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Newspaper Page Text/ Bainbridge HERE SHALL WE BATTLE FOB THE RIGHTS OF SO UTHERN WHITE MEN, “ UdfA WED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." olume 4. BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAf, OCTOBER 15, 1874. Number 2. stee E WEEKLY DEMOCRAT |, P! m-ISIIED Evert Thursday BEN. E RUSSELL, Proprietor. T.HTISING rates and rules. | T( ,rti<ements inserted at $2 per square spB insertion, and $1 for each subse- i“ eight solid lines of this type. '] term s made with contract advertisers. ^1 notices of right lines are $15 per _ ,tr $50 per annum. 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The j just ended, and my people (alas ! cr mine) believed that in its red buttle 1 acted like a true son of lb. Indeed so high had 1 risen in linnition that 1 was nominated to |c Semite, being apprised of the letter addressed me by such men i is Tnnge, William (). Fleming, 'r.iwford, and many others of like r Oh ! what a thrill of joy passed in now shriveled soul, as I read r .mil considered its meaning. I o reply and to accept the hon- npnn me, concluding my lct- 7i ■ folio wing patriotic sentiments: |f the dangers feared by our fore" the dissolution of the Y’nion by ion—has come and gone. Let us • other—the consolidation of v jimrcrx of the General Goc- itlikc feared by those illustrious ■0 n triii nr. "Let our sufferings ir wisdom, and our irinlom pro- \i;/htr. 1s t it not he supposed that hare fail'd to establish the right of limit re lor run nej-on irith the Fed- l/i, t/mt then fore liberty ir no mure, .ninre/yuly extinct. The same ion made sacred by the memory' I'trious dead who conceived and it, no less than by seventy odd nparulelled happiness, and pros- I reigns the supreme law of the i a proud moment to me that | those sentiments—but in what vitli the dastardly ideas that eme- ne now. The election came ■d Decatur county by a large crone of the most eminent |i the Senatorial District. But •unties coming to his rescue I Itnl. 1 was crest-fallen. This |tii'.d experience gave me a thirst The Devil impressed me with forgot the honor conferred by id.icy—I forgot every patriotic II had ever uttered —I forgot my |a Confederate soldier—I forgot d 1 had ever done, forgot I country—allbut the inordi- |"id desire for office ; place and "anted, and upon a calculation j fiica estimated the cost, I de- P'diave it at all hazards. L then lb turned my back upon the c "'ho had held up my hands, |had given me their confidence on. and marched straight into M party. Oh ! that I could re- ' fatal steps, or that nine years thiess life were in utter obliv- ilt day that 1 became the enemy "ds, my race and country', my# more long, infernal, liell-con- ' yrot office through fraud, ' '-a Congress bv bayonets ; and | Goddess Fortune rained many of dollars into my till. But at 'ttome! For every dollar 1 'it the Southern people—no as- u ' tco base for me to sanction, helped to “fire the Northern those horrible tales of bloody micw to be false, and my eon- '■'ised, but my avarice and vile ■nominated, and I vouched for 1 And lying became a mania otul the liatiug of the South a I Every measure calculated to de- ndopted section, I supported I'.’dity worthy of a demon. Not "h voting for other men's meas- [ n e t0 oppress my section, I at- f n som c occasions to concoct and 1 m J' own—but they were too p ,na lioious for even the most ken men in Congress to sanction. 1 monstrous Civil Rights Bill. I I sorry ever since I voted for this pleasure—first, because by it, I eated for Congress; and, second, pen my better nature revolted I got many letters from friends at home pending this bill begglttLine'to vote against it—urging me by evt^lie in sipid white blood that flowed in my veins to repudiate this unholy measure. But as it were I held a council with the devils of which I am possessed, and they whisper ed in my ear: “Vote for it and secure your re-nomination ; vote for it and be re venged upon the white society that has long since spewed you out; it is the best chance you have ever had for insulting them you hate, and you would not be a demon did you not avail yourself of it.” And 1 went and voted for the Civil Rights Bill. I am now before the people, again a can 't! i date for Congress—but this Bill is tax ing tny carrying capacity to the utmost. I am weak and faint—ready to break down by the wayside under the load, but my madness and hatred sustain me. Although shunned by respectable people; although virtuous women draw their skirts closer about them as I pass; although fathers and mothers point me to their children as an example to deter them from wickedness— I fight on under the damning load of in famy that oppresses and is overwhelming me. I rave in my public speeches like the furious mailman that I am, and I pro claim that the peaceable white people of the South are on the eve of another re bellion—that treason lurks in every zephyr that fans the cheeks of man in the South. And then I try to impress the whites with the idea that the late struggle of the Southern Confederacy was a “rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight,” when at the same time I know that the son of my ben efactor, a rich man, long since dead, was killed in the front of the Confederate ranks at the first battle of Muffreesboro. But I struggle on to the accomplishment of my infamous mission. Already have I had ar rested several of the little boys who greeted me with a tin pan serenade at Voldosta, recently; and, also, some boys at Camilla for attending a public meeting of my im maculate followers. Nothing was proven against them, for there was nothing to prove, but yet my hatred was somewhat appeased. If ever a man ought to be satiated with hate for a people—I surely ought to be, for hatred to my race in the South has been shown in every act of mine since I become a traitor to it. But I cannot stop —it is my daily bread. I cannot stop, until Pluto sends me a summons to repre sent the 2nd District of Georgia in the last (’ongress of Hell. I say the last, for when 1 enter that fiery region the doors will lie forever closed. But what care I, my pockets are filled with the money stolen from those who never cast a single vote for, me and 1 can supply my every want. 1 can play the gentleman, and dress myself and mine in fine linen and purple, and fare sumptuously every day; and the proud white man who considers me moan er than a negro, 1ms to pay taxes to sup port me in my sumptuousness. And yet I claim now to he “the poor mans candi date for Congress.” Jehu! Was ever ef frontery so hold ? I have made ,a cool fifty thousand since I went to the dogs, not counting-the Salary Grab business, by which 1 took in at one fell swoop §4500 of the “poor mans” money. Well, yes— I rather think, in fact I know, I am tlie poor mans candidate, for just so long as I remain in office, if they all are not poor, aye, d—d poor, it is certainly no fault of mine. That I am an enemy to the white race of the South I admit, and if they were not law-abiding citizens they could not toler ate me in their community. I have fifty thousand dollars, but it does not make me happy—it burns like hell in my pock ets; and it has singed my conscience, which accuses me as if with the voice of God. Sleep is a stranger to my eye-lids —and although 1 walk before the people day after day, remorse has seized my vi tals and despair sinks into my heart, and, “my conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale, and every tale condemns me for a villain.” I feel that my ill-gotten lucre, amassed at the sacrifice of every principle which humanity should hold dear, will bring an endless entail of trouble upon those loved ones, who are to posses it when I shall have passed into that country “where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched,” and where Grant’s bayo nets never enter to sustain a petty politi cian in his efforts to tyrannize over an oppressed people, and where Enforce ment acts are null and void, and the “one man power” holds full and eternal sway. The Melee in Quitman. A more opportunely fair and beautiful day never dawned than was ushured in by the morning’s sun, and everything passed off quietly until about 12 o’clock in., when Capt. J. It. Hunter, our tried and true ex-Representutive to the Legis lature. was grossly insulted by a malici ous and blood-thirsty negro; and when he attempted to resent the insult he was stabben in the left breast, which, it is feared, will prove fatal. The unprovoked and uncalled for out rage created considerable excitement throughout the town, and for a while it seemed that a riot was inevitable. The friends of Capt. Hunter immedi ately took him from the scene of excite ment, and Mr. J. T. Thrasher, our effi cient Sheriff, was prompt in the discharge of his duty; and succeeded in arresting the negro desperado, and incarcerating him in jail. ‘Captain Hunter is considered by his physicians to be in an almost hopeless condition, and great anxiety is felt throughout the community for his recov ery. From the best information we can get the difficulty which resulted so seriously to Captain Hunter originated thus : It seems that Captain Hunter was talking to a negro who desired to vote the Demo cratic ticket, but who hesitated on ac count of fear of violence from his race. Captain Hunter was going on to assure him of the protection and friendship of the white people, when Nick Thompson, who happened to be standing by, gave Captain Hunter the damned lie, which the Captain resented by a rap over the head with his walking cane, whereupon the negro, Nick, stabbed Hunter in the left breast just below the nipple, the blade penetrating the left lung and com ing very near the heart. Another negro, Ben Jordan, struck at him with a stick. He fell to the ground and Mr. Robinson Creech, who happened to be near by, rushed in to his rescue, and attacked Nick with his stick, whereupon Nick took it away and went for Creech also with his knife. The blows from the stick made no impression upon Nick, and it is said he made it so lively for Judge Creech he forgot to limp. In the meanwhile a general row seemed imminent, as many of the negroes rushed up With knives afid sticks, cursing and de claring that they were willing to com mence the fight right then. There were but a few white men in the immediate vicinity, and they seemed to have no more formidable weapons than common pocket knives ; but they were no ways loath to go in and try what virtue there was in these. It was not long, however, before several white men came running with double-barrelled shot guns in their hands, and a general slaughter appeared imminent. The negroes showed a dispo sition to protect Nick Thompson-and his allies, and the whites were full}' determ ined to have him. While the white peo ple were entirely unprepared at first, it did not take long to put them on a war footing ; and if the ball had opened the destruction of negroes would have been tv . -ful. JVe are glad to be able to state, however, that more prudent councils pre vailed, the negro was quietly carried to jail, and all disorder suppressed by the legal authorities. When we consider the wanton attack upon Captain Hunter, hk very danger ous wound (it was supposed he could not live more than an hour,) this popularity and the great excitement they were under when it was reported that one who had been so prominent in tlie politics of our county and was personally so dear to our citizens was murdered, we think it must be admitted that the white people showed great forbearance under these circum stances. At about five o’clock p. in., an incendi ary fire occurred on the suburbs of the town, and for a while great excitement pre vailed. It was evidently the intent of the negroes to attract the attention of the white people of the town towards the fire for the purpose of making a break on the jail and releasing Nick Thompson, the would- be assassin of Captian Hunter. In this their effort proved a failure, however, as the whites, instead of rushing in excite ment toward the fire, proceeded at once in arms to the jail. The incendiary negro who set fire to the house was seen by several parties fleeing from the premises immediately after the torch had been applied, but he took refuge in an adjoining swamp and all efforts to capture him were in vain. Owing to the unsettled and threatening condition of affairs last night the white people turned out in full force and guard ed the town until daylight this morning. Great fears were entertained that an at tempt might be made upon the part of the negroes to rescue Nick Thompson from jail, but it was strongly guarded by the whites and no unlawful demonstrations were made by either party. The count ry people, both white and black, have retired peacefully to their homes, and everything is quiet to-day— no further trouble being anticipated. [Quitman Reporter.} A person wlio represented that he was a clergyman presented himself at the office of a prominent real estate firm in Boston one day this week, and asked if the firm would give him a list of all the farms offered for sale and owned by widows. The query natural ly arose whether he wanted to buy a wid ow or marry a farm. A Chicago reporter went to a party the other day and was good enough to remark the next morniug, that a cer tain young lady had the smallest waist in the room. There is no use in get ting wrathful with the young man: the other girls killed him the next day, and they made him a grave where the sun beams rest. An exchange ridiculing the ridicu lous county Sure, which make no effort at good shows, says that the Clearfield fair consisted of a calf, a goose and a pumpkin. It rained so hard the first night that goose swam off, the calf broke loose and ate the pumpkin, and a thief prowling around stole the calf, and that ended the fair. [Extract from a Speech delivered by Gen eral Battle, of N. C>] A Beautiful Story* During the winter of 1863-64 it was my fortune to be President of Ofte of the courts-martial of the army of North ern Virginia. One bleak- Deoember morning, while the snow covered the ground and the winds howled aroand our camp, I left my bivouac fire tojat- tend the session of court. Windingifor miles along uncertain paths, I tit length arrived at the court ground at Bound Oak Chtirrh. Day after day it bad been our duty to try the gallant soldiers of that army, charged with violations of military law; hut never had I on any previous occasion been greeted by such anxious spectatorsa» on that morn ing awaited the opening of the court. Case after case was disposed of, and at length the case of “The Confederate States vs. Edward Cooper,” was called —charge, desertion. A low murmur rose spontaneously from the battle-scar red spectators, as a young artilleryman rose from the prisoner's beuch, and in response to the question, “Guilty, or Not Guilty ?” answered, ‘Not Guilty.” The Judge Advocate was proceeding to open the prosecution wheuthe Court, observing that the prisoner was unat tended by counsel, interposed and en quired of the accused, “Who is your counsel ? M He replied, “I have no counsel.” Supposing that it was his purpose to represent himself before the court, the Judge Advocate was instruc ted to proceed. Every charge and spe cification against the prisoner was sus tained. The prisoner was then told to introduce his witnesses. He replied, •‘I have no witnesses.” Astonished at the calmness with which he seemed to be submitting to what he regarded as inevitable fate, I said to him, “Have you no defence ? Is it possible that you abondoned your comrades and de serted your colors in the presence of the enemy without any reason ?” He replied, “There was a reason, but it will u“t avail me before a military court.” I said: “Perhaps you are mistaken ; you are charged with the highest crime known to military law, aod it is your duty to make kuown the causes that in fluenced your actions.” For the first time his manly form trembled and his blue eyes swam in tears. Approachin .. r j rmr- ■ * • *1 and upon the reoord Was Written: HEADQUARTBB8, A. N. V. The finding of the oourt is approved. The prisoner Is pardoned, and will re port to his company. R. E. Lee, General Daring the second battle of Cold Harbor, when shot and shell were fall ing “like torrents from the Mountain clond,” my attention was directed to the fact that one of onr batteries was being silenced by the concentrated fire of'the enemy. When I reached the battery every gun bat one had been dismantled, and by it stood a solitary Confederate soldier, with the blood streaming from his side. As he recog nized me. he elevated his voice above the roar of battle and said: “General, I have one shell left; tell me have I saved the honor of Mary and Lucy ?” 1 raised my hat. Once more a Confed erate shell went crashing through the ranks of the enemy, and the hero sank by his gun to rise no myrn. II aven knows, my conntromen, I loved that lost cause, but this, in which we are now engaged, is no less sacred. We will do our whole duty in this campaign, and, if need be, in the mo ment of death, fire the last shot in our battery for the honor of Mary and Lucy. her side, and that young man's arm around her waist. , “See here,” said the inild husband, “I don’t like this kind of a thing. Why isn’t my supper ready ?” “Because I didn’t like to make it,’ said the loving wife. “What are yon sitting there, a let ting that fellow hug you for?” “Because I do like it.” “I tell yon what it is, Annie,”—and his face assumed a fierce look of pas sion,—“if this state of things continues much longer, I’ll get mad, you bet your OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE. Happy Relief tor Young Men from the ef fects of Errors and Abuses iu early life. Manhood Restored. Impediments to Marriage removed. New method of treatment. New and remarkable i emedies. Books and Circu lars sent free, in sealed envelopes. Addreae, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa..- -an.lar'itution having a high reputation ior iiou^hnue conduct and professional skill. UlUC O v to ovtaut in vwaio* the President of the court he presented a letter, saying as he did so, “There, General, is what did it.” I opened the letter, and in a moment my eyes filled with tears. It was passed from one to another of the court until all had seen it, anil those stern warriors who had passed with Stonewall Jackson through a hundred battles wept like little chil dren. Soon as I sufficiently recovered my self possession, I read the letter as tlie defence of the prisoner. It was in these words: My Dear Edward—I have always been proud of you, and since your con nection with the Confederate army I ha/e been prouder of you than ever be fore. I would not have you do any thing wrong for the world; but before God, Edward, unless you come home we must die! Last night I was aroused by little Eddie’s crying. I called and said, “What’s the matter, Eddie?” and he said, “Oh, mamma, I’m so hungry 1” And Lucy, Edward.your darling Lucy; she never complains, but she fe grow ing thinner and thinner every day. And before God, Edward, unhss you come home we must die Your Maet. Turning to tie prisoner, I asked, “What did you do when you received this letter ?” He replied: “I made application for furlough and it w»s re jected ; again I made application and it was rejected ; a third time I made application and it was rejected, and that night as I wandered backward and forward in the camp, thinking of home, with the mild eyes of Lucy look ins; up to me, and the burning words of Mary sinking in my brain, l was no longer the Confederate soldier, but I w4s the father of Lucy and the husband of Mary, and I would have passed those lines if every gun in the batterj had fired upon me ! I went to my home. Mary ran out to meet me, her angel arms embraced me ; and she whispered, “O ! Edward. I am so happy ! I an so glad you got your furlough!’ , She must have felt me shudder, fo* she turued pale as death, and catching her breath at every word, she said, ‘have you come without your furlough 1 O, Edward, Edward, go back ! go lack ! Let me and my children go dowi to gether to the grave, but O, for Haven’s sake, save the honor of onr nime 1” And here I am, gentlemen, not bimght here by military power, bat in obe dience to the command of Maty, to abide the sentence of your court.” Every officer of that conrt-nartial felt the force of the prisoner’s vord. Before them stood, in beatifice ”sion, the eloquent pleader for a husland’s and father’s wrongs; but the] had been trained by their great leader, Robert E. Lee, to tread the pith of duty though the lightning’s flash scorched the ground beneath ther feet, and each in his torn pronouncsi the verdict, Guilty. Fortunately ftr hu manity, fortunately for the Confeder acy. the proceedings of the court were rex is wed by the Commanding Vener- An Old Darkoy Constructs a Wonder ful Machine and Becomes the Vic tim of His Own Ingenuity. [From the Franklin (Ky.) Patriot, Sept. 5.] We referred a few weeks ago to an invention called “perpetual motion,” constructed by an old negro who lives in three miles of this place. It is a wag on, so arranged that after being set in motion, it runs itself by virtue of the fact that the weight of gravitation is thrown forward of the centre of motion, and consequently the machine is com pelled to run. It haB been the intention of the in ventor to have his wagon at the fair on the 9th of September, so that its value may he tested publicly in the presence of the I housands of people who will be present; and we learn from one of the best mechanics that last Wednesday— ihe same day of the circus—the old ne gro mounted the machine, adjusted tha bands, tipped the ballance weight over the centre of motion, gave the driving- whecl a ohrrre, and started to Franklin to report to John B. Montague, secreta ry of the Association, and have his ma chine regularly entered on the books. About one mile this side of the old negro’s home there is a noted point call ed “Red Point,” iinm diately at the forks of the Cross Plains and Spring- field roads; and here, unforunately, an accident occurred which we fear will cause a disappointment to many inven tors who were coming to our fair for the purp( se of examining this wonderful in vention. The machine was humming along the smooth, sandy road at about fifteen miles an hour and the happy in ventor was on deck, feeling as proud as Fulton on board of his first steamboat, whe:i in making the turn just near the margin of the Red pond, the starboard frout wheel collided with a heavy-set post-oak sapling, and the rebound was so powerful that the o 1 d negro was thrown forward over the dash-board, and was at the same time struck by the flange of the driving-wheel, which precipitated his speed so much that when he struck the fence-panel, on the opposite side of the road, he was so badly smashed that death must have taken place imniediate- Coroner Hart field's inquest was un certain as to whether he had been kill ed by a sudden stroke of the driving- wheel or by a too hasty collision with the panel of the fence. The machine, after this accident, struck out with free dom, and passing the residence of Capt. Lea, soon made its way across in the direction of Boisseau’s meadow, was ar rested in its progress by a large Jog which tilted the ballance-weight back of the centre of motion, and the wild wagon was standing gently at rest when overtaken by the coroner and his party, who were following along to take care of the killed and wounded. Since the tragic death of the inven tor, no man has dared to mount the fiery, untamed steed, bat our informant assures us that it will be on exhibition at the Fair Grounds and we invite the atten tion of inventors and machinists to its peculiar mech nism. We will not vouch for aDy man’s life who mounts it and sets it in motion in timbered locali ty, bat it can be managed safely on the half mile track on the Fair Grounds, anp will be pat to its best speed, if any man can be found who is competent to guide it. Gentle Woman s Way Who can help admiring the Roman stoicism of the Arkansas judge who said, after one lawyer had shot another dead in a court room. “Look yeer, if you keep on foolin’ around in this yeer way, I’ll commit some of you for con tempt.” Equal to this in patient suffering was the gentleman who lives in Philadel phia, who, when he entered the base ment dining room the othe> evening, found no one there and no preparations for the evening meal went np to the parlor and there he found his wife sit ting on the sofa with a young man by An Irishman found a Government blanket recently, and rolling it up put it under his arm and walked off,savin “Yis, that’s moin—U for Patrick, aud S for McCarty; be me sowl, but this learnin’s a foine thing, as me faythor would say: for if I hadn't any edication I wouldn’t have been afther lindin’ me blanket.”—Danbury N?irs_ An old gentleman went into the office of one of the papets in St. John. N. B., the other day, presenting a slip cut from a London paper announcing the death of a person well-known in St. John, asked to have it inserted, “as there are a great of his triends here who would like to hear of his death.” TO TEXAS & ARKANSAS. The completion of the Texas and Pa cific Railroad enables the Keunesaw Route, via Western & Atlantic Ii. Ii., to offer the only all rail route from Georgia and the South Carolinas to all points in Texas, On and after September 1st. through coaches leave Atlanta daily for Mem phis, Little Rock and Texakana, Texas, without change, connecting there with through cars for Houstou and all points in Texas. Think of one change of cars between Atlanta, Ga., and Houston Texas. IST 1 Rates reduced by the opening of of this route from §5 to 815 !! Full information can be obtained up on application to Albert B. Wrenn. Southeastern Ag’t Nashville, Chattanoo ga & St. Louis R. R., Atlanta, 0. E. Sargent, Southeastern Ag’t L. & G. S. R. R., Atlanta, or to B. W. Wrenn Gen’l Pass’r & Ticket Ag’t Atlanta, Ga. Sad Blood ! The Whole Western Country- . Can now be easily leached by the Atlantic and Pacific, and Missouri Pacific Railroads and their rail, stage aud steamboat connec tions. These lines commence at St. Lonis, at which point the Mississippi river is cross ed by the most magnificent Steel Bridge in Ihe World, and traverse the whole length of Central and South-west Missouri, and a por tion of Kansas and the Indian Territory, and thus furnish to the business-man, pleasure- seeker and the emigrant, the most direct and comfortable route to all points in Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Ne braska, Utah. Wyoming, California, Oregon and the whole Pacific Slope. Superior in ducements are offered for those seeking new homes in the Far West, and the transporta tion facilities are unequaled by any Western road. Everybody going West should give these roads a trial, and be convinced that the Missouri Pacific Through Line and the At. lantic 4" Pacific Short Line are (he really popu lar thoroughfares of travel- For maps, time tables, information as to rates, routes, etc., address E- A Ford. General Passenger Agent, St.. Louis, Mo. Questions iciU he cheerfully andpromptly answered. The Great Southwest! To all persons desiring Homes in the great and prosperous West, the Atlrntic and 4‘aci • fic Rairoad Company gives a cordial invita tion to visit its lands in Central and South west Missouri, which possess alfthe require ments of a good climate, good soil, good wafer, and good health, with long and cool summers, and short and mild winters. 1,200,000 Acres of Prairie and Timber Lands are offered for sale at low price and on long time—terms in fact., made to suit purchasers, who are furnished with Free Transportation from St. Louis to the lands, at the Company’s Office in St. Louis. For particulars in pamphlets with maps, address A. L - Dcant, Land Commissioner, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co., 25 South 4tb Street, St. Louis, Mo., Jot to the World Woman is Free !— Among the many modern discoveries looking to the happiness and omelipration of the hu man race, none is entitled to higher consid eration than the renowned remedy—Dr. J. Bradfield's Female Regulator, Woman’s Best Friend. By it woman is emancipated from numberless ills peculiar to her sex. Before its magic power all irregularities of the womb vanish. It cures whites. It cures suppression of the memses. It removes uterine obstructions. It cures constipation and strengthens the system. It braces the nerves and purifies the blood, it never fails, as thousands of women will testify. This valuable medicine is prepared and sold by L. H. Bradfield, Druggist, Atlanta. G , Price, $1,50 per bottle. All respectable drag men keep it. LaGrange, Ga., March 23. 1870. BRADFIELD & CO., Atlanta, Ga.—Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that I have used for the last twenty years, the medicine you are now putting up, known as Woman s Best Friend, and consider it the best combi nation ever gotton together for the disseases for which it is recommended. I have been fhjnilliar with the prescription both as a practitioner of medicine and in domestic practice, and can honestly say that I con sider it a boon to suffering females, and can but hope that every lady in our whole land, who may be suffering in any way peculiar to their sex, may be able to procure a bottle, that their sufiering not only be relieved, but that they may be restored to health and strength. With my kindest regards. 1 am respectfully, W. B. Ferrell, M.D We could add a thousand other certifi cates; but we consider the above amply suf ficient proof of its virtue. All we ask is a trial. For sale at all Drug stores in the city. ‘A corrupt tree,” saith the Inspired Volume, "bringeth forth not good fruit,” nor can corrupt blood impart h.xalth, beauty and good flesh, or spirits. “The Blood is the Life.” and health can only be enjoyed in its full perfection where the blood is kept in a pure and uncorrupted state, hence the necessity of pure blood, to give health, beauty, buoyant spirits, long life and hap piness. AN IMPURE CONDITION OF THE BLOOD, manifests itself in different forms of diseases such as Tetter, Salt Rlieum, Scald-Head, Ring-Worms, Pimples, Blotches, Spots, Eruptions, Pustules. Boils. Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Rough Skin, Scurf, Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, Fever Sores. White Swellings, Tumors, Old Sores or Swellings, Syphilitic Affections ot the Skin, Throat and Bones, Ulcers of tiie Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, Lungs, and Uterus. In this condition of things something is needed at once to cleanse the blood, and neutralize the insidious poison that BURNS LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE, as it coures through the veins, sowing seeds of ileatli with every pulsation. Dr. Pemberton’s Compound Extracts of Stillingia, for Queen’s Delight) will post tively effect th:s desideratum, expelling every trace of disease - from the blood and system, and leaving the skin, SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL. For all diseases of the BLOOD. LIVER, and Kidneys, this Great Vegetable Altera tive is without a rival. It will cure any CHRONIC or LONG STANDING DISEASE whose real or direct cause is BAD BLOOD. RHEUMATISM, PAINS IN LIMBS or BOXES; CONSTITUTIONS BROKEN DOWN by Mercurial or other poisons, are all cured by it. For SVPH1LIS or SYPIIILICTIC TAINT, there is nothing equal to it. A trial will prove it. It is a most useful Spring and Fall Purifier of the blood. Its safety and innocence have been ftally tested, so that it may be administered to the most tender infant. Beware of counterfeits and substi- * tutes. Try. the Genuine Extract QUEEN’S DELIGHT, prepared by Dr. J. S. PEMBER TON, Atlanta. Ga. For sale by E. R. PEABODY, k Co., Bainbribge, Ga. HUNT, RANKIN & I.A. MAR, Wholesale Agts. Macon Ga. $5,000,00 to Hub8erberS OF THE Atlanta Constitution November the loth, 1874. THE SECOND ANNUAL DISTRIBU TION of presents, which we have heretofore an nounced, and for which we are under obli gations to some subscribers, will now be pushed to a speedy consummation. Our distribution differs from those of leading Northern and Western Newspapers in two particulars : first, our presents are awarded to both Daily and Weekly subscri- qers; and secondly, to both new and old subsirlbers. a Every Daily subscriber paying $10 for. one year’s subscription, will receive a rtgif tered card entitling him to participate in the distribution ; every daily subscriber paying §5 for six months will receive a card enti ling him to a half interest in the cash pres ents awarded. A club of Five Weekly subscribers, send ing ten dollars for one year’s subscription, will receive one. registered card ; one week ly subscriber can get a registered card by- advancing $10 subscription, ora card en titling him to one half interest in the cash presents by advancing $5 subscription. our last distribution a club of weekly subscribers obtained Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars in Gold. Which was paid to Mr. Geo. Eberbart, PaO- li, Madisorf Co., Ga., in the presence of Ek- Mayor Hammock. The Weekly Constitution is a mammoth 8-page sheet, containing forty-eight columns, only $2 per year. As a Family and Farm Journal it is un surpassed in the United States. jfggpTlie plan is the same as the first# which gave such universal satisfaction. The distribution will be in public and ded by commissioners. gaff-All the presents distributed sealing, and to bona fide subscribers only. gg^Subscribe at once before the distri bution comes off, or you will be too late, ftr it is the last. Sample copies of the Constitution, and circulars giving full particulars, sent firm on application. Liberal inducements and a special lid of premiums offered to local agents. Address W. A. HEMPHILL k 00., Atlanta, Ga. As this may be seen by some unacquain ted with ns, we refer, by permission, to Ex~ Mayor Hammock, Col. G. W. Adair, CeL J. R Wallace, leading citizens, who superin tended our first distribution, and also is thn present Mayor of Atlanta, CoL S. B. Spa cer.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Bainbridge weekly democrat. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 1872-18??, October 15, 1874, Image 1