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BAINBRIDOE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1903.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAIN BRIDGE.
r gia State Troops.
eenl s that Georgia’s sol-
a ve to come right up to
if they hope to remain
ce under the Dick army
by the last session of
nspector General Obear
issing among the com-,
•ing his annual inspec-
orders, and so rigorous
s insistence upon effi-
discipline among the
degree of enibarrass-
£e n occasioned, in many
rompanies in the state
inspected, some put on
ibile others were dis-
inefficiency. The
tifles were last week
ation for ninety days
:h time they will have
requirements or pass
5.
Obear has not yet
inbridge and it might
company “I” to turn
jrighten up a little
bridge citizen feels an
the local military or-
and would not like to
e anything short of a
ppearance. This can
eunlessagood deal of
; engaged in before the
:he officer. The stand-
set high, and we wish
pany “1" hold position
list. We want no pro
ws, We would not
ilitary disbanded,
re many who are in
treat the requirements
[ree of harshness; and
y are a little too severe;
time the troops of the
ie to meet the demands
he of a great deal more
lemselves and the state
thereby
Baptist Convention,
tement has been made
mua! State Baptist con'
ll be held at Athens Ga,
November 19th. and
rough Sunday. Last
Mention met at Amer-
asone of the most suc
tions ever held. There
450 churches in the
will be represented,
13 the church at Bain*
u which the following
Me been appointed: E.
’• B - Toole, T. M. Bat
v -J-R. Jester,
that the delegation
Qe a ble to attend in
or Jester will make a
oport of the work done
in Bambridge.
* 11 Mrs. Anderson.
Anderson the aged
Mr ; Berry Anderson of
1 r - Jere Anderson of
! et *' n Taylor county
n a V at the home pf
S ^ e Ba< * g°ne hoping
bta,t h improved.
* he had been i n p00 r
m ® time the news of
^0 ed Mr. Anderson
itothe Ud f denn T- He
had been f U - era1, Mrs -
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Bill Grant Doomed to Die.
The negro, Bill Grant, who last
Christmas in company with sever
al others killed Mr. James Bird was
tried, convicted and sentenced to
hang at the May term of court.
His counsel Mr. Wallace Sheffield
appealed the base to the Supreme
court, where it has since been
pending. This week the court
handed down its decision in the
short but decisive expression: The
evidence authorized the verdict,
and there was no error requiring
the granting of a new trial. Judg
ment affirmed.”
Th's means that Grant will poW'
have to suffer the extreme penalty
of the law for his crime. At the
term of the Superior court next
week Judge Spence will resentence
him and assign a day within the
next thirty for the execution. His
counsel may appeal to the pardon^
ing board and try to have his pun
ishment commuted to life impris
onment. This will not necessari
ly cause a stay of execution as the
board will probably act before the
day set.
The other negroes who partici
pated in the crime, except one,
are now in jail and will be tried at
this term for their complicity.
Hallowe’en Entertainment.
On Saturday evening Miss
Helen Feiler entertained the
Chafing Dish Club at her home
on College ^treef, As it was Hal
lowe’en night the varipus mysteri
ous and uncanny amusements ap
propriate to the occasion were in
dulged in
After the delightful luncheon
was served, the lights were turned
out, the guests gathered in a circle
and each vied with the other in
telling blood curdling ghost sto
ries. Some of our mischief loving
citizens arrayed themselves like
the proverbial ghosts and at the
conclusion of the most hair-rais
ing story, quietly glided in among
the guests. The shrieks of fright
from the feminine portion of the
party and the wonderful courage (?)
displayed by the stronger sex pro
claimed the entire success of the
maneuver.
Miss Feiler is an adept in the
art of original entertainments and
an invitation to her home carries
with it the assurance of novel
pleasures.
County Officers Moving.
As many of the county officers
as can do so are moving into their
handsome quarters in the new
court house and during next week s
court they will be found there.
However because of the absence
of certain furnishings for keeping
the records of the Ordinary and
Clerk of the Court these popular
officers will not move until after
court is over. It is the purpose
of the officials to turn over the
furniture in the present clerk’s
vault to the ordinary for keeping
his records; the clerk to be provi
ded with new accommodations in
that line- As the /clerk’s new
equipments have not? arrived, he
cannot turn over these things to
the ordinary.
The officers in the new building
are much handsomer and more
convenient in their appliances
than the old ’ ones. The change
will therefore be appreciated by
the public“and by the officials.
How Tuesday’s Elections Went
Tuesday was a kind of general
election day over the entire coun
try as jt were; peVhaps more inter
est centering in the election in
New York City than anywhere
else. The results were upon a
whole a victory for the democrats,
for in many places the accustomed
large republican majority being cut
down to remarkably low figures.
After a campaign full of inter
est, where,practically every influ
ential newspaper and every preach
er in the city against him, George
B. McClellan was elected mayor of
New York City by the overwhelm
ing majority of 70,000 votes. Mc
Clellan carried Manhattan and The
Bronx by about ?s8jooo, a gatiti <jf
64,000; Brooklyn by about 6,000,
a gain of 31,000, and Queens by
about 5,000, a gain of more than
4,000,' This makes a total net
gain for McClellan ot about 103*-
000, as compared with {Shepard’s
vote of two years ago.
Jqst what significance-may be
given this great democratic victory
we are not aware; further than it
may be taken as an evidence that
the people are turning their heads
again toward the democratic party
in New York. The Tammany or*
ganization is once mort a power
to be reckoned with. Seth Low
went into power as a reform pan-
didate, his administration was a
dismal failure far as this was
concerned, ,
Tom L. Johnson was defeated
for governor of Ohio by a republi
can majority of ioo.oooj but this
was no more than could be expect
ed of a state where sentiment has
always been strongly republican,
and which was the home of the
late President McKinley and of
the living invincible Mark Hanna.
Tom Johnson could not have won
any way.
One of the closest contests was
in the little state of Delaware, the
home of Mr. Gorman. The dem
ocratic candidate for governor was
elected by a majority of 5,000
over the republicans.
The following is the results of
the elections held in the several
states:
Greater New YorK, McClellan,
(democratic candidate for mayor)
elected by 70,000.
In Maryland, Warfield, (demo
crat) for governor, 5,000.
In Kentucky, Beckham (Dem.)
for governor, by 15,000.
In Ohio, Herrick (Rep.) for gov
ernor, by 100.000.
In Rhode Island, Garvin (Dem.)
for governor by 3,000.
In Massachusetts, Bates (Rep.)
for governor, by 35,849-
In Iowa, Republicans win by
60,000.
In Nebraska, Republicans win
by 10,000.
In Mississippi Democrats win
In Virginia Democrats win.
In Pennsylvania Republicans
win by 225,000. •
In Colorado, Campbell (Rep.)
for judge, by 5,000.
When this government shall
have absorbed Panama, we shall
hope to see the price of this excel
lent brand ot summer hats reduced
materially. In otherwords, we
may all wear panamas by and by
Mr. Holland Bound Over.
G. W. Holland, an aged citizen
of Cairo, Thomas county, was last
week bound over by United States
Commissioner Johnson, at Valdos
ta, on a charge of the illicit manu
facture and sale of liquor. The
old man was hound over; his bond
fixed at one hundred dollars, which
amount he was unable to give and
he was sent to Savannah where he
will have to remain in jail until
the regular December term ot the
district federal court, to be ar
raigned before Judge Speer.
The witnesses in the case swore
that the old man had operated a
15 gallon still in his kitchen; his
step-daugnter who was the only
Witness testifying in his behalf,
swore that there was no still in
the kitchen and that there never
had been. The old man is said to
be in an infirm condition, and the
probabilities are that on this ac
count, in the event of a conviction,
the authorities would make his
punishment as light as they could
consistently do.
CommissioaerB Met Monday.
The regular monthly meeting of
the board of county commissioners
was held Monday in the board's
ew offices in the court house. All
of the commissioners were pres
ent, and as this was their first
meeting in their new offices, they
were in an unusually good humor
throughout the session. No very
mportant business aside from
leasing the convicts was transact*
ed, The convicts were let for the
following year to W. G. Powell, of
Cyrene, bringing exactly the
same amount paid last year. The
able bodied convicts of the county
bring $1425 per month while the
disabled men, women and boys are
let at $6.50 per month. There are
about thirty misdemeanor convicts
on the average throughout the
year.
Killing; at Cairo Reviewed.
Editor Search Light:
The account of the “Murder at
Cairo,” which appeared in your
paper last week seems to be incor
rect. From the best information
to be had concerning the affair,
the general impression is that
Baggett was justifiable in killing
Williams, it being a case of self
defense.
Very little or no effort has
been made to capture Baggett,
as it is generally understood by
the people of the town and sur
rounding country that he will sur
render to the authorities at the
proper time. Citizen.
Cairo, Nov. 4th, 1903.
Death Near AttapalfUB.
News reaches the city, concern
ing the death of Mrs Laing, an
aged lady of the Attapulgus
neighborhood in this county. Her
death occurred Wednesday after
an illness of some duration. The
remains were buried yesterday at
the cemetery at Attapulgus. She
was the mother of Mr. Frank
Laing, one of our substantial farm
ers, and leaves a host of sorrowing
friends.
Savannah’s great Industrial and
Agricultural Fair is on this week
in earnest.
Edward Baxter Perry.
The people of Bainbri-lgo and
vicinity will b< int>:r.-s \_M lo learn
that efforts are being made to se
cure a concert by the celebrated
blind pianist Edward Baxter Per
ry. Hearing him will be an un
paralleled privilege, as such a great
artist rarely comes to South Geor
gia. A few of our citizens have
heard him elsewhere and are en
thusiastic over an opportunity to
hear him again.
Mr. Perry does not play for the
purpose of showing how fast his
hands can cover the key-board of
a piano, but to make the Piano
tell something to his hearers.
He uses a Knabe Grand which
yields all its beautiful secrets to
his beguiling touch.
‘ He is the only American pi
anist who ever played at the Im
perial Court of Germany.” He is
the only pianist, living or dead, of
any country, who ever played
twelve hundred concerts in ten
consecutive years.” “He is the
only blind pianist in the world’s
history who has succeeded in win
ning an unquestioned position in
the front rank of his profession ”
A German critic writes: “Mr. Per
ry completely won his audience,
and met with a deservedly warm
reception that grew more enthusi
astic after each number and ended
in numerous recalls.”
The Paris Messenger says: “He
is entitled to a high rank aipong
the great players of the world. ”
We hope to have this concert
the first of a series of such high
class entertainments.
Sad Death Vesterday.
Yesterday evening at her home
in this, city, after an illness of sev
eral months, Mrs. J. P. Hines
breathed her last, surrounded by
sorrowing loved ones and friends.
She died at her home on West
street.
Deceased leaves a devoted hus
band and several children that {are
•mall, and to them go out the sym
pathies of the entire town. F o
many months Mrs. Hines had
been in poor health and had spent
a portion of the time in North
Georgia where she was under treat
ment of a specialist.
The end came not altogether un
expectedly, yet it was none the
less sad. As Miss Florrie Narra-
more she was respected and ad
mired by a large circle of friends
here. Her remains will be inter
red today at 11 o’clock in the cem
etery, this city. The Search
Light extends its condolences.
To Wed at Cairo.
Cards are out announcing the
approaching marriage of Miss Mar
garet Augusta Wigbt to Mr. Fran
cis Marion Brannon which will oc
cur at the Methodist church in
Cairo November 18th. Because
of the prominence of the families
the event is of social interest in
that section.
Miss Wight is the daughter
of the lamented Geo. A. Wight
and a sister of the Wight Bros., of
Cairo; the groom is also a native of
Thomas county, having been rear
ed near Barwick, he is at present
cashier for the Cairo Banking Co.,
and holds the esteem of the entire
town in which he resides.
