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Bainbridge Search Light NUMBER 48* BAINBRIDGE DECATUR COUNTY, OEORQIA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 1903. $1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE. OFFICIAL ORG,A N DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OK BAINBRIDGE. ,1 Book Selection. been much discussion oncerning the adoption ooks for the common Georgia under the Uni- • t The question is consideration by the of Education and difficult one to de- subject is one of vital . both to the parents .children of Georgia, nions acquired, the be- into the mind of a ,rd to eradicate; his formed by the influ- youth. We must not these are “Young the boy makes the the statesman makes the the world. It is neces- tshould have a sound knowledge of all things, the most thorough :quiringsuch must be jin his reach. from educators through- itehave been published papers and popular ...to be in favor of ooks by Southern au- writer to the Atlanta says: children should be everence the traditions, truth, to see the good, the beautiful in this ours; but they will p these things fully un- i authors are appreci- itronized by the south- It is a notorious fact books we have been schools almost totally hern authors, sout u '*rn southern rights.” that children si. _.d true history. Yet a- :t will teach the south- love his land, to see date all the good and On the other hand a judice an inherited dis- arp his judgment of the it hostile feeling be- sorth and South should tly forgotten; we are and all sectional antip it to be banished. This be accomplished in our and will never be unless n of each section are dew the former quar- npartiality and learn to entry as a whole. Had wen been so taught tno ,w be less hardfeel- less and strife. pans we, of course de reference be given ■a writers, so far as pos- have as brilliant writ- learned and brave. At lane men and women °nservatism certainly ® tor the purpose of story, «»n should be careful- ’the text books well' i the writers of the found to be fair, ““impartial, as we be- /‘then they ought to J unhesitatingly. The "'sa strong one and " m ded upon to select a ks Pa Tf lal code or s ys- f 0un , . f , an ‘mpartial one ndthen some of our J ; unprejudiced im . ID shn U We haVe nUm ‘ d Duhr U i dset t0 work ' Pnbhsh, for the bene- S r s ’ theworks 0 und so much havin 0VVn ev erlastmgly luo-ht 1§ thr sout , hern boys iat the r ° u ^ n nor thern Cl cause of the >f the £ c te °L S ’ that the »; that °rh the , rn armies rn f 0rc L the lead ers of Ces W£ re incompe- Citizen’s Meeting. Pursuant to a call circulated throughout town during Monday and Tuesday, about one hundred citizens met at the old court house Wednesday night at 8:30 o’clock and put out an aldermanic ticket to be voted tor at the coming city primary. The proceedings of the meeting were as follows: On motion of J. M. Brown, Col. A. L. Townsend was made chair man of the meeting, and Dr. Gor don Chason was named secretary. The chairman stated the object of the meeting, which was to discuss some needed reforms in the city government, and to name an aider- manic ticket. On motion of J. M. Brown, a committee was appointed to sug gest a proper ticket, the commit tee was composed of C. C. Cliett, J. M. Brown, T. M. Battle, M. E. O’Neal, J. S. Deverges and G B. Toole. The committee retired and after consultation returned the following names for aldermen: J. D. Harrell, Gordon Chason, J. M. Tyler, J. C. McCaskill, C. H. Cald well. C. W. Wimberley was also named on the ticket but as he de clined the place, his name was dropped and the campaign com mittee will name another in his stead. The ticket as suggested was then endorsed by a viva voce vote. The chairman then called atten tion to the fact that in order for the ticket to be elected it would take the active work of a campaign committee. Mr. J. M. Brown then moved that a steering committee be appointed to consist of the fol lowing: G B. Toole, E. A. Wim berley, M. B. Baggs, A. L. Town send, Erie M. Donalson. The motion carried. Contrary to the expectations of many present there were no speeches made, and no outline given of the work to be undertaken further than the selection of the aldermanic ticket. The meeting was harmonious throughout, did not consume more than thirty minutes before the work was com pleted and the meeting adjourned. To Play Foot Ball. Bainbridge is to have a first class foot ball team this season and one that will prove a winner from the start. Several of the prominent young men of the city met last Monday night, organized for the purpose and elected as Manager, Ralph Graves, and Mr. Ernest Piper as Coach. Regular practice has begun and every night sees eighteen or twenty contest ants for places on the team, out under the electric lights for prac tice. The outlook is very hopeful for a successful season. Games have already been sched uled with the Florida State College at Tallahassee and Gordon Insti tute at Barnesville. The manager is in correspondence with several other teams and hopes to announce a complete schedule .very soon. It is urgently requested by the coach that every one interested in athletics will come out and make the Bainbridge foot ball team of 1903 an assured success. tent and misguided. Our patrio tism towards the Sunny Southland should be encouraged at every opportunity. Boys and girls should be taught to love their homes; for men and women ac complish great things for the sake of the objects of their admiration. Let us have the truth; the whole truth; and thus armed we shall go forth battling with greater zeal for our section and shall attain things that shall add to the glory of her former days. That Pure Syrup Law. In view of a number of inquiries from different sections of the county relative to' the operations of the new Syrup Law enacted unanimously by the General As sembly last fall, we deem it best to state the facts in regard to the law, in order that our farmer friends may understand that no requirement at all has been made of them by the law. Some persons tor reasons known only to themselves have told far mers that they would have to label or stamp their syrup barrels, cans, etc., whereas no such thing is true. If the farmer should add glucose or any other foreign sub stance in the manufacture of his syrup, he would have to stamp on the package or barrel just what adulteration he had made. As a matter of fact there are very few farmers who would'be able to put in the necessary apparatus, for blending and mixing the ingredi ents with their cane syrup success fully. The law is aimed at the middle man who has been making the profit out of the syrup business by mining glucose and other sub stances less expensive and less nutritious, and selling the mixture under the misleading name of Pure Georgia Cane Syrup. No farmer who manufactures his syrup in the same old way, without adding any substance to his syrup-is effected by the law. It has also been stated that the farmers would have to put in large and expensive machinery in order to meet the requirements of the bill. This is not true at all. How ever syrup in the future ought to sell more by grades that} it has in the past, and it is therefore tp the interest of farmers to employ the best means possible to make a first grade article of syrup. If modern machinery helps to do this, then so far as possible we believe that farmers will employ modern ma chinery. However the law does not require any such thing and thousands of farmers will go ahead manufacturing their syrup in the old time way, and when it is made they will sell it as they have in the past. The effects of the law in this respect will be good. Since syrup will be graded, the farmer who makes the best grades will secure the best prices and those who take no pains will receive less; and this is fair enough. Why should the price of good syrup be held down in order to secure a better price for poor grades? If it should, then why should not good middling cotton be sold on the market at a low price in order to strike a medium tor the lower grades of cotton; and why under the same argument should not the finest grades of tobacco be held down to the prices of the lower grades, which ara perhaps low for the very reason that the producer does not take the proper care of it? No gentle reader, the manipu lator who has been mixing your syrups with inferior goods will continue to tell you perhaps that the law works an injustice on the farmer, but this is entirely untrue. Everything should be sold under its own colors and without fraud, and if the new law is tracked, the fell; w who mixes his syrup with any foreign substance will have to brand on the package the fact that it contains a certain amount of pure cane syrup and a certain amount of adulteration; this will be fair to the person who buys syrup and to the farmer who man ufactures pure syrup. If the new law is tracked farmers will manu facture their cane into syrup and place the same on the market without the least extra expense or trouble, no testing and no brand- Our Winter Travel. As winter will soon drive south ward an army of wanderexs in search of sunny skies, the ques tion as to how many tourists Bain bridge will handle this year is an important one. We have two of the neatest hotels to be found in the south; and they are both un der good management- Already Mr. O’Brien of the Wainman, in forms us that inquiries for accom modations during the winter months have begun to come in! The Wainman with its steam heat and its retired and quiet location is an ideal resort for those who are driven from the frozen north. Mr. Leahy, division passenger agent of the Atlantic Coast Line in spearing of the outlook is re ported as saying that there is every indication of a large tourist season this winter. In almost every hotel of ine more famous re sorts there is evidence of the ap proach of the winter season. Gen eral repair work is going on rap idly and all the tooms are being renovated, and the general aspects of the hotels themselves being im proved. The rush of vi-nors from north during the cold m mins now irom ises to exceed auv previous season and the outlook indicates that every one of the resort hotels will be taxed to their utti most to ac commodate the many who will come to them foi th • winter. 'The different proprietors are all elated over the bright outlook for a good winter season and every, line of business is bound to feel some of the good results. As Music Charms. It is said that the sound of a horn was heard in the land Mon day night last, and it reminded one of the fact that once Bainbridge had a first class brass band. The fact is that the members of that band still reside in this city but so difficult has it been for the boys to enlist the proper support from the merchants and the public in general, until they have been threatened with a disastrous dis banding; which would, we submit, be a bad day for the town; not that Bainbridge cannot get along without a band, but for the rea son that our citizens will be rob bed of much pleasure, and the town generally would very much miss the pleasure of the band on many occasions. Some onj recently suggested that they had not heard aught of music for more than a month, save the lowing of the wandering cow upon the streets as she “made night hideous.” The Search Light has always stood up to the Fourth Regiment Band, and we hope sincerely that as the short summer nights have passed, that the boys will again assemble for practice, that they will receive the support they are entitled to, and that Bainbridge will again be the home of a real live band. Death Near Attapulgus. A sad death occurred in the lower section of the county Mon day last, when Mrs. Will Branch, who lived with her husband five miles west of Attapulgus died. Her remains were buried at Atta- pulgus Tuesday and were followed to their resting place by a host of sorrowing ones. The death was occasioned by an attack of typhoid fever. ing No, the farmer is not a mixer of syrups with other materials and the law doesn’t touch him at all. Please paste this in your hat. A Bold Case Kidnapping. One of the boldest attempts at kidnapping ever perpetrated in this county occurred last Sunday in the Blowing Cave district this county. The 10 years old daugh ter of Mr. J. D. Andrews was, so report comes, chased down put in a buggy and hurriedly carried away by James McRae, a citizen of Thomas county. He was pur sued by the father of the girl and Mr. John Harrison, the buggy was overtaken, the child recovered. After giving McRae a severe flog ging with a buggy whip the father of the child took her back home and early Monday morning ap peared in Bainbridge where a war rant was sworn out for the arrest of the kidnapper, Sheriff Ford- ham has made every effort to secure his arrest but has thus far been unable to locate him. McRae is 58 or 60 years of age and is said to have been infatuated with the child for some tinge. On Sunday last the little girl was vis iting at the home of Howell Win gate, a cousin of McRae, and it was from his home that the child was stolen. However before leav ing with the child Mrs. Wingate was given a note addressed to the parents of the child announcing that McRae and the child had been married. This was to be sent to the home as soon as the couple had time to escape. However the note was sent over too early, the tather read it and hurried to the pursuit. The result was that they were soon overtaken and the rest has been told. It is claimed that the child did not know anything of the plans and was very much frightened when they were made known to her. She fled, but was pursued forcibly placed in the buggy and borne away. The affair has caused great excitement throughout the section in which it occurred. These are the facts as best they could be gathered, they were se cured from the father of the child, who was here Monday and took out a warrant. Mr. Andrews claims that he would have been still more severe on McRae except for the fact that in his opinion McRae must have been of unsound mind or he would not have made the attempt. Will Mitchell Run? The Dawson News has recently been discussing the next speaker- ship race, and declares that Hon. Fondren Mitchell of our neighbor ing county of Thomas may be the successful candidate. This raises the question among Mr Mitchell’s iriends as to whether he will enter the race next term or not. He was in the last race, and while cir cumstances combined for his de feat, yet it was by such a slight margin that his friends throughout the state believe that he woultl be very sure to make a winning race the next time, Mr.Mitchell is considered one of the ablest, and most conservative men of the house and his influence in shaping legislation during his last service in the House, has been great. Whether Mr. Mitchell runs or not, he certainly holds the con fidence of a large percentage of the members of the present house. His action in the matter will be earnestly awaited by his admirers. Farm For Sale. Ninety acres of finest farm land in Decatur County. It is part of the W. E. Powell plantation. Con tains, tenant houses, gin house and stable. Thorn well Beach' Columbia Ala.