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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8,1883.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The City Treasurer of Savannah
js charged with being $30,000 in
arrears with his accounts.
—The firm of Renfroe an3
Speieht. merchants at Fort Gaines
has failed dealing in cotton did the
business.
—Gov. Stephens will deliver
the address at tho Sesqui Cen
tennial celebration to be held in
Savannah Monday and Tuesday
next
*—Pope Barrow is making a
capital United State Senator. He
is a wiry little fellow, and as
smart as they are ever made.
-—Georgia never had an abler
Governor than • Alexander H.
Stephens, nor the South but one
greater man.. We are proud of
our chief magistrate.
President Arthur will make a
visit to the South next summer.
The President is now for working
up a little cheap capital for the
year ’84.
There is a law which goes into
operation on the first of April
making it unlawful to sell pistols,
dirks, or bowie knives without
pacing a $25.00 license to the
SState.
The .Georgia press—to their
(Oroftit be it said—are almost a
-unibon the prohibition deal, and
at'isibeing predicted that the Legis
lature at Ua next session will pass
■a general Prohibition Bill. God
grant it!
—It is quite probable that the
’precept Congress will not be able
to get through with the Tariff
Commissioner’s report before the
4th of March, in which event the
President will call an extra session
«f the new Congress.
—It is said that there are seven
thousand acres of land planted in
water melons this year in the
counties of Lowndes, Brooks,
Thomas, Mitchell, Dougherty.
Decatur a nd Lee. The melon deal
is a big thing, and there are mil
lions in it.
—The Albany Hews and Adver
tiser informs us that the Hell Gate
Shoals on Flint river have been so
improved that a steamer can
easily navigate them. Glad to
hear it. This able paper is taking
great interest in the improvement
of the Flint and it has our hearty ■
co-operation.
—The people of Decatur county
now-have an opportunity of get
ting rid of the whiskey curse.
The election will take place on
Tuesday the 17th day of April
next. While The Democrat will
do all in its power for the success
of Prohibition, it will in no event
descend * to personalism. We
shall make the fight on Liquor, and
not on bar keepers or liquor deal
ers. We have many friends
among those who sell liquor, all of
whom, we believe, would not cry
WCre the stuff abolished. Clever
men are engaged in a very bad
trade,-but it is the trade alone
which we are to criticize and help
to abolish.
—Two years from to day the
national Democracy will be pre
paring to inaugurate a Democratic
president. Every thing now
points that way, and unless the
leaders commit some terrible
blunder, we will have that devout
ly wished for consummation. The
passions engendered twenty years
ago are fast passing away, and
with them go the stock-in-trade
of the Republican party. For
twenty years this corrupt party
have held power upon this war
idea, but now the people* have
their eyes open, and cannot longer
be deceived by a waving of that
ensanguined garment known as
the “bloody shirt.” Let the
Democrats keep stiff back bones,
and nominate Hancock, Randall,
or uieveland, and victory will be
trailed.
—Alabama's State Treasurer is
still missing. It appears that he
took the trouble to obtain posses
sion of his official bond before he
went away, apparently intending
to secure his bondsmen against
loss. If he had been equally soli
citous to protect the State’s money
the Governor of Alabama would
not now be asking the Legislature
to authorize a reward of $5,000 for
his capture.
The tariff question will be the
great national issue in the next
presidential election. There are
very few people who really know
anything about this question,
speaking in a comparative sense,
and its high time that they had be
gun to make it a subject of study.
At no distant day the people of
this country will be called upon to
vote upon this very issue, and how
can they vote intelligently unless
they understand the operations of
the tariff system.
A New York firm, represent
ing one million dollars desires to
invest it in Georgia pine lands,
learns the Dooly Vindicator, and
their Travelling Agents are al
ready in the field in search of
said lands. This firm is but one
of many now seeking the same
end, and we advise-owners of said
lands to be on the qui vive; for 6aid
lands are bound to be in demand
ere long.
The State Fair will be held this
year, and Macon will be the city
selected for the place of the ex
hibition. The Graphic says in
reference to the matter “Our
grand and beautiful park, with its
commodious buildings and exten
sive grounds, has no equal in the
South in the advantages it posses
ses for the purpose of a State Fair.
President Hardeman and the en
tire Agricultural Society will
exert their best endeavors to make
the approaching State Fair a great
success, and we are assured that
the city of Macon will unite with
them to this end.”
—The revolutionists in Ecuador
appear to hold decidedly the win
ning hand. According to the
despatches from Panama they are
in possession of all the chief towns
of the country, but Dictator Vein-
temilla does not yet despair, and
is in Guayaquil, trying to raise an
army. The revolutionary army
displayed considerable bravery at
the capture of Esmeraldas, but
the conduct of the Dictator’s
troops was shameful. Finding they
could not hold the town, they sack
ed it, and then tried to burn it.
Safes ’ were blown open and
dwelling houses and stores were
ransacked for booty. Civil war is
dreadful enough under any cir
cumstances, but it appears in its
most repulsive form when accom
panied by such barbarous acts an
these.
A SHOCKING DEED.
A Little Girl Shot Down by a Woman
Who Did’nt Like children.
Philadelphia, February 3.—
Maggie Curlett, a twelve year old
school girl, was shot and killed
this afternoon by Catherine Burni-
son, of 1,724 Tasker street, on
whose sidewalk she was playing
with several companions. The
child had been sent to empty a
scuttle of ashes, and upon her
return stopped in front of Burni-
son’s house and engaged in talk
with some playmates about a
school examination which had oc
cured in the afternoon. While
thus engaged the Burnison woman
threw up a window, and, leaning
out with a pistol in her hand, said;
“Do you see this? If -you don’t
get off my pavement I’m going to
shoot.” A second later she fired,
r.nd Maggie Curlett fell screaming
to the pavement. The ball enter
ed just above the right eye, inflict
ing a wound from which she died
two hours later. A crowd quickly
surrounded Burnison’s house,
some of them threatened violence,
but order was preserved.
The woman who did the shoot
ing was taken to the station house
crying all the wav, and protesting
that she didn’t know the weapon
was* loaded. She is twenty-four
years old, unmarried, and a niece
of Richard Burnison, whose house
keeper she is. Her uncle says her
mind has been imbalanced by
protracted sickness and the annoy
ance of children in the neighbor
hood. He says the revolver was
loaded several years ago in the
west, and had lain unforgotton in
a closet. People living in the
vinciffity say Miss Burnison was
irritable and cruel in her treat
ment of the children.
A Question of Privilege
Two weeks ago we joined isiue
with the Grand Jury upon their
recommendation to the effect that
the Bill now pending in the legis
lature, to allow the levy and col
lection of an additional fifty per
cent of taxes upon the State tax
for county purposes be pressed to
a passage—being under the im
pression at the time that the re
commendation and Bill had for
their purpose the payment of the
Bridge Bond indebtedness, etc.
Since that article was published,
howeveT, we find that this debt is
already provided for, by a clause
in the special Act, authorizing its
creation, and that the purpose of
the Bill now under consideration
is only to authorize the collection
of two and a half mills additional
on the State Tax, for county pur
poses—there being no mont-y in
the Treasury unappropriated.
Seeing our error, in this connec
tion, we deem it due ourselves and
the parties interested in the pas
sage of the Bill to shift our posi
tion upon this question—deeming
it short sighted financiering to al
low the county’s property to be des
troyed, or go to decay from a lack
of proper protection and preserva
tion.
A further ground for the neces
sity of its collection we recognize
is the diminished financial resour
ces of the county, by reason of a
heavy defalcation—with which
our readers are familiar—sand a
reduction, during the past five
years of the State tax $2.50. This
reduction, it will be obseived, has
reduced our taxes for county pur
poses in a like ratio, until they are
totally inadequate—the defalca
tion considered—to meet county
expenses. The consequence is
our script sells at from 50 cents to
80 cents in the dolla~—a clear loss
of from fifty to twenty per cent to
the tax payers. These holders of
script have it in their power to
compel an increase of taxation, by
mandamus, for the payment of
the same; and this would cost the
tax payers more, no doubt, than
the additional amount now sought
to be imposed.
For these reasons, and a strong
dpsire to see our county’s credit
take higher ground—all of which
we know to be good ones—The
Democrat shall favor the passage
of the Bill.
Safe Roles For Girls.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Girls can adopt no* better rule
than to avoid street acquaintances
that may come about without the
interposition of a proper and well-
advised introduction. The ac
quaintances made by street flirta
tions end in tears and shame, most
generally, if there is not behind
them the hardly more dreadful
consequence of a tragedy. The
girl or woman who lends herself
easily to peculiar acquaintances
and is ready to accept questionable
favors and suspicious presents, is
in greater danger than she may
have any idea, of and should
awaken to a consciousness that
fair fame in woman is the greatest
jewel the sex can boast, even in
the eyes of the unscrupulous men
who seek to wrest that treasure
from them.
The Savannah Celebration.
On Monday next will begin in
Savannah the celebration of the
first one hundred and fifty years
since Oglethorpe landed on Geor
gia’s soil and founded our chief
seaport city. The celebration will
last two days, and promises to be
the grandest ever seen in our
State. The entire people if Geor
gia are interested, and they will
be there in sufficient numbers to
make the occasion memorable.
His Excellency Governor Alex
ander H. Stephens, accompanied
by a brilliant staff, will be present,
besides many other of the most
distinguished men in the State.
The military of Savannah and
from other cities will L o out in full
force under the command of Gen
eral Clifford Anderson.
At 11 o’clock a. m., on Monday,
at the theatre, General Henry R.
Jackson will recite an ode prepar
ed for the occasion, we believe, by
that greatest of Southern poets.
Paul H. Hayne, of South Carolina,
after which the address will be
delivered by Governor Alexander
H. Stephens.
At 1 o’clock p. m., the vessel
containing General Oglethorpe
and the Colonists will arrive, pas -
sing up the river under an artil
lery salute, and lauding at Yama-
craw. The parly will then be
escorted to the batterv, where
they will be properly taken care
of. The shipping in the harbor
will be decked with the flags of all
nations, and the salutes and cer
emonies customary on such occa
sions will be observed. Upon the
conclusion of these ceremonies the
pageant will proceed to the posi
tion assigned them in the parade.
At 8 p. m. there will be a grand
pyrotechnic display in the Park
extension.
The programme for the second
The Albany News chronicles
the following distressing accident
“On Tuesday last, Mrs. Matilda
Ward left her house for town, leav
ing her two children behind.
About six o’clock the boy, who
had his little sister in his arms,
attempted to rekindle the fire,
and, in doing so, the clothing of
the infant caught on fire. He im
mediately rushed out of the house
with the child in his arms to a
house occupied by a nqgro woman
about fifty yards distant. Before
reaching aid his own clothing
caught, and both lie and the in
fant were fatally burned—the
former dying in a short time after,
while the little boy lingered in ag
ony until early Wednesday morn
ing.
Legal Sales
Decatur Sheriffs Sale.
GEORGIA—Decatut County ;
Will be sold before tbe court bouse door
in tbe City of Bainbridge on the first Tues
day in March next between tbe legal
hours of sale tbe following property to-wit:
Forty-five acres of land oil’ of the South
east corner of lot of land No 13d in the 16th
District of Decatur county, Georgia, levied
on as the property of Charles T King, to
satisfy one Justice Court Fi Fa issued from
621 District, G M, of said county of 1 ecatur
in favor of J Steimnger, vs Charles T King.
Levy made and returned to me by K 11
Knight, L C This Jan 30, 1883.
L. F. BURKETT,
2-1-83—lm Sheriff.
Decatur Coroner's Sale.
Will be sold before the Court House door
in the town of Bajndiidge Decal»r county
Georgia, cn the first Tuesday in March
next during the legal hours of sale the fol
lowing described property to-wit
Lot orian 1 number (176) one hundred
and seventy-five, the same being in the 20th
district of Decatur county Georgia, and
levied on as tbe properly of B D. Cloud to
satisfy one mortgage fi fa issued out of the
Superior Court of said county against the
said B. D. Cloud. This January 3rd, 1833
1'ktku Daniels,
Coroner, D. O.
Decaiur Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Decatur County .•
lVill be sold before the court house door
in the city of Bainbridge, Decatur county,
Gr». between the legal hours of sale, on the
firtt Tuesday in March 1883, the follow
ing property to-wit.;
The Eastern half of lot of land No (213)
two hundred and'.thirteen, situate lying
and being in the 16th District of said county
of Decatur—containing one hundred and
twenty-five acres, more or less, levied on as
the property of Gillett Brothers to satisfy
one Tax Execution issued by William
Powell, Tax Collector of said countv, for
taxes due for the year 1882, in favorof State
and county, vs said Gillett Brothers. Levy
made and returned to me-by J S Brad well,
L (1. This Jan 30, 1883.
L. F. BURKETT,
2-l-’83.—lm. Sheriff.
Miscellaneous Adv ’is.
TEE
SOUTH-WEST GEORGIA LAND AGENCY,
Russell 4$ Brown, Ag’ts.
BAINBRIDGE,
GEORGIA
Offer to buyers the following briefly-
described Real Estate —improved and nnim-
proved in the
14TH DISTRICT OF DECATUR COUNTY.
Lots of Land Nos 157,256,217, 21'>, 133, 301,
175, 9, 225.28.
15TH DISTRICT OF DECATUR COUNTY,
Lots Nos390, 394, 391.
17TH DISTRICT OF DECATUR COUNTY,
Lots Nos 71, 396, 338, 343, 3S2, 321, 241,
279, 174, 287, 264, 165 166.
20TH DISTRICT OF DECATUR COUNTY,
Lots Nos 35, 149, 173.
21ST DISTRICT OF DECATUR COUNTY,
Lots Nos 217. 374, 97. 103, I, 115,153. 107,
175, 309, 207.243, 320. 336.
27TH D^TRICT OF DECATUR COUNTY,
260, 216, 176, 58, 59.
These lots are all full, having 250 acres
in each, and will be sold in lots to suit the
purchasers.
We also have control of a large quantity
of lands in the counties of A/iller, Early,
Baker. Mitchell aud Irwin, besides a num
ber of desirable lots in the city of Bain
bridge—iftproved and unimproved.
Parties wishing lands for turpentine,
timber, farming or other purposes, will find
full description and all necessary informa
tion in our hands.
N. B.—Non-resident land owners will be
faithfully served,' their lands leased,
returned, looked after aud protected against
trespassers, and if for sale, advertised and
sold for a reasonable charges. Business
respectfully solicited and satisfaction
guaranteed.
D. A RUSSELL & BROWN,
Real Estate Agents,
Bainbridge, Ga.
A RARE BARGAIN
Is offered in that splendid River plantation
known as the J. W. Laihrop & Co place on
Flint River—containing y}50 acres—300 of
which is the finest River Bottom land and
produces 40 bushels of corn per acre.
Lying near the mouth ofSpring Creek on the
river is the key to the finest Btock farm in
Georgia, being fenced thus on three sides.
A boat landing, fine drainage, good water,
healthy, on inexhaustible timber supply
and a good neighborhood are among its
numerous attractions. The price is extreme
ly low because owned by people who have
no use for such property. For further in
formation address this Agency.
TS.
V Plenty of Seeds, 45 cts per dozen Papers,
A Cider Mill, $ -0 00 to $ 35 00,
A Wind Mill, 125 00 to 150 00,
A Fruit Dryer
40 00 to
300 00,
A Sulky Plow
57 50 to
65 0ft.
A Riding Cultivator
37 50,
A Walking Cultivatin',....
20 00,
A Wheel lior-t Rake,....
30 00 to
35 0ft.
A Screw Pulverizer
1S5 00 to
210 00.
A Field Ro'ler
45 00 to
75 00.
A One Horse Harrow
G Of) to
11 00,
A Twollorse Harrow,....
.... 9 50 lo22 50.
A Mower «Sr Reaper. Me.
Corir.iek’'S
A Two Horse Turning
135 00 to
300 00,
Flow.
A Or.e Horse Turning
7 50 to
12 00,
Plow,
A Harman or Fcrgti.’otj
4 00 to
8 65,
Plo Stock
\ 50,
A Feed Cutler
8 50 to
85 O0,
A Cotton Planter
lo oo to
18 00,
A Corn Planter,
1 65 to
18 00,
A Grain Drill
81 00 to 125 00,
A Good Churn,
ASpring Tooth Sul key,
H arrow and Seeder
6 40 to
20 00,
combined,
71 00.
A Farm Bell,
5 00 to
20 00.
Decatur Sheriff s Sale-
GEORGIA, Decatur Connty:
Will be sold before the Court house door
in the city of Bainbridge Decatur county
Georgia during the legal hours of sale on
,he first Tuesday in March .next the follow
ing described property to-wit
On? half undivided interest in and to
six hundred bushels of corn more or less,
Three hundred pounds of fodder more or
less, and six hundred bushels of cotton seed
more or less, and levied on as the property
of W. M. Dollar, to satisfy one mortgage
Fi fa in favor of W. A. Davis vs W. M
Dollar, A. E. Lasseter and R. A - Blount,
This January 30th 1883.—
L. F. BURKETT,
2-1-84-1 m ‘Sheriff
Decatur Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Decatur County :
Will be sold before the Court House door
in the town of Bainbridge, Decatur county,
Georgia, between tjie legal hours of sale on
the first Tuesday in March next the
following described property to wit ;
The Steam Saw Mill known as the “Flint
River Saw Mill” situated on the East bank
of Flint river, near the wharf of the S & F
W. R. R. in the City of Bainbridge, Decatur
County Georgia consisting of two Engines,
four Boilers, carriage, shafting, pulleys and
Wheels, pumps qnd belting v ar.d all other
machinery and tools that may be attached
or detached on the premises and all lumber
and logs on the yard, said property levied
on as the property ef A. M- Cohen, to sat
isfy one mortgage Fi fa in favor of Max
Kwilecki, xs said Cohen. This Jan 30, ’83.
L. F. BURKETT.
2-1-’83.—lm. Sheriff.
Decatur Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGLA—Decatur County •
Will be sold before the Court House door
in the town of Bainbridge, Decatur county
Georgia, between the legal hours of sale on
day will be equally as interesting, j the first Tuesday in March next, the
We learn that the Savannah. ; following described property to-wit:.
Florida, and Western Railway
will pass visitors over its line for
one fare, which will make the
round trip from Bainbridge cost
only $7.10. We hope to see a
large delegation of our people from
both town and county in attend
ance. Such grand demonstrations
do not happen more than twice in
a century.
Lot of laud No (319) three hundred and
nineteen, and the B est half of lot of land
No (322) three hundred and twenty-two—
all lying, situate and being in the 27th
District of Decatur county, Georgia, and
levied on as property of Bristow Grant,
to satisfy one Mortgage Fi Fa issued at the
November Term, 1882. of Decatur Superior
Court, in favor of FI oydL Babbit, vs Bristow
Grant. This Jan 30,1883.
L. F. BURKETT,
2.-1- S3.—lm; Sheriff.
And we have them for yon. All warran
ted. 5 per cent, discount for money witfs
order. Jones’ Herlongs’ Cotton Seed at $2
50 per bushel.
— PI.A NIT I9EET8 —
We have a large Stock, and will sell cheap
to start the ball. Better for Cattle than
Turnipsj and specially good for Milch Coms,
Blood Turnip Beets per pound, 80c
Long Blood Beet “ “ 70c
Long Red Mangold Worzel “ “ 50c
Round Globe, “ “ * l “ 55c
Golden Globe, “ “ .‘i “ 55c
CARROTS MAKE TELLOw BUTTER
Long Orange Carrot, *‘ “ 90c
Large Yellow Belgian, do “ 90c
Four Pounds will plant an acre.
Tomatoes are Excellent for Cowg also
1-4 nponnd will plant a good patch.......75c
1-4 of a pound Rattlesnake Watet melon
seed- - 60c
US?” Add 16 cts. per lb if to go by mail.^g*
Send for Price List of Field Seeds.
Mark W. Johnson & Co.
27 Marietta Street, AT 1> A-NT A 6A.
Legal JVotices
CITATION.
GEORGIA—Decatur County,
Whereas Matt George as Administrator
of R. C. Cobb represents to the eourt, in
his petition, duly filed and entered on re
cord. that he has fully administered on K.
C. Cobbs estate. This i«, therefore, to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and credi
tors to show cause, if any they can, why
said odciinistrator should not be discharg
ed from his administration, and receive let
ters of dismission, on 1st of April 1883
Mastox O’Neal.
Ordinary.
January 4th 1883.
CITATION.
GEORGIA—Decatur County.
To all.whom it may concern. Abram E.
Smith having in proper form applied to me
for permanent letters of administration on
the e«tate of Atha Lastly, late of said county,
this is to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of Atha Lashly to be and
appear at my office within the time allowed
by law. and shpw cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration should not
be granted to Abram E. Smith, on Atha
Lashly’s estate. Witness my hand and
official signature.
Mastox O’Neal,
Feb 5,1883. Ordinary, D. C
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
GEORGIA—Decatur County :
Notice is hereby given to all persons
having demands against Lucy Rogers, late
of said county, deceased, to present them
to me, properly made out, within the thne
prescribed by law, so as to show their
character and amount. 'All persons indebt
ed to said deceased are hereby requested to
make immediate payment to me.
B. F. WATSON,
Administrator of LUCY ROGERS.
Feb. 3,1883,—6ty,
Coinnlercial Advertisements.
GUANO,
GUANO!
I will sell and deliver the following brands of Guano at Climax-
Cumberland Superphosphate,
Davis’ Ammoniated issolved
Bones, Lester Bros’. Amino-?
niated Dissolved Bones,
Georgia State Grange
Fertilizer, Baldwin’s
Ammoniated Dissolved
Bones, Pamlico, Georgia
State Grange Acid, Kainit.
THE ABOVE ERANDS OF GUANO ARE WELL KNOWN TO B?
Standard Goods.
I ask a continued patronage from those who have used them, and if yon have ml
used them I ask that you give them a trial, and I feel confident you will use no othtrsil
the future
At BaiiMdge,
I will sell and deliver—
Cumberland, Davis’ Ammonia-
/ ted Dissolved Bones, Pamlico,
and GERMAN KAINIT.
£S§“ My prices will be as low as anybody’s on first class,
Standard Goods. "V"ei\y Respectfullv, .
Wixi, HARMON,
SEA
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P siose
mzobO
H C CUBBYM
We have in store, and are now receiving the largest and most complete stock"^
and Winter goods ever bought by us. And we respectfully invite the
Decatur and surrounding counties to call and examine our goods, and get P r,c ^j
fore buying elsewhere.. We can sell as cheap aa anybody guaran*ec- t b e ^ f
of our goods. We sell oplv the world renowned “Bay State” Screwed 8h°es^
keep no other in stock,
and condenser
We are agents for the celebrated Winship Cotton Gw. _
We have five hundred cypress syrup barrels with cyp 1 *”
as cheap as they can be bought in the land. We only ask a trial.
Bainbridge, Ga., July 28th, 1882.