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BAINBRIDQE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, MAY I. 1903.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE
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aNE GROWERS’ CONVENTION.
.methins of Its Plans and Purposes. To be
9 Educational.
mine the scope, purposes
ibilit.es of the approach-
Growers’ Convention to
Macon, May 6, 7 anil 8,
has already been advis-
l£ h the press. When the
of cane growers and their
met in Macon two months
real magnitude of the un-
and the good results to
vere not unforeseen. In
stances the public have
een electrified at the dis-
made by the committee
efforts to bring the meets
i successful issue,
ort it has been planned to
aether at this great agri
gathering, the cane grow-.
.eWorldand by their mter-
of ideas and the testimony
its in the growth of sugar
ich practical and perma-
ults. The meeting will be
a business one, and it js
[hat those who attend will
-ith the expectation of re
reliable information as to
jt satisfactory and remuner-
ethods of cane culture and
inufaciure of table syrups
agricultural possibilities of
cannot be recounted with-
ing into consideration the
adaptability of her soil for
ure ot sugar cane. The
feature remains that at
has not before been direcs
he industry. Georgia pro-
er first sugar cane in 1801
.02 years have been em-
in reaching the conclusion
can grow it successfully.
first time Georgia cane
ippears on the market in
ib!e and convenient pack-
lore than a century Geor-
ers have been raising cot-
net profit of less than one
what may be derived from
wly discussed crop. It
d that this meeting will
revelation to the sugar
ng sections of the world,
is now estimated that
:rom our native cane can be
ed at profit cheaper than it
obtained from beets. When
ember what the beet indus-
done toward the enhance 1
farming lands in sections
west, it need not take
wise head to understand that
farming lands in Georgia will be
advanced when the world shall
know of the opportunities and pos
sibilities that are ours. With Geor
gia lands competing with the rich
bottoms ot Mississippi and Texas
in the cultivation of cotton, why
should she not successfully
cope with the richer sugar lands
of the world ?
One of the great problems that
have confronted the cane growers
in Georgia, has been that of manu
facturing the article after it had
been made. By special arrange'
ment, the manufacturers of mod
ern syrup machinery of every de
scription will have their mills and
machinery on exhibition at Macon,
and this will be one of the main
features of the convention.
Another important discussion will
be the earlier maturing of sugar
cane in order that it may be con
verted into sugar, or syrup before
frost strikes it.
There at present appears abso
lutely nothing in the way of a sue
cessful convention. The Jcity. of
Macon has thrown open her d4 rs
and the delegates will be cared
for in the hotels and boarding
houses at reduced rates. In ad
dition. the railroads traversing the
cane growing states have arranged
a reduced rate of one fare for the
round trip, 25 cents added, and
this will enable many to attend
that would not otherwise do so.
We take no stock in’ the mis
leading statement recently made
by some that South Georgia’s
broad acres are incapable of pro
ducing other crops than sugar
cane. Ours are the finest fields
of cotton and hay grown anywhere,
while the finest cigar tobaccos in
the world are grown in Decatur
county. Yet we realize that larger
profits are fo be derived from the
growth of sugar cane than other
products.
Yes, we are to have the greatest
agricultural convention ever at
tended in Georgia. One that will
open the eyes of the entire coun
try, and redound to the material
progress of our state. The distinct
advantages of sugar cane culture
in the south are bound to attract
attention, and if this is done, the
full scope, purposes and plans of
the coming Cane Growers’ Con
vention will have been subserved,
Manufactories Drifting
Southward.
THIS IMMORTAL DAY.
New Law Firm
raany friends of A. H. Rus-
,!?. w - Fleming, of this
1 be pleased to learn that
lave joined issues for the
* of ' aw > change effective
’' They will occupy the
unices of A. H. Russell in
person building, over the
1( l?e State Bank.
icl1 Fleming and Albert
will
constitute one of the
f ,aw firms at the Hain
an, and as for that matter
I, K° r | la ' The style of the
ip e Resell anti Fleming,
ofT c Practice a' 1
® the State.
lemmg withcraw- ti,. m the
1 Donalson, Flcmi.-g and
n ' with which firm h has
tailed
. account of 1 uesdav
raeet 'ng of the Board X
Wainman Changes Hands
The new management of the
Wainman Hotel begins with today.
Mr. T. C. Wainman, the proprie
tor, has leased the hotel for a term
of years to Messrs. McRee of this
city and Thomas O’Brien, an ex
perienced hptel man of Columbus.
Mr. O’Brien proposes to maintain
the best service at the Wainman
that can be obtained, and with the
assistance of Messrs. E. H. Piper
day clerk, W. H, Height, night
clerk and C. H, Fisher, steward
will be able to supply every de
mand of the public.
Mr. O’Brien is Very much pleas
ed with Bain bridge and can see
nothing hut possibility and prom
ise before us. We are glad to
welcome into our midsts and pre
diet that his business and social
relations with the citizens of this
city will be pleasant at all times.
The following statistical com
pilation is worthy of consideration
as it points to what is being done
toward the conversion of the
South into a manufacturing as
well as a producing section. A
great deal has been written and
said in a general way as to the
drift southward, but the cold fig
ures may serve to convince more
thoroughly than anything else.
Another result of the facts brought
to light will be that the general
opinion that the manufacturing
development of the South has
been dependent upon northern
capital is not a correct one.
The figures show that at pres
ent more than one hundred two
thousand million dollars of south
ern capital is invested in manufac
turing enterprises of various kinds,
and that the annual output there
from is above one thousand five
hundred million dollars.
In the last twenty years the
South has more than doubled her
cotton yield, and today she manu
factures more than one million five
hundred thousand bales into cloth.
Twenty years ago she manufactur
ed less than two hundred thousand
bales During this time she has
added seven million spindles to
her cotton mills. The number of
cotton seed oil mills have increas
ed from forty to more than five
hundred, with an annual output of
two million fiye hundred thousand
tons ot seed.
She manufactures three million
tons of pig iron, while hpr output
of bitumnious coal exceeds nfty-
three million tons. ,
She manufactures more than
sixteen million dollars worth of
furniture. Her petroleum output
is only limited by the facilities for
transportation, there not being
sufficient cars to handle the prod-
uct.
These are only h .few of the
strides the South has taken in the
last twenty years, and certainly
aas no reference to her products
of her hundreds and thousands of
saw mills, turpentine distilleries,
etc. To sum it all up, the
crease in investment of capital in
the manufacturing circles of the
South has increased more than
three hundred and forty-eight per
cent, within the past ten or twelve
years.
The possibilities of the South
are unexcelled in the whole world
and the day when the people of
the North shall be driven to the
same conclusion is at hand. With
resources greater than any other
section, with climate more favora
ble, the South will hardly be able
to escape fortune, even though
she try. What we now need is to
acquaint the world with our sur
roundings, and to invite within
our gates all such as join hands
and fortunes for the jipbuilding ot
our section commercially, ~“ J
otherwise.
John Temple Graves Tribute on Memorial Day
To Confederate Dead.
oda
Wis unavoidably
•f
omitted
had an "'T' However the
Jon. SlaStic and ims
V s issue.
This is one of the green days in
the desert of our strenuous sec
tional life.
It is the tender pause that
plucks us from the arid grasp of
intense materialism and carries us
backward on memory and grati
tude to the loftier and more heroic
era when we fough* in the storm
tor our sentiments and principles,
and when, after the tempest, we
struggled in the shadow with our
duty and our hope for the resur
rection of our homes and the re
building of our country.
Even if memory were chill and
gratitude and iridescent dream, it
would be wise, upon the purely
selfish policy of self-betterment
and self-preservation, to revive
and freshen around these Confed
erate graves the superb and splen
did moral qualities of sentiment
and patriotism which make men
noble and keep men free.
In the whole life of the South—
from Oglethorpe to Terrell—no
period of its history has so enno
bled its people, so uplifted its
types, and so glorified its records
as the period in which we fought
with heroic courage under Davis
and Lee, and the longer period in
which we wrestled and wrought
out of tribulation the miracle of
material recuperation which has
made us the wunder and admira
tion of the world.
The years from “61” to “76”
were the character making years
of the South, and the debt which
we owe to our sorrows and our
trials is greater and nobler by far
than the tie that binds us to our
riches and prosperity.
The dead no longer need nor
know our tender ministrations.
Our flowers fall scentless and color
less on formless graves that have
neither eyes nor ears, nor sense of
of touch, nor taste nor smell. Our
eloquence cannot reach into the
silences where heroes have reposed
for three generations in a dreamless
sleep. Nor storied urn or anima
ted bust back to its mansion call
the fleeting breath. Nor honor’s
voice provoke the silent dust, nor
flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of
death.
Not for the dead, the pomp
and the blazon of today. Not for
the dead, the long lines of civic
honor that trail behind the draped
caisson and the tattered flag. Not
for the dead, the hush and awe of
multitudes, the April flowers, and
the sweetly solemn strains that
float like dirges above the soldier’s
toomb. Not for them.
But for the Hying, all things that
the day can give. All the honor,
all the love, all the inspiration, all
and
Notice.
The scholars of the Methodist
Sunday school are respectfully re
quested to be present at the
church Saturday afternoon at 4
o’clock, Let as many as possible
attend this meeting.
B. F. Hawes, Jr., Supt.
Notice.
The launching of the large barge
on the ways at the shipyards will
take place Saturday afternoon at
at 4 o’clock sharp. A large crowd
is expected to be present.
All persons are hereby warned not
to pick op, sell or otherwise dispose
of oar Cypress logs on Flint river
nor to alter, change or deface oar
brand on same. All pei sons are al
so warned not to bay any of oar
logs.
The Cypress Lamber Co.
Apalachicola Fla.
the tenderness and all the tears.
And for the living in two sep
arate bands.
First of all, for one strange and
motley company with thining ranks
and whitening locks, halt, and
feeble and maimed and blind,
marching in immortal honor, and
shrined in deathless love and ten
derness, as they pass, heroic sur
vivors of an incomparable struggle,
limping down the wide aisles of
the splendid day into the gather
ing shadows where “taps” are
already sounding for extinguished
light and sleep! Comfort ye this
gallant company Crown them
with honor and gild them with
grace; tor they are to our stren
uous generation the sign and sym
bol of all that is noblest in our
history and loftiest In our life.
And for the living youth of
Dixie gild this glorious day with
every splendor and with every
charm that can bear its meaning
to the hearts of men. Tell them
that all the gold that was ever
gathered from hidden mine or
minted mart will not outweigh in
worth or history the blood-drops
from a patriot's heart. Tell them
that Republics—even the Repub
lics that failed—may be absent-
minded, but that they are never
supremely base unless they be un
grateful. Tell them that in all
ages the tributes of eloquence, the
flowers of sentiment, and the tears
ot beauty have reserved their tru
est expression for the soldier’s gal
lant breast. Tell them that in an
age of money—when the purple of
all royalties has bowed to the yel
low crest of mammon, and the
measure of merit as of grace has
seemed to be the measure of
the purse—-that these brave and
faithful men, untitled, unknown,
and sleeping for nearly hqjf a cen
tury in their quiet graves, can
muster yet in Dixie the longest
lines, the rarest flowers, the no
blest eloquence, the sweetest
music and the stateliest company
in which living men can voice
their loyalty and unbosom their
respect.
Tell them that the South
does not forget—tell them that
the South will not forget the men
who pledged her convictions in
their blood. Tell them that honor
lives, that sentiment survives, that
patriotism will never die.
And let them know around these
silent yet thunder-speaking graves,
that “If there be upon this earthly
sphere a boon, an offering heaven
holds dear, ’tis the last liberation
that Liberty draws from the heart
that bleeds and breaks in her
cause.”
G. S. M. C. Commence
ment.
The faculty ot the Georgia
Southern Military College an
nounces thatjcommencement exer
cises will be held at the close of
the school year, on the evenings
of May 29 and 30
It will be the endeavor of the
teachers incharge to present to the
public with fidelity,examples of the
work done by the school during
the year. While they expect to
offer a pleasurable entertainment,
it is their desire to emphasize the
fact that no superficial training
will be resorted to, and it
is believed that the patrons
of the school will appreci
ate the evidences of substantial
progress which they will see.
Every department of the school
will be represented; a historical
play will be given by the advanced
English class; an interetsing drill
by selected cadets, and a few
scenes from the colonial story of
Richard Carvel, will introduce
work by the girls physical culture
class. Musical numbers will be
added by the school class. Art
students will receive the public at
a levee on a day to be named later.
The public is invited to attend
these exercises—not only those of
our town, but those of the sur
rounding country. All are also
cordially invited to visit the school
in Us various departments, every
one cf which invites inspection of
its work while yet in progress.
Bainbridge as a wholesale dis-
taibuting point, is attracting the
attention of the whole country.
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