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BAINBRIDGE. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1883.
VOL XII-NOi S57
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mayor and
nQ more bar
jration of li-
Iter. Rob r t. U. Harris on Prohibition.
It isthouj
ranted.
tht
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pfi-m farmers! now paying
its for iL on time.
Messrs Editor*:—Ilavijig presen
ted a comparative statement of
the advantage to a community,
in a pecuniary point of view, of
restrictive liquor laws over the
license system; having considered
the Prohibition question purely as
a matter of expediency, and hav
ing examined the subject under
both these views, in the light of
right and wrong; I propose, now
to present some further views.
It is maintained by some, that
the effect of a prohibition law will
be to
RESTRAIN POPULAR LIBERTY!
It is common talk among the
freedmen, that such a law will
deprive them of “their freedom”
—and strangely enough, there are
numbers of white men who talk
in the same way, though I cannot
believe that any intelligent man,
white or black, can really enter
tain such an absend opinion.
Any sensible man must know
I bat no law cop 14be enacted to pre
vent, a man frbm drinking liquor. -
The Prohibition law contemplated
for Dibat nr county will not pre
vent any man from keeping liquor
in his house and guzzling it by the
gallon—or barrel—should he so
against them.
It will be observed that I do not
stress
P«rb Jot
gan
desire. If you must have
people, purchase a pure
from the distilleries and
lquor,
article
KEEP IT AT HOME :
If you are inclined to drink to
excess, your sujW>ly will soon be
exhausted and you will be the
bettor off, from the very difficulty
of pro uring more. If you do not
(|ri nk tv excess, you will be the
better or by being virtually com
pelled to . ee p a pure article in
your closet one that is fit for med
icinal use.
I am no na»by pambist about
, , , this matter. A doctrine can be
\A gen- | g t a t e d in few' ^v r ds: Whenever
THE MORAL VIEW
of the question under considera
tion. I try to do that, on appro
priate occasions, from the pulpit,
and, if Dr. M. L. Battle would
sometimes do other churches be
sides those of his own denomina
tion the honor to attend their
services, he might discover that
there is no necessity for his ex
hortation to preachers of other
sects to “raise a howl” among
their people.
I have confined myself in these
articles, chiefly to the business,
the pecuniar}- andAhe legal views
of the question, considered from
the stand point of philanthropy
and patriotism. I have not aimed
at rhetorical ornamentation nor
display, and I have avoided both
sensationism and puritanism. I
have been speaking in advocacy
of the right. That which is right
is best, for any community, and
pure, moral right is inseparable
from
go to the polls and
VOTE FOR PROHIBITION.
People of Decatur county, rally
for life, and more than life!
Up the hillside, down the glen.
Rouse the sleeping citizen,
Summon up the might of men!
Do jpur duty, and the brightest
sun you ever saw will shine upon
you, on the 18th of April, when
the news of Victory is torne to
your ears on the gladsome breeze.
skies
ICE!
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■fort Gaines Tribune
Jeman, tvlmse name weVill not j jiq U( tr is needed,.“should *be used
kfltjnii, attempted to sh\t him j butnever abused ;q ie mail w ho
p»" ;»»■ Xnoud,V abusi,, s “>
M" Bin. luesday mgl last. | >1TinvWTT I
Intamlers, however, intVtered
prevented him from tarry-1 1Ulu0 Tb y compelling hi. £ pro
bout his purpose. The iifair, r v ide h*j Se lf witlr somet^„
jowever, created considerable ex- libr use",
v.-,.,,!,! be, suicide v $kv P *. 0TE< liV
PROHIBITION WILL
the « an who knows lip to use
TSJ
Down
EJ
IT
$30
1h*1u\v Little Rock, in
(Kansas, they have been figur
ing out the profits of strawberry
and laid that the average
W proceeds per acre is §131.
■isa great deal better than-
pm or cotton, hut South Georgia
nd Florida can double that aver
fee by a little care in tlie choice
r S,J| 1' the selection of variety and
Intelligent cultivation. Those
mo do not intend to give this at-
r ntJtm * iai l better be content with
mual neglected “home patch.”
are given only to
nj,' 1 " w °rkmon, because high
' conie only from good work.
y°n ever study on that?
without abusing MVy compeln;
him to drink a lesdiabolical’oi-
son than he recent over thtbar
counter, and by /iking it tore
ditficult'tbr him ti replenish his
empty keg, and
PROHIBITION ILL PROTEC
those who do notirink at al, m
a thousand ways,hat need iot be
mentioned, so paint are tiny to
even the least tliughtful ol in-
THE ESSENCE OF TRUE RELIGION.
I have not seen the full liquor
statistics of last year; but, accord
ing to a former report, it appears
the enormous sum of $700,000,000
is expended for liquor, every year
in the United States!
SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS !
Were all this sum in silver dol
lars It wopld require upward of
seventy Seven years for a per
son to count it devoting .eight
hours of every working day steadi
ly to the task!
There it scarcely a child in
Decatur county, old enough to
undertake this task who would
live long enough to complete it!
This mass of silver would weigh
50,052,0So pounds, Troy!
The dollars laid in arow, side by
side, would make a line upw ards
of 16,571 miles in length—two
thirds of the circumference of
the earth!
How many helpless widows
would this immense sum provide
with comfortable homes ? How
many orphand children would it
feed, clothe and educate ?
According to the same statisti-
telligent people. Let Prohibition ;C jxdiied and
be enforced, and
States, every year!
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DEAD MEN
every year, victims to the Demon
Drink!
It is safe to set down one half of
these as married men and also
safe to allov an average of three
children trthe family. Here then
we "have
fi -xy thousand widows
and
FIFTY THOUSAND
1 . ORPHANS,
the deadfalls wll be thrown, alcohol, every year, in
that annually crush so many vicl lie United States!
th
‘lie accounts of crops in Furope
W ‘“•‘‘‘•‘■aging. The winter has
"Very severe upon the wheat,
it is stated that the prospect
I** Britain is the poorest
L llas be en presented for ten
wi,ile iu Prance at least
■ ent 1 01 the wheat area is
' and much more injured.
(n \? Ur f il is impossible to tell
Kf. What a September har-
lo tli *. ,° e ’ enough is known
P °" tliat the growing wheat in
r* two countries
tims—white andolack;
THE devil’s TOLIGATES ARE BARR*
that are receiviig the dimes,
quarters and tie dollars, fro^j
pockets of pour men, wlii^ en
black, whose wives and
are unclad and hungry r[( ' r ]p
Fellow-citiaens, is it. i. *
that this should be so '
swer :
Promise, and to we
gives a poor
ales °f tho harvest.
IS IT NOT R r f ,,
•r, , > profoundly
But there are w j 1Q “ wou iJj
ise and learnedmlffikm ” they
be in avor of J
sa\, but t l ie ^ C0NSXITUTI0NAL
the law i an d the tests of the
, W1 „ n Rat pious allegiance
court8. j ia t sublime devotion
to law ! iS titution! Have there
IO t p three mile and five mile
not ,ytion laws, enacted for col-
P° and camp grounds in opera-
T^’in Georgia, for years-? Are
.ere not local option laws
airant low esti-Jperation, here and there, in many
This is fearful; but it is not half
the direful evil.
“No drunkard can enter into
the Kingdom of Heaven.” 100,000
souls sfent to perdition from our
land every year, by alcohol!
But this is, still, not half. It is
a fact, tliat, as a rule, the drunk
ard’s wife and children are os
tracised, socially outlawed, on ac
count of the character of the hus
band and father. Let frhe drunk
ard be living or dead, the rule is
the same. And all tne drunkards
do not’die, every year. Multiply
the number of widows and orphans
mentioned by ten, and you will
find a figure perhaps not in excess
of the true number of women and
children outlawed by alcohol, in
the United States.
1 "Palatable Truths that Cut.
^' r - Dix, of New
as had the temerity to te/ ome
“Palatable truths \o the 4 ‘ omen
1 me North who are plating
tae worn,.
. n of the Iioo-'i empire
“a? days of .Tm- U ,„. This has
Bays of J liven/
jf*' 1 a storm about/' 8 bars, but
£ e J bould stand iWV r the truth
r ( a,i morality. -Strong-minded
I'bs. Blake, sorc‘"' n S out tin an-
? er -says tliaj,/women are- not,
rising vine, because tlie men-
^ n ° bei»‘r tlnm cornstalks.”
• - i- -H jiuerestingcontrover-
parts of tiie state ? Are not such
laws in operation in other states,
all through the Union and farther ?
Is there not a prohibition law in
force, all over Georgia, on every
election day ? If it is constitu
tional to enact a prohibition law
for three miles radius, and one
day’s time, it is equally in ac
cordance with tlie constitution, to
enact on@ for any number of miles
radius, and three hundred and
sixty-live, days, or an indefinite
period of time.
Chief Justice Eichie, of the
Canadian Supreme Court, -decided
last April tliat "the federal govern
ment of the Dominion has the
TWO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,
delicate women, in numerous
cases, promising boys and
TENDER GIRLS RUINED
blighted, blasted, for this world;
and jeopardized for the World to
come, by the Topiiet breath of
Alcohol! Poverty and rags, cold
and hungry, are by far the small
est part of their calamity.
Men talk and write about the
.comparative evils of war and al
cohol. There is no comparison.
War is occasional, alcohol is con
stant; war reckons its pecuniary
waste by billions; alcohol, in the
aggregate, by inconceivable
amounts; war counts its victims
by thousands: alcohol by millions;
noble spirits have sped from the
gory battle field, through flame
and smoke, up to the bosom of
To Hearen and Return.
Michigan Pioneer.
A very singular case of spiritu
alism, if such it may be called, was
reported to us by a neighbor of
the family in which the case is lo
cated. The family in question
reside about five miles north of Big
Rapids, the name of the family
being House. Some time ago a
daughter of Mr. House, a young
lady about seventeen years of age,
was ill with diphtheria, three or
four other of tlie children of tlie
family having previously • died
with the same disease. After Miss
House had been sick four or live
weeks she summoned different
ones to her bedside, and told them
she was going away, but would
return in a few days. She then
instructed them to leave her en
tirely alone, and not to touch her
again until she returned. Then,
for a period of three days, Miss
House lay immovable, to all ap
pearance being dead. At tlie ex
piration of three days she returned
to consciousness, and has since
been in perfect health, getting up
from her bed almost immediately
at the end of tlie three days. The
strangest part of the story, howev
er, is the fact that when she re
turned to herself she was some
body else.
Previously to her sickness a
daughter of an old friend of Mr.
House died of diphtheria at
total stranger to Aliss Mouse ap
Reared to be the girl who died at
Ensley, claiming the deceased
girl’s parents as her parents, and
failing to recognize her own. She
speaks familiarly of things she
never saw, and calls by name peo
pie of whom she never heard. She
also speaks of her visit to Heaven,
of the people and friends she saw
there and says she will have to
return there about the fourth of
next July. At times she seems to
be her own self, also somebody
else deside the person above men
tioned, having lately appeared as
the deceased wife of a man living
several miles away. Her present
health is said to be perfect.
Overbearing,
Experienced fruit growers know
that trees allowed to overbear
produce inferior fruit and exhaust
their vitality prematurely. In
these parts the average fanner
seems utterly indifferent, taking
no notice of the crowded young
fruits in his orchard until they
grow large enough to exhaust the
trees and all tumble to the ground.
Then he says, “my fruit is all fall
ing from the trees.” Had he
thrashed down two-thirds of the
crop soon after the young fruit be
came visible, he would have seen
different result. How,can a
tree be expected to mature three
bushels of fruit when it has not vi
tality enough for a peck ?
BULLOCK AND BOYNTON.
In 186S Rufus B. Bullock was
Governor of Georgia. He was a
Republican; his party controlled
the offices of the State. Now it
seemed that Col. James S. Boyn
ton wanted an office—the judgship
of the Flint Circuit. Bullock had
the appointment of this office; and
Col. Boynton applied for the same.
In doing- so he wrote letters to
Bullock which we append. Our
readers can draw their own in
ference, not failing to remember,
however, that if Bullock’s “tin
box” were opened it would reveal
hundreds of just such applications
from prominent Democrats. It is
also just to Governor Boynton to
say that lie furnished the letters
for publication:
TIIE APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT.
Griffin, July 1, 1868.—To his
excellency, R. B. Bullock, gover
nor state of Georgia: I respect
fully request the appointment as
judge of the superior eourt of the
Flint judicial circuit. I have been
a practicing lawyer over fifteen
years, and have held the office of
ordinary in the county of Butts
and jueffie of Spaulding county
court. I also acted as agent of the
bureau R. F. & A. L., and receiv
ed the commendation of Major
George Tilson and Breyet Briga
dier General C. C. Sibley and the
approval of all classes of my fel
low citizens. As to my capacitv
and politics I respectfully refer to
the citizens of my county. * Hav
ing held judicial ollice prior to the
war am disqualified under the four
teenth article of the constitution
of the United States. Respectful
ly vour obedient servant,
James S. Boynton.
THE SECOND COMMUNICATION.
Griffin, Ga., July 25.1SG8.—Ilis
Excellency, Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor "of State of Georgia; I
congratulate you upon the restor
ation of Georgia to the union and
your inauguration as governor of
the proud old commonwealth.
Heretofore I presented you with
an application for the appointment
of judge of the superior courts of
1 stated that 1 had ‘been a pract’ic
lawyer over fifteen years: had
acted as ordinary of Butts and as
judge of Spaulding county court,
bureau agent,, etc. Since then I
have not Doubled you with per
sonal appeals, nor have I sought
to create an outside pressure, be
cause I was satisfied that your
appointments would be made af
ter thorough investigation as to
character, ability, etc., of the vari
ous applicants, and to this end I
respectfully refer your excellency
to the gentleman whose names
appear on next page, who know
me and can speak advisedly of my
ability, fitness, chaiacter and tlie
manner in which my appointment
would be received by the people
of the circuit. Respectfully your
obedient servant,
James S. Boynton.
[The following are the names al
luded to:]
A. G. Murray, D. A. Johnson,
J. C. Swavze, J. R. Compton A.
Ogletree, John Aiken, Charles O.
Johnson, T. W. Thurman, leading
republicans of Spalding county.
Hon. Thomas Speer, senator
22nd district
Hon. A. D. Nunnallv, senator
26th district. * *
Hon. W. F. Jordan, senator 28th
district.
Hon. James Atkins, Hon. Wil
liam Markham, Miles G. Dobbins
Atladta, Ga.
Also to any member of the bar
residing at Griffin.
PROHIBITION.
How it has Progressed iii the State of
Georgia.
A SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
AND LEGISLATION.
’‘"i heinous as the sins of
and West against the
‘ ^relation and the basic prin-
LvV° Ci - JtJr ' u f >r °ar eaus-
:e ,; v j 1 " sermon shows that
n \i. UC ® a 9°W and tender spot
* ’' v ^ D glao<J civilization.-—Ex.
power to enact prohibition,- leffis- I God ; no soul ever winged its flight
fation," and that “tlie power to !-«> heaven, from tlie drunkards
-- firey bed of death!
And no Supreme Court in anvj Ok! my countrymen! let us
state of this Union, has ever seri-! rise and crush this monstrous evil
ously disturbed tiie operation of inour midst.
* .edify the Mormon [regulate is the poweT*to prohibit,'
Hiii/V' iio have always contend-1 And no Simreme Court in any
- 'he practice of polygajiq/
prohibition statutes.
I tell you, people, there is too
much money among the .liquor
dealers of United States, to allow
the constitutional of prohibition-
laws to remain a mooted question,
if there were the remotest possi
bility of securing a decision
DfcCATVR CONTRIBUTES HER SHARE
to the grand aggregates herein set
forth; let us erase her name from
the bloody list.
LADIES, TO THE RESCUE.
Urge your husbands, fathers,
brothers, sons, if they love you, to
OUR FRUITS IN TIIE NORTH.—That
was an encouraging paragrapgh
in the New York Sun last week,
announceing the arrival of 7,000
quarts of strawberries, and tlie
expectation of 50,000 quarts from
Georgia, Florida and South Carol
ina during the month of March.
And what a price, §2.75 per quart!
There is a “bonanza” somewhere
down here among “the pines.”
To this will soon be added toma-
THE THIRD LETTER.
Griffin, Ga., August 10,1868.—
To His Excellency R. B. Bulllock,
Governor of Georgia: In the two
previous communications touch
ing my appointment as judge of
the Flint circuit no allusion was
made to my political status. I
have demeaned myself respectful
ly to all parties, taking no decid
ed public stand politically, be
cause I am not, and do not, pro
pose to become a politician. For
these reasons I am not inimical to
either party, and tnerefore believe
that in the main my appointment
would be acceptable to the bar
and people of ihe circuit, If ap
pointed I shall not certainly pur-
pursue a course politically obnoxi
ous, to those of my friends who
place me in position. I trust you
may find it .consistent with vour
toes, English peas, string beans,
cabbages, beets, Irish potatoes,
melons, green corn—and—and—
well, everything else in the truck-
farm line. A home in such a
country is worth having.
judgment and feelings to give me
the nomination. If your excel
lency should desire to communi
cate withmepersonally.it will af
ford me great pleasure to call at
suchtime as you may designate.
Respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, James S. Boyntcn.
Atlanta Correspondence Courier Journal.
One of the strangest freaks of
sentiment in Georgia is the spread
of local option, or the temperance
movement. Some thirty years
ago a prominent Georgia, politi
cian—a Mr, Flournoy—became
interested in the temperance
work. He pushed his canvass
with vigor, held meetings, and
made such a noise that many anu
bitious politicians in embryo at
tached themselves to his cause,
only to meet a most ignominious
defeat at the polls, after which
Mr. Flournoy and his friends were
as dead as one of the lost arts.
So sweeping was the defeat that
not a man who was knowii to
have sympathized with the move
ment was ever permitted to reach
office again.
At a temperance mass meeting
in Gen. Evans’ church, in this
city, last winter, at which Hon.
W. E. Dodge, of New York, was
the principal speaker, the speech
of welcome to the distinguised
moral reformer was made by
Judge George N. Lester, the one-
armed Confederate, who made
such a Brilliant canvass against
Mr. W. H. -Felton in his second,
race for Congress. In that speech
Judge Lester recalled the experi
ence of Mr. Flournoy, thirty years
ago, as well as the fact that all
who took part in it were ever af
ter politically dead. “That was
too bad!” ejaculated Mr. Dodge.
“But now,” immediately respond
ed Judge Lester, “the man who
does not announce liimselt in fa
vor of temperance legislation is
silver, lining,” responded Mr.
Dodge. “The gold rather,” saffl
Judge -Lester, “and if you live five
years longer you will see Georgia
added to the list of prohibition
States.” The distinguished guest
of that evening .is now dead but it
looks as if the
• PROPHECY OF JUDGE LESTER
might be realized sooner than he
anticipated. Several years ago
the legislature Was flooded with
resolutions prohibiting the sale of
liquor within certain distances of
educational institutions. This
made a nucleus for temperance
sentiment. A little later one or
two counties asked the privilege
of a vote on the temperance ques
tion, it was granted without hesita
tion, and they were added to the
temprance column. Then a law
was passed authorizing the ordin
aries of the counties, upon the
petition of a certain number of
inhabitants, to order a vote in
militia districts upon the issue of
wet or dry. Later still ordina
ries were authorized to use their
discretion as to whether they
should grant licenses at all. Un
der the operation of this law, tem
perance candidates for Ordinary
were elected in forty counties,
and thus prohibition was establish
ed over one-third of the State be
fore tlie liquor men awoke to the
fact that such a campaign was in
progress.
The last Legislature, acting un
der the pressure from these forty
counties, and from the innumera
ble temperance militia - districts
throughout the State, allowed eve
ry county, upon a certain number
of inhabitants, -to have a vote
upon
the question of prohibtion.
If the result was for Prohibition,
the Governor was at once to pro
claim the exclusion of liquors from
its limits for two years, when a
new vote would have to be taken,
and so on to the end. Under this
law a canvass is now in progress
in a large number of counties, with
ever}- evidence that-John Barley
corn will have to seek new fields.
A strange part of the campaign
is that the counties which are
adopting the Prohibition platform
are those from which one would
least expect it. Thns Emanuel;
Effingham, DeK&lb and^Other
quiet and orderly communities
are taking no part iii the struggle.
Spalding county; -tvhere more
murders have bben cbmmitted
during and since the war than in
any other half dozen, and where
drinking is universal, has joined
the teniperarice coliinin. Clayton
county has long been notorious ai
a resort of desperation. The boys
of the town of Jonesboro asked no
better than tb step on the coat
tail of a stranger; in fact, it beat
Opelika in its palmiest days. Last
week this county voted for Prohi
bition by over six to one. Pauld
ing county voted into line last
Thursday, and a more drunken
county than Paulding there is not
in Georgia.
In all these comities the result
was not attained by The aid of tem
perance societies. In fact, temper
ance societies would have defeat-'
ad themselves. Tlie result was
achieved by the drinkers them
selves. They voted fof Prohibition
in a body. They recognized the
fact that liquor was their ruin;
that its presence was a temptation;
and if the temptation was re-'
moved they themselves would be
come better men. Thus they
went to the ballot box, and thus
the temperance victory was won,
In less than two years there will
not be a drop of liquor sold in
Georgia outside of the? large cities:
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W«i
A new style - ot postal card is
said to have been adopted by the
government, which will soon come
into use. It is a double card and
folds over and seals itself at the
edges, thus making it almost as;
secure from the prying eyes of
postal clerks as a letter. It will
no doubt be a very popular thing
Professional Cairds.
CHARLES C. BUSH,
Attorney at La
COLQUITT, GA.
Prompt attention giyen.to all busiacMOB*
trusted to me.
JN0. E. D0NALS0N.
Attorney and Counselor at Law;
Office oyer Hind’s store. Will prtttlel
counties, Mid
in Decatur and adjoining
elsewhere by special contract.
Feb’y 15, 1883,
D* MCGILL, g a o'jnud
McGill & O’Neal.
Attorneys at Law;
BAINBRIDGE, ga.
Their office will be found oyer the poet
fice.
D r
MEDICAL CARD..
E. J. Mortal
Has removed hig office to the drug store,
” 1 ‘ - - "Imm
formerly occupied by Dr, Harrelt Ks_
dence on West street, south of 8hotw«l(
where calls at night will reach hlia.
DENTISTRY.
J .C . Curry, D ; D ; *
Can be found daily at his office on SoutU
Broad street, up stairs, ini E. Johnson’*
building, where he is ready to a'ttead to
wants of the public at reasonable rates. ■ -
cteo-S-td
DOCTOR M.L. BATTLE;
Dentist. . .
Office over Hind3 Store, West sld#
coert house.- Has fine dental engine ind
will have everything to make his ofHeM
first-class. Terms cash. Office hotua 5
a. m, to 4 p. m. jan.l3ti
DR. L. H. PEACOCK,
Respectfully tenders his professional I
ices to the people of Bainbridge and vtrini
ty- . „
Office over store of J; t): Harrelt k Br*
Residence on West eud of Brongktori
street, where he can be fonnd at night.
April 6,1881—
JEFF. D. TALBERT. W*. K. tfAKULfe
TALBERT A HARRELL.
Attorneys and Counselors at LaW;
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
The above have formed a copartnership
under the firm name of Talbert & Harrell
for the practice cf law. - Will practice id
all the courts of the Albany Circuit. Offi64
over Barnett’s store.
August 14,1882.
ALBERT WINTER,
Rep I Estate and Collecting Agent.
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA.
I will be glad to receive the patronage ef
all who have property to sell or rent, Ip
collecting to make. All business pissed ini
my hands will receive prompt attention. I
will look after wild lands, investigate title#,
pay taxes and protect from t resspassere.
I propose fo*make the collection of ba«
claims a specialty. The worse the ei
the more attention I will give it.
Correspondence solicited.-
Aug. 1, 1882,
