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Mr. L. F. Patterson Writes Card
Editor, Post-Search Light:
I have just read an article in your
paper written by my good old friend,
Mr. Jesse W. Franklin.
“As he saw Bainbridge, years ago."
He speaks of seeing a man hanged
and of the location of the jail. Now,
he is in error as to the place where
the jail stood. He says it stood
where the bathing pool now stands.
The jail stood right north of the
Kordam Hotel site and on the lot that
,T. M. Floyd has a small brick garage
where D. D. Stulz had a small stable.
That is described in a deed (as the
old jail lot). He saw "HILL”
hanged. Mr. W. W. Harrell was sher
iff. The execution took place right
near where Mr. Floyd’s blacksmith
shop now stands at the end of that
little street running East and West,
last North of Water street, and in
the rear of the bathing pool, (South),
there was another man hanged in
the same place, named “Gripp” he
was hanged by A. B. Belcher, Sheriff,
about 1859 or ’60. Then hanging
went out of style, for thirty years,
hi t in June, 1877, I hanged Alex Hen
derson, and during my term as sheriff
1 hanged seven, and had an old white
man sentenced to be hanged, but after
a very hard struggle Gov. Northan,
communted him to the Penitentiary
for life. He was a grandson of a
Polish nobleman, his name was Dr.
Jules Rembert Von Polinitz, he was
seventy years old, he died soon after
he was received in the pen.
Mr . Franklin mentioned an old
stable that stood where the Post office
now stands. It was owned by Single-
ton and Powell, and was burned about
1873, and with it went the Presby
terian Church that stood on the cor
ner of West and Troupe streets.
He speaks of the changes since he
first saw the old town. I first went to
Bainbridge in 1877, and there is not
much there now that was there at
that time, the Hines building and the
old brick shack by the side of it is
all that was then on the West side
of the square. On the East side,
the corner hardware store is all that
was there, on the South side Ehrlich’s
store is all that was there, it burned
twice. First, it went down with some
old wooden shacks that stood on the
West of it, then it withstood a fire
on the East of it when a store oc
cupied by myself was burned Septem
ber 29th, 1888, then it had a private
affair of its own about twelve years
ago, burning alone. \
Bainbridge has had some big fires,
nearly every block in the business
section having been burned from time
to time, sometimes one-half of a
block would burn, then later the
other half would go. But in 1892, she
suffered the worst, in what is known
as the "Belcher Fire” when two and
one half blocks went up in smoke.
Every thing from Bluminstein and
Willis, on Broad to Clark on Water
street, and from Board to Clark on
the North side of Water street, and
not a building was left standing, but
they were all old wooden shacks on
the North side of Water street, but
all the others were brick except one.
But Phoenix like, she soon arose
from the ashes and goes marching on
to a bigger and better town.
I have said more than I intended to
when I started, but when I look back
over the forty-two years I have lived
there, I can see so much I could write
about that I don’t know when to stop.
HENRY L. WATTS, SUPERINTENDENT
PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS CO., CURED
OF SEVERE CASE OF RHEUMATISM
FARM LOANS
MADE AT LOWEST RATES. SEE OR WRITE US.
Loans made in the Counties of Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas
and Colquitt.
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"The Biggest Farm Loan Concern in Southweat Georgia”
PELHAM. GEORGIA
Probably one of the most remark
able recoveries from a protracted case
of rheumatism is the one referred to
in a letter recently received by the Re-
genrator Club, Atlanta, from Henry
L. Watts, superintendent of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass Company of Atlanta,
in which he writes as follows:
“I suffered severely from rheuma
tism and lameness for months during
the winter and spring, and was prac
tically unable to move about without
constant and excruciating pain. It
seemed impossible for me to find re
lief until a friend insisted that I
try Regenerator. The first bottle
afforded almost immediate relief, and
APPOINTMENT OF
HOLDER QUASHED
SENATE COMMITTEE REFUSES
GOVERNOR HARDWICK’S
REQUEST.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 2.—Recommen
dation that the House bill amending
highway acts of the State, pass by
substitute, and refusal to incorporate
an amendment drawn by Governor
to name the chairman of the State
Highway Commission featured a
meeting of the public raods committee
of the Senate this afternoon.
The highway bill was pased by the
House about a week ago as a result
of a compromise between the factions
in the House favoring the system of
distributing the automobile tax money
among the counties accordirig to post
road mileage and the faction favor-
Some day when I feel like it I will
write you something of the Political
days of “yore.” When the Republi
cans ruled the ROOST, the young
men and the woman voters know noth
ing of the trials their fathers had.
It might be .well for them to know
as the Republicans are trying to pull
the wool over their eyes, and get them
fooled into voting with that “GANG.”
Respectfully,
L. F. PATTERSON
3409 Mt. Pleasant St. Washington,
D. C.
two bottles practically cured me. I
am certainly glad of an opportunity to
recommend Regenerator, which I firm
ly believe to be all that is claimed for
it.”
Hundreds of sufferers, many of tl i
with chronic cases of long standi •;
have been greatly benefited and rf-
lieved by the use of this new and re
markable tonic. The REGENERA
TOR CLUB, an organization that is
directed by those who have been bene
fited by this remedy, will gladly fur
nish without cost special directions
for particularly aggravated cases.
Write to the Regenerator Club. Box
684, Atlanta, Ga.
mg the present system of allowing the
Highway Commission to say where
this money shall be spent.
The compromise measure pased by
the House authorizes distribution of
the money among the various coun
ties according to State road and not
post road mileage and that the High
way Commission shall act wit hthe
county boards in spending it in the
various counties on the State High
way system.
A substitute was offered by the
Highway Commission for the House
bill before the Senate committees and
this was adopted Tuesday, it allows
the highway department to set aside
10 per cent of the automobile tax
money at the first of each year to lie
used to care for any emergencies dur
ing the year and the remainder to be
distributed between the counties ac
cording to State road mileage.
James I. Hicks, of Crawford coun
ty, has been appointed assistant com
missioner of agriculture to succeed
Peter V. Rice, who has assumed du
ties in another field of the State De
partment of Agriculture, it was learn
ed at the capitol today. Mr. Hicks
assumed his duties Tuesday. J. J.
Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture,
was not in the city Tuesday and made
no statement concerning the appoint
ment of Mr. Hicks.
Rub-My-Tism is a great pain
killer. Relieves pain and sore
ness, Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Sprains, etc. , 5-12-20t
Card From Mr. W. G. Wingate
Editor Post-Search Light:
In Monday’s discussion with our
Commissioners in regard to the dip
dipping issue, I did not get to say
much on account the man that had
had his cows stolen by the outlaws,
and our Uncle Tom. Hence this ar
ticle. First, if the gentleman’s cows
were stolen as the reports without
giving him proper legal notice, every
man in any way connected with the
affair should be forced to serve on our
public roads the balance of his life.
It was a felony, pure and simple, with
out due process of law. No wonder
there are such a hue and croy against
our board. It will continue to grow
worse as long as they sanction and
permit confiscation of the peoples
cattle, money and other property, be
fore your bull-headed autocratics rule
or ruined policy causes several things
to take place in our county. I urge
you with all my power in a friendly
way, and for the best interests of
all our people and county, to use
more wisdom, justice and moderation.
It enn be done and dono in a way sat
isfactory to all concerned.
Third, the ticks are here and will
be until dooms day, regardless of old
Doctor Peter, and all his cohorts of
slick grafters. The seven years itch,
inensels, mumps, belly ach, etc., is
also still with us and will be when
Gabriel blows his horn, regardless of
Drs., Christian Scientists, and all
other agencies combined. If the ticks
can be done away with, why not the
other pests. Damn the belly ach—
dip us gentlemen. Now listen, per
sonally, I do not claim, nor never have,
that the ticks can not be kept under
control and that dipping does no good;
so can other disease pests be kept un
der control. The dippingof cattle in
the past few years has also practically
destroyed the great swarms of big-
cow flies that use to infest the cattla
in the woods and did them more actual
harm than all the ticks combined.
The tick and big fly both are now
under complete control, and to «av»
my life, I can’t see why otir authori
ties do not let up on the work an elimi
nate some of the heavy expenses to
Jour tax payers, unless there is a pow
erful graft some where, for someone.
The costs of the work has been far
greater than all the benefits derived
from it. Regardless of all the fool
claims to the contrary, some few with
large herds of cattle who live right
at the vats may have got some Httlu
benefits, while seventy-five per cent
of the people got none. And some
dip vat men that keep on reporting
ticks in order to hold their jobs, when
there is practically no ticks. Gen
tlemen its up to you.
W. G. WINGATE.
Panic Caused by Bomb
In N. Y. Italian Quarter
New York, July 23.—A bomb ex
ploded in the door of a grocery in
the Italian quarter early Saturday
and threw the district into a panic,
requiring reserves to quiet the feara
of excited residents. Charles Navarro,
the grocer, told the police he had
recently received threatening letters.
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