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THE SEARCH-LIGHT
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EDITOR AND PBOFRIETOB.
Official Organ
Decatur County and Bainbridge
Entered in tbe Post Office, at Bainbridge
as second-class matter.
Bainbridgr, Ga., April 34. 1903
Tbe Albany Herald’s handsome
Chatauqua edition was a beauty
in print. The Herald is a pro-
gressive paper and is backed by a
progressive town.
We don’t suppose there is any
harm in the mentioning of Tom
Johnson for the vice presidency.
He has as much right to, be men*
tioned, as anybody else,
Dick Grubb’s Darien Gazette is
too pithy a paper to go a begging
bread, Dick charges more than
the ordinary paper, but neverthe
less gives his readers the worth of
their money.
The Atlanta Daily News in its
infancy has reached the 20,000
mark, and grows in popularity
with each edition. The editorial
department under the direction of
John Temple Graves is a feature
of the paper well worth the
price.
All eyes are turned on South
Georgia in general and Decatur
county in particular. Here are
the finest sugar cane lands in
America, while the prize-winning
tobaccos of the world are grown in
this county. A descriptive pamph
let of Decatur county and her res
sources would be an eye'opener
to the rest of the stale.
In spite of the wails of thfe
North Georgia newspapers to the
effect that the peach crop is ruin
ed, the tact remains that the crop
was never better in South Geors
gia than it is today. This should
add to the returns of those who
have peaches growing in this sec
tion, and those who grow peaches
are each year turning their attens
tion to the advantages of South
Georgia.
“Reliance," the new yacht which
is to defend the American cup
against Lipton’s challenger, Sham
rock III, has been constructed at
a cost of $275,000. When this is
compared with “Puritan” the de
fender of 1885 which cost $25,000
it’s easy to see where we’re drifting.
Yacht racing has grown to be a
rather expensive pastime and one
in which the poor of the land can
hardly be expected to indulge.
The press of the state should
take up the people’s fight for
bi-ennial sessions of the legisla
ture and press it so continuously
and forcibly that the representa
tives could not afford to vote down
the proposition. There is no
earthly use for the usual annual
change in the laws ot the state to
confuse the country continuously,
Many states employ legislative
sessions bi-ennially, and in some
cases quad-rennially with more
satisfaction and profit than Geor
gia derives from her annual meet
ings, which mean annual changes
in the code,annual confusion in the
local affairs of many communities,
and incidentally, annual excursions
of the legislature and annual ex
pense accounts of $70,000 for the
current cost ot the sessions. The
people of the state want bi-ennial
sessions and they have a right to
ask their local papers'to turn the
light on those representatives who
refuse to vote in their interests.
THAT LAND COMMISSION.
It is said that an effort will be
made at the coming session of the
legislature to have a commission
appointed for the purpose of
effecting a compromise between
the state and the owners of those
public school lands of South Geor
gia which are now in dispute and
which Governor Terrell ha3 de
cided to recover if possible. The
Search Light has expressed its
convictions before on this matter
and we do not mind doing so
again. The state of Georgia owes
it to her citizens to keep a m^re
vigilant eye on its property, or
else be subjected to the loss there
of. The time was when the lands
of this end ot the state were con
sidered of little value. In those
days, the state sat idly by and
saw her claims encroached upon.
These lands have passed into the
hands of innocent purchasers who
should not be made to suffer at
this late day. We doubt seriously
if the state would be able to re
cover enough of these lands under
the existing circumstances to pay
the expenses of the proceedings.
We see no need of the commission
with the incident expense of its
sittings. If the state wished to
get these claims off her hands, let
the legislature pass a bill relin
quishing out right the state’s
claims and be rid of it.
THE ACOUSTICON.
Miller Reese Hutchinson is the
inventor of an appliance that it is
claimed without any shadow of
contradiction will enable the deaf
to hear. The instrument is called
an acousticon.
At a demonstration before a few
noted people on March the 27th
among whom were Mark Twain
and Mrs. George Dewey, wife of
the Admiral, inmates of the deaf
and dumb asylum were brobght in.
One little girl who had been to
tally deaf for several years almost
went into spasms of delight when
she heard musical tones. Others
were made to hear who had not
heard since early childhood and
had forgotten the sensation which
noises cause,
The talented Miss Cain, of the
Quitman Free Press, wisely re.
marks: “A silver laugh or a
golden word is worth more in this
Vanity Fair of ours than all the
prissy advice that could be handed
from a free advice counter a whole
day.”
The death of Wallace Putnam
Reed removes from Georgia Jour
nalism one o f those distinctive
characters that have contributed to
her reputation. . Reed was in
former years a most attractive
writer and rivalled the most admir
ed Grady. In his latter days mis
fortune beset his path with thorns
and disappointment was his com
panion, but in death he has con
quered all Reed's worst enemy
was himself; the world was his
friend. Brilliant in his conceptions
and manners, yet childlike in
heart, he helped to gladden the
lives of others. His place in the
journalistic field will be supplied
with more progressive men from
the standpoint of modern newspa-
perdom. Yet it will be difficult to
find those who walk closer to
nature than did he.
K. A. WIMBERLEY,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOB FLORIDA
Superior Court Commissioner, No
tary Publio (with Seal.)
Office with Clerk Superior Court.
Bainbridge, Georgia.
Professional.
R. A. GRAVES & CO
Insure against loss by fire and
tornadoes.
Search Light Building.
DR. R. W. JACKSON,
DLNT1ST.
Office on Broad St. over Allen ft Co-
Telephone 94.
BYRON BOWER, GORDON BOWER.
BOWER * BOWER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Praotioe in State Courts, Federal
and Justice Courts.
Offiice- Old Search-Light Building,
Bainbridge, Georgia.
Reference: First National Bank.
A. L. TOWNSEND, G. F. WESTMORELAND
TOWNSEND &
WESTMORELAND,
ATTOTNE YS - AT-LAW.
Bainbridge, ■ - Georgia.
DR. H- D. WILSON,
* DENTIST.
Office over Mart Clothing Co’s Store
Bainbridge, Georgia.
JOE. H. GILPIN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Will practice in all courts,
Bainbridge - Georgia.
DR. MATHER M. MoCORD,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Whigham, Georgia.
Office: Trulook Building.
Calls answered promptly day and night,
ALBERT H. R [JSSELL,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICE: Oyer Bainbridge State Bank
Bainbridge. - Georgi
R. G. HARTSFIELD,
ATTOBHEY-AT-LAW,
Bainbridgd, • • Georgia.
Office Over Bainbridge State Bank.
W. I. GEER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office in Court House.
Colquitt. Georgia.
TAKING A BATH
is more important than taking a.
meal with some people.
Perhaps you are one of these
and need the services of
PLUMBERS
whose skill and experience in all
matters appertaining to their line
of work enable them to carry out
instructions and produce satisfac
tory results.
Sanitary Plumbing has been
made a study and we are succ ss
ful with all jobs.
F. A. pRESTON,
Troup St. Bainbridge Ga.
STAR
BARBERSHOP,
WILLF. THORNTON,
Proprietor.
Established 1835.
To whom it may concern. This is to
certify that we have this day transfered
our iuterest in the firm of Kitcbing,
Sningler and Co. to Crawford, Hitching
Sc Co. with recourse and liability.
O. D. Hitching.
T. S. Shingler.
J, H. Woodbury.
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A FULL LINE OP
Harness, Collars, Bridles,
and anything in the Harness Line
can be found at
C. H. GRIFFIN’S
HARNESS STORE,
On North Broad Street
BAINRIDGE, - - ’ QE0|i
Also carry Harness Oil, Soap
and Axel Oil, Heavy Team Collars.
Repairing Done Neat and PrompTaT
Reasonable Prices.
the cypress Lumber
AWALAOHIOOLA, FLA.
MANUFACTURERS
LUMBER : SHINGLES I TAN*
MOULDINGS AND HOUSE FINISH
DEALERS IN
MILL SUPPLIES, HARDWARE, PAINTS,OILS.I
DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS write for pmc
AND
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Prices and Terms to Suit Everybody.
CALL ON OR WRITE TO
CAPERS KING, Bainbridge, Qa., j
Representing the old Reliable firm of
HfcriDrDEjnsr esc zb^ties,
S. M. H., ' Savannah,!
B ©OTTOET SEElj
I We will pay 25 cents per bushel of 30 pou_
I for sound dry seed delivered at our Mil
West Bainbridge, Ga.
WILL EXCHANGE
75 pounds Cotton Seed Meal for 100 pouii
Cotton Seed*
BAINBRIDGE OIL MILL.
J. M. DIPFEE, Manager.
BRIDGES & ROGER!
BRINSON, GA.
BAKERY. ' -- RESTAURA
.MEAT MARKET....
Sandwiches, Lunches. Hot Chocolate and
Boris at af* Hours.
Stall fed Beef on foot or by the quarter-
# , GIVE US A TRIAL.
BRIDGES & ROGERS,
BPi-ivq':, ca.
LZ^ESCEE E-EO-U
$1.00 ^ "z-ze-a-sb*