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Thf Weekly Democrat. K. HI **KJ.I., Kilitnr ■nrt Pr#p'r TUUFSOA V. OCrOBEH 27. 188! EDITORIAL NOTES. What jhe leading paper of west FLORIDA TMINZS OF THE BAINBRIDGE EX TENSION. The Pensacola Gasetic is the tending newspaper published in West Florida, and its influence is second to none in I the eotire State. After copying The i he raiirnaBs and not by Atlanta. It is ili>ubieie«s true, however, that uo Couipiaiut will be made on account of railroad rites to the exposition. A man arrives lit Atlanta, engages board at ten dollars a week, goes to the exposition every day, pays three dollars for that, pays twenty cents a day for his passage to and from the grounds, and after —Ohio went Republican ns usual. •—TulbofCounty took the premium for the best display at the recent State fair. —The law was swLt in the ease of Prank Hud-on negro, hung in Dawson Ft iday before last The blood of his victims had not dtied. before the hemp had snapped his viPainous ticck. -—The appointment ofGeneral I.*ng- Btreet to a-Cabinet position by Presi dent Arthur will be uo recognition of the South. Our people hiver rejoice when hniors are heaped upon traitor-, ©u» rennegades. —If Tillman, of the Way cross Repor ter, don’t look sharp that “attorney” will he going for his editorial hide with a sharp stick, llv the way. Judge, give us his name, as we feel some curiosity- in the matter. —The recent Press Convention was not very largely attended in Atlauta. The editors .were too busy at home getting their little subscription bills set tled op while cotton is in market to spare the time to be absent. —Jim Hanlon has launched lus little bark, the Worth County Star, upon the journalistic pond. May she sail smooth and prove a rtch investment for Jim’s lnouey and brains. The first number is before us, and chucked full ol good things. — A pivil war seems imminent in Island. It’s the same old story. English oppression, so called. Why don’t the entire Irish"- people quit the bogs of Ireland, and emigrate to the United States—* the land of the free and the home of the brave ?" —We are under obligations to Capt. W. II. jja-rriSon-, the compiler, fora copy of the public 1 iws of Georgia passed by the late Legislature, ft is a neatly gotten up pamphlet, and can be procured for seventy five cents by ad dressing J. P. Harrison & Co , Atlanta ; or J. VY, Burke & Co., Macon. Every lawyer, Und in fact everybody elseough- to have the liew laws of the State. —The Yorktowu Centennial was a graud affair. 15009 volunteer troops from the original and some of the other States were present—all under the command of <ien ral Hancock, the central figure o! the occasion. General Fitz L*c, son the great Robert E., was at the. head of tlie Virginia troops, with a body- guai d of cavalry all uniform ed in the historic Confederate grey. —Gov. Colquitt has appointed Hon, L N. 'Trammell a Rail road Comuiisf sioncr, in thu place of Col. Samuel Barne't whose term of office had ex pired. Mr. Trammell is a gentleman of liberal views and will make a good < lfieer. While the people will have h friend in him the railroads will not have au enemy. His appointment, however, is quite a surprise to us. —The Berrien County News says : “the flag of the rebel pirate steamer Alabama is on exhibition in Boston.” Of course this item must have gotteu into our coteuiporary’s columns acci dentally, The Alabama was no "pirate,” but a regularly chartered man-of-war of the Confederate States of America, and Lor commander was Raphael J. Seuines, a Confederate admiral, and the moat skilful naval officer the war produced on either side. —The people of West Florida will undoubtedly bear in mind that the charter of the Chattahoochee and Pen sacola Railroad was not granted in the iuterest of any other particular road m the world. The people of West Florida -wnnt the best route to the Atlantic ocean, and they will find it over the Savannah, Florida & Western via Bain- bridge tit Savannah and Charleston. —It seems if Senator II ill is not per manently disabled it will mu be on ac count of prophecies to that effect bv able correspondents of the Augusta i'hrotii cle and thti Savannah New-. 1 lie great Senator’s shoes are yet too warm tor another man. to step into. (j»d grant that he may be spared to Ins country. He has ri fleeted more honor up n Geor gia than a 1 ) tip* Ittlance **f her pub o men'pul together. One of the most horriblt deaths we ever recorded happened yesterday. Mr. Democrat's article ou the Savannah, j spendibg the week in tire city, seeing Florida 6i Western extension ftom Bairn « everythin* that is to be seen, he goes bridge to Chattahoochee, ii thus freely speaks its mind, and pitches the true sentiment of West Florida ; ‘•We .-uhmit.ed the above clipping | be can get a to Vice President Chipley and asked him what lie knew about it. II i home and leaves jnst fourteen dollars i and twenty cents of his money in Am j lanta. Tbi- is for a week He can J stay a shorter time and spend less or hcaoer place and spend j less, or if he waets to indulge in more ; style he can get as good accommodations e re " ( | as this country affords and pity a reason plied ‘ Nothing whatever.” “But, j a b| e p r j ce therefor. But the story of he added, ‘ that does not signify that it | extortion is untrue. The figures we is not as The Democrat states.” I give are correct. A reference to the Speaking for the Gazette and Pensacola advertisingcol urns of the paper almost 1 any day will verry them and West Florida, we hope it is true, for it is the death knell to the illiberal policy that no extension of our road should be made to the Atlantic except via the Jaeksunvill, Pensacola & Mobile road. The Savannah, Florida & West ern road ends at Bainbridge, and that the terminus of 238 mites of railroad owned by men ol means will stay there on the hanks of Flint river is improba ble. If not allowed to connect with the Pensacola and Atlantic and send its business over West Florida’s road and through Pen«acla, with palace sleepers from New York to Nc” Orleans, it will build along the southern borders of Alabama and sap the very life out of our West Florida line. We are not willing to see this for a sentiment—a theory—a tradition of half a century ago. Nor is this all The Pensacola and Atlantic, even with the Savannah, Florida & Western connection, will be the life of Jacksonville, Pensacola und Mobile. It will carry to it an immense business for Eeast, South and Middle Florida, which the Savannah, Florida & Western will not claim. At the same time, it will carry to the Savanah, Florida & Western a large business which it could not secure if forced to rely solely upon the connection afforded by the Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mo bile. But suppose the Savannah, Florida & Western is forced through Alabuma by this sentiment of an illiberal age (not to be tolerated in these progresssve times.) the result would be that the Savannah, Florida & Western would take at Pollard all this freight and till these passengers which we hope to see pouring through Pensacola and over400 miles of Flor.ida railroads, and carry them through Alabama und Georgia to Jacksonville by way of Waycross with out touching Florida until almost in sight of the St. Johns. This business we are ra-tuin ih- S-.vaniial>. Florida & Western w* u!d eherfully icsign to the Jacks-on ilk-. PensatWla & Mobile The Mobile :uid New Orleans business for the Atlantic they would also receive at Pollard and curry to its destination v i‘ht>ui touching our State, when under tUo arrangement mentioned by The Democrat, the Poo-aeoli road and the Pensacola and Atlantic would get the business over their entire length, from the Junction to Chattahoochee, and do uo harm to the Jacksonville, I’eubaeola & Mobile. We trust our exchanges in the East will copy our article and show us where weave wrong that we may either de feat! ourselves or own cur error. We do t;ot believe that the builders of the Pensacola and Atlantic road sought to build up the owners of the Jacksonville Pensacola & Mobile road without regard to their own interest or the welfare of Pensacola and West Florida, nor do we believe the charter was granted with any such expectation, and we protest against any p-dicy tending to exclude any rail connection with our State, as inconsistent with sound business prin ciples. illiberal, and utterly behind the the spirit of the age. The day the Savaunah, Florida & Western builds its line to Chattahoochee for a connect ion with the Pensacola and Atlantic, that hour all West Florida will advance in value and Pcusacola property will be worth twenty-five per cent, more than it is now. As an illus lion of the reasonable amounts the visitor is called npon to pay it is called upon to pay it is inly necessary to look at the rates of transportation to the grounds. The street cars charge ten cents, the the ’busses ten cents and the steam cars ten cents, no more nor less A nian can get in a buss at the foot of Marietta street and ride two miles and a half for ten cents. This may be ex tortion, but it does not seem like it to a man who has ever fallen into the hack men of other cities, especially in view of the fact that five cents is the smallest piece of money that is recog nized in this section of the country.— Ail an la Constitution. Decatur Sheriff s Sale. GEORGIA—Decatur C >unry : Will be sold More the court house door in the town of Bainbridge, Ua., be tween the legal hours of .sale."on the first Tuesday in November 1881, the following property to-wit ; Lot of land number two hundred and twelve (212) in the 21st district of Deca tur county, Ga., and levied un as the prop erty of J J Grantham, to satisfy an execu tion in favor of H M Beach v>. J J Grant ham, and other li tas in my hands vs. said J J Grantham Levy rttade and returned to me by constable. This 8ept. 28th, 1881. L. F. Bt.KKfc.TT, Sheriff. Decatur Sheriff s Sale. GEORGIA, Decatur County: Will he sold before the court house door in the town of Bainbridge on the first Tuesday in novemlcr next between tli2 usual hours of sale the lollowiug property to-w-t . Lots of laud numbers I2(i. 155. and 156, all lying in the 20th disPiet of Decatur county, ami levied on as the property of John Harrell to satisfy one M fa in favor of Osteen <fc Davis vs Joint Harrell, and other li fas in my hands vs. Jacob Harrell, W, S. Robison and John Harrell. L. F. BURKETT, Sheriff. This September 2'Jth, 1881. THE FAVORITES AT YORETOWN- Curiously enotlgh, to-day as yesterday Hancock and Bayard were the popular favorites. Whenever fhey were spied admiring circles were formed and as they emerged into the open air the ac clamations were defeating. All this seemed to surprise Arthur, Blaine, and the three othe: members of the cabinet, Lincoln, IIunt and James, who were much more enthusiastic for Arthur Blaine was, as he nlwas is, the cynosure of admiring eyes, but the thoughtful cast of his countenance, his evident abstrea'ion and preoccupation seemed to inspire the throng with an instinctive sentiment of delicacy whose expression was a touching of the hat and deep reverential salutation as the great min- i-ter of State passed along, no longer lightly and jauntily with the buoyant step of old, but with something of iho - deliberation of age indicated in his suddenly white hair and careworn face. Sherman, fussy and consequently, over riding-every one, passed along unrecog nized. He was the most incongruously bedecked figure on the grand estrade. His gold, yellow and white were es pecially attractive to the African hosts, who couldn’t be made to believe that it wasn’t “Massa Grant ” Hancock, pass ing from the pavillion to the canopy of the President in the open space sur rounding the corner stone, was instant ly recognized, and for ten mi-.utes there was a mingling of the stentorian lungs of the North and the ‘‘rebel yell” - f ine South.' The General, leading his little grandson, blushed like a girl took off his tat and passed on with bowed head, - Philadelphia Himes. Decatur Sheriff 's Sale GEORGIA—DEc.vrra Cors-nr; Will be sold betore the court house door in the to n of Bainbridge between the nsuel sale hours on the first Tuesday in November next the following property to-wit: Forty acres of land off of the north west corner of lot ot land no. 371 in the) 20th district of Decatur county and belter known as the Benjamin Bagwell place, lev ied on to sdkfj one ti-fa re frvor of Bald win & Co., or bearer, vs Benjamin Bagwell, | and other fi-fas in my possession. Levy made and return te me by a Constable L. F, Burkett, Sept., 29, 1881. Sheriff. Tlie Sou ill in lire tnion. Extract from. James Barron Eire's Poem at Yorktovn. An ancient chronicle lias told That, in famous dav-t of old, In AnMocn under ground The self-same lance was found Unbitten by corrosive rust— The lance the Roman soldier thrust In Christ's bare side upon the Tree. And that it brought A mighty spell To those who fought The Imidcl, And mighty victory. And to this day To yon I say— Speaking for millions of true Southern men— Iu words that have no undertow— I say, and say again : Come weal, or woe, Should this republic evtr fight, By laud or sea, For present law or ancient right, The South will he As was that lauce, Albeit not found • * Hid under the grouud. But in the forefront of the first advance 1 Decatur Sheriff Sale. GEORGIA.—Decatur County. - Will be sold before fbe court b >ose door in the town oi Bainbridge, between the usual hours of sale, on the first Tues day in November next, the following pro perty lo-wit: Thirty head of stock ealtle marked with swailow-fork in the right ear, and under square in the left ear, and branded “A1 N” levied on as the property of Jacob Harrell and Lovina Harrell to satisfy one mort gage fifa’in favor of W B Bell vs Jacob and Lovina Harrell. L F Bukkett, Shrff. This Sept. 29, 1881. Decatur Sheriff’s Sale. GEORGIA—Decatur County : Will be slid before the court house door in the town of Bainbridge, during the msnTtT-iioiirs of sitleN on'- i<5€ first Tuesday in November next, the following property to-wit : Sixty acres off of lot of land number <138) one hundred and thirty-eight lying in the 15th district of Decatur county and levied on as the property of Sarah Burch and Joseph Burch, to satisfy one fifa in favor of IL B! Ehrlic.t ct Co vs Joseph Bureli and Sarah Burch. Levy made and returned to me by a constable. •L. F. JieltKETT, Shrff. Decatur Sheriff Sale. GEORGIA—I) ec at cu Co un t y. Will be sold before tl.e court house door in the. ton’ll of B tiubritige on the first Tuesday in November next, between the usual hours of sale, the followt.-g proper ty to wit: Lois of land numbers 127 and li t lying in the 27th district of Decatur county, and levied on as the property of Elizabeth F. Harrell to satisfy one un.-rtgago lila in fa vor of A M i'-m.Iwoiljind l axaana Erad- well vs Elizabeth F Harrell. L. F. Bukkett. Shrff. This September 29, 18.1. ■v* *■ The Proprietor of this popular establishment invites J OUSKiS JLi OG Oy everybody, and his old friends aqd customers especial ly, to call before purchasing elsewhere and examine liis MAMMOTH STOCK Comprising everything in the Dry Goods, Notion, and Grocery line usually carried by a FIRST-CLASS HOUSE ! GENTS AND BOYS READY-HADE , Decatur Sheriff Sale. GEORGIA—Dkcatuu County- Will be sol l before the court house d-uw in Bainbridge, on the first Tuesday in November next, between the us.ml hours of sale, the following piojjcrly to Winter Clothing. An immense Irreof Ffioev, Boots and Hosir»y. for men. women, Ijoys and misrea Tbe handsomest and cheapest for of Bats in town Gents nnderwe r. the best and cheapest But we cannot afford to enumerate. It would fill a whole page. ■otTr7-iano-.tpr.d352) t liree hujdreil and fifty-two lying.of said utility a nd levied on ns fit 1 ™ property of S M Brown to satisfy one fif.t in favor of Samuel J McLain vs S M Brown, and oili er tt fas in my possession.. o L. F. BuRKE-n^nrff- This Sept. 29, 1881. S Vin ill ii m v a. INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPO SITION • Twill fly a pennon fair As ever kissed tho air; On it, ior every glance, Shall blaze majestic France Blent with our Hero’s name In everlasting flame, And written, fair in gold, This legend on its fold : Give us back the ties of Yorktown ; Perish all tue modern hates! For the safety of the Union Is the safetv of the States! H. G. Rowell, Produce Commission Merchant. THE STORIES OF EXTORTION UlSCtJSSED. I Highest market Prices paid for Poultry- tin d Eggs- Harris Hrooks. the junior of Brooks & five dollars pot week. C'-uid any man Bro., saw mill urea near Rock mart, was j expect more reasonable rates ? One Those people who are remaining away flout the expusmoa under the idea that tales **t b ai d i . Atlmta : I*- ext 'itin.i'c lie tl log iltctuselves and the s’, tt ah* injustice. I he Constitution h ,.w ea- tying advertisements ior hoarders and j , some of the prices are fixed as low as j DEALER IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Fruits. Consignments Solicited: endeavoring- to put a belt on a pulley that bad fallen off. when he was caught and drawn around the shaft one time, thing is certain, good board can be ob tained iu Atlanta at ten d-.ila s pet- week almost anywhere.-and aside lr- ui No. 33 WEST BAY STREET, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. POWELL & McNAIR, Propr’s- Bring your cotton toonrnew warehouse, siMiated-at the North end ot Broad Street, immediately on the Railroad Track- Bran new warehouse- No drayage. By far the cheapest warehouse in town. Polite attention given to all, and busi ness wanted and solicited. Give us a trial, for you will be pleased. Liberal cash advences made on cotton- POWELL & McNAIR. Aug 25,1881—3m <& Everything New and Fresh FROM THE MANUFACTURER. fuuv i run k i in? .mture A si dr from Jiis rpjrnfar .ttfrek- of merchandise Loch is curry this season, and complete stock of Fomitnrt 1 , which he selling ot the THE LOWEST CASH PRICES. Go to the People’s Store for everything you want—from a box of Sardines to a hog*head of Bacon or from a spool of thread to a bale of checks, sheeting, etc. JOlffAS LOEBi Proprietor of the People’s Store. $5,000 REWARD! To the House that can Beat us in Prices and Quality of Goods. OUR HOUSE IS CROWDED MAR and his thigh was tnra front the trunk the hotels the usual rate is a dollar and of Iris body and. liis loot from bis leg a half a day—just one-haif what was at jus; above r the ankle. The poor unfor tunate man died in twenty or thirty minutes. This was a heartrending scene f‘r his father, mother and wife, all of ->h' iu were -«- n bv the dvintr DHU! s -t- IL died in the saw dust vbr.ru be el! - CarierscitU Free Pee.*. first considered a fair rate. GEOBG1A, Decatur County : Notice is hereby given to all persons j having demands against the estate of H ... 1 he report j Herring., late ofsaid county, deceased, ol extortionate rates which has been i to present them properly proven, within freely circulated must therefore cai rv I the rime prescribed by law. And all per. on its face the stamp of falsehood. Now ' sons indebted to said estate are hereby let us see what the fact* t ea' v are. The ^quested to make immediate payment. , . * P. H Herring, : :it. i'Mf 3 '• *in■ - '- it.ii!-- icf "* ..Cl,'.-.. i ^ -‘o'.or of ihe n ili oi li.. W» iirrT.r^; r i> ;i q:[ hi io ir^ulatfd »»v ' cv lOifc, GEORGE A. CLARK. SOLE AGENT. The BEST and MOST POPtLAff Sewiif Thread of Sodei BEWARE OF DIITATIOAS. . Complete As ! for sale by J. D BP'. 1 BaiiiV, ;idrr v With Fresh Fall and Winter Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing for Men and Boys, Notions, Hats, Boots, Shoes, in endless variety; Hardware, Tobaccos, and the finest stock of Fresh Family Groceriest Ever Brought to Bainbridge. Call and examine our Stock. Bargain Are being mpidlv taken upgby the Ibd of customer* whiciifcrowd in daily] Competition and Competitors ai Defied. Expenses are small; Taxes -Nothim and thesegoods xonst and SHALL! SOLD. Do not Jail to Itikr advantafl Ibis I GOLDEN OPPORTll Gome and bay Coats' Spool Cotton at 3 yrds Jeans for 25ct» “ IS 20 yards Prints for Ifc Got A Good Fur Hat for $1; A Good Wool Hat for 5 To name|all the aplendidid and ren able Bargains which can be| ’ i ‘ IN CLOTH II Ladies and Gents Hats, Bot Shoes, Dry and Dress Gi Notions and Novf“ 5 ' Would occupy too much spac e. lay y«*u can *ave fr*. cent by buying voui * 7> Tf» y y i ; * i ?. o. cr CO. W. A. Dai K5f STj wisiarim k (