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The Weekly Democrat
M. K. Raurll Sc Jao. M. Browa,
Editors and Proprietors-
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THURSDAY, DEO. 6, 1883.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
—The New Orleans Times Dem
ocrat reaches Bainbridge the day
after its publication. It is the
hsst newspaper in the south.
—The trial of Patrick O’Don
nell in London for the murder of
Janies Carey the Irish informer
reaulted in a conviction and sen
tence of death on Saturday last.
—The Wallack theatrical troup
were all drowned recently while
•nroute from Key West to Cuba.
It was a good company of actors
and they were all clever people.
—We get the Savannah Daily
Times only once week. We hope
our sprightly contemporary does
not intend to cut the daily ac
quaintance of its country-cousin
down here In the Southwest.
—We notice that Frank Bart
lett, formerly of the Times-Demo-
crat, is now managing editor of
the New Orleans Stale, which
will greatly improve under his
direction.
—II. W. Johnston, editor of the
Aplachicola Tribune was married
recently, since which time he has
enlarged his paper and improved
it generally. We wish him, his
fair bride and the Tribune all the
good luck in the round world.
— The late trade issue of the
Augusta Chronicle & Ccnstitu- r , , .. .. ,
.. v . ,, „ , . ^.AscluHng Tttecests aiad the capital
tionalist was the finest-^peeirneii 77, b , , . *7 .
* of the country are opposed to that
policy; and an attempt by any
party, at one fell swoop to abolish
the tariff and institute free trade
meet with certain defeat, if not
utter annihilation. In order for
the Democrats to succeed in elect
ing a President they must carry
several doubtful states, which they
^ap-ftfi-Var hope to do if the free
le finest^
i tne”most
The Election of a speaker.
Congress met last Monday, and
Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, having
secured th® nomination for the
Speakership of the House of Rep
resentatives in the Democratic
caucus on the Saturday night pre
vious, he was elected lo that posi
tion when the House convened.
His opponents in the caucus were
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, and
Mr. Cox, of New York.
The election of Mr. Carlisle
seems to put the majority
of the Democratic party
squarely in favor of Free Trade.
As we understand it he was elect
ed upon that issue. Mr. Randall's
defeat is attributed entirely to his
position in regard to Tariff—lie
believing in “a tariff for revenue
with incidental protection.” Ilis
platform was the same upon
which the Democrats carried Ohio
at the late election.
The press of the country, and
most of the people, expec
ted Mr. Randall to be elected. He
had always been an unwavering
Democrat, and had fought to the
bitter end every Radical measure
during his long term in Congress.
As a party leader he had proved
himself the most accomplished
and clear headed the Democrats
ever had upon the floor of the
House, while his skill as a jjarlia-
mentarian was paramount to that
of 2ny man in either political party.
For these, and various other reas
ons the Democratic masses felt
certain of his re-election to the
great office he had filled with so
much honor in two Democratic
Congresses.
Now, can the Democratic party
afford to go into the next Presi
dential canvass upon Mr. Carlisle’s
platform—Free Trade ? We think
not, as the party itself is badly
split upon that is^^-TireTnanu -
of prinlwvg-awd tKelnost elaborate
~ "fftaper of the kind as to reading
matter ever issued from a South
ern press.
—Mr. Carlisle of Kentucky was
elected Speaker of the House of
Representatives at the National
capital last Monday. The Geor
gia delegatiun voted solidly for
with one exception that of
f Mr. Nicholls of 1st District who
voted for Randall.
—The Savannah Morning News
is much improved in its every
department. That New Orleans
fellow has taken off the brakes and
is running the News on a lightning
schedule without the least fear of
hot boxes. We love the News,
and are glad to see her on a boom.
—The Democrats in Congress
have defeated Mr. Randall for
Speaker on account of his tariff
notions—nothing else. This was
an error, but it can be corrected in
the national Democratic conven
tion next year by nominating him
for President of the United
States.
“—If the Democratic party or
aiiy other party, goes into the
next presidential cumpaign upon
the free trade issue it will be
swallowed up in defeat. A tariff
for revenue with incidental pro
tection is what the majority of
the people want and they intend
to have it. The Democrats have
the next election in their grasp
add will win it if no mistake is
made on the tariff issue.
—There is more truth; than
poetry in the following bit of
plantation philosophy : “De brag-
gin’ ob de man an’ de vainness ob
’oman is de foundations ob de
world’s false lights. De ole fren
is de one dat deceives you de west
It’s de ole family boss dat kicks
de chile. I aint afeerd of a man
in whose eyes I can see de shine
ob a tear. He may be a man dat
is reckless wid de pistol, an’ care
less wiitde knife, but strike him
right and he will show yer der
tender side ob his naturY’
—The so-called independent
Democratic newspaper, edited by
Charley Willingham and publish
ed at Cartersville, in its issue of
N&v. 29 has the most rampant
Woody-shirt article we ever re
member lo have read in a Geor
gia journal. It double discounts
anything that Swayze, Clark, and
the balance of the carpet-bag
orew ever wrote in the darkest
days of reconstruction. The ar-
- tide is headed “Mahon e and
Bourbonism,” and entitles its
* author to be prince of the order
of bloody ahist
trade issue is precipitated by them
into the next campaign.
We'greatlv fear that the Demo
crats in Congress have committed
a grave error in the election of Mr
Carlisle, and it will not be long be
fore the mistake is apparent to the
whole country. If it is an error,
there is but one way to repair it,
and that is the nomination of Sam
uel J. Randall, by the next na
tional convention, to be the Dem
ocratic candidate for President of
the United States. He is, in our
opinion, the only man in the party
who can be elected, and we be
lieve that the election of Mr Car
lisle has increased Mr. Randall’s
chances for the presidential nomi
nation five hundred per cent.
—The Savannah News hits the
nail squarely on the head, as
follows: “The disparity in the
number of white jurors as com
pared with colored jurors in the
United States Court, now in ses
sion in this city, has caused a good
deal of comment. In many of the
cases that have been tried the
jury have stood 9 colored to 3
whites. United States Districts
Attorney Darnell, in answer to an
inquiry as to the reason of this
preponderance of colored.-jurors,
stated that it was owing to the fact
that many white jurors were ex
cused from serving on pleas of
urgent business and other causes.
The colored people consider it a
privilege to serve, and, therefore,
seldom wish-to be excused. There
appeal’s to be a general desire
among the white people to evade
jury service, and as a rule those
who shirk their duty in this res
pect-are the very ones who com
plain that the laws are- not en
forced and that courts are not
what they ought to be. There is
nothing that gives judges and
lawyers and even clients more i
satisfaction than to see cases ad
judicated by men of intelligence
who have something-at stake in
the country. In the State courts
the colored" people furnish cases
for white juries, but in the United
States Court, the reverse appears
to bo true just at this time.”
Death of Cal. Henry Kora.
Col. Hora died at the residence
of Col. F. G. Arnett, near this
city, last Monday evening. He
was buried at Osk Grove Ceme
tery yesterday morning. Col.
Hora was seventy-two years old.
He was born in New Jersey but
came South early in life and lo
cated at Augusta, Ga., from which
place he moved to Albany, and
thence to Bainbridge in 1880,
where he had resided up to the
time ofhis death.
Col. Ilora was one of the noblest
men we ever knew. He was true as
steel to every principle. He was
honest and conscientious in every
opinion he advanced, and once
having made up his mind nothing
coul d swerve him from his pui
pose. Before the war lie possess
ed ample means, and when the
war came he dispensed his fortune
with a lavish hand to those whose
protectors were in the ariiiy. He
was an ardent patriot, and be
lieved in the Confederate cause,
with as much zeal as any devotee
of religion ever believed in God.
But the Confederacy failed and
dissipated his fortune, yet his
faith in th® principles which ac-
turated Southern men to dissolve
the Union never wavered to the
day of his death.
He had been a life-long Dem
ocrat and after the war he align
ed himself wil h that party as the
only means of preserving even a
vestige of the rights we rvere en
titled to under the constitution
of the United States. He was the
most fervent Democrat and the
most intense lover of the South that
we ever saw. He would have lain
down his life at any time to en
hance the prosperity arjiL^pv,
the sufiefjtig-^agf^oJ his sec
tii
In domestic life Col. Ilora was
the model man. In disposition,
kind ; generous in every impulse;
courtly in manner ; entertaining
in conversation ; a good husbr.nl;
a true and devoted friend—gen
tle as a woman, yet brave as a
lion, h« would not harm the
lowest, nor fear the highest.
He was one of that great gen
eration of men rapidly passing
away—a generation that em-
. JXafiiafeayJohn”
son, Warner, Jenkins, and a host
of other grand lights that will
illuminate our Southern histtorv
to the end of time.
Col. Hora leases a wife to
mourn his loss. The couple had
no children.
Tlumksgiring Dinner tfee .Harnett
House.
Savannah Times.
This well known hostelry com
memorated the National holiday
yesterday by giving its numerous
guests a regular Thanksgiving
dinner. While all the dinners at
the Harnett are particularly good,
this Thanksgiving dinner was
superb. The bill of fare was a
gem and embraced all the luxur -
ies and delicacies of the season.
The wine bill contained all the
choisest liquids. Col. Iff. L. Har
nett, the enterprising proprietor,
was unremitting in his courtisies
and his corps of trained waiters
were prompt in attention. The
occasion was greatly enjoyed by
the permanent as well a transient
guests. The staff and employes
ot the Savannrh Daily Times were
remembered : in a courteous in
vitation and those whose engage
ments permitted them to accept
were much pleased with their
hospitable exjjerience.
A Fraud.
Editor Pensacola Advance-Ga
zette—Dear Sir—A party is trav
eling,over the country seeking free
passes, presenting the following
card:
W. d. blackburn,
Correspondent
Times, Philadelphia.
The Press, Philadelphia.
Chronicle, Shippensburg, Pa.
Star of Valley, Newville, Pa.
Chronicle, Lewisbnrg, Pa.
Times, Indiana, Pa.
Home Protector, Phila., Pa.
Herald of Gospel Liberty,
Dayton, Oliio.
Having secured a pass from a
prominent railroad, he used it to
show as ?. credential. At Pensa
cola he tried to beg hotel accom
modation for himself and wife as
his railroad tickets. This induced
me to write to the Times, Phila
delphia, who pronounced him a
“Fraud”
Please pass this “Herald of Gos
pel Liberty” around.
Yours truly,
W. D. CHIPLEY,
Gen. Sup’t P. & A. R. R.
Fast Time.
The Way cross Reporter rises to
remark that “Conductor W. F.
Murrow—engineer W. Francis—
engine 4S, run from Chattahoochee
Fla., to Waycro^s in four hours
and twenty-thaee minutes and
and made fourteen stops, with
five cars in train on Saturday the
24th ult. It lequired a speed of
44 miles average to make the time,
the distance being 162 miles. On
the 26th ult. they made another
run over the same route,
the time twenty-
seven minutes. Engine 48 has a
five foot wheel, and is a wood
burner, A good deal of time was
consumed in wooding over that of
roads where coal is -used. This
is the fastest average time ever
made in the South.”
Lost!
One note given to l T noc Guano Co., and
made to T. L. Swift & C-o , Ageuts, and
signed by Messrs Wright t Peabody for
$142.80. All persons are warned not to
trade for same as it ha3 been paid, -i
If. M. Blovst.
Tax Collector*? Notice.
will bo at the following places at the
tiraos mentioned for the purposeof colletiug
State and County taxes for the year 1888.
Climax, 1301 district, October 1st and
2nd.
elcher’s, 1277 district, Oct 2nd and 2?rd.
Liui9 Sink, 621 district, Oct 3rd aud
24th.
Tired Creek, 1324 district, Oct 4th and
Path.
Whigham. 724 district, Oct 5th and 20th.
Reagan’s, 1258 district, Oct 6th aud 27th.
ell’s, 10( 5 district, Oct 8th an(L29th.
Attapulgus, 694 district Oct 9th ard 30th
Faceville, 914 district, Oct 10th and 31st
,, Jackson's Mill, 1325 district Oct 11th
and November 1st.
Higdon’s 555 district Oct 13th and Nov
3rd.
Lower Spring Creek, 635 district, Oct
15th and Nov 5th.
Kendrick’s, 1343 district, Oct 16tli and
Oth.
Rock Pond, 1046 district, Oct 171h and
Nov 7th.
Pine Ilill, 1188 district, Oct 18th and
Sov 8*h.
anbridge, 513 district, during the
November term of Decatur Superior Court
after which the Books will be closed.
P. H. IIeRHJNG.
Sept. 13, td T ,C.D.C.
A- B. Solomon,
-W1TH-
railroad usages to make the rate
and have it, it is on the other
hand,true that the rate as fixed
in Montgomery and a^-rail by
the Central is so /high as to be
prohibitory, and /consequently is
no rate at all, e/peaially when the
Central "enforces a drayage at
Monfgomeiy, as is now done.
The cotton crop ot 1882-3 ap
pears to be, in round numbers,
6.950,000 bales, which is larger by
1,500,-000 bales than the preceding
crop of 18S1--2, and about 250,000
more than the greatest crop ever
heretofore made—that of 1880 -1
BROS & CO
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
JOBBERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES
AN D
MANUFACTURERS of CLOTHING
Nov 22, ’83,-6m
WATCHES.
Don’t buy until you find out the new Improy
ments. Send for illustrated Catalogue.
J. P. STEVENS WATCH CO*
-A.tla.nta,, G-a.
’189!
*188!
Legal Advertisements.
Loans on Improved Farm Lands-
I am prepared to undertake die
tiations for loans, on three or five years’
time—secured by “first mortgage—onim-
proved farm lauds in Decatur and Miller
counties, in amounts not exceeding one*
third of the value of said binds, luter^st
to be paid, 8 per centum per annum. All
applicants must have their deeds recorded
and bring abstract of their title, made by
the clerk of Superior court of the
county in which their lands lie.
MASTPN O’NEAL,.
Attorney at La wV Bainbridge, Ga.
Citaiiorrto Obtain Letters of Dis
mission-
GEORGIA, Decatur County :
George A. Wight guardian of Wm T.
Behburg having applied to the Court, of
Ordinary of said county for a discharge
fioni bis guardianship of Wm T. Rehburg
person and property, this K therefore to
cite all persons concerned to show cause by
objections in my office, why the said
George A’ Wight should not be dismissed
from nis gnardiansliip of Wm T Rehburg
and receive the usual lett-rsof dismission-
on the 1st Monday in January 1884.
Given under my official signature.
MASTON O’NEAL
lm Ordinary.
ATTENTION LadM
Attention Everybody.
MRS. M. J. REYNOLD}
*\ . rr f - * *“■
Fancy Millener and:Dress-Moh
HAS GOT THE HANDSOMEST STOCK OP
31illenei*y and Fancy Ooods
For the Ladies ever seen in Southwestern Georgia. Go and sne the variout XtJ
at her Ladies Bazar and Fashion Emporium and be convinced, Rca.-arvli
place—South Broad Street, next door to Babbit’s: ’ *1
Rev. Attigus G. Haygood, D. D.
President of Emory College, is
working in Texas in 1ke interestt
of the Slater education fund.
—Freight Train No. 3, on the
Florida Central and Western,
going west on time last Friday,
says the Tallahassee Floridian,
collided with an extra engine
pulling Dan Rice’s'* efreus car.
The engines and one box car were
badly- damaged, and one box
thrown from the track. Engineer
Rogers, of the freight, had bis
left arm-dislocated and received
other injuries; * nis fireman, Mr
Earnest Smith, was severely
scalded. One or two of the circus
men were slightly bruised. Their
horses also received slight injuries.
Messrs: Rogers and Smith were
brought to 'this city under the
care of Dr. jW. N% Leonard.'Mr.
Smith died at Mrs. Jones’ board
ing-house, about S o'clock Friday
evening. His remains- were sent
to "his friends, at Columbus, Ga.,
Mr. Rogers is getting along re
markably well. The track was
cleared and trains are now running
GEORGIA, Decatur County :
Whereas Susan N. McGriff Administra
trix of Patrick A. McGriff represents to
the court, in her petition, duly, fiied and
entered on record, that she has fully ad
ministered Patrick A. McGriffs estate.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can. why said adminis
tratrix should not be discharged from her
administration, and receive letters ofdis.
mission, on 1st Monday in March 18S3.
MASTON O’NEAL,
3m Ordinary.
D. D. ST ULTS,
Wishes' to inform his friends and the p ;b
lie generally thal he will run a full stock Of
Fal Goods
h is seson. and will be undersold by an 0
one. He will make Fresh
FriLY G OGERIES
A Special!*’ and would invite all who
want pure fresh Groceries at bottom pric
as to call on him. A fine line of Boy»
Men’s and Women
S H O E S
Sloisery, Hats, tfotions
And
CEH'IS UNDERWEAR
LOIR
Popular Dry Goods Roust
Is filled from’fop to bottom with one of the largest and finest iliclui
Goods, Fa-A y .Good*. Notions. Clothing, Boot*, Shoes, Hats, Groesriett
ever eihil/ied in Bainbridge before. I bought my entire stock at
lOQK Stof X-OM: jpmicl
And for the CASH—thereby sating a gnrii deal of amney—and Is
determined to give the public the ben fit ot my chcaj pfifcha-w. lap
my flag with the BLAZING MOTTO inscribed
Application for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Decatur,County—To whom it
raay concern • Whereas Mrs. Julia Hall,
Executrix of estate of Joseph Hall, has
made application for leave to sell lots- of
land 116, 85, 125, 126, 3nJ west half of
117, in the 16th District of Decatur county,
this is to cite all persons concerned to
show, cause if any they can on first Mon
day in December next wiry such
esve shoud not be granted- Given
under my hand and official signature thi»
1st day of November 1883.
MASTON O’NEAL,
Ordinary,
Fair Notice.
All persons indepted to Jno P Dickenson
are hereby notified that they must pay up
or make satisfactory arrangements in settle
ment on or before the 1st of January, 1884
—else they wili be pressed at law. Take
due notice and govern yourselves ac
cordingly Jno E Dickenson.'
Nov 8, ’83—t-l-l-’84
*y n on Also a superb
Tobacco £Cigars
-PURE-
Wines and Whiskies.
HIGHEST PRICES
Paid for County Produce of all Kind
P; d. stults.
“Quick Sales and Small Prof
it
Look at my Nobby Clothing, at price that defy competition.
BOOTS A1VD SHOE!
Ts immense, comprising Hand Sewed, Machine Sewed, Pegged wU
Screw goods, at prices that will astonish you.
Hats, in all Quantities and Pr^
Almost given away—so low that it is almost incredible. It i»
innnmerate or describe my stock. Sufficient to say is that J0NA*
give you
Bargains! Bargains!
These goods most and shall be sold—prices are no obj "Ct—as<?l<
mined to be the proprietor of the
Cheapest and Most Pop * 1
I>ry Goods Honse. A visit to my store will convince the P a ^ |{
: I Mean What I Say!
That the Goods shall and must he sold. No trouble to shot t
ttention to everybody and satifaction guaranteed.
Yours Truly-
/AMES CUNNINGHAM *
IMPORTERS AND DEALERSJH
Foreign and Domestic
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLIMENTS,
Builders’ and Wagon
, AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
Charter Oak Cook Stoves and Rangers, and Fairbanks
S. fi. Corner Dauphin and Water Sts., and 12 8.
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