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BAINBRIDOE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH Jl( 1904. < d —
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Reason Why.
Ttower sold his syrup
rianta house last week,
were 240 forty gal-
; was bought for
manipulation after
bring 5° fP i*"!*
mugbout North Geor-
South Georgia syrup.
Democrat."
„ strictly the truth,
idly wha 1 will be done
pure syrup.
r ' the
rough
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDOE.
hands
adulterator no one
would ever recognize
once been pure Geor
and yet it will
than twice the price of
The mixer will
spensive foreign sub-
sell the concoction for
and make a good
farmer who has gone
..and work of making
finds himself at the
mixer, his only cus-
profitless price,
tion then is to elimi-
xer and open the mar-
producer. Any adul-
fraud and a swindle
ublic, from which the
be protected. Any
towards that end
welcomed. This was
asonwhy Mr- Brinson
his pure syrup bill in
and this is the rea-
legislature passed his
mously vote. He had
protection of the far-
ows cane and makes
syrup and he had in
liraination of the mixer
farmer of his profits
of its good name
nsumer of a good and
station was timely and
producer and consumer,
ment would result in
good to both. Its
had no more effect in
prices this year, for
were other good and
lusts, than a William
distinguished gentle-
lakes such charges is as
the conditions that
syrup market as the
illiam, and he does so
lie idea of muddying tbe
detracting the atten-
public from his own
all of which the pub-
full well. H. R.
Securities Case.
on, March 14 —The
the supreme court of
States in the case of
n Securities Company
United States, involv
ger of the Northern
Great Northern railway
was handed down to
decision was read by
Man. The opinion of
States circuit court for
was affirmed.
*ct of the decision is to
contention that the
anti-trust law applies to
-®binations of the char,
uestion. Justice Harlan
the merger of the two
stockholders disappered
tared in the Securities
the two thus practically
consolidated in the hold-
company, the principal
to prevent competi-
seneme could more ef-
cone within the proscrip
** anti-trust law, and it is
m canmg of the act.
Opera House Improved.
The enterprising managers of
the opera house, Messrs. Prevatte
& Tonge, are arranging to greatly
improve it, both in point of beauty
and comfort, beginning of the next
theatrical season.
On account of the small stage
and low ceiling most of the big
companies who carry their own
scenery have been deprived of
showing here in the past. These
detects are remedied. The ceiling
will be raised considerably and the
front of the stage made broader
and higher, so that the largest and
best shows on the road can be ac
commodated.
Mr. J. R. McNair, an expert
scenic painter of Denver, is now
at worx here on the drop curtains
He is reputed to be a very skillful
artist and his work on the curtains
will be watched for with interest.
Theater goers have gazed upon
the impossible nymphs and dis
torted cherubs engaged in the de
iightful pasttime “swinging in the
grape vine swing” ad nauseam and
will no doubt enthusiastically wel
come a change of scenes. The
work will be completed early in
April, and then perhaps some
summer attractions will be put on,
The season that has just closed
has been a very successful one,
both in attendance and the high
class attractions that have showed
here. The managers should be
congratulated on their success and
their discretion in their selections.
We have had better troupes, as a
whole, this winter than ever be
fore. They have now established
their reputation for having good
shows only, which will next season
assure them a good attendance
and the theater goers of good at
tractions.
Entertainments of the Week.
The Bohemians were delight
fully entertained by Miss Evergi-
line Bower Tuesday afternoon.
This was the first meeting the
club has held in two weeks, conse
quently was doubly enjoyable. Pit
was the game for the afternoon,
The first prize, a beautiful little
stick pin, was won byMiss Rosali e
Kwilecki and was presented by
her to tbe visiting guest, Miss
Grace Caborn. The consolation, a
silver hat pin was awarded to Miss
Laura Holloman. Delicious res
freshments were served during the
afternoon and the occasion proved
thoroughly enjoyable. It was de
cided to change the day for the
meeting of the club from Tuesday
to Wednesday. Miss Laura Hol
loman will entertain the club next
Wednesday afternoon,
KHW While Ceapliag Cars.
Gordon Grovier, a fireman on
the tram road of the Chattahoo
chee Lumber Company at Donal-
sonville, while at work coupling
cars last* Friday morning was the
victim of a horrible accident which
resulted in his death. The en
gine was backing and the engi
neer could not see him. The coup
lin pm broke, mashing Grovier be
tween the cars. When extricated
MaxwsU-Oventrsst.
On Wednesday evening at five
O’clock Miss Nannie Mae Maxwell
ind Mr. Henry Overstreet were
happily united in marriage, Rev.
N. W. Carmichael, of Attapulgus,
performing the ceremony. The
marriage was solemnized at the
home of the bride’s parents in Am
sterdam in the presence of a num
ber of the friends of the contract
ing' parties.
Miss Maxwell is the attractive
daughter of Mr. J. O. A. Maxwell
he was almost in a dying c ondition ! and is very popular in the vicini-
1: j -> ... 1 ty in which she lives, **“ *"*—
He lingered until the next day
when he died in terrible agony.
_ Grovier was a young man about
eighteen years of age. He has,
been a resident of Donalsonvilk-j ; ived in Amsterdam for some time
for some months, coming ther. | md has made many friends who
Mr. Over
street is an enterprising young
business man, the son of Mr. J. S.
Overstreet of Calvary. He has
from South Carolina. His father
was wired for at once but arrived
a short while after he had breath
ed his last. His remains were
carried to his home in South Car
olina for interment.
ipe congratulating him upon his
;ood fortune. The young coup’e
vill make their home in Amster
dam. The Search Light offers
icarty congratulations to the new-
■ v married pair.
AN ENTERPRISING MULE.
The Search
Light Moved to Its
Grand Style.
New Quarters in
The meeting ef the Tuesday
afternoon Euchre Club, which was
held this week at the residence of
Miss Georgia Fleming was, one of
the most enjoyable in the expe
rience of the club.
Tempted by the anticipations of
the occasion and by the ideal spring
afternoon all the members were in
attendance. Six handed euchre
was played. Mrs. J. I. Subers
winning the prize, a pretty hat pin
Among the visitors present on
this occasion were Miss Bessie
Arnold and Miss Ada Robinson
Mrs. Herman Gans will entertain
the club at its next meeting.
^ r: 'lay morning at the
,er son in law, Mr. 1 D
^’Cairo. Mrs E, Hutch-
d an illness of several
61 -oaiains were brought
an : vver e interred in
. u Saturda y afternoon.
ed “l CneRS ' of Atlan ta.
- tr.e remains. Mrs.
, ; \ or a number of
", , n °| Bainbridge and
here to whom
H : r c ‘ eat h will bring
7 sn SOn ,. George
‘ r ^ sif ded in this citv
back when he
s ln business in At-
1 Enterprise,
Mrs. Z. Trulock Bead.
Mrs Z. Trulock died at
her
Music House.
The Search Light has moved.
It is now located in it new home on the west side of the
park, lately known as the old court house square, on the ground
floor of the old Patterson building. This location is perhaps
the most convenient of any for a newspaper, being as it is in
close touch with everything that is happening. And something
did happen on the very day that The Search Light moved, and
thereby hangs a tale.
The mule that assisted in the moving was not as kindly
disposed towards the printing bttsiness as he had led us to be
lieve when we employed him. He behaved very nicely while
bringing over the greater part pf- the newspaper outfit, but when
some of the job department was put on his dray he showed his
displeasure by running away and spilling our materials in the
street. He made things very lively for a while and seemed to
enjoy the merriment he was creating by his very undignified
actions. He ran around the square two or three times until he
thought he had distributed a sufficient quantity of job work and
then halted quietly at the door of the 8earch Light and allowed
the few articles left on the dray to be removed.
Then it occurred to him to give The Search Light a _ little
free advertising, as quite a crowd had been attracted by his first
performance. He got away from the driver and ran again, hook
ing the hind wheels onto a post and leaving them and taking
with him the front running gear. He ran around the square
again several times, stopping wherever the crowd was largest
and giving them an exhibition of rapid fire kicking. He finally
ran into the park gate where Captain Smart was superintending
the tearing down of the old court house and stood on his head
and did several other little stunts lor the amusement of the Cap
tain. Then he suffered himself to be led back and coupled up
to the remains of the dray, when he proceeded to run away for
the third time, but his driver suoceedeed in checking him at
* And so The Search Light got moved, with little damage,
but a great deal of advertising. The paper comes out this week
under some difficulties. Moving and settingup again a print-
ing establisment is no small undertaking. But we are now well
and permanently located in larger quarters and will be delight
ed to have all our readers call onus.
To meet the increasing demands for The Search Light and
advertising we have ordered new type, presses and machinery
and when these are installed we will be better ^equipped than
Mr. Capers King, tbe well known
musician and salesman of musical
instruments, has completed his ar
rangements to open a music store
in Bainbridge. Mr. King haa al
ready leased the store on the West
side of the square that haa up to
the present been used as a station
ery and book store. In order to
get this building he was compelled
to buy out the stationery business
of Mr. Logan Berry, which he has
on the market and will sell in its
entirety.
Mr. King will handle everything
in the musical instrument and mu
sical line from a grand piano to a
jews harp. Bainbridge has been
long in need of such a house and
Mr King will get the trade of the
entire county and section. He has
been selling pianos and organs for
years in Bainbridge and this sec
tion and is known and liked by ev
ery one. Mr. King is himself a
musician of no mean ability, his
favorite instrument being the vio
lin, on which he is a beautiful and
skillful performer, Success awaits
this new enterprise and there is no
one moje deserving of it than Ca
pers King.
Some Losses by Fire.
On Thursday night last the
Methodist church at Faceville was
burned, catching from the
burning woods. The loss was a
complete one and approximates
S500. The good people of that
place, however, have let the con
tract tor the construction of a new
church that will be better equip
ped perhaps than the old one.
On Friday night between 11
and 12 o'clock the home of Mr. J,
Clinard, of Fowltown, caught fire
and had it not been for a 'negro
passing Mr. Clinard and his fam
ily might have perished in the
flames. As it was they
barely escaped with their lives.
The origin of the fire was a mys
tery. The house was insured at
$710 in the Farmers Mutual In
surance Company of this county.
Tbe property burned is valued at
£1,200. Mr. Clinard was in the
city Tuesday buying household
good, as he lost all in the fire.
It is also reported that many
farmers of that section of the coun
ty and elsewhere have sustained
tosses of greater or less extent
from having their fences burned.
A barn and 250 bushels of corn
was also burned on the widow
Bell's place below Fowltown
be better
ever "to maintain the standard of excellence for
Search Light is noted.
home in Wnigham at two 0.clock
on Friday morning last. She had
been ill for some weeks with pneu
monia and although everything was
done for her that medical skill and
loving hands could do, all efforts
proved unavailing. The funeral
occurred from the home on Friday
afternoon. .
The deceased was the wife of
Mr. Z. Trulock, one of the most
prominent citizens of Whl S h *™'
She was a noble Christian woman
and greatly beloved in the vicinity
in which she lived. Her death
will cause much sorrow to the en
tire Community. The Search
Light extends its sympathies to
the bereaved husband and
rela-
Mr. G. B. Welch, of New Hol
land, Ohio, has been in tbe city U*
■ast week Mr. Welch is a pr°m>*
nent lumberman and has been Jok
ing after tbe Ohio Lumber Mills in
this section.
Ladies’ Minstrel.
Mr. Harry Lea Velle of Albany,
has been in correspondence with
Messrs. Prevatte & Tonge, mana
gers of the opera house in rega d
to getting a ladies’ minstrels from
local talent in this city. The Elks
ladies minstrel which has been
winning such fame in Albany,
Tifton and other cities where they
played was organized by Mr Lea
Velle and was composed of the
the leading society ladies of Al
bany. It was suggested that the
company should play in Bainbridge
but there being some sixty odd
people in the aggregation the plan
would prove too expensive.
Mr. Lea Velle wishes to organ
ize a similar company in this city
to give a performance at an early
date. On account of the renova
tions now being made in the opera
house it will be impossible to prac
tice there before the first of April,
consequently a performance cou'd
not be put on by that time. How
ever, Manager Prevatte is interest
ed in the scheme and has written
Mr Lea Velle that after April 1st
he will have his hearty co-opera',
tion and active support. Tnere is
splendid local talent here and as
amateur performers have always
been well patronized there is every
reason to believe that the hlks
ladies minstrels would prove a
success from every standpoint.
Services in St. Johns.
The doors of St. John’s Chapel,
after being so long closed in con
sequence of not having a Rector,
were open last Sunday night for
service, and the chancel was occu
pied by the Rev. Mr. Davidson, of
Valdosta, the newly appointed
Rector. A very well filled house
greeting him on this, his first visit.
His theme for the evening was
“God’s Love," and well and beau
tifully did the learned gentleman
in his brief discourse present the
subject to his hearers, his appeal
reaching all hearts present, his
earnest and eloquent manner.
Opening up new fields for thought
and inquiring reflection—and mak
ing a’profitable and enduring im
pression.
First National Bank.
The First National Bank pub
lishes the statement of its. condi
tion this week. A glance at it will
assure one that this.is a prosper
ous and solid financial institution.
Comparing it with former state
ments it will be seen that the
First National shows remarkable
growth and may be classea r ow
with the best and strongest in the
country. Its officers are popular,
clever and conservatiAe and always
have an eye single to the prosper -
ty of the town and county.
Flerita Oeed; Ocoifia Excclkat.
So says Mr. 1). M. Hinson of a
thriving little town in the Land of
Flowers that bears his name.
For the first time during his long
and useful career, Mr. D. M. Hin
son, of Hinson, Gadsden county,
Florida, was a visitor to Macon
yesterday.
Mr. Hinson said: “I am favor
ably impressed with what I have
seen and I concede that Georgia
is entitled to the soubriquet ‘The
Empire State of the South.’ ”
Mr. Hinson is accompanied by
Mr. E. B. Shelfer, a prominent
merchant and cane grower of
Quincy, Fla., and he thinks that
the brightest future of the states
of the Union is right here in Geor
gia anjj Florida.-Macon Telegraph
Big Deal Is Timber Land.
Lake City, Fla., March 15.—A
land sale involving $240,000 was
concluded today, the land m ques 1
tion consisting of 40,000 acres ir
Taylor county. They were sold
by J. P. Williams to J. S. Bett., &
Co., of Ashburn, Ga., for $6 per
acre, The entire amount was paid
in cash.
Betts & Co., are among the lead
ing lumber manufacturing compa
niesinthe south, having already
large tracts of land in Georgia and
two mills in that state that cut
io<3,ooo feet of lumber per day.
They will, in the near future,
put a large saw mill on the land
they have just purchased.
We call attention to tbe ad of Mr
J. 1. Subers which appears in this is
sue. Mr. Subers is advertising a
handsome line of novel pocketbooks
and other things that will attract the
feminine eye.
Trade Expansion.
Tbe merchants of Bainbridge
especially the wholesale merchants,
should take some step* towards
procuring an independent steam
boat line on the river. There ia
an immense trade up and down
both rivers that could and should
be ours if we would only reach out
for it. Our merchants have done
practically nothing to pet it and
yet there is no denying that it
would be of great value and ad
vantage to them. A year or two
ago some effort was made and the
Three States was put in commis
sion as a Bainbridge boat. But at
that time there were difficulties in
the way of success that could be
' easily surmounted at the present
time.
The pool line of steamers are
owned by and operated in the in
terest of Columbus merchants. It
is quite natural to suppose that
they will not work in the interest
of Bainbridge merchants. The
steamer Queen City that has been
plying between Bainbridge and
Apalachicola three times a week
comes here now only once a week,
stopping the other two trips at
Chattahoochee. It is only a ques*
tion of time before the Columbus
boats will cease to give Bainbridge
any business at all. ,
Hence we say it is high time
for Bainbridge to look out for her
own interest and secure this river
business that has for so long a time
enriched others. We are certainly
in position to compete with Co
lumbus and secure at least a fair
share .of river business.
The future prosperity of Bain
bridge depends largely upon in*
creased trade and a larger territo
ry. The territory is already at
our doors; then why not take ad-'•
vantage and possession of it ?
There is no reason why we should
delay longer and allow. competing
cities to get more atropgly estab
lished. We throw out these sug
gestions and sincerely, home im-
lmmediate steps will be taken by
our Board of Trade looking towards
trade expansion.
Telegraph Service Restored.
It is with particular delight that
we chronicle the fact this week
that the Western Uuion has hack
ed the appeals of tbe business in
terests of Bainbridge as made
through the columns of the Search
Light for tbe last two weeks. An
other operator has been added end
tbe former convenient hours have
been restored end the sendee: is
now in keeping with the large bus
iness done through this office.
Copies of the Search Light con
taining the account-of the strenu
ous kick of the, business men on
account of inadequate telegraph
service were forwarded to officers
of the company. Immediately
they asked Manager Ware for a'
confirmation of the report, which
be gave in no uncertain terms.
Then the next order that came
was the one re in stating operator
Burkhalter in his former position
and restoring the hours to what
they were before the reduction.
Mr. Ware is always wide-a-wake
for the best interest of the patronb
of his office and is the most effi
cient and accommodating manager
that the Western Union has ever
had here.
Mr. T. J. Spooner Dead.
Mr. T. J. Spconer, one of the
most prominent and influential
citizens of the countv died at his
home on Thursday of last week.
He was ill for only a short while
of pneumonia, and until the end it
was thought he would recover.
His funeral occurred Friday.
In December of last year Mr.
Spooner married and in just two
months his wife died of pneumo
nia. Six little ones, the children
of his first wife, are left to mourn
his loss.
Mr. Spooner was a true Chris
tian and a good citizen. His loss
will te greatly felt in the commu
nity in which he lived. The sym
pathies of the entire community
are extended to the bereaved
family.
Mr. D. A. Reid spent laat week m
tbe city visiting his family it the
Bon Air.