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The Bainbridge Democrat. T^kMS—$ 2 A YEAR, 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. 0 r 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 - ^- -I