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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.