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THE SEARCH-LIGHT
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XBITOB ABB MtOrKIETO*.
Official Organ
Decatur County and Bain bridge
Eatarad in the Po«t Office, at Bainbridge
'u Mcond-ciu* matter.
rtmr-r— Ga.. August IS. 1008
Alabama’! special session of ber
legislature will meet September
ist and hold for 21 days.
About the only thine Mr. Lip*
ton seems able to win is the good
will of the American yachtsmen.
Lowndes county is after a new
J6o,ooo court house, just to keep
pace with the state of Decatur,
you know.
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The Moultrie Observer observes
that at the recent prohibition elec*
tion in Colquitt county only one
precinct went wet, and adds that
a hard rain fell there that day.
The sale of the Seaboard Air
Line railway to the Rock Island
Frisco system makes the largest
railway system of the world, cov
ering something beyond 13,000
miles of trackage.
Sir Thomas Lipton has again
taken that little accustomed Sum
mer outing in search qf the Amer
ican cup; but as upon previous oc
casions he will have to return
without the treasured trophy.
Elihu Root, the Secretary of
War at Washington, ha6 resigned
and Governor-General Tatt, of the
Phillippines, will be named as his
successor. The change will not;
however be made till January next.
A rigid enforcement of the va
grant laws of the state will likely
make it easier for the farmers of
Georgia to have their crops of cot
ton and corn harvested, and would
be the best thing for the negroes
themselves.
The Albany lleraid calls atten-
tion to the fact that the center of
population and the center of
wealth as well, is fast moving
southward in Georgia. South
Georgia will be the richest part of
the state in ten years more.
That DeCris affair has at least
afforded the sensation seeking
press of the state something to
taper off with after that lively lob
by investigation of the legislature.
The fellow who discovers some
anti-spasm elixir or antidote will
deserve the thanks of the general
public and will add fame to his
memory.
There are rumors to the effect
that Dawson, Ga., may furnish
opposition to the election of Judge
Henry C. Sheffield at the next
primary. Judge Sheffield is one
of the most distinguished and able
judges of the superior bench, and
the individual who defeats him for
office will have to strike a lively
gait.
The world has its joys and its
sorrows as sure as it is a world,
September time is the occasion
when the bright eyed girls and the
bouyant boys go off to school It is
also the month when the days be
gin to grow cooler, and that succu
lent bivalve, the oyster, appears up
on the market. Surely our fates
are inter woven, and our fortunes
mixed. We lose the attractive
glances of the innocent girls, and
the honest boyish stride; th's is
sorrowful. We gain, with approach
ing cool weather, the full fat oys
ter, and we are glad. 1
-BILL ABP” IS DEAD.
Everybody knew "Bill Arp,”
who has read the Atlanta Cc nsti-
tution, or one of the hundreds of
papers over the country to which
he has directly or indirectly con
tributed for many years. Charles
H. Smith was the real "Bill Arp”
and from his home, ‘The Shad*
ows,” in Cartersville, came the
news of his death late Monday
evening last.
The whole south will mourn the
death of this delightful man who
has contributed from his fertile
brain so much of a philosophical
and entertaining nature. As a man
of clean thought and habit he has
had no superior, and certainly in
his death the world has lost a
creature who was acquainted with
his Maker, and gracious toward all
mankind.
Mr. Smith was born at Law-
renceville, Ga., June 15th 1826, of
Scotch-Irish parentage, attended
the institution which we now know
as the University of Georgia, and
began the practice of law in Rome,
Ga., in 1850. He was a gallant
Confederate, a staff officer of "Old
Tige” Anderson for eighteen
months of the service, after which
he was appointed on a commission
to try cases of treason. Much of
Mr. Smith’s wntings have been of
a reminiscent nature and dealt
with the time of the war between
the states. He was a humorist of
distinguished ability, and it is said
that this followed him in his de
clining days.
In the death of Mr. Smith, oth
erwise "Bill Arp,” Georgia has
lost a great and good man. Thous
ands of readers will miss his terse
and interesting letters. His im
mediate family are not the only
mourners about his grave, the
whole world has lost a friend, and
Georgia a distinguished and able
citizen.
If some of those who criticise
the prison commission so harshly
had to take charge for a while of
Georgia’s two thousand desperate
and depraved convicts they prob
ably would modify their views
somewhat. The law provides
that these criminals shall be pun
ished and controlled, and only
those who have this unpleasant
duty to perform understand fully
how difficult and vexing the prob
lem is. The present prison com
missioners have handled this mat
ter perhaps as well as any three
men in Georgia could have done,
and they do not deserve one half
the criticisms that have been
showeied upon them recently.
Quitman Free Press.
Editor McIntosh, of the / Ibany
Herald, is being mentioned as a
possible candidate to succeed Jim
Griggs in congress. Mr. McIn
tosh is one of the most ardent sup
porters of Georgia’s most popular
congressman and we doubt if he
would enter the race in opposition.
The distinguished and able Alba
ny editor would be much missed
from Georgia anyway.
The Arlington dispensary case
has at last been closed. An Act
was introduced in the late genera!
assembly to set up the dispensary,
but it met defeat in the committee
to which it was referred. This will
close a bitter fight over the liquor
question in Calhoun county, for a
while at least.
Do You Want the World’*
Best Seeds?
If everyone knew as much about
our seeds as we do we would sell
all the seed sown in this county.
For a long time we have been sell
ing tbe kind of seeds that people
like to sow and have sold them
for less than is asked elsewhere
for interior kinds Our standard
of seed excellence is just as high
this year as ever and our prices
just as low. Our Fall Garden
Seeds can’t be beat. We recom
mend them because we know they
are true to name and are absolute
ly fresh—every seed grown last
year. Turnip Seed, Rutabaga
Seed. We have the best of these
bought from a reliable grower and
selected from last year’s crop.
They can’t disappoint in variety,
quality or price. See the seeds,
get the prices, ask your neighbors,
and we think you’ll buy.
R. It. HICKS,
$
Low Prioe Man
and PoorMan’s friend
SAPP BROTHERS, f
Water Street. Q
Headquarters for all KMi of A
Fruits, „ I
Vegetables, *
Candies, V
Raisins, t
Cigars, D
Tobaccos, t
And a General Line of |
Fancy and Family A
GROCERIES. |
Bring your Chickens and] Eggs to Q
SAPP I
BROTHERS, I
Water Street, |
Bainbridge, 3a. \
Announcement.
Our trimmer “Miss Stienwell,’’
of Baltimore, and her assistant,
Miss Roberts, of Texas, will at an
early date open up the finest lot of
MILLINERY ever brought to
Bainbridge.
The fair.
R. C. Cox & Co
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MELTON & DUKESl
Edwin Clapp and
Janies A. Banister
FOR MEN,
Are a little ahead of anything e|se in Bainbrid J
♦
The Dorothy Dodd]
'is the best wearing woman’s shoe in the
world and always gives satisfaction.
♦ * ♦
From Man to Chik
we have the best fitting, neatest, easiest
wearing shoes for the least money.
♦ ♦ ♦
You are Invited to call at
Melton & Dukes,
Bainbridge,
THOS. J. WILLIAMS,| Manager.
THE
CITY SHAVING SALOON,
Newly Renovated
Throughout
Clean Towels Sharp Razors.
Good Service.
BURGESS & MOBLEY,
Proprietors.
H. H. CHEATHAM, M. D.
GENERAL PRACTICE.
Pernmncntly located over lllcka’ Drugstore
Special Attention given to dlceacvc
Eye. Ear, Sow. and Throat.
Bainbridge,
Georgia.
BARGAINS
FOR 30 DAY!
For the month of August I will sell my entire Stock of I
and Summer Goods at greatly reduced
I will leave on August the 10th for New York to purchase
Winter Goods and the goods now on hand must be sold too
for tkose coming.
SHO£S!
My stock of Shoes is complete in every detail and you c
them at your own price.
Ladies $2.50 Slippers at 1.9a I Ladies $1.5° Slippy
“ 2.00 “ “ x.50. [ “ i- 00
CLOTHING BARGAINS'
Mens’ Suits worth $12.50 now
8.50 "
“ " “ 6.50 "
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Summer Dress Goods greatly reduced. Mens,
Children Underwear at almost half price. ^
I will sell Groceries just as cheap as Dry Goods. 12
best coffee for $1.00; 20 los of good rice tor $1.00. Tobacco
cigars, etc., at rock bottom paces.
Just received car losftl of Buggies and have car of one
horse Wagons coming which I shall sell as cheap as an) °‘
to see me when you want a wagon or buggy, and remern
have a few more of the McCormick Mowers and Rakes, 1
one come to see me.
I shall CHARGE no more goods after August ist, u
you so cheap for CASH that you won’t ask for credit.
Yours Respt.,
T. T. IL .A. 35T 3
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