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NlMBER 38.
BAINBRIDGE DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1903.
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Official Orpan of Decatur Countg anfr tbc City of Balnbrtbpe.
_nd Juries Repre-
tative Bodies?
neral idea is that they
estigation for a moment
cr the question in the
j jury is merely a com*
ected at random from a
taining every citizen’s
he county qualified to be
The box is shaken up
first twenty-four names
lt constitute the grand
tnd jury is only a part of
Court. It investigates
gainst violators of the
if it finds that a case can
jut, a "true bill” is found
iolatorof the law goes
jetit jury for trial. The
y is also useful tor inves-
he various offices and
k of the county. Aside
special devolved upon it
urt as a part thereof, its
ndations are entirely
ower to force their enact-
[ence the grand jury is
islative body. If it was,
(instituted, it would be
but a representative
(commendation have no
ght than that of any oth-
zer.s taken helter skelter
first mob that might
mg.
and jury may recommend
nditure of money by the
)ut it is left entirely with
ty commissioners whether
spend the money or not.
eral presentments of a
ary are only valuable in
may point to some thing
lat is valuable to the peo-
led to this train of
from the fact that the
igislsture are disposed to
*s to go into effect only
grand juries shall have
ed them the proper thing.
' mbers of the legisla-
wont to dodge behind
ies to shirk their own re-
ity.
agrandjuryis to be a
tative legislated body,
course, it should be elect*
0 people—the only way to
committee of 24 men rep-
ive.
reader, just css. your eye
grand juries that have
1 this county for a number
and consider, it vou will
n y of them would have
th e jury” by a popular
he people.
. Married.
lU "day afternoon in JPain-
y Rev - J- R. Jester, Dr.
“ Dt t er t0 M ‘ss Lucy Eng*
hof Climax.
Junter is a young and
6 Physician and a son of
Hunter, of Colquitt.
ride is a beautiful and
" hed youn g Udy and has
lends.
' n<ieand groom have the
eS ° fthe Search Light
nu Wero us friends.
Increasing Representation
Appling county’s representative
the legislature has introduced
an amendment to the Constitution
changing the limit for the number
of counties in the 'state, and if
passed will be of great benefit to
certain sections of south Georgia
where the counties are so large
that the citizens are too fat remov
ed from their county seat. Under
the bill the representation in the
house may be increased to 188
members, and the number of coun
ties increased to 150.
If the bill passes the house and,
senate and becomes a law, it does
not follow that any certain num-
ber of counties will be divided,
but only such as may desire to do
so, The fact is that many of the
south Georgia counties are more
than three times the size of the
average county of north Georgia.
The bill is an important one and
will likely precipate a lively da-
bate in the bouse.
A Suggestion.
Bainbridge needs a dancing
pavilion. There are many beauti
ful sites in this city, where such
a place of amusement could be
built. And during the sultry sum
mer months we could indulge with
pleasure our desire for the facinat-
ing dance, had we only a suitable
floor m some cool, breezy spot.
The present difficulty seems to be
a lack of some financial and to
start the thing going. A stock
company could be organized and
they would soon make back their
finacial output, or the subscription
list might be carried around. It
would advertise the town, and
form a source of continuous pleas*
ure. f *
Yes, Why Is It?
Died at Camilla
Wednesday morning, about 7:30
o’clock, Master Spence McNair,
son of Mr. J. M McNair, and
a nephew of Mr. Geo. S. McNair
and Mrs. E. Lasseter, of this city.
Spence was a bright boy of
about 13 years old and was a fav
orite with both young and old.
He was taken sick last Friday
with fever and lived only a few
days. His remains were laid to
rest in Camilla cemetery Thursday
and were followed by a large con-
eourse of devoted friends and rela
tives. '
The Search Light extends its
deepest sympathy to the bereaved
family.
Q. F. & A, to Columbus.
Information has been received
in Cuthbert from an authorative
source that the Georgia, Florida
and Alabama railway will put
engineering corps in the field
north of Cuthbert next Monday,
preparatory to beginning work of
extending their road northward
from Cuthbert to Columbus. The
work. °f extension is to be
pushed with all possible dispatch.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We would like to know why the
business men of the beautiful and
progressive city of Bainbridge—
the capital of Decatur county—are
allowing the town of Quincy to
homestead practically all of the
agricultural people south of Bain
bridge ?
In the above question we have
started a fact which is a stubborn
thing. Now why does Quincy
control the trade ? We have made
dilligent inquiry and here is the
simple and reasonable answer to
the question. '
Quincy"encourages the farmers
of Decatur county to trade there
by lending them money, furnish
ing them supplies to be paid tor in
harvest time, and when that time
comes buys their cotton, their to
bacco and all of their marketable
produce. Quincy buys all of De
catur county’s tobacco; contracts
for much of it at highest prices
lqr future delivery before a *eed
is planted. Last spring her buy
ers bought large quantities of De-
catur-county tobacco, before a seed
went into the ground, at 35 cents
pound. They are buying all
they can get now at from 50 to
60 cents. What is the result of
all this ? . Why Quincy is growing
and flourishing off of the best trade
Decatur—grand old county!—has
to offer. Her little bank is burst
ing with over J200,000 of deposits,
consisting largely of the hard earn
ings of Decatur county farmers.
Why don’t Bainbridge control
that trade which can be had by
putting forth energy that Quincy
does. There is a sermon in this
little article as true as was ever
preached from any pulpit. The
writer has sounded this note of
warning ere this. Are we to sur
render without a struggle ?
We were talking with some bus
iness men of Quincy a few days
since. They expect^his fall and
winter the biggest business ever
done by a town of that size. And
they are going to build a railroad
to Bainbridge. To help Bainbrdge?
Only incidentally. To hfelp them
selves. They want more railroads,
awd they have a $200,000 bank to
build this one with.
This is just a brief sketch of
this live Florida neighbor of ours
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Worse Than Absurd.
On July 15th H. H. Cheatham,
M. D., will opeu an office over
Hicks’ drug store for the practice
of medicine and surgery, with spe
cial attention to diseases of eye,
ear, nose and throat.
A man living at Ellaville writes
to the Atlanta News to ask
whether it is true that more men
volunteered from the Southern
states to fight for the Union than
for the Confederacy. The inquirer
states that he has heard at least
two persons seriously maintain
that such is really the truth of his
tory. “Absurdly untrue” is what
the News tells its correspondent.
What the Confederate armies ac
complished during the four years
of the war already seems suffi
ciently prodigious, without the
necessity existing for trying to
make it appear that but half the
fighting strength of the South was
arrayed under the Confederate
flag. Furthermore, the unanim
ity with which the people of the
South supported the Confederacy
is too well known and admitted in
history to be even lightly ques
tioned now.—Albany Herald,
Legislature Gets Busy.
Whatever may be said of the
Georgia Legislature wise or other
wise, th^re are some grave prob
lems now up for solution, and
things will be lively in the hails of
the capitol for the full fifty days
as usual.
Among the important matters,
is a bill by Grenade, of Wilkes
County, who seeks to impose a
tax of £100 on divorces; while an
other member has up his-sleave a
bill to tax bachelors £40; a careful
survey of the situation inclines us
to the opinion that it would be
better to tax bachelors, than risk
chances on on the divorce.
A southeast Georgian wishes to
frame a bill for the protection of
marsh hens during the laying sea
son, while a member from the up
per end of the state proposes to
stipulate the methods by which
farmers shall set out sweet pota
toes
We shall not attempt to enu
merate the various bills to place
the bounties on alligators, and to
prevent jackfish and gars from
scooping in the minnows that
swim forth in the murmuring,
shady brooks; but be it known
that the south Georgia delegation
will look well to the interests of
their constituents. If they can in
crease the crops, and at the same
time run up the price on cotton,
they are there <or that purpose;
this does not mean however that
they will not direct their atten
tion to straightening out the
crooked paths, and adding to the
seasons of joy.
The question that seems to be
most puzzling their legislative
minds just now is how best can
the gopher be prevented from dig
ging his hole in many directions.
The habit has grown to he a seri
ous one; so much so in fact that
things are rapidly coming to the
pass that he who digs to the hot
tom of the gopher hole must earn
his meat by the sweat of his brow.
Great things are not accomplished
always in a day, but the present
house of representatives will leave
no stone unturned to effect this
desirable end.
Did Not Pass.
The question of prorating the
public school funds between the
races in proportion to the amount
of taxes paid by each, came up in
the hoqse Tuesday and although
a majority of the house voted in
its favor yet it lacked 38 votes of
receiving the requ’site constitu
tional majority. The bill was in
troduced by Mr. Grice, of Pulaski,
last session and was along the
line of a resolution introduced by
Mr. Bower and which was defeat
ed a few days ago.
Mr. Bower made an earnest ap
peal for the passage of the bill as
did others in the house. Mr.
Brinson also favored the bill and
the votes of each of the local rep
resentatives are so recorded.
Dr. Baggs, Dentist,
Will be in Whigham all of next
week from next Tuesday morning.
Parties requiring Dental work will
govern thfmselves accordingly.
Company I Called Out.
Great Excitement.
About 12 o’clock last night
Company I was called out by
Capt. Russell Fleming by order of
the governor that a mob were pre
paring to break jail to get a priso
ner.
The company assembled as
quick as possible and civilians
being mustered in, was marched
down to the jail, and found every
thing to be serene.
Four men came up in the busi
ness part of the city and found
Deputy Sheriff Dean and de
manded the jail keys, but it hap
pened that Mr. Dean did not have
the keys and was asked to escort
them to the jail. He followed and
was carried near the A. C. L. Ry„
where he was searched, his pistol
taken and examined and given
back to him.
It was thought at first that
the mob was after a man by the
name of Thrasher Who was placed
in jail late yesterday afternoon
for scooping in another man's
wife, an account of which would
be rich, rare and racy, and right
up-to-the-tick-of-the-clock, but for
certain reasons we Recline to
publish it.
Later it was learnd that the
mob was after the negro who was
setftoftced at the last term of the
court to hang on July loth, for
the murder of Mr. Jim Bird, an
account of which was given in full
at the time of the murder by this
paper. The negro had been grant
ed a new trjal, hence Judge Lynch
proposed to take a hand.
For awhile excitement ran high,
but the mob failed to show up at
the jail and everything
off without trouble.
Search-Lights.
Bain-
A sidewalk—around
bridge cow.
A knight of. the pumphandle—
the milkman.
At great lengths—the cheap
side sausage dealer.
Died by her own hand—the girl
with the rosy cheeks.
The man behind the dun—on
the first of the month.
A lone fisherman—the fellow
who does not advertise.
When the man can’t laugh-
when h<! is tickled to death.
Never to late to mend—our
mean ways and our city highways.
What was the matter with
Hannah? Not knowing we refuse
to
The man who “owes all to
Jesus” don’t generally come up on
the first of month.
The oldest doctor in town—
Chestnut! The quickest—Chas-
on! The sharpest—Toole! The
proudest—Peacock!
Strangers from dry towns who
visit Bainbridge say we have the
best water»in the world—when
mixed with a little whiskey!
One year’s subscription to the
Search Light for a correct answer
to the following question: “Who
is the most beautiful woman in
Bainbridge?” The question will
be submitted to a committee of
three old maids and two old bach
elors, whose names will be pub
lished with the decision. Send in
the names.
