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fery Important Question.
(the most important questions to be passed upon at the
11 will be the ratification of the Constitutional amend-
• ,„g communities to levy taxes for educational purposes.
t ly to be hoped that the people will not refuse to adopt this
t*hich means so much to the schools of the state. Under
’o provision is made whereby communities in the coun
ts themselves for the erection and equipment of school
(or maintaining their schools. It is sought to remedy this
jug country communities at no disadvantage with the city
ptthe amendment does not mean the imposing of a tax on
unity that does not wish to be taxed. But it does mean
community' may tax itself if it so desires, and such a desire
[expressed at the ballot box. There could be no fairer and
noniore important question submitted to the people at any
uldbe remembered that Georgia’s greatest wealth does not
the bosom of her echoing hills; nor in her fields of wav-
whitening cotton; but in the mental and moral develop-
IBboys and girls. Tnat country is the greatest in her
0 t Si in war and in peace, that deyelops the standard of her
the highest pitch possible. Before energy and intel-
l'ihe most complex problems are solved with ease. It is
.proper that we should give our boys and gTls intellectual
jbreadth, and leave them to solve life’s problems for them-
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44 ‘ BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1904.
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCkf
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DECATUR COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
Official Talks Too Much.
's common schools form the chief cornerstone of her
tand we therefore trust that the present opportunity will be
Hy the voters of the stale, and they will make possible a
ulabroader education by which the future prospects cf the
I be measured.
Leave Tomorrow.
loser, fifteen representa-
Co. I will leave tomorrow
i the five o’clock train
ampment at Manassas,
to military orders the
forming this battalion
at Thomasville, there'
iValdosta Videttes, Co I
Thomasville Guards will
Thomasville and from
(go to Albany in a spec-
From Albany a special
Ike run over the Central
pa to Atlanta, and the
detachments along the
join the other companies
ipeciai” and will proceed
■land from there direct
lisas.
Brown, of Thomasville,
>«e command of lhisbat-
as Lieutenant Hardy
inards is unable to take
the place of second in
*tll be filled by an
1 Columbus. Lieuten'
•tter of Co. I., on ac-
illness, will not have
four company, and it is
ttnat the third place will
;hy Lieutenant Brooks, of'
Brcm Bainbridge to
*®e Co. I win b e j n
•I Sergeant Coney and
,re "ill be commanded by
L| * n ' °f Thomasville.
®fflpanies will carry their
utensils, etc., and
from Thomasville
t0rc than a ton.
^' Sare very much elated
lpects of the trip and
“campment will be a
Fjtreto those privileged
,e hoys elected are
e st drilled in the com-
* ul no doubt be a credit
“ pan V a nd to Bainbridge.
‘■return from Manassas
01 Member.
* ates Appointed.
trre11 h as appointed the
5®. tllis state to the
•attonal Convention
***** at St. Louis
^legates from
.-^Pointed are W. R.
■ M'ller and F. W.
a Cl Iron City. Hon
3 Wl 'l head tiie Geor-
•0. i
College Term Commences.
On Monday, September I2tb,
the fall term of the Georgia South
ern Military College will open and
the indications are that an unusu-
ally large number of pupils will be
enrolled on the first day. The stu-
dents have enjoyed their three
months vacation to the fullest ex
tent and rested and refreshed they
are prepared to resume their
school duties and to do good work
during the tall months.
The faculty selected by the
board of trustees is excellent, and
as each instructor is efficient in
his line, the various departments
of the school, will receive special
attention.
Prof. Caldwell, the principal of
the school, has a wide reputation
as a teacher and besides being
splendid instructor he is also an
excellent disciplinarian. Under
his management and with the co
operation of his able assistants, the
college will progress and prosper.
The other members of the fuculty
with the exception of one or two are
well known in Bainbridge, and as
teachers and citizens stand high in
the estimation of the public.
The members of the faculty will
arrive next week to make their
preparations for the term and the
pupils also will begin getting in
readiness to do their part in the
coming session.
We extend a cordial welcome to
the new teachers, a greeting to
the old, and wish tor the faculty,
student body, patrons and trustees
a most pleasant and satisfactory
vear.
An interesting story is told by
an Atlanta paper, to the effect
that a prominent state house offi
cer has announced that he will not
return to south Georgia to live;
giving as his reason that the “be
fore day clubs” being organized in
some sections by the negroes have
terrified him greatly The inter'
viewer does not disclose the name
of the official,and we are Therefore
in the dars as to his identity.
The unnecessary conclusion on
the parr of this official is not cal'
culated to endear him to the
people of this section. In the first
place the ^‘before day clubs” are
not sufficiently prevalent to cause
such general alarm, and in the
second place, if they were, why
the country must not be surren
dered in any event.
The white p- e ,le are going to
put them down somehow, and they
may be depended upon to do it.
We would like to know who this
official of the state is; and whether
or not he is willing to forsake his
neighbors, and leave them to the
merciless attacks of their enemies.
We are not yet ready to surrender
the welfare of the state into the
hands of a few thieving, buglanz'
ing, marauding bands ot blacks,
and we are not going to flee to the
shades of the capitol to escape
them. We are on the side of
white supremacy, law and order,
and we expect to help hold the
fort until the last of these lawless
bands ate either whipped into sub
jection ov exterminated.
As to our “state house official”
we will say that if his identity be
comes too well known, and his re-
marks get before the public too
conspicuously it might end in a
mild rebuke at the polls. Certainly
this offiiclal who is so loyal to the
Hinson and Ulmer Cleared No Orrfrr\«ry Burg(lar.
The two white men, Hinson and
Ulmer, who have been held in jail
here tor two mo'nths or more un*
der a charge of murder, were given
preliminary hearing here yesterday
and were discharged,on the grounds
that the killing was justifiable.
It will be remembered that sev
eral months ago, these two men
entered a colored barber shop on
North Broad street, a dispute
arose and a general attack was
made At the time it was stated
that the two white men were re
sponsible for the trouble, but the
drift of the testimony as given in
at the committal trial was to the
effect that the negroes were the
aggressors. Hinson was himself
cut, as was his companion, Ulmer,
The two negroes, Thornton and
Donalson, were literally cut to
pieces, and Thornton subsequently
died of his wounds.
The trial was held betore Jus-
tice Mills, of Whigham, counsel
for the state and the accused be
ing unable to agree on
hearing before the local commit
ting officers. Judge Mills returned
to Whigham on yesterday's after
noon tram.
M. E. O’Neal appeared for the
state, while for the defendants ap>
peared B. B Bower, Jr., and Har
rell & Hartsheld. This puts an
end to the case unless the grand
jury should decide to investigate it
at their r.ext sitting, which is not
probable.
Excitement ran high in Bsitibridge last Wednesday night and
since, over the peculiar conduct of an unknown negro man who en
tered the bed room of one of the most highly respected young .ladies
of th<* town while she was asleep at night about 11 o’clock. The
young lady, Miss Edna Mu*-gatroyd, was sleeping in an up-stairs room
in the home of Floyd Wainman, whose family she has been visiting
for some time. Mr. Wainman was away from home at his saw mill
west of Flint river, and Mrs. Wainman and the young lady were occu
pying the home alone in his absence, They retired early, securely
fastening the shutters and doors. They were occupying separate bed
rooms, and about II o'clock Miss Murgatroyd was suddenly awakened
by the touch of a hand on her arm which was hanging partly off the
bed. She immediately gave the alarm, and the negro fearing that he
would be captured fled for his life, going down the stairway and leavs
ing by the outer door. Neighbors gathered in and an immediate
search of the premises was begun. Tracks were found and the blood
hounds were sent after, but they were unable to do much with the
track and the chase had to be abandoned. Who the burly culprit was
nobody knows; certainly his presence in the room for the purpose of
burglary is not accepted, since there was nothing of value in the ro om
for him to have stolen. It is thought that he must have gained ad
mittance to the house without the knowledge ot anyone and when the
ladles retired he w >s locked in the house some where concealed.
The negro was described by the young lady as being stocky
built, having a broad face and a very flat nose. He wore u cup pulled
well down over his eyes. The police are on the lookout and if he
should be apprehended there might be something doing on short order.
There is no clue as to the identity of the negro, although tracks
could be easily seen. It is indeed a pity that the blond hounds were
unabie to trail him to his den. for certain it 13 that no more dastardly
an attempt has been made within the limits of this city in the history
of the past.
state; should be loyal enough to
wards the white women and white
children of south Georgia, if needs
be to resign his position and hurry
back to his native county to as
sist his former neighbors in their
efforts to suppress crime and to
uphold the law.
The Hum of the Cotton Gin.
In New Quarters.
The Bainbridge Grocery Com-
pany have removed their general
offices from the Graves building,
corner Broad and Troupe streets
and are now domiciled in their
new quarters adjacent to them
warerooms at the foot ot Nort
Broad street. This action was
taken in order to give convenience
to the conduct of the sptendi
business of this popular wholesale
^Manager Garrett expects dunng
the coming fall months to increase
the volume of business greatly.
Bainbridge has cause to feel proud
of her wholesale grocery houses
and there is no firm that more
richly deserves success than the
Bainbridge Grocery Compan>. Mr
Garrett’s gentlemanly conduct and
general business q uallfic *‘'°?*
have won for him customers in the
past and will continue to do so.
There is real music in the hum of the cotton gin that is at this
season cutting away a thousand revolutions a minute, separating the
lint from the seed, in order that the product of the toiling farmers
may be converted into cash, and the families of these farmers made
more happy and bright. The fellow with his cattle on a thousand
hills- has his day of rejoicing, the manufacturer rejoices all the season
round; but the farmer takes his joy all in a lump—and this follows
closely upon the hum of the cotton gin.
A bale of lint is being carried to market—in fact thousands of
them are—pretty much in the same manner; but as each approaches,
there is not a merchant in the town who will not leave his desk, to
catch a glimpse of each farmer as with raised head and proud step his
trusted mule draws near. And for what? A payment on account is
not all. There is something more attractive behind it; there is joy in
the heart of the farmer himself, and there is rejoicing in the humble
home he has left behind. Gladness at the thought that all the toiling
through the summer's sun, after all the priyations and the waiting, the
reward is near at hand, The long day’s work is ended; the plowshare
has been laid aside for a season. A little too weary to worry over
new plans and new fields ot cotton, the farmer is indeed glad that it is
at an end. _
The hum of the gin is heard, and like the “song of the shirt,”
there is a story behind it. Nobody knows what the tarmer has to go
through with; except it be one who has been a farmer himself. If the
rains fall not, the parching fields strike desolation to his heart; and
it pours, why there’s perfect oceans ot grass to weed through and no
mistake about it. It commercial fertilizers soar, why he pays the
price; if taxes are to be assessed why he has nothing that he can hide
away from the officers’ gaze. You may depend upon it, there's trouble
enough for the farmer, until the hum of the gin is heard, and word is
passed around from neighbor to neighbor that the time has come for
cares to end at harvest.
Give him the top of the market—he. needs it all. There are fer
tilizer bills to be met; there are doctors to be paid, the tax collector
must be satisfied; and after awhile Santa Claus will be expected to
visit his country home. There are children to be fed and clothed;
there are schools to be maintained; homes, barns, smokehouses must
be repaired. The girl needs a new bonnet, the boy a pair of trousers;
and there are yet a thousand small needs of the family. Give him
the top ot the market say we, in order that with each succeeding year
the hum of the gin may grow more musical than before, and happiness
and contentment may be more generally spread among the honest
husbandmen of our country.
.Williams to Lecture.
As previously announced
through these columns, Hon. Geo.
W. Willi uns, of Dublin, will de
liver his splendid lecture at the
Opera House this city. The en
tire proceeds will go to the Mum-
ford’s Orphans Home war Macon.
Since the death of Mr. Mumtord
Mr. Williams has interested him
self in the care of the orphans,
and he is devoting his time and
his money tor their benefit. He
has delivered his lecture in a large
number ot towns and everywhere
he has been received by apprecia
tive audiences.
The lecture will be handled by
a number ot ladies of the town
and the date as finally fixed is 15th
inst It is hoped that the Mum-
ford Band will be secured for the
occasion, but this has not been
definitely arranged. Whether this
is accomplished or not it should
be the pleasure of the citizens of
Bainbridge and of surrounding
towns to turn out tor the occasion,
and by their contribution aid those
who are engaging themsclvea in
the betterment of che condition of
those homeless and friendless or
phans
Those of our readers who live
outside of Bainbridge arc cordi
ally invited and urged to avail
themselves of the opportunity of
hearing a splendid lecture, and of
doing good. Make your arrange
ments to be here.
Dr. S. D. Tonge Killed.
News reached the city yester
day of the death of Dr. S. D.
Tonge, which occurred this week
at Locomia, Ark. The particu
lars are not known, but it seems
that Dr. Tonge was driving in his
buggy and was thrown from it, - re
ceiving injuries that caused bis
death. His remains weie carried
to Memphis, Tenn., where they
were interred yesterday.
This sad intelligence will cause
sorrow to a number in Bainbridge
for the deceased had many friends
here. He was the brother of Mr.
W. G. D. Tonge and Mrs. Helen
Rainey, cf this city, and the father
of Mis> Claude Tonge, who also
has many friends here.
We extend our heartfelt sympa
thy to the bereaved family and
friends.
Syrup Rates Lowered.
The railway commission of Geor
gia have decided that the trans
portation rates on syrup must be
lowered; the roads have refused to
comply and the fight is on. The
commission ordered that the rates
from Cairo to Atlanta should be
reduced from 24 cents to 17 cents
the barrel, a difference of 7
cents.
Other points than Atlanta mar
kets were being discriminated
against. It the commission are suc
cessful in enforcing the rates as
suggested by them it will mean a
great saving to the shippers in this
part of the state, and will of course
mean that the farmer will recieve
better pay for the product of his
farm.
In taking up this matter, the
commission have followed their
plain duty, and it is only to be
hoped that they will prove equally
faithful to the people in other
items of freight as they have in
this instance.
Dry As a Bone.
In Tuesday’s prohibition elec
tion in Leon county, Fla., the dry
ticket was successful by a nice
majority, and now Tallahassee is
as “dry as a bone.” Many people
arc wondering how ‘the Florida
legislature will be able to handle
the business of the state, so far
from their base of supplies. All
day long the fight was a vigorous
one—the drys served lemonade,
and the wets — why they just
served lunches, don’t you know.
Anyhow it is all over and we pre
sume that the clever G. F. & A.
officials can arrange a convenient
before breakfast schedule” be
tween Bainbridge and Florida’s
capital during the session of the
legislature of that state.
On the 5th inst., Gadsden coun
ty will also vote on the whiskey
question, an'd we learn from good
authority that the prospects for
the success of the dry side is as
good as they were in Tallah'asssee.
A Deserved Compliment.
The proposed extension of the
Georgia, Florida & Alabama rail
road to Columbus and thence to
Atlanta means much to Georgia’s
southern section. The G. F. &
A. has been remarkably and de
servedly successful.—Times En
terprise.
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