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THE DEMOCRAT Jiso. M. BROWN. Editor & .M’JC’r. OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF SHERIFF, OR'' BINARY, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT a m, county COMMISSIONERS. E tiered ri second class Tail matter at Kni!i'irt't'.:f| postoflice. BAINBRTDGE, GEORGIA, AUG. 6 A blind tiger is said to 1 ave been discovered in ihe Georgia capitol ■while tie legislature was in session. Wherever a legislative thirst is. there the quencheriiia will be found also, for ’tis largely that sort of stuff that legislators are made of. Th* Savannah Press predicts that Georgia will go decently Lb mo cratic in November. Whl there be states which will go indecently Democratic? The national vote will be 50,000 short of the last pn mary. 'Hie Atlanta Joarnal is lifting the lid off the old [dynasty’s stink hole till it smells to the sky. Give it to ’em, Dick, some more. They need it till the people see it &b it was. gcv. Smith ought to call an extra session of the legislature to finish, according ^o the statutes, th< work of reform in a good many things mclud ng the convict lease business. It’& the last opportunity the people wdl have in a long time, we fear. Turn on the light, governor, good and strong. Newspapers worthy the name ex- pend more effort in “getting things right” than in getting them. That sometimes incorrect statements creep into print is because,' in the first place, n© paper can i:e more accurate than its most inaccurate reporter; and secondly, because of the unavoidable haste in collecting and printing the world happenings of a week. It is becoming qu.te evident that the prohibitionists are going to cut a considerable figure in the national campaign this year. They do not hope to carry a single electoral vote, but at the same time they hope to more than double their vote of four years ago. The uuanimity with which the House passed Representative Ad ams’ hill, carrying a constitutional amendment limiting the life of the convict lease system to Dec. 31, 1911, justifies the conclusion that the Senate will also pass the bill. In that event the amendment will be submitted to the people at the Oc - tober election. That it will be ap. proved there is no reason to doubt. Tom Watson is not running for the presidency himselt with any hope of success. He i runn'ng in only one slate and that is Georgia. His sole idea here seems to be to weaken the cause of Bryan, the Democratic nominee. During the four yea s ot the Civil War the expenseses of our national government were $3,394,830,931. During the .four years of Roose velt’s administration the expenses have amounted [to $3,428,809,381. Rooseveltism eost more than the most t xpensive war that has ever afflicted this eountrv. Taft stands for Roosevelt’s policies. Do the people want any more of it?' A negro brute was lynched on the public square in Pensacola Wed. neaday night by an infuriated mob. The sheriff attempted to protect the prisoner and fired into the crowd aud immediately there was a cross fire, ending with two men kilted and several being fatally wounded. The negro'lynched had outraged a white la lv, c u her throat and beat her over the head, aud deserved to die. Such brute? shou d not be projected by auv law or officer. It is now said that Governor Hoke Smith threatens to veto any convict bill that does not do away with the lease system, and will call the legislature iu special session to finish their job. As usual. Governor Hoke is light. flongrei Politics In Georgia. The people ot Georgia are in a more curious and uncertain aud restless aud unsettled state politi cally speaking than in many years. Not that Georgia hasn’t had some curious political phases and heated contests. This year the feebng is different It is anything but heated. It is rather one of ennui and annoyance. This is ceriainly true ot stite and national politics. W T hat is the matter with Georgia? Well, let us Mop and v think for a moment. Take the national situas tion. The me ot successful doe Brown-Thomas E. Watson combi - nation in state politics dominated and controlled the state convention. The party sent an umnstructed delegation to Denver which made the state of Georgia look absurd by its antics in opposition to Bryan. If the Georgia delegation to Denver really represented the views of the Democratic party in Georgia, then Bryan, the Democratic nominee, cannot carry Georgia in the national election. Certainly the Georgia delegation which fought Bryan so obstinately and so stub** bornly has not succeeded after their “gallant stand at Denver” in turn ing face and arousing any great en* thnsiasm on their own part or the part of the party in the success of the national party candidate on their return to Georgia. The Democratic electors ©f the party here fti Georgia have also added to the gloom and confusion by showing a tendency to vote either personally or as Democratic electors for somebody else than the national party’s candidate. The Democratic party in Georgia at the present time seems to be com? posed about equally of Republicans and Populist*. Certainly both Re publicans and Populists have par ticipated largely in the acts and do ings of the party m the recent state primary. Now that the little mat ter of state politics is out of the way, the Republic ; ns are getting ready to vote for Taft and the Pop ulists for Watson, and the large body of Democratic voters seem 1 o be waveriBg in their choice between Taft and Watson, and with but seant notice taken of Bryan, the candidate of the national Demo cratic party. What is the matter with Georgia? Have the railroads „ already begun to republicanize Georgia, just as they have done in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, to a large extent? Has Hon. Thos. E. Watson finally effected the population of the state in both state and national matters? The situation would be serious if it were not comic. For many years Republicans in principle have masqueraded in Georgia as Demo crats—Republicans in national mat? ters but Democrats in local matters. These good old comrades are still w.tb ns—they are spoilsmen to the core—it is important to them how the goods are tagged—local Demo, crats, national Republican—where the spoils are, there you will find them. The same thiug is largely true oi the Populist aud Democratic affilia tion in recent years in Georgia— Democrats iu loc d and state mat ters where the spoils are, Populist in national matters when need he. It l iargely possible that Watson or Taft or Bryan or John Temple Graves or anybody else ma- carry the state in the Dresidential cams paign. Georgia welcomes them all. It’s fair fighting ground in view of the many cunous things we see Qualification of Electors and Registration of Voters. A PROCLAMATION t four shall thereaft.' VOIO; l-o D26DL5 C- ’]£. cij- » ‘-v *■ this sc: ion Far. t. .-U..- ;v. right ot registrati" registrars upon u. lacks the qvsFfica j>e -permitted to is the requ 2- o and three f ■on to ivjcm is denied by giv,unu that f.s -set fort;. happen in Georgia politics. The name of ex-Governor Joe Terrell has been figuring iu the ex posures brought out in the eonviet. lease luve tigati -n. It has been charged by Mr. Joel Hurt, a lessee, that Terr-11 a. ted as attorney fora eenviet broker"while he was hold ing the office Oi Attorney General tor the state of Georgia, taking a sa arx from the s:a*e and fees from the cocvii t ‘ess-.e. The act is exactly quadratic with our conception of the man’s moral nature—o we ha- e n~ surprise to express By His Excellency, Hoke Smith, Gov- ornor. Executive Department. Atlanta, Ga., August 1, 1908. Whereas, the General Assembly, at its session in 1908 proposed an amendment to the Constitution of this State as set forth in an Act ap proved August 1st, 1908, to wit: An Act to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia by repealing section 1 of article 2 of the Constitu tion of this State and inserting m lieu thereof a new section, consisting of nine paragraphs, prescribing the qualifications for electors; providing for the registration of voters, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that section one of article two of the Constitution of this State be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and the following section, consisting of nine paragraphs, be inserted in said article in lieu thereof: Paragraph 1. After the year 1908 •lections by the people shall be by ballot, and only those persons shall be allowed to vote who have been first registered in accordance with the requirements of law. Par. 2. Every male citizen of this State who is a citizen of the United States, twenty-one years old or up wards, not laboring under any of the disabilities named in this article, and possessing the qualifications provid ed by it, shall be an elector and en titled to register and vote at any election by the people; provided, that no soldier, sailor, or marine in the military or naval services of the United States shall acquire the rights of an elector by reason of being sta tioned on duty in this state. Par. 3. To entitle a person to reg ister and vote at any election by the people, he shall have resided in the State one year next preceding the •lection, and in the county in which be offers to vote six months next pre ceding the election, and shall have paid all taxes which may have been required of Tim since the adoption of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877 that he may have had an opportunity of paying agreeably to law. Such payment must have been made at least six months prior to the election at which he offers to vote, except when such elections are held within six months from the expiration of the time fixed by law for the payment of such taxes. Par. 4. Every male citizen of this State shall be entitled to register as an elector and to vote in all electicfes in said State who is not disqualified under the provisions of section 2 oi article 2 of this Constitution, and who possesses the qualifications pre scribed in paragraphs two and three of this section or who will possess them at the date of the election oc curring next after his registration, and who in addition thereto comes within either of the classes provided for in the five following sub-divisions of this paragraph. 1. All persons who have honorably served in the land or naval forces oi the United States in the Revolution ary war, or s in the war of 1812, or in the war with Mexico, or in any war with the Indians or in the war be- j tween Ave States, or in the war with ernor of said State, do issue this n: the five :u... vitis of parag . ;h four, tf.Ol ,.:.ve ’. vj r;y:.i to tat an aipea:, ; ..ti . ... . :• may eat*, an appeal hwi; u:e rt-v-icn ot the trars allowing any person to leg. ter under ra*a abu'.vfnoas. All ap;>.als must be in writing with the .eg- istrars within 10 days from the date of the decision ecru; inured of and shall be 1 reaai-ed by the registrars to the office cf the cier k c-f the Superi or Court to ce tried c.s other appeals. Par. 7. I ending an appeal and un til the final decision of the case, the judgment cf the registrars shall re main in full force. Par. S. .\o person shall be allowed to participate in a primary of any po litical party or a convention of any political party in this State who is >not a -qualified voter. Par. 9. The machinery pro’viued by law for the registration of force Oc tober 1st, 1908, shall be used to carry out the provisions of this section, ex cept where inconsistent witn same; the Legislature may change or amend the registration laws from time to time, but no such change or amend ment shells operate to defeat any of the provisions of this section. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever the above proposed amend ment to the Constitution shall be agreed-to by two-thirds of the mem bers elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the ayes and nays tak en thereon, the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Con gressional District in this State for the period of two months next preced ing the time of holding the next gen eral election. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification or re jection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publication, as provided in the second section of this Act in the several election districts of this State, at which election every'per son shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote lor members of the General Assembly. Ali persons vot ing at said election in iavor ot adopt ing the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall cave written or printed on their ballots the words “For amendment of Constitution, pro viding qualifications of voters,’’ and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have writ ten Or printed on their ballots the words, ‘'Against amendment of Con stitution providing qualifications of voters.” Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Governor be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in this Act to a vote of the people, as required by the Constitu tion of this State in paragraph one of section one of article thirteen, and if ratified the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the re turns shall be referred in the man ner as in cases of elections for mem bers of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion in oue of the daily papers ot this State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified. Now, therefore, I, Hoke Smith, Go - - DOCTOR KING K tLI KtiMLE BOCTOtS. LOCATED. Wourc. A* WE OFFER TOO THE I ESTWUT Authorized MEASES. II won | DISEASES. We guarantee to refund monTv,,yt Ml M I dnes furnished ready for use—no no . 1 if? 1 used. No detention from v_.<. * r ccrj cr ln]urleau?u.®I used. No detention from business p,? '7 nrl6 « J»hJ J treated by mall and express. Medicine V''? 1 * *» » A* J f! 0 ™ .*5" br **?*K*- Ne med4iS?senf* ■tructed. Charges k>w. Thousands of V... r G : »• Ul» ease and send for terms. Consuiuuon tU*J perjon^orb, letter. Call or write D^-ft*** 1 Ull , *• Thou>andg cored We mamy, Varcocfis u n, _, foruJM tarrl able disease, in all'its forms P*i n * _ stares, cured for life. Blood HvHrBAala dropsy of th* — ■ —— Diseases, Ulcers, Swellings, Sore*'. n J « I "«• If without pain Gonorrhoea, Gleet and all forms of private diseases, fl k I n * . I . See hr-nv . . cured te etay Cured. We guarantee to refund your r II I le 0 S I 5 withe *“ a %* meney If not permanently cured. Don T FRII to lit* Xidnty Bladder and Proslatic^^S^cu^V^^^ir^^S.! Disaatas M by painless and bfbodleee methods. in the city. Very Inrtruotlve ° H * 1 * ^ DR. KING MEDICAL CO., ” 7 “*TL4NT“i“£r K l (TBorouf hlj responsible. Legally Incorporated n der tbe lawaofGeorSa.) ^ 1 dm. man r nr t’tii or w Rtnrout Debility aid Weaknesses stdetere A | Mam the results of yontbful folly and excesr t-. . ™ Sf Men, see tausinaioesae by dreams er wish N urtnupimples and blotches ea the face; rnshes^ oflT::” p blood to the head, pains in tl aad forgot fulness, oashfnine lose ofvltal forces.loss of a , Ufa We eaa stop night lostse, rssfore lost vita dsveiop and stature young or middle aged who weakly aad Wrecks and make them fit for marrl POT IN A TELEPHONE It mnltiplies jGHr aeighber*. Serves as a Messenger Boy It is a Protector, Saves time and labor, Keeps you abreast of the times, In touch with the markets, the greatesfof ad modern conveniences, You cannot be without it if von value your time, 1 The cost is small. Service is unexcelled. BAINBRIDRE TELEPHONE CO. AT C. H. GRIFFIN’S Harness Factory 7 . - AND - - Vehicle Repository, CALLAHAN BLOCK. AT SHORT NOTICE - - ANN IN - - The Best Style, SEWED OR TACKED ^ Spain, or who honorably served in the land or navai forces of the Con federate States, or of the "State of Georgia in the war between the States, or 2. All persons lawfully descended from those embraced in the classes enumerated in the sub-division ^next above, or ? 3. All persons who are of good character, and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a Republican form or government, or 4. All persons who can correctly read in the English language any par agraph of the Constitution of the United States or of this State and correctly write the same in the English language when read-to them by any one of the registrars, and all persons who solely, because of phys leal disability are unable to comply with the above requirements, but who can understand and give a reason able interpretation of any paragraph of the Constitution of the United States or of this State, that may be read to them by any one of the regis trars ; or 5. Any person who is the owner In good faith in his own right of at least forty acres of land situated in this State, upon which he resides, or is the owner in good faith in his own right of property, situated in this State and assessed for taxation at the value of five hundred dollars. Par. 5. The right to register under sub-divisions one and two of para- praph four shall continue only until January 1st. 1915. But the registrars shall prepare a roster of all persons who register under sub-divisions one and two of paragraph four, and shall return the same to the clerk’s office of the Superior Court of their coun ties and the clefiks of the Superior Court shall send copies of the same to the Secretary of State, and it shali be the duty of these s officers to record and permanently preserve these ros ters. Any person who has been once registered under either of the sub divisions one cr two of paragraph proclamation,. hereby declaring that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution is submitted for ratification or rejection to the voters of the State qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly at the general election to be held on Wednesday, October 7th, 1908. HOKE SMITH, Governor. By the Governor: PHILIP COOK, Secretary of State. Silyer Aluminum Jelly Moulds Free Individually Mold -: d desserts are now considered the proper thing. The moulds are hard to get outside the large cities, but users of Jell-o Tho Dainty Dessert, can get them absolutely free. Circular ahince. package explaining and illustrate d diff rent rns. Jell-o Is sold by all good grocers at 10c per package. Do not accept a sub- tl fate or you will be disappointed She Likes Good Things. Mrs. Cbas. E. Smith, ot West Franklin, Maine, says: “1 like good things and have adopted Dr. i King’s New Life Pills »s our fam ily laxative medicine, because they are good and do their worK with» out making a fuss about it.” These painless purifiers sold at alldru; stores. 25c. INAUGURATION OF Semi - Weekly Freight Between Mew York and Brunswick By the Brunswick Steamshipi With five new Steel Steamers, Capacity 3,000 tons Eacli, Satilla, baw, Ogechee, Ocmulgee and Altamalia . . Effective April 1, 1908. Connection! at BrunswickxitM| Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railway and Railway and their connections. Freight Shipped by This Route will be Handled With C| and Despatch. rC. L. DIMON, Vice-President and General Manager; -J. It- Traffic Manager, New York. A Square Engagement is made with every S'-le in this store. It is that, if the article purchased is not exactly as represented it can be returned and the money will .be returned without question. But we are very Careful About Our Jewelry We don’t buy it until we have examined it thoroughly. Sc we have everything all right Our guaran tee is good because we know tbe character ot what we sell. Townsend Jewelry Co. • Bainbridge, Ca. ROlYL CASTOR IA For Infants an$ Children. Be KM Yn Han Ahrap Boag iwafe FROM THE FACTORY TO 35.000 CHA ,rC AT MANURE ' ,i)ST THS IS * LA*at iize CMi SOLCtU OAK WISH. ORCEH FLORIDA CHAIR FACTOR jACKSoawuox.