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he Bainbridge Search Light number 26. BAINBR1D0E, DECATUR COUNTY, OEORQIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1904 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDGE. $1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE} I Veterans to Organize. | n tr has been called to be court house next Tues- t s o'clock for the pur* anizmg a chapter of the Confederacy, and it is that all those who latter at heart will be on r jU lend their assistance jiization. Some one e as to the work to be lt by the organization. ■e that there are many ich they might under* redit to themselves and memory of those who r lives and their effects ,1-arof southern chival ries. In lact the'work Jong the lines mapped Daughters of the Con* ind this would be but an them. The securing of |he election of a suitable in Bainbridge, the ob }l Memorial Day and things which now rests the Daughters of the l should be shared by •ganization. ,r to our local , chapter hters ot the Confeder e taking the lead; and .ns of the Confederacy ,rnest efforts, ever to the minds of our giory of that period, i of those days when tprints were left upon march, and when priva- int were the companions :arers of the gray we n for these bleeding hereby we trace their duty's call. We honor tattered garments lity and want thrust up- e adore them for the emory of their living dor, which should in- uths of our country to ic devotion which tests times of peace, and ies to battle when the is given, the distinction their won, proud of the they leave to our iroud of the noble vie* gained and inspired by id and honorable record since maintained, we veterans as the bra- e nation’s brave; the the nation’s vanquish- Thc scytheman is up- and as with meas e mark his approach, iearer to us than be- ■annot stay his hand, |by one the last “taps” and folding their tents led beyond, we wonder not there find greener fomise and never end* Major Havens for Congress. The friends of Major and Mrs. B. F. Havens who spent much of the past winter in this city, will be interested to learn of the hot po litical campaign he is waging at his home in Terre Haute, Ind. Ma jor Havens is running for Congress from the fifth district of his state and has as his opponent in the race the present incumbent of the position, Congressman Halliday. We received last week a very spicy card or circular from Major Havens in which he attacks the record of his opponent He says ■‘my life as a citizen of Terre Haute for more than thirty years has been in the “open.” My poli tics as an oid time democrat, and my joining the republican party in 1896 and my course as a republi can is familiar to you, No man has rendered more sincere and loy al service to the Republican party, commencing with mv support of McKinley than myself.” Major Havens spent several months here during the past year in the endeavor to build a Pine Knot factory in this city. He made many friends here who, Jes* pite his politics, will wish him suc cess in his race. I have reputed to them re of that sweet re* s bould come to the true of all the Sons of the Confeder* ourselves together e ' r honor, to applaud 1® and to keep fresh in ru e and simple story n > n 8 Some - 1,6 tor '-he legislature fanning on a proposed P'atform. If elected will introduce a f 1 a divorce stub to all lae If for any reas- l “ e parties become l' e> can Sit out the L t0 l he Clerk of the * ga,1 y divorced in Inspecting Court House. 6. H. Malone, N. S. Fellows, D. G. Hudspeth and Y. L. Braken, a committee from the Board of county commissioners of Houston County Ala. v were in Bainbridge Tuesday of this week looking over the new De catur County court house with a view to pattering their new court house after ours. During their stay in town they were guests of the wainman Hotel. The committee were very much impressed with the convenience and the beauty of our temple of justice and it is probable that an Alabama town will have an excellent new court house; and that town will be Dothan. See elsewhere in today’s paper the ad. ot Cruger and Pace, Albany Ga , who are offering a large amount of excellent bay. It wout hurt you to communicate with them before pur- chas’ng. Residence Burned Near Faceville, On Saturday morning last near Faceville, the home of Mrs. Nat Martin was burned to the ground and the entire contents were lost. Until recently Mrs. Martin had her property insured in the Farm ers Mutual Insurance Company ot this county, but that organization having been disbanded, the prop erty was not insured at all. Mrs. Martin is a Widowed lady and at the tim^ of the fire was at wurk in the fiqld near the house. She went to the house about 10 o’clock to build a fire in the stove, returning to the field. Some time later she was attracted by the fire at the house. ■ttltv : Ja ys- He will Bright Prospects Ahead. Occasionally a bit of political news that makes us happy comes this way.Hon. Madison Bell goes to the legislature from Fulton, with’a rousing majority. Together with Donalson of Decatur, Mann of Dougherty, and other young men of brains and discretion, he will wield a powerful influence in the house. Times Enterprise. True of Donalson of Decatur, that that he is a young man of “brains and discretion. He is more than that, he is well educa ted and equipped for legislative duties Mr. Donalson is already an eloquent and forceful speaker and will undoubtedly win honors for himself and reflect credit on his county. ' Georgia Syrup. A display of Georgia syrup is to be made at St. Louis with the hope of attracting attention to what should be an exceedingly popular Southern product, f fforts are now being made to interest the planters in the exhibit and it is be lieved they will soon wax enthusi* astic. The Quitman Free Press states that “for some reason the demand for Georgia syrup has not been so good as last year, and the prices have therefore been depressed.” It is accordingly necessary to secure a wider market to insure profita* ble returns to the cane growers. The Press may be able to thiow a little light on the cause of the de creased demand. With an article of such intrinsic merit as Georgia syrup, which needs but to be tas ted to be commended and sought for,'any diminuion in public tavor can only be accounted for in deter ioration in quality, or adulteration or the substitution of vastly infe rior article under its name There has' been no deterioration in the quality of the simon pure syrup of this section It is still the finest syrup made in the world, But the increasing demand tor it has, in all likelihood, led to the substi tution by unscrupulous dealers of inferior syrups, probably chemical ly manufactured, and through them the expanding inquiry for the original syrup has been check ed. A few months ago an English gentleman was dining.with a Sa- vannahian. Noticing Georgia syrup on the menu the Savannah- ian requested the visitor to try it. A look of disgust came over the Englishman’s face. “I have done so,” said he, “and its a vile arti cle,” Surprised at this the Sa- vannahian called for “Georgia syr up.” One taste was sufficient to convince him that the Englishman had told the truth. It was not even a remote cousin to Georgia syrup. The foreigner’s dislike for Georgia syrup was easily understood. A few weeks later, after his return home, some genuine syrup of this section wap shipped to him. In due sea son came an acknowledgement sta ting that the syrup received had been highly appreciated and was “totally unlike the former article,” whose taste doubtless still linger ed in the Englishman’s mind. If one visitor to Savannah was prejudiced against Georgia syrup in this way, the question is, how many scores, perhaps hundreds, of others went away similarly dislik ing the thought of eating Georgia syrup? Ther.e is no advertisement lilce a good advertisement, and none that can do so much harm to Georgia syrup as bogus articles served throughout the state. A law that couid reach this might do much to increase the demand.— Savannah Press. Parenthetical Remarks. A well known Indiana man One dark night last week Went to the cellar with a match In searclf of a gas leak (He found it.) John Welch by curiosity (Despatches state) was goaded: He squinted in his old shot gun To see if it was loaded. (It was.) A man in Macon stopped to watch A patent cigar clipper; He wondered it his finger was Not quicker than the nipper. (It wasn’t) A Maine man read that human eyes Of hypnotism was full; He went to see if it would work Upon an angry bull. (It wouldn’t.) —San Francisco Bulletin. Resolotioss of Respect. Whereas it has pleased God in His infinite wisdom and love to remove from us our beloved friend and co-worker, Mrs. G. L. Bunch, the Womans Foriegn and Home Missionary societies of Wbigham M. E. church, desire to express their high appreciation of her Christian character and pay a tribute ot love to her memory, therefore be it, Resolved ist.« That as a mem ber of these societies, and as second Vice President of the Home Mission Society, she was faithful and earnest, striving al ways to please her Master and do her whole duty. Resolved 2nd. That we bow in humble submission to our Father’s will, knowing that He always deals in love and mercy with his chil dren. Though we cannot under stand always God’s reasons, we know He never makes mistakes and that His ways are just and right. ' Resolved 3rd. That we deeply sympathize with her devoted hus band and relatives in their bereave ment, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent them; also a copy be inscribed in the minutes of both societies, and to the Bain* bridge Searchlight for publication. Mrs. M. A. Lasseter. Committee J Mrs. J. B. Butler. Miss H. McNair Prospectus Issued. A number of people in Thomas ville have been recipients of pros pectuses of the Bainbridge Naval Stores Co. The company is a reorganized form of the old Bain bridge Turpentine and Pine Pro* ducts Co. and is being engineer* ered by Maj. B. F, Havens. Mr. M. D. Powell, one ot the best known turpentine operators in South Georgia, is president of the concern and W. W. Powell will be superintendent. The announcement is made that stock will be dated June 1st. The process that will be used for ex traction of turpentine from the dead wood is a new one. It was only recently invented by Spurloch & Kennedy, Georgians, and seems to be far superior to the old Bill finger process. They guarantee a product of 80 gallons per cord of wood, and at least four runs per week. Major Havens will doubtless make a success of his proposition. —Times Enterprise. A Sad Death. The entire community sympa thizes with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Morgan in the death of their little son Ellington, which occurred at their home in this city on Tuesday evening, after an illness of long duration. Several months ago the little fellow had an attack of measles and before he fully re covered was seized with grip which resulted.in pneumcnia. The efforts of the physicians and tender care of the parents proved of no avail, for the little fellows strength was so wasted from the weeks of suf fering that he could not withstand the last attack. La f e Tuesday afternoon he was thought to be much better and the hopes for his recovery were strong, but this was only a temporary rally, after which the end came rapidly. The funeral occurred from the home at four o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Odd Fejlows Organize. A lpdge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was insti tuted in this city last Monday night by District Deputy Davis assisted by an excellent degree team from Thomasville and ’a number of members of the order in the city. Just forty one candi dates btf the dust before the great and the only William goat whith the visitors brought along as a mascot and aid in the work. There are ten others to be initiated as soon as the paraphrenalia arrives which will be within the next week or ten days. The first meeting of the order will be held next Mon day night in the Masonic hall where by arrangements all meet* ings will be held. A banquet followed the institu tion ot the lodge and a delightful, though busy time was fiad. Sev eral of the visiting brethren re mained over in the city till the following day and expressed them selves as pleased with their visit. Among the prominent visitors was Capt. T. J. McCartney, father of the brilliant young editor of the Thomasville Times Enterprise. He seemed to be somewhat sur prised to find that we had such a beautiful little city over here. The meeting to be held Monday night will be a strictly business one; the time being set for the regular meeting nights, the adop tion of by laws, and other matters which are to be attended to. The following is a full list ot the officers named for the remainder of this semi annual term: J. N. Matthews, Noble Grand; M. E. O’Neal, Vice Grand; C. W. Wimberley, Treasurer; W. O O’Neal, Secretary; J. R. Smith, Warden; John R. Wilson, Conduc tor; S. R. Brinson, R. S. N. G ; F. S. Jones, L. S. N. G.; C. A. Mil ler, R. S. V. G.; B. F. Lewis, L. S V. G.; J. P. Hines; Chaplain; W. £. Swift, I. G ; s! A. McNair, O. G ; J. W. Burney, R. S. S.; F. A, Preston, L. S. S.; D. L. O’Neal, Degree Captain. Methodist Revival. A very successful revival is being conducted at the Methodist church, beginning this week, Rev. W, H. Budd, pastor of the Meth odist church of Blakely, is here as sisting Pastor Ryder. Those who have heard Mr. Budd are much impressed with his zeal and ear nestness. Althongh the meeting has been in progress but a few days consid erable interest is manifested, and it is to be hoped that there will be a general awakening of religious enthusiasm. Services are being held' both morning and evening and large crowds are in atten dance. The meeting will proba bly be continued for two weeks. Memorial Day Beflttiagty Oftaemd. Tuesday last, Memorial Day was observed in thia city befitting ly; exercises opened at the MW court house at 2:30 p. m. and prac tically the remainder of the even* ing was taken up in the songs, ad dresses. and the exercises at the cemetery where the Confederate dead are buried. Rev. J. T. Ry der opened the program with; an earnest prayer, which was follow ed by a chorus of 75 child voice* singing “Dixie.” These were children of the primary grade at the G. S. M. C. A beautiful song by Mrs. S. J. Chestnut followed. Mrs. W. M. Legg rendered that stirring production of Father Ry an: “The Phantpm Host" Messrs. Toole, Gremmer, Graham and Donalson sang: “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground.” Hon. 'Erie M. Donalson th^n in a very pleas ing and eloquent manner intro duced the speaker of the occasion Congressman Jas. M. Griggs of Dawson. Mr. Griggs’ address was a characteristic one, and las ted for more than an hour. He spoke of the daring -deeds of the Confederate soldier and paid ai splendid tribute to their memory. Following the address came res olutions thanking the officers of the Memorial association for the spjendid efforts put forth in ma king up the program; and anoth er mergingithe Association into the chapter of the United Daugh* ters of the Confederacy. The adoption of this last resdlution madc-it unnecessary to eleetd fficers for the ensuing year. Announce ment was made that a meeting will be held in the epurt house next Tuesday night for the organ ization of a chapter of the Sons of the Confederacy. The line of march' was then, taken up headed by the local mili tary company. A pleasing fea ture was the arrangement of car nages to convey the old veterans to the cemetery- At the graves salutes were fired and a profusion of flowers were spread above the graves of our sleeping heroes. Taking all in all the program was one of the best ever offered and the day was made more of a success by reason of the presence of a larger number of the veterans themselves than has before atten ded. That Mosament Fssd. The Search Light hopes that the people of Decatur county will respond liberally to the petition for funds to erect a monument to the memory of the soldiers who wore the grey. Take up the mat ter and let the money be given promptly. Miss Kelly Married. Miss Ella Kelly, formerly, of Thomasville, was married in At lanta last Monday night to Mr. J, W. Kea. Miss Kelly lived in Bainbridge for several months and while here was engaged in sten ographic work. Mr, Kea is a trav eling salesman and covers the Florida territory. The couple will make their home at Wewahitchka, Fla., the old home of the groom. Miss Kelly’s many friends here will be surpris ed to learn of her marriage, but their best wishes will go with her. Bainbridge needs pluck and en terprise among her citizens and with it will come factories and manufacturing enterprises of every description. These build up real towns. -- Offilclsls Make Desisl. The daily papers have published ' the report this week, as coming from official source, that, the Geor gia, Florida and Alabama Rail road had purchased the Carabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia. The of* ' fleers of the G. F. & A, in Bain* - bridge state that this information is unofficial and incorrect and that nothing has been done towards consolidating or allying the two roads.' Similar rumors have several times before been circulated only to receive official denial. It is not improbable that the two roads will at some future time either consol idate or be operated in unison. It will no doubt be to the advantage of both roads Jand particularly to the Carabelle road, which, as it stands, has not been a very great financial success,. The G. F, & A, when extended could 'take it ig and make ot it a valuable addition to its line. Whenever the C. T.‘ & G. is put on the market it is reasonable to suppose that the G. F. & A, will be in better position than anyone else to roafke the nur- chase. A