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)L 7. NIMBER 22.
BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY, OEb.vClA FRIDAY, WMf 6 1903.
Sf.OO YEAR IN ADVANCE
Ion. E. R- Powell Dead.
[he sad intelligence of the death
Hon. E, R. P° we11 of tbis cit > r
it is transmitted through these
umns to the ends of the county
1 cause universal sorrow, not
ne because of the responsible
lit ion which Mr. Powell held in
, . 0U ntv, but a'ike for his per-
ial popularity. The end which
i been expected for many days
ne Wednesday evening.
'he remains were interred in the
I cemetery the following day,
] the ceremonies which were
formed under direction of Rev-
p Rider of the Methodist
itch, were solemn and impres-
ir. Powell came to Decatur
nty some twenty years ago, en-
ng the turpentine business
h Mr. M. D. Powell, a devoted
I inseperable brother with whom
has ever since been as ociated
:very business and social un-
taking. Fortune smiled on
efforts and by adherance to
iness principles he amassed a
Portable sum which will leave
family in good circumstances
ar as finances go.
le had been a member of the
ird of County Commissioners
io years, during which time he
applied to the affairs of the
nty that business scrutiny
ch marked his personal affairs
which has gone a long way to-
d the strictest economy in the
linistration of the county’s aff
. Owing to business interests
Mississippi and lower Alabama,
ch required a great deal of his
e, Mr. Powell had for some
e considered resigning his po-
on on the Board, but so strong
i the pressure brought to bear
inst this, that he determined to
tinue his relations with the
ird.
•• R. Powell was as true as steel
ns friends, nnd stood by them
wery conflict,,and with ut.fal-
ng faith At the same time he
1 ) ust to his enemies, if he had
; demanding only reasonable
igsof his fellow-man. As a
of Bainbridge he contrib-
1 largely to the material growth
he town and was active in its
iness affairs.
leceased was a native of South
olina, but by passing years he
1 converted into a full-fledged
lr gian, He leaves a wife and
imber of children, several of
,m are married; and a brother,
M, D. Powell, besides other
t'ves in this section, who must
deeply the loss they have sus-
C(l b ’ s death. To these are
nded the fullest sympathy of
town
Foweipfhomas.
'c T. R, Fowell,
y°ang farmer of
.hhorhood was qu
’'?? Ada Thomas
district Feb. 2«?t
:n J P- Mr. J
of Mr. Dick Few
‘nd the bride is
? r . W - M. Thoms
' Eham The Sea
'"inn with their
i them much hap
Official ©roan of Decatur Cournp anO tbc Citp of BatnbriOee.
Along The Q. P. & A. Rail-
Road.
A special from Cutbbeit to the
Macon Telegraph says:
“One who travels over the new
railway, the Georgia Florida and
Alabama, from Tallahassee to
Cuthbert is impressed with the
magnificent farming lands along
the route. No better lands in
the state than from Cuthbert to
Bainbridge and exceptionably fine
are those from Cuthbert to Arling
ton.
If the farmers along this line
would make exhibits of what
these lands can do at the State
Fair in October, they would as
tonish the great crowds coming
from all parts of the state.
What an exhibit Jim McDonald
of Cuthbert could make from his
splendid lands?
Edison and Arlington will be
derelect in duty if they fail to
show up their magnificent sec
tion.
Col. J. P. Williams, president
of this new line, is anxious that
the fanners advertise these lands
at the State Fair. He will lend
them every advantage. These
are the best of pine lands, pebble
lands w.th clay subsoil, and while
level are undulating enough for
drainage. Those who farm on the
rugged mountain sides and steep
hills should be made acquainted
with this section, and the Fair is
the place—the common meeting
ground where they can see with
their eyes. The drift is to south
ern and southwest Georgia, and
the Fair will afford opportunity for
advertisement of this great sec
tion of the s’ate.”
And with all hesrtiness we say
that it would be a great misfortune
if Bainbridge farmers did not join
in the movement and make a
creditable exhibit. The farmers
near Cohen & Co’s tobacco farm
could send an exhibit that would
put to shame all the rest of
agriculturing Georgia. Don’t let
our farmers say, “Yes we ought
to have the exhibit,” and then do
nothing. Let’s get to work ar.d
let people from all over Georgia
know that Decatur is the garden
spot of this o-sis of Georgia.
A New Automobile.
Mr. J. W. Callahan created
quite a sensation when he rode
down Broad St yesterday morn
ing in his elegant electric auto
mobile trap. This is the first
electric machine that '’as been
seen in Bainbridge. The make is
the Rambo and is patterned like a
racer, one of the prettiest auto
mobiles in the South, capable of
carrying five people. Its speed is
40 miles an hour. A chaffeur
came down from Savannah to ex
plain its mechan’sm. What town
in the south the size of Bainbridge
can boast ot three as elegant
horseless carriages as ours.
Pope Leo who has stood welj
the trials of the celebration of his
25th anniversary of his election to
the ponaficate. is said to be failing
rapidly now. This report has
been current a number of times
but it would not surprise the
world if he were to die at any
time.
The President’s Cuss
Words.
It is to he hoped that President
Roosevelt's reputed expletive over
Senator Carmack, will be officially
denied.’
There are miny "cussin’ men”
in the country who will forgive the
profa.ity, but the violent expres
sion i^> beneath the modern digntty
of the republic.
There are accumulating evi
dences that the president has not a
safe end well regulated temper.
Recall his letter to Mrs. Van
Vorst.
“ I'he man o r woman who de
liberately avoids marriage,” said
Mr. Roosevelt, “and has a heart
so cold as to know no passion, and
a brain so shallow and selfish as
to dislike having children, is, in
effect, a criminal against the race
and should be an object, of con
temptuous abhorrence by all
healthy people ”
In this case the general view of
the president is correct, but it is
the furious emphasis that defeats
the sentiment.
Perhaps the one word which
will describe the president’s im
perfections, and which ' forecasts
his ultimate failure, is untactful
ness. He has less tact than any
man who ever sat in the presiden
tial chair. And this does not ex.
cept Grover Cleveland.
The editor of this paper is a
loyal admirer of Grover Cleveland
and confidently believes that his
tory will write him down as one of
the very greatest presidents. But
he was so utterly lacking in tact
that he antagonized and divided
his party—and his administration
ended in gloom.
And his Excellency of Oyster
Bay is moving along Groverian
lines to the same catastrophe. He
has the most nnfortunate propen
sity to rub the fur ot every human
animal in the wrong way.
Mr. Kbosevelt has made a spe
cialty of being straightforward and
fearless. He ha* been so much
of an advertiser that he makes a
good many people tired, and when
it comes to 1904, there is consid
erable doubt whether he will be
able to land the nomination. You
will notice that he makes an effort
wherever he can .as well as not to
turn the politicians down and se
lect for office meh who are obnox
ious to the workers in the party.
Turning down the politicians is
all very well, for an independent
statesman or for a free and un
trammelled newspaper, but when
it comes to practical politics it
makes another story. To turn
over the offices to the political
drones and Arcadians may be a
very fine theory, but it demoralizes
the organization, and the working
bees tail to show up when the con
vention roll is called, or if they do
show up it is likely to be in the
other fellow’s camp.
So the skies are not unclouded
for a second term of the rough ri
der in th* white house. He has
developed a wonderful facility in
creating friction and in making
enenres, and these are not the oil
iest ways to a presidential renom-
malion.
Prof. Lorenz Dilates on
American Women.
Professor Lorenz has related his
experience in America before a
distinguished gathering of society
people scientists, He referred
jestingly to the fact that he had
been “banqueted to death," and to
the ^“tyranny of the American
toastmaster.”
The American woman, the pro
fessor said, was undoubtedly pre
eminent in intellect, education and
art, “but she cannot cook, and,
accordingly to President Roost-
veil, will not marry.”
Continuing the professor, re
mark:
“The president’s fears, however,
are probably exaggerated, as the
American man is by no means the
purely dollar-seeker he has so of
ten been described to be. H .* i s
above all tender hearted, oft.n
sentimental, charitable, public
spirited, chivalrous to women and
unapproachable in hospitality."
Professor Lorenz summed up
his impressions by saying that A-
merica was “a magnificent coun
try, inhabited bv a noSl» people.’
57th Congress.
Of the bills of National import
which the 57th Congress has
passed, the following are of prime
importance:
Isthmian canal, civil goverment
for the Phillippines, reduction of
Dingley duties on Phillippine
products by one fourth, Phillippine
distinctive currency system, irri
gation of arid lands, extension of
Chinese exclusion, oleomargarine
restriction, immigration law, in
creased judicial sa'aries, army
staff, militia, war taxes repealed,
trust regulation, establishment
department of commeice, omnibus
public buildings, river and harbor
improvements, increase of officers
of navy and for naval enlargement
office building for members of
house, anthracite coal on free li >t.
Ot those which met defeat these
elicited most interest.
Protection of President, eight
hour law, pure food, Aldrich finan
cial, Fowler financial, further re
duction of Phillippine tariff, ship
subsidy, statehood for Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The Kasson reciprocity treaties
and the Panama and Cuban treat
ies failed of action, but the two
latter will be ratified at the special
session of the senate.
As an indication or their deep
disapproval of Speaker Mender
son’s rule of the House, the Dem
ocrats on the adjournment of con
gress refused to vote Mr, Hender
son their thanks. This action
while not entirely without prece
dent, certainly is very unusual,
and shows that the speaker has
failed literally and completely to
enlist the good will of\ the demo
cratic membtrs.
There is always the suggestion
of a shade of recklessness in the
public use of “cuss words,” and it
may be that His Strenuosity sees
the hand writing on the wall, and
he used these words to indicate
that he doesn’t care a—rL>!
Cane Growers to Meet.
The Interstate Cane Growers’
Convention will be held in Macon
in May . This will be the greatest
meeting of its kind yet held in
Georgia. It has been planned to
bring together the syrup growers
of tne southern states and, by
their interchang.: of views and the
testimony of experts in sugar in
dustry, turn the coming session
into a great educational institute
to the farmers of Georgia, where
the industry is now in its infancy.
The effect of this convention upon
the agricultural growth cf the
state will be permanent and prac
tical. Those who are ’getting up
the convention have faith in a
greater agricultural Georgia. Hon.
Russell Brinson, editor andL pro
prietor of the Bainbridge Search
Light, has taken a great deal, ?t
interest in this matter, He is a
representative from Decatur coun
ty and, during the recent session
ot the general assembly, intro
duced and passed an important
measure protecting the syrup in
dustry in Georgia. Mr'. Brinson
is chairman of the press commit
tee. He h?s issued an address
and, although the time is short,
proposes to work up a great deal
of interest in this matter. This is
the most extensive thing in an
agricultural way now before the
state, and it is hoped that a large
attendance will be assured, espe
cially from the state of Georgia.—
Savannah Press.
Cassels-Chason.
Married at the home of the
bride's father at Cairo Ga., on the
3rd. inst., Mr. Chas. R. Cassels to
Miss Ada Chason, Elder W. K.
Godwin officiating. The ceremo
ny was witnessed by a host of rel
atives and well wishers, whose con
gratulations go with them through
life.
The groom is a prosperous
young farmer of Cairo, and the
bride is one of the popular young
ladies of that section. Each are
deservingly popular.
The close of the bird hunting
season is near at hand, and this
reminds us that the season for
hunting birds in Georgia should
be shortened, and some restriction"
of the number allowed killed in
one day. Other states are striv
ing to protect their game, while
Georgia allows four months and a
halt quail shooting and the only
limit to the bag being the ability
of the man behind the gun. Un
der this method the pot hunter •
is enabled to kill oftentimes more
than a hundred birds in a day.
Florida has a bag limit of twenty
five birds in a day for one man,
and not more than fifty for two or
more persons in a party.
Tom Watson was scheduled to
lecture in Thomasville Wednesday
night but a telegram from his wife
announced that he was seriously
ill and the date of his lecture has
been indefinitely postponed. The
people of our sister town have had
to foergo one of the greatest liter
ary treat* of the day.