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Bainbridge Search Light
NUMBER 14.
BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1904.
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$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OR DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
ville
ort
Wants Convention,
being made by
, mJl Florida, through her
trade to secure the next
sssion of the Inter-State
ower’s Convention wh-ch
nized last year and which
irst meeting in Macon,
ter of selecting the place
hands of the Executive
of the Association, of
mmittee Capt. Dan G.
Savannah, is chairman,
eting o r the committee
ailed together at an early
apt. Purse may take the
p by correspondence with
ttber of the committee,
wsition ct the Jackson-,
pie is a liberal one.
ming convention of Cane,
will be of interest to our
the reason that we are
nter of the cane growing
are most largely to be
i by the advertisement
rom the convention than
.tions. Last year’s Ma-
rention, although the time
ration was short, was an
ccessand worth a great
the syrup industry of
:nd Florida in particular,
rer the Convention is
tur county will no doubt
ilendid delegation of her
ve cane growers, who are
g the finest grade syrups
untry on the markets and
always striving to improve
icle of manufacture in
! ble way.
Lambert—Alderman,
equently hear of marriages
one of the contracting
usually the man—is rath-
y but it is not often the
t both parties are elderly
he same age. The wed'
Mr. N, X Lambert and
A. Alderman, which oc'
njan. 21st was of much
in the community in which
trading parties lived
bride and groom are over
of age and represent
rominent families o f
section. The mar-
sciemnized at the old
the bride near Calvary,
e belongs to one of the
h Carolina families and
all her life at the old
what is known as the
arolina Settlement. Mr.
' en J. P. performed the
y in the presence of a few
The Search Light ex-
ngratulations to the cou-
wishes them much happi
heir new relation.
n Free Dies Suddenly.
•A- Free, of Cairo, was in
Wednesday and while
wed a telegram annouu'
heath of his brother, Mr.
of Eufaula, Ala., where
jl V me en S a o e d in bus
had been for several
Free left on the first
nut point in answer to
uteiligence thus commu
te telegram did, not
' me , of the death, except
Wednesday morn-
11 state the cause of his
Sspp.Dixon.
J at the home of the
! rc ?f s "ear town on the
li C : Sa PP of this
^ Mattie Dixon. Rev.
"«l»ngsworth officiated^
' s 9 member of Sapp'
i ‘ e P r °s P erous Water
h '’, and ^uit dealers;
ofM^SaVn- P ° PUlar
norabie anH T"’ . 0ne
an ° ln dustnous
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Nation* to g thSt
Rtmsay-Colvin.
On Wednesday at high noon at
St John’s Church in this city
Miss Daisy Louise Ramsay and
Mr. Gus Colvin, of Birmingham,
were united in marriage. The
church artistically adorned with
ferns and palms made an appro-
priate setting for the betrothal
service which was beautifully and
impressively read by Rev. G.
Sherwood Wnitney, of Thomas-
ville. To the strains of Lohen
grin’s wedding march, rendered by
Miss Lula Mae Holder and Mrs.
P. S. Glover, violin obligato, the
bride and groom entered the
church, preceded by the ushers,
Messrs. J, S. McRee and J. I.
Subers. During the ceremony
Chubert’s Serenade was softly
played.
Immediately after the ceremony
the happy young couple left for
Florida where tney will spend
their honeymoon; after which they
will return to Birmingham where
they will reside.
Miss Ramsay, a sister of Mr.
Allan and Miss May Ramsay, of
this city, has lived in Birmingham
for the past few years. She has
frequently visited here and by her
attractive manners and charming
personality has made a number of
friends and admirers. Mr. Colvin
is a prominent and successful bus
iness man of Birmingham.
Steiall For Sheriff.
To day we print the announce
ment of M. C. Stegall for Sheriff,
He solicits the support of the
Democratic voters at the coming
primary.
Mr. Stegall needs little introduc
tion bo the people of Decatur
county for he is too well known,
numbering his friends as he does
by the hundreds. By his sinceri
ty, honesty and affability he has
established a character that has at
tached to him his numerous friends
who will now rally to his support
and help to boost him into the of
fice he is seeding. The sheriff is
one of the most important officers
of the county. His duties are lab
orious and never ceasing, requir
ing tact and the exercise of good
judgement, and sometimes leading
him into places of danger. Mr.
Stegall’s friends urge that he has
all the qualifications to fill the
place successfully, that he is cour
teous, competent and courageous.
Marriage Near Attapulgus.
One of the most popular wed
dings of the season, in the vicinity
of Attapulgus, was that of last
Wednesday night when Miss Julia
M. Cook was happily united to Mr
Dallas H. Wood, both of the At
tapulgus neighborhood.
Mr. Wood is one of the most
highly esteemed young men of the
county, sober in his habits and
prosperous as a farmer. He is a
son of Hon. G, P. Wood. The
bride is the accomplished daugh
ter of Hon. Ariel Cook, of the
county Board of Commissioners.
She h£s been identified with the
public school system for several
years, and was considered one of
the best teachers in the county.
By her charming manners and
splendid disposition she has be
come a general favorite in her
neighborhood.
We feel satisfied that their fu
ture happiness is assured. We
extend our earnest congratulations
to them in th&r married state.
Notice to Teachers.
All teachers in the public schools
of the connty, entitled to receive
same, are notified that I am pre
pared to make partial payment of
amount due them. Tney will
therefore please call a d secure
their vouchers as early as conven
ient. J. S. Brad well, C, S. C.
Mu A boot Town.
There is no doubt but that the
office of Tax Asoessor is by far
the most important and responsi
ble official position in the county
which accounts no doubt for the
nianv candidates who are striving
to secure it. Better measure up,
boys before you start into this
thing. See?
There is to be a big Venison
Supper at Congress Hall Cafe
tonight. Herr Bluemstein and
two other distinguished Nimrods
went down on the Ocholockonee,
Wednesday afternoon, for the
game, and the presumption is that
they have returned with a full
load, as they art all “mighty hun
ters.” H. B. once hunted big
game in the Soudan.
Wednesday was a model wed
ding day. At high noon there
was nqt a speck upon the cloudless
sky—and the couple who took ad
vantage of it at that hour at the
Episcopal church were just as
happy as the weather wa» propit
ious. May all of their after days
be as cloudless as this one was,
The .nan who is prosperous
thinks that all other men are, or
ought to be-in which there is
some similarity to the man who is
drunk who believes everybody else
to be in the same hilarious condi
tion. In any event let all the
prosperity we are entitled to come
tumbling in-and Decatur will get
her share this good year, or we are
no prophet.
“If at first you don’t succeed,
try, try again.” Perhaps some of
our readers remember this old
quotation as among their earliest
memories; and, bless your souls,
dear friends many of the county
candidates are laying the same
flattering unction to their souls as
they wade info the primary swim
with the fis h that are just now
abfuskai ng the political waters.
In these brassy times cheek and
gall’are sometimes mistaken for
virtue and intelligence, while blus
ter aiid assertion pass for truth
and courage; but not always. Even
in these days the people' cannot
be led like dumb lambs to the
slaughter every day in the week.
They have too much sense ano
the avenues of intelligence are too
open for many to err therein.
It was said last Monday that
our steamboat schedules were to
be cut off between this city and
ApalachicalicoJ and that we would
only get a through boat occasion
ally; whereupon, we were about to
bid farewell to the succulent bi
valve with Judge Kerr on deck
and presiding at the “raw box,”
when, all of a sudden, the wind
shifted and the report was circu
lated a day later that we were to
have three boats a week direct
from the Bay and everybody was
happy—the old stagers affirming
with some degree of vehemence
that “old Captain Bill Moore
would never leave Bainbridge out
in the cold as long as he was the
Admiral of the River Fleet.”
In this purely personal campaign
for the various offices in this
county candidates must show con
clusively why the public interests
may be subserved better by their
election than that of others. In
other words why this candidate is
a better man in every respect than
the man he is opposing or trying
to oust, that is 6how cars-- 1 why he
should be in and the other fellow
out. It will take some nerve to
do this, but tre average politician
is not lacking in that quality of
which there is no underproduction
just now, Has not the sheriff’s
office been properly administer, cl
under the portly Fordham? If
not let the aspirants for the place
sing out, and sing at the same
Teachers to Oct Money.
State School Commissioner
Merritt, has just distributed {600,
000.00 among the counties of the
State for the payment of teachers
salaries. This however leaves
Georgia in debt to her teachers
for several months service.
Elsewhere in today’s issue Mr.
Bradwel) gives notice that he has
received Decatur county’s propor
tion and he is now ready to pay
off teachers a portion of their sal
ary. This will be good news to
our teacher readers—those who
are amongjthe state’s most ardent
laborers, and who have more trou
ble collecting their pay than any
other public servant.
The Search Light hopes—in
the interest of the educational
growth of the country—that this
will be changed some day soon.
Many a teacher, capable though
he be, has given up the. profession
rather than be thus worried over
the collection of his wages. We
need good teachers in our public
schools, and in order to secure
them it is necessary to give good
salaries, and pay them when the
service is completed.
Sspertor Court Moaday.
The adjourned term of Dec tur
Superior Court will convene next
Monday morning with Judge
Spence presiding. The indications
are that a great deal of business
will come up for disposition, espe
cially-in the criminal branch of
the court.
As will be remembered at the'
last term of the court only a few
criminal cases were disposed of.
In addition to this, the Grand
Jury will again be in session and
many new cases will probably de
velop during the deliberations of
that body.
It is expected that the town will
be thronged with attendants upon
court, as all bonded cases will be
taken ud and disposed of. .Judge
Spence and Solicitor General
Wooten will arrive in town Sun
day night and be on hand at the
opening of the court.
time why they are so peculiarly
qinlified to fill his place. The
s;ime with reference to all others-
the two judgeships, solicitor’s
berths, etc. Let the fight begin,
the quicker the better.
The announcement of Mr. M.
W. Bates, who is a candidate tor
Tax Collector to succeed himself,
appears in this issue of The Search
Light. Mr. Bates has held this
responsible position for a number
of vears and to the entire satis
faction of the people. His name
is a household word in Decatur
county, so much so that even the
little children cry after him.
Mark Bates is an old Confed
erate soldier, having stood 'amid
the flashing of the guns/’ where
only brave men could stand, in
those glorious days of war, tumult
and confusion, emerging from the
same without blot upon his
’scutchiun, nor stain on his char
acter. Since the war a Democrat,
always in front of his party, stand
ing square up when work was to
be done or influence wielded. He
consequently has no opposition for
the place he again seeks as Tax
Collector tor the reason tha. it is
not worth one’s while to antago
nize him. That “Uncle Mark”
will be unanimously elected is the
trend of politics in this particular
instance. So, let the band play.
Messrs. W- L. McLean, of Phila
delphia, and Alexander Wools ten*
craft, of Fulda, Minn., arrived in
town Wednesday noon and are stop
ping at tbe Wainman Hotel. They
are spending s portion of the eeaeon
banting here and have seven splen
did dogs, ,
To Oer Subscribers.
The Search Light without any
very strenuous solicitation has con
tinuously added to its subscription
list during 1903, and the prospects
are brighter at this juncture than
ever before. The reader who takes
this paper secures all the official
advertising of the countv and the
town; and receives it in legal form.
He also gets the whole news bf
the county boiled down and the
reading so systematised that he
can get what he is looking for with
the least effort. He need not fish
around for half an hour, wading
through patent medicine ads—Red
Hot From the Gun-and stacks of
local notices, directing him to some
grocery store in town where fresh
butter, breakfast bacon and sour
kraut may be found at all Imurs.
He gets his money's worth with
each issue, the satisfaciio-i of
reading a clean, neat, well-printed
all home print, paper. One where
his reading matter is not crowded
from the columns by an , uneven
proportion of display ads-and tbe
kinds referred to as above. We
are deeply grateful to our pitrona
in the past, and we shall attempt
to continue the best service possi
ble at all times in the future.
Popilar Yosef Psople to Wad.
The announcement of the en
gagement of Miss Glsdys Monger
■and Mr. Clifford Sondley JHaddon
which appeared in the Atlanta
Journal Sunday created touch
pleasurable interest among their
numerous friends in this city. The
msrnage will occur February the
10th at the Baptist church and
Rev. M. B. Wharton, of Eufaula,
will perform the ceremony. Elab
orate preparations are being' made
for this wedding which will be one
of the social events of the season.
These, young people are among
the most popular in our city. Miss
Monger besides being endowed
with much personal beauty is gif
ted' with many attractive and
charming characteristics that have
won hera host of friends. Mr.
Haddon is proprietor of the Fair
Store and is a piom'aing young
man. Although only a resident
of Bainbridge for the past eigh
teen months, has rendered himself
very popular especially in business
circles. He is originally from
South Carolina and represents one
of the oldest and most influential
families,
Mr. E. Lauder Aoaeunccs.
In our issue this week appears
the announcement for Tax Re
ceiver of Mr. E. Laiseter. It is
not necessary to say much of his
ability^ as an honest and well qual
ified citizen for the. place, as 09 is
a native borne of Decatur county.
We feel assured that if-be is hon
ored with tbe place; that he Will
fill it in such a manner as to bo
satisfactorily to every one in the
county, and one that we Will be
proud of. He has held many-
responsible positions, among them
tbe postmastership at WhTgham,
and has aided in the affairs of the
county in every instance and
always being a staunch democrat,
(rom this he should have a proper
consideration from the white voters
of Decatur County. ,
WHIiaau-Oalaoaa.
A marriage of interest to their
many triends in the eastern por
tion of the county, was that of Mr
Chas, D. Williams to Miss Mattie
Gainous, both of Whigham dis
trict. The ceremony was perform
ed by Justice J. Y. Jones, on the
24th inst., ana was witnessed by
a number of friends whose hearti-
est wishes will follow them in fu-'
ture life.
LOOT:—Ladles jeweled pom, con
taining $1.73. Finder mum to
tins office and reosive reward.