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The Bainbridge Democrat.
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BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1. 1883. VOL XII-NO. 15.
\ D n,;ltni> BRfcTITItS.
K'1
uni<* pi? iron men
:i reduction of the
Republicans, so
:j fearful wrangle
, he federal offices.
;ishes constitute a
their political prin
kr>. ^ Ul '
Li io?> of
Wen coni;'- '«:(*
• KK-iiioiable.
a. keeps its present
matter of tires, mur
lailroad disasters
,u by sea. its record,
will be mourn-
It is stated that there are fifteen
j n {he United States whose
r .„ a te wcadli is nine hundred
ad twenty million dollars. They
uld ,, c t up a good sized “corner”
■on things if they could set their
jjjeius to it.
Another “mutual benefit asso-
Jciation" iia. been organized in
I.Uiaina. calMi the Georgia Provi-
Cent Association. We hope none
[of our readers will be improvident
leuougit to invest in it.
Tiie Grand Jury of Hancock
■county ask their representatives
i the Legislature to have a local
lopiion Jaw passed for that county,
Igivoig us a reason the many vio
lations of law that grow out of the
|saie and use of liquor.
A Married lady not far from
I Athens detected her husband in
|nne disgraceful conduct, when
[die quietly seized a cowhide and
[whipped him all over the yard.
[Since that time he has been made
■to walk a chalk line.
A Western preacher, whose con-
Jpegation had begun to tall off
[smiewliai, had it intimated th»t he
Mould discuss a family scandal
[the following Sunday. As a con-
|«equence the church was crowded
[The minister's subject was Adam
land Lve. •
A Goldsboro, N. 0., man com-
[mitted suicide because his wife
hook her three children and eloped
I with a neighbor. The Goldsboro
I roan was too sensitive. Getting
[rid of such a wife was cause for a
| jubilee instead of a suicide.
Tiie renewal of the troubles at
Opelika will not result in any
serious consequences, as Gov.
O’Neal has at last done what we
advised him to do 6ome weeks
J -o. He has sent the mil'itary to
the treat. There is nothing like
the bayonet when it becomes
necessary to stop riots and put
down mobs.
The orange orchards in Florida,
have been badly injured by frost
Mui cold. The banannas and
gu; vu are mmy of them killed,
R>d the lemon trees are turned
yellow. Tiie frost played a strange
‘feak. and eat r.gli* down through
the centre of the State, clear tc
t upt 1- iorida, and left the coast
cumparitivedy unininjured. In
Orange county the themometer
fell to iti.
G'e last insurance idea
'n the insurance deal, and which
ls about as worthy as the Mar-
r-; - |J ""d Provident Associations,
i>' a
-!\v Insurance Company,”
.. 1 re. ■ By ihe payment of
; > :. week the parents be-
'•■;ieiiciaries in the eom-
11 on the death of the
veeive $“0 and upwards,
'g to the age of the infant.
a- b.-.u:
five
to ne .
P'lUV, •>]
infant i
accord it
1 Js Patronized pretty liberally by
negroes.
Augusta, Ga., real estate
*fc eul lias under offer to English
companies several very large
ol land in Georgia. One of
the tracts in South Georgia con
i'" 11 * lid,000 acres of land. This
a "d is near the Florida line, but
l!> >" a finely wooded section and
directly on tlieliue of the Savnnah
loridti A Western Railroad.
. "'her tract contains 37,000 acres
,a bauiMis countv, and several
®thc-r tracts in Georgia and other
States are also under offer.
We judge from some outgivings
in some of our State exchanges
that the constitutionality of the
coming session will be tested be
fore the court The question is an
important one, and the jurnals of
the State .cannot settle it. If it
should come before the courts, it
will doubtless be settled according
to law.
Mr. D. F. Wilcox, the agent-
of Travellers’ Accident In
surance Company, has been in
formed ^y his company that there
were $17,000 insured on parties
who were killed or injured by the
Milwaukee Hotel fire,and more yet
unreported. This shows the im
portance to travelers of insuring
against accidents.—Times.
Georgia needs a sytem of road
laws in keeping with the times.
We have no donbt that enough
has been lost to the business of
the State through bad roads,
during the past twelve months, to
have built good and substantial
roads in all of the counties.
Having tried for a hundred years
to have good roads without paying
for them, it is time now to try a
differenfcfechedule.
The Thomasville Times has the
following to say of* the status of
an important enterprise to Thom
asville : “The committee on rail
roads reported the bill granting
aid to the Thomasville, Tallahassee
& Gulf Road on Thursday. The
Legislature of Florida seems dis
posed to give Middle Florida a
showing. They grant 15,000 acres
of land per mile. The road is to
be commenced within six months.
The friends of*the bill saj it will
pass both the Senate and House
without serious opposition.
Senator Swearengin, who has
charge of the bill in the Senate, is
an earest, practical worker. He
has the thanks of the friends of
the proposed line, both in Florida
and Georgia, for his labors.”
€r. W. C. T. u.
There is not the least particle of
exageration in the prediction that,
if we continue to draw on our
timber resources at the present
rate, the people of the United
States will, in less than twenty
years, not" only depend tor the
necessary supply of lumber to
cover their current wants eutirely
upon foreign countries, but our
country will be almost completely
stripped of its forests. W hat
the consequences of such a condi
tion are every well-informed per
son knows—dried-up springs;
destructive floods at one season of
the year, dry river beds at anoth
er ; parched fields; once fertile
plains turned into deserts. We
can see the lesson illustrated in
Spain and in the ruined countries
of Asia. This will be our inevita
ble fate unless the suicidal course
we are now pursuing be stopped.
^Thi
e Drag Easiness.
Georgia has a law on her statute
books prescribing who may and
who may not sell Drugs and
Medicines. This law is doubtless
violated in many instances—many
persons being engaged in the
business of dealing out drugs who
have not the legal qualifications
to do so. The Grand Jury ol
Bibb county gives out the follow
ing note of warning to parties in
that county who may be thus
iolating a law of the State. For
what we know, the same viola
tions of law may exist in this part
of the State as well as in Bibb. If
so, read ana take warning as to
what may happen:
“Our attention being called by
the Pharmaceutical board to the
fact that many parties are vending
drugs and medicines in this county
and not in conformity with the
laws governing the sale of such
commodities, we in turn desire to
call their attention to said laws
bearing upon the sale of this class
of goods, as they are clearly
offenders and are liable to prose
cution.
PRINCIPLES AND PLANS OF THE G. W.
C. T. U. ADOPTED IN CONVENTION AT
ATLANTA.
To the Christian Women of Georgia ;
Beloved Sisters—For eight
yt axs, woman’s work for Temper
ance has been going forward with
steadily increasing power throuhg-
out this land. Twenty-eight
States have already fallen into
line of battle in this blessed peace
ful war for the protection of home
and loved ones.
As Christian women, we cannot
ignore the fact that the legalized
liquor traffic is the mightiest foe
of our Lord’s Gospel. The cl?ss
V ho spend six days in the week
making selling, and drinking al
coholic stimulants, will not be
found in church upon the seventh
day seeking the Blessed Comfort
er.
If, then, we have true missiona
ry intelligence and zeal, shall we
not take active measures to help
educate a public sentiment that
shall banish the saloons and carry
the Gospel to the drinking class,
which never comes within sound
of the pulpit’s voice ?
Can this be done in any other
way so well as by organized efforts
and agitation of the temperance
question through the circulation
of literature; holding of public
meetings and organization of
juvenile societies, that thus we
may from the habits of chidren,
“For God and Home and Native
Land.”
Mrs. W. C. Sibley, President,
Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. Mary Shrop
-shire 1st Vice Treasurer ; Miss M
H. Stokes, Corresponding Secre
tary, Atlanta Ga.; Mrs. L. Lord
Recording Secretary, Savannah
Ga.; Mrs. M. McCalla, StateTreas
urer; Mrs. Nannie Robb, State Or-
gauizer;Mrs. E. C, Witter, State
Librarian.
These, with the District Vice
President, constitute the Execu
tive Committee of thejState.
Miss Lillian P. Russell, of Au
gusta, Ageut for The Union Sig
nal, the national organ of the
W. C. T. U.
Mrs. Mary L. Webb, State Supr
intendeut Juvenile Work, Savan
nah, Ga.
N. B.—All needed documents,
forms of constitution and speci
mens of the signal, will be sent free
on application to any of the above
names.
Rape.
From Washington comes a faint
glimmer of star light, indicating
that some effort is to be made to
encourage and revive our lost
merchant marine. Southern
members of Congress who do not
use their best efforts to secure
some favorable Legislation to this
end, will be remiss in their duty,
and should be severely’ punched
by their constituents. A revival
of our shipping interests means,
1I ' J , l , Ll LI ^ C . 1,rtU1U! U1 i-muicu, [ U( , } 10 p e an immense amount of
reform the drinker; transform by I ,. , ,. ., ,, ,
' *■ l crir onn OGritnrw rnmiiffhAiir tGa
the power ol‘Divine grace the poor
inebriate, .and banish the dram
shop from our streets by law?
While not unmindful of the good
work done by the existing temper
ance societies, and most of all, by
the minister of the church of Christ
we desire as women to unite in the
home missionary work of temper
ance, even as we have done in so
cieties for the promotion of foreign
missions.
Already our beloved Georgia
has the Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union organized in sever
al' of her leading towns. Already
have pulpit and press very gener
ally taken ground in our favor.
For three consecutive winters has
Miss Frances E. Willard of Illinois
President of the National W. C. T.
U. been working in the South;
while our own Mrs. Sallie F. Chap
in, of Charlston, S. C.; Mrs. Mc
Leod, of Baltimore ; Mrs. J. C.
Johnson, of Tennessee; Mrs.
Judge Merrick, of New Orleans,
with scores of other noble woman
have become officers in this socie
ty. Georgia, the Empire State of
the South, must lead in this great
government for a quiet, systematic
earnest effort of the Christain wo
men in defense of their homes
from the saloons, which are today
the shame and curse of our land.
Met in consultation at our city,
we have been warmly welcomed
by such noble men as General
Evans, Rev. Drs. Nunnally, Mc
Donald and this movement is suf
ficient guarant ee of its value. We
have determined to secure the or
ganization of a local auxiliary in
every town and village of our state.
To this end we aamestly invite the
co-operation of Christain pastors
and their wives, hereby constitu
ting all such as special organizers
of tne Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. We gladly andhearU
ily accept The Union Signal puP^
lished in Chicago, as our organ;
aud urge ourmembers to subscribe
for it as the best temperance paper
in America. We send our sister
ly greeting to the W. C. T. U., of
East, North and West, as well as
to those in our own dear Southern
j stir and activity throughout the
entire South. We have the finest
timber in the world, in great
abundance, from which to con
struct, and all the needful materi
als for the equipment of as many
and as fine vessels as are now
afloat. With the obnoxious fea
tures of ftie present laws removed
we will lack only energy and
capital to take and hold the
supremacy of the seas, as ship
builders and navigators.
The Power of the Farmers.
Congressman Herbert, of Ala
bama, on tiie Free Ship Bill says
“I wish to God the farmers of
this county had it in their power
to combine ; had it in their pow
er to bring to bear their influence
to secure their rights against these
powerful combinations which seek
to dictate to congress what laws
they shall pass. But after all,
Mr. Speaker, they have power, if
they would only exercise it. They
have only to combine at the polls
with other classes of consumers of
manufactured merchandise and
elect representatives who will pro
tect their rights. They have the
power to do it; and if the farmers of
the west would only lay aside those
prejudices that have in times past
bound them to the protectionists,
then, through their representatives
here,- they could command legis
lation that would be just and fair
legislation, that would not take
money out of the pockets of
others.
Foretelling the Weather.
Avgusta News.
“ I can always tell,” said a citi
zen of Forsyth the other day,
‘when the weather is going to turn
cold. If the moon changes—either
full or quarter—between twelve
and two o’clock at night, the
weather is going to be colder for
the season. Upwards of forty
years ago I went to school to an
old Irish teacher, who taught me
that, and all my observation
winter or summe r , I have never
known it to fail.
Soda for Borns.
land. We send our welcome to
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, soon All kinds of bums, including
to come among us for a brief sea- scalds and sun burns, are almost
son. We earnestly invite all j immediately relieved by the appli-
ministers of the Gospel and editors j cation of a solution of bi- carbonate
of Georgia to become honorary | of soda to the burnt surface. It
hgerwll on Alcohol. 1
Col. R. G. Ingersoll, in speaking
to a jury in a case which involved
the manufacture of alcohol, used
the following eloquent language:
“I am aware that there is a pre
judice against any man engaged
in the manufacture of alcohol. I
believe that from the time it issues
from the coiled and poisonous
worm in the distillery until it emp
ties into the hell of death, dishon
or and crime, that it demoralizes
everybody that touches it, from its
source to its end. I believe any
body can contemplate the object
without becoming prejudiced
against the liquor crime. All we
have to do, gentleman, is to think
of the wrecks on either bank of
the stream of death, of suicides, of
the insanity, of the poverty, of the
ignorance, of the distraction of
the little children tugging at the
faded and withered breasts of
weeping and dispairing mothers,
of wives asking for bread, of the
men of genius that it has wrecked,
the men stuggling with imaginary
serpents, produced by the devilish
thing; and when you think of the
jails, of the alms-houses, of the
asylums, of the prisons, the
scaffolds upon either bank,
do not wonder that every
thougtful man is prejudiced against
this damned stuff, that is called
alcohol. Intemperance cuts down
youth in its vigor, manhood in its
strength, and age in its weakness.
It breaks the father’s heart be
reaves the doting mother, extin
guishes natural affections, erases
conjugal love, blots out filial at
tachments, blights parental hope,
and brings down mourning age in
sorrow to the grave. It produces
weakness, not strength; sickness
not health; Hot life. It makes
wives widows, children orphans,
fathers fiends, and all of them
paupers and beggers. It feeds
rheumatism nurses gout, welcomes
epidemics, invites cholera, imports
pestilence, and embraces consump
tion. It covers the land with
idleness, misery and crime. It
fills your jails, supplies your alms
houses and demands your asylums.
It engenders controversies, fosters
quarrels and cherishes riots. It
crowds your penitentiaries, and
furnishes victims to your scaffolds.
It is the life blood of the gambler
the element of the burglar, the
prop of the highwayman, and the
supnort of the mid-night incendi
ary. It countenances the liar, re
spects the thief, esteem the blas
phemer. It violates obligatio-is,
reverences fraud, and honors infa
my. It defames benevolence, hates
love, scorns virtue, and slanders
innocence. It incites the father
to butcher his helpless offspring,
helps the husband to massacre his
wife, and the child to grind the
paricidal axe. It burns up men,
consumes women, detests life,
curses God and despises Heaven.
It suborns witnesses, nurses perju
ry, defiles the jury box, and stains
the judicial ermine. It degrades
the citizen, debases the legislator
dishonors the statesman and dis
arms the patriot. It brings shame
not honor; terror, not safety; des
pair,not hope, misery, not happi
ness; and with the malevolence ot a
fiend it calmly surveys its fright
ful desolations, and, unsatiated
with havoc, it poisons felicity, kills
peace, ruins morals, blights confi -
dence, slays reputation, and wipes
out national honor, then curses
the world and laughs at its ruin
It does all that and more—it mur
ders the soul. It is the sum of
all villainies, the father of all
crimes, the mother of abomina
tions, the devil’s best friend, and
God's worst enemy.”
Hare Ton a Hemet
Is the place you live oft your
home, or only where you stay ? If
the latter, of course that accounts
for the make shift, do-as-little-as
you-can look it wears to the passer
by. As your home, it would look
different. The house would be
neatly put up and finished
throughout. There would be
neat fence of some kind about the
yard, enclosing a vegetable garden
well filled, and about the nice
little dwelling where the musical
voices of the family are heard
there would be a creditable
vaiiety of choice flowers, with a
few' selected evergreen shrubs and
shade trees. The well,' barn
stables, &c., would all match the
first, and the whole would be a
picture for an artist. Friend, take
our advice—have a home—there’s
nothing like it.
Labor.
It has been said that the in
efficiency of labor so much com
plained of is caused by the loose
inefficient system of farrakt
wdiich will not warrant wages
sufficient to secure laborers. This-
is true to a great extent, and
farmers should make it their busi
ness starting point. Laborers will
always go where there is comfort,
social pleasure and remunerative
wages, and until these can be
offered the want of efficient labor
will be felt. And it is not too
much for laborers to expect, be
they white or black. As social
human beings things must be
made profitable and agreeable, as
to all other people of the world.
Fidelity.
members of our State Union. We
bid God-speed to all others tem
perance organization ol our State,
and with an earnest prayer for
our Heavenly Father's 'guidance
and blessing we enter on our work cloth is often the very best.
must be remembered that dry soda
will not do unless it is surrounded
with a cloth moist enough to dis
solve it. The method of sprinkling
it on and covering with a wet
W. H. Starks says: “I keep a
cow for milk, and the better I
feed and care for her the more
milk I get. I pour hot water on
the cut hay and stir the hay well
alter putting on four quarts of
cornmeal. This ration I give
twice a day, with a little dry hay
at noon. I do not waste a pound
of hay all winter. My method
keeps a cow in good order ands
aves nearly one fourth the hay.”
Never forsake a friend. When
enemies gather around, when
sickness falls on the heart, when
the -world is dark und cheerless, is
the time to try true friendship. If
you have a friend who loves you
—who has studied your interest
and happiness—be sure to sustain
him in adversity. Let him feel
that his former kindness is appre
ciated, and that his love was not
thrown away. Real fidelity may
be rare, but it exists—in the
heart. They only deny its worth
and power who have never loved
a friend or labored to make one
happy.
Pensacola and Atlantic BallrtMd.
Yesterday Superintendent Chip-
ley, of the Pensacola and Atlantic
met at Chattahooched Col. W. M-
Davidson, General Manager of the
Florida Central and Western, and
Col. F. B. Papy, Freight Agent of
the Transit Railroad, to arrange
for interchange of business. Un
der the arrangements made
through freight and passenger
business will begin early February
by daily.trains over the Pensa
cola and Atlantic. The transfer
at Chattahoochee pending the
completion of the bridge, will be
made by a suitable steamer-
Sleepers over the F. C. & W*
will go on to Chattahoochee in
stead of stopping over at Tallahas
see as now. Bridge work, though
delayed by the long continued
rains and tlio swollen condition of
the river, is being pushed with all
practicable speed and early com
pletion is anticipated.—Floridian-
Hare Method*
Without method permanent
prosperity is impossible. Those
who work without a well digested
plan of operations—without well
defined rules to go by, are continu
ally blundering and committing
errors that cause much loss of
i me labor and money to correct.
Think before you act— go over the
work mentally first, peradventure
the mental labor will abridge the
physical. Haven’t you worked
terribly hard at a thing, and just
as you were about to give it up,
some by stander “showed you
how” to succeed in a minute?
Professional Cards.
JKO, «. OOHALSOX, BYRON b. lorn
BOWER & DONALSON,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law*
Office ia the court house. Will practice
a Decatur and adjoining counlie*, mad
aewhere by special contract. a-25-7
CHARLES C. BUSH,
A ftirney at Law
COLQUITT, GA.
Prompt attention given to all business en*
trusted to me.
D' ■COIU., M. O’SIAb
McGILL 4 O’NEAL.
Attorneys at Law.
bainbridge, ga.
Their office will be found over the poet of*
lice.
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MEDICAL CARO.
E. i. Morgan
Has removed his office to the drug store,
formerly occupied by Dr, Harrell. Beei.
dence on West street, south of Shotwell,
where calls at night will reach him.
DENTISTRY.
J . C . Curry, D.D.S.,
Can be found daily at his office on South
Broad street, up stairs, in E. Johnson’*
building, where he is ready to attend to the
wants of the public at reasonable rates.
dee-5-78
DOCTOR M.L. BATTLE,
Dentist.
Office over Hinds Store, West side
coert house. Has fine dental engine, and
will have everything to make his office
first-class. Terms cash. Office hours 9
a. m, to 4 p.m. jan.!8tf
DR. L. H. PEACOCK,
Respectfully tenders hia professional serv
ices to the people of Bainbridge and vicini-
ty.
Office over store of J. D. Harrell k Bra
Residence On West end of Broughton
street, where be can be found at night.
April 6,1881—
D. TALBERT. WW. if. HARRELL.
TALBERT 4 HARRELL.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
The above have formed a copartnership
under the firm name of 'Talbert & Harrell
for the practice of law. — Will practice in
all the courts of the Albany Circuit. Office
over Barnett’s store.
August 14,1883.
ALBERT WINTER,
Bool Estate and Collecting Agent,
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA.
I will be glad to receive the patronage ef
all who have property to sell or rent, re
collecting to make. All business placed ia
my hands will receive prompt attention, f
will look after wild lands, investigate titles,
pay taxes and protect from tresspassers.
I propose to make ihe collection ef bad
elaims a specialty. The worse the claim
the more attention I will give it,
Correspondence solicited,
Aug. 1, 1882.
Legal Notices
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Decatur County s
Robert Donalsos, guardian of Sarah C«
Jones (formerly Donalson) having applied
to ihe Court of Ordinary of said county
for a discharge from his guardianship of
Sarah 0. Jones’ person and property, thin
is therefore to cite all persons concerned
to show cause by filing objections in my
office why the said Robert Donalson should
not be dismissed from his guardianship of
his said ward and receive the usual letter*
of dismission. Given under my ofieifil
signature MASTON O’NEAL,
Ordinary;
CITATION.
GEORGIA Decatur County. To nil whoa
it may concern. Harmon Mock Guardian
for Chesley H. Hock, and William A Kook
applies to me for letters of dismission from
said guardianship and I will pass upon hi*
applications on the first Monday in February
next at my office in Bainbridge said connty
Given nnder my hand and official signctnra
this 3rd day of January 1888.
Mastox O’Neal
Ordinary*
CITATION.
GEORGIA—Decatur County,
Whereas Matt Gsorge as Administrate*
of R. C. Cobb represents to the court, ia
his petition, duly filed and entered on re
cord. that he has fully administered on R.
C. Cobbs estate. This ia, therefore, to cits
all persons concerned, kindred and credi
tors. to show cause, if any they can, why
said administrator should not be discharg
ed from his administration, and receive let
ters of dismission, on 1st of April MSS
Mastos O’Nbal.
January 4th 1883.
Strayed or Stolen.
From the yard of the undersigned on
h » night of the I6b inst, a medium ru
white and black spotted bound dog with
the following flesh marks: Ears.black,
and over each eye is a tan-colored spot/
and in one ear are two email notches.
When he left le had attached to him a
email red painted block, attached to tb#
small end of which by a staple was ff
large trace-chain. The blocl : waetKad*
from the end of a wagon bolster and bad
two boles in the small esd, one square *ad
one ronnd.
I will pay a liberal reward for the re
covery of the dog or for any information
leading to hia recovery.
LOUIS BOBB
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