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SEARCH LIGHT. S. RUSSELL BRINSON. IDITOR AHO rmOH. OFFICIAL ORGAN DEOATUR COUNTY , AND BAIN BRIDGE. Bainbridge, Qa., December 4, 1903. THE YOUTH OF TODAY. One of the most commendable features of the twentieth century life is the tendency toward modest living There is a marked decrease in the number o( embezzlements bared to the public eye and al though the wealthy have lost heavily al! over the union the past year, we note with pleasure that the result is of more benefit to the people at large than the prosperity of corporations has heretofore brought. We read that recently a woman of a northern city was led to embezzle thirty-seven thous- and dollars through her craze for cabs and carriages. She is an exception and of the few at pres ent. The youth of today are rather acquiring quiet habi's than those of recent years when their prede cessors drank more heavily and staked more at the gaming table. This fact together with the efforts of the father today to train the son more tor economical affairs than for sporting proficency casts a shadow of prosperity ; nto the future that the coming generation will bring. Hobson has prepared a bill to be introduced at the regular term of congress that is designed to make the United States the first naval power in the world in the ensuing eighteen years. The bill calls for a total appropriation cf #2,750,000,000 #50,000,000 art to be used the first ydar, the sec ond year $60,000,000, increasing by ten millions each year until 1915 when a sum of $1,500,000000 will be appropriated to “carry on the programme” to 1925. Each year a certain amount of the ap propriation is to be used in build ing ships. If congress approves of the Hobson bill your Uncle Sam will be even a more formida ble power than at present. Since the Supreme court of Georgia has attested the validity of'the Vinoville annexation Act, whereby certain suburbs become a part of the city of Macon, a “great cr Macon” has sprung into exis tence. Really who blames the Vineville people? If we couldn’t fee as big as any of ’em we’d be found a fighting the annexation scheme to a fateful finish. The daughters of the Confcder acy have issued orders that all members, whether in assembly tor business or pleasure, rise and re main standing when “Dixie” is being played or sung. This order comes more as a sentiment, since the immortal strains of this south land song arc sufficient at all times to bring s:ern men to. their teet and moisture to the eyes of all true southern people. Mr. Cleveland has finally an nounced his “unalterable and con clusive’’ determination not to be come .1 candidate for the presiden cy; and the newspaper sensation alist has been put ijeremptorily'out of business. The majority of our weekly ex changes are expected to arrive a day late this week, and contain an additional page tor the chroniO* ling of the Thanksgiving day cas ualties It's no longer a question as to how old is Ann; the real problem now being. How long will it take our esteemed Atlanta Constitution to influence the construction of that Florida ship canal. According to the Fitzgerald Enterprise if Billy Hearst ever ex pects to be president, he should have a more sensible way of comb ing his hair. Samuel Gompers has been re elected president of the American Federation of Labor. A CONSERVATIVE VIEW. Although the race problem has been fully discussed and reviewed with equal persistency by both the northern and southern papers, there may remain things to be said in defense of our ideas where we are most affected. The recent popularity of Sena tor Gorman, of Maryland, caused by his rigorous defense of the southern side of the negro ques tion has placed him in the presi dential eye of the country with no small amount of concern. An emi nent republican editor of a promi nent northern magazine asserts that Senator Gorman’s sole motive in defending with so much ardor, the south against the north in the question of social equality of the negroes with the whites is to se cure the support of the south in his probable presidential cam paign. There is more to be accomplish ed along conservative lines than can ever be done by any attempt to revolutionize the present situa tion. And although such asser tions are hurtful not only to the person towards whom they are di rected but to the author as well, they do not serve to fill the need in any instance. The ques tion if allowed to take a natural course will settle itself in time bet ter than all the agitation could hope to have it settled. The clear-minded southerner does not tear negro dominance; he knows that such a state of affairs cannot come about with the pres ent well regulated conditions ex isting; the south, if allowed to handle what is her own without interference will in time demon strate her ability to oil the troubled waters. POSTAL FRAUDS. l’ostmaster General Bristow’s report on the postal investigation has at last been made public. Speculation has been rife as to the contents of the lengthy docu ment handed in and also as to the couise of conduct President Roose velt would pursue in this matter. The cases in which postoffice officials and those high in authority were engaged ip fraudulent and ir regular transactions are general. The report shows that an organ ized sy.-tem of corruption has been i.i existence lor years. The ac count of the postmaster general is said to be eieui and impartial. The investigation hit.- consumed sev eral months durinc, which time the inspectors have examined the records of over a thousand post- offices; the files of some of them covering a period of ten years. Although the corrupt officials have doubtless secured ,arge amounts of money by their nefa rious practices the loss to the gov ernment has been much greater. The total amount of this loss can not be accurately determined but it is estimated that the sum re ceived by the guilty officials will aggregate between #300,000 and #400,000. Except in one case the offenders have been in office for a number of years and their schemes have been in working order al most from the time of appoint ment. The president comments at some length upon the report and heartily endorses it as a whole. When solicited to insure in other companies Remember that “THE MUTUAL LIFE” OF NEW YORK is the Oldest, Largest, Safest and Cheapest as its large dividend returns reduces the final cost of insurance. As a minimum—it is the strongest financial insti tute in the world—its assets amounting to $400,000.00. EDGAR MORGAN, SPECIAL AGENT. Bain bridge - Qa. SALE O Profit Sharing Construction BoJ tabridge TorpentiDe & PinePm Bainbridge, Georgia. Capital $60,000; Paid up $25,000; Bonds $35,000, CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF GEORGIA, Bonds $100 each, bearing eight percent annual interest, payable May rqul Nov' v issue. Bonds bear date November 1st, 1903. Including the eight percent interest bond J earnings of the company, and bear the same dividends as the stock. Interest and div?* May and November 1st at First National Bank, Bain bridge, Ga* Life ot bonds 20 years * interest of bonds secured by first mortgage upon the plant. Money arising from sale only be used for constructing plant. 1 M. D. POWELL, B. F. HAVENS, Pres, and Gen. Manager, Vice President, Bainbridge, Ga. Bainbridge, Ga. DR. C. W. BILFINGER, New York, Chemist and Supt. F. S. JONES. Cashier 1st Nat. Bainbridge, T. S. HAWES, Sec’y & Att’y lliin I 3 ;ypress Lumber Shingles, Tanks, & House Fii properly manufactured APALACHICOLA, B'LORI PROFESSIONAL. PHYSICIANS. H. H. CHEATHAM, M. D. GENERAL PRACTICE. Permanently located over llickB’ Drugstore Speeial Attention given to diseases Eye, Ear, Noso, and Throat. Bainbridge, - - Georgia. DU. I. H. HUNTER, Physician and Surgeon, Chattahoochee, : Florida. Office al Residence. Di.»,TISTS. DR. R. YV. JACKSON, DENTIST. Office on Broad street, over Allen & Company. Telephone 94. ' DR. H. D. WILSON, DENTIST. Office over Mart Clothing 'Com pany’s store. JOHN R. WILSON, Attorney and Counsellok at Law Bainbridge, : Georgia. Collections a Specialty, H. B. SPOONER, Attorney at Law, Office Opposite Democrat Building, Bainbridge, : Georgia. ROSSELL & FLEMING, Attorneys at Law. Office over Bainbridge State Bank, Bainbridge, Georgia. HARRELL t HARTSFIELD, Attorneys at Law, Office ayer Bainbridge Suit Bank, Baiabridge, Beergia. Atlantic Coast Line Railway Florida and Cuba. Double Daily Passenger Sei 1 -TO TROY, OZARK, DOTHAN, ELBA, BAINBRIDGE, THOU VALDOSTA, WAYOROSS, SAVANNAH, CHAIELI BRUNSWICK, JACKSONVILLE AND ALL FLORIDA POINTS,<5 Through Pulman Sleepers Port Tampa to New York r| Coast Line, also via Atlantic Coast Line and Southern R’v- To St. Louis, Cincinati, Louisville, Chicago, Kansis City, Birmingham, Nashville, New Orleans, and all points East and North _ Leave Bainbridge going East—1:50 a. m., 5:45 a. m., 1:00 p. ni l Leave Bainbridge going West—2:20a. m., 11:55 a. tu. I Connections at Savannah with Ocean Steamship Line and M. “ for New York, Boston and Baltimore. ■ Through Pullman Cars on all through trains and to r ew York,I Philadelphia, WashingtOu, Richmond and and all poll Quarantine Regulations between the United States and thJ Cuba was raised October 15th. therefore, there will be no 1 hereafter on passengers traveling between Havana and the Ui'1 For further informfttion, crII on nearest Ticket Agent, or address! W J Craig, W H Leahy, f Gen. Pass. Agent, Divsion Pass- 'L e “| Wilmington. N. C. Savanw H M Emerson, TraM T J Bottoms, Trnv. Pass. Agent. Tho masville, Ga. Stuckey & Co: Livery, Feed and Sale StaDi —- wkst STREET, Bambr FIRST-CLASS RIGS, GOOD SURRIES, POLITE DRP FOR OCCASIONS. Transfer business ’Bus meetB all Boats and Railway trains day and night and wagon will tranfer baggage eitberway. ’Phone 104 your* service STlJfT^Y & BRACK1N & CO, Livery, Feed, anv Sale Stables, Broad Street, Baiibri* Bu sees meetiall trains and transfer passengers promptly •* the city. First elaaa teams aai treaty driver*- Call * PHONE 66. BEACKIJ