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BAINBRIDGE, DECATUR COUNTY,
(esoMoos of Respect BOND ISSUE FOR
Night Ca’ling for $120,000.
e , vour committee appointed Qjy Q oon( j| Passed Ordinance Monday
iraft suitable resolutions on'
death of our brother, Past
s terS. Russell Brinson, beg
submit the foliowing:
limon Russell Brinson, was
,he Worshipful Master,
r dens and brethren of Brin-
Lodge. No. £76, F. and A.
BAINBRIDGE
Children Kill Big Roller, j Death of Mrs. Smith.
The children of Mr.and Mrs. A.! Mrs. J. F. M. Smith, one of
Spear, living a few miles west i the heat known women of her
of Bainbridge had a close call j section, died at her home in the
m February 18th, 1876, at
nson, Ga., and died in the
s ley Memorial Hospital, At-
ta, Ga., September 19th, 1911.
was the son of Simon and
ttie E. Brinson, (deceased),
arly in life he taught school
several terms, but after corn-
ting his education at Mercer
tiversity, he entered the news
per business in Bainbridge,
, being owner and editor of
Bainbridge Search Light for
veral years, after Which he
^ged in the turpentine busi
es at Brinson, Ga.. and con-
nuing in this until his health
can to fail him last October,
Brother Brinson was happily
arried December 23rd, 1909 to
iss Alice Harvard of Dublin,
who survives him.
His fellow citizens intrusted
with positions of honor and
isponsibility, haying represent-
his county in 'the legislature
■om 1902 to 1906.
Brother Brinson united with
lasonry, joining Orion Lodge
!o. 8 in 1902. He was Past
faster of both the Bainbridge
nd Brinson Lodges. He was a
night Templar and a member
f Alee Temple. He also was'a
onsistent member of the Metho-
ist church which dating his ex-
erier.ee of grace back in his
manhood he lived a con-
stent member of both his church
nd lodge until his death.
tar,ding face to face with
eatli Masonay scorns the ap-
aranee of Atheism that would
rite upon the gates of her
emeteries, “Gone forever.’
Ihe detests that infidelity which
ives no consolation to dry sor-
Offs’ tears when the desire of
ie eye has been removed, laid
off by the settling mound and
overed beneath the clods of the
alley, but she hearkens to the
lord which points to a ladder
eaching from earth beyond the
louus into the stars and awaits
ith patience, while a voice
omes in tones of tenderness,
Blessed are the dead who die
the Lord.” We feel that this
hould be a solenm admonition
us all that we should live a
ife of rectitude and when we
oave diligently executed the de
igns upon the trestle board of
>fe our name may be recorded
the Lambs’ Book of Life Eter
nal.
Brother Brinson was all that a
,rue Christian, a true Mason, a
°Ble man and a faithful friend
! °ukl be. He was faithful in
Ve ry trust and all who knew
'jm intimately were drawn to
'im by the tender ties of endur-
nv friendship.
In view of the foregoing be it
esolved:
1st. That in the removal of
brother Brinson from among us,
the Supreme Grand Master of
ne universe to whom we most
ambly bow, this Lodge has lost
most faithful member. One
hose bright example will be
>er before us and whose
At the regular meeting of the
City Council Monday night a
new ordinance was passed call
ing for an election for bonds for
the city Bainbridge, the amount
aggregating $120,000. The or
dinance was passed without a
dissenting vote. The first pub
lication of the ordinance appears
in this issue.
It will be noticed that $50,000
is named for the school building
and additional site for same,
The amount of $15,000 is want
ed for a city hall.
$20,000 is wanted for a hospi
tal.
$10,000 will be used in extend
ing the water mains and the
water works system of the city.
$25,000 will be used in paving
the streets around the public
square and the streets radiating
therefrom as far as the sum will
hold out.
There is still some difference
of opinion as to the amount that
should be used for the various
improvements, but it seems the
amounts come nearer agreeing
with the views of all than any
other siim that has been named. '
It is hoped that all the voters
will unite on ilie bond question
this time, and that they will be
passed without a dissenting
voice. If this is done, by this
tifr.e next year Bainbridge will
have taken a start for growth
and upbuilding such as she has
not experienced before in years.
from a large rattle snake Mon
day.
Their nine year-old son had
gone to the potato patch to gath
er some vines. After he had
been gone for some time a little
child two years old followed the
older brother to the potato patch.
When the little child reached its
brother he said he had seen a
snake. The older child went
back a few steps and saw a large
rattler just starting into a hole
in the ground. He looked around
and saw a piece of a singletree
nearby, which he picked up and
struck the snake, breaking its
back. The little fellow had a
pretty hard fight to finally kill
the snake. The children carried
the snake to the house. It prov
ed to be a large one, measuring
between four and five feet in
length
It is said that the rattler was
directly in the path of the little
child, and he had to go around
the snake to get to his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Spear consider
it almost a miracle that the chil
dren were not bitten and killed
by the reptile.
hool Bags for Children
The Geo. H. Fields Co. an
nounced last week that they bad
pretty school bags for all the
white school children in the coun
ty. Since that time a large num
ber have sent their names and
address and received the presents
from the wide-awake firm.
The only thing you have to do
is to send a postal card with your
name and address to the Geo. H.
Fields Co. ‘ ‘The Store of Fash
ion,” Bainbridge, Ga., and you
will receive one of these useful
presents. They say they have
enough for all the white children
in the county. Suppose you
send and get one at once.
Mr. Ralph Smith of the Atlan
ta Journal was in the city Mon
day. He was in a bunch of men
every now and then sounding
their political proclivities. When
Ralph Smith goes over Georgia
and takes the bearings on things
political he can come about as
close as any man predicting the
outcome of an election.
MEETING OF STATE
FEDERATION
The Best Acre of Cotton.
Mr. E. A. J. Rich is said to
have gone'sdiead in the county
on the production of one acre of
cotton, making two bales on the
acre.
To be more exact, Mr. Rich
has gotten a little more than
1000 pounds of lint from the one
acre. Just what methods of cul
tivation were used is not known,
but all know “Father Rich.” to
be one of the most successful
farmers in the county.
Bethel community Friday after
an illness lasting for several
weeks.
Mrs. Smith was 66 years of
age. She was born in Paulding
county, Ga., SepT. 21, 1845, and
was Married to Mr. J, F. M.
Smith January 31, 1868. She is
survived by her husband and
three adopted children. These
are Mr. W. R. Howell of White’s
Mill; Mrs. T. A. Wynn of Bethel
neighborhood and Mr. W.T. Pace
of Dopalsonville. She was the
grandmother of Poli&man F. P»
Howell of Bainbridge. One sis
ter survives her; Mrs. W. C.
Waldhip of Stilesborof Ga.
She) joined ' the Missionary
Baptist church at Raccoon in
Bartoiw county in 1866 and has
been h consistent Christian since
that jtime, her membership
the tine of her d&th being at
Mt. (flive church. She was one
of thi most beloved women of
her community.
The remains were tenderly laid
to rest in the cemetery at Bethel
churoh, Rev. W. F. Cato, her
pastor, officiating at the funeral.
A host of friends throughout
the county join in extending
sympathy to Mr. Smith and the
other relatives.
Big Convention cf Woman’s Clnbs Closes
its Work for 1911 Here Today
sympathy and condolence in this,
their sad hour of bereavement,
and that in us they will ever find
Resolution of Respect.
The angel of death has visited
this Lodge again and removed
therefrom our beloved Brother,
R. W. Smith. As a friend he
was always loyal and true. He
posessed' that happy faculty
which drew all men to him and
gained their confidence and re
spect. This he never betrayed.
He was always just to every one,
even his enemies, if he had any.
Knowing that no unfair advan
tage would be taken of them
His sole object in life was to alle
viate suffering and to make the
world happier and brighter by
having lived in it. His life work
is ended. We loved him in life
for his upright manly qualities,
and with us will ever linger in
our memory the recollection of
his noble deeds.
By his death, Oak City Lodge
No. 234, I. O. O. F., has lost one
of its most loyal members, and
his family a devoted father.
Therefore be it
Resolved, tjiat the sympathies
, fa.no.
lunu.
MusfTJegister in November
City Clerk E. A. Wimberley
announces that the registration
books for the city of Bainbridge
are now open for the registra
tion.
It is urged that every v^ter in
the city register and be reAly to
vote when the day arrives to
vote on the question of bonds.
It will be remembered thart if
you register at all for the li nd
election you must do so in No
vember. After the last dsO of
November it will be to-'f late
to register. ffijl
Stephens-Tonge.^^
The marriage in Albany Wed
nesday afternoon of Mr. Davis
Tonge of Bainbridge and Miss
Evelyn Stephens of Millen, was
quite a surprise to a large circle
of friends in the city and coun
ty.
Mr. Tonge left Wednesday,
for Albany, accompanied by his
brother, Mr. H. V. Tonge, Mrs.
H. B. Ehrlisch and Mr. Jule
Ehrlisch, the party going
through in automobiles. The
bride-to-be coming from Millen
and meeting the party in Al
bany.^ J
The-' Amony was performed
by E^vV ■‘T. {jVright, rector
of'm. James Episcopal church,
a^ Albany. Tfie n^rriage was
at \)' a . home of th1‘ mirfhter.
Th, 'Vide was giver) awn by
M v-c
What is thought by many to
have been the greatest ctfnven-
tion in the history of the Geor
gia Federation ef Women’s Clubs
closes here today, most of the
delegates going from here to
Thomasville to spend part of the
evening as guests of the Thom
asville Federation.
Every hour has been an inter
esting one since the delegates
began arriving here from every
section of the state Tuesday.
The program was carried out as
published in last week’s issue.
The addresses of welcome by the
citizens of Bainbridge on behalf
of the city and county, and by
Congressman S. A. Roddenbery
on behalf of the Second Con
gressional District, and respons
ea to these addresses, was a
most inteiesting feature of the
first evening’s program.
A number of brilliant enter
tainments were tendered the
visitors, among them being
reception by Mrs. John fe. Don-
alson, a boat trip by Hon. John
W. Callihan and luncheon on the
boat by the Bainbridge Fedora
tkm,.Supper at the.Bon ^ir Ho
tel by thi Bainbridge Federation,
luncheon by the Women’s Chris
tian Temperance Union of Bain
bridge and luncheon by the Bain
bridge Federation at th'e court
house. The last named will be
given today upon the adjourn
ment of the convention.
Mrs. Hugh M. Willett, the
President, is a most excellent
presiding officer. The State
Federation has made rapid strides
during her administration.
Big Court Next Week
Superior court will convene
here Monday and it will no doubt
do a large amount of work next
week in the way of cleaning up
the docket. There are a num
ber of important cases to be
tried and the legal fraternity of
the city will be veiy busy dur
ing the session.
The court will likely hold for
the full two weeks in order that
the docket may be cleared of the
most important cases.
The Bainbridge Federation has
proved to be one of the strongest
organizations in the state. (J’he
easy manner in which they en
tertained the convention has been
the subject of favorable com-
rfitelj on every side.
One hundred and fifty dele
gates were in attendance, and
every section of Georgia was
represented. Reports from the
various committees shows that
a great work is being done
throughout the state, and shows
also that the organization is one
of the strongest forces in the
work of civic improvement, edu
cation, morality, temperance and
other things that go to make i
great people and a great com
monwealth.
Space forbids even a synopsis
of the many splendid addresses
delivered during the convention.
They were all instructive and
highly interesting. To look up
on such a gathering and listen to
the addresses, one comes to the
conclusion at once that it beats
J«l|e Hill Denswccs Whisker
Atlanta Ga., Nov. 8—Denounc-'
ing the evil of intoxicating liq
uor as monstrous and measurlesa,
the Georgia appellate court, in a.
decision handed down Tuesday
morning by Judge Hill, Declares
that strong drink is responsible
for at least three-fourths of the
crimes that occupy th4 time of
the Georgia courts.
It is liquor, says Judge Hill,
that fills the jails, penitentiaries
and asylums.
The decision is in the case of
Langhston vs.' the State, in
which a young man killed bis
drunken father, after a terrible
family row in which the boy’s
mother was attaked. The
Langston boy was convicted of
manslaughter, and the decision
sustains the verdict.
The main interest in the decis
ion rests In what Judge Hill says
of liquor: *■ (
"It is a hydra-headed and re
morseless monster, which with
ceaseless and tireless energy
wastes the substance of the poor,
manufactures burdensome taxes
for the public, monopolizes the
time of the courts, fills the jails,
penitentiaries and asylums, de
stroys manhood, terrorizes help
less women and innocent chil
dren, baffles the church and
mocks the law.
‘Answering its inexorable de
mands,
Each new morn, new widows
mourn,
New orphans cry,
New wrongs strike heaven in
the face.’ ”
‘ ‘These are the products of a
curse imposed, not by the de
cree of God, but self-inflicted by
the voluntary conduct of man,
its weak and wicked victim.
Judges of criminal courts, speak
ing from official experience, have
grown weary calling attention
to the drink habit as the princi
pal cause of crime, and nothing
the writer could say would add
to this manifest truth. Bift I
can not refrain frqm saying that
after five years’ observation of
the cases that have been before
this court, three-fourths of the
crimes are due directly or indi
rectly to the excessive use of in
toxicants, and that if the church
and the state and public senti
ment could ultimately make
Georgia sober, the prisons would
Mrs. \‘hrlisch.
Thejparty remained in Albany a Georgia legislature in about be vacant, the chaingangs emp
- • ’ ■ —-— ; —the ratio of four to one. The 1
help and sympathy in every time i , , ,
of need. j of this Lodge be tendered
3rd. That a copy of these j family, and that a copy of these j ^an^ridge, having visited here
AM C La CYlVOOrl 11 Tg 1 n t n C-* l ^ tiywAfi ^1'llA 1 C3
Wednesday night, returning to
Bainbridge yesterday afternoon.
ThC 1 bride is well known in
resolutions be sent to the be
reaved family of our deceased
brother, and that they be spread
upon the minutes of this Lodge
and a page dedicated to his mem
ory. Also, that the same be
published in the Bainbridge
ir ,. , . , , mem 'i Search Light and Masonic Her-
and works we shall ever ten- 1 ^
Perish. i j j) Murphy,
^d. That we tender to the
nrr °w stricken
n d friends
wife, relatives
our most sincere
T. J. Jackson,
J. T. Wilson,
Committee.
resolutions be spread upon the j a number of times. The groom is
minutes of this Lodge, that a [one of the best known young
copy be sent to his family, also business mep of the city. He
that they be published in our has a large circle of friends
weekly paper, the Search Light.; throughout the county.
, . . , ty, and the cities, towns and
fact is, these women, represent- ,, , ... . ...
ing as they do the intelligence of countr > would fllled Wlth
the womanhood of Georgia, un-, prosperous and happy homes.”
derstand the conditions and!
needs of the state and when their
plans for improvement and ad
vancement are carried out illit-
teracy will be a thing of the' Wednesday,
past and the state will be - far j -mmai
Mr. C. O. McCall of Attapul-
gus was a visitor in the city
The Search Light joins the ahead in many ways.
! to them in 1911.
Brother rest your labors one, _
si^h°e f B ieerthaUnow« n nobre r akin B ' host of friends in extending | It is a great honor for any city, At this writing it is not known
moon of toil no night of waking. I heartiest congratulations. to have the rrivilege of enter- where the convention will meet
I. J. Martin, I Mr. and Mrs. Tonge are at taining such a body of women in 1912. The pap: r also goes to
C. A. Bass, i borne to their friends on Shot- and the people of Bainbridge press too early to learn who the
S. A. McNair. 1 weJ | 3treet _ ! will not forget the honor coming officers will be for another year.
Committee.
