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^COUNCIL. HOUSE he Bainbridge Search Light MBER 20- BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MARCH 11, 1904. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OK BAINBRIDGE. $1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE. PURCHASED. m ownership of Its ltc aed BP° n an4 0tlier nlhly meeting of held in the mo was londay evening. The were all present or fcounted for. The eresting routine of irs t transacted, of the propriety of Tship and control of the streets has |y agitated on sev- ant l was again . discussion. But ere not in a fit hu- lonsiueration of the i and it "'as post» oture meeting, e passed every phy- ity will be required itifv the city clerk ster the names lying in the city | im es within their ether with the of death and a de person. of an official organ ig in order The was again honored a in that capacity, year this paper ial flag for the city well as the county Teachers’ Association. The teachers of Decatur county met at the new court house in Bainbridge Saturday, and organ-, ized a Teachers’ Association to meet once a month. The follow ing officers were elected: Prof. J. A. Caldwell, president; Miss Flora Boyce, vice-president; W. B. Mebbaine, secretary; O. P. Duggar, treasurer. Those on the committee appoint ed to submit by-laws and report at next meeting were: J. A. Cald- well. R. F. Dennis, and W. B. Mebbaine. A decision on the question be fore the teachers, whether or not the monthly meetings of the teach ers take the place of the annual institute was postponed till the next meeting which will be held thejfirst Saturday in April. All teachers teaching in' the public schools of Decatur * county are urged to be.Jpresent at the next meeting. A motion \9as passed by the teachers, imposing'a fine of $5.00 to be deducted from the teacher's salary for non-attendance of any teacher at any of these monthly meetings, unless providentially kept away. The program as outlined for Saturday, March 5th, was carried over for next meeting. ANCIENT LANDMARK Over Fifty Years of Age 1 Dissatisfied. | authorities of the Teiegraph Com- relieve Manager Isistant and to also firs of the service, much complaint satisfaction" seeming tsted, especially in fin- to put on foot |bereby we may re- convenient and te,have been taking bn for the citizens fing that an assist- Ware and the ksumed. This pe nned doubtless by i man in the city, prove effective. 1* State Bank. j made by the Bain- pikaccouling to the 1 condition at the 1 on March 2nd., pit elsewhere, is a lone. loch financial insti- ptV ond has been ttor in the material l«y and county. ri Stat e is in a pros- land will contin- A Distressing Accident. News reached here ’Wednesday that James Buckner happened to a very painful accident over on the Central railway near Blakely. He was running as conductor of freight train. At the time of the accident he was on top of the train ancl in some way lost his foot ng and fell between the wheels. One of his feet was caught and crushed off. Information was meager, .but it is learned that he was not otherwise seriously hurt and that his only injury will be the loss of his foot. Mr. Buckner lived at Bainbridge for a long while, where he was in the employ at'different times of both the railroads. He is a broth er of T. N. Buckner, of this city, and has many friends here who will deplore his painful accident. Mr the manage- F ent and accom- Sand employees. ^ Adjourned. Is being torn down by the city fathers for city park. The grounds will be l^id off with walks, set out in grass and shrubbery,, with a fountain in the center of the square. The trade between the County Commissioners and the City Council was consummated last Monday and as a result the old court house and the square on which it is located is now the property of the City of Bainbri lge. The fact that the trade would be made and the purpos s the City Council had in view were told exclusively in the col umns of this paper two weeks ago. At their last meeting the County Commissioners offered the property to the city for )0. The city then accepted the offer but asked that the Commissioners would allow them to pay $500 cash and pay the balance at the rate of $500 a year until paid. This the Commissi.>ners agreed to at their meeting last Monday and the deal was dosed. The County Commissioners delegated authority to Mr. J. H. Gilpin,-as special commissioner, who at once drew up a deed and delivered the property to the city in accordance with the terms stated. The city authorities took possession of their newly acquired property at once and on Monday put hands to work tearing down the old court house. There are conditions stated in the deed, in addition to terms of payment, that if the city should fail to make any of the de ferred payments the property should revert to the county and the city would forfeit whatever payments had been previously made on the purchase price. And that the city should at once tear down the old court house and maintain and beautify the square at its own expense to be used forever as a public park. Should the city ever neglect or abandon these purposes the property would then revert to, the county. Work of demolishment is going forward rapidly and by the end of next week there will be little left of the county’s ancient and historic abiding place. The old court house was abbut fifty years old and was built to replace the wooden structure that was built on the same spot when the county was first formed in the early twenties’. Many of our citizens remember distinctly this wooden building with the high board fence that surrounded it. One very, very dignified citizen of Bainbridge said that when he was a boy lie and his boy friends, who are also now dignified citizens, used to drive a dock of goats that at that time infested the streets of Bainbridge into the upper story of this old court house, shut them up and make them jump out of the windows. (It must indeed have been a sweet place.) Both houses served their purposes and their county well, so did the goats, and so have the “boys,” for their county has bestowed many honors upon them of which they were well deserving. Council has not yet matured its plans for beautifying the park, but very likely it will be done on the plans outlined in the Search Light before, that is with a large fountain in the center with the balance of the space laid off and planted in grass, shrubbery and flowers. Members of council are enthusi astic over the work and the people may rest assured that they will make of it a thing of beauty. Death Of Julien Mitchell. The news which was received here Sunday of the death of Julien Mitchell saddened the entire com munity. His death occurred in Atlanta where he was actending the Technological school. On last Monday he was seized with an attack of appendicitis and was removed on Wednesday to Grady Hospital in order to receive better medical attention. On Thursday it was thought necessa ry to perform an operation. The delay however proved fatal and on Sunday morning at ten o’clock he died. His mother was telegraph ed for but reached him only a short while before his death, Julien was the son of Mrs. W. E. Mitchell and was one of the brightest and most promising boys ever reared in this city. Last fall he left.for Atlanta to attend college and there he took a high stand.m his classes and by his manly character won the esteem and admiration of both faculty and fellow students. In this his home city he was universally popular and his untimely death will cause much sorrow. His remains were brought to this city Monday and were interred in the city cemetery at three o’clock Monday afternoon. The military company, of which he was a member, conducted the funeral ceremonies. A host of sorrowing friends ex tend their sympathies to the be reaved family. WAR NEWS OF.THE WEEK. LITTLE FIUHTINS The Bank at Donalaoouille. I'.:' the city “ R Monday and * ^n account J and still bus- lult ‘ atcs for the COUrt was ad- Register in Time. The registration'books will close on next Wednesday, the 17th, Af ter that date it will be too late to register to vote in the primary on the 1st of April. lio not overlook the matter but register in time so that you may vote early and. often for your favorite candidate. The 17th is also the date set by the executive committee for the candidates tc make payment of their entrance tee of $8.00 to de fray the expenses of the primary. So it will be put up or shut up on that day. An official ballot will be prepared containing the names of all candidates who pay the price leaving off those who do not, and only this ballot will be voted in the election. |term f 'he bi [?” cefor the term lC1Vl1 cases and ClSes w ere con- nS 1 the ]une T^meanor pris _ l| tr f a "d dis- °° k scarcely a The Bainbridge Furniture Com pany will transfer its stouk in the course of the next few days to the Johnson building next to II. C Al len & Co. The change is necessita ted by the improvements being made in Shingler buildings, one ot which has been occupied by this furniture company ever since it opened. The change will be a permanent one how ever, and as soon the stock can be Notice. In this issue we publish the pe riodical report of the condition of the Bank of Donalsonvillc, as quired by law. We wish to call attention to this report as showing the remarkable growth of the youngest financial institution the county. This bank is not very old, but as will be seen from its excellent statement it is even now as solid as the proverbial rock of Gibraltar. This fact is evident, not alone from the statement, but from a glance at the solid and sub stantial men that compose the of ficers and directors of the bank, which are as follows: J. S. Shin gler, president, A. R. Benton, vice president, J. W. Thurmond, cash ier, and R. T. Eberhardt, book keeper; the directors are, J. S. The Japanese Still Hava tha Batter of tba Situation, Being Haator 'of the Land and Sea. Very little of moment has trans* pired during the last week in the war game being played in the Far East. The Japanese still havd the better of the situation, being Mis* tress of the seas. Sunday five Jap war ships appeared off Vladivos* tocK and for a half hour shelled the forts, and repeated the opera tion again Monday. Little dams age resulted to the Russians as the range was long and the land batteries had not been located by the Jap gunners. On land no engagementjhas yet taken place. The Japs are as rap-, idly pushing their troops into Ko rea as the snow and ice and the extreme cold weather they are now having in that region will permit. The Russians are doing the same, but still no great battle is expects . ed for some time. A few minor skirmishes have taken place be tween Russian cavalry and Korean and Jap troops. There is great complaint of Rus sian cruelty from the Koreans of the North. The Russians are said to be maltreating women and children and committing other bar barous excesses. Tney are quar tering troops on the citizens and taking what supplies they require, paying only about one third of the r. value. Korean soldiers, attacked a body of the invaders last Friday and killed thirty of them It is reported that the Korean standing army, numbering only about six* teen thousand, will be rdded to the Japs. . „ , , ,| Shingler, A. R. Benton, Dr. Thos. All persons are hereby, warned ! b ’ , , 0 not to pick up, sell or otherwise ; Chason, S. D. Cherry, J. J. Spoon- dispose of our Cypress Logs on j er, G. P. Shingler and W. L. l’ow- the Flint river nor to alter,! ell. change or deface our brand on j xhis is a gp |endid little bank, same. All persons are also warn- „ m d . and in poB | rton t0 cd not buy any of our logs. I , The Cypress Lumber Co. ! accommodate its patrons, and is Apalachicola, Fla. j growing in popularity at a rapid It is located in one of the J. (J. Ausley, of Slooomb Ala. transferred and arranged, the firm; and Tom Ausley. of Iron City, spent wlU begin business in the new quar- i wveral clays in the city this week on business. ters. J. VY: Sparks, of Tbomasville, has Miss Evenly McTyer, a pupil of Andrew Female College, returned to sohool last Friday after spending a week with her parents recupera- been in the city this week and was the guest of his brother-in-law, Mr. H. C. Allen. Miss Lizzie Tatum, of Tallahas- pace. best towns in this section, and has a farming section to back it that can not be surpassed anywhere. Marconigrams. Recently the world was a,wed by the successful experiments of the Marconi system of wireless teleg raphy. Now that institution, hav Card of Thanks. I wish to extend through your paper . the sincere gratitude of myself ar.d family to the kind peo ple of Iron City, who aided and the unani-1 assisted us during the illness and iar The civil death of my sister, Mrs. J. D. Rabun. May their pathway through life be strewn with God’s greatest blessings and there will always be a warm place in our hearts in return for their comfort and con solation throughout our deep sor row. Alice Phillips. will be the guest of Mrs. H. O. Al-1 utility, offers its advantages len for several days. j ever y pa rt of the country. Miss C. I. Mumah of Baltimore ar- ( We understand that the system j w their a trade ^ above rived in the city Tuesday and will at now accepts messages through the j glalet b X he firm of Jester Bros. ting from an attack of grip. Mr. and > ^ arrive(] in tbe city Tuesday and 1 ■ ‘ established itself in permanent Mrs. R. A. McTyer and Merrill re- .. . . - »r ~ au 1 | turned with her to attend a recep- tioo given by one of the societies. Mr. Theodore Perry, of Arlington has moyed to Bainbridge and leased the old Lasseter bonse, which will run in fature as a private and select boarding house. This house has been recently thoroughly repainted and papered and pot in first class condition. Dr. Bryan, who for sometime has •had his offices over tbe bank build ing has recently moved into more commodiooa and convenient quar ters in the Hicks building. New Buildings for Brosd Street. Mr. J. S. Shingler has been in tbe city this woek completing arrange ments for tbe improvement of bts property On Broad street. He in tends putting in glass fronts and mak ing other improvements wbioh will add greatly to the convenience as well as the outward appearance of the buildings. He also will in a few days commence the ereotion of a two-story brick store on the lot inst below tbe Western Union office. The lot has been cleared and the lumber hauled for, this purpose.' When the new storo is completed and the improvement made in the buildings already in use, the block will present quite a handsome ap pearance. Bainbridge Exhibit On the strength of the work done on the judge’s stand in tbe new court house, Jester Bros, of this city have been engaged to do aome woik for exhibition at the St. Lohia exposition and they are now getting up the work. The committee whieb was through Bainbridge some time ago soliciting subscriptions to tbe Georgia building at St. Louis waa very much attracted by the work of these young men, and tbia resalted once take charge ot tbe millinery de partment of the C. S. Haddon Com pany. Mrs. Sol Brash of Apalachicola, Fla., will arrive in tbe city Monday and will be tbe guest of her mother, Mrs. C. Liobtenstadter for aome weeks. Western Union Telegraph Co. to outgoing and incoming steamers of all the trans-Atlantic lines whose vessels are equipped with the apparatus, and all of the prin cipal ones are. The range from the Long Island stations being eight to ten hours. So you can The doctrine of “sweetness and step into the telegraph office at light” made famous by Matthew Arnold has a new meaning since tbe discovery of South Georgia svrup and South Georgia sunshine. Says tbe Thcmasville Enterprise. Bainbridge and communicate with one on board a steamer at a dis tance of 250 to 300 miles out in the ocean, will therefore receive recognition of tbeir,'splendid ability as ;cabinet workmen. Bainbridge sbonld feel proud of tbeir work. The town of Colquitt has hot been behind the procession cf South Georgia'towns in growth and development. Shtrhaa rapid strides and her citizens an pulling together, the afi-ioponant element in tbe making ot a first class town.