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ainbridge Search Light
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52.
BA1NBR1DQE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1903.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OK BAINBRIDGE.
liable Convict System.
een the P r ' son comm * s "
nnpliance with the meas-
j by the recent legisla
te able bodied con-
eorgia, the price being
han was ever received
r similar labor, and which
ro ake this department
te government a paying
r some time it has been
that the department of
c W as the only state
nt that paid its running
and placed money to the
the state. This can no
; and while Commis-
vens deserves the thanks
-pie of the state for the
which he has
the agricultural departs
the prison commission
me in for an equal share
New Steamboat Line for Bainbridge.
the new lease the 1,500
victs will bring into the
omething like $250,000
means for a term of
at this price per annum,
'mum price per convict
$252 per year, while the
s $220. The expense
g these convicts will be
bly cut down.
convicts were let without
in the six years convicts
to be woiked on the
he several counties of
which shall elect to so
Thirty-one counties
eiequ’sition: but as many
re expected to withdraw
ests in the face of the
convicts are bringing,
bilities are that several
more convicts may be
the hands ot the com
to dispose of.
the old lease the state
convicts for which she
the net sum of $90,00x3,
turned into the public
With this increase
tethe school fund will
ed at least $160,000;
id thus arising will be
ed in by only 106 coun
ted the thirty-one coun-
to work their convicts on
toads.
Sparing these figures,
its who tavored the
ow {e 'on convicts on
of the county will U n-
'hat upon a conservative
tln S in necessary guard
' n & camp houses, phy-
c ’ the county would be
* their convict labor on a
mething like $30.00 per
c the same time
Sch001 tund would be
^^1 thousand dollars.
0 SlJ rt a Vineyard.
Proctor and M. W . Weber,
^ s ' Mich , have
1 tcis svepk
,lewot starting a vine
.action, They hgvt
erC5ted a number of
scheme
e * ln operations by
rhis wi]] be a
««d®" S ' n " rptUe ,or
The steamer Gertrude made her
her first trip to Bainbridge the
early part of the week. She is
the property of an independent
line of river steamers owned it is
said by Apalachicola and Pensacola
people. She will ply the river be
tween Bainbridge and Apalachi-
cola, touching at all intermediate
points, making the round trip
about twice a week, although the
schedule has not yet been arrange
ed definitely.
Capt. L A. Chitwood, who is
well known to the river traffic, is
the commanding officer. On his
initial trip he brought to Bain,
bridge a large cargo of freight and
a goodly number of passengers.
The Gertrude was brought to
this river from the Ohio, where
she has been commission for some
time although she is practically a
new boat. The trip was made un
der her own steam down by New
Orleans and skirting the Gulf
coast to Apalachicola.
The Gertrude will connect at
Apalachicola with the Gulf steam'
ers plying between Pensacola and
New oricans and will undoubtedly
secure a low rate of freight on
goods rota chose points, it is to be
hoped that the Gertie will get a
good share of the river business.
Somewhat of a Pig.
Georgia Sugar Cane.
been
Prospecting
till
that the
cr? smtabie and
Sloped.
It is not extensively known
that our fellow townsman, Horry
Brocket, is the champion hog
grower of Decatur county. It is
true nevertheless, and this is his
hard luck story.
Mr. Brocket has taken great
pride in his pigs of high degree
known as O. I. C. One little pig'
let had reached the age of six
months, and was getting so fat and
saucy he was about to outgrow his
pen. Mr. Brocket was meditating
getting him a new pen to fit his
rapidly increasing dimensions,
when all of a sudden piggy sicken
ed and died of cholera in spite of
all that medical skill could do. Afs
ter his demise Mr. B. had his
remains weighed and they tippf-d
the beam at 960 1-2 pounds gross.
That pig was a regular hog and
this is a true story.
Married.
On last Wednesday at the home
of the bride in Milledgeville Miss
Annie Booker was married to Mr.
Newton L. Stapleton of Colquitt
Ga. Mr. Stapleton originally
from Bronwood is now in Colquitt
being associated with C. C. Bush
in the practice ot law. He is a
promising young attorney and has
made many warm friends who will
be glad to welcome him and his
bride as permanent residents of
Colquitt.
Orator Muiiday.
Rev. Joe Munday, the sometime
actor and sporting man, but now a
reformist, spoke Sunday afternoon
at the opera house to a “men only
audience.” Tuesday night he lec
tured at the same place. While
his audiences were not large on
either occasion he seems to have
impressed the people with his
eloquence.
All indications now point to
high prices this year for the prod
ucts of the Georgia sugar cane. A
recent issue of the Thomasville
Times Ente r prise contained the
information that one person from
a certain Texas town, was in
Thomasville and that he was pre
pared to purchase 2,500 barrels
of pure Georgia syrup at the mar-
ket price which is at this time 35c
per gallon. This only goes to
show that the fame of our table
syrups is spreading not alone to
the northern states, but to south'
ern states as well, Texas is sup*
posed to raise good sugar cane,
but the world must acknowledge
that for the quality, Georgia stands
at the top of the column of the
syrup producing states,
Another interesting fact to note
is that although those interested
in adding glucose and other sub
stances to syrup, raised such a
howl over Georgia last fall when
the pure syrup bill was introduced
and subsequently passed by the
legislature, the sale of syrup and
the prices to be received have
continued to climb until it now
brings a better price than it has
ever done since it has been raised
for market generally. At that
time it was announced by the
enemies of the bill that syrup
would decline under the pure syrup
bill to 15 cents per gallon. Today
the price is 35 cents, and it will
likely stay somewhere near that
mark.
Walter Love Alive. v
Some months ago a great deal
of excitement was occasioned by
the disappearance of Walter Love
a well known traveling man of
Quincy, who was known in Bain-
bridge and to many of our readers
along the lower edge of the coun
ty. Mr. Love was last seen at
Tybee in the surf, and as no trace
could be found, it was thought that
he was drowned while in bathing.
His remains were never recovered,
and although efforts were made to
collect the insurance on his life
the companies refused to pay it,
claiming that proper proof ot his
death had not been made. There
was about $20,000 in policies. He
is said to have been located at Den
ver Col., where he was working in
a large dry goods establishment.
Love has a wife and family at
Quincy, and is one of the leading
families of that section and his dis
appearance caused much concern;
this recent disclosure will be a still
greater surprise to those who knew
him and who have beleived him
dead.
Bainbridge Team Met Defeat.
The Bainbridge football team
went down to Tallahassee last Fri
day and met defeat at. the hands
of the strong aggregation from
the Florida State College to the
tune of 22 to o. This score does
not show the real strength of the
team however, as our boys were
seriously crippled by the loss of
several regular players whose
places were substituted by lighter
and less experienced men.
At no time did the Bainbridge
team have a chance to score, but
after they became accustomed to
the onslaughts of their opponents,
held repeatedly for downs only to
lose the ball by failure to advance
it the necessary five yards.
The game brought clearly to
light the fact that Bainbridge has
excellent football material which
only needs hard work and practice
to make it one of the strongest
teams in this section, capable of
coping successfully with any op»
ponent.
The features of the game were
the good tackling of Hunter, Jack-
son and Scott for Bainbridge and
the excellent offensive work of
Provence and Clark for Tallahas
see.
A Delightful Entertainment.
Ralph Bingham the lecturer,
violinist and singer, appeared at
the Bainbridge Opera house Wed'
nesday night. Owing chiefly to
the fact that his coming had not
Ijeen advertised a very small au'
dience was present, less than two
dozen people.
The entertainment was really
worthy of a packed house. His
stories were very clever and told
in his inimitable mirth producing
style. He is a violinist of no mean
ability and his tipical songs
abounded in humor.
What the audience lacked in
size they made up in enthusiasm
and endeavored to make the en'
tertainer forget the vacant chairs
by according him the heartiest ap
preciation. It is too bad that a
really meritorious entertainment
should not meet with more favor.
Arlington to Utilize Pine Knots.
Messrs. J. S. Cowart, H M.
Calhoun, of Arlington, W. H.
Cunningham, of Leary, and A. A.
Marshall, of Albany, are burning
a company for the manufact-
ure of pine products at Arlington
It will operate on the newly dis
covered distillation plan, which is
destined at an early date to add
materially to the industrial devel-
opment of this section. We con
gratulate Arlington on her enters
prises and her progressive citizens.
Harrell Will Run For Judge.
An interesting bit of local news
is to effect that Col. W. M. Har~
roll, of this city, h ,s decided to
make the race for the judgship of
the city court of Bainbridge. Col.
Harrell when seen by a reporter
gave out in substance the follows
ing interview:
“For sonic time friends from
over the county have urged that I
enter the race for judge of the
city court of Bainbridge. Thus
far I have refrained from making
any statement further than that I
was considering the matter; and
assuring my friends of my appres
ciation of the kind mention of my
name in this connection. In def'
erence to their wishes and with
the assurance of their support, I
have about concluded to enter the
contest. However, I shall make
a definite announcement within a
few days as to the course I shall
pursue. Should I enter the race,
it shall be my intention to make a
vigorous campaign, and in the
event of my election, a consciens
tious and faithful judge of the law.
You may say that I will in all
probability be a candidate.”
Col. Harrell has been a member
of the Bainbridge bar tor the past
twenty years, seven years of which
time he was solicitor of the county
court. He has figured in many of
the leading criminal and civil
cases ot the courts and is at pres'
ent a member of the firm of Har
rell and Hartsfield, He has rep
resented the county in the general
assembly and is otherwise too well
known to the people of the county
to need any further introduction.
He will make a strong race for
the position.
It is generally understood that
Judge B. B. Bower will stand for
election to the position of judge ot
this court, which position he has
held since it was established.
With Col. Harrell and Judge
Bower both in the race, the indi
cations are that times will be a
little lively so far as the judgeship
goes.
Hardware Firm to Incorporate.
The Mcdonald Hardware Co.
has filed a petition to the superior
court, asking for a charter giving it
the usual corporate powers. The
petitioners are A, J. Macdonald of
this county, and James Watt of
Thomasville, Ga. The new com-
pany will take charge of the hard
ware business of A. J. Macdonald
of this city and conduct it as a
corporation. The capital stock
will be $8,000 with the privilege
of increasing it to $25,000.
Mr. Macdonald started in the
hardware business here about
three years ago and has built up a
flourishing business during that
time i is a young man of fine
business qualities and is deserving
of success.
The charter publication appears
in this issue of the Search Light.
Those war clouds continue to
hover over Russia and Japan. We
hardly think it will be numbered
among the autumn fights.
To Deal in Lubricating Oils.
Messrs. Tiller and Arnold have
just closed a deal whereby they
become the distributing agents of
the Crew Levick Company, of
Philadelphia, one of the largest
manufacturers ot lubricating oils m
the United States. Their territory
will be Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama ior several hundred miles
surrounding Bainbridge. A ware
house will be maintained here,
carrying a large consignment of
oils and all orders will be shipped
from here. The first car load of
the stock is now in route.
These enterprising young men
will conduct this department in
connection with their lumber bus-
ines“. Their energy and push
should bring them abundant suc
cess.
Notice.
I will be in Bainbridge on the
3rd day of November for the pur
pose of renting my plantation. Al
so, my store house and dwelling in
Climax, All parties interested
will please meet me at Bon Air
Hotel. C. C. Wright Jr.
