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THE SEARCH-LIGHT
8. KINSKI,l BKINSOM:
KUITOB AMU I’BOPRIBTOR.
Official Organ
Decatur County and Bainbridge
Entered in the Pont Office, at Bainbridge
an Kecond-claen matter.
Baotbridob, Oa., March 27, 1902
In a three cornered bowling
match between the cities of Atlan
ta, Savannah and Macon held in
Macon Thursday night, Atlanta
won the championship.
A Swiss inventor is said to
have invented a cradle that auto-
matically rocks and sings whenev-
er the baby cries. Hut who's go
ing to "rule the v.orld” when the
cradle is rocked automatically?—
Atlanta Constitution.
cradle of course.
Mr. Haggard the English minis
ter to Venezuela wrote to England
reflecting upon our minister Bow
en’s truthtulness. The idea of a
brother of Rider Haggard raising
a question of veracity! Truth
when connected with the name of
Haggard should be a family .skele-
ton.
The Harvard scholarship giveii
to a University of Georgia man by
George Foster l’eabody has been
awarded by Chancellor Hill to Oss
car L. Keith the first honor grids
uate of the class of 1902. This is
the first scholrship that has been
awarded.
We suppose that Macon and
Savannah are satisfied now that
there is little hope for Atlanta to
have the million dollar Presbyte
rian University. From the press
comments in these two towns the
sentiment is, rather that Georgia
should not be the recipient of a
good if the enterprise has to be
located in Atlanta. Fie!
ITALIAN LMIORATION.
Companies Reassigned.
It is time for the people of thej Col. W. E. Wooten has issued
United States to change their an order rearranging the compa-
minds. For some time there has : nies ot the Fourth Regiment as to
been a general feeling of dissatis- battalions There will, ot course,
faction throughout the country at still be three battallions of four
the enormous number of emigrants
to the United States from Italy
and it has been a very much dis
cussed in the national congress as
to the advisability of passing some
laws of discrimination. And now
we hear from Italy that the home
government is just as uneasy on
account of the large number of
immigrants from their country as
we are, And when we consider
their reasons we are apt to feel
that after all we are not the losers.
It appears that the Italian govern
ment ‘eels that in the great body
of immigrants, it is losing the
sturdiest and most independent
portion of its population. It is
claimed that the agricultural dis-
Why the trust that makes the tr|cfs a e being depopulated a. d
there is left in the country only
that broken down aristocratic ele
ment which lives on the glory of
past achievement without ever
realizing that it owes something
to future generations. The Ital
ian of our northern states takes
the place of the colored laborer of
the South and when his condition
is somewhat bettered he moves
and becomes the well to do farmer
of the west,
As we learn some one else de
sires this class of men we may
look upon them with more pa
tience, There is no reasofi why
the persons who are anxious to
further the interests of anarchy !
should come to America, for if J
they believe that ours is the home !
of the free they will realize that j
they have no work of annihilation I
to carry on over here, so the more
active agitators will on account of j
“duty” stay in Europe to free the
world of tyrants. All of these
questions should be looked into
with care before we close our doors
against the various races of dis.
taut parts of the world. It might
be well for us to remember that
we probably owe a great deal of
our versatility to our cosmopolitan
natures.
Mr. W. E. Gonzales in assuming
the editorship of the State, the
paper of which his brother was
editor at the time he wafc killed by
Tillman, says that the vacant
place on the editorial staff can
never be filled. “Hut in fidelity
to the principles for which the
paper has always contended, in
love for South Carolina, and in
antagonism to corruption, in stand
ing for the law of the r ght, the
brothers who have made the paper
have been as one.”
A few days ago at the home of
governor l’ennypacker of Penn
sylvania the entire family gather- j
ed in celebration of the birthday
of the mother who has been dead
for some years, but the custom has
been religiously kept up and it is
a beautiful one It would be
companies each, but the new ar
rangement will be as follows:
First Battalion, Companies B (Val
dosta), L (Ainericus), K (Thomas-
ville), and E (Albany); Second
Battalion, Companies M (Fitzger
ald), I (Bainbridge), A (Cuthbert),
and F (Waycioss); Third Battal
ion, Companies H (Fort Gaines),
D (Dawson), C (Columbus), ar:d
G (Columbus). Major R. L.
YVyllv has been assigned to com
mand the First Battalion, and
pending the qualifications of the
two major-elect, Peter Preer of
Columbus, and T. S. Hawes of
Bai.ibrid^e, Capt, J. E. Mercer of
Company M is assigned to com
mand the Second and Capt. H. A.
Wilkinson'of Company H to com
mand the Third Battalions. As
soon as they qualify, Maj. Hawes
and Maj. Preer will be assigned to
command of the Second and Thud
Battalions respectively. — Savan
nah News.
We believe that a great many
papers throughout the south dis
count the influence that Mr. Bry
an really has in the party. While
Mr. Bryan is in no danger of be
ing the democratic nominee for-and insect destroyers is
the presidenpy we are nevertheless
inclined to think that he remains
and will remain for a number of
years a potent factor in the par
ty. He has the good fortune not
to have lukewarm friends. Those
who believe in him, and t’ ere are
a goodly number in the south as j
well as^the west, believe in him i
thoroughly. It does no good to!
heap ridicule and adverse criticism :
i on a defeated
Queen Alexandria has added
her influence to the movement
towards the abolishing the custom
of bird millinery. Thousand upon
thousands of our feathered popula
tion are killed annually to adorn
the headwear of our tender hearted
dames of fashion While it is
acknowledged that “ornithiloei-
cal” trimmings are quite becom
ing, we believe that there cm be
found other methods ot making a
hat just as pretty. Eacli woman
of the land can aid in the move
ment by a personal prohibition of
bird millinery. *
The Audobon Society is push
ing its measure in the Georgia
legislature for the protection of
the non game birds of the state.
Nineteen states in the Union have
kws protecting birds against in
discriminate destruction by the
ruthless and thoughtless. It is
estimated in Texas this year the
cotton crop was damaged to the
amount of $50,000,00000 on ac
count of tiie weevill. It is held
that this enormous amount of
damage is due largely to the fact
that many of the birds which are
insectivorous have bee 1 destroyed.
The protection of the songsters
t subject
worthy ol mature
we trust some
taken.
de.iberation and
action will be
many instances the preventive of T" * uc,ciucu man : . The P a l x ' rs
many family dissensions to have arc P llrsu * n g this course are
all the family gather in celebration not onl >' belittlin S themselves but
of the natal day of one whom they j are al,enatin S a large number of
all loved and honored. We wish I P eo P' e * rum the party who believe
the custom were universal.
Notification has just been is
sued from Atlanta that there is to
be a change in the uniforms of
the Georgia volunteers. The
ief element of change in the uni
form is in the cap and the stripes
of the infantry. The cap is to be
decidedly bell shape and the
stripes on the shoulders and on the
trousers are to be light blue instead
of white. The officers are all to
have sabres of late model trimmed
with German silver. The privates
will not be furnished wth new uni
forms for about two year- ye .
STANDING ON HIS
Bayan can do no wrong. While
we are not necessarily to believe
any of the theories advanced by
Mr. Bryan, at the same time there
is no reason why all his utteran
ces should be regarded with con
tempt. A man who had as long
a political career as Mr. Bryan, m the best possible manner,
and who has never had a word ut
tered against his absolute purity
at least deserves our profound res
pect in this age of corruption and
bossism weich are the crowning
shame of our government.
Our woikmen don’t consider a
job finished until it can be marked
as “ too per cent good.”
Short paths to a finish are avoid
ed. There is only one road to
-uccess—that is by doing all
TINNING WORK
The various branches of our
business are in expert hands
Metal Roofing, Skylights, Ventila
tors, Cornice and Tinware repair
ing—each has its skflled work
men.
A, PRESTON.
1 Troup S . tta nbridgv, Ga.
MELTON
and
NEW
Shoe Store
JANUARY 21
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Just received a car load of Mfl
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My prices are as low as any
and machines better.
I carry a complete line of repaid
extra blades, twine, etc.,
times which is quite an adu^
tage over my competitors
Write or come to see me and get my prices 1
Which are both low and litpfhl. Yours truU
J. T. CANE,
IRON CITY, GA.