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"’■Ill, * u« Ap A Pr\ **isj eiju £ 2 A YEAR, BAINBRIDGE. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1883. U’lES. the star le govern- one, and |periors, if thought fill lose his throw his | the woods [been pro- out West. dubbed had time tiers. ■ _ v C\ « ■Aila Bullc-tin: laj. Geo. C. anie ove ■(in Albany l«d w. •tlncstla; •st, tells us ItEufaula lias (■ainly been 1 in the <* >lsion of the and Alb § railroad— 1 ding Hi. lie hundred 1 - liars \v( 1 of grading lib- .if ■ady j li done be Itt; Eufaulii .u;J Jjbany. He 1: r, dial the railroad s alrol contracted |l!it' gr;i! !in:r tfi fly miles of 1 fill im li a Albany to- It Coluuitms, fu 1 that it is ■too laic for ffa mla or any ■place i lo Iftc > secure the Ms'll in Ihis/irection. Col- pis. via I. ,tI!l)*Ub is the route kmiiicl upofUU'l ! il is not to Iflj ■■: -i.i •tl iliat within the Itio Years le l'oi ad from Al- plo Colunits will be built. imliiis ma f a big bulge klilierMd of Trade and kn Fidn lie for the exten- liS Hi:.! <!j action, aiul it seems t!ie won. ful we glory in her brk. J] Is however, is but patorv / >f what we stated pr-i iv <1 »ilU. — jrtb'i \(j ■Is with a capacity pur hJ\ e gal in ms, used by prisa/s for Iniri al purposes Ibuiul at Elberton, u. t'lu v wore buried in the Line Inp being four or live will die surface. In the of the vessel was a round hlifieiriU'd the neck of the ‘.thebeau being in the ves- i tiie body beneath it, the tains evidently made « ;.cInside of this wasa smaller one made with * ironii<l the top. The "in ptvijy well preserved. <?it ittdiraied u child about sold.—Exchange.] atarigines interred thus, ‘h iu order that the depart- be prepared with a pot wn, already over his head, tlic river Jordan, or Styx oase might be. i" )s °i this reference, we a fliomasville gentle 11 long since, made a some- ■2i!ar experiment with a iaverted wash-pot—the i. however, being other t han an or Styx, viz: Mitchell’s near that irascible iho pot was furnished bj’ a -m living near the Rond. had gathered to witness tf'nuance—the Colonel, for is—stepped forward Jlsllc attire, with his pot u'or lus head. Wading along-—hi s body gradually f heueath the limpid *1 the pot disappeared 1 " h ‘ h‘gs—which occasion- * r,? ! " oe n to bob up to the Hl tlli * time there was seen " b-on in t he pond at the “ re the Colonel was last , a v °huneof bubbles was ^ se - Just then, however, j^wman shot up to the sur- 1 '\‘ n ' ‘‘ke a porpoise and ffl ‘i'trung strokes for the retdi alon ed th h “ mv pot!” e man who owned that C?**} impliment; but ^couldn't ‘see it in that ■^i,-i elh : d: u Coto ! e J;!! nk f m an Insurance -:‘;j Jl .i wading, the Col- U|r. n , , 1 1 ri'" UUCil III tlfKi tae Pond, stumbled :' e P°t and broken up : Re swears, however, 1 wade that pond if he ^‘Soil's a ph "‘ k to The Ball Opened. Steam Mill, Ga., June 18,1883. Editors Democrat :—At a meet ing of a few of our most preminent citizens a few days since, your article headed “Artesian Well,” in your issue of the 14th inst., was freely discussed and judging from the tenor we presume that the Board of County Commissioners have decided—under the recom mendation of the last Grand Jury —to appropriate one thousand dollars toward sinking an Artesian Well on the Court House Square in your city. Now, Messrs. Editors, through the columns of your valuable journal we wish to enter our ear nest protest against the expendi ture of the county,s funds in any such manner. We are perfectly willing for you to have your Arte sian Well, and if you will start a subscription for the purpose of raising money to sink it we will subscribe, but we are unwilling that the taxes which we pay to the county be spent in this manner ; as the Well is not a necessity, and most of our public buildings are out of repair. The principle of running the county in debt for such things as are not necessary, while our county is so badly be hind already is a bad one, and we as tax-payers protest against it. If we were out of debt and had money in our treasury—as many counties in the State have—then we would say adorn and beautify our county site; but as it is, we say let ns pay our indebtedness and bring our county script up* to par before we undertake to sink Artesian Wells. For the financial standing of our county we refer you to the report made by the Chairman of the County Board, published, in your issue of the Mth inst.; and we ask, when will these matters improve if the Board continues to appropriate money for useless purposes. At a meeting of the Board our representative, Mr J B Crawford, refused positively to consent to the appropriation on the grounds that the Well was not a necessity, and that the money should go towards repairing our public buildings. In referring to the condition, financially, of our county we would respectfully ask why it is that we are in debt when we have such a good county, and other counties in the State are in a sound and lieaithv condition ? The answer is that our public men—or those who have the management of public affairs— have not mayaged the business of the county with that caution and care \\ hich any private individual would have to manage his busi ness to insure success. We are against this appropria tion ; and we are against all need less expenditure of the public funds; for the principle of spend ing money before it is made is a bad one, and will bring rum on any individual, corporation, town or county, which pursues it. Now, Messrs. Editors, don’t un derstand us to say that we are against the Artesian Well, for we are not; ana, as we said before, we will help you to sink it, if we are asked to do so; but we want to have a “say so” about the mat ter when our money is spent for luxuries; and in this case the County have overlooked the general wish of the people. The p>>or farmer who is called away fror* his business to attend Court, ana who sits as a juror a week and is'jaid oft'in script worth only 80 to S5 >ents on the dollar pays pretty ieavily for all the “Artesian WaA- - he drinks while in Bainbridge I say let o"e : >\ tax-paper read carefully the rephrt of the Chair man of the Board, t> which I have referred, and then let him say whether he approve the recom mendation of the GAnd Jury, or the action of the Coiii»\- Board. Why, the Board i^askiug the Legislature now, to alllw them to increase our taxes, anl still they propose to buy at intarest in a luxury which the tax payers do not want. Look at our Court House, our Jail and our Poor House and say if this 8E000 should not go towards one of them instead of to this luxury of a well. I have written more, Messrs. Eeditors, than I had intended but our side of the country feels a deep interest in this matter for we feel that there is a great prin ciple involved: viz : The prin ciple of paying our juryman and those who work for the county, lull prices for their services, or paying them and all other debt ors at the rate of 75 to 85 cents on the dollar. The foregoing are our senti ments but wo would like at the same time to hear from some of our brother tax payers in the Eastern part of the county. Yours Bespectfully, West Side. A Growing Evil. Atlanta Journal. The killing last Saturday of J. Lane Borden, President of the Mansfield, Louisiana, College, by the Bev. Benjamin Jenkins will naturally excite mingled horror and surprise. It is not every day that a College president is killed by a minister of the Gospel, and perhaps the majority of our peo ple will at once jump to the con clusion that the slayer must have had provocation of such a charac- ter as to render him wdiolly un- ablo to restrain himself. But when the cause of the murder is hinted at, the affair will be thoroughly understood. We have had so many cases of a similar character of late, in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, for instance, that tho reader doubtless guesses already the nature of the murderer’s provoca tion. It is the same old story of a wronged woman, and theclaival- ric next friend who appears in the role of avenger and sends the soul of a fellow-being headlong in to eternity. The Rev Mr. Jenkins will tell his story and be acquit ted, but is it not about time A call a halt in this promiscous slaughter which seem6 to be con fined to no one section and tone particular class of society ? Per haps we cannot stop the evil in the present generation, but it may be materially checked in the next, if parents will take better care of their daughters and sons. Our young people are growing up with too little attention paid to their moral education, and with a thousand times too much free dom allowed them in everything. This is the explanation of the epidemic of crime now running its course through almost every circle of society. Tiie Grand Juror’s Oath. Worth Star. We have heard some intelligent men in this county argue that a grand juror's duty was to investi gate such cases as came within his knowledge during court week. This is a grave error. The grand juror takes a solemn oath to “diligently inquire into and true presentments make,” of all crimes which may have come to his knowledge uuring the two years previous to the sitting of court If he fails to do this he perjures himself, unless the fail Commissioners seem to ure is caused by ignorance of the law. There is not the slightest doubt in our mind as to the cor rectness of this assertion. We have frequently heard good men condemned for seeking to get true bills against offenders. They deserve praise instead of condemnation. No good citizen will take offense because the laws are enlorced, and every violator, no matter who he be, or Low small the offense, should be made to feel that sure punishment awaits him. Winking at crime increases it to such an extent that it is difficult to determine which is the worst enemy to society, the criminal or he who, by silence, shields him from punisment Bishop Pierce on the Negro. This week’s Christian Advocate has an article from Bishop Pierce on the proposed Paine Institute for the education of negro preach ers and teachers, in which he says: I regret to say that tho people are not responding according to the demands cf the oase, or the the hopes of the general confer ence. Public opinion in many places is unsettled as to the wis dorn of the project, and in others there is direct hostility, because of a misconception of the object intended. To the doubtful and reluctant let me sfiy the education of the negro i« not an open ques tion. It is settled by state legisla tion—by section of the churches —by individual philanthropy and munificence—by the aspirations and new relations of the colored, race, and by the responsibility of of their citizenship. The power of education to elevate humanity and to eliminate the elements of evil in natural constitution and social life may be overestimated. The extravagant calculations of ardent theorists about the capabili ties of the negro may never be realized. Even the rosy views of the hopeful, sanguine humanitari an may be shaded in their tints by the developments of the future But these facts, as probable possi bilities, do not justify either op position or indifference to a well directed effort to make the best of an experiment which is being made—an experiment which we cannot hinder if we would, and ought not if we could. The negro belongs to a distinct a peculiar, race. His color—his instincts—his prejudices—his tastes—his very religion And his modes of enjoying it—separate him from the white man and make him exclusive. The negroes wish to be by themselves They be lieve in the color line. Unprompt ed by others, left to their own sentiments and preferences, they will never stir the social equality questions. Every case of trouble at this point has its purpose—its design. It is the off spri ng of im pudence, or politics, or the hope of gain, or the love of strife. When a colored man claims equality im properly, he does violence to him self, to his position, his history, his race, and his destiny. In many important respects the ne gro dwells alone. It is the ordina tion of nature—it is the plan of heaven. The churches had as well recog nize and provide for it. The Southern Methodist Church, sood after emancipation, with wise forecast, set them up in a distinct organization. It was their wish. We wfcre not seeking to get rid cf them—to throw off responsibility —but to help them in a way of their own choosing. • The result, so far. vindicates the policy. It would have been a grand triumph if other Methodisms had not inter meddled. The unity of the color ed Methodist churches is a con summation greatly to be desired on the score of economy, efficient work, and of peace and good order. The only hope of the race, in tellectually, is in the rising gener ation population, must cannot expound doctrines nor en force morals. Much of their teach ing is loose and demoralizing. They must be taught themselves. Without schooling, without books or refining associations, if their pulpits give an uncertain sound, what is to become of the. people ? Degenerate in morals, corrupt in social life, there is no depth in vice or crime into which they will not plumre. Patriotism, phijanth- ropy, religion, selfprotection, all urge us to do something- EXHAISTIXG THE PI.\£ OEGH- ARDS. A Discorerery Respecting Rosin Which Increase* the Danger to the Forests. Commercial World. Those who ought, to know say that it will not be very long before the turpentine orchards will con sist only of dead pine trees. This is exactly in the line of the pre dictions of Ingallg in the Senate, ofS. 8. Cox in the House, when the Tariff bill was under discus sion. Mr. Ingalls predicted that, at the present rate of consump tion, it will require only seven years to exhaust the pine supply. In Wilmington the owners of tur pentine still say that within five years, as production is now aver aging the stills will indeed become very still. Already there is a marked falling off in production. Tho fearful crafts that ply the Cape Fear River still bring down to port hundreds of barrels of rosin daily, but not so many as they did two years ago. Young trees that no turpentine gatherer would have thought of boxing for turpentine a few years ago are now drained of their valuable juice. It will not be very long before a serious scarcity will oc cur, unless something is done to protect the young growth. A new danger arises to the pines from a very recent discovery of possibilities of rosin. No longer will it be made the butt of jokes respecting its use for fiddles and lager beer barrels, for it has been proved that it can be made to yield a very rich lubricating oil. It is cheaper than linseed, and combined with that oil, it is said, makes the best lubricator in the market, Exper.ni-nts are being constantly made aid now it is re fined into three grades, the thiro yielded a drab col -rod oil that is beginning to win high f >vor in the market. The lowest grade is sold to a Philadelphia firm that, by a secret process, converts it into the best axle grease. Tin’s develop ment of the value of rosin is com paratively recent, and is meeting with saccess that stimulates the production of turpentine and ro sin to the great danger of a speedy exhaustion of the supply. There is a chance for a fortune for somebody in connection with this production of rosin oil. The man who <-an discover a process of deodorizing it may, if he can keep his process a secret or patent the machinery, retire from busi ness in a short time with all he wants to live on. The attempt has been made. A New York chemist set up his pots and ket tles about a year ago in one of the yards adjoining a large still in the city, and fused for a week with chemicals, making vile smells and viler smoke, but he failed, and re tired disgusted. If the oil can \% dederized it can be brought into common household use. The immense tracts of land where oncp stood turpentine or chards, now exhausted, are not allowed to go to waste hereabouts. It has beeu found that this land produces a better rice than that of South Carolina lowlands, and at the present rate of production it AGRICULTURAL. To remove stumps by the use of saltpetre is to bore holes into them and fill them with saltpetre. Insert plugs to keep out .the wa* ter. In two or three months after fill the holes with coal oil. After sufficient time has been given the oil to diffuse itself set fire to the stumps, and they will be entirely consumed. This is the plan pro posed by a Western experimenter. Peas and Potatoes.—These old standbys should rot be neglected by the farmer unless he is quite sure he has enough already in the grouud for the season, and we don’t sde how he can have too much in view of the lac£ that both are excellent for fattening bis meat hogs in the fall. If corn promises to be short they are in dispensable. Pea planting may continue into August with even better results than if planted in June, so far as the yield of fruit is concerned, but where the vines are wanted for forage or to rot on the soil as a fertilizer, earlier planting is the best. But all our Southern corn fields should be sown in peas in laying by to fer tilize and protect from summer’s heat. Ilog Cholera.-—A farmer out in Texas writes that he has what he thinks is a certain preventive of hog cholera, which is simply corn soaked in lime. A butcher in Mobile twenty years ago told him about it, and he has used it ever since, having no diseases of any kind among his hogs, while his neighbor’s hogs were constantly dying with cholera. He states his receipt as follows in Heme and Farm: “Take, say a peck of common lime (unslacked prefer red), put in barrel with' a bushel of shelled corn ; let it soak three or four days ; keep it well stirred. When the corn is well saturated with the lime water, have another barrel or tub and pour the corn in a common hamper basket to 1st the water drip, and the same lime will do lor months. Give the corn to your hogs once or twice a week; about a peck of the soaked corn to every ten or twelve hogs. There is no danger in giving too much. Canning and Evaporating.—All farmers and fruit growers should learn to can and evaporate in or der to save forborne use or market in another form the surplus fruits and vegetables they find no present sale for. Many articles, indeed, nearly all of them, sooner or later fail to pay the expense of VOL XII-NO. 37. CHARLES C. BUSH, Attorney at Law; COLQUITT, GA. Prompt attention given to all busineM ea- trtyued to me. 1N0. E. DQNALSON. Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office over Hind's store. Will practice in Decatur and adjoining counties, and elsewhere by special contract. Feb’y lo, 1883. D- MCGILL, M, o’HRAL McGILL & 0 NEAl. Attorneys at Law; bainbridge, ga. Their office '~ :, 1 be found over the post «f- ficc. 0 r MEDICAL CARD, E . J . organ Mas removed his office to the drug etora/ formerly occupied by Dr. Harrell. Resi dence on West street, south ot Shotwull, wherj calls at night will reach him. J . c DENTISTRY. Curry, D.D Can be found daily at his office on 8outh Broad street, up stairs, in E. Johnson’^ building, where he is ready to attend to tK6 wants of the public at reasouable rates. dec-6-78 DOCTOR M. L. BATTLE/ Dentist. Office ovev Hinds Store, West sidq cecrt house. Idas tine dental engine, and will have everything to make his office first-class. Terms cash. Office hours 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. jan.l3tf DR. L. H. PEACOCK; Respectfully tenders bis professional serv ices to the people of Bainbridge and vicini ty- Office over store of J. D. Harrell & Bro. Residence on West end of BrongktOn street, where he can be found at tn£ht. April 6, 1881— JEFF. D. TALBERT. WM. H. ITARRELL. TALBERT & HARRELL, Attorneys and Counselors at Law/ BAINBRIDGE, GA. The above have formed a copartnership) under the firm name of Talbert & Il^rraq for the practice of law. Will practice in all the courts of the Albany Circuit. Office over Barnett’s store. August 14.1882. ALBERT WINTER; Real Estate arid Collecting Agent; BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. I will be glad to receive the patronage #f all who have property to sell or real, n collecting to make. All business placed in my hands will receive prompt attention. I will look after wild lands, investigate title*/ pay taxes and protect from tresspasser*. J I propose to make ike collection of bad claims a specialty. The worst the elaut the more attention I will give iC Correspondence solicited. Aug. 1,1882. DAVID E. HOLLEY, Practical Painter & Paper Hanger/ BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. Having located here I take tide metfceq of informing the public that I am prepared! to do all kinds gf Painting, such as Grain-, ing, Shelacking, Varnishing. Gilding and marketing, and then the canning | p3ai exp^ce of fX. j , . , will not be long before North 1 he aged, the entire adult; Carolina becomes the great rice be reached by producting State of the Union. other means. Their school days I Something, however, will hove to are past. The children mav le | done b -V the Legislature of the . ,- - ,, , \ State, as was done in Maine, to be enlightened and molded to a | save / he foK . sts , or before ]on | its purer ate. But the teachers must be equipped mentally and moral ly for the task, arduous and full of difficulty. When the best work is done, it will encounter neutralizing influence, ever pres ent bad examples, and the an tag- onisrrrs of home life. The teach ers ought to be first-class, well in structed, and scundly converted. To furnish these is one depart ment is the special work of Paine Institute. It is not disrespectful to our col ored breth ten to say that their ministers, with few exceptions, are grossly ignorant, blind guides. it could not be otherwise. Thev a spoonful at a time, and fry. surface will’be denuded of pine. Cologne Water.—Cologne wa ter can be made at home. Take 60 drops of oil of Lavendar, 60 drops bergamot, 60 drops essence of lemon. 60 drops orange water, 60 drops musk. Put these in a pint of alcohol. and drying should begin. All your pickles should.be made at home, and into the pickle barrel of salt brine may go the late young cucumbers, snap beans, tomatoes, onions, peppers, etc., etc., according to your taste. Instead of canning you may bottle if you prefer, but canning is thought to keep them best because they are caund and cooked a er- ward, while this process is re versed in bottliu;;. Laying By.—One of the prime objects in laying by crops before the dry, hot weater begins, is to avoid plowing deep after that time and turning up the soil. The one prevents the formation of surface roots which are necessary for good fruiting, and other aiti ye*rs w*r. rants me in guaranteeing' satisfaction or lift charge. Leave orders at Pop*.4 Grsc*’*.' 6-24-3m. D. E. HOLLEY. WOOD & W VGA NT Southern Fruits end Vegetables/ /—AND GENERAL— Commission Mentsrcha' 268 Washington Street, Near Warrea, NEW YORK CITY. Refers to any well established Bank, *r th*( Editors of this paper for any informative concerning their reliability. Home D*p**« itory: the People’s Bank of New Ye A City. 3-l-3m Tomato Fritters.—Tomato frit ters are an agreeable entree. Use one quart of stewed tomatoes; one egg; one small teaspoonful of soda; stir in flour enough to make a batter like that for griddle cakes. Have some lard, very hot, on the stove; drop the batter in, a spoonful at a time, and fry. J S. CHAMBERLINE & CO. Wholesale Fruit and Protfbetf COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. 5 Market St. and No. 6 Clinton 8i„' BOSTOS, MASS. Georgia Melons made a Speciality; in the escape of the moisture sc soil should receive all its deep plowing previous to this time, so that the laying by plowing may be shallow, and rheD, not to turn over, but to stir.- Corn matures very rapidly after laying by, be cause it then sends up its roots to the surface, hitherto unoccupied, where they are nourished by the surface fertility and watered by tne moisture from below ascend ing to supply the place of that evaporated from the surface. Cultivation mast never disregard these necessary conditions. Savannah, Ga ; J. C. Wisenbaker, Yaldtoto* Ga ; J. A. Ously, Ously, Ga.;' T, t. Black! shear, ThomasviVle, Ga; J. H. Daniel*/ Miilen, Ga. The Steamer ftfewte* Will Leave Bainbridge Eve -y Moaday and Thursday for Red Bhdf Every Tuesday for Bush’s.Landing. Every Wednesday for Bjryant’g,' Every Friday for Cheeverlown* Every Saturday for Lightfoot’a auuJ and Bryant’s. ~ FASSSSreER BJ&md To Red Bluff 50 cts; To Cheevertown $1 QQf J. E. MORGAN. , May 17,1883. Uamtfif: saMnBi