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Mfertr Shall the Press the People’s Rights Maintain
BY JOHN M BROWN
, ssaasta. Thursday mgrninc, September 3, oos.
Editor iaettes
For Ne<;ro Disfran
chisement
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Vol. 39—46-*$f.ro i Ye&r
The Responsible Party.
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la n* ; rvB apt! optirtii-m
It*‘p'lMfcann r<> trtlk about
, / the "-'olid (South thim yoar.
: l td thing for a man to
'r >m -wmething ju c t for
o of the g*in to character
from -sue
h abstinence.
“Jost important i-sue t efore
** People is the cotomg state elec,
t oo is t!ie,<]isfiaoobi«emfciit ot the
negro \\ itL the population of
< * e °rgia almost equally divided be
tween the races it i self-evident
tha , tf the ! *-ro , are a. ewcd to 1 2 - ll *«*
vote, many division between the I W!ir -
wnites the negroes hold the balance ®* ^ as gloried in Philippine im-
' ti i: the liou.-c. c t A<imi stra-
t on, wrn«h s tiWnpaiur to pro-
t“ ttsejf into ll.* iiitnre, i- highly
' 'dnerab.v needs n > jiro-a bet ond
j the i re?enta: on oi th*
1. It has
bare facts:
extra\ asrant and
3 difvctdion oi Electors aoO
Registration ef Veters.
A PROCLAMATION
attempted to popularize
\tnave no right to suppose
that m are only trying to do it. It
i? the getting to a place, not the
startini for it, that counts
Aum outings aro called “joy
rldei” until something 'goes wrong
nnfsr the bodv of the vehicle.
Tber. what they are termed is not
fit to print.
“ ifte-r Bryan, what?” inquires an
exchange. Mr. W atson is after
him around these parts, sententious-
W rtjoins the Savannah Press.
Sam thing he^e, Brother.
The wise farmer will keep well
Bp with his cotton picking; for a
possible, and we might say proba -
able, eqnin.'xical storm would prove
very disastrous.
While Decatur’s irish potato crop
was verv inferior last spring, her
sweet potato c*>p this fall is au fait
on-words to that effect.
Bryan and Brown in Georgia
will snow both Taft, Watson and
Carter under all right, and the In
defence tarty will net be m the
running worth mention
of power. A minority of the whites P erialisi n-
ii they had the means to control Che nicnaced he bla.ts with
negro vote, could then elect for usurpation by means af con-
There are now seven presidential
ticke s up. In November six of the
number will be killed by frost, how
ever, at least several of them have
been "killed” before, and have
?r©wn used to it.
Tftx returns from 146 counties of
tfe state show a net. gain over 1967
amounting to over eight million
dollars 98 counties show gains
and show losses. It is noticeable
that many of the counties that
show losses are located in South
gpovr. Decatur bofng in the li«t.
governor, for congress, for the leg>*
Mature and tor judges whom they
pleased. The negro £ as a voter—by
a very large majority-—is purchas
able. No need to argue that ques»
tion. We have all seen negroes co-
ralled \y the hundreds and voted
for a candidate at so much per head.
If the negroes are allowed to vote,
at any time » pariv willing to put
up the money can absolutely con
trol the state, in its executive, legist
istive and judicial departments, and
in its relations to the federal goy
ernment.
This accounts for the fact that
here are some white men who will
oppose the distranchisement of the
ne^ro. We all know- th.*it there are
i-uch white men, for didn’t they
fight to the last the establishment of
the white primary? They oppose
the disfranchisement of the nec;ro
lor the possible use the
may be to carry out
in the lutuie.
negro v
certain
te
slructive jurisprudence
6. It has reckless! v undermined
confidence in our business methods,
causing psnie, depression and sni»
feriag.
6. It has profited by the political
contributions e: corporations »eeking
legislative favors.
7. It has spoken' v.ciierously
agaim-t the malefactors of great
wealth, but it has not broaght one
of them to justice.
8. it bus bullied congress, threats
ening to do as it pleased, law or no
law.
9. It has assailed the courts when
their judgments were contrary to
its wishes.
10. it has maintained the highest
tariff ever known in a free country
and hus made n > move in favor of
income and inheritance taxes.
11. It has constantly demanded
law a ’d more law for the proseens
tion of trusts, although existing
i laws are held by it to be too drastic
£>o negro disfranchisement is the ■ ^ or euforceme nt.
most important issue in the present 12. It is now attempting to roand
campaign- No man who favors ne-' out a oi willingness greed,
gro dii-franchisement hesitates to
say so, but before the bill disfran'
chising the negro becomes a law it
must be ratified by tbe people at
the general election. Not by the
white primary, mind you, but by
the people m the general election,
in which the negroes also can vote.
Of late years there has been only a
oi
ambition and tyranny by forcing the
election of a personally excellent
and amiable Proxy.
There must be opposition to inis
'sort ot thing. It must be specific,
intelligent and forcible. It must
take account of tbe one responsible
man. What more inviting opening
could a truly Democrat.c party
Mr. Bryan seems to have bno n
qootino- history correctly when he
"most of the trusts have never
been disturbed, and those that
been prosecuted have not
had their business seriously inter-
fen d with.”
light registration ot negroes; but it j 8ee ^ ^ 18 fiddly worth while for
is different this year. In many ^ emocrat * c * ea ^ er8 t0 a8 ^ if the
counties nearly as many negroes are i P e0 P^ e ®h a B rule and then pause for
registered as whites. In all of them i a re Ply- * 8 their duty to show
there is a surprisingly heavy regie- j Uow f ^ e peo P^ e ru ^ e more
tration oi negroes. Does j anybody 1 an< ^ more justly than they
doubt that this heavy negro regie- j have ruled in lhe receBt P ast '» how
tration this year is for any other j ^ aws ma y be enforced; how money
pu*pose than to defeat the negro ma T be saved and taxation dec r eas-
disfrancbisement amendment? : ed » ^ 10W h>£h ideals of selfgov-
If you are a sure-enpuch white | fcrumtnt - may be advanced; now re
man, be sure you vote for ihe con- j s P ect tor the ri S bt8 ot olhers ma 7
stitutional amendment fully set out j ^ re8 t° le< *» and how prosperity
in the governor’s proclamation ap>- : ma% ^ re-established. New York
pearing regularly till the state elec- j M orld.
tion.
Keep the Kidneys Well
The legislature ought to finish
a P the work for which it was con-
' n ^d in extra sessiou in ten days,
Q t already the knockers are be
ginning to predict that It will be in
,8 «ion until Jaftcr the middle of
September.
1 homas county will hold a Far-
®° r " Bair on Thursday, October
- h. The exhibits will be arrang-
^ " ? ' ar adise Park. Anun beror
••bavtions will be secured,and the
'• a > win he made interesting to
P'V'ators from amusement stand-
^°’ nt as as instructive and in-
P r ng from the standpoint of ag*
ric - tural exhibits. Let’s all go
° Vf-r and help making a success.
Special Notice to
I elephone Patrons Healthi S Worth Saving, and
prepared a complete, s orne Bambridge People
Know How to Save It
We have
Telephone Directory which will be
ready for delivery on the first day
ot September. Thi> director} con- ;
tains the napie and number of every
telephone in the eitv and after Sep' ;
tember first subscribers will be r e»
quired to call for numbers wanted
instead of names desired. It is pos
sible that some subscriber’s mine
Many Bsinbridge people take
tht-ir lives iu their hind* by neg
lecting they kidneys when th-^y
know tnese organs need help. Sick
kidneys are responsible for a vast
amount of suffering and Jill health,
but there is no need to -uffer nor
has been left out of the directory, ^ rPma j D j n danger when all dis
and it this should be the case we ask eases and aches and pTins due to
that such subscriber let us know ; weak k:dneys can be quickiy and
immediately and we will have the permanently cured by the use of
name properly inserted. Doan’s Kidney Pills. Here is a
We will try to -deliver these di- Bain bridge citizen’s recon menda-
rectories on tbe first day of the tion.
rcatur ig easily the best roaded
} in southwestern Georgia, and
D
count
‘ • are getting rapidly bet’er.
*lenten of the board, a reason**
- amount of surface drainage, at
work to owner®, would
*y * 5IU an< ^ ma ^ e available tens of
^nsand® ot the most fertile tobaaco
^ ►in the county and add addi-
- Tonsands of taxable property
i ^?” r tax and render
., 1 - mosquito and malaria**.
. tD low lands. Of
mouth to every subscriber, > ut in
case we fail the directories can be
found at the telephone office. It
will be imperative that you
have | ney and while I
.l taken them carefully
ooe as the operators wii> not put up
connections without numbers being
called for. Yours truly,
BAINBRIDGE TEL. TO. ; Kidney Pills as being an excellent
1 remedy for the purposes for which
They Take the Eiaks Ont. it*tey'-are intended. 1 procured
"I have used Dr. King’s New ; pom at the Willis Dru; Company
Mrs. Geo. H. Harrison, living ou
Water street, Bain bridge, Ga.,
says: “I have used Doan’s Kid
have not
:n accord-
: ance with tbe directions, 1 can sav
! that I have derived ,a great deal
of relief. 1 can recommend Doan’s
*iih
°or convict®
Life Pills for many years, with in
creasing satisfaction. They take
tbe Kinks out of stomach, liver
and bowels, without fuss or fric
tion, w says N. H*. Browp, of Pitta-
course, do this j field, Vt. Guaranteed satisfactory
' at all drug stores. 25c.
a* .1 intend to continue their use.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
c- ts. Foster-Mi!burn Co, 3uf»
f *, New York, sole agents for the
V ited States
Remember the name—Dean’s—
and take other.
By His ExceHency, Hoke Smith, Qov-
omor.
Executive Department.
>y ^ Atlanta, Ga., August l, 1&08.
\S hereas, the Genexal Assembly, at
IU session in 1908 proposed an
amendment to the Const!tuHoa.
this State as ret forth in an Act ap
proved August 1st, 1908, to wit:
An Aot te amend the Constitution
of the State of Georgia toy repealing
section l of article 2 of the Constitu
tion of this State and inserting
lieu thereof a new section, consisting
ef nine paragraphs, prescribing the
qualifications for electors; providing
for the registration of voters, and for
ether purposes.
flection l. Be It enacted by the
General Assembly of tbe State oi
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
tbe authority of the same
tnat section one of article two
ef the Constitution of this State be.
and the same is, hereby repealed, and
the following section, consisting oi
nine paragraphs, be inserted in said
article in lieu thereof;
Paragraph l. 'After the year 1908
elections by the people shall be by
toallot, and only those persons shall
be allowed to vote who have beta
first registered in accordance with
the requirements of law
Par. 2. Every male citizen of this
Btate 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
tod by It, shall be an elector and en
titled to register and vote at any
•Uetion by the people; provided,
that no soldier, sailor, or marine; in
the military or naval services ef the
Whited States shall acquire the rights
flbMi elector toy rsecea ef being sta-
tfenat an duty h ttp Mat*.
ftor. J. To .entitle « person te reg
bt* and vote at any election by the
he shall have resided la the
ne year sent preceding the
Oration, And In the county in which
he offers to vote'six months next pre
ceding the election, and shall have
paid all taxee which may have been
required of him since the adoption
of tbe Constitution of Georgia of 1877
that he may have had an opportunity
of paying agreeably to law. Bach
payment must have been made at
least six months prior to the election
at wt'.ch be offers to vote, except
when such elections are held within
six months from the expiration of the
time fixed by law for the payment oi
such taxes.
Par. 4. Every male citizen of this
State shall be entitled to *e£ister as
au tie*: tor and to vote in all elections
in said Slate 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 ar.d three
of this seettkn 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 ol
the United States in the Revolution
ary war, or in the war of 1*12, c>r in
the war with Mexico, or in any war
with the Indians or in the war be
tween the States, or in the war w;ih
Spaiu, or who honorably served !n
the land or naval forces of the Con
federate States, or of the State cf
Georgia in the war between the
States, or
2. All -persons lawfully descended
from those embraced in the classes
enumerated in the sui>-divisjcn next
above, or
3. All persons who are of good
character, and understand the duties
and obligations of citizenship under
a Republican form of government, or
4. All persons who can correctly
read in the English language any par
agraph of the Constitution of tbe
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
ical disability are unable to comply
with the above requirements, but who
can understand and give a reason
able interpretation of any paragraph
oi the Constitution of the United
States or of this State, that may be
read to them by any one ot the regis
trars; or
5. Any person who is the owner
hi good faith in his own right at at
least forty acres at land situated in
this State, upon which he resides, or
is the owner in good faith in hie own
right- of property, situated in this
State and assessed lor taxation at the
value ef five hundred
L mnim
IHI
Weaken M > uYsr-Work.
Cnheaitny Kidneys Maks Impurv HI ec
It used to be considered that or!
urinary and bladder troubles were to i ,
t 3>-r; I ^ traced to the kidue; .
& lutf now mod ■
science proves th* i
nearly t ail disease *
have their be»:iuu:;;'*
in the disorder o* X
these most imports:*'*
organs.
The kidneys fill*.,
and purify the bio: -
that is their work.
Therefore, when your kidneys arc v.e. '..
- out of order, you can understand hr
quickly your entire body is affected a.'. 1
how every organ seems to fail to do ’*;.-'
duty. »
If you are sick or feci badly," begin
hiking thq great kidney remedy, Dr.
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, because as flor
as your kidneys are well they will he 1 :
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mu
take by first doctoring your kidney-..
The mild and the extraordinary effect <,t
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the grc. t
kidney remedy, is soon realized. it
stands tbe highest for its v/onde: ful enter,
of the most distressing cases, and is sold
on its merits by all
druggists in fifty-cent. ,
and one-dollar sire
bo* You may
have a sample bottle it* w of 8wam]»-Hoot.
uy n*r*.. ne*., r z 1 ’. * vov
how to find out if vou ii -, kidney oi
nrioii this naoet
when writingt > I '. K.lmer & Co., King-
huiiKor., J Y-. ..T make any mistake,
hut -euiember Ue name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the ad-
iress, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle.
sub-divisions one r - i -wo of pa:a- ...
praph four shall continue only unt:i, t6«l TiJS Kluf*
January 1st. 1915. But the registrars
shall prepare a roster of ail persons
who register ufcder subdivisions one
and two of paragraph four, and shall
return tbe same to the clerk's office
of the Superior Court of Tieir coun
ties and the cle;ks of the Superior
Court shall send copies cf the same
to the Secretary of State, and it shall
be tbe duty of these 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 uf paragraph
four shall thereafter—^e *permltted te
vole; provided, L*e meets the require
ments of paragiaphs two and three of
this section.
Par. fi. ae>- jeison to whom the
right of registration is denied by the
registrars upon the ground that he
lacks iLe qualifications set forth in
the five sub di virions of paragiaph
four, sha!* na*e the right iaue an
appeal, anc any citixei. —a;.- cuter an
appeal ivorn the (1 ,*.n tue regis-
trais alio *jng a*. ,*.*.*on to register
unuer sa... ..... ...us. All appeals
must tc h.td in *.;. *.ug wiiu the :eg-
istiars wituiu ,u c;„. s Item the date
of the he . . ,u coiapia.atd of and
shai: ue ret unto bv tne registrars
to tne otnee ot ._e .*_:k ol the ^.upen-
or Court to -be .;.td as other appeals.
Par. 7. Ftna.ng an appeal and un
til the final ut . on of tire ca&e, the
judge** nt of the i^^istrato tuall re
main ;n full force.
f ar. h. No person shall he allowed
to participate in a primary of any-
lit ical party or a convention of any
political party in this State who is
not a qualified voter.
Par. 9. The machinery provided 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 with same;
the Legislature may change oi aoiu *i
the registration laws from time .u
time, but no such change or amend
ment shall operate to detent any of
the provisions of this section.
Sec. i. 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
hone on of the General Assembly, and
the same has been entered on their ‘
Journals with the ayes and nays tak-
thereon, the Governor shall cause
said.amendment to be published in at
least two newspapers in each Con-
greasional District in this State lor
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 tor ratification or re
jection to the electors ol this State
at the next general election to be
held alter publication, as provided in
the second section of this Act la the
several election districts of tins
State, at which election every per
son shall be qualified to vole who is
entitled to vote lor members of the
General Assembly. All persons vot
ing at said erection in favor oi adopt
ing the proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall have 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 sa.d amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words, "Against amendment of 'Con
stitution providing qualifications * oi
voters.”
Sec. 4. Be R further enacted. That
tfie Governor be, and he is, hereby
authorized and directed to provide
for the submission of the amendment
juoposed iu this Act to a vote of the
people, as ieqaired by the Constitu
tion of this -State in paragraph ore of
section one cf aiucle thirteen, and if
^a:*ued the Governor shall, when he
ascertains s.-ci* from in a
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 | ^* Er A*ED CNSTANI lY. Simply add bo(
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We’ Will SenffSampleShowlng Hot
B. B. B. Cures Above Troubles, al?
Eczema and Rheumatism.
For twMity-fh j years Botanic Bloo*.
Balm (B B B) has beer, cunnst /early
thoands of salt erers f*om Primary,
Be endarv or Tertiary Blood Poison
and all forms of Blond Disease. We
solicit the most obstinate cases, for
B B B cure* where all else fails. If
yon have exhausted tbe old methods of
treatment and still have aches and
pains in bones, back or joints, Rheu
matism, Mucus Patches in mouth. Sore
Throat, Pimples, Copper-Colored Spots,
Ulcers on any part of the body. Eating
Sores, a>e run down or nervous, Hair
or eyebrows falling out,take B B B. It
kills the poison, makes the blood pure
and rich, healing every sore and com
pletely changing the entire body into a
clean, healthy condition.
CURES ECZEMA
Itching, watery blisters or open, itch
ing humors, Risings or Pimples of
Eczema all le*ve alteT killing the roi
son and puryfying the blood with B B
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blood is sent direct to the skin suaface,
the itching stops forever and every
humor or sore is healed and cured.
BOTANIC BLOOD BALM (11 B B)
is pleasant and safe to take; composed
of pure Botanic ingredients. It purifies
and en-iches the blood.
DRUGGISTS $1 PER LARGE BOT
TLE with directions for home cure.
PfiEE 3L :0D CORE GOUPOIf
«
This coupon (cu: from Bainbridge
Democrat), is good for cr.c large san»-
ple of Botanic Blood Ba/m mailed free
in plain packages. Simply fill in your
nme and addr ess on dotted lines be
low and m.-il to BLOOD BALM CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
V j
Stale came of tiotibie. if you know
Si
in one of the daily papers of this
State*, announcing such result and
declaring tha amendment ratified.
Now, therefore, I, Hoke Smith, Gov
ernor of said State, do issue this my
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 toe held on
Wednesday, October 7th, I90ff
HOKE SMITH, Gov*
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK,
Secretary of Stata,
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