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Here Shall the Press the People’s Rights Maintain
py JOHN M. BROWN.
BAINBRI06E. GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNINC, MARCH 26. 1908.
¥ol. 39—No.“ 6—$S.o9 a Yaar
Editorial.
Gra>' l u rB are a crown °* honor,
Wbin they mark the progress
01 increasing wisdom.
(. wr inkh‘S are an adornment
cv ,. r v face in which they are
-n R . chrvetalliaod smiles that have
b*-ani'*<5
t- r , jU1 a loving, generous heart.
Stick to your winter underwear
UDll ! it sticks to you, is a good old
njleto remember now. We prob.
S U-, wili have some cool snaps yet,
au'l grip and pneumonia germs are
waiting <or them.
T‘> rea l about all those idle
freight cars now will probably not
j, 8Ve the effect of softening the
swearing that will be done when
ttc peaches ripen that are now on
llie trees in the Georgia orchards.
In Mr. Guyte McLendon’s Car-
rollton speech he said: “The con
ditions that surround us call for a
display of the highest patriotism
and intelligence. It is a time when
foolish men should be asked to re
main silent. It is a time when
from the multitude of sane counsel
there should come wise suggestion
in the place of wild assertion.”
Tln-re is an unwritten law that
givesti-e governor a second term
ami it will be difficult, to repeal than
law at the polls.
They are said to be shipping wet
packages to Georgia labeled “dy r .
uamite.” It is stilted, however, that
it tab s something fiercer than dy-
namite to scare a thirsty Georgian
these days.
The way of the reformer is hard.
Some people may not know this
who stand in line for promotion to
learn it before many more moons.
The “college on wheels” was
probably the most costly election
eering scheme the voters of Georgia
have yet had to “stand for.”—Val
dosta Times.
The “college on wheels”,cost noth
ing the railroads which furnishing it
free—but it impressed us as more
of a farce than a “college.”
(, rover Cleveland has solved the
problem of what ex presidents may
do with themselves. The first dem
ocratic president after a lapse of
more than a quarter of a century of
d mocratic administration spent his
birthday peacefully in the fam
ily circle, and is able at that ad.
vanced age to enjoy a day of fishing
or hunting with the ze3t of a boy.
The Democrat will club with the
farmers Union News, the National
I nion paper, for $1.75 per annum,
fd, include a copy of "Farmer’s
I nion Bulletin on the home mixing
ot fertilizers. tt
1 his trick of William J. Bryan
01 damning every man a “republi
can assistant” who doesn’t yell
‘“Bryan,” “Bryan” at breakfast, diu-
cht and supper shows the kind of
’"an Bryan is.
Tom Watson is cussing Hoke
> ubth for doing too little, while
ivanv others are cussing him for
uMng too much. So we have about
decided that he took a safe, sane and
conservative view of things and
a Ged accordingly. But the people
—•niany of them—see that their
ma uds resulted differently from
t; en oxj ectations—doubtlessly due
tbe contemporaneous nationul
millionaire’s panic.
* he report that a grasshopper
<an jump 200 times its length sug.
-csts bis similarity to some politi-
' 541 aspirant* in their ability to side-
the issue*.
“Can Bryan be elected?” a**ks a
newspaper, Can he be nominated
is also a pertinent question.
Every fourth year the Georgia
g. o. p. may be depended upon to
contribute something to the gayety
of the nations. The sable end of
the party and the Lilly-Whites are
hopelessly divided, the white offices
holders being fcr Taft, while the
ebony-hued contingent are “agin”
anything backed by Roosevelt.
Grover Cleveland at seventy-one
finds himself firmly enshrined in the
hearts and confidences of his patri
otic fellow 'countrymen, without
distinction of party.
It is now less than three months
until the time tor the assembling
of the Republican national convene
tion at Chicago, and the vice pres. 1
dential candidate is not clearly in
eight. The only really important
politician who has confessed that he
would like to have the job is Gov.
Guild of Massachusetts. The party
might go further and fare worse.
Those merchants who do the least
advertising in their home papers
are the ones who howl lo-adest about
the mail order business and hard
times.
Captain Wiley Williams, the Co
lumbus chief of police, seems to be
foremost in the race for state prison
commissioner and is looked upon as
a winner. He has the qualifica -
tions for the position and would
make a splendid official.
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, the de
posed railroad commissioner, has
yielded to the voice of the tempter
and announced himself a candidate
for governor in opposition to the
present Governor Hoke Smith.
The compositor whose copy read
“Let the galled jade wince” and set
it “Let the gallon jug win” was
more proficient in expressing the
sentiment of many thirsty people
than he was in reading what was
writ.
The Democrat could say with
pride and well founded excuse many
things that would be well to keep
in mind but we would be misum
derstood and we leave the duty for
the present. Let it be remembered
that we are here to do every thing
that can be done legitimately.
The second district congressional
race is not attracting much atten
tion but, deep water runs smoothly
and they tell us some very active
work is being accomplished by the
tireless little knight of the alpaca
coat. Tift county is now conceded
to Roddenberry. At one tune it
was a Griggs strong hold.—Fitz
gerald Enterprise.
Judge Roddenberrv’s friends are
not scared.
Congress promises to hold on un
til May 15 at least Many an anx
ious member will pair to go home
to add a lew rails to his fences.
If a bill giving states authority to
regulate traffic in whisky across
state lines were to get squarely be
fore Congress the probability is that
it would be passed. The prohibi
tion sentiment has grown so rapidly
in the last year or two that senators
and representatives would be afraid
to vote against it.
“In God We Trust” goes back
on the coins, but its no good at the
grocer’s.
Who talks of evil conjures into
Shape the formless thing and gives
it life and scope.
This is the law; then let no woid
escape that does not breathe ol
everlasting hope.
Mr. T. C. Wainrnan Dead The Mother.
Mr. T. C. Wainrnan, the man to , Mr. Roosevelt told the congress
whom this fair city and county owes i of naotb :r=> that he was accustomed
much of her recent development !0 weiehiD 6 h,e ^■'de-.-hieh hae
and progress, passed to the spirit 8 ' ,met,m “ b « n doubte ' i - SI,d tbat
world on Thursday last, ^ | ■« wm hi. debkenrte opmmo that
months of suffering, from kidney |‘ tbe “Other and the mother only is
disease, paralysis and, finally blood 1 * better c "! zeB than lhe so!dicr ' rho
poisoning and exhaustion following : ® bZ8 b ' 8 COQnlr V-
the amputation of one foot and ankle; “ lhe S ood *“»
in which gangrenous diethesis had mother-you cannot really be a good
set up.
Mr. Wainrnan was a clean, honest
man—loyal in his friendships, true
to principle and a true man.
Fifteen years ago he came south ! of Mt ' onal llfe i 8be » >»ore .opor-
and bought largely of timbered
mother if you are not a wise mother
*—is more important to the commun
ity than the abUst man. * * *
The mother is the one supreme asset
lands, and built saw mills, and after
catting much of the timber bought
largely of Bainbridge real estate,
and erected the Hotel Wainrnan, at
a cost of some $100,000, and proba
bly a dozen cottages, and a splendid
brick residence for himself on |
Shotwell street, near the hotel prop.
tant by far than the successful busi.
ness man, or statesman, or artist, or
scientist. A good mother who does
full duty i6 sacred in our eyes. But
the woman, who, whether from
cowardice, (from selfishness, from
having a false and vacuous ideal,
shirks her duty as wife and mother,
! earns the right to our contempt.”
erty. H ; came South fiom Eldred,
Pennsylvania.
He leaves a deyoted wife, three
daughters and a son and a large I
circle of relatives and a host ol
friends in this city and section
whose profoundest sympathies go
out in this sad hour of bereavement.
His remains were embalmed and
kept till Sunday afternoon, when
they were taken to the Presbyte
rian church, where the impressive
Episcopal service was held by Rev.
Drs. Fog( rtie of the Presbyterian,
and A. M, Williams, Presiding El
der of the Methodist church, in
presence of a large congregation of
sympathizing friends, at 2:30 p. m.;
after which they were carried to the
new Annex to our city cemetery
and laid to rest. Peace to his
ashes
Political Unrest.
There is no doubt that the result
of present political and business un
rest is causing many people to
break away irom their old political
moorings. Party lines can no
longer be drawn as tightly as m
former campaigns, and the inde
pendent voter will have 'to be, more
than ever before, appealed to. A
great business man and Democrat,
Hon. William J. Douglas, who
showed himself when Governor of
Massachusetts, to be also a states
man, iu a late interview has given
us his opinion of the trend of public
opinion when he said:
“That the methods and tactics of
the administration at Washington
are doing much to obliterate party
lines, I can readily believe; that they
will benefit the Republican more
Botts Brokerage Co. than tbe D em0 cratic party, is far
This rapidly rising young fi rm j less certain. The Democratic party
has an attractive new ad in Tbe j s h ou i(3 in m y opinion, do all possi-
Democrat, to which we invite very i b j e abolish special privileges and
special attention. They are whole- L Q gj ve th e people a square deal. It
sale jobbers who b ;y at wholesale j gho ' u]d be lpgs gpectaculaf in its
and who carry dependable bacon, ‘ metbods and more certain in pro
hams, lard, flour and high.grade j dac j ng substantial results. Above
canned goods, as well as grain and ab thmgg i it should take a strong
feed stuffs ot every description.
They will be found on Water
street and will‘be found most pleas,
ant and accommodating gentlemen
te deal with. Give them a call be
fore placing your wholesale orders
for anything in their line.
Young Man, Buy a Farm
We have always believed that the
young man with brain and energy
could do better on a farm than ary-
where else. Of coarse, there is
room lor a limited number in the
professions and there is room for a
limited number m many callinge in
the cities, but lor the great majority
of young men there is a better liv
ing to be made • on the larm in Geor
gia than anywhere else in the state
This position is now being backed
by results. Tbe educational
n P
awakening in the state has demon 8 '
strated to the minds of the young
men that there is something in our
position for immediate tariff reduc
tion on raw materials and foods, and
especially for the entire removal of
all duties on trust products sold
cheaper to foreigners than to Am
ericans. It should also do all in its
power towards securing reciprocal
trade relations with Canada
and all other countries. With
such a platform and with
candidates that command the
confidence ol the people, 1 be
lieve our party would not only gam
the support of many honest manu
facturers, now Republicans, but
would win at the polls. I have no
fear of the results when the Demo,
cratic party presents a proper plat
form and candidates to the voterg.”
Wipe Out Divorce Laws.
We hope very much that a legist
lature will be elected this year that
j will wipe out divorce laws in Geor-
j gia. The grand old state could
contention. There are too many ; mana?e to get a } ong a while any
young men coming to the clties - i way witbout saeh laws. After tbe
The professions are being o\ er ue-divorce plan had been tried for a
crowded. There must be ^more , yg arg ^ could tell whether it
young men to stay on the farms,; ^ be ‘ ter to have gucb i aws or no t.
and many of those now in the cities ^ leafit j et thc gtat€ ma ke this ex-
to return to the farms before the j penm ‘ nt _ Washington Chronicle,
state reaches its highest prosperity, j Tfa . g . g 0Qe tbe re ; orms which
—“ would put Georgia in the Carolina
One Mall Power. column. Divorces are prohibited
Some oi the pavers ot Georgia there by the constitution of the
are verv much disturbed over what ! state. The day when Georgia will
they term “the one man power.” j have no liquor and no libels for di-
The trouble with them is that it is vnree, will see tbe lid well nailed
1 the wrong man.-Hawkinsville Dis- | down in this state.—savannah
I patch. I 1 ^ 98 - . , .
! * There is a good deal of human But Georgia isn t ready, or rather
in this. When our man is not morally prepared to abrogate
; nature
in, we don’t see any great danger to
i the government. When the other
fellow is in, the situation seems to
ue full of peril. It all depends
| upon whose ox is gored.
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divorce laws.
The whiskey element were lined
up against us as usual tho we love
them all.
The Co iton Crop.
The publication of the govern
ment report yesterday ought to
reconcile all differences over the
aggregate of the cotton crop of 1907.
The report covers the entire season,
it being stated that it includes 127,-
64t> bales returned as remaining te
be ginned alter the time of the
March canvas. This brings the re
port up to April 1, the end of the
cotton season m all statistical cals
cuiations, and the total crop is
shown te be only 11,161,163 bales
as against 13,305,265 bales in 1906.
In tbe lace of this report there can
be little or no room now for differ,
ences as to the crop aggregate, and
prices ought to at once seek a level
based upon actual conditions and
the laws of supply and demand.
Hanged at Camilla,
Mark Brown, a negro, was haDged
at Camilla last Friday for criminally
assaulting Victoria Holmes, aged
eight, on November 29th la6t*
He had nothing to say oa the
scaffold and showed a stolid indif
ference to the penalty.
Georgia’s Convict System
Th ire seems to be serious diffi
culty before the June session of the
legislature on the subject of Geor
gia’s convict lease system, which
expires by limitation Dext year.
It goes without saying that lesses
of convicts could not employ them
unless the-e were a wide margin of
profit in their labor. Could not,
then, the state afford to employ
them in the various counties for the
purpose of building and maintaining
good roads with profit to itself and
at the same time providing better
supervision aud humanitarian sur
roundings tor the unfortunate who
have offended against the law?
To the committee which has had
this under advisement and which
has made a painstaking investiga
tion of the subject, we look to for a
reasonable solution of this problem
which affects us both as humanita
rians and as citizens.
The attitude that many of the
great railroad systems a r e assuming
appears to be one of direct hostility
to tbe people of the country. There
is a generally prevalent opinion that
thev are deliberately creating, or
trying to create, a condition in the
industrial world that will have an
effect especially desired by them in
the approachin - political campaign.
If this is true, and the people of the
country will know whether it is or
not, they are clearly disloyal and
are writing themselves down ene
mies of the country’s best interests*
The American people have a way ot
dealing with declared enemies that
is seldom entirely agreeable to those
enemies. Perhaps the big railroad
ers had better think it over.
Flint River Shad.
It is a brief generation old on the
Atlantic seaboard that shad never
did and never will quit the ocean
for the gulf and that gulf streams
must be forever shadless.
In spite of this tradition, there
are thousands of shad in Flint
river. There are no well equipped
shad fisheries, but hundreds ol shad
are being caught this Bpring.
At the dam in Muckafoocee
creek, which empties into the Flint
a mile and a half above Albany
they say shad have been found to
accumulate in large numbers. Lo
cal fishermen are reaving a harvest
while the season is on.
Shad are now abundant in Flint
river that a fishery, properly equipp
ed. would reap a harvest at. this
season of the year.
The iruit crop will not be Bale
until after Easter. It was tbe front
that came with tbe full moon in
April that nipped the iruit last year.
South an
Panic.
The Cordele Rambler says that
“one of the remarkable things aboal
the present money stringency is th<
small number of failures atnoDg bus
mess men. it seems that the strin
gency was foreseen by our merch
ants and other busioess men iu time
to retrench on expenses. One of
Cordele’s meichants remarked to the
writer a few days ago that he
bought less than halt his usual
amount of goods and paid cash for
what he bought, thus takiBg prac
tically no risk. Such men as this
rarely ever brea!..”
The small * number of busiuess
failures in the south and west to
our mind shows more conclusively
than anything else that the panic
was artificial, ma’e to order as a
part of the campaign to check the
legal control of the great corpora*!
tions.
This panic was peculiar in that
it was not based on any natural
misfortune to the couutry. There
was no crop failure, in any part of
the land, there was no lack of de
mand lor manufactured articles.
The only failure was the money
crop and that was manipulated as a
chastisement for Roosevelt, and
such states as were really doing or
seeking to put the proper regula
tions aud restriction on the great
and growing population.
Another peculiar feature of the
panic was the man ier in which it
stiuek, where it was not aimed. In>
stead ot pinching the little fellow
throughout the country it landed
squarely on the big trust companies
at New York, disclosing a rotten
ness that shocked the manipulators
at the impending danger. They
had to hustle to Btop the panic,
they had created for political effect,
but could not do so until tne sui
cides and stealages h id destroyed
confidence.
Some men may have foreseen the
panic, but most business men had
not. The reason why the south and
west stood it was because they bad
grain and cotton foundations.
B* H. Levy, Bro. & Co.
This old reliable clothing house
(the biggest in Georgia) and for
more thau ten years a continuous
advertiser in The Demcrat—has a
special announcement in today’s is
sue to which we advert with the as
surance to those do not know the
house that there is no more reliable
concern in the state.
Their spring stock is now com
plete an I their jgpriiig catalogue
ready, carrying foil descriptions of
any and every thing. Men’s wo
men’s and children’s ready-to-wear
suits and underwear, of the best
class make and materials. Send tor
their spring catalogue. They give
special attention to m ill orders and
guarantee satisfaction.
By His Own Hand.
About 6 o’clock on Monday morn
ing last, near the entrance to the
Jewish cemetery, a journeyman ba*»
rel maker, nam<*d Willie Wadd,
who had been in the employ of
Nussbaum Bros.’ Barrel Factory,
in this city, and who, for months
past, has been on a rapid decline in
health with locomotor-ataxia, sui
cided, by shooting himself with a
Distol—the weapon, grasped in his
right hand being fonad on his breast
and the deadly ballet had entered
his brain.
Tbe dead man had no relatives or
family in this country—coming to
America in his boyhood and wa3 ap.
pareutly 35 years of age.
A coroner’s inquest resulted in a
verdict on Monday, consonant with
the above recited facts and the r«
mains were buried by
Cut it out, forget it; the veq
next time you may be lined ap wit
the men opposed to you yesterday