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[The Bainbridge Search Light
* 8AINBRIDQE, DECATUR COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER II, 1904.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OFJDECATUR
$1.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE
,sevelt Sweeps Country.
jblicans not Content with North
land West, Invade even Hith=
erto Solid South.
COUNTY AND CITY OF BAINBRIDGE.
day
wa3 election day,
fateful one for democrats,
jy 0 vr the south, but
country. However,
feat must be felt more
at the south, because of
jag. For democrats of
ition of the country,
|Va8 a cause which ap-
nore strongly perhaps
other causes; and that
efforts of the adminis-
to promote discord be-
the two races of this sec*
and today while the
people of the south are
mgly determined as ever
hite supremacy shall be
lined at any cost, yet to
there is a fear that the
of the republican ad
don will bring great
in the years to come.
;er, the democratic nom
as defeated by the most
lelraing majority since
iven Grant in ’72. The
itself lias been broken,
ryland andjMissouri for
it time, is swept by small
lies into the Republican
It is useless to dis-
ire the causes; we know
it, and that is quite suf-
The democratic nomi-
not carry his own vot-
inct, and lost his coun
hery doubtful s a’e—In-
Illinois, Wisconsin, New
Delaware, Connecticut,
fact every state where
lemocrats had hopes of
ing from the republicans,
suit was a sad disap
lent.
oughout the south the
trade majorities were
Treduced; but this was
otto the candidacy of Mr.
on, nor to a falling away
mocratic voters, but to
il apathy. Everybody,
itance, knew that Georgia
ifely in the fold, and men
ot turn out to the polls,
matter of fact, had not
been opposition in sever-
tgressional districts, Geor-
ould have fallen far short
irote that was cast.
Kwghout ’the country the
( as an ideal one. The sun
s bright, and there was
a tinge of crispness that
r U P the voters. The
81 republican plurality
®Pennsylvania where the
rrats were defeated by
than 450,000 votes.
Massachusetts, Montana,
°ther strong republican
democratic governors
elected, but there were lo-
ptditions which governed
Following the an-
a bulletin - went
poters.
Foment
Pryan, Hearst, Wat*
otliers were planing
a tion of a new party;
tala have been publish*
both Mr. Hearst and
7an. p j 8 no t probable
faction would be hurri
■ by these gentlemen at
r a (lute, and for that
Jdhe report should be dis*
^ all. the people them
r ar “ o -iponsible for con
ditions, and certainly the south
is none worse off than they
were before the election. The
democratic party will again
get together in four years from
now and another opportunity
will be afforded of measuring
arms with their old time en
emies;
FOR ROOSEVELT.
California jo
Connecticut
Delaware 3
Illinois 27
Indiana _ ,15
Iowa 13
Kansas _ 10
Maine 3
Massachusetts 16
Michigan 14
Minnesota H
Missouri ig
Nebraska 8
New Hampshire 4
New York 39
New Jersey 12
North Dakota 4
Ohio 23
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 34
Rhode Island 4
South Dakota 4
Vermont 4
Washington 5
Wisconsin 13
Wyoming 3
Colorado
,’daho
Maryland
Montana 3
Nevada 3
Utah 3
West Virginia 7
Total 343
FOR PARKER.
Alabama 11
Arkansas 6
Florida 5
Georgia j 13
Knntucky ; 13
Louisiana 9
Mississippi 10
North Carolina 12
South Carolina L 9
Tennessee 12
Texas 13
Virginia 12
Total
133
Mrs. Caldwell Entertains.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. C.
FT. Caldwell entertained the Bridge
Whist Club at her lovely home on
Shotwell street. This club was
organized several weeks ago, but
this is the first regular meeting
held since the formation.
The game of bridge whist, is an
unusually fascinating one, and on
this occasion The fair players, were
thoroughly interested and absorb
ed. The contest for the prize was
close, but in the end Mrs. George
Woodhull was proved to be the
most proficient player, and was
awarded the prize, a handsome cut
glass salad bowl. A delicious sal
ad course was served at the con
clusion of the game, and each
guest before departing sincerely
thanked the hostess for a most de-
lighful afternoon.
The twelve ladies present on
this occasion were Mesdames,
Caldwell, Woodhull, E. T. Hines,
Sig Nussbaum, E, J. Terry, J. S.
McRee, H. Gans, Walter Terry,
W. Slocomb, 'Albert Russell,
Ben Ehrlich and Will Krause.
Telephone Troubles Adjusted.
After several weeks of indecis
ion, discussion and doubt, the dif
ficulties of the Bainbridge Tele
phone Company are at last practi
cally settled. As we stated in an
issue some weeks ago,, the B-l
Telephone Company had pur
chased the franchise of Mr. Liwey,
of Brinson, and having a perfect
right to enter the city with the'r
line, made every preparation for
doing so and subsequently opened
up an exchange in the Donalson
office- over the Mart Clothing
Store.
Recently however, the local
exchange and the Bell Company
have compromised matters, and
now the Bainbridge Telephone
Company have sole nght in the
city, while the Bell people will
m-.nipulate the long distance
phones.
The local company, so states
Mr. Allen, intends in very short
order to put in their splendid new
phones, improve the’service and
system, and give the people a
telephone exchange with which
they will be entirely pleased. They
have expended some $4,000 already
on improvements and intend to
make the system perfect.
Generally speaking, the citizens
will be pleased to learn that these
differences nave been amicably
settled and that the present sys
tem is to be improved. There is
no reason why Bainbridge should
not have a first class telephone
system, and if she gets it every
one will be satisfied Certainly we
do not need two systems to keep
things confused, and torcing sub
scribers to pay two phone rents,
where one is now being paid.
Under the arrangement with
the Bell people Bainbridge will
have the same long" distance con
nections, she has had previously,
both east and west.
Some Splendid Advertisements.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found several hand-ome advertise
ments which speak for themselves
as to the bargains to be had at the
stores appearing in these ads. The
firms are M. D. Calhoun, the “Cut
Price Man” who hi dges abou 1 : his
trade with a handsome full-page
ad on our last page. You should
read this and visit him during the
ten days he advertises special
prices.
The Mart Clothing Company,
another halfpage advertis-
who should draw a large
share of public patronage. Then
comes the old reliable Flint River
store with its two column ad,
which tells of bargains of interest
to all. Mr. Lytle, who manages
the advertising department of this
immense concern, has given years
of close study to the question of
writing catchy, attractive ads, that
tell a great deal in a small space.
You will miss a great deal if you
fail to read what he has to say in
these two columns.
There are a number ot adver
tisers who have more or less space
n this paper, but it was not our
intention to deal at this time with
all our advertisers; but merely to
call attention to some of the large
ones. These smaller ads will
prove equally interesting and profi
table, and we would advise our
readers not to skip them. The fact
of the matter is that the merchants
are all advertising liberally, some
at one time, and some at another,
and they all realize that The Search
Light is the largest medium for
reaching the public generally that
is published in the county.
laportut fn—isilsutu Meetly.
The County Commissioners
held their regular monthly meet
ing at the court house Monday
and aside from the regular routine,
much important business was
transacted.
One of the first matters that
came up for consideration was in
connection with the building and
repairing of the bridges over the
streams and creeks throughout the
county. The Commissioners some
time since ordered an inspection
of the bridges throughout tne
county and such as needed atten
tion are being repaired, while in
those places where new bridges
were found necessary, new ones
are being built. The bridge over
the Ochlocknee river, which was
built in conjunction with Tho.nas
County, was reported completed
at this meeting and the final ar
rangements in regard to it were
made. This is the first new bridge
to be completed and it is now fin
ished and ready tor use.
The question of selecting a phy
sician for the county was discuss
ed and as the unanimous choice
was in favor of Dr. W. H. Bryan
he was appointed physician for
the county for the ensuing year-
Mr. Don Arnett was appointed
superintendent of the poor house.
One of the most interesting
steps taken by the Commissioners
at this meeting and one that will
meet with the approval of the gen
eral public, was the appropriation
made for laying off a park around
the new court house. The walks
have been paved already and make
quite a neat appearance, and with
the beautiful trees, shiubbery and
grass, for which the appropriation
provides, the spot will be trans
formed into a place ot beauty.
The work of laying off the park,
putting out the trees and plants
will be begun in a few days.
A Second Edition.
It is a matter of congratulation
to the authors of the beautiful
little drama, “Marcclle,” that it is
announced the second edition has
been begun, before the books are
from the publishers, the first edi
tion having been disposed of in
advance. Numerous inquiries
have been made at this office con
cerning the book, and we will
therefore announce the coming of
the books as soon as they arri ve.
The demand for the book has
far surpassed even the most rose
ate expectations of the authors.
Marcellc will be beautifully bound,
and will be a credit to any library.
Convicts Lcsscd.
At the meeting of the County
Commissioners in this city on
Monday, the lease for the Decatur
county convicts for the ensuing
year was let to Mr. Powell of the
firm of Hodges and Powell.
Mr. Powell was the lessee last
year also, paying $13.50 a head
per month, This year however,
the price has been raised and the
hire received for each convict for
the-year 1904 will be $17.50 per
month, an increase of four dollars
over the price in previous years.
Howell —White.
Married in this city on Tuesday
afternoon by Judge Tonge, Mr. C.
R, White and Miss Bertha Ho
well of White’s Mill. There was
no one present except the required
witnesses, and immediately after
the ceremony was performed the
young couple returned to their
home. Miss Howell is a very
pretty and attractive young girl.
Mr. White is a brother to Mr.
White of this city and is a pros
perous young business man. We
extend our hearty congratula
tions.
Georgia Safely Democratic.
Both State and County Results show
Falling off in Vote. Victory
Complete.
Georgia ia again democratic,
and no one is surprised atTthe
announcement that the entire
democratic ticket, both state
and national, were passed up
with handsome majorities.
With the exception of a few
scattering mountain counties,
which went republican, and a
few which Mr. Watson captur
ed by narrow margins, the
counties of the state are like
wise democratic. In McIntosh
and Liberty counties in sonth
Georgia the Republicans won
oat, bnt it should be remem
bered that these counties are
inhabited practically by ne
groes entirely.
So far Decatur county is con
cerned, every district went dem
ocratic. The returns were con
solidated Wednesday in the
court house this city, and the
vote while quite small, was
larger than at the state and
connty election some time ago.
There was no contest in this
county; as Mr. Watson had no
showing whatever, and the re
publicans were not registered
in any considerable numbers.
Spring Creek district gave the
democratic ticket a solid vote.
Steam Mill district did not hold
any election at all. This was
perhaps due to a lack of inter
est, or the failure of election
papers to arrive in town. Of
course Bainbridge polled the
largest vote in the country.
Decatur county has been
democratic ever since it was
wrenched from the republicans
shortly after the war. At one
time the ticket was in danger
some years ago when the popu
lists were strong in the coun
try; bntsinoethe disorganiza
tion of the party and the re
turn of many of its most promi
nent members the democratic
party has had no real contest.
Following is the total vote
for this county:
Parker, 960; Roosevelt, 182.
Mrs. Powell Dies.
The community was saddened
on Tuesday to learn ot the death
of Mrs M. D. Powell which oc
curred Monday night at her home
on Evans street in this city, Mrs,
Powell had been ill for several
months and many times during
her sickness her life was despaired
of. About two weeks ago, just as
she began convalescing, she acci
dentally stepped on a nail; lock
jaw ensued and in a few days
blood poison set in, and from that
time the physicians and family
realized that she would not live.
She grew steadily worse until
Monday night, when surrounded
by her loved ones and friends
she passed away.
The deceased was the wife of
Mr. M. D. Powell, one of the most
prominent citizens ofthe city, and
was highly esteemed by a large
circle of friends. Besides her hus
band she leaves several children
to whom the sympathy of the
town is extended. Her remains
were entered in the cemetery in
this city on Wednesday morning.
Improvldi onr Uihflsv System.
It is a matter of congratulation
to our council that they have be
gun in earnest to improve our light*
ing system. They have already
purchased an entirely new dynamo
of larger dimensions, and new
transformers have been ordered,
and other necessary material' in*
eluding a large boiler has been
bought It is the purpose of the
Electric Light Committee to push
the work right ahead, and to have
in the new system within a very
short time. At present the city
is supplied with only 30 arc lights,
but the new system will
provide for at least fifty, not all of
them to be installed at once, knit
to be provided as fast as the needs
become apparent. The candle
power will be increased, and in
fact the new system will be one of
the most complete anywhere in
the south. Only the poles and
old wires from the Nussbaum sys
tem will be used.
A new engine house will be con
structed, the contract having al
ready been authorized by council.
A very important change will be
the removal of the plant from its
present location on the river, to
the site occupied by the water
works. This will combine the two
plants, and will lessen tbe expense
accordingly. Council has pur
chased from Mrs. F. W. Krause
an additional strip of land adjoin
ing the present water works, which
will furnish ample room to accom
modate the new equipments.
Every citizen of Bainbridge will
endorse action of council in this
important matter, certainly it gives '
us great pleasure to note the ac
tivity of our city fathers in their
effort to obtain for the city the
very best service possible. We
will all hail with delight the im
proved service of our electric
lighting plant.
Destroyed by Pin.
On Wedneeday evening the
elable and barn on tbe premises of
Mr. C. T. Mathis were totally de
stroyed by fire. Although it was
quite early in tbe evening, tbe
fact that the building was burning
was not discovered until the fire
had spread beyond control and tbe
fire company pn reaching the
scene directed their efforts to pre
vent the fire from spreading to the
bouse, and but for the fact that
tbe wind was blowing in an oppo
site direction, the firemen would
have been unable to save the
dwelling houses surrounding from
destruction.
Besides tbe destruction of bis
large stable, Mr. Mathis suffered
other considerable loss as one of
bis fine horses was* burned to
death, and several hogs kept be
hind the stable was alto burned.
In addition to this four sets of
buggy and wagon harness and
about 300 bushels of corn kept in
the barn were lost.
It ia not known bow tbe hre
originated but it is presumed that
it caught from a lighted cigar or
cigarette that some one had acci
dentally dropped.