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BAINBRIDQE, DECATUR COUNTY, OEORQIA FRIDAY JANUARY 16 1903.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE
Official ®rgan of Decatur Count? anb tbe Ctt? of Datnbrlbge.
Georgia P. A, Joins
Movement.
Kissing “The Book.”
At a meeting of the state board
0 { directors of the Travelers Pro
tective Association of America,
held in Macon Saturday, the tol-
lowing resolutions relative to a
Georgia exhibit were passed:
“Whereas, The state of Georgia
has not provided a fund for an ex-
hioition of her resources at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to
be held in the city of St. Louis, in
1904, and
“Whereas, Such an exhibition
by this, the Empire State of the
South, in a manner that would be
a great credit to her fair name, to
all the world, would be of untold
good to every department of in
dustry; therefore, be it
“Resolved, That we urge the
different chambers of commerce,
boards of trade, daily and weekly
press, and in fact, every 'citizen of
this great commonwealth, to join
hands in an organized movement
to raise a fund sufficient to sh ow
the world our unlimited resources
in a manner worthy of Georgia
and Georgians.
"Resolved further, That we
urge the necessity of prompt ac
tion and that we pledge our hearty
co-operation.”
We congratulate the state of
Georgia on having a state. T. P, A.
which realizes the importance of
piesenting to the people through-
out the country, the good things
which lie undeveloped in the Em
pire State of the South. We
trust that if the legislature will not
support such a measure, that at
least the people who made the
legislators will lend their support
to an enterprise that will mean so
much to Georgia. Our neighbor
ing slates will be represented and
why should not we? If our re
sources are not exhibited in St.
Louis, the progress of the state
will be set back ten years,
G.
Cordial Invitation.
John E. DonalsOn, Esq., wishes
to have a full attendance of his
Bibieclass Sunday morning, next.
January iSth, at ten o’clock, at
the Presbyterian church. All
former members and as many new
ones as possible, are earnestly
requested to be present and to
resume the systematic Bible study
which was interrupted by Mr.
Donalson’s illness.
Services next Sunday at the
Presbyterian church as follows:
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach-
ln g services conducted by the
Minister in charge, Rev. Frederick
erkins, at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
Text 1 Cor. 10:31 and Eph. 3:8.
t r - 1 erkins is also conducting
weekly prayer-meeting considering
the petitions of the Lord’s Prayer,
as the subjects for each recurring
-rv ice. All are invited to these
exercises on Wednesday nights at
seven o’clock. •
It is sain that Utah’s legislature
J P re P a ring to send Apostle
Smoot to the United States Sen
. * -that would be a “smutty”
)°ke to spring on tbe people.
There has been introduced in
the Virginia Legislature a bill to
prohibit the kissing of the Bible in
the administration of oaths in the
courts of that state. The author
of the bill argues that the miscel
laneous kissing of the book in
court houses is not only uncleanly
and disgusting, but is a menace to
health. Diseases may be passed
from one person to another through
touching the lips to the volume.
As a matter of fact few persons
who respect the cleanliness and
integrity of their lips, as they do
the cleanliness and integrity of
their statements, ever kiss the
tyook. They make a pass with the
book towards their lips, but there
is no actual contact. The idea of
dirty and greasy fingers and of a
varied and uninviting assortment
of mouths that have previously
come into contact with the book
precludes the possibility of an act
ual labial salute as an earnest of
veracity to follow. Kissing the
Bible, ak a matter o e fact, is not
an estoppel of perjury; it does not
guarantee the truth of the testi
mony of the witness. Indeed,
when a witness gives a loud, re
sounding smack upon the leather
cover of the book, shrewd lawyers
watch him the closer and make his
cross examination the more severe
and searching. The unctious kiss
of an Ananias is rather in the na
ture of an effort to fool the devil
and the court and the lawyers.
The witness who has it in mind to
give false testimony will do it
anyhow, whether he kiss the book
or not.
In many well ordered temples
of justice in this part of the coun
try some concession has been
made to decency and hygiene by
providing two Bibles, one to be
kissed by white swearers and the
other by the blacks. The one set
apart for the u se of the blacks is
usually in a very dilapidated con
dition, because of the vehemence
of the kisses and the swearing,
both being hard on the binding.
Whether there is greater danger
of the disease than of damnation
in kissing the book is a matter
that cannot be ascertained. That
account will have to be made up
hereafter. Meanwhile it may be
said that the movement to abolish
the kissing of the book is a step
in the right direction.—Morning
News.
Killed at Donalsonviile.
Mr. Jim Loyless, a farmer living
near Donalsonviile, was killed by a
through freight on Saturday night
It is believed that Mr. Lollis was
drinking some. He was driving a
two horse wagon. The train
struck the body of the wagon and
threw the horses off the track.
Mr. Loy'ess was dragged some dis
tance down the track on the pilot.
He was a married man and had
several children. The shocking
accident created a great deal of
excitement in the community and
sympathy for his family. It is
not known whether suit will be
brought against the A. C. L.
An Ohio Idea of Justice.
It is a remarkable and possibly
an unprecedented state of affairs
as reported from Toledo, Ohio,
yesterday, which prompts the
workhouse board to release all
prisoners held fo r coal stealing,
and to announce that during the
continuance of the coal famine
there will be no criminal prosecu
tions for the theft of the fuel from
the railroads,
The Toledo workhouse board
evidently takes the view that ob
taining coal by the only method
open to the poor ifc not stealing;
that where the alternative of freez
ing or appropriating the property
of another ifpfesented, the aver
age man should not be sent to the
penitentiary if he elect not to
freeze.
The consideration which influ
enced the decision of the Toledo
authorities was the fact that those
who had been arraigned for thefts
of coal were not . in any sense to
blame for the conditions which
virtually forced them to steal. The
recent prolonged coal strike is re
sponsible for the shortage of fuel
in all sections of tbe country and
the—to the poo/, at least—pro
hibitive prices that obtain. Under
normal conditions those who now
steal coal through necessity could
and would buy, as they have ever
done in the past. w
The action of the Toledo work-
house board is one of humanity if
not of strict justice. The freezing
poor of the blizzard swept sections
of our country are not as well able
to do without the pittances of coal
which they take from the railway
companies as the latte are to lose
them. The guilty parties, after
all, are the coal barons, and as
these are ordinarily beyond the
reach of the law, it is not a bad
idea to dispense justice after the
Toledo plan, says an Exchange.
Syrup Growers’ Conven
tion.
Preparations are beipg made for
a convention of sugar cane grow
ers to be held in Macoii Ga. some
time in April next, the final date
yet to be made. It is hoped to
bring before this convention as
much light as to suga- cane pro
duction as possible and great re
results are being anticipated.
The interested ones should
spread themselves at this conven
tion in order that the people of
other sections may become ac
quainted with the great possibili
ties that lie before us in this direc-
tion. Following upon the heels'
of the pure sprup bill passed unan
imously by the last legislature.
The advertisement thus given
sugar cane growing in South
Georgia should be worth thous
ands of dollars, and it will be.
There’s no wiping out the fact
that the syrup industry of this
section is yet to become the chief
one. We have every advantage
over other fields, can produce a
finer grade of syrup than any oth
er section. We should all see that
Decatur county is well represen
ted at this convention, which is
being thoroughly advertised and
worked up by that staunch friend
of the syrup industry, Dan G.
Purse of Savannah.
The Tallahasseeans.
On Wednesday we had occasion
to go to Tallahassee in the inter-
terest of the Bainbridge Opera
Company. We feel that the most
fitting way to express our appreci
ation for the many courtesies
shown us as citizens of Bainbridge
is to give expression in an inade
quate way through the piess.
i, From the time that we reached
the capital city of the Land of
Flowers, we were shown every at
tention by the best people of the
commnnity. The people appeared
to make our interests theirs and
especially are we indebted to Mr.
R E. Crawford of the Hotel
Leon, Mr. J B. Hilson of the
Daily Capital. Mr. Asa Clark of
the Weekly Tallahasseean, Mr.
Phillips manager of the Opera
House, Mr. Shaefer the livery
man, Mr. W. McIntosh and many
others.
The opera troupe which was to
present Zanie went down yester
day morning and will return, wi 1
not reach Bainbridge in time for
us to get a report of the affair in
this week’s paper, but we feel
sure that, with the hearty co-oper
ation of the leading citizens, with
which the Bainbridge Opera Com
pany met, only success could have
resulted. The opera was given
for the benefit of the King’s
Daughters of Tallahassee.
A delightful dance was arrang
ed by the German Club to take
place at the Leon Hotel after the
opera,
We understand that Governor
Jennings and many others of the
state officials attended Bain
bridge’s amateur performance.
We are informed by Prof. A.
A. Murfee, president of the Flor
ida State College, that the Talla
hasseeans intended, in the near
future, to bring an amateur play
to Bainbridge. If their plans are
carried out, we trust that our peo
ple will return the marked favors
extended the Bainbridge aggrega
tion, and give our neighbors the
best house of the season. Prof.
Murfee says their play will be
given for the benefit of the athletic
association of the college.
The Savannah Morning News
says: “The solution of the labor
problem is an impossibility,” says
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, who is a
member of the coal strike arbitra
tion commission. And Mr. Wright
is probably correct. The problem
of labor goes to the very tounda.
tion of society and economics. It
has existed through all the ages
and will continue until such time
as all mankind has been educated
to the highest altruism. When
every man loves his neighbor as
himself, when selfishness and
greed have oeen eliminated from
human nature and generositv cov
ers the world as a mantel, then
there will no longer exist a labor
problem. But that happy period
is still far, very far in the future.
Meanwhile there is much that can
be done towards bringing capital
and labor into more nearly harmo»
nious relations and lightening the
burdens of the workers.
Mr. Blackburn to Get
Ten Thousand Dollars
Mr. Martin Blackborn will get
$10,003 from the A. C. L. At
least, that is the decision of th6
Supreme Court.
About two years ago Mr. Black
burn was hurt in a wreck on the
Alabama Midland railroad near
Bainbridge and he entered suit
against the Plant System tor dam
ages. A verdict was rendered in
Decatur Superior Court last year
for $10,000.
The railroad askod for ». new
trial. Toomer & Reynolds, Mr.
Blackburn’s attorneys, filed a
motion asking that the motion for
a new trial be denied, which Judge
Spence refused. The case was
carried to the Supreme Court,
which tribunal Friday reversed
Judge Spence and ordered the
motion tor new trial dismissed.
Mr. Blackburn claimed to have
received permanent injuries to his
back —Waycross Journal.
Hon, W. M. Harrell of this city
w as also associated' with the firm
Toome: & Reynolds, and he de
serves much of the credit for the
able case the claimants made out.
He is being congratulated by his
friends here over the final out
come of the case. We understand
that he wifi receive a handsome
fee therefrom.
Reeves-Higdon.
At the home of her brother, Mr.
Joseph Higdon, at Calvary, Ga.,
on December 30th, at 8 o'clock p.
m., Miss Carrie Higdon was mar
ried to Mr. Henry Lamar Reeves,
of Concord, Fla,
Rey. T. A. White, of Thomas-
ville, officiated in a very impres
sive manner. Quite a numbef of
friends and relatives were present
at the ceremony.
Just at eight o’clock the bride
and groom came in and took their
stanu just behind an altar covered
with evergreens and banked with
roses, upon which lay a large open
Bible; while above their heads a
large horse shoe made of ever
greens was suspended from the
ceiling with white ribbons.
The bride was beautiful in old
rose silk, while the groom was
dressed in the conventional black.
After tbe ceremony the guests
were shown to tbe dining room
where a delicious supper was
served. The table was beautifully
decorated with holly intermingled
with red and white ribbons. The
ribbons extended from each cor
ner of tbe table to the ceiling in
the center, where were fastened
great bunches of holb .
After fupper the guests were
entertained for a time with music.
Then all left for their homes wish
ing Mr. and Mrs, Reeves a happy
future.
Mr. and Mrs. Reeves also jeft
for their future home in Concord,
Fla.
M. Ft
Mrs. Effie L. Carson, who shot
and killed Mr. Rigsby in Macon a
few days ago has been r^le|Kd‘ on
$1,000 bail as tbe verdi# ■at llfhe
coroner’s jury was voluntary nftn-
slaught er.
