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13 NLMBER 28. BAINBRIDQE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, MAY I. 1903. $1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE ©fftdal ©rgan of Decatur Countv anbtbe Cttv ot »ainlnt<\ie. 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. ...