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The Bainbridge Search Light.
NUMBER 31.
BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE, 3 1904.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OR DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
paging Outlook for Roads.
■earch Light is very much
that its editorial based
e recommendation of the
, ury at its recent sitting
with such general appro-
i; e ar e also delighted that
n did Foard of Commis-
are taking up the sugges
ts jury and are to begin
[to give the people better
ighways.
This is in keep-
h the expressions given
the editorial columns of
er during the past six or
‘ears. At every opportu-
have urged the importance
tep, and if we have con
aught to the end attained,
i t hat we have served our
well: and we are willing to
at this till we are better
y better public roads,
the county now needs is
ve, working Good Roads
tion, with a membership
as is possible and with
working harmoniously
iously for the betterment
Conditions. The moral ef-
:h an organization would
the community would be
benefit to the cause. In
to this the members of
ociation would receive _ a
al of literature touching
is important subject that
pen their eyes and shed
bn the best plans to be
We need to let the people
at we are awake to our
ad that we are determined
ny them.
Commissioner Hodges
trip now in the interest
lovement and things seem
ig definite shape. The
got rejoiced in the out
invites a general discussion
uestion through its coi-
d is thoroughly and un
ity committed to the good
We hope the see a
ads association organized
in working shape. To
hope to hear from
an in the county who is
din the supject and w ho
to join a good roads
n and there by give some
on that his sentiment and
pport is with us in the
t undertaxing. With
are assured that the
Commissioners will do
Bainbridge Hard Wood Factory.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
fonnd the application for charter
made by the stockholders of the
Bainbridge Hard Wood Company.
Some weeks ago we stated that
such an organization was being
coutemplated but we could not
give a very defiinite account of the
buisiness. A persual of the peti
tion for charter will give a clear
and concise idea of the nature of
the business while a glance at the
names of the principle stockhol
ders will guarantee the success of
the enterprise.
The factory will be located in
Bainbridge. Saw mills, planing
mills and other kinds of wood
working apparatus and machinery
will be owned and operated and
the manufacture of lumber and
furniture and all other kinds of
commercial articles that can be
made from this wood will be car
ried on. The capital stock is $io,
ooo with the privilege of being in
creased to Sioo.ooo. The greater
portion of the capital stock has
already been raised.
The great advantage of such a
factory and the wonderful money
making properties are easily seen
and as the men who are at the
head of it are ail thorough and ex
perienced business men, enterpris
ing and • successful, there is no
doubt but that the Bainbridge
Hardwood F'actory will be a com
plete success. Among the stock
holders are Messrs. J. R. Sharpe,
T. C. Drake, J. S. McRee, J. C.
McCaskill, J. W. Callahan of
Bainbridge, S. Brinson of Brinson,
D. G. McNair of Whigham, D, W.
James of Blak'ely and G. C. Skin
ner, of Topeka, Kansas.
Min Quinn Mobbed.
ation comes from Whig
f Mr. Ruinn was kidrap-
°‘herwise roughly treated
ow parties last Saturday
Ruinn is about 75
and lives in Thomasville,
4 he has been boarding
me of Mrs. Annie Pop
Whigham.
. :ldtkat Mr. Quinn had
In fatuated with Mrs. Pop-
Wantec - to marry her. It
that both of the parties
ainbndge last Saturday
' r ' Quinn procured mar-
^nse from Judge Maxwell.
nj - married, however,
^turned to Whigham
Saturday night a num-
cn Wf-nv ► 1
1 -° the Poppell
“ t( l out M r . Quinn,
‘^°'er his head and
' e ; trra - nnles
,‘ ed him nev
[', pe, ' £ ' [ t ;s tbrat
01 Monday and this
Rped. but it is not
re'y.
A hereabouts are
^ - s said that he
” Mr - B. A. Con-
Mrs. Coben Dies.
The sad news reached the city
Tu .sday, of the death of Mrs. M.
A. Cohen, which occurred Tues
day morning at five o’clock at her
home in Savannah. Mrs. Cohen
had been ill for several weeks, but
it was thought that she would re
cover. Last week Mr. I. Kwilecki
her brother and Mr. Dave Cohen
her son, were telegraphed for and
went to Savannah; they returned
the latter part of the week how
ever believing all danger was pas
sed. The telegram announcing
her deatn was a great shock to
the family and friends.
The remains were brought to
this city Tuesday night and were
interred in the Jewish cemetery
Wednesday.
The deceased was the mother
of Messrs. Dave, Max and Fred
Cohen and the sister of Mr. I.
Kwilecki, of this city. She had
frequently visited here and had
many friends who were saddened
at the news of her death. The
sympathies of the entire commu
nity are with the bereaved rela
tiues and sorrowing friends.
Butts Wins Collectorship.
After an exciting campaign of
three weeks, on Friday last J. W.
Butts of Steam Mill was named as
the democratic nominee for Tax
Collector to fill the full term be
ginning January xst 1904. Mr.
Butts won by a majority of only
71 votes over W R. Brown, of
Brinson, his next nearest oppo
nent. He has since been receiv
ing the congratulations of his
many friends mang of whom took
a personal and active interest in
his campaign.
Mr. Butts is one of the cleverest
and most accomodating private
citizens of the county and we can
see no reason why he should not
make a faithful ard obliging offi
cer. He has but words of praise
for his opponents, and it is useless
to add that the campaign was de
void of any bitterness or slander
so far as either candidate was con
cerned. Mr. W. R. Brown will
administer the unexpired term up
to January 1st 1004 by appoint
ment of the County Commission-!
ers. At least no election has been
called to fill the vacancy. The
following is the detailed vote by
districts as was shown by consoli
dation of the returns from the
various districts of 1 he county:
Butts. Brown. Long,
Buinbridge: 221 63 21
Climax, 5 22 36
Whigham, 43 14 25
Bells, 9 0 l]
Culvury, 46 6 3
Pearce, 11 0 0
Belchers, 17 33 0
Blowing Cave, 16 36 c
Lime Sink, 13 13 9
Spring Hill, 14 11 14
Kagans, 6 3 4
Fowltown, ]5 11 7
Attapulgus, 44 0,0
Faceville, S l 20
Kecovery, 11 l 11
Kendricks, 4 10 8
Spring Creek 27 8 2
Steam Mill, 29 0 1
Donalsonville, 77 8 2
lion City, 7 89 2.
Rock Pond, 6 28 0
Pine Hill. 1 200 2
Total, 630. 559, 184,
Summer Excursion Rates,
From June 1st, via Central of
Georgia Railway Co,, to September
30th, round trip tickets will be sold
to Summer Resorts at greatly reduoed
rates, dual limit of tickets October
31, 1904.
For further information apply to
your nearest ticket agent.
Important Business Change.
It will be a matter of surprise
to many of our readers to learn
that Mr. Thomas O’Brien has
transferred his interest in the
lease of the Hotel Wainman to
Mr. Ernest H. Piper, the change
effective June 1st. Mr. Piper is
also manager of the hotel and will
make every effort to maintain the
good reputation of this popular
hostelry. Aside from his general
business ability, Mr. Piper has had
several years active experience as
chief clerk at the Wainman and
he is thoroughly acquainted with
every detail of the management.
Mr. McRee retains his interest in
the lease and the style of the firm
will now be McRee & Piper.
Mr. O’Brien leaves within a few
days for New York City, but will
stop over a few days in Columbus
where he is interested in the Ra
cine Hotel. He will likely spend
the summer months in New York,
where he was reared and where he
has relatives residing. At one
time he was considering the ques
tion of accepting the management
of the Aragon Hotel in Jackson
ville, but if be should decide to do
so, it will not be earlier than the
coming Fall.
Since coming to Bainbridge Mr.
O’Brien has rendered himself quite
popular by his uniform courtesy
and genteel manners. Only a
week or 10 days ago he was unan
imously chosen Captain of Co. I,
and his determination to leave
Bainbridge will be a disappoint
ment to the members of the com
pany who were looking forward to
the prosperity of the company with
keen interest. He will ot course
withdraw from the company and a
successor will have to be chosen
Since Mr. O’Brien’s connection
with the Wainman it has grown
in popularity and has been a finan
cial success. He severs his con
nection for not business reason
bu f more from a desire to return
to his his old home. We predict
that under the new management
the Wainman will continue to at-
act nisitors to Bainbridge and to
impress them with our splendid
accomodations.
Industrial Home Band.
The boy band from the Indus
trial Home at Macon gave an ex
cellent entertainment at the Opeia
House in this city M inday evening
and the large audience that greet
ed them were charmed by the
sweet music made by the. little
fellows. The concert lasted about
two hours and every moment was
thoroughly enjoyed by those pres
ent.
The boys were in change of Rev.
W, E. Mumford, who was raised
in this city and who has many
friends here who feel much inter
est in the noble work he is doing.
His is a cause which excites the
sympathy and should readily re
ceive the aid of every citizen in
the state and we are glad to know
that in every community where
the boys have appeared the neople
have responded generously. In
Brinson where they played last
Saturday night over $115 was con
tributed and here they received
over $180 including contributions
and door receipts
Mr. Mumford and his boys are
making a tour of this portion of
the state and left here on the
midnight train for other points
wheie vve hope they will receive as
much encouragement and assis
tance as they did in Bainbridge.
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away.
to return
Fifth Sunday Meeting.
The regular Fifth Sunday meet
ing of the Bowen Baptist Associa
tion was held last Saturday and
Friday before, with Bethel church
west of the riyer. An interesting
program was earned out and the
attendence was large each day.
Rev. John E. Briggs delivered an
especially enjoyable sermon Sun
day morning.
Those who visited this meeting
and partook of the sumptous din
ner spread the three days, were
impressed with the hospitality as
well aa the piety of the people of
the Bethel neighborhood. There
are no better people than the Pow
ells, Riches, Griffins and othe fam
ilies that comprise the citizenship
of this splendid neighborhood.
Colonel and Mrs. John, E. Donal-
son returned yesterday from Mil-
ledgeville.
A Wedding
A romantic marriage in which
some of our citizens will be in
terested was that of Mr. Ed.
Johnson of Quitman and Mrs.
Janie Rhodus which occurred on
May 23 at the home of the bride,
in Sneads Fla, Mr., Johnson has
been representing the Quitman
Marble Company in this section
during the past monhts.
He sold Mrs. Rhodus a hand
some monument and contracted to
erect it to the memory of her late
husbanb. Mr. Johnson lost his
heart to the beautiful young widow
at their first meeting and she it
seems reciprocated his affections
The result was the marriage which
occurred last Monday,
The wedding was quite a
surprise to the friends of both but
as soon assit was made public
hearty congratulations were show
ered upon the happy pair, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson left Sneads on
jast Saturday for Quitman where
they will reside.
Mr. Johnson has many friends
here who will be interestee to
learn of his marriage.
Tax Receiver Long
Requests us, from his sick bed,
to say that owning to serious sick
ness with la grippe, that he has
been unable to meet his appoint
ments for ten days past but Provi
dence permitting be will be at
Kendricks Monday June 6th.
Spring Creek Tuesday June 7th
Steam Mill Wednesday June 8th
Donalsonville Thursday June 9
Iron City Friday June 10th.
Post Office Makes Gains.
Under the annual re-adjustment
of postmasters salaries which has
just taken place an increase of one
hundred dollars has been announ
ced for the Bainbridge office; this
brings up post master Liverman’s
salary to exactly $1,000. The of
fice at Gairo has also been increa
sed one hundred dollars and is now
anchored at ever. $1,100. It may
also be observed that the post of
fice receipts at Bainbridge have in
creased to $9,000. annaully, and
upwards. As soon as it shall have
reached to $10,000 mark the gov
ernment upon application will
grant free delivery of mails within
the city. The town should be able
to reach this mark easily within
the next twelve months. Jf it
does not do so, why the shortcom
ing will merely have to be attribu
ted to a scarcity of candidates for
office.
The First National Bank of Bain
bridge has been designated the de
pository for the 0., T. & G. Rail
road, whioh is now being operated
under the management of the G., F.
& A. K’y. Notice of this action
was telegraphed to Cashier Frank
Jones yesterday. This really be
gins to look as though the C.. T. <fc
G. had been swallowed up by “our
road” which extends from Cuthbert
to Tallahassee, and which is one of
the paying railroads of the state.
Miss Ilortense Pohlman who ast
been in New York for the past six
months, returned home Saturday,
Miss Pohlman has a remarkably fine
voice and during her stay in the
metropolis studied voice culture un
der the most famous masters. She
met many of the leading musicians
and noted prirnu donnas This a-hled
greatly to the enjoyment of her visit.
.Miss Pohlman has very often
thrilled audiences in Bainbridge
with her sweet voice and e'-ery
one who lias heard her is an
ticipating a great pleasure in hearing
her sing again. She is one of the
most popular young ladies in the
city both in musical and society cir
cles and her numerous friends are
delighted to have her at home again.
Capt. Thomas O’Brien who for the
past year has boon the manager of
the Wainman Hotel has accepted the
management of Hotel Aragon iu
Jacksonville and leaves for that city
in a few days. Mr. O’Brien was a
most capable and efficient manager
and by his uniform oourtesy and ac
commodation won the esteem ot the
entire community. He was recently
unanimously elected captain of oar
military company and it is with
great sorrow that I Company con
gents to give him up. He has a host
of friends in Bainbridge who while
regretting bis departure wish him
all success and happiness in his new
home.
Lynching follows Murder.
On Tuesday night last, Arthur
Thompson, an insolent negro who
worked at the electric light plant
at Arlington, succeeded in inticing
from the hotel, Mr. M. L. Dudley,
one of Arlington’s most popular
young men, and shot him five
times with a pistol. Dudley fired 1
once at the fleeing negro and sank
to the pavement mortally wounded.
The killing was in cold blood and
entirely without provocation ac
cording to eye witnesses.
A posse of citizens pursued the
negro Thompson, captured him
later in the night apd placed him
in jail. However the guards were
later overpowered by unknown
parlies, the negro was removed
from the jail, strung up and his
body riddled with bullets. It is
not thought that further trouble
will be likely to follow.
Young Dudley was one of the
very popular and highly respected
young men of Arlington, and his
murder was a complete shock to
Arlington citizens.
A very delightful entertainment
was given on Tuesday evening at
the hospitable home of Mrs. R. O.
\llen, by several of the young gen
tlemen who took part in the play
Boy Blue” in compliment to the
other members of the cast. Tin
feature of the evening was a word
building contest; on sickles whioh
were imitations of the ones used in
the play. The word, “lmyfield” was
printed on each, and the guests were
required to make words qut of thw**
letters in this word. Miss Dorothy
Mitchell won the ladies prize and
Mr. Paul Reul the gentleman’s. Ices
were served at the conclusion of .tho
contest and tho enlertainmont was
voted a perfeot success.
Major L. E. Folds left Sunday for
Dothan, Ala., from which point he
Miss Ilaluia Bower and her sisters,
Mlssug Elizabeth and Cena White
left this week tor Hormitage Fla.
where they will roside in future.
Miss Bower after spending some
weeks at Hermitage will go to Chi
cago to attend the University during
the summer term. It will be a source
of much regret to the community in
general to learn that Miss Bower
has resigned her position in the G.
S. M. C. and will not return in the
fall. She has beeu tendered a num
ber ot positions but as yet has not
aeoepted any. We regret very much
to see this interesting family leave
our oity.
Yes, that great special sale which
you read about in that hand
Borne page ad in this issue of the pa
per is at the Flint River Store, and
if you go there you will find ever
thing you want and at the price you
want. Mr. Bruton is advertising an
immense stock of goods at exceed
ingly low prices that will attract
and satisfy the multitude. Do not
fail to read his ad and give him a
call. It will pay you even as much
as it does him.
The boys and girls are returning
from college and the round of sum
mer pleasure has already begun.
Bainbridge has been represented at
nearly every college in the state and
each of her representatives have
done her credi‘. We welcome our
young people home and hope they
will have three months of unalloyed
pleasure.
Lot everbody get on the good
roads wagon, and help along a
cause that is needing more attention
et this time than any other one thing.
Let ns bear from you as to whether
you are willing to join a good roads
association for Decatur county. It
will cost you notbirg. By this step
you align yourseif with the move
ment, and you would be serving
yourself and county well. A postal
card will suffice, stating that your
influence and sanction is benmd the
movers in the important undertaking.
The prize offered by Mr. Mumfordr
to the child se'ling the most tiokets
for the band concert last Monday
night was won by Miss Cena White,
wbo succeeded in disposing ol more
than any one else; however little
Lula May Morgan was a close second
losing ny only 25 cents. Miss White
received a $5.00 gold piece as he
reward.
Miss Bennie Jackson left the first
of the week for Chicago where she
iron mu«j j™- 1 . . ,. i will continue her studies in music at
Rock Pond Saturday June 1 rtb. | U K 1D Ll * traveU loT ttie Bum * I the University,
mer,
The military company ha’d a
splendid drill on Monday night.
Each meeting demonstrates the tact
that the military spirit has revived
and that Company I is here to stay.
The boys are practicing v/ell, pre
paring for their trip to Manassas in
September,
Camilla is to have another bank
to be known as The Citizens Bauk
Already Baiubridge has two of the
safest and most accommodating in
stitutions of this description to be
found in this section.
Get 8undays Constitution and tee
the Bainbridge Girls Pictures.
