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/ I ainbridge Search Light. IBER *• BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1903. $1.00 YEAR IN ADyANCE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAIN BRIDGE. ;e been received in .,rri»ge of Mis* Eth* [jbelytoMr. Lee Neel , will occor at the nb in Blakely on Both the oon- well known ito Flowers has fre- Susie Hamilton lired for her beauty toners. Mr. Neel is terobant of Thomas- fnnmber of lrienda in , w ill learn with in fringe to Miss Flow- i Oatley, of Atlanta, ■ the past week as wit- brash case, and his ff ere glad to see him. lemembered that Mr. and decorated De' |)urt hou«e, whioh will the highest praise I’i capacity as a scenic Iturday evening after jiice of Quinlan & Walls . and Mrs. B. C, Dick- lined in honor of their nile Sabers who ,is a le troupe. Only a few I present but the evening ply enjoyed by every Ld Wall's Minstrels play- I good audience last Sat Emile Subers, the I aggregation, so far as |wm concerned, not only i reputation but added |sto his fame. The per- very creditable and thoroughly en eSattley of Springfield lamed by bis family ar- |Saturday and will spend Mr. Sattley has ) spending his winters in He likes Bainbridge 1 especially bis present litters at the Wamman. |bscriber who begins the i a paid up subscription 1 no doubt sleep more 1 st night and labor with 1 during the day; and as litor and office foroe there (low great thanksgiving in [• C, Hare, of Whigham Bainbridge Thursday with of fine mules and horses purchased in Atlanta. Mr. make Bainbridge head- ad can be found at the old Stables on Broad Street Presbyterian church next ttning at 11 'o’clock sermon will be delivered, shool and night servioe at hour. All cordially ravi* ln gers and visitors in the ipecially welcome. ■alia Woodhnll, who has D ^ng several months with Mrs. M. V. Wood, returned to the city and Prefer the winter. ‘ V - Woodbull and Miss , ° w ^° Save been Bpending “ mer in Munroe, N. Y. have 10 Bainbridge and wiU ® winter here. Blasingame of Rioh- *• 'Pent several days here Colem^®* 1 ° f hi98ister Mn ‘ Entertained at Hearts. On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. C. H. Caldwell was hostess at a de lightful reception in honor of Mrs. John E. Donalson and her guest, Mrs. Grant Dixon of Atlanta. Quite a number of the society set were present and the assembly ofj beautiful women rendered the scene brilliant and attractive. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Cald well entertained again, compli mentary to Mrs. W. S. Thompson, Miss Gordon and Miss Donalson. Hearts, the ever fascinating amuse ment, proved, as usual, thoroughly interesting 1 and with gay repartee and delicious refreshments as ac companying delights, the evening hours passed too speedily. As the most successful contest ant in the popular game, Miss Stel la Nussbaum was presented with a beautiful cut glass bowl, and as a consolation Mrs. Ben Ehrlich re- ceiyed a dainty vinaigrette. The gentleman’s ^souvenir, a jeweled cigar knife, was awarded to Mr. W. Thompson, Mr. Jackson receiv ing the consolation, a paper weight. With a perfect hostess, congenial guests and ideally beautiful sur roundings, the success of an en tertainment is assured; an invita tion to Mrs. Caldwell’s home al ways stands for these requisites for pleasure. Col. Townsend for Judge. Our last week’s issue contained the formal announcement of Col. A. L. Townsend, who thereby be comes a candidate for the judge- ship of the city court of Bain bridge. Mr. Townsend makes i characteristic announcement ii that it is modest and pointed. He is too well known to the citizens of the county to demand anything more than the announcement of his candidacy; having been a con stant practitioner at the bar of Bainbridge'for many years. Mr. Townsend is the second candidate for the position to make formal announcement; yet it is uni versally understood that Judge B. B. Bower will stand for re elec tion. With this three-cornered race the indications point to lively tilt for the office before the close of the primaries. Berry.Cafisdy. In the Times-Enterprise of Wednesday of this week appeared the announcement of the engage* ment of Mr. Logan D, Berry of this City, to Miss Ellen Cassady, of Thomasville. The marriage will occur at the home of the bride at ten o'clock in the morning of Wednesday, December 23rd. Only the immediate family and intimate frionds of tlm contracting parties will witness"he ceremony. This announement will create much surprise and pleasure among the friends of both the young peo ple. Mr. Berry is the son of our esteemed fellow townsman Dr. V. Berry, and is an enterprising young business man. For the past year he has been connected with the Dickenson Drug Co., of Thomasville, but having re cently purchased the business of R. C. Cox & Company this city will now make Bainbridge his per manent home. Miss Cassady having frequently been the guest of friends here has number of acquaintances who will be interested to learn of her marriage to Mr. Berry. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple will leave for this city where they will in the future reside. ••0, But Hut Depot.” “O, but that’s a horrible depot of yours,” ejaculated a stranger as he stepped from the train Tuesday noon. He was speaking of the worn-out, dilapidated, antedated A. C. L. depot. ‘Why do you know there isn’t a town anywhere in this section of one half the commercial importance of Bainbridge that has so poor depot facilities,” continued the stranger; and it was hard to convince him that real warfare was not the only hope for the city, Hundreds of people pass through : Jainbridge each day on trains and i l they take the A. C L. depot as an evidence of the thrift of our citizens we fear that one half has never been told. Fires seem to be unable to destroy and cyclones always dodge the old depot, a veritable shadow of Atlanta s old car shed. Edward Baxter Perry. The greatest anticipations of the music loving audience which greet ed Edward Baxter Perry the blind pianist who appeared here Wed nesday evening, were entirely real ized. Owing to the inconvenience of moving his piano into the op era house the performance occur red at the new court house. A1 though the building was not adap ted for concert purposes and placed Mr, Perry rather at a disadvantage he thoroughly charmed his hear ers and easily showed that he was complete master of his instrument Sales. Attend the administrators sale at the Mitch Griffin Plantation on Monday Dec. 21st. Will be sold at public outcry large herd at cat tle‘composed of milch cows, steers and stock cattle, horses, mules, brood mares and colts, 50 head of hogs of all kinds, buggies, wagons, mooring machine and rake bar- rows, plows, plow tools, of all JJis criptions, household and kitebe furniture. Remember the date Monday Dec. 31st. , J. F. Tolar, Administrator. Post Office Chaages. Mr. George L. Liverman, who was recently appointed postmaster for this office took charge Wed nesday morning. He has engaged Mr. E. H. Daniels as his assistant and with two such capable officials we will receive efficient and satis factory service. Prof. Toole and his corps of assistants deserve the thanks of the public for their ex cellent work; the office being left in such perfect order that the new postmaster commenced bis duties without any difficulty. The public generally is pleased with the appointment of Mr. Liv erman. He is accommodating, and competent and the business end of the office will go well at tended. Deafhof Mr. Clay. News has reached the city an nouncing the death of Mr. D. H Clay, who lived in the neighbor hood of Pine Grove church near Brinson, his death occumng on last Wednesday. Mr. Gay was one of our most re liable and honorable Citizens; “ splendid farmer, a churchman and friend. Foy a long while he had been troubled with chronic catarrh of the stomach and bowels, and A Heating Trip. Attached to the regular G. F. & A. train Tuesday night were two private cars containing a num ber of prominent railroad officials going to Lake Jackson for a week’s hunt In the party were H. F. Smith Traffic Manager of the N. C. & St. L, W. F. Fogg of the Central of Ga., Ed Smith Traffic Manager, Eugene Smith Gen. Freight Agt, N. C. & St. L. of Nashville, W. T. Henderson of Louisville, J. M. Culp of the Southern Railway and Dr, J. R, Garlington of Rome Ga. Mr. R. B. Coleman and R. A McTyer of the G. F. and A. were also with the crowd. They spent two days in Colquitt baggihg 137 birds the first day. The remain der of the week they will hunt at Lake Jackson and with fourteen splendid bird dogs they expect great game. A Dance At The Waimnan. The second dance of the series to be given by the Bainbridge Ger man Club which occured last ev ening at Hotel Wainman equalled and even eclipsed the first in pleas ure. The Tallahassee orchestra, which so enthralled the dancers on the former occasion, held such potent sway that the elders who had not treaded a measure in long years, were inspired with the de sire to indulge once more in the delightful pastime. The delicious refreshments served during the evening sustained the reputation of the splendid hostelry and the effusive praise of each guest testi fied to the hosts the perfect enjoy ment of the evening. Entertained Royally. Mrs. Walter Perry entertained quite a large number of her friends from three to five o’clock on yes terday afternoon. The home was prettily decorated for the occasion and the beautiful human panorama was very pleasant to behold. It goes without saying that the re- reshments were the very daintiest and most delicious imaginable. As a hostess Mrs. Perry is always gracious and charming and those who were the recipient of her hospitality on yesterday after noon bestowed the highest enco miums on the delights of the enter tainment. Death Near Calvary. Mrs. Susie Maxwell, one of the oldest and most respected ladies of her community died at her home near Calvary, on the 8th inst, and her remains were buried in the family burial grounds. For a long while she had been afflicted with cancer of the mouth and throat, from which she died. She was a good woman; a splendid neighbor and a faithful member of the Primitive Baptist church. She will be greatly missed from the community. Atteatioa Ladies. On Monday, December 21st, I will have 00 exhibition at my store; a large collection of drawn work all done by Mrs. Smith, who will take pleasure in showing the same, telling how it is done and how long it takes her to do it. Don’t miss it, as the work is fine. Yours very truly, N. J. Smith. Christmas Exercises at The Presbyte rian Charch. The following is the programme of the exercises on Christmas eve, Thursday Dec. 24th at the Presby terian church, beginning at 7:15 p. m. Song "Joy to the world” Con gregation. Prayer. Song "Christmas Story” Miss Bivings’ class. Words of Welcome, Wm. Wal lace Wright Jr. Anthem, Choir. Song, "What gifts shall we bring” Primary class. Duet, Under the Starlight, Mrs. Chestnut and Miss Bivings. Seng, "Hail to the new-born babe” school. Recitation, Primary class. Quartet "Oh Holy Night" Mrs. Chestnut, Miss Bivings, Mr. Grem- mer and Mr. Graham. Santa Claus Enters. The public generally are cordi ally invited to attend. A Proclamation. GEOKG1A:—By J. M. Terrell, Governor of said State. Whereas, Official information has been reosived at this Department that on the 10th day of Ootober 1908, in the oonnty of Deoatur, some unknown person oommitted murder upon the person of Bansam Temples ana esoaped and is now a fugitive from justioe. I nave thought proper, therefore, to issue this my Proclamation, hereby of fering a reward ot One Hundred Dollars for the apprehension and delivery of said unknown person with evidenoe suf ficient to oonviot to the sheriff of Deoa tur oountr, Georgia. And 1 do, moreover, charge and re quire all officers in this state, oivil and military, to be vigilant in endeavoring to apprehend said unknown person in order that he may be brought to trial for the offense with which he stands charged. Given under my hand and seal of the State, this the 3rd day of December 1908. J. el. TEUKELL, Governor. By the Governor: Philip Cook, Beo'y of State. The Quitman Free Pres* up* — - ... .peered last week clothed in brjU - **• our deep sympathies. Ian interesting iasM. / Lecal Overflow. Messrs Ed and Jack and Miss Maggie Swindell are now boarding at the Bon Air Hotel. Mrs. Liohten* stadter has rented the bouse vacated by Measrs Swindell and will begin housekeeping as soon as she returns from Apalaobioola. Be sure to notice the change in the ad of the Oak City Drag Co. wbieh appears in today’s paper. They are advertising a beautiful line of holi day goods whish they desire yon to ' see before making your Xmas selec tions, Messrs Roland and Jaok Bower will return the latter part of the week from the University to spend the holidays at home. Their host of friends will give them a cordial weloome. Dr. Ed F. Cook delivered a very interacting address at the Methodist obnroh Sunday morning. Owing to the indisposition of Dr, Cook, Mr. Ryder preached Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Carol Graham re turned the Utter part of last week from their wedding trip and are at borne to their friends at tbe resi dence of Mrs. W. A. Giabam on Sbotwell Street. Mr. A A. Sabers, of Iron City, spent Saturday in the pity, doming over to attend Quinlan and Wall’s Mins trail of whioh oompany hie eon, Emile, ie a member. Misa Anna Tonge left the first of the week for Baltimore‘where she will spend some time with her sister M». D.R Baxley.