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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY JANUARY 2 1903.
7. NiMBEI
$1.00 YEAR MS ADVANCE
'jpden build*
ytore is a,
^customers
le popular
per. They
re also, but
[at fortune
jipon them
ie of busw
can procure anytnmg aesirea at
this fashion emporium.
After all is said and done,. one
will have to go to Colquitt before
he is able to realize the marked
change which has come over the
place. Bainbridge will always
look stjteh pleasure upon the great
success that is meted out to our
sister town.
:rs & Dan.ers 1 '!
bee hive. The]
buy what thel
lts have to oj
in the big fa
'Id imagine t»
w *ys smiled I
from the volurC
firm of Melton & Duke will open
in one of the Nussbaum buildiifgs
which is being completed. We
congratulate this firm of Moultrie
upon having secured the services
of a salesman who is so widely
Itoown and so generally liked.
The town has needed a Shoe
house forypurae time and we feel
sums that they will succeed here.
Hunteijsdrug J
as f or Ac man
©facial ©rgajv of Decatur County anDtheCttj? of JBatnDriDoe.
1 Colquitt’ and fRie N$w.
; months agJI was. in Col-
an d as 1 walked dp from the
ion the town was saiefdering
ruins. Scarcely a.'bust
se was left standi^ and very
;u ods were saved, bjj the resi-
from the fire that broke ont
he small l 10l, rs of the night
in a'few minutes wrapped all
lurid blaze." *' '
lot-daunted b/ the terrjble
strophe the enterprising peo-
of Miller’s county site, began
leoiately to clear away the
and make preparations for
rebuilding. * •
went back to the town a .few
and truly the new, Colquitt
risen phoenix like from the
ot the old. Where once'
d many dirty looking wooden
ons, are now .elegantly built-
stores and the people 'have
hich they can justly be proud,
[ultt has men of determination,
and enterprise who ^roiild
eany town succeed. JMany
contributed to the rebuilding,
ee in coming frond the sduth a
ificently appointed «hftel of
en rooms. The building is of
with all the modern conveni-
, sample rooms, spjacious
well equipped cuisir e de-
nent and a garden whe re will
titivated choice flowers This
ture is owned by Dr. ,V. E.
ter. He has bqen in tqe hotel
ness for a number of years
ae expects to give the drum-
the very best service that
oe had on the road.
E. 13. Bush with his three
ctive stores has invested his
without stint. The build-
1 all nicely finished and
h one of city stores rather
se buildings which are so
eV t in Souto Georgia. In
eet ;r store is Dr. Bush’s
. e an d the United States
e e. Mr. John Bush is the
( lpetent and popular post*
F. E. Fudge is at present
y>ng the middle store, having
P stock of general merchan-
Mr. Fudge is one of', the
i«t men of Miller and jus
few days ago sold a tntojf of
r for a neat fortune. He is
n g two large brick stores
the street into which he
ove as soon as they are
eted ; Mr. Fudge is pirson-
permtending the work on
ires and it is needless to say
rk is of the best.
H. C. Bean occupies the
store of. the Bash' block.
ean lost heavily in the recent
t with true determination
Or o ln g ahead
of Henry with
ill and
everyone
the best
respect.
sed in a small
ers &
bee
The Merry Chase Show.
, Bad the last thirty minutes of
the play been omitted and' the
voic^of the little dansuese been
mpirated')L the Meiry Chase
ow would u^ave been,a great
success. As it was the show fur
nished the large crowd much fun.
The ridiculos predicaments of the
“college friend” were a real come
dy of errors. If Manager Pre-
vatte succeeds in continuing to
place on the local boards such at
tractions as the one on Wednes
day 3 ist it will not be • long be
fore this is a real “show town.”
We congratulate the management
on the large house and the gener
al satisfaction the show seemed to
give.
number of people. His business
is thriving and though much of
his attention is at present directed
to the building of the hotel. He
has shpwn that he is a splendid
judge of human nature, in having
for his clerk a nephew who is a
progressive salesman.
J. W. Bailey & Co. with their
immense stock of fifteen or six*
teen thousand dollars occupy the
last of the new brick stores. Their
business is enormous and they
deserve the patronage received.
The fair faces of young ladies be
hind the counters add. materially
to the attractiveness of the place.
Mr. Bailey is one of the most en*
terprising men in Mi'ler county.
His carriage and wagon sales are
enormous. Above his wagon store
house are the offices of the Miller
County Liberal. While in Col
quitt I endeavored to see the edi
tor but was unfortunate. The
Liberal is one of the best weekly
papers of Soufo Georgia.
On the corner where Mr. T. C.
Nowell is now doing a flourishing
general mercantile business will be
erected the new bank. Work was
to have begun on it yesterday and
when finished it will be with par
donable pride that the‘people ot
Cblquitt will-point to it as one of
the monuments to thrift and en
terprise. V-
Mr. A. J. Cowart in his genial
way captures many a dollar that
comes to the county seat of Miller
and his customers are always grat
ified with their purchases. While
in his store I had to wait some
time before he had sufficient
leisure to Speak to me. Mr, Cow
art is well known here.
Mr. G. B. Hunter has not been
jn the mercantile business long
but he shows a marked aptitude
for his work and he will be num
bered among Miller’s wealthy men
ere his head is white with age.
Mrf. W, J. Bush carries a lovely
line of millinery and the many
ladies of Colquitt realize that they
procure anything desired at
emporium.
JVlrs. B. D. Pudge enter
tains.^
‘ On Tuesday evening Mrs. fi. D.
Fudge gave a reception in honor
of the Judies and gentlemen of the
BOn A’l'j. The occasion was otie
of unusiWl pleasure an8 the '“ad
ministration” by the hostess of
quantities of chewing gum imme
diately relieved the guests of all
stiffness. The features of the en
tertainment were the descriptions
written by the young men of the
dre-ses of the young jadies with
whom they had beett allowed to
talk for five minutes. *A S if was
not known what was to be done,
before the young ladies left the
room it taxed the memory, tested
the perceptive facultiJto^and fre
quently brought into play the -in-,
genuity of the young men to de
scribe the mystery and maze of
“Dresses.” One of the party won
the pseudonym of “Beau Ideal” by
exclaiming that a dress would do
to admire when there was nothing
better, in this instance he was too
busy admiring the young lady, to
pay any attention to the technique
of dress. Mr. Townsend by his
very expressive “black dress with
a blaze face” description won the
gentlemen's prize.
The chewing gum was now
called into play and every one had
to become a gum modeller and
fashion the sticky stuff into the
form of some animal. Mr. - B. C.
Dickenson’s superb creation of a
goose won for him an artistic prize
while Mr. Forrest Prevatte was
fortunate enough to capture the
booby. Delightful refreshments
were served in the dining hall and
when the guests departed they all
felt that Mrs. Fudge was a mis
tress of the very rare art of enter
taining.
Mr. Jim Bird Assaulted.
On Dec. 26th near swamp
creek 12 miles south of this place
Mr. Jim Bird was shot and proba
bly mortally wounded by Bill
Grant, a negro.
Mr. Bird was with a party of
young ladies and all were going to
the home of Mr. Will Bird, father
of the wounded man, to supper.
When almost to their destination
they were met by a party of three
or tour negroes who were cursing.
Mr. Bird demanded that they cease
cursing in the presence of the
ladies, an altercation arose about
the right of the road and Mr. Bird
approached the negroes, Grant at
this point fired, striking Mr. Bird
in the side, the ball piercing' his
bowels.
The negroes have made their
escape into Florida. Mr. Bird is
not expected to live.
New Shoe Store.
Mr: Tom Williams will have
charge of the shoe store which the
will open
hmldiifgs
We
Syrup Bill a Good Meas
ure.
Probably butfew bills passed bv
the Legislature have, had for the
general public the interest that
the pure syrup bill, passed recent
ly by the legislature, has. Its re-
sultscan not be other than benefic'
ial both to the consumer, who will
be enabled to get the pure syrup,
admittedly the best in the country
and the cane grower and manufac
turer, as well, for pure syrup will
find a wider market and bring bet
ter prices.
The material chiefly used to
adulterate the syrup is glucose.
One of the peculiar features brou
ght out in the effort to get the bill
through the house was an opposit
ion from some of the manufactur
ers themselves who hid been
taught to believe that the pure
syr.’p could not be made cheap
enough to compete with other syr
ups in some of the markets,an ar
gument that had originated with,
and been propagated by, the mid'
die men.
In thus opposing the bill the
manufacturers followed a very
short-sighted policy, said a gentle'
man thoroughly acquainted with
the situation, for, he continued,
the pure syrup, will readily bring
a price even iu tompetirion, that
will continue to makj iti manufac
ture mos't'profitabi'iiifand will drive
from the market the concoctio-is
that have been masquerading uni
der the name of Georgia cane syr
up.-—Savannah Morning News.
F. A. Bush Killed.
In Early county this week Zeke
DuBose shot and instantly killed
Mr. F. A. Bush of this county. A
large crowd had gathered at a Tur
key Shoot and Mr. DuBose was one
of the Judges. A decision anger*
ed Mr. Bush who started toward
the* judge with an open knife.
DuBose immediately took up a
double barrel shot gun and when
the former was only a few feet
away, fired tearing off Mr. Bush’s
head.
Mr. Bush was a resident of El-
dorendo Ga., being engaged in the
mercantile business of that place
as senior member of the firm of
Bush & Powell. He was a young
man of twenty four or five and
frequently came to Bainbridge.
Every one who knows the parties,
regrets the affair exceedingly. No
arrests have as yet been made.
Mr. Parker Dies.
, On Saturday last at his home
near Brinson, Mr. J. A. Parker an
industrious farmer of that neigh
borhood died, after a short illness
of pneumonia. Deceased leaves a
wife and a large family of children,
who have the sympathies of the
neighborhood in which they are
known.
Mr. Parker was a hard working
man and held the confidence and
respect of his fellow*citiztns. Wc
regret to have to report his sad
and unfortunate death.
There will be a lot of^hristmas
editions next year, but not in the
editorial family. Nevertheless
Judge T. B, Maxwell is happy and
contented, smiling over the nice
little income from his office
Christmas Aftermath.
Malty were, the horrors attend- .
antlfoon the gala week of the
year, as is always the case. In
the majority ot-cases, licentious- '
ness, and the giving away to ani
mal' cravings’ were responsible for t
the blood stained tracks of the:’
last days of 1902.
At Pittsburg Kan., a negro was
taken frem the jail and lynched
in the presence of many citizens.
The troublo arose on account ot
the boisterous revelry attendant
upon a negro dar.ee, and the ne
gro who a few hours later was
sent into the great unknown,
killed a policeman in a struggle.
The policeman" was endeavoring to.
arrest the noisy reveller.
B N. Thornton, the son of EL
H. Thornton, President of the
Neal Loan and Banking Co., of
Atlanta, committed suicide ora
Christmas night. It is supposed-
that he was despondent about hi*
health.
A pool and gambling house at
Hot Springs was blown up on* the
24th and many deaths resuLteJ.,
The cause of the explosion is uir-
known. .
A. man in Arkansas who had
struck a woman with an &xe, shot
and killed Chief of Detectives’..
Donahue who endeavpr<d to»ar-\ ,
rest thS’Hfecreant. ***
A man of Iowa shot his, wife
then blew out his own brailis 1 ran
Christmas day, leaving their
corpses as a grewsome Christ- 4
mas gift for two small dhildre’ri. *•
As a Christmas gift Hollep-
bach of Kansas City fires a bullet
through his wife’s brain, then'
joins her in the great beyond,,,
And so the old tale grids'of
murder, woe and untold iorro-ty.
Each Christmas with its after-
math makes us.feel that the thous
and years of peace and love are
further away than ever, >•
The G. S. M. College..
School will open for the^ new
yearVwork; Monday, Jan. Jth 19-
03, and it is the desire of the ccit**
lege that all pupils will be in their
places-by 8-30 oclock. A larger
attendance and better work is ex
pected this year than ever before
so let us have the cooperation of
parents, not only in that they send
their children to us the first day,
but in that they watch them close
ly and aid the teachers . in having
them do all their work with dili
gence and care.
Let patents visit, -the school '
when ever their business will per
mit, and $pe what their children
are;doing. By so doing you will
show that ,you are interested and
make the teachers feel tjfat they
have your cooperation.. Puj>il»
can be taken at. anything except
in the first grade. ‘All first grade
pupils must enter before Febuary
for after that they cannot be classed
Pupils under six years of age can
not be admitted at ary time. 1
Lu —*
Reeves-Higdon,
Mr. Henry L. Reeves, a protpe-
ous merchant of Concord was mar
ried on the 30th of Dec. to Mis^
Carrie Higdod of Calvary. The
bride-is the charming daughter of
the late Mr. Jack Higdon. Tbe
couple will make Concord their
future home
