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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY-, FEBRUAR/ 13 1903.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE
©fftctal ©roan of Decatur Count? ant> tbe ©itv of Bainbrtooe.
D, Upshaw in Bain-
bridge.
inbridge is entertaining this
a young man who is one of.
Jia's remarkable characters,
f Will D. Upshaw, known
v over the country as “E ar..
,'illie.” a name given .him
a ., 0 . it is said because he
so much in earnest about
he dues
e spent something like seven
on bed as the result of a’ tall
h injured his spine when he
j farmer boy in North Geor
ind is now supported by a
r of Paris cast; but he couirl
! crushed by circumstances
would have “knocked out”
a man less brave and he
or dictated a handsome vol-
of poems and sketches which
one into nuny editions,
n the lecture platform he was
’ears a conspicuous success,
great crowds. More
ntly he has been giving his
and talents to highly success-
eligious and educational work,
;he Georgia weeklies are con-
:ly telling that his visits are
ispiration to nobler 'living in
y community he enters,
a recent issue of Sunday
Istitution containing a picture
le bright girls being kept at
roeCollegeby Mr. Upshaw.
Smith said in the course of a
told story: “No young man
eorgia, the South or America
ling a nobler, grander work
lumanity than Will D. Up-
Ithough not a minister, Mr.
haw is never the less a preacher
reat power and his sermons at
baptist church this week have
;hted our people. He is al-
s fluent and often eloquent
electrifying. • He and Rev.
Jester the popular pastor,
school mates at Metcer.
Upshaw will speak twice a
until next Tuesday night.
Dykes-Terrell.
A New Enterprise For
Bainbridge.
of Hon.
city on
■fried at the home
D. Harrell in this
sday evening last, Mr. Chas.
tykes to Miss Annie Owens
teb, Rev, J. T. Ryder of the
thodist church officiating. The
smony was witnessed by only
w friends of the couple,
he groom is an employee of
Atlantic Coast Line and is at
sent, day operator at the depot.
young man of many
nds among his acquaintances
has resided in this city for
; ral months past. The bride
n e beautiful daughter of Mrs.
ssie Terrell, and a grand daugh-
rif Hon. and Mrs. Jno. D. Har-
ve on Planters street,
e will make their future
bainbridge where they
!l o the congratulations
heir (rien.-L
who
tour.
r ls sa 'd to be preparin
immediate mobilization of
■ as an Uprising in hef
is feared. So far that
lr o-} has been wonderfully sue-
' " 'n whipping into perfect
i j n her subjects.
What has come as an unexpect
ed addition to tbe town, is a mag'
mficent shipyard to be located on
the bank of the river between the
western approach of the 1 dirt bridge
and tbe Flint River Lumber Co's ,
mill in west Bainbridge. The dirt
has been broker, and within a few
days, more than fifty men will be
engaged on the work.
The M. A. Sweeney Shipyard
and Foundry Co., of Jeffersonville,
Ind., are the promoters, and Mr.
J as. M. Sweeney, Vice-president
of the concern, is here personally
superintending the work He is
accompanied by Mr. Frank Thack
er, an experienced boat builder,
who has constructed many boats
for the United States Government
and who has' achieved a reputa
tion in his line, The Carpenters
for the work will leave their homes
about the 17th inst, arriving here
three days later. Mr. Sweeney
hopes to have the timbers on the
ground by the time they arrive in
order that the work may go for
ward without delay About fifty
hands will be given employment
and it will take about eight months
to complete the work.
The first boats to be construct
ed are eight government boats and
barges, six of which will be placed
on the Chattahoochee river and
two on the Flint. They are of
good dimensions and will be quite
handsome boats when completed.
They were ordered through Lieu-
tenant Laymond of the Eng'neers
Corps of the U. S. army.
The dressed lumber in these
boats has been purchased trom
The Flint River Lumber Co., of
this city; while the rough material
will be purchased from the Wilson
& Hyde Lumber Co., of Cordele
Ga., and.the two mills of Evans &
Christie situated on the G. F, and
A. Ry,
Mr. Sweeney in discussing the
matter to a reporter >>f this paper
said: “The credit is due Mr. Rob'
ert McTyer of your city, for bring'
ing this concern to Bainbridge.
We were expecting to locate the
yards either at Apalachicola Fla.,
or Columbus Ga., and no doubt
one of these places would have
been selected if Mr. McTyer had
not brought before us tbe ad van'
tages of Bainbridge. He has been
a most pleasant gentleman to me,
and not only am I pleased with
Mr. McTyer’s courteous treat
ment, but I have been most favor
ably impressed with tke progress
ive spirit of you- town, ana the
kindness] of her citizens. I do
not know when I have struck a
more delightful town than this one.
I shall be here tor many months,
and may be years, as I am expect
ing to build a large number of
boats for other rivers and other
points.’’
It is useless to say that, the
Search Light welcomes Mr.
Sweeney to Bainbridge and as
sures him tha": he and his enter
prising firm shall always receive
That Syrup Growers’Con- What Mr. Hanna’s Bill Route Agent Williams
vention. Provides. Goes to Chattanooga.
The Syrup Growers Convention
called to meet in Macon Ga,
April -9, 30 and May 1st will
be the most momentous agricul-
tur.d affair that has occurred in
recent years. We hope that every
interested syrup grower in Deca
tur county (and every farmer
should be an interested syrup
grower) will stretch a point to
attend this convention, A rate
of one fare for the round trip has
been arranged for all territory em
braced in the states of Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisan a, Tex
as, Arkansas, Tennessee, and
Kentucky; tickets to go on sale
Monday April/27 limited to May
3rd, returning.
A meeting of the promoters has
been called to meet in the parlor
of the. Hotel Lani,er at Macon,
next Tuesday, at which a pro
gram will be arranged, and sebse-
quently announced It is some
time off before the convention,
but it has been thought best to
arrange the program in advance
far enough that other engage
ments may not interfere with
those who will be expfccted to at
tend the convention or address the
congregated syrup growers.
Capt. Dan Purse, who is at the
head of the matter is sparing no
time and means in his efforts to
make the meeting the greatest
success ever made of a similar
meeting in the country.
Died In Dothan.
Carlton Stamper, in the 15th
year of his age, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Stamper, died in Do
than on Saturday last, Feb. 7th,
after a short illness of great suff
ering. Typhoid fever first ap
peared, then meningetis in its se
verest form, and after a few days
and night*; of intense pain and
suffering death relieved the suffer
ing body and set^he yonng spirit
free to return to the God who
gave it. For Carlton, though so
young in years, was a Christian, a
member of a Baptist church in
Georgia, whence the family had so
recently come. His daily life
gave evidence of the purity of his
profession, so that those who
loved him are comforted with the
assurance that he has passed “be
yond the sunset’s radiant glow” to
the heavenly city where there is
no sorrow and no suffering, A
few short years on earth, eternity
in heaven!
“No chilling wind nor poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death
Are felt and feared no more,"
The body of the young Christian
was laid away in the city cemetery
on Sunday morning, Rev. E. F.
Baber officiating, Pleasant and
bright at schoo', a number of his
schoolmates, both boys and girls,
attended with sadness the burial
of their young companion. May
the God of all grace comfort those
whose hearts are aching over the
loss of their loved one.—Dothan
Home Journal.
Deceased had relatives in the
Senator Mark Hanna’s recent
slave-pensioning bill which was in
troduced “by request" as the" sen
ator says provid s for the pension
ing of all ex-slaves according to a
sliding scale fixed by the age of
the applicant. It may be of in
terest to our readers to know what
scale was arranged and we there
fore publish it.
“The bill provides that ex-slaves
over 50 years of age and under 60
whether male or female, shall re
ceive a cash bounty of $ too and a
monthly pension of $8; ex-slaves
between 60 and 70 years of age a
cash bounty of S300 and a pension
of $12 per month; ex-slaves over
70 years of age a cash bounty of
$500 and a pension of $15 per
month. The bill also provides
for the payment of the bounty and
pension to persons charged with
the care of ex-slaves.”
The senator’s seeming abandon
ment of his measure, and his claim
that it was introduced “by re
quest” would indicate that he re
grets his action, and that he real
izes the futility of his- effort.
Many people have been surprised
that Mr. Hanna, with his usual
shrewdness in politics 1 should have
been misled into a matter calcu
lated to subject him to so much
criticism, not only among the
southern people perhaps but
among his own friends, It is a
mistake to think that the south
ern people would object - to pen
sioning the ex slaves, when they
take into consideration the pen
sion iniquities of the north. We
have been paying pensions by the
millions to the north, and receiv
ing nothing in return. At the
same time, no one can point out
the necessity or justice of taxing
people to pay pensions to the ne
gro ex-slaves, unlesss it was pro
posed to pay the people of the
south for the slaves that were lib
erated among them.
Mr. Hanna realizes his mistake
and as he does so he dismisses
his bill, as it were. The people
generally accept Mr. Hanna’s at
tempted service with thanks and
dismiss him and his bill from fur
ther consideration.
at the hands of our citizens that | western portion of this county, to
courteous treatment' which thdy'T w hom are extended the sympathies
very much merit. |of many friends,
The Search Light shall contiu-
ue to turn down patent medicine
advertisements as often as they put
in-their appearance. We do not
propose that our reader shall pe
ruse pages of articles, “Red Hot
From the Gun,” etc., to find at
the bottom that “Harter's Little
Liver Pills Cure Indiges'ion.”
Nor shall we crowd local mer
chants from our colums by sur
rounding their ads with oatent
medicine displays, which for their
widespreading, dashing and as
tounding appearance cannot be
surpassed. We propose to run a
clean, nea*: strictly newsy sheet.
For more than a year and a half
we have been running without
these patent medicine ads, and we
shall continue this policy in the
futur .
Mr. L, G. Williams, who has
been route agent for the Southern
Express Co. foj eight years in Co
lumbus, has resigned to accept the
office of agent for the . company in
Chattanooga,'l enn. This comes
as a promotion for one of the most
faithful and efficient officials of
the Southern Express Co. While
his friends and associates here
sincerely regret-to give him up,
yet they rejoice thai his ability
has been recognized and rewarded
by the higher officials of the com
pany. Chattanooga is one of the
most important points in the terri
tory of the Southern Express Co.,
and its office there does a large
business. This is quite a fine
promotion for Mr. Williams, as it
is understood that the office pays
a handsome salary.
Mr. Williams was given quite a
pleasant surprise yesterday after
noon by an incident which could
not but have impressed him with
the high esteem in which he is
held by his associates ill the Co
lumbus office. In behalf of the
employes of the local office, Capt,
C. M. Couch presented him with a
beautiful watch charm in the shape
of a Masonic emblem. Mr. Wil-
li'anis* wtls much touched by this
act of the men with whom he had
worked so pleasantly and harmo
niously (or eight years. Captain
Couch remarked yesterday after
noon that every man in the office
regretted to see him go, and spoke
in veiy complimentary manner of
his fne work here.
Mr. Williams leaves for Chatta
nooga this morning. His' family
will follow a week or two 1-ter.—
Columbus Enquirer 10th.
The fussy Dr. Parkhurst of New
York, still harping on the woes of
the colored brother, asserts that
“even in this country the roots of
slavery still exist, and it is for us
to see that those roots are not re
stored to life and growth." Prob
ably the nearest approach to slav
ery that there is in this country is
to be found in Dr. Parkhurst’s own
section, in the sweat-shops and
dives. In the east side of New
York city can be found ignorance,
depravity and immorality incom
parably .worse than anything of
tbe sort known in the South, even
among the negroes, and certain
kinds of slavery that would not be
tolerated in a Southern communi
ty for a single day. The “cadets”
of the East Side couldn’t do busi
ness in a Southern community
for an hour, says the Savann-ah
News.
An Alabama Congressman is
said to have recently received a
letter from an earnest constituen
President Erwin ot the Atlantic
Coast Line has file! an affidavit
with the railway Commission dis
claiming the purchase of the Geor
gia Northern Railway by his com
pany. This will therefore set at
rest the rumors that have for some
time been afloat to-the effect that
the Pidcock B'os., had sold out to
the Atlantic Coast Line.
The Albany Herald describes
“Hog, hay and hominy,” :ts' a glo-
urging the C ngressman 1 to ship *rious legend for the Agricultural
him a bushel / f macaroni seed. j hosts of Georgia to march under
