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he Bainbridge Search Light.
UMBER 21.
BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1904.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
ling Wall Buries Convicts.
House Came Near Furnishing Tragedy
[ t Monday Morning About 9 O’clock
. morning the south
court house t'fiatr
down from the first
jt a moments warn
itrous consequences.
| S in the employ of
ring down the build
ing at the outer base
idermining it so that
■own down with great
,ther walls had been
difficulty and the
of work was expec-
south wall. Capt.
i standing at a lit'
,ticed that the wall
lie and yelled to the
■theirlives. All of
unhurt, save being
iricks, except Scipio
:ke Russell. These
; ht by the falling wall
buried beneath the
and morter.
if rescue began at
(Smart knew the spot
igroes were caught
and willing workers rapidly began
ter #embVtffthe w 1>irick. 1 If' was ar
least five minutes before they were
uncovered and taken out. Everys
one of course thought they were
dead, but miraculous to relate they
were alive and when taken to Dr.
Morgan’s office their injuries were
found to be slight. Scipio’s thigh
wra broken in two places and he
was' other wise slightly bruised.
Zeke received scalp wounds and
bruises bnt was otherwise uninjur
ed. Both are now doing well and
will recover in a short time.
No blame can be attributed to
any one as Captain Smart and
Mayor Willis had been superinten
ding the work with the utmost
care. It seems to have, b&n an
accident pur-e and simple. It is
indeed wonderful that the conse'
quences had not been much more
disastrous. The wall was 18 inch
es thick and 2ofeet high.
Later: Hs we go to press two
of the convicts that was slightly
injured is back at their work re
moving the rubbish from the yard.
Alumnae Chapter.
Active steps are being taken by
members of the Kappa Alpha Frat
ernity residing in this city to ‘se
cure a charter and organize an
Alumnae Chapter.
The Bainbridge Alumnae are:
Messrs. Erie Donalson, R. G.
Hartsfield, Eldon Longley, Frank
Jones, George Stiles, Byron, Gor
don and Lucie n Bower besides the
members now at the University of
Georgia, Joe Bruton, Roland and
Jack Bower.
The Kappa Alpha Fraternity
was founded in 1868 directly after
the Civil War and though it is con
fined strictly to the south and is
not so old as some of the college
fraternities its growth has been
marvelous in comparison with oth
er secret orders of the Collegiate
World. Among the Georgia
Alumnae of this Fraternity are
Bishop Warren Candler, Judge
Andrew Cobb and Jno. S. Candler,
of the Supreme Court, Judge Hen
ry Lumpkin and Hon. Clark How
ell of the Atlanta Constitution, al
so Pres. Chas. Dowman of Emory
College and John Roach Straton,
Lecturer.
Death of Mr. George T. Lane.
Mr. George T. Lane, a promi'
nent citizen of Iron City, died at
his tyome Tuesday night, March
15th, of pneumonia, after an ill
ness of only six days. The funeral
occurred Wednesday afternoon at
Pilgrim’s Rest cemetery, and the
service was conducted by his pas
tor, Rev. Mr. Ward.
Mr. Lane was a member of the
firm of Strickland & Lane, one
of tne leading mercantile estabs
lishments of Iron City. He was
also city tresurer, which office he
had held for several years. He
was well known in this section
and universally popular.
The death or Mr. Lane is pecu
liarly sad, as he leaves a devoted
wife and five small children, to
whom the sympathy of the town
and entire community is extended
in this hour of bereavement. Mr.
Lane was an earnest and faithful
Christian, a kind and considerate
friend, a tender husband and
father, a gentleman who command
ed the highest respect and esteem
of all who knew him.
HOME MADE SUOAR.
r of the Baugbters of
■Confederacy.
If the ladies of the
[Saturday at the resi-
Jno. E. Donalson
lose of organizing a
1 Daughters of the
Such an organiza-
contemplated for
|ut no definite steps
1 the meeting last
E. Donalson was
Jan of the occasion
over the meeting
jostomed grace and
members were
lit is expected that
Iber will be increased,
fllment of the mem'
I of the organization
land it was unani
N to call this the
lapter of the Daugh'
Nederacy. The of-
jbe elected until the
■which will take place
(charter, which has
■arrives. Mrs. E. J.
pent of the Memo-
extended the
Ration to attend and
e exercises on Me-
members of the
■hapter a re . Mes-
■ Donalson, J. M.
,tr S«, A. R. Rug-
J. R. Graves,
•McTyer, George
G * han >. WiutaftBr
John Lane, J. N.
>“.J. Reynolds,
•J-Perry; Misses
1 ^ n nie Campbell,
J 0 ' ^ lce Wimberley,
Miriam Donal-
«■ Georgia Fleming,
^ ar >na Russell
“*• •• '.(Ai
"““to be doing
10,11 just at
Journal recently
and re Presenta-
l^tbem States
Vjtttion and the
overwhelming-
° 0e r epresenta'
Col. W. J. Neal.
Col. W. J. Neal, a prominent
lawyer, of Rome, Ga., has been in
the city this week prospecting with
a view to locating here. For some
time past he has been on a tour of
inspection in south Georgia in the
effort to find where the climate
would prove beneficial to his fail
ing health, and where, at the same
time business conditions were fa
vorable. He visited Cordele, Quit-,
man, Fitzgerald, Thomasville and
other towns in this section but he
says that when he reached Bain
bridge, saw our grand old oaks and
the beautiful and prosperous con
ditions of our little city, he wrote
his wife that his dream had at last
been realized and his journey was
at an end.
This was high praise from this
gentleman who has traveled
over the greater part of the United
States and has lived in that most
beautiful of countries, southern
California. We are made to feel
very proud of our city sometimes
by the lavish praise of visitors and
we are gradually growing to real
ize that we do indeed live in “the
garden spot of the world.”
Col. Neal has practiced law
Rome for the past fifteen years
and if he decides to locate here as
we trust he will, would prove a
valued member of the bar of this
city, while his interesting family
will be welcome additions to the
social world.
The Bainbridge Grocery Company Buys Entire Out
put of Decatur County Refinery.
From cane to sugar, grown and refined in Decatur county, is no
longer a dream, but an assured fact.
Thoughtful people have for a long time said that Georgia cane
would make as much and as good sugar as Louisiana, and it remained
for Cohn & Co. to demonstrate the fact at their plantation in south
Decatur county. Last year they planted heavily, bought and installed
the latest sugar refining machinery and made into sugar, not only their
own cane, but all they could buy from other farmers adjacent fo their
plantation.
The season has just closed and Mr. Einstein of Cohn & Co., came
to Bainbridge this week en route to New Orleans or Savannah in
search of a market for their products of last year. He casually men
tioned his business to J. G. Garrett, manager of The Bainbridge
Grocery Company, and to his surprise was met with an offer from the
Mr. Ford ham Replies
To Charges Made in the Democrat—The Facts Are
Given in Full to Our Readers.
In his Democrat this week Ed*
itor Brown makes some statements
in regard to the legal advertising
of the county, under the heading
“A Matter of Vital Public Con-
cern,” that are misleading and not
justified by the facts. Most peo'
pie know Mr. Brown and make
the proper allowance for what he
has to say. But for the sake of
those who do not know him and
who might be misled by him per-
mit me to say a few words in re
ply-
The rates tor the legal adver
tising that goes from my office are
fixed by law not me. I have noth
ing whatever to do with the coun
ty’s or ordinary’s legal advertising.
When I came into office as sheriff,
I found that the Democrat and
Search Light had an arrangement
between themselves whereby they
divided the advertising fees. This
continued for a while until Mr
Brown kicked on the arrangement
and said he was unwilling to do
advertising any longer on halves,
that he was not making a living at
it, and wanted me to give it all to
him or none. As the Search
Light had made no kick and
Brown had refused to continue
the division I simply gave it all to
rhe Search Light at the rate al
lowed by law.
It will occur to the public that
it is rather late in the day for Mr.
John Brown’s sympathy for the
widows and orphans and dead
men’s estates to be touched. It
is rather funny that he is now be- "
ing afflicted by his conscience on
the subject. When he was county
administrator for years no one ever
heard of him cutting his fees one
penny from the legal rate allowed
for administering on estates of
dead men and looking after the
property of widows and orphans.
When he had no competitor in the
newspaper business he did the le
gal advertising at the legal rate
and was not afflicted with the
aforesaid sympathy either.
Now it is plain to the public
that Mr. Brown’s article did not
originate in an impartial mind and
that he is unjust and unfair .to me
I have done with the legal adver
tising of the sheriff’s what f
thought was to the best interest
of all parties and no one has shown
the slightest dissatisfaction except
Mr. Brown. As stated above, I
had what I thought a good ar
rangement with him and it was
his own wish that my advertising
in the Democrat was discontinued.
He is to blame, if he has lost any
thing.
A. W. Fordham.
Capt. John Trlpplett.
Capt. John Triplett of Thomas-
ville is a candidate tor delegate to
the national Democratic Conven-
tioh from the Second Congression
al district and the democrats of
Thomas county in their mass meet
ing on Wednesday endorsed hitn
Bainbridge company to buy his entire holdings at a figure as large as and elected delegates to the state
he would have received in the New Orleans market, and of course the
trade was at once closed. The Bainbridge Grocery Company is now
the owner of every pound of sugar .nade in Decatur county last year,
and may be said to have a corner on the market for Decatur county
sugar.
Mr. Garrett says this sugar is equal to or perhaps superior to New
Orleans granulated. His firm bought it to sell to their large jobbing
trade in this section and since the purchase was made he has already
received orders from customers in increased amounts in order to get
home refined sugar before the supply is exhausted. The enterprise of
the Bainbridge Grocery Company is commendable. They have an
eye to the upbuilding of our section, the keynote to which is the pat
ronizing of home industries.
The Cohn company has largely increased its acreage in cane this
year and will also buy from the farmer ail obtainable and wjjl manufac
ture all of it into sugar. They believe that there is wealth in Georgia
cane, whether made into sugar of syrup products, and they are going
jn to get it out on a big scale. Here is prosperity to them and every
cane planter.
Among the gifts sent to Presi
dent Roosevelt from King Mene-
lik, of Abysinia, were a laughing
hyena, an ill-tempered lion, and a
couple of elephant’s teeth, said to
be the largest in the world. The
presents were rather coo sugges
tive (of himself) to please the re
cipient.
■•one
Gr:
the
of
sena-
Bobby Walthour is sustaining
his reputation as a cyclist in
France. His victory over Dangla,
the French champion, proved an
easy thing. Atlanta hasn’t been
heard froni on the claim subject
simply because her right to the
hero had already been established
beyond a donbt.
Hon. Hoke Smith and C. R.
Pendleton seem to be the universal
choice for delegates to the bt
Louis convention.
Political Journalism.
Politics playing the important
part it does in the making of a na
tion’s history, should of all things,
be pure and undefiled; yet in the
list of things corrupt it has a lead
ing place. While the greatest
amount of corruption is found in
the national type, state, county
and even city politics have their
proportionate share.
A contemporary in condemning
the election of judges by the peo
ple says it is the greatest prom-
iser, the keenest bargain driver,
the smoothest politician that wins
the face and in many cases this
holds good. It is seldom that we
see a perfectly clean, honest cam
paign.
As long as the world stands,
politics will be a ruling factor and
much as we way deplore the fact
it is hardly probable that the evil
and corruption existing in politics
will ever be wholly eliminated.
There are some features however,
which if they could be eliminated,
would have a tendency to the bet
tering of present conditions.
Among the numerous causes to
which political corruption might
be attributed campaign or personal
journalism is the one that exerts
the greatest and worst influence.
Northern editors especially are
addicted to this form of journalistic
mudslinging and think nothing of
branding a political enemy a limr or
a thief, or bestowing upon hun
some other equally approbnous
epithet. Until late years eoutbeni
newspapers were comparativelyfree
from this evil, but recently they
seem to have imbibed the opinions
of their northern contemporaries
and are gradually becoming equal
ly violent and virulent in their ed
itorial expressions.
At the beginning of a campaign
the editor selects his candidate
and determines to support him ac
tively. To do this he deems i
necessary to attack the opposing
candidates, and does so in strenu
ous manner. He seeks all possi
ble data on his public and private
life, and seizing upon even a shad
ow of a fact as foundation, en
larges and exaggerates it until it
assumes tremendous propropor
tions, then lays it bare for public
inspection. He invades the sanct
ity of a man’s private life, and
drags forth every fault and foible
for public criticism. The people
read the articles and in many cases
accept the libels as true. Some
times the attacks are made direct
ly; sometimes insinuatingly, but in
either case they have a destroying
effect. The means which some
editors employ, the extremes to
which they go in their political
frenzy are unpardonable.
, Journalism is supposed to stand
for and protect the cbaractet and
manhood of the people. “Here
shall the press the people’s rights
maintain” should always be the
actively illustrated principle of ed
itors. This campaign or personal
convention with instructions to
vote for him. Capt. Triplett is a
veteran in the ranks of the demo
cratic party atyd there are few if
any men in the district who have
stronger claims upon the party for
the honor of being one of the dele
gates chosen to represent the dis
trict in the national convention.
—Albany Herald.
The Second District could not
find a better representative nor
the Democrats a man more loyal
to the party interests than Capt.
Triplett. We would be glad to
see him chosen as a delegate to
the convention.
Cleaa Up Your Premises.
Notice is hereby given that all
persons living within the incorpo
rate limits of the city roust clean
up their premises within the next
ten, days. Warm weather has
come and it is essential to the
health of the people that all decay
ing vegetable and animal matter
be burned or carted away. Closets
must be cleaned at least once each
week. A rigid inspection will be
made at regular intervals.
The failure of the “cotton king”
Daniel J. Sully, has not affected
the market greatly. It was fear.-
ed that other failures would follow
the Sully crash but as yet only a
few minor firms ?cem to have been
affected. Sully asserts that he
will make settlements perfectly
satisfactory to hia-creditors.
Hon. Frank Henry Richardson.
In the death of its editor Frank
Henry Richardson, the Atlanta
Journal has sustained an almost
irrepai’able loss. Mr. Richardson
had been with the Journal for thir
teen years and by his graceful afid
forceful writings won the universal
admiration of the Journal’s readers.
His associates and contemporaries
loved and esteemed him as a man
as well as an editor. It has been
said of him that during the thir
teen years of his connection with
the Journal none can remember
one unkind word or ungenerous
action. The Journal in a beauti
ful tribute says: “The Journal
loses its most brilliant and beloved
employee and this city, state amt
section a devoted son whose su
perb talents and loyal heart have
done as much as if riot more than
any Georgian toward their mond
and industrial upbuilding."
prevalent is greatly to be deplored
and should be “nipped in the bud”
if possible. It it not only injuri
out to the people as a whole, but
it creates strife in the party, and
furthermore, lowers the dignity
and reflects upon the “judicial
fairness of journalism.” It de
grades manhood, makes a football
of a man’s character, tarnishes his
honor and cannot possibly work
good to any one or anything. It
is a dangerous innovation and
a
journalism which if becoming so~ should be protested against,
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Georgia and it is R^etby
enacted by the authority of the same
that it shall not he lawful for may
person to shoot, trap, kill, ensnare,
net or deetrojr, in sny manner, 0 any
wild turkey, pheasant, partridge er,
quail between the 15th day of M—»
and the first day of November la
each year; or kill, shoot, trap, «a>
snare, net or In eny manner -isi'cey
eny dove, marsh-ben or snipe be
tween the fifteenth dny of Mmefc
and the 15th day of July in each
year, or to shoot, trap or ensnare or
in sny manner destroy nny sun
or wood-dock, or woodoook bate
the 1st day of February and the first
day of September in each year; er te
remoye from the nests or in nay
manner destroy the egge of nay off
the birds protected by this net dar
ing the period they ere protected.
The maay friend* of Hon. W. Iff.
Harrell in this section will be f-ff
to know of the e videnoee of km fac
tion to the judgeship of the City
Court of Bainbridge m tbs
primary. From the different pre
cincts of Dscstur county ~«rats the
report that be 1a the candidate off fiha
people. To tboee who know Mr.
Harrell this la no surprise, for 4s is
n self-made man and oya Ms suc
cess in lit* to bis owa yereeaoi ef
forts. His beats of fncads beau y||
be glad to see hiss elected. «iy*t
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