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ainbridge Search Light. ■NUMBER 3. 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.