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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1904.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE;
lest Electieu-
S. Perry of
the recent can
and who was
votes, filed his
rman Hawes of
cratic Executive
for a recount of
sheriff is con-
Sc and general
mtest especially
(legal ballots in
alleging that
votes as polled
<erry the rightful
ir ty. No other
ctedbythe con*
beriff. The ap*
thy one and re*
thihgs that at
at Bainbridge
reason that at
cast, the par*
iad not paid their
were therefore
lakes no charge
take or miscon-
the managers
But they allege
>f the consolida-
rns were not suf-
itinized to tell
of the returns
the tally sheets,
possibility that
es has ordered
ecutive commit-
the court house
e 14th inst, at
matter will be
posed of. The
presented by S.
of Thomasville,
11 is represented
[ot this city. The
to be a lively one.
;ht feels assured
t»v the affair is de-
both of whom
tried democrats;
the decision, and
will be engen
test
«l Your Life.
>1 you can and
: call attention
difficult dot con
figurated. We
:rs will avail them
ortunity of enter 1
and try for the
offered, and which
n will surely get.
cr °f the Search
lm ~and it surely
endeavor to pro-
intricate, difficult
something that
°f the contest
ter ourselves that
loun d it, and here
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lhat w e are offer
|gn:ficent prizes
*' s that have eve-
,er ® d in Decatur
, them we call ats
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w atch, a range,
a round trip
Board of Trade Met Monday.
A meeting of the Board of Trade
waB held Monday evening in the
Justice Court Room in the court
house, J. C. McCaskil! presiding.
No business was transacted fur*
ther than the reading ot some com
munications by secretary Wayne
concerning the new A. C. L. depot,
and the constructionof theproposed
rail road northward from Apalachi
cola to Quincy, Fla. and possibly to
this city. Some time ago the mat
ter was taken up by the local Board
and John M. Egan who is at the
head of the new road was coramu*
nicated with concerning the exten
sion of the road to this point. Mr.
Egan has replied that he will be
glad to take the matter into con*
sideration and that it may be pos
sible that he will make Bainbridge
the northern terminus of the road
Concerning the erection of the
new Coast Line depot, it may be
said that work will be begun at an
early date. There seems to have
been some hitch in the transfer of
the deeds to the rail road officials,
but this will all be arranged in a
few days and the road will begin
the erection of the handsome struc
ture as early as they possibly can
do so.
The citizens will be glad to see
work start on the depot after
much delay; we are tired of the old
structure which has for along time
been an eye*sore to Bainbridge.
OUR HYSTERICAL NEIGHBOR.
Tallahassee’s Base Ball Team.
The Florida State College Base
Ball Team spent the day here Tues
day en route from Atlanta to Tal
lahassee. The Florida boys play
ed two games with the Tech in
Atlanta and cne with Auburn
and though defeated each time
they played excellent ball. The
Tech is conceded to have the
strongest team in the state and
the stand made by the Tallahas
seeans spoke well tor them.
It was generally hoped that
game could be arranged with Ba:n
bridge for 1 uesday afternoon, but
the boys were out of training and
could not get ud a nine that would
do our city credit so the game was
postponed indefinitely. We hope
that Bainbridge will in the near
future organize a first class team
and give us some good sport this
summer.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Argus, has had another fit—
rather a mis-fit. Some weeks ago the three local papers were invited
to make bids for the city printing; The Search Light secured the
work at a figure considerably above that which the Argus has been
receiving for the county printing for the twelve months past. Our
contemporary fainted dn the spot, and every one remembers the vap-
orings that followed. At that time we gave it little concern for the two
reasons that we had a right to accept the work as cheap as we saw fit;
and for the second reason that thus far we have heard no kick coming
from the city authorities.
But our contemporary has had a second attack; this time accom
panied by violent eruptions and explosions, while sulphurous fumes
infect the air for blocks away. In fact our contemporary seems to
have opened its viol of wrath and with numerous interspersions of
interrogation points, coarse epithets and comparisons has .sought to
bring in to disrepute those agencies that have labored earnestly and
unfaltering for years in the interest of Bainbridge and her uplift. If
the city council and R. L Hicks are at variance, council has had
every opportunity, so far as we Know, to answer Hicks through either
of the three local papers, and certainly The Searh Light would have
been as willing as any one else to have them do so. It is not our
purpose to condone the actions or the assertions of Dr. Hicks con
cerning the town, but when the Argus says that this paper for any
monetary or other consideration endorsed Dr. Hicks sayings, or any
body else’s sayings such statement is in fact unjust and' absolutely
untrue. So far as we are concerned, the editor of The Search Light
has been absent from his office for the past month and a half, and
during that time he had not read the Hicks’ ads at all and could not
therefore have passed judgment upon them.
In what we shall say in this article we hope to depart from the
methods employed by our contemporary and shall attempt to appeal
not to the madness and prejudices of anyone, but to appeal to reason
In our efforts to promote harmony between citizens of the town, which
is as much the duty of a newspaper as anything else, we hope that we
shall not resort to yulgar and coarse language, nor shall we attempt
“to stab in the back" even our “kind friend”—the editor of the Argus
Why it is attempted to show that the town is in a desperate condi
tion; whereas the very attack made in last week’s Argus is calculated
to bring to the attention of hundreds of people the fact that Bain
bridge had been injured, when they would never had known it had
the thing been kept quiet. But as Hicks has spent his ‘ spleen
against Bainbridge,” so has our contemporary spent his spleen upon
We submit that of those who have been discussing the matter,
no one has said so much as our friend; and he knows that any word
said, or any action taken against the Democrat and Seaich Light will
bring patronage to his paper. The Search Light does not understand
that the citizens of Bainbridge should take especial interest in the
downfall of any one paper; when as a matter of fact Bainbridge needs
every possible ally in the upbuilding of the town and the development
of her resources. So far as attempting to drag down the town for
“filthy lucre” is concerned, we should spurn such a thing with equal
readiness aswe would spurn the employment of unfair methods of build
ing up our own paper at the expense of another paper in the same
r
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P« our
readers
contest with
1 and
iPnaes
liberality
are offered
, tlle hour the
J’P'y with the
ar « nothing
Judge Simmons Endorsed.
The following strong endorse*
ment of the candidacy of Judge
Thomas J, Simmons, chief justice
•f our supreme court, a man of
distinguished legal ability, was
passed Saturday last. Judge Sim*
mons has honored the state by his
service for many years past and
we trust that he will receive the
highest endorsement of the people
in the state primary on April 20th.
The resolutions were offered by
Capt. J D. Harrell, at the conclu*
sion ot the consolidation of the re
turns of the democratic primary
held Friday. Hons. John E. Don
alson, W. D. Sheffield and others
seconded the motion to adopt,
each speaking in the highest terms
of the service Judge Simmons had
rendered. The resolutions were
passed by a unanimous vote:
Whereas, Hon. T. J. Simmons,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of Georgia is now a candidate for
re-election before the people in the
coming state primary to be held on
April the 20th instant. And where
as his character as a private citi
zen and a public servant has been
above reproach and his ability and
sendee to the state are such as
commend him to the people. There
fore be it resolved by the citizens
of Decatur county in mass meet
ing assembled, that we endorse his
record 011 the bench and commend
him to the people of Georgia for
re-election. This, April and, 1904.
Charges la City Licenses-
At its session Monday night the
council passed the annual license
ordinance regulating the tax tor
doing business in Bainbridge in all
lines.
We publish this week in an
other column the entire ordinance,
showing the amount charged for
each business, trade and profes*
sion. In most cases the fee is the
same as that charged in previous
years.
The saloon license was increas
ed by £25, and in future saloons
will have to pay £400 per year in
stead of £375. A license of fiioo
was imposed on those handling
beer at wholesale. This is a new
license, being for the first time
created.
Another new license waa that
ot £250 imposed onwholesale liquor
dealers. It was suggested to coun- r
cil that parties were now contem
plating establishing liquor house*
in Bainbridge and they accordingly
provided for a license to bo paid
by such dealers.
The ordinance will be published
in pamphlet for distribution to in
terested parties. All changes
though plight, will be beneficial to
the city and not objectionable to
the business people.
A Neat Compliment. ■
We congratulate Hon. S. R
Brinson of Decatur county, on his
re-nomination to the legislature,
He won by 500 votes over his next
highest opponent in the contest
Mr. Brinson is one of the ablest
and most popular members of the
present house, and his return to
the general assembly will be hailed
with pleasure by his many friends
throughout the state. His col
league in the next house will be
Mr. E. M. Donalson, a talented
young gentleman of Bainbridge,
He made a brilliant race, leading
in a field of five popular candi*
dates. Donalson and Brinson will
make as fine legislative team as
Decatur ever had.—Macon News
The improvements in the Opera
House which haye been in prog
ress for some weeks will not be com
pleted until the first of May. Man
agers Prevalte and Tonge were so
pleased with the alteration* that they
enlarged upon their original plan
and making many more alterations
than tqey at first intended. Early in
May the opera bouse will be opened,
the first performance being giveo by
local talent.
Now what are the facts in this case, so far as the necessity for
the articles appearing in last week’s Argus is doncerned? On Wed
nesday evening of last week the editor of this paper was approached
by Dr, Gordon Chason, a member of council, who called attention to
the character of the Hicks postscripts, and it was readily agreed that
they shouid not again appear. We learned from him that the Demo*
crat would not again publish the postscripts, and since “a deed to
every drug business in the state” would not induce the Argus to pub
lish these things, we had a right to believe that the whole matter had
been brought to a satisfactory and peaceable close. All these things
occurred prior to the trbuble at council chamber and so far as this
paper is concerned without any dictation or coercion on the part of
anyone. As it was ended, why then should the Argus have wasted a
whole page of its valuable space and exhausted its entire supply
interrogation points and parentheses in an effort to fan the flames
and add insult upon injury? Was our contemporary itching that
everybody everywhere should know that Bainbridge had been assailed,
and that they should ressurrect at this time all that had been said.
We certainly could not conceive that our. contemporary could have
been spurred to action from the fact (so we are informed) that he had
solicited advertising from Dr. Hicks and had failed to secure it.
Since it has been in existence The Search' Light has upon every
occasion endeavored to avoid controversies of this nature, and we have
o^y t0 regret that in this instance the matter has been thrust upon
us by the continuous unwarranted attacks of a contemporary with
whom we have sought to labor in peace, and for whom even now we
have but words of kindness to offer.
There is such a word as conservatism in the English vocabulary,
and we hope that it has likewise found lodgment in the minds of the
good people of Bainbridge whom we adore and for whose interests we
have tirelessly labored since our residence in the city. We believe
that there is a future ahead and we hope to aid as much as possible in
bringing to fruition your fondest hopes and dearest dreams Gentle
reader don’t give up the ship upon the idea that our distinguished
conteroporrTy is the only pebble on the beach and that upon its
shoulders rests the responsibility of steering the old ship past the
rocks and shoals. There are other steersmen at the helm.
Daeffatcri Confederacy Meet.
An enthusiaatic meeting of the
Bainbridge Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy was
held Wedneaday afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. John E. Dona!
son on Shotwell street. The rain
being responsible for a small at
tendance, it was decided to post
pone the election of permanent of
ficers till the next meeting which
will be held at the court house at
10 o’clock a. m. the morning of the
25th.
Mrs, E. J. Perry announced that
Hon. Jas. M. Griggs had been in
vited to deliver the Memorial ad
dress and that he had accepted
the invitation. It is expected that
the occasion will be one long to
be remembered by those who are
present.
Competent committees were ap
pointed to look after the detail of
the program for the Memorial ex
ercises.
Morgan’s Ad Chanfes.
We call attention to the ad of the
New York Mntnal Life Insurance
Co. wbioh appears on the eighth
page of this issue. Mr. Edgar Mor
gan the special agent for this district
has been doing splendid work for
his company and be attributes much
of his success to the advertisements
which he has regularly inserted
the Search Light. A short while ago
a gentleman living in the cdbntry :
not a subscriber to the paper, saw
Search Light and was attracted
the ad of the Mutual Life. He im
mediately opened a correspondence
with Mr. Morgan which resulted in
his taking out a policy for quite
large amount. Mr. Morgan says
that this is only one out of a num
ber of applications he has gained
through bis advertising.
Taklag Befoat Oraccfalljr.
One thing may be said of the
candidates who have juat been de
feated in the primary, and that is
that they are graceful in their de*
feat and that they are showing no
bitterneaa toward the sucoeeafu!
men. At the conclusion of the
consolidation of the returns last
Saturday several of the candidates
were called upon and to our mind
one of the most graceful replies
waa that of City Solicitor elrtt
O’Neal, who m the course of his
remarks declared that while he re
joiced in his splendid victory, yet
he did not want hiA friends to
glory in the defeat of the other
candidates whom he opposed.
In politics the day has passed
when mudslinging during the cam
paign prevailed; and when political ’
“crow” is to be thrust down the
throats of defeated candidates.
We are all democrats, and let us
trust loyal ones; if we are defeat
ed, let us as loyal adherents to, the
party, considerate of her future in
terests, be not vainglorious in our
election, nor ungrateful ^1 our de
feats. Better men have been elect
ed before, and perhaps wiser ones
may have been defeated.
Ceemissleaer Chose*.
At a meeting of the oouaty board
of eduoation held in the oourt house
Tueeday evening, J. S. Bradwell waa
ehoeen a* county aohool commission
er for the eneoing year. Mr. Brad
well has held this important position
for many yean and so far a* w*
kaow he has done *0 to the seUsfac-
tsoa of the pabUo sad the Board.
dive l)p Convicts.
On April 1st the felon convicts
of the state went under the oper
ations of the new law and a gen
eral shift occurred effecting to
Rome extent this county. Under
the new lease the convicts are
bringing all the way from $22$ to
$256 annually, a price which the
coal mine operators were unwillfng
to pay and hence the convicts will
be worked on turpentine and siw
mill works in the years to come.
The removal from the coal mines
was a welcome departure tor the
convicts who have been laboring
underground.
The Chattahoochee Lumber
Company, who have been works
ing 50 convicts have given them
up and will hereafter operate their
works with free labor exclusively
Hon. J. W. Callahan has
convicts and will employ them on
his turpentine farms.
You can secure a copy of the
new edition of booklet entitled
“Wbat to Say In Spanish and how
to Say It” by sending two cents
in postage to W. H. Leahy, 55*.
ion Passenger Agent, Atlantic
Ccsst Line Railroad, Savannah,
