from con
sumers than ever in the past.
by Drs. McIntosh of Thomasville
and Morgan of Bainbridge were
the physicians and surg ons that
were called to his bedside to lend
a helping hand to his recovery.
For many years Dr. Jones has
been a resident of this town and
practiced medicine. In 1892 and
1893 he represented his county in
the legislature, was mayor several
years ago and also was mayor of
Whigham at the time of his death.
He was born in Fla. but spent
greater part oj his life in Georgia
and more especially in Decatur
county. He graduated at Balti
more, practiced 27 years and was
51 years of age at his death. We
feel that we can truly sav that no
man in this section enjoys a broad
er range of friendship than did
Dr. Jones, for his courteous and
sociable manner won for him many
of the strongest ties of friendship
that shall ever be bound by the
cords of affection to his memory.
His funeral was preached at
the Methodist cnurch by Rev. W.
M. Blitch, and the burial services
were conducted at the Whighan
cemetery by the masons at 4 a. m.
Dr. Jones was a mason holding one
of the highest offices in the lodge
at the time of his death; conse
quently a large number of his or
der was present and took part in
the last sad rites at his grave.
Furthermore there was a larger
crowd at his funeral than has been
in Whigham before in years, which
is further proof of his popularity-
and great number of admirers in
the vicinity.
By this sad death there is left a
wife, two sons and four daughters
to mourn his departure and in be
half of the entire community, we
extend to the bereaved ones our
heart felt sympathy and say “weep
not” for though you can see him
no more on earl h yet for years to
come those kind and soft words
spoken by 'him shall continue to
echo through your minds,” and
may you ever live such lives as to
haue so iqany friends as dear hus
band, papa and grand papa left be
hind when he left his earthly joys
and troubles.
M.
OUR WATER SUPPLY.
Prof Woodrow Wilson is to be
inaugurated President of Princeton
University on next Saturday. An
elaborate programe of exercises
has been prepared, and it is hoped
to have President Roosevelt as
one of the distinguished guests of
the occasion. Should he attend,
he will be entertained by ex-Pres-
| ident Clevel ind. The appearance
of these gentlemen in public as host
and guest would be apt to cause
a demonstration of approval.
Again the inadequacy of the fire
protcctionafiforded to the city at
night has been proved to the dis
satisfaction of all concerned. Few
cities in the state the size of Bain
bridge can boa3t as fine a system
of water works as obtain, ami yet
this elaborate plant, that was put
in at such great expense and trou
ble, is practically worthless so far
as fire protection is concerned.
Nearly all big fires occur at night
when the city is asleep and few
are on guard, and at night when
the big property owners and large
tax yaying concerns of the town
need water pressure most in order
to protect their interests from fire,
there is water all around but scarce
ly a drop for tl e purpesefor which
there is such a crying reed.
If it is impossible to keek up
steam at the power house both
day and night, then we suggest
that the water plant be operated at
night instead of during the day. It
is indeed deplorable that one of
our laagest and most enterprising
mercantile firms should hove been
burned out a few nights ago at a
net loss of ten thousand dollars
when a little water would have so
easily remedied the evil, Not on
ly was H. B. Ehrlich 8c Co. great
ly damaged by the fire, but the
city itself was a heavy loser there
by, for it will be remimbered that
this was the only firm in Bain
bridge that did an extensive credit
business among the farming class
of people. During the past few
years the town has so repeatedly
suffered from these night conflag
rations, fires that could have been
so easily prevented with a little
water at the right time, that it
seems tee matter of water protec
tion should have been looked in
to and remedied ere this A burnt
child dreads the fire”, and the peo
ple of Bainbridge dread it. We
earnestly and respectfully suggest
that the city fathers take the mat
ter of “water pressure at night”
under consideration, and speedily
do something in regard to the
same.
The Macon Telegraph publishes
the relative cost of water in the
various cities of Georgia; The
cost ranges from 10c to 30c per
1,000 gallons. Macon has the
distinction of having the most val
uable water. The Telegraph fails
to mention that water for the peo
pie of Bainbridge is absolutely
free. If reports can be relied upon
it would be the wiser plan for
some of our sister towns to pass
an act paying a bounty to those
who will use water for drinking
purposes.
The Death of Mrs. Geo. Ralay of
Tallabasse.
The people of Bainbridge were
shockod to hear on Monday morn
ing of the horrible death of Mrs.
Rainey of Tallahassee. In de
scending the stairs Mrs. Rainey
stumbled and dropped a lighted
lamp which she carried. The
flames caught her dress and be
fore help could be summoned she
had been so terribly burned that
there was no chance for her to
live. She died in five hours.
While Mrs. Rainey is not
known here, the many friends of
Judge Rainey and his daughter
Miss Clyde, sympathize with them
very deeply in their great be
reavement. When the accident
occurred Judge Rainey was ab
sent in East Florida and did not
reach home until the next day.
Judge Rainey is the brother of
Mrs. Rainey of this city and has
visited her several times.
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