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SMITH Sc TRAUB, at T. B. Hunnewell Sc Co’s Old Stand. THE BEST STOCK OF GOODS AT L(y
The Weokly Democrat.
UIEECT RAILROAD COM MUNI
.CATION WITH THE WEST THE
NECESSITY OF THIS SECTION
A heed of direct railroad communi
cation has long been felt by tbe people
of Southwestern Georgia and Middle
Florida. To this end the Bainbridge
Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad was
chartered, and a large amount of tbe
BLACK FRIDAY OF THE RADI- work on same accomplished. There is
BEN. E. RUSSELL, - Proprietor.
Bun E. Russell, - • R. M. Johsbton,
EDITORS.
Bainbridge. (»a
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March 9, 1376.
CAL PARTY
'Friday, the 2nd day of March, will
ever be a memorable one to tbe great
Republican party of this country. On
that day developments were made
which startled the whole country, re
vealed the infamy and sealed the ruin
ofWm. W. Belknap, Secretary ol War,
a full account of which wc publish on
our first page to-day. This is the first
time in the history of our country that
a Cabinet Minister has been impeached
for misdemeanors aifll high crimes in
office, and the hr nor of this proud na
tion has received a wound from which
it can never entirely recover. But we
have no time to moralize. The sealpel
is cutting yet deeper into the rotten
carcas, developments multiply* and the
infamies thicken.
Dispatches fiom Washington say
that Bepublican Senators have held a
caucus and made a peremtory de ; and
upon Grant that S cretary of the Navy
Robeson be retired, concerning whom,
in a few days, developments will Le
made of official corruption still more
startling and stupendous. It is also
understood that Gen. Meigs will be
forced to resign for frauds unearthed
in the Quartermaster-General’s office.
A member of the investigating com
mittee of the Interior Department said
on Friday that the administration of
Delano will be found reeking and stink
ing with official corruptiou.
Advices from Washington state that
the leading Repub'icans are very down
hearted, and concede that the fate of
their party is sealed. As a dernier re
sort the Republicans, hoping to save
themselves, propose to join hands with
the Democrats in opening the black
reins of corruption ; but, as old Simon
Cameron remarked, “it is too d—nd
late 1”
IATER.
Later dispatches state that the evi
dence of Attorney-General Pierepont’s
interference in favor of Babcoqk, in the
hands of the Judiciary Committee of
the House, is direct, and that it is more
than probable he will be impeached.
And the lines are drawing gradually
around Grant himself. Henry Ileiser,
of H, C. Heiser & Co., bankers of New
York, is quoted that Schenck hesitated
about becoming a director in the Em
ma Mine fraud, and that Grant receiv
ed $20,000 for writing a letter which
induced Shenck to aceept. It was a
gold draft and negotiated through
Heiser’s bank.
It seems that the crooked whiskey
business is not forgotten as yet. Knott
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
offered a resolution for the appointment
of a select Committee to inquire whether
any officer or employe of the govern
ment has, in any way, advised or coun
selled with, or directly or indirectly,
verbally or in writing, communicated to
any of the defendents, or friends,
agents, or attorneys of the defendants in
the recent whisky conspiracy trials in
St Louis, any of the facta, papera or
other evidence which the government
relied on or was expeeted to rely on,
and whether any attempt was made by
any officer or official of the government,
other than the District Attorney and
his assistants, to interfere with, advise,
counsel, or in any way control tne con
duet of said prosecutions or any of
them, the Committee to have power to
send for persons and papers, etc. The
resolution was agreed to without objec
tion.
From all the information at our com
mand, Gov. James M. Smith cannot go
into a convention against Colquitt with
out a compi omise of his honor and in
tegrity. Why his friends, therefore,
should attempt to obstruct the path of
Colquitt, by advocating his claims is
beyond our ken.—Mucna Vista Argus.
Will our dear friend and kinsman
cf the above able journal please give us
“all the information at his command''
on the above snhjeot ? That, it seems
to ns, would be the surest and speediest
way to settle the question. We would
hate awfully to have Governor Smith
compromise “his honor and integrity.”
We await the information, gentlemen.
we believe, some-eixty miles of the
road graded. The company also sur
veyed a route from Bainbridge to Tal
lahassee, and from 3 J ainbridge to Quin
cy, and at one time there was a very
fair prospect of the completion of the
line from Tallahassee to Columbus, but
the failure of Kimball put a speedy and
probably a final end to the enterprise
By the following letter, placed
our hands through the courtesy of
Hon. Daniel McGill, it wi l l be seen
that the question of direct ccmmunica
tion is being agitated in Middle Flori
da. Judge Ripply, the writer of this
letter, is doing a great deal in openiri
up the the country and its resources,
and if there is a possibility of the buil
ding of such a road, he will make him
self aware of it :
Tallahassee, Fla.,
March 2nd, 1876.
Hon. Daniel McGill,
Bainbridge, Ga.,
Dear Sir : It is our desire here to
have direct railroad connection with Lou
isville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago,
St. Louis and other cities of the North
and West..
1 am proposing a route from Tallahas
see via Bainbridge to Eufaula. There it
will connect with the Montgomery and
Eufaula Railroad, and then at Moutgom
ery with the Louisville and Great South
ern ; and this would bring us almost in
direct communication with the cities
above named, and give tbe people of
Middle Florida a reliable market for tlieir
early fruits and vegetables. I believe
that with a united effort on the part of
the people along tlie proposed route, that
sufficient aid can be had to build the road
I would like to know your views on the
proposed road ; what your citizens would
do to put the ball in motion, and if there
need be any changes made in the route.
Yours truly,
H. C. Ripply.
In the route proposed by Judge Rip
ply, the reader will see that the work
already done on the B., C. and C. road
could be utilized, thus making the line
to Eufai la comparatively an easy un
dertaking.
As to the benefits that would accrue
to the people of Che country through
which the road must pass, they would
be incalculable. Lands that now pos
sess nearly no value at all, would be
eagerly sought at good prices, and the
products of our industry having speedy
transportation to good markets, would
bring about that long wished-for era of
prosperisy to our section.
The' truth of the matter is apparent
to all, that unlees some great impetus is
given to this part of our country, we
are doomed to eternal poverty and
hardships Some of our landed propri
etors own thousands of acres, equal in
its fertilsty and the variety of its pro
ductions, to any in the world, but what
is it worth ?
Now can’t our people make an effort
to secure the advantages which will
follow the opening up of this lire of
travel ? We shall refer to this all im
portant subjeot more at length hereaf
ter.
GOVERNOR SMITH.
For the past twelve months there
has been from some sources a continued
finding of fault with Governor Smith
and his administration. Yet strange to
say the fa sit finders have signally fail
ed to show the people wherein the great
Seorgian has erred in the discharge of
his duty in the slightest particular.
The people love and honor Governor
Smith, and are not only satisfied with,
but proud of his administration. He
has been tried to the satisfaction of the
masses, and not found wanting in any
essential that tends to make a wise and
able ruler. The falsehoods, insinua
tions and slanders of anonymous wri
ters, or the voracious attacks of hungry
editors fall still-born before tbe judg
ment and common sense of the people
of Georgia.
In these times of corruption and de
moralization a faithful and honest offi
cial is duly appreciated, and there is a
manifest disposition on the part of in
telligent voters to retain in position
those who are proved to Le worthy,
rather than change for those they know
not of. The great majority of the peo
ple are interested in good government
alone. That secured, they are satisfied.
They care not for offices and the spoils
thereof. It is a very small minority of
the population that are interested in
the holding of the offices, and who
“hanker" af.er the flesh pots. These
are the fellows who desire new admin
istrations, and who if they have not
capital to advance their campaign with,
must make it. Hence the attacks upon
Governor Smith. They know that the
Governor is above reproach, but in
order to defeat him, slanders and wily
insinuations must be circulated among
the people.
In the early part of the year 1872,
some months before his nomination to
his present term of office, the Demo
crat placed at its mast head the name
of James M. Smith. At that time
Governor Smith was filling out the un
expired teim of the fugitive Bullock,
most ably and admirably But in that
short time his true worth and exalted
character were realized, and the people
determined he should be "Governor
again, and the same clan now barking
at his heels swore that he should not
be. He was nominated and elected
and he will be nominated and elected
again, notwithstanding the disappoint
ed place hunters, and their attendant
army of sutlers and bummers, have re
newed their oath that such shall not
be the case.
THE SEED COTTON LAW.
Below we give the law in reference
to the seed cotton traffic, as framed by
our Representative, Col. Daniel McGill
and enacted by the Legislature. We
all well remember the excitement last
fall created throughout this entire see
tion, on account of this nefarious cotton
trade. No farmer was safe from the
incursions of these thieves, and indig
nation meetings everywhere was the re
suit. Henceforth, however, so far as
Decatur county is concerned, we are
relieved of the curse, and honest men of
every shade and condition unite in a
vote of thanks to our able Represents
tive :
A Bill to be entitled An Act, to regulate
the traffic in Seed Cotton, and for other pur
poses therein named,-
Section 1st. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Georgia, That before any person
shall be allowed to buy Seed Cotton, he or
they shall apply to the Ordinary of the coun
ty of which they live, and shall have from
the Ordinay a license, for which he or they
shall pay the sum of $500, which shall be
by him paid to the County Treasurer for the
use of the county.
Section 2nd. Be it further enacted, That
before such license shall be granted the par
ty, or parties, shall take and subscribe the
following oath: “I, or we, do solemnly swear
that I, or we, will not purchase any cotton
in the seed under any circumstances that
indicate the same has been stolen. That I
will diligently enquir into the ownership of
the same, nor will I permit any such cotton
bought at my or our place ol business by
any other person, than those who take this
oath, and that I or we will keep a correct
record of a-1 the cotton bought in the seed
by me or us, at the hour of the day when
purchased, from whom purehnhsed, at what
price purchased, and in what paid, and on
whose plantation said to have been raised
and shall on or before 12 o’clock m. of each
Saturday make a complete copy of said re
cord, and file the same with the Ordinary,
so help me God.’’
Section 3rd. Be it further enacted, That
said record shall be kept and at all times
fullyr exposed to the public examination,
and any refusal to exhibit tbe same to any
person shall be deemed and held a misde
meanor, and upon conviction shall be p
isbed as perscribed in Section 4310 of the
Code.
Section 4th. Be it further enacted, That
any person who has not oblained a license
as perscribed in this Act, and who has seed
cotton in his possession, shall be deemed and
held to be guilty of the offence of receiving
stolen cotton in the seed, and shall be held
to prove that he raised the Seed Cotton, and
if he fails to prove shall be convicted of said
offense, and punished as prescribed in Sec
tion 4310 of the Code of Georgia.
Section 5th. Be it further enacted, That
the provisions of this Bill shall apply only
to the counties of Randolph and Decatur.
Section 6th. Repeals conflicting laws.
EDITORIAL RAIDS.
How do you spell it? Bel-knap, or Bell-
nap? Let’s have the question decided.
The Atlanta Constitution has surmounted
its building with a bust of Benj, Franklin.
It should have been one of J. Brown.
Beelzebub, Butler, Blaine, Beecher, Bow
en, Bullock, Billings, Babcock, Blueblazcs
andBelki ap. Lord deliver us from the “B’s.’
The editor of the Griffin Press and Culti
vator don’t like long sermons. Neither do
we. “Short sermons and long sassengers”
is our motto.
We hope no one will get mad with us
when we give it as our deliberate opinion,
that James M. Smith will be next Governor
of Georgia.
Charlie Willingham, of the Cartersville
Express, advocates Colquitt for Governor,
and states that he is not paid to do it. Wil
lingham is an honest man.
The Blackshear Georgian don’t think the
last Legislature represented the people. The
people never will be truly represented until
the Constitution is changed, making none
eligible to office but editors.
The next Legislature should be composed
entirely of editors. Then each one could be
Public Printer, each newspaper be made an
‘official organ,” and the Legislature turned
into a mutual admiration society.
Our friend of the Talbotton Standard
thinks the Georgia House of Representatives
did a sensible thing when it refused to pass
the bill Tegulating legal advertising fees.
Etldy always has an eye skinned for the
loaves and fishes.”
The Russells of the Buena Vista Argus in
timate that That Russell of The Democrat
is a jackass. We shan’t get mad, as its all
in the family, but Abby and Rufie are vexed
because tbe jackasses in their branch of the
family have the longest ears and bray the
loudest.
Referring to E. C, Wade’s recent letter,
the Valdosta Times gets off this truly elo
quent and terrific sentence* “The virus of
of his hell-born imaginations bas been inject
ed into tbe veins of the body politic North,
and they would shttld the viper and hurl
the blow of vengeance upon innocent heads’”
How Wade can remain in the country after
that we can’t see.
The Talbotton Standard intimates that the
late Legislature was composed ot “animals,”
half-witted lunatics.” “fawning politi
cians.” ad infinitum. This is pretty hard on
the farmers, for we see in the same paper
that the House of Representatives was com
posed of “110 farmers, 27 lawyers, 15 mer
chants, 12 doctors, 6 preachers, 2 tailors, 2
editors, 1 tuner and one Manufacturer."
HOT SHOTS-
We clip the following centre-shots,
and hot ones at that, front the Augusta
Chronicle & Sentinel -•
“Let ro guilty m an escape.” Grant
to Bristow.
“Let no gilt-edged man escape. —
Zach Chandler to Belknap.
Grant once said : “Let no man re
sign under fire. How about Belknap ?
“1 wish you had/’ said Grant when
Belknap said he tboughc to have killed
himself. Let us have peace.
And now Schenck says “its all a lie.
So did Schuyler Colfax, and Belknap,
and the other .Republican statesmen.
Whipper has resigned his seat as a
member of the South Carolina Legisla
ture, in order to be able to take his
seat upon the bench. The chances are
that "Whipper will fall between two
stools.
“For right is right, as God is good,
and right theyday has won.” This is
what Sbepb^MLhhlegraphed to Babcock
after the St Louis trial. The Boss
might now send the same message to
Belknap.
The Savannah News thinks that peo
ple who read the evidence before the
State Road Lease Committee, will know
how to appreciate articles in the Atlan
ta papers on the equities of the bogus
bonds, the Centennial, ete.
Who was the editor that sacked Joe
Brown for $500 ? We long to gaze
upon him. Tbe man who can get $500
out of the late Chief Justice, without
a quid pro quo, is no ordinary mortal.
The Democrats of the House of Rep
resentatives have committed another
outrage upon Union soldiers. Actua
ted by hatred of all that is loyal and
brave, they have actually had the au
dacity to accuse a Union General and
Republican Secretary of War of taking
bribes, and adopt articles of impeach
ment against him. The crowning fea
ture of the outrage is the fact that the
U. G. and R S. W. aforesaid was
1 terrorized” by these rebelious Demo
crats into confessing that he did do the
naughty thing laid at his door. What
next ?
Fine Liquors-
The *ar of H. B. Ehrlich is supplied
with liquors of every kind. Whiskeys,
brandies, wines, champagnes, ales, por
ters, lager, etc. For something good to
drink it is the place.
Fresh Meats*
H. B. Ehrlich has market every morn
ing where the choicest fresh meats can be
had, or he will deliver same at your resi
dence. Highest market price paid for
cattle.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
the
A Colored Movement Toward
Democracy.
Late dispatches from Washington
say that a delegation of colored men
called at the rooms of the Democratic
National Committee, asking political
recognition. The following is their
printed declaration, which was adopted
by a large meeting held in that city on
Friday, February 28th.
It commences : “We the colored
men, representing nearly all the States
and Territories in the United States,
are tired of our.self-imposed party yoke
its injustice, to us and .its flagrant vio
lations or the C< ns 1 iturion in order to
trample out local self-gencrnmcnt, and
insult our brave and well disposed fel
low citizens of tbe South, sad eat net*
iy belieYc thAj division of the sol
phalanx of the colored \ tets of* *be
country will act beneficial-y upon • tin.
two great parties, and t hot eft re w ’ ;>r.
pose to stand by principles, and .vi -
support only those umn v.'.,o will «] t!
most for us . This policy vo fe. ;<e'-
will inure to the lasting tranquility of
the country and a speedy return t *
gqod feeling between the late master
and nc,v free citizen will follow. \\
invoke the blessing of Almighty God
upon tlii: carefully considered depature
and invite the hearty and cordial co
operation of the colored people of the
whole country who, like - us, have cause
for complaint, to organize to the end
that their ballots may subserve the
peace of the country, the fraternization
of all the people, ' and the prosperity
and unification of the sections of our
undivisible republic.”
The struggle for the Presidents
nomination upon the Bepublican side
has begun in good earnest. In tbe
West the Cincinnati Gazette is almost
Open in its advocacy of Mr. Bristow,
and tbe Indianapolis Journal is first,
last and all the time for Morton, whose
brother-in-law is its editor and proprie
tor. In the East the New York Tri
bune is for Blaine, and the Times and
Commercial Advertiser for Conkling.
In Pennsylvania a voice is occasionally
raised for Hartranft, but Senator Cam
eron preserves a mysterious silence, and
perhaps no man in the country, not
even the President, will have more to
say in the selection. Pennsylvania
holds the balance of power, and Penn
sylvania’s Warwick has not yet made
up his mind.
SECURE I SHfi DW
ERE IT FADES.
Preserve Your OSd Pictures.
D AGUF.RROTVPES, Ferrotypes, Photo
graphs, etc., Copied and Enlarged, and
frames and glass furnished in the highest
style of the art, from a miniature to life
size. V A return of old pictures guaranteed.
Call on.
FRANC M. SMITH,
Agt. National Copying Co,
At Store of TV. C. Subei-s.
Mch 5)—3m.
CO PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
The undersigned have formed a co-part
nership under the firm name of SMITH &
TRADB, for the purpose of doing a general
mercantile business.
GRAND OPENING DAY,
Monday Next, March 6th.
Call at the late store of T. B. Hunnewell &
Co., east side square.
A SPLENDID STOCK.
And prices to suit the times.
A. E. Sl?IITH,
H. TRAUB,
inch2tf
Dissolution Of
ame e ofte”!^>P
C6 Partn
»>gs of the film ^S 4 * 0 collect thVL° f
*
C N W n locstt
of said county f or a dis c t B * of b
dinnshtp of E. J. Gark„. gefro mi
erty, this is Cjj***. ,>|
concerned to show cause wn * 1,1 P&I
in my office why the
should not be dtamissL^wf* mS**
»h>P of E. J, Garland
al letters of dismission
official signature this NoT^g^h
HIRAM
Decatur County Criminal” Court.—
March 8th, 1876.
Ordered, That the Criminal Court of Deca
tur County convene on the 3rd Monday in
March inst. and, the 3rd Monday in each
month thtreofter. Parties, witnesses and
counsel will take due notice thereof and gov
ern themselves accordingly.
C. G. CAMPBELL,
Mch 9—2t Judge C. C. D. C
DECATUR SHERIFF’S SALES
W ILL BE SOLD before the Court House
door, in Bainbridge between the usual
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in April,
1876, the following property tc-wit:
Lots of land numbers 204, 205, 225 and
226, all in the 2lst district of said county
—levied on as the property of E. E. White
to satisfy one fifa in favor of R. H. Butler,
Guardian, vs W. D. White, T. E. Cowart
and E. E, White, nnd other tifas in my pos
session. v
Also, lots of land no. 240 in the 20th dist.
of said county, and a portion of lot no. 241,
commencing at the southeast corner of said
lot, thence north 490$ yards to south side
of south street, thence due west, on the line
of south street 220 yards to the east line of
east street, thence south on the line of east
street, 490$ yards to the south line of said
lot, thence due east to starting 220 yards,
and being fuither known as city lots nos. 1,
2, 3, 4, -5, in “AA” as laid down in Carters
map, being 22$ acres more or less—levied
on as the property of Joel Johnson to satisfy
one fifa in favor of R. H. Butler, Guardian,
vs R. T Weathers, J;.o O Perry and Joel
Johnson.
Also, oue lot with the improvements there
on containing one and one-half acre, and
known as the Academy Lot—bounded north
by old residence of John- W Evans, east by
street running in front of R H Whiteley’s
residence, and extending south, on the sou.h
b.v lands owned by John E i'onalson and on
the we: t by property owner unknown—said
lot situated in the city of Baitit.ridge, Ga.,
and levied on as the property of TV <) Flem
ing, II M Beach. F I. Babbit. T F ilai. pton
and R b Terrell Trustees ofiiie BainFriUop
Male ; fid and Female Academy to satis,/ out
fifa in favor of Dickenson & .Stegall, Trans
ferrers, vs said Trustees.
Also. Tots of lord no=. 2'\ 02. 19. 20. all
ia ihe Ihiii iistrni o. s i i county—lev e I on
a* tin j. .pei.'y of William Pow* 11 to s-iisfr
one fi’a in favor of.I as M .-tn: t L, ;.s Gover
nor ot Go,n Mi*. v.» Vt.ii Powell, as security
Also, ,-ne bridge crossing Flint Hirer i
ai ' y ml known a.- the F (< A met.
Bit ij.0—tevicl on a* the properly of F <•
tit r! 1 t . -.iti.-iv '.to fi.-.-i to in favor of Jr
■! ; n ith, n • G >v« rnor of Georgia, vs Sallie
\rm.i, alias Sd'ie Arnold, principal, vs i
1 /.meti as 8t.au.tty.
L. F. BmKH-r,
Marc 3, 1871s fch- tiT,
MRS. P. A. STOCKTON,
Has opened her House,
FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF
BOARDERS,
QUINCY,
FLORIDA.
2° CK ^
L0ST
Two notes of hand ,U '
Babbit & Warfield, one ft,Vl
September 27th, 1875. and l 0 ' 4 /*' S
ry & John Paret or order,
date, and due January 27th ir-! 5 *'*V I
** B,lbbit 4'irlL.A
$J2.13, dated October 25th
to Henry & John Paret *’J?’
October 2-5th, 1876. ™ er > J
Any one finding the aW»
confer a favor by l,and,„?C ^ H
Babbit & Warfield, as they ha» e «S !
to me as agent of H. j j. Pare , e W *
ian25-4t , :/• l
—
citationT^
To AU Whom it May Coucn
GEORGIA—Decatur Couxtt. ’
. Elias Hamel! and Littleton Harrow ,
m proper form applied to me fo/TL>
letters of Administration on tJT '*
Elisha Harrell, late of said count,g/
cite all a D d singular the creditor, ‘ I
of kin of Elisha Harrell to be and i
my office within the term allowed bTb
and show cause if any they can wh/g
nent Administration should not hedTTI
to Elias Harrell and Littleton Hag 14
■Jk.lhmlr.lta*
and omcial signature.
r . HIR AM BROCKET
Jan. 4, 1876. Ordy D.C.
Notice. "
The co-partnership heretofore emtiu 1
between the undersigned, under the im
name of Babbit & Warfield is this hj fc
solved by mutual consent. The businm 1
will be continued by William Warfield who
assumes the liabilities and to whom payment
of indebtedness to the late firm is to b
made F. L. Babbit
WHLIAM WaBFIELD
Bainbridge, Ga*. Feb. 1st 1976 feb-10.
GEORGIA—Decatur CorsTT.
W HEREAS Reuben Cbnson adtn’r tf j
H. B- Overstreet represents toil)
Court in his petition duly filed and entered
on record, that he has fully administered
H. B. Overstreets Estate This is therefore |
to cite all persons concerned to show cm
if any they can, why said administrator |
. . . should not be discharged from his adminis-
..r stove pipe, (in the matter of danger from l tration anii rcce ive letters of diarista »
firel on his or their premises, requiring said the first j londay ln April next,
person or persons, owners or occupants to ‘
CITY ORDINANCES.
An Ordinance to guard against the destruc
tion of property in the 1st Ward by fire, and
for other purposes.
Be it ordained, that from and after the
passage of this Ordinance, it shall not be
lawful for auy person or persons, owner or
occupant, within that portion of the City
Corporation, known, adopted and described
as the 1st fire ward, of the city, to build or
make, or cause the same to be made, any
fire for any purpose whatev er in the rears or
fronts or otherwise on lots outside of any
store house, dwelling ot building, or on any
street or lane of said ward.
Any person or persons, occupants or own
ers, violating this ordinance, shall upon con
viction before the Mayor or Mayor pro-tom,
be fined in a sum of not. less than ten, nor
more than twenty dollars, or ten days im
prisonment Or both fine and imprisonment
or labor on the streets, at the discretion of
the Mayor or Mayor pro-tem.
Frovided. that nothing in this Ordinance
shall be construed to obstruct the Street
Committee, Marshal and his deputy in their
imposed duties in cleaning lots, streets and
lanes in said ward
Be it further ordained, that it shall be the
duty of every owner or occupant of any lot
within the limits of the first fire ward of the
city, to have all scrapings and trash accu
mulating on said lots hauled beyond the city
limits and there deposited.
Any person or persons, owner or occu
pants, violating this ordinance, upon convic
tion before the Mayor or Mayor pro tem,
shall be fined for each offense ten dollars or
imprisoned ten days or labor on the streets
or both at the discretion of the Mayor or
Mayor pro tem, '
Be it further ordained, that it shall be the
duty of the Marshal and his deputy to noti
fy at ouce, any person or person 0 , owners nr
occupants, wiihin the limits o 0 the 1st Fire
Ward, of any dangerous chimney, fireplace
DECATUR GCSONER’S SALE.
V*ill be sold before the Court house door
in Bainbridge on the first Tuesday in April
next during the legal iron rs of sale the fol
lowing property to wit:
Fifty acres of land, bounded north, west
and south by W A i.llis, east by Eliza Swi
cord, and known as lot No. 103 in the loth
district of Decatur county,Georgia, levied on
as the property Joseph Nelson to satisfy one
fi fa in favor of L F Burkett vs Joseph Nel
son* •
Randall Kinsey
March 8, 1876* Coroner,
ma’*e the same safe i% twenty-four hours.
Be ii further ordained, that any perron or
persons, owner or occupant failing to make
ate any chimney, stove pipe, or fireplace
within the limit 0 prescribed, he or she on
conviction, shall be fined in the sum of i«m
d< liars or ten lavs iiiirri-onmen' or labor on
t’ c streets, or both at. ihe discretion of the
.Mayor or Mayor pro tem.
All or linanees or parts of ordinances C'-n-
fiie’iug with the above ordinances are here
by repealed. '
A true extract from the minutes.
JNO. B. HAVEL
Clerk of Council.
door
“Confederate Congress” is what they
call it. Well, let it be what it may.
it appears that they are not to be
outdone by those hyena bowls, but are
determined to investigate to tbe bitter
end. In the House, Randall introduced
a bill to protect witnesses uefore the
Jundiciary Committee from molestation
for evidence given before them, and
making attempted intimidation a penal
offense.
SOMETHING NEW- AGENTS WANTED IN
EVERY COUNTY.
The Arabian Sugar Cane was brought To
this country during the World’s Fair at Vi
enna in 1873. It has been raised in this
country for the last two years and does not
injure the lands in the least.. The produc
tion is enormous. It grows from eight, to
twelve feet high, and from two to three
inches in diameter, on good land. It makes
finer syrup than any other kind ever raised
in America, and also fine sugar can be made
from it. The seeds are all fresh, last Fall’s
productions.
A sample package of seed that will plant
one-half of an acre, with directions for
planting and cultivating, and my general
seed price list, with special terms to agents
for these and other seeds will be sent post
paid on receipt of fifty cents. Money sent
by Money Order or Registered Letter at my
risk. No seeds sent by Express “c o d”
unless one-half of the price is sent with the
order to insure the seed to be taken from
the office. I will furnish certificates from
the best farmers in the county as to the
quality of the Cane, on application.
Don’t fail to take an agency—write at
once. Address W. S. TIPTON, Seedsman,
Cleveland,- Tenn*
The Exchange Fiend.
Every newspaper office in the country
is afflicted more or less with tbe Exchange
Fiend. Ours is no exception. We are
afflicted and grievously so. We have
some friends who invade our sanctum,
and, without invitation, root among our
exchanges and carry them off, invariably
taking the very papers that we want. It
is annoying and aggravating to us and we
want it stopped- We don’t mean to make
anybody mad, but hereafter if any one
wants exchanges, they can be purchased
from the office boy, into whose posession
the^r go after wt an through vith thorn..
Health and Beauty Combined.
Woman’s Rrairrs.
One who has long studied this absorbing
subject now presents to the women of onr
country the result of his investigations. lie
is happy to say that he has at last discover
ed “Woman’s Best Friend.” It is adapted
especially to those eases where the womb is
disordered, and will cure any irregularity
of the “menses.” Dr. J. Br&dfield’s Fe
male Regulator acts like a charm in
“whites,” or in a sudden check of the
“monthly courses,” from cold, trouble of
mind or like causes, by restoring the dis
charge in every instance. So also in chron
ic cases its action is prompt and decisive,
and saws the constitution from countless
evils and premature decay. This valuable
preparation is for sale at $1.50 per bottle
by all respectable Druggisis in the land.
Prepared and sold by L. H. Bradfield, Drug-
gist, Atlanta, Ga. A thousand women testi
fy to its merits.
Marietta, Ga., March 22, 1870*
Messrs. Bradfield & Co.—Gentlemen ; We
send you two certificates from perfectly re
liable persons—would have sent them be
fore, but waited to see if the cure would
prove permanent.
WM. ROOT & SONS,
Druggist,
DECATUR TAX SALES.
GEORG IA—Decati n Corxnr.
Will bo sold before the Court Hons*
ip Bainbridge on the First Tuesday in
April next, between ihe usual hours of sale
the following property to-wit :
One brick store house in Bainbridge now
occupied by E R Peabody, bounded north
by store house owned by Tlios J Williams,
east, by store house of J A Jones & Co.,
south by premises owned by Austin & Ellis,
and west by Broad st.. ns the property of
Ella S Hines, Guardian of Rena Hines, to
satisfy a tax fi fa.
Also, one house and lot in Bainbridge
bounded north by vacant lots, east by S
street, south by water street and west by
premises owned by Mrs M J Cardy, con
taining one acre more or less. Levied
as the property of W N Bruce to satisfy
tax fi fa.
Also, the following town lots numbers
not known, but bounded north by the Jack-
son lot and John I Robinson—east by
church street, south by land of estate of
Emory Lasseter, formerly owned by Dr J
Curry, west by land owned by C Y Crawford
said lots facing on church street 83 feet,and
containing three acres more or less, being
the land purchased by Bartlett and Pome
roy of E. J Henderson—levied on as the
property of Bartlett and Pomeroy to satisfy
a tax fi fa.
Also, lot of land No. 420 in 21st Dist. of
said county, containing 250 acres more or
less as the property of Henry Rogers agent
for Lucy Rogers to satisfy a tax fi fa.
Also, lots of land nos. 76, 86, 115, 127,
123, 121, 157, and 117, containing fifteen
hundred acres more or less, all lying in the
16th District of said county, as the property
of G. W. McElveen, Trustee, to satisfy a tax
fi fa. ’
Also, one house and lot in Bainbridge
now occupied by O G Gurley and bounded
north by premises owned by R H Whiteley,
east by prjmises owned by T B Hunnewell
& Co., south by street, and
west by vacant grounds, containing one
acre more or less—levied on as property of
Gurley and Russell to satisfy a tax fi fa.
Also, lots of land 279, 241, 242, and south
half of lot 282, and west half of lot 318, con
taining one thousand acres more or less, all
lying in the 27th district of said county, as
the property of Seaborn Levin, agent Agus-
tus J. Mercer, to satisfy a tax fi fa.
„ I*- F. Bubkbtt
March 8, 1876. Sheriff.
Dc<*. 3Cfh, 1875.
Hiram I’nnrKr.rr
Ori’jD.C.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
The Copartnership heretofore existing be
tween J. P. Dickenson & Calvin W. Stegall,
general partners, and A. P. Wright and T.
C. Mitchell special partners, under the name
and style of Dickenson & Stegall having ex
pired by limitation, is dissolved.
Dickenson A Stegall.
Bainbridge, Ga., Jan. 1st, 1876.
The undersigned, their successors vriH set
tle up the business of the old firm, and will
continue the Warehouse, Collection and Ex
change business, under the name and style
of J. P. & W. A. Dickenson.
JOHN P. DTCKEV^v
/- W. A. DU
Jan, Mi, 1876,
G EO11G iA—L>hcatlu (Josntv.
Bradford Rodger* G nardiaii of ll.C. tor,
having applied to the Court of Ordirvjif
s.iiu county for a Girc':a i *?e Iron his Gw
diar:-dii;> of K. C. Gray person mid jinpenv,
tl,is therefore to cite all persons enseal
ed to .'••how const ny Slinpr objections inmr
nflii o why the said Bradford Rodgersahoiiil
not he dismissed from his Guardi m-iiip <f
R. Gray and receive the nsnnlletters«f
disinL-ion. Given under my official
hire. HIRAM BROCKET! ^
Oruinary D. C.
Dec. 28, 1375. ' __
GEORGIA—Decatur County.
Whereas, John B. Williams, AdmiDistrs-
tor ot Nathan Williams, represents !o th
i ourt in his petition duly filed nmleattm
on record, that he has fu'ly administered
Ya'hnn Williams’ estate, this is thereforet»
cite all persons concerned, kindred »«*
creditors, to show cause, if any they ®t
why said Administrator should not he dis-
charged from his administration and receive
letters of dismission, on the first Moadjf 11
May next. HIRAM BROCKET,
Feb, 1st, 1876. OrdinaryJU-
To All Whom It May Concern.
GEORGIA—Decatur County.
Abraham B. Beloh«r laving in
form applied to me for permanent lette -
Administration on the estate 0 ^. b P uls *-,i
Swicord, late of said county, this is to
all and singular the creditors and neI _..
kin of Louisa M. Swicord to be and JPP"
at my office on the first Monday in Fe
next and show cause if any taB ^
permanent administration shonjd n
granted to A. B Belcher, on Lovn»W »"
cord’s estate. Witness my hand an
signature, this January 3rd, loth-
Hiram BBOctezn,
Ord’y 0- C *
GEORGIA—Decatur County
Peter J. Morison has applied/ 01 ' s . e '
apart of homestead and exemption
sonaHty and I will pass upon the ^
my office on the 26th. of February _ 1
10 o’clock a. m. This February h*
. ElUAMIlEttCWJ.,
GEORGIA—Decatur County.
By virtue of an order from m
Ordinary of Decatur County, wiu ^
the 1st Tuesday of Mareh 1876. j^|
house door in said eonnty between ^
hours of sale the following tract o ^
254 in the- 2f th dist. of said coo ° t {’ t*
ing 250 acres, more or less—
the estate of D. W. Lewis, deceaseffw^
benefit of heirs and creditors, le
ElIZERETB
Aimx. Est D.W. I***
Feb. 10,1876. -
GEORGIA—Decatur County.
has applied jjf*
8: W. Patterson
apart of Homested and exempli __ ^
sonality, and I will pass upon tn of
my office on Saturday the eleve
Mareh 1876 a. m.
HIRAM
Ord’y 1
March 2,1876.
To AH Whom It May
GEORGIA—Decatur Cotrxrr.
G. G. Walden haring in
plied to me for permanenwet ^ ^ *
for® T
plied to me for permanent**' ^ «*
istration on the estate of Wm. s jng»^
said counfy, this* is to eite all 0*1*
the creditors and next of kin of " the
to be and appear at
time allowed by law, and sbo V'" in i,tr*U°*
they can, why permanent grades **
should not be granted to “•
William Clark’s estate. _ - , g urn*taf*»
Witness my hand and official
Prim’— 1876.