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JEWS:
Talks About People, Politics, Enter-
. is es in the Live City of Bainbridge and
the Grand Old County of Decatur.
BT TBB MAW ABOUT TOWS,
- ed communication in | and the people will not be apt to
. of Search Light on-a!!ow it to be weakened in any
local and otherwise.
judge"
itmg.
was a fine respect,
It read like a
bounding in vivid 1m-
poetic fancy. 1 have
i my scrap hook
Rooney, we learn, is
for sheriff or tiiis coun-
ooney is a m n of firm
nest, straightforward.
os t of friends, is popu-
less we read the signs
is going to give all com'
lively race, whether he
r not His formal an-
n t will be found in this
county just now is
sportsman's paradise,
er was so much game as
-noils are full of quail,
y, duck, and squirrel,
ic possum crop never
Bvron Donalson, the
'possum hunter, has
less than fifty-seven of
■ oanre since the season
ov 8 1. In the language
t_"\Ve’ve good a good
n D, Harrell spent a
incy, Fla., last week. He
■d at the rapid strides to-
peritv being made by
prising neighbor. Per-
jicked some ideas that
neficial to Bainbridge.
is away up in the scale,
ust climb higher still if
is to make the most of
ecedented advantages,
ic bills and it must be
itt tells me of a gentle-
is considering whether
will run tor the legi-la-
platform of “Free Beef
•m"—F. li. and R , so to
i nutshell. We are not
ion the superior induce'
the voters ot a slogan of
lit will endeavor to giv<
rs a comprehensive analy
beauties later. In the
:let it he recorded 'hat
would not be a bad thing
'erage hash-lifter.
wn is greatly honored by
onu us Mrs. Richardson,
ma, wife of the Rev.
iter Richardson, one of
t distinguished men and
i Georgia ever produced,
ihardson is visiting her
Mrs. vV. M, Legg, of
■ 1 had the honor of
lands with this much'
dy and her son, now a
md distinguished citizen
iteof Washington, when
red here two weeks ago.
“ people of the town and
1 be glad to know that
w °f their ‘Grand Old
'Ojourning for a season in
!>; co “ r t is in session this
is dispatching business
D f>- This court is one of
'“staining institutions of
l y. not costing the tax
ce f Not only is it seif
s’ but it is a money.mak-
tcoumy. The beautiful
^se that now adorns our
js the pride of the coun-
lld J°r mainly fro» the
ints court.
JOr Atkinson, when he
'"'appointment of Jud-e
^nguished jurist who
taithfully and ably fi „ s
position, said to the writ-
ciaim to have the best
b 'st city
At the fall term of our superior
court the grand jury in their gen
eral presentments recommended
the calling of a constitutional con
vention to make a new constitu-
tion lor the state of Georgia.
There are many necessPies for
changing our fundamental law,
and they could more easily be
brought about by this method
than any other. The convention
ot 1877 was one ot the ablest de
liberative bodies ever convened in
the state, and it was superh in its
way What was then accomplish-
for the public good in forty days,
wou’d have taken years to com
pass by the slow process of legisla
tive enactment. The revision ot
the laws necessary could be can
vassed before and studied by the
people who would not be slow in
sending their ablest and best rep
resentative men to carry out their
wishes. The constitution of 1877,
which we live under today was
built by such men as Robert
Toombs, Charles J. Jenkins, A. R.
Lawton, A. H. Hansel!, W. M.
Reese, L. J. Gartrell, John Screv
en, Jas. L. Seward, Nelson Tift,
John A, Davis, T. M. Furluw, and
a host of other able men—but we
have outgrown it, splendid as it is.
Let us fix our basic laws to fit our
present condition. I; wou'd ba a
good thing to do.
Trusses,
Beware
of
..Imitations'
Ask
to...
See
Our
court
at to
,11 ... -1, —'“*>■ 01 the
"‘Ng^e you one of
J in the state.”
r has been on the
- superior, county and
s lii rovertwen, y
' ■' matter to have a
T , n u ’ r h'l'ch of our
e record of the court
'• es,s it * effitienc ',
We nave often heard of the
public conscience,’’ and have seen
it expressed in various ways. But
we do think that the truest and
best expression of that conscience
is to be found in the tax assessor’s
digest of Decatur county and ac
companying sworn statements of
the tax payers which go to make
i,t up, and which digest is just now
running through the cross-fire of a
Grand Jury committee investiga
tion at the court house. And it is
no small job to monkey with the
public conscience. The commit
tee is finding some strange things
in this investigation—things as
puzzling as they are strange; but
it. too, is sworn to do its duty and
find out, if possible, who does and
who does not bear his proportion
al burden of taxation in this coun
ty. The committee is striving to
equalize the tax assessments, but
here it is having a hard task. Let
us hope, however, that some good
may grow out of this thorough
and patent investigation.
The title of “Colonel” seems to
have about swallowed the plain re
publican cognomen of “Mister.”
All people are now dubbed
Colonel, and that they relish the
high-sounding smack of the appel
lation goes without saying. Some
years a go the writer was with
judge Charles G. Campbell in At.
lanta. We attended a great gath
ering of people at Ponce de Leon.
The day was damp and rainy. The
judge wanted to light his cigar,
but he had no matches, and he
implored the passing crowd in vain
for this necessary article of fire
and brimstone. ‘‘I’ll get you
match, Judge,” said the writer,
and thus he shouted: “Give us a
match, Colonel, please!” and iu a
twinkling one hundred colonels
surrounded us, each handing us
the coveted light.
This also reminds me of a lone
some fellow, who was standing on
a wharf in New York when one of
the great ocean steamers was shov
ing off, and the passengers were
waving kisses and adieus to their
friends. Our poor fellow didn t
have a friend in the w< rid to wave
him good bve—hut nevertheless
j he yelled out to the departing
crowd at the top of h:s vo ce:
“Goodbye Colonel!” which brought
an affectionate farewell to b m
fr*»'« all on b«ard b'e-s e
tear Colonels, fro 11 Uie Govern
,r's start: «#wn.
J. T. LANE,
IRON CITY, BA.
Headquarters for the
Calibrated Chattanooga Cana Mills,
ONE AND TWO
H0R8E PLOWS,
AMERICAN FIELD
AND HOQ FENCE.
Besides carrying a complete line of the above goods, my line of
Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes,
Are Larger Than Ever.
Ladiej^Dress Goods from 10 cents to $1.00 per yard.
Ladies' Ready to-Wear Skirts from 75 cents up.
Boys’ Knee Pants, 5 to 15 years, from 25c. to ;?i per pair.
Boys’ and Youths’ Suits from 7?c. to Sio per suit.
Men’s Suits from $3 50 to jfU 5 per suit.
Attachment
in
Excelsior
Trusses,
St will
Please
You....
If you wear a
Truss don’t fail to
look over our stock
It is.complete and
up-to-date.
Oak City
Drug Co.
Bainbriilge. Oa.
SHOES! tit- SHOES!!
I sell the famous BATTLE AXE SHOES. Every pair sold
with a GUARANTEE, and have a pair for every man, woman and
child living between the Chatta'hooehee and Flint 'rivers; so you come i
right along and get them. I will also keep on hand during the syrup
season a supply of
CYPRESS BARRELS,
and will buy all the Syrup brought to this market and pay SPOT
CASH for it.
YOURS TRULY,
J. T. LANE,
(iPtRritrl
Iza. It I
When it comes to sup”-
plying things for cooking
and baking the special
dishes prepared for the
Christmas Holidays.
We have a full assortment of Baking Pans, Pie Plates, Cake
Forms, Jelly Moulds, Etc,, besides all other
’TIIT-W-A.ISE!
that is required in the kiteken. Our prices on these things are very
low. Also showing a fine line of two and three piece Carving Sets
A. J. MACDONALD
Bainbridge, Ga.
Union Bottling Works.
T. I. THOMASON * SON, Props.
j. ITI II
—MANUFACTURE—
AH Kinds of—
Carbonated Beverages
—and
Areated Waters.
Ginger Ale and—
Seltzer Water*
Specialties.
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
PANACEA MINERAL SPRINGS,
Panacea, Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico.
Excellent mineral water cures all
forms of indigestion and stomach
affections. Situated among the
pines, pure salt breezes, a de
lightful place for bodily and men
tal rest.
Salt and fresh watci Ifshing-crabs,
oysters, fish, etc. Plearant and
splendid accommodations at rea
sonable rate.
Address, Mrs. K. McFarland
Ms.