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BA1NBR1DQE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1903,
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
| Agricoltural Congress.
ns to be the season of
For the past two
tmblages of all kinds
, progress; meetings of
ription, political,
ligious i
com
and social have
daily schedule. Some
rtance to the general
of absorbing inter-
jar localities. North
her horse-swappers’
Middle Georgia the
invention, Macon and
their fairs, but now
via comes to the front
greatest of all—The
invention.
imber 20th and 21st a
for the farmers of
.Senatorial and Sec-
jsional districts, will be
ithbert and all of the
jouthwest Georg'a and
iterested in agricultural
ithout doubt attend,
most prominent men
! will be present and
resting addresses on
■propiate to the occa-
•vie Jordan, president
rican National Farm*
is, will conduct the in-
i fact alone guaran-
i of the convention.
! who will attend and
: meetings are: Hon.
ghts, Chancellor WaW
[Mrs. W. H. Felton,
nith and our own W.
| Decatur county,
r is under the auspices
lolph County Agricul-
fand Cuthbert Board
all the farmers of
lenatorial district and
fining counties are cor-
1 to be present. They
klly welcomed by the
| Cuthbert, and every
: done to insure theirii
| pleasure. The G. F.
|er usual accommoda-
[tesy will give reduced
|1 points, as will also
lilioads.
ne.Mobley.
of much interest in
was the marriage of
Mobley of the Whig-
Mo Mrs. Amanda
r Cairo, which occur-
>y, November 5th, at
Mr. Jesse Cone. The
j* P^ce at high noon
rge number of their
present at the cere-
the elaborate dinner
led.
[acting parties are very
1 social and business
community, both
f rs influential fam-
itoom has been a citi—
tur county for years
|y friends who will be
[ j, rn °f his marriage.
f L| ght extends con-
athe happy couple,
1 a continuatiori of
1 Prosperity.
'Test Votes.
fot the Timcs-En-
1 census of thomas-
Urda y in order to dis-
“ndidate f or presi-
choice
t:, ,° ls Vourchoice
er >tial nominee to-
question put to the
fed men he met, and
P g Wa s the result:
Borman, 4I ;Hearst,
lr yan, 1.
p tK 9 0 . tes are usually
f ft at much depends
might take,
s I? °n momentary
»£2 doeh “ hi *
be ^ d ff , erent candN
^ horded the sam
Annual ’Possum Sapper.
Last Friday night Col. Eugene
Blumenstein spread out a magnifi
cent repast at the Congress Hall
Cafe, the paramount portion of
which consisted of a couple of big
’possums roasted and savory and
overspread and flanked with yam
potatoes.
Some twenty guests were in at
tendance, among whom were Hon.
B. B. Bower, Jr., Col. Harry Floyd,
of Apalachicola, Dr. Dick Cole-
man, of South Carolina, Col.
O’Brien and Mr. Ernest Piper, of
the Hotel Wainman, Chief of Po
lice E. H. Smart.
The .occasion opened convivi-
ally—beer, champagne and creme
de menthe filled the “flowing
bowl.” The ’possum was relished
with greatest gusto, everyone par
taking, Jew and Gentile. Between
the sherry and champagne, there
was a feast of poetry and a flow of
soul indulged in to an almost limit
less extent. Messrs. Bower and
Floyd were the boquet and bon mot
double of the show, but they were
aided right and left by the brilliant
lights shining all around the fes
tal board.
Of course mine ho«t Blume was
the toast of the evening, while
Capt. Kidd Morris (no kin to the
pirate chief of that cognomen) who
had captured, at one “fell swoop”
seven ’possums which furnished
‘grease’ for the supper, was prop
erly lionized.
Dr. Richard Coleman presided
with much dignity and acquitted
himself quite gracefully for a man
who died at Appomattox, and was
killed a couple of times at the bat
tle of Waterloo.
Lieutenant-Colonel Crenshaw is
billed for a song, “The ’Possum
and the Coon,” at the next an
nual p. s.
A Practical Negro School.
Sol Haines, an honest, intelli
gent, upright Democratic negro,
who lives five miles west of Donal-
sonville, is teaching and conduct
ing the right sort of a Negro In
dustrial School. There is a farm
attached where he teaches the
“young idee” how to plow and hoe
and do all kinds of farm work.
'-This school also teaches women
how to cook and scrub and do all
kinds of house and kitchen work,
making them good and competent
servants. Solomon’s contention
is that there is dignity, as well
a livelihood in all kinds of
labor, and especially that kind of
which his race is capable. As an
evidence of how Sol. is apprecia
ted by his white friends, we note
that Mr. W. L. Powell, Capt. Bar
tow Williams and Mr. J. W. Butts,
among others, contributed liberally
to this enterprise, while Col. John
E. Donalson and Mrs. Donalson,
of this city, are greatly interested
in its success.
Educational Rally Day.
On next Wednesday at 1 o’clock
in the new court house the people
of this county will be addressed by
Hon. W. L. Converse, of Valdos
ta, Hon. W. B Merritt, State
School Commissioner, and other
distinguished Georgians on the
subject of Education.
It is to be hoped that a large
number of our citizens from every
part of the county will be present
to hear these gentlemen on tb*
subject that is most vital to the
people of our state. These speak
ers are campaigning the state un
der the auspices of the Educational
Campaign Committee which is
composed of the most distinguish
ed educators of Georgia.
Everybody is invited and es
pecially the ladies are earnestly
urged to come out. The new court
house is amply provided with com
fortable seats for all who may be
m attendance.
J. S. Bradweli, C. S. C.
A Mysterious Murdsr.
Old man Temples was an inof
fensive old man who conducted a
small store at Haris’ laMling on
Chattahoochee river near the fork.
He lived and slept alone hi the lit
tle store house. He was not con
sidered a man of ordinary intelli
gence and was in a habit of making
a display of his money to whoever
might be present.
About three weeks ago be had
accumulated {103 and showed it
to negroes and people about the
store. His son, Ben Temples, was
a fisherman on the river and lived
there also
A negro, Jesse Smith discover
ed two or three days after the old
man was known to have had this
money that he was missing and
notified Mr. Bob Whitaker and
others. An inspection of his
premises was immediately made.
Everything in his house was un
disturbed. his gun and pistol was
found in their accustomed places,
and the pair of shoes he wore
were beside his bed. On examine
ing the yard evidences of 4 scuffli
were found and blood staiijs, ?
His son had previously left on
the boat for Columbus and wajMjpt*
ified to return as soon as hif 7 »th-
er’s disappearance was knows. All
the evidence pointed plainly'to
murder and it was suspected that
bis body had been thrown into the
river. The river in the neighbor
hood was carefully dragged, but
without results. Search was fin
ally abandoned and thi mystery
was as yet unsolved.
About two weeks later, on last
Friday a negro, Lovett Weldon,
was passing the Alligood hole on
the drain leading from the fish
pond into the river, and saw a
suspicious looking object floating
on the surface. He went three
miles to notify Mr. Whitaker and
returned to this out of the way
hole with him and others, who se
cured the object and brought it to
the bank. On investigation it
proved to be old man Temples. A
crocus sack was over his head and
a rope tied over it around his neck
and tied to the rope was a large
piece of turpentine dross. His
feet were tied up in a similar
manner and to them was another
large piece of dross. His hands
were tied behind his back. His
body was badly decomposed and
mutilated presumably by fish and
aligators. numbers of which abound
in this hole. His head being pro
tected by the sack, his features
were in a good state of preserva
tion and easily recognizable as the
missing man.
The body was boxed up and
buried on the spot without an in
quest. The place where he was
found is four miles from his store.
The indications are that he was
murdered at the store by parties
who knew of his having the money
this money taken from him, and
his body carried to the hole and
sunk, to conceal the crime.
The grand jury now in session
may take some action towards ap
prehending and punishing the
m urderers.
Synud Meets st Brunswick.
The Presbyterian Synod met at
Brunswick Tuesday, 10th, inst.
Rev. R. C. Reed, of Atlanta, was
elected moderator, to succeed Rev.
James Y. Fair, of Savannah. Rev.
Charles Nisbet, formerly of Bain-
bridge, was elected one of the
reading clerks. One of the chief
subjects of discussion has been the
consolidation of the Clarkesville
and Columbia Seminaries, and the
location of the combined school at
Atlanta. A large delegation of
ministers and members are there,
among them several from the
Presbyterian church of this city,
COagrtts it Extra'Session.
The extraordinary session of
congress called by the president
convened last Monday in Wash
ingtun. This is the fifty-eighth
session and Mr. Roosevelt is the
eighth president to call an extra
session of this body. Heretofore
the extra meeting meant ‘he dis
cussion of questions requiring im
mediate attention; subjects that
would consume nn»-e time and re
quire greater deliberation than
could be accorded them in the
regular term.
When President Rooseyelt sig
nified his intention to convene an
extra session for the discussion of
Cuban Reciprocity the general
opinion of the members of con
gress was that the meeting was
entirely unnecessary. That the
question was not of adequate im
portance to warrant a special ses
sion nor did it demand immediate
attention. With so little business
to transact it was thought that a
very short term would suffice.
However subsequent events would
seem to have conspired to render
the meeting convenient and even
expedient. Is it possible that the
president imagined that trouble
was brewing in Panama and that
the matter would require our at
tention about this time ? At any
rate the Cuban Reciprocity affair,
already practically settled, baa
dwindled into secondary aignifi-
ice and in all probability the
theme that will claim undivided
consideration is the Panama Se
cession.
This subject of national impor
tance will create intense interest
in the South for ‘he present situ
ation m Panama bears close re
semblance to the conditions in the
South some thirty years ago. We
will watch with interest to see if
the government will reverse the
policy of 1861. in order to gain the
advantage of secession tactics in
the Isthmian case of 1903. Is the
right of the southern secession
doctrine at last to be recognized ?
Postmastersblp Settled at Last.
Advices from Washington are
to the effect that the fight for the
postmastership of the Bainbridge
office has at last been ended and
that Mr. Geo. L. Liverman has re
ceived the appointment at the
hands of Mr. Roosevelt.
For many months the matter
has been in an unsettled state and
rumors have been rife that the
matter might be he'd up indefi
nitely. In the meantime acting
Postmaster Toole has been con
ducting the office to the entire sat
isfaction of the public, in fact
everyone has been very much
pleased with the splendid service
that both he and his assistants
have given.
We have not as yet had any in
timation as to the intention of the
new postmaster in regard to help
he will have when he shall have
made the bond and steps into tbe
office; however we believe that w«
but voice the sentiment of the city
when we say that it is to be hoped
that there will be no change in the
assistants. '
Mr. Liverman and those who
endorsed his application for the
office are congratulating each other
over the final outcome of the mat
ter, and they declare that it will be
the purpose of the incoming offi
cial to give the people of Bain
bridge the best service that he can
give.
Notice.
All persons are hereby warned
not to pick up, sell or otherwise
dispose of our Cypress Logs on
the Flint river nor to alter,
change or deface our brand on
same. All persons are also warn
ed not to buy any of our logs.
The Cypress Lumber Co.'
Apalachicola, Fla.
A Partial Ust uf Laws.
The acts of the recent legisla
ture and its immediate predeces
sor is now just from the press and
only a few copies have thus far
been received in Bainbridge. It
would be a difficult and tedious
matter to summarize the work of
that body yet it might be well to
call the attention of our readers to
the fact that now laws were inaug
urated along a good many lines
and it would be a good idea to in
vestigate them at their earliest
convenience. Read the list and if
you are interested, it will not be
difficult to obtain a full investiga
tion.
Five acts were passed relating
to taxes, those of taxes of corpo
rations owning property on coun
ty lines, of the payment of taxes
corporations in counties where re
turns arc required, special taxes
how collected, franchises due coun
ties and municipalities, and tax
levy to pay state bonds.
The amendments to the consti
tution were limiting the state tax
rate to five mills and providing for
local taxation for public schools.
There were twenty amendments
to the code, as follows: Section
223, making the official reports
coincident with the fiscal year: $83
altenative road law, 610 bridges on
county lines; 782 state depositories
as to state depositories in Calhoun
Jesup and Lavonia, 985 bonds for
state depositories; 1378 admission
to common schools, 1908 as to di
rectors of banks; 2171 relocation
of railroad lines; 2180 electric
street <• surburban railways; 4082
fees of justices of the peace; 4868,
mandamus to require works on the
roads; 151 definition of robbery,
and 453 definition and punishment
of vagrancy.
There were 28 miscellaneous
acts as follows: Uniformity of
school books, curriculum of com
mon schools, distribution of public
school fund, disposition of con
victs, protection of officers of the
penitentiary, department of health
created, as to bonds of administra
tors, out of what property year's
support shall be allowed, trials for
insanity of convicted felons, adul
teration of turpentines and naval
stores, defenses in trover cases,
days of grace abolished, settlement
of disputed claims of state, as to
procuring money on contracts for
service, employment of tenant and
eroppers, regulation of sale of
goods in bulk, regulation of sale of
fertilizers in bulk, as to testing il
luminating oils, sale of liquor on
Sunday in municipalties, prohibit
ing hogs running at large., protec
tion of birds, protection of game
and fish, road laws and commuta
tion tax, qualification of adjutant
general and creating a Confederate
memorial board of Georgia.
Cotton Statistics.
The government cotton bulletin
ffft the year up to and including
October 17th, as compared to a
similar account last year shows as
follows:
In 1903, up to October 18th,
27,723 gins were operated; the
number of bales ginned 3,706,248.
In 1902, up to October i8tb, there
were operated 29,314 ginneries,
and the number of bales ginned,
5.925.872.
These figures show a remarkable
decrease in the production imj ex
plains in a measure the advanced
prices pud for the staple this sea
son. Three more reports will fol
low, one m November, one in De
cember, and tbe other for the re
mainder of the year.
Mr. Sam Y. Henderson has re
signed his position with the Atlan
tic Coast Line and will locate in
Hawklnsville. He will leave at
this place many admiring friends,
to mark his future strides.
