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Here Shall the Press the People’s Rights Maintain
y JOHN Hi. BROWN.
BJtINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1908,
Vol. 39—No.™ 6—$!.oo a Yaar
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1 tea for breakfa-t John Sharp WilLams jives the
j. dinner there is , Republicans notice if they do not do
• ed to worry about sup something for the country that the
Democrats in Congress from now on
will have something to say about n.
Fa., ha t a gala time The suggestion is a little startling,
insisting ot a Fiddler’s i but, after ail, the constituents of Mr.
i and races. Fiddler’s Williams and his colleagues sent
are more tunny than a them to Congress to do something.
monkeys.
j Tom Watson is about the only
h on Telegraph is washing presidential timber left in the popu-
m_: “Don’t be fooled j list party. We all—that is, most of
le Joe.” He is not fooling us—differ with him politically, but
,,«• nearly as much as the cheerfully concede that he’s one of
11 hampions hope that he is. the brainiest Georgians living to-
day.
( r.awtordville Democrat got
March 14th was fixed by the
governor, comptroller general and
:<>r had piobably just ier U state treasurer, in accordance with
live column editorial on the
<of God in its last issne.
that the prospect was good i the tax law8> as the date on which
i,,i a record breaking bla. err y all property returns for 1908 taxas
f4 °i • non shall be based. Remember
that all property returns for 1908
stll<“ 4o e Drown is going taxation held by you on that date
must be returned for taxation.
Joe Brown is
through all the motions, just like a
regular candidate. He has opened
heaujoaners in the K mball House. As a candidate .for governor Mr.
Now, it he could just open a ar f5 rown » s support will be about the
his campaign might move a itt e. j Bame a8 that lined np behind Clark
: Howell in the last campaign, and
“The only whiskey without a' 0 ur prediction is that he will not
heads-he is the kind that doesn’t ' carry a county in the state.—La*
come win n you order it,” says the : Grange Reporter.
Constitution. But that kind causes]
heartache, which is worse than j To be a really good fellow is a
L. niacin 1 —because those who suffer condition any right minded man
most ere the innocent. j might aspire to, but to be a “good
• fellow” m the sense in which that
!’ -titions asking the pardon of designation is too often used is to
v \\. Maxwell, convicted last year , be a cross between an amiable fool
oti„ an justifiable ki ling of the j and a malignant pretender.—Tribs
tin - . of Cairo, were liberally cir- une -
on •, i ; n Uiis county last week, This seems to hit the nail on the
a-:, Imt the old man be pardoned bead. Such a fellow, usually, is
.v •! wnv largely signed, the health [good for nothing.
.i if Maxwell bring favorable
i M .. y. Negro lab rers are not as scarce
as they were a year ago and they are
not as independent by a great deal.
The saw mills, the railroads and the
f the new battleships to be
nler the law to be passed by. , , ,
. . . i turpentine farms have let many of
■ nt congress is to be named , : , . , . . .
their hands go, the result being that
a great many negroes have been
idle for some time The lesult is
that there is not so much trouble
with the domestic laborer's, or ser
vants, as they do not have well paid
negro men to keep them up.
, ; e- ause the lamented young
from that state had made
jU 'i of President Roosevelt
ic was taken ill. This is a
i honor paid to the dead
hi by the president.
i-liing eason has opened,
the old fashioned bail bot*-
la’leu info disuse it is no*
fishermen are not so anx-
> fishing, nor that those
no have such wonder! ul ex -
■v work of attempting to
:ho governor whatever ot
•re may be in the pres-
- 1 law has been uncover
* • i< al enemy oi the pension-
an who so little values
grity as to seek to use
u-lices as a weapoa m at-
olitical assassination.
i crowd are coming ’iglit
■ Brown’s standard as
v s the sparks fly upward,
wi 1 not be hard then for the
oiks to find their proper
v wit’s election would mean
ai n of alt the measures
• 1 reform that the people
- <1 for, and that they will
ie Gov. Smith’s second term
« Jed.
' useless of Teddy to fire in
- e8 to congress new. He is
* r the down and out satge now
S| ry much weight with the pot
anting politicians.
The.little jug brown and Little
Joe Brown are alike out ot favor
with the people of Georgia at this
time, because you can hardly tell
’tother from which.
If they believe what they say,
tho-e people who put all the blame
on Hi'ke Smith for the finadbial de^
pression in Georg a pay high tribute
to the governor’s power wi bout n-
tending it.
Fertilizer Tags.
There were sold in Georgia last
year in round numbers eight hun
dred thousand tens of fertilizers.
The present inspection fee is ten
cents per ton. The farmers paid
eight thoosaud dollars to the state
for this work which is several tunes
the cost. * There is not one ton in a
thousand ever inspected.
A bill was introduced in the last
session ot the legislature to increase
this tax from ten to twenty-five
cents per ton. If the bill ever passed
the farmers will pay two hundred
thousand dollars instead of eight
thousand 3S at present.
"What has become of the Hoke
Smith club of 1906V Sound the
I bugle, Loosh! The clans of the opp' -
I sition are tooting their fog-hon. -
; and burnishing their scimetars.
Foes of the Jug Train
The following from the Atlanta
Journal hits tbe nail on the head.
These anti jng propensities so lately
cultivated by some of the Georgia
congressmen, seems in the light o!
recent events quite natural. Some
of them have opposition and oppos
sition will develop qualities t! at
even the man himself was unawai e
of. The Journal says:
“Politics makes some queer beJ.
fellows and likewise some queer
buffet-fellows.
“It changes the sentiments which
have become traditional and gives
an entirely new set of convictions to
people who really had never known
just how they did stand on certain
questions.
'‘Now there are the jug-trains,
tor instance, which are doing so
much to dampen if not to inundate
the dry counties. There is a move
ment on in the congress of the Uni
ted States to see if a stop cannot he
put to their daily and double daily
and almost hourly efforts tc bring
first aid to the injured.
Nobody to speak of, had ever
fully realized in corgress just how
wicked those trains were. They
have been allowed to ran into
Maine and into bleeding Kansas and
into other territory which was par
tially if not entirely free soil, and
the congressmen “went on cutting
bread and butter,” and nibbling
pretzels. Thj idea of putting a bill
on the track which would wreck
this traffic seems not to have ocs
curred to the guardians of the na^
tioual welfare until it began to des
velop throughout the country that
the prohibition sentiment was some 1
thing which had to be reckoned
with.
“Then all of a sudden, as it were,
congress lay down its seltzer chaser
and vows by the great hornspoon
that the jug train must ceaso.
Our own Georgia Congressmen,
after due reflection, decided that
they have been tb'nking tor a long
time that the jug-tiaiu was a men
ace to nte, liberty and the puisuit
of real happiness. We fiud our
genia 1 friends, Jim Griggs and Char
ley Adamson coming to the rescue
of the state o. Georgia, which is try
ing to shut off the jugstraiH.
“Hesitate!
“Not for a moment!
“They simply had not given the
matter, heretofore, that earnest con
sideration v hich the que.-tion d.-*
mauds, and as soou as they looked
iuto it—at heme and elsewhere—
they became convinced that the
rum rout'.s should be suppressed.
“A few irreverent people here and
there have rolled their eyes after
the fashion of the light-minded, and
seme have been so rude as to laugh;
but they should get their feelings
under better control. When a real
patiiot develops, however late in
lite, aud sets h s face against a real
evil—denounced by so many people
who vote as they pray—the patriot
should have the full measur of cred
it which is comiiff to him.
“The jug train bill may pass con
gress, c-r it may go right on by
without .-topping, but in the mean
time we should give the patriots
due credit for'the eternal convictions
which have always animated them
here ot late."
The Local Pap«:r.
There is perhaps no institution m
a town of which so ranch is expected \
as the newspaper, aud yet is made
the subject of more uncalled for
abuse than any other concern. It
doesn’t make any difference how
honest, how sincere or hoiv much
judgment the editor may have, there
is always some on • to question bis
motives and doubt him. He may
have the interest every person in
town at heart and not hold the.
slightest f.eling of dl will towards
anj ne, and his constant aim may
be the upbuilding aud betterment
of his community, yet there are some
who appreciate nothing he d-.es
and are ever ready to injure him.
Are you one of this kind, and if
so, why?
To the Ladies.
The special attention of the ladies
of Ba abridge and vicinity is called
to the magnificent Millinery Open
ing, at her Fashion Emporium in
the Bon Air Hotel corner, of Mrs.
M. J. Reynolds today and during
the balance of the week, all the
latest modes and styles being on
display, with the fashionable mate
rials for spring hats and bonnets.
For forty-four years Mrs. Rey.
nolds has been the reliable milliner of
Bainbridge and Southwest Georgia,
and the best of it is her styles are
always up-to-date and the materials
first.class. No shoddy stuff about
her establishment. Call and see
her stock.
Tom Watson’s “Jeffersonian”
newspaper says that United States
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, who
.recently took his ses(t in the senate,
being entitled to a private secretavy,
salary $1,800 a year, and a private
messenger, salary $900 a year, aps
pointed his two daughters to the
places. Poor old Arkansas! To
this she has come.—Dawson News.
We fail r o see why anybody, ex
cept it be some one who wanted
these jobs, within the gift of Senator
Dav is, has a right to / object to the
selection, provided the two daugh
ters do the work required for the
compensation provided. The daugh
ters no doubt deserve more at the
hands ot their bon red father than
any pap-sucker m Arkansas.
Live Young Firm.
Johnson, Haire & Cunningham,
the popular successors to the Mart
Clothir.g Co., gent’s furnishings, at
the Belcher block, are among the
livest and most up-to-date, lick-ofs
the-wa’cli young firms in this sec.
tion ot the state, and they are going
after and getting their full share f
desirable gent’s furnishings trade of
all this section, because their goods
are right and of dependable mate-
riels and not shoddy.
Their stock of spring suits nd
underwear, ho? lery and gent’s umlei
wear is complete, and their prices
lower than tbe same stuff can be
bougLt elsewhere. Call there a d
see their spring showings. They are
thorough gentlemen, full of energy
and vim, and are right after your
business.
Business Scholarships.
We have three foil, life Scholar
ships for sale at very attractive
prices for young men or young
ladies—one" in Southern Shorthaud
and Business University, Atlanta
and Albany, Ga.; one in Thomas*
vilie Business College, and one in
Stanley’s Business College, Macon,
G&.
Each of these institutions is
strictly first class and secures a
paying positions for all graduates,
With salaries paying $75 to $150
t er month.
See cr write Editor Democrat,
Bamb idge, Ga.
To Refund Cotton Tax.
Senator Simmons last week intro 1
dneed a bill providing for the re.
funding of the government tax col
lected on raw cotton in the years
1885-66-67 and 1868, the money to
be paid into tbe treasuries of fates
of the south where the ta x was col
lected apd to be held subject to the
establishment of claims by "the per'
sods or heirs of those who paid the
tax.
It is estimated that the passage
o‘ the bill would make neces-ary an
appropriation of $65,000,000, which
amount is authorized by the bill.
Telephone Manners.
Use.n of the tel phone should
study the proper rules that govern
its use. The person who answers a
telephone call does not know who i«
calling, and should first of all giv-
his name that the peison calling
may know he is speaking to the de
sired party; and the caller should
then in turn give Ins name, or make
brief and proper excuse for the
proper mistake it wrong connection
was made These rales are based
on common sense. They are easily
obeyed, and proper observance of
them would rob the telephone service
of what is now its gr. atest annoy
ance.
To answer a telephone bv calling
“We'll” or “Alright” is not enough.
The name-should be given instead,
for the caller must know that he is
speaking to the right person before
he sends his message. This should
make unnecessary the usual ques
tion, “Who is that,’ which follows
the wrong answei to the call.. It is
the incorrect form ot answering
telephone calls which is the cause ot
much of the telephone incivilty, and
hence the proper form should be ob
served by all.
Another abuse or misuse of the
telephone should be avoided. This
is long conversation. Everybody
should remember that telephone
talk is not private. Any conversa
tion may be overheard by another,
and very often they are. Young
people who court by ’phone, or per
sons who relate private affairs over
the wire, seem to forget this. And
then a long talk may keep some one
else waiting, for it constantly Lap-
pens that several calls for the same
number or that are connected by
the same wire, come in quick suc
cession. Telephone talk should be
brief, and it should be courteous.
Long talking over the ’phone is
silly, and expressions of impatience
or mdeness proceed from ignorance
and natural ill manners.
Hurrah, boys! Only two month*
more before vacation!
A Shocking Accident.
Last Wednesday night during
the progress of the “Buster Brown”
performance at the opera house, .Mr.
Isaac Bush,a member of the Bain-
bridge fire department, who was on
duty behind the scenes during the
evening, was called by some one 'o
a platform at the rear of the building
and while leaning over the balus
trade surrounding the platform, fell,
and was very painfully and seriously
hurt, one leg being broken in two
places and severely bruised.
He fell upon an empty goods box
which broke somewhat the force of
his loty tumble.
The balustrade was in an unsafe
condition by reason of decay at the
point of ‘astemug and gave way
causing Mr. Bush to fall.
More Activity in Business
All business centers lepo^t that
merchants are replenishing stocks up
to the business actually in sight. I 1
is not claimed that the volume of
business is equal io that of a year
ago, but it is plain that it s better
than was ant eipated three months
ago. The outlook in other words,
is bopefuh
The r. ports of the American rail
way association show that tbe num
ber of idle cars on March 4, 1908,
was 315,000, as compared with -344,.
000 on February 5. A decrease Id
idle cars amounting to 40,000 m
number is prettv plain evidence
that general trade is on the up*
grade. Mills, too, are opening up,
and it is estimated that the number
of idle workers has been reduced 30
per cent. The hope is expressed
• hat there will he no soft coal atrke
on April 1, and that the recovery
from the panic will go on nneheek*
ed.
All, of coarse, are considering the
probable crop yields, but these can
not be measuied before September
next.
Le^al At
isements
CITA iTON.
Toall whom It may concern:
r rell having in propel
form applied .o me for permanent let
ters of administration on the estate of
D W Dorch, late of said county this i<
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of said D W Dorch to
be and appear at Ordinary Office on the
tir*t Monday in April 190*, and show
cause, if any they cm, why permanent
adminisr ation should not be granted
to said Fannie M. Ferrel on said D \V
Dorch estate.
Wituess niy band and official signa
ture, this March 9, 1908.
T. B. MAXWELL, Ordinary.
DECATUR SHERIFF BALE.
GEORGIA—Decatur'Connty.
Will be sold, beforehe Court H e,
door, in the city (f Bainbridge, inc s j
county, during the legal hours o f e,
on the first Tuesday in April next
the following described property, to
wit:
One black mare muie, with a white
mouth about six ye ra old, named
Ida”; one dark colored mare male,
named “Nit”; one sorrell mule about
welve (12) years old: Also one black
milk cow marked, swallow fork ; nd
under-bit in each ear.
All of the above described property
lived upon as the property of Defaui-
ants. Satisfy a City Court fifa in firm
of Benton, Shingler & Co. vs. J. R. 1).
Lastei,S. H. Haines, Frank Price, Ed
Williams, Jessie Sims and R. H.Lee.
This March loth, 19 8.
— L. F. PATTERSON,
Nherift. . J
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
GEORGIA—Decatur County:
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of said County, will be sold at
public outcry, on the first Tuesday in
April, 1908, at the Court House In
in said county, between tbe usual hours
of sale, the following real estate situate
in Decatur county, to-wit:
f All of that certain tract or parcel
of land situated lying and being in
the Fifteenth (15th) District of
Decatur county, Georgia, and do*’
scribed as follows, tos vl it: Begin-
ing at the southwest corner ot lo*
ot land numhpr three hundred ani
sixty eight (36S), and thence ruimint
along the south land line east sit
hundred and (660) yards, thenci
running north paraded with the
west lam] line of said lot to a point
half way between the nor;h and
south land line of said lot, thence
running west parallel with the south
and line of said lot to the west land
line of said lot, and theUce running
south along the west land line, of
said I t to the starting point; the
same being seventy five acres, more
or less, in the south west corner of
lot of land number three hundred
and sixty eight (36S) in the Filth*
teenth (15th) District of Decatur
countv, Georgia. "
R. GRIFFIN, Administrator,
Estate of Sail ie Griffin.
CITATION. f
To all whom it may concern
"\V. H.'Harrell baying in proper
nrm appiied to me for permanent
letters of Administration on the
estate ofJ.E. Harrell, late of said
county, this is to cite Ml and sing
ular the creditor.^ and next of kin
of said J. E. Harrell to be and ap
pe r at OrdioatyM Office on the
first Monday in April 1908, and
show cause, If any.tbey can, why
permanent administration should
not be granted to VV.H. Har
rell, said J. E. HaiYcli’se state.
Witness my hand and official
signature, March 12th 1908.
a T. B. MAXWELL, Ordinary.fll
AGENTS WANTED— i6x2ocrayon j
portraits 40 cents, frames io cents ar.d up
;hett pictures one eent each. You can
make 400 per cent profit or $36 per week.
Cata’- >g te and Samples free.
FRANK W. WILLIAMS Company,
4? , 1208 W. Taylor st., Chicago, 111.
J
For State Treasurer.
To th Democratic Voters ofGeor.
gia:
I am a candidate for^ Treasurer
pi Jthis State subject to the Demo»>
cratie Primary on June 4t“. My
candidacy io based uj on my forms
er service to the people in this ofs
five covering a pero’d ot more than
twenty yeais a record that I be*
here will bear public scrutiny aud
which has never been impugned*
It elected 1 promise the same faith
ful attention to the •’utics ot the
dffifce that marked my previous
administration.^ # ‘ j,
tf Yours truly,
5£!SIWm. J. Spes
In some cases eveu the brot
cloak of charity is a misfit.
