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e Bainbridge Search Light. mber BAINBRIDGE. DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MAY 27, 1904. $1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND, CITY OF BAINBRIDGE, late Convention- ; .... Convert-. J&nta next Wed- prospects Jr wi.I have a full 0 f her delegates. I ||, Gilpin, W. D. \V. H.rrell, C. S. IH, Harrell have intention of going, will also accomp ny They leave Mon- )'vet the G. F. & A. to Atlanta a day in order to get the k e principle business [ion will be the elec- i to the National It St. Louis. There 0 doubt that the 1 be overwhelmingly jrlter for president. . case none but Par- selected to the jvention. P’rom this L tosh and Norman he appointment in f Hearst, while Trip- doo are the Parker Iso the positions of L rge will be keenly ongressman Griggs (to be the original (the state, wants to delegates at large, ction being in con oid think that his Jretty contest will rv beginning inianstiip of the con- Veonian has been ’and would ordinarily j candidate. Hut as lligned with Griggs fence a ay be chosen in his ecatur county dele- they have .among a splendid man for ’that is the Flonor- Harrell. \Yh en they ait may he that they election. It would jing to his friends to e position and they »u!d be no better or by this veteran ■ the southwest cor- te. LI Meeting. et Monday night, Ghe j urpo-e of con- •ssni.nt tor taxes !,il1 toe city. This •> at this time " ' v| ii take several . ete the Shot in Self Defense. Coleman, the Quitman negro who shot and killed Daily, a negro from Thomasvdle, two miles from Bainbridge on the excursion train as it was leaving here last Friday afternoon, was given a preliminary trial before Judge Tonge here last Monday morning. The evidence before the court gave a full history of the row and the shooting. Both negroes came here on the excursion train that day and were not acquainted with each other. When the train was about to start on the return trip every car was packed with ne groes and these two were in the coach just ahead of that set apart for the white people. Bailey was wild with whiskey and' started down the aisle flourishing his ra zor, cursing. There was a stam pede for the door and Coleman be ing the last man out Bailey began to carve him. Coleman was se verely cut on the atm but jumped to the ground and as the train was moving got on the rear of the white coach. He went through the white coach but as he reached the platform between the two, Bailey was waiting for him and began again to try to cut him with the razor. As Bailey was making a lunge for his throat Coleman pulled his pistol and shot him dead. When the train reached Thom- asville Colemam was taken to jail and Bailey’s dead body from the (rain. Baily was still clasping the the razor in a death grip. Cole man's cuts are not serious, but he no doubt would have been fatally cut had he not shot quickly. Sheriff Fordham brought Cole man herie Sunday and after hear ing the evidence Monday Judge Tonge turned him loose, holding that the killing was done by Cole man in the defense of his • own life. "n of side Pagain fn lime a ''.ter am; Oder'hi ) pror-er property Iftt Ke- Paving ‘dory . I tnrir 'Urn, **ite a IK* 'tttion ftijj., Trial and Inspection of the Columbus. Ihe U. S, tow boat Columbus, built at Bainbridge by the Sweeny' Ship Aard and Foundry Company, is finished and is now in commis sion by the government. The Co lumbus made her trial trip last Tuesday and acquitted herself creditably to the governmet in spectors. Capt. Cavanaugh, U. S A, of Montgomery, and Capt. Singleton, superintendent of river improvement, of Columbus, were present and put their seal of ap proval or, the actions of the new boat. Capt. Sweeney having put the finishing touches on the Columbus and everything being in readiness she was set afloat the on ern. raid waters of the Flint river. Besides the government officers there was on board a small company of Mr. Sweeney’s Bainbridge friends, in cluding J. D. Harrell. Ben E. Rus sell, C. H, Caldwell, E. J. I'erry, Frank Jones, Erie Donalson, A. J. Macdonald, G. Fb King, J. S. Desverges. W. O. F'leming, J. M. Floyd, Judge Harrell, Gordon Cha- son, Misses Russell, Johnson, Dickenson, and Desverges. The boat was in command of the crew that was to be assigned to her ana are Capt. Stafford, Flngineer Chal mers and J*Uot Fry, all old in the government river service. The trial trip was ten miles down the river and back, sufficient to demonstrate to the inspectors that every portion of the, machin ery of the boat was in perfect working order. The inspectors were well pleased and Captain Sweeney is gratified that his latesf and best boat acted so perfectly on her trial trip. Some facts about the construc tion of the Columbus may be of interest. She is 134 feet long, 26 feet wide and draws 23 inches of water. She has a 14 inch balance valve engine, with a five foot stroke, one doctor (pump), 7 by 1 5 engine, with an additonal supply pump in case of accident to the doctor; two 44 inch boilers, 24 feet long and auxiliary boiler for wash ing out purposes. The state rooms are well furnished. There are hath and thilet rooms with the latest modern equipments. The dining room has a solid silver service. The boat is painted white throughout, and presents an ex tremely neat appearance. The lumber that went inta the construction of the Columbus is all yellow pine and was milled and manufactured within 20 miles of Bainbridge. 750,000 feet was used in the construction of this boat alone and the average cost of it was $19,00 per thousand feet. All the machinery and iron came from Capt. Sweeney’s foundry at Jeffersonville, Ind. Completed the Columbus will cost the gov ernment $20,700. The Columbus is the last of the fleet of improved boats built by Capt. Sweeney at his Bainbridge ship yards for the government, settlement and discharg-j He has built eight boats in all, Trains for Lanark. Beginning next Sunday morn ing at 6:15 o’clock the G. F. & A. will run a through train to Lanark. This train will be operated every Sunday during the summer. It will leave Lanark late in the after noon returning. Beginning on Saturday, June 4th, the evening train will run through to Lanark and return Monday morning, thus giving the business men an oppor tunity of getting more of the gulf breezes An exceedingly low excursion rate will apply to both of the trams. The indications are that Lanark and Panacea Springs will both be popular resorts this summer for people all along the line of the G, F. & A,, especially since the | schedules are more suita'ble and ^ | good hotels may he found now at botfi places. aiK pave consider- >uncil act- ; difficulty m paving 1 and Mon coun- ■ tiers on ! ut down would be ' ’he ex- in extra session last Monday. The - uas been j meeting was for the purpose of coun- j makin Commissioners Meet. The county commissioners met Interesting Meeting of U. D. C. The United Daughters of the Confederacy assembled at the beautiful home of Hon. and Mrs. John E Donalson on Thursday afternoon. May ic/.li, and held a meeting full of interest andenthu siasm. After calling the meet ing to order the president stated that she had received a letter from the State president stating that only one paper is nec essary to be filled out for member ship. Having much to say she turned over the chair to the His torian, Miss Annie Campbell, who then read the laws of the State United Daughters of the Confed eracy. Reports from the different committees were then given. Mrs. Joe Ingram, Mrs. J. M. Hodges and Mrs tfT YV. Newsome were proposed for honorary member ship; the president stated that hon orary membership is the highest honor the Chapter can bestow as they are entitled to all the privi leges of regular membership yet exempts them from active duty unless such is desired. The report of the treasurer pro tem, Mrs. H. C. Alien, showed that there is on hand $49.80. A list of the charter members who have paid $5.00 for charter was read and a motion was made by Mrs. Donalson that a letter of greeting be sent Mrs. Cone John son, of Tyler Tex , who will deliver the literary address during com mencement at Wesleyan F’emale College. An agreement was also made that the stationery of the Bainbridge Chapter be used in all correspondence. A discussion of the Monument Fund came up and many excellent means of raising money for this fund were suggested but none adopted for the present. A mo tion was made that Jefferson Da vis’ birthday, June 3rd, be celebra ted and was unanimously agreed upon. A fitting programme for the day was then arranged. The president then read a list of names of young men who wish to become Sons of the Confeder acy and desire the aid of the Daughters in assisting them to or ganize. After a discussion of minor mat ters the motion was made to ad journ until the next meeting which will be held on the first Thursday in July, Accident at Railruad Yards. Lon Maxwell, the oldest son ot Ordinary Maxwell, was badly hurt at the C. F. & A. yards in West Bainbridge Tuesday. Young Maxwell is in the em ploy ot the road and his duties are in the yards at West Bain bridge. At the time he was hurt he was attempting to pass beneath a freight car, not knowing that an engine was approaching. When he was beneath ihe car the engine struck it andknuck-d it back some distance and one of the wheels caught his foot and crushed his toe. The young man had the presence of.mind to catch hold of the beam and this action on his part evidently saved his life, for he would have undoubtedly have been crushed to death. He succeeded in exiricating himself without assistance after having been dragged for some distance. He secured medical attention as soon as possible. His foot was found to be pretty badly crushed, but it was necessary to amputate only the big toe. Although suf fering considerable pain he is do ing as well as could he expected and no further trouble is anticipa ted. Wreck on Coast Line. The A. C. L. train leaving Bain bridge at 5 o’clock in the morning was wrecked Wednesday moruing about five miles East of Thomas- ville. The accident was caused by a switch being left open and into this the train dashed at a high rate of speed, derailing the engine ahd the entire train of cars. Engineer Chandler exercised rc- markah’e couiage and stopped the train before much damage resulted. 11 is (in man jumped and escaped unhurt while he stuck to his gine until she overturned. He was considerably hurt but not seriously. None of the coaches overturned and ^1! of the passen gers escaped without injury. All traffic over the road was de layed for several hours. It is quite evident that the switch had been tampered with, and a reward has been offer'd by the road for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty parties. Election Today. The Election for tax collector is going on today. Little interest is manifested and the voting-is pro gressing very slowly. The indi cations are that a very light vote will be polled. Evidently the people have had a sufficiency of elections for awhile. Three cans didates are in the race, J. W. Butts, W R. Brown and A. P. Long. The race is close and it will be hard to tell who the' suc cessful candidate will be. Any one of the three will make a good and efficient tax collector. New Armory For Company I. Negotiations are on foot through Captain O’Brien of Company I to secure a new armory for the com pany. The old armory in the Patterson building has recently been rented to the Knights of Pythias for lodge rooms, thus leaving the military company with out quarters. Captain O’Brien, the newly elected captain, with his customary zeal and enthusiasm, has been in search of new quar ters, suitable in all appointments* Capt. Hicks has just begun the erection of a two-story budding on Water street adjacent to his drug store. He has signified his will ingness to let it to the military company for an armory and fix it up to suit their convenience. If this deal is consummated a large drill and dance hall will be provid ed as vvell as a number of private rooms. The whole matter is left to Capt. O’Brien and he may be depended on to arrange things in first class style for the eOmfort and pleasute of his company. To Organize Next Friday. The Bainbridge Chapter of the Sons of the Confederacy will be organized on next Friday afternoon on the occasion of the celebration of Jefferson Davis’s birthday. A meeting was called for this purpose last^week and the preliminary steps were taken; a nqmber of names of those who wished to join were given to the paughters’ of the Confederacy and it is under the auspices of this organization that the new order will be formed. They will organize, the chapter be fore the exercises take place and during the programme the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy will sit in a body. Col, Ben. E. Russell will deliver a speech taking as his subject “The Organization of the Sons of the Confederacy." Every one who is desirous of becoming a member of this chap ter should be present on this 00 casion. ,at ration cheap ing from further liability all those comprising barges, suction dredges ea of 1 who were on the bdnd of the late j snag boats and tow boat. t : would I tax collector Bates. The matter The Columbus will depart in a is now in tne hands of a committee j few days for the Chattahoochee, experi- I who is examining the books amj | where work on that river wi.I likely so far j will make the settlement. j begin soon. The secretary of war as de- As tile commissioners had put has now pn hand $3,000,000 for post- j a large number of tax fi fas in the j river improvements. Of thus ' hands of the constables ot the sev- j amount this department will _ get eral districts for collection they j about $40,000 to operate on Flint, were expected to report to this Chattahoochee and Apalachicola meeting and give an account ol rivers Superintendent Singleton ’ the | their actings and doings. Very says that he is gow better equipped equal, (few of the constables responded tor work, with the addition ot these ie en- 'and the same committee will have new boat*, than he has ever been I the duty of looking up the balance, before. 1 at- pav- tory. Now that his work is finished here Capt, Sweeney will take his force back home. He pays the highest compliments to Bainbridge and this section. He says Bain bridge is the best building point he ever saw and that he expects to return here in tne fall. He has in contemplation another contract to build boats for the government for use at Mobile, also a contract with a railroad company on the gulf. It he secures these con tracts he says he will certainly come back to Bainbridge to do the work, Capt. Sweeney and the men under him were all liked here and their friends will be delighted to have them return. Odd Fellows at Vaidosta. > The Grand Lodge of Odd Fel lows and the Rebecca Assembly of this state convened in Valdosta Wednesday with an attendance estimated at between 800 and 1000. 'The citizens of Valdcsta enter tained their guests royally and the occasion was very much enjoyed. In the grand r arade Wednesday morning the prize of $100 for the largest number of chevaliers in line, was won by Macon, No. 4; the second prize of $50 was won by thp Forest City, No. 7. ■ The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Grand Master. John W. Bennett, of Waycross; Deputy Grahd Ma ter, T. H. R ibinson, of Gaines ville; Grand Secretary, J. S. Ty son, of Savannah; Grand Treas urer, T. A. Cheatham, ot Macon. There are several cities bidding Another Railroad. We publish in this issue the application for charter of a new railroad that is to pass somewhere through Decatur county; D. G. Purse, J. J. McDonough and other citizens ot Savannah and Berrien and Coffee counties are fostering; the enterprise. The name ,of th< company is to be the Sotitl^ At * lantic and Mexican Gulf Rai'way, and it is to extend from Savannah in a southwesterly direction to deep water on the Cult of Mexico. The road will probably pass through the southeastern portion of this county and will open up a fertile section,-and one that has long been in need of a railroad. It is to be hoped that the gen tlemen at the head of this pro posed road will be successful in their organization and soon begin to build. Decatur county will surely give them all the encour agement they may ask. Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that: 'at the next session of the General Assembly of Georgia, a bill will to have the convention next year; be introduced, the same to be but the indications are at present j enlitled , Act t0 Rcviw th that the next convention wnl be . ,, _ , held in Savannah. j Charter of the Town of Dnnalson- ville,” so as to abolish the Dispen sary, and to increase the powers and authority of the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Donal- sonville. This May the 25th, 1904 The Coast Line excursion lefUSSf here Monday morning for Tampa All the cars were well filled with jubilant excursionist, taking advan tage of the cheap rates for a trip to Tampa Bay. Liberal Reward. A liberal reward will be paid to the person, and no questions ask'ed, who will return to trie office of the Wainman Hotel, an open face gold watch with Waltham move ment, attached to a ribbon fob with a lion head locket on it. The watch was taken from the wash room of tne hotel last Thursday afternoon.