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BAlWiDOE DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 1903.
^ffictal <S>rpan ot Decatur County an& tbe Clfy of Bainbribae.
tf.OOYEAR IN ADVANCE
| ers ’ Convention
Coming.
wsofa coming old
convention” to
is swept the town,
ancies of our people
way up in G,” as
goes.
Aid Society have
ie coming event for
; he building fund of
an church of this
neans of course that
lerally may be ex-
out on this Ocea
nian, woman and
unty are invited to
to join in the mer
gers of the society
ie matter under their
: entered the work with
to make it the
ful event of its na-
occurred in Bain-
nt years. They will
priate prizes for those
in the role of “ye olde
’ and whose renditions
to the prizes,
t of September 30th
ected, and the affair
promptly at 8 o’clock,
will forbid any music
old-time, including the
"Arkansaw Travel-
in the Wild Wood,”
productions. As a
the ladies hope to
Capers King present
render that famous
sed “Git Erlong Liztr
owever, in justice to the
t proposed to allow
' ing, soul-stirring piece
with other renditions,
earnest wish of the la-
ery fiddler in Decatur
; Florida and Alabama
1 come forward and as-
g them that each will
ck at the prize and that
1 time is ahead.
‘o expect to join the
please notify Mrs. W.
of Bainbridge, Ga., by
otherwise, stating if pos-
' > that they propose
kindness will be
iedged and they will
touch with the affair
es off. It may be in
to note that certificates of
will be issued to those
' and who succeed
the required impression
os of the occasion,
fch Light is pleased to
this novel undertaking,
toss the hope that the
™1 find no difficulty in
a l Jr ge number of the
oo stunts on the time
tor their convention,
hter we will announce
as to the
the
progress
prizes to be offered.
Sad Death.
Faircloth, who
nnson and near
Kveral years past, a
last Tuesday after _
a !° m ( e da V s - He leaves
I 1 ?!"! of a Wife and
ones, dren> aS ‘ de - from
ns were buried at
has
that
died
an
i-PB, . ~ at- the
Prsln er >' Wednesday
Presen «of f araily an $
Notice !
that the
^dbury & Co
l o Dtlre i
Shingler; ine
assuming
■ "^'ve all
£‘ chi ?g &
chikg & Shingu
WOODBUHV
firm of
. have
interest of
said
_ all li.
amounts
Shingler.
”Gl.ER,
& Co.
A Sad Accident Occurs.
On Saturday afternoon last
while a number of boys, were en
gaged at playing baseball in the
Street in front of I. D. Morgan’s
residence, John B, the 12 year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Stegall,
was accidentally struck with a ball
bat in the hands of young Rhtfe
Toole, his playmate, and from the
effects of the blow he died
at six o’clock, or about two
and a half hours after the accident
occurred.
Every medical aid possible was
brought *0 the rescue of the suf
fering lad, but to no avail. His
remains were laid to rest in the
city cemetery Sunday afternoon
and the funeral was one of the sad
dest that has occurred in Bain
bridge for a long time.
The dead boy was a great favor
ite with his family and with his
acquaintances generally. His
death was one of those unfortu
nate occurrences that are unac
counted for and that could not
have been averted. Young Toole
was his close friend and playmate
and there was not the slightest an-
ger on his part. Wo doubt he re
grets the accident as deeply as his
boyish heart is able to feel. No
blame can be attached.
The affair is deeply deplored
by the entire town and the
parents are the recipients of the
deepest sympathies of the entire
community.
G. F. & A. Extension.
Plansjsre’ being rapidly made
for the Columbus extension of the
Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
Supervisor Parker and Mr. Uzzell
of the road have been this week
between Culhbert and Lumpkin
locating the proposed route. Fi
nancial arrangements are now 'be
ing made in the East, and as
soon as the work of locating the
line is completed the construction
will begin. It is now safe to. say
that within the next year the Gr.
F. & A. will he running through
trains into Columbus.
The officials of the road have
also decided to build a new depot
at Bainbridge on their location se
lected at the foot of Shotwell
street. They intend to erect a
handsome and commodious struct-
1 sufficient to accommodate
their general offices which will be
moved there as soon as completed.
This will necesitate tbe opening
of Shotwell street and will greatly
improve that end of Bainbridge’s
most beautiful thoroughfare. The
location of the depot at this point
will add much to the convenience
of tbe travelling pnblic.
To Sell Oils.
New Rules of Methodist
Worship.
A matter of considerable con
cern to our Methodist readers all
over this section, is the change in
the forms of church worship as
has been suggested by the com
mission composed of representa
tives of the Methodist Episcopal
church appointed for the purpose
of revising the order of worship
and for suggesting such changes
as they might deem best. After
considerable trouble the committee
has decided upon an order much
the same as that now practiced
with two principal exceptions as
follow:
‘Let all our services begin ex
actly at the hour appointed, and let
all our people kneel in silent
prayer on entering the sanctu
ary.
“Let all the people be exhorted
to kneel in prayer, keeping their
faces toward the minister."
The official papers of the church
have thus far refused to discuss
the matter, preferring to await the
action of the next general confer
ence for it ratification or rejec
tion.
The Georgia Pine Lumber Co.,
who have hitherto had offices over
the old Hawes & Hawes building,
have leased the large building
west of the court house square,
now occupied by. the Argus, and
will move thereto about Septem
ber 1st; and will about September
15th open up a general stock of
refined lubricating oils, saw mill
machinery and repairs. Their
orders have already been placed
for these articles and they will be
gin arriving within ten days.
The young men composing this
lumber company are active fellows
and are fully aware as to the needs
of those who operate saw mills.
We trust that they will meet with
much success in their venture.
Killed an Eagle.
An eagle with a wing-spread of
seven feet from tip to tip, was kill
ed by a citizen one day last week
in Miner county,"
Get on to the Vagrants.
Thus far nothing but praise
has been heard for the Calvin va
grant law passed by the last legis
lature, and many cities and towns
are putting the law to work.
Why should not the same be
done in Bainbridge ?
In Albany, Americus, Savannah,
Moultrie and other plaoes the va
grants are receiving active consid
eration at the hands of tbe officers
of the court. These officials de
clare that they will not let up in
their attempts until the vagrant
snail either go to work, or move on.
Now, every one knows that
Bainbridge is infested with her
full quota of profligant, pilfer
ing crap-shooting negroes who
certainly fall within the meaning
of the law. We hope that this
mere suggestion will have the ef
fect of starting the movement in
this needed direction in Bain
bridge.
Porter Burglarized Store.
On last Monday morning at 6
o’clock when Joe Bruton went to
work at his fathers store, the Flint
River Store, he discovered the
rear door unlocked, and upon en
tering found that the cash drawer
had been opened, and about $15
in money gone. However the
thief had overlooked a small
amount of money in one corner of
the drawer.
Upon an investigation it was
found that Jeff Reels, who is a
porter at the store, was the guilty
party, and he was promptly land
ed in jail. His mother, Mirny
Reels was also arrested for receiv
ing the stolen goods. They will
answer for their crime at the next
session of the court, having failed
to secure bond.
To Receive Bids.
The Board of Roads and Reve-
enues will receive bids Monday
next for the furnishings of the
handsome new court bouse, a cut
of which appeared in this paper a
couple of weeks ago, and which
should fill, the heart of each citizen
of the county with pride. We
learn that our local furniture deal
ers will submit bids and that it is
their hope to compete successfully
with out-of-town concerns.
When our new temple of justice
shall be furnished it will still be
more attractive and will furnish a
pleasant retreat for those who are
r-.liAd upon to attend tbe sessions
of the courts.
Masonic Picnic at Salem.
Last Saturday the Salem Lodge
of Masons in Lower Spring Creek
district held a big rally and picnic
at Salem church. A large crowd
was in attendance with the seduct
ive and essential well filled basket
The public exercises consisted
of' addresses by Dr Adams, of
Brinson, Judge Loving, of Col
quitt and Col. Albert Russell, of
Bainbridge Judge M. j. Horn,
the Master of the lodge was mas
ter of ceremonies.
After the exercises came the
dinner on the grounds. The well
filled baskets were unpacked and
their contents invitingly spread on
improvised tables. They contained
good things of every kind and de
scription and attested the skill of
the good women ot this neighbor
hood.
After the dinner the lodge met
and conferred several degrees
Among them the order of the
Eastern Star was given to a num
ber of ladies.
The visitors were heartily wel
comed and entertained. The hos
pitality of the people of this neigh
borhood is unequalled anywhere.
Among those who contributed to
the success of the occasion were
the Horns, Clouds, Spooners,
Faircloths and others.
Tax Rate Fixed.
Georgia’s tax commission have
been very much annoyed in as
sessing the rate for the fiscal year
on account of the failure ot the
franchise arbitrators to reach a
conclusion in many of the cases
for which they were appointed.
The law regulating this natter ap
pears to be defective in that it
places no limit on the time to bf
taken for the arbitration. The
commission believe that the cor
porations representatives are stav
ing off the arbitrations in the in
terests of the corporations.
Therefore with the information
before them and figuring that the
assessment of the comptroller will
stand, the commission has an
nounced the rate at, five fnills.
This is in keeping with the action
of the legislature in limiting the
tax rate to tnis basis.
The tax rate of last year was
five and thirty one hundredths
mills. We believe that the state
at large will be pleased at this re
duction made possible by the fran
chise taxation authorized by the
legislature.
State Shoot at Savannah.
At the state shoot held in Sa
vannah last week, Company “I” of
this city was ably represented by
Lieut. Jackson, Sargeants O’Neal
and Mitchell, and Privates Roberts
and Stansell. The boys were not
under military restrictions during
their attendance and of course took
occasion to visit the surf at Tybee
and the attractions^ Thunderbolt.
While the hoys did not capture
either of the trophies, yet the work
ot the team was better than if has
been at any former shoot. They
did not attend the inter-state shoot
which was continued this week at
the Avondale range.
Greater Georgia Edition.
Harper’s “Greater Georgia”
edition will appear September 21,
and the probability is that the iss
sue will be swiped up before
breakfast. The truth of tbe mat
ter is that the whole country is
ahungering for information about
Georgia, the banner common-
wealth of the South, and we pre
dict that immigration to this sec
tion will be enormous during the
coming ten years.
Our Pine Product Com
pany.
We present this week a hand
some half page advertisement ot
the Bainbridge Turpentine and
Pine Product Company to which
we would respectfully direct your
attention.
This worthy local enterprise has
now been permanently organized
and operations will at once begin
on a big scale. Mr. M. D. Powell,
of Bainbridge, has been selected
as president and general manager.
Mr. Powell is a successful business
man of conservatism and ability,
and the fact that he recognizes, the
merits of the ingenious process
should enhance the value of the
investments offered.
In addition to Mr. Powell the
other local officers are Major Hav
ens, vice-president, Frank S.
Jones, treasurer, Major T. S.
Hawes, secretary, and W. W.
Powell, superintendent.
Contracts are now being made
for the fat pine material to be used
and the construction of the plant
will be under way in a very short
time.
Two Innocent Stories.
Sunday last was an eventful day
out west. Near Salt Lake City a
down pdur of living frogs is said
to have literally blocked transpor
tation for half an hour, and * the
inhabitants of that vicinity were
greatly nonplussed. Now this is
one story that we really “jumped’'
at as soon as we saw it in print.
The other strange occurrence is
reported from Creston, Iowa, and
relates how that sprouting peas in
the stomach of a seven-years old
child had produced death. The
peas were swallowed whole, and
afterward sprouted in the stomach 1
as was found upon the autopsy
which was held. We hope that
this will be taken as a bitter warn
ing by our parental readers oyer
the county; and that we will never
be called upon to chronicle the
death of one ot their wards; as we
should have to conclude that “de
ceased came to his (01 her) death
from natural, though unusual
causes.”
. These two stories are guaran
teed not to have any whiskers on
them.
Large Clock Arrives.
The large clock which is to oc
cupy the tower of the new court
house arrived Wednesday, work of
placing it in position will begin as
soon as the expert can afrive from
the factory from which it was pur
chased.
The public has little idea as to
the size of this large time piece;
and it might be well therefore to
state that the weight of the clock
exclusive of the bell is 3,000
pounds, the bell 1,200 pounds.
There are four illuminated dials 7
feet and 2* inches in diameter. The
bell may be heard many miles into
the country.
The workmen on the court
house have almost completed their
labors, only one carpenter now
being at work on the building.
The building will be ready to turn
over to the authorities when the
painting, etc., shall be completed.
Death in Bainbridge.
Mrs. Charles H. Smith, after an
illness of one week, during which
time her suffering was great, died
Friday at her home in this city.
The remains were shipped the fol
lowing day to Griffin, Ga., where
they were interred. To the be
reaved ones, are extended the sym
pathies of tbe town.
