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w 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 ■ ■