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BY JOHN M BROWN.
BAIN .RIDGE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY NGRHINC SEPTEMBER 24. 1908,
Vol. 39—So. 16—Sl.oo a Year
Editor ialettes
y he book stores are the popular
ffiporiums just now,and the trad-
|re are mostly kids.
Tbe Htufah is tho moat prosper.
5BJ part of the Bountry these davg.
business reports ahow it.
ikesth axirt is tho old Mother
Hubbard sailing close hauled under
tight reefs.
The legislators passed a near
er bill, but could they pass a
5eS r-beer saloon?
The wise merchant who fills his
rtore with nice stock £does not
select to tell the people about it.
Soda-water bottlers say near.
b«tr is seriously hurting their busi
j W!i . Homo of the fizz men claim
that their trade is off 50 per cent,
Some eight years ago the people
0 fthis country would have been
vory thankful for eight and nine
cents cetlon.
We have had 140,000 worth of
special convict legislation so far,
and i* isn’t visible to the naked
eye.
The GeoEgia legislators would be
of a great deal more advantage to
the state as cotton pickers than as
liw makers.
•—a •
borne folk- talk about Yancey
Carter’s ra e as «f tbe independent
was really in the running for gov
ernor of Georgia
'▼ill somebody tell U9 wheiher
John Temple Graves’ candicacy is
extra work or merely the covering
of an assignment on bis regular
Job
Mr. Taft’s bid for negro votes in
dicates that -Mr. Roosevelt is not
the only extinguished statesman
who contemplates making an
African hunt.
'Little J#e” says he doesn’t see
how » democrat caa do otherwise
thai vote for Bryau and Kern, and
for on., time, we 9*e where he is
right.
’■ Pauline, the season for the
sr.a\\ hat is nearing its end, but
the '»a*on for taking the straw
We ou the presidential election is
fcbout to begin.
A Mibtroasury at Savannnah
* -dd be of great assistance t*
’’ r e’iH. Floriday, South Carolina,
-L*hama, Mississippi nnd Tennes-
' ich states are large shippers
‘ 0 dtim to that port.
s ty , asy to get in the Anan-
' - these days. That organi-
' no longer exclusive.—At-
*° ,a Georgian.
A ‘ : Is that true? Then you
8Vt tten in, have you?
J Grown says the democracy
1 : 'g to be proud of Georgia
'' r iiy BuJlyforJoe. Tbe
ive kept in touch with him
was sojourning in the
Jt tain« of xorth Carolina.
tution is tryi.ig a
o-n u; campaign for Atlanta.
’ Jr coutemporxry pushes this
- ■ - r v. r y f ar the Gate City may
' ' E some of ita most promi-
l citizens.
*) niit the cotton crops this year
• cot be as large as it was last
i „ '" n ; owners of cotton mills have
^"■' c 'nat this years’ product is
much better than any
tr they have had in several
iHrs.
And now the fashion makers
will soon be under the necessity of
: making aeroplane costumes. They
should be largely made of feathers.
—Aug«9ta Herald.
And closed, with elastic bands at
the bottom.
When Bryan is elected what a
Christian and ladylike celebration
will have to be pulled ofif in dry
old Georgia.—Macon News.
Well won’t that be better then a |
wicked,brutal drunken orgie—over
the casualty?
The sympathy or the whole state
goes out to its governor, Hon.
HoKe Smith, in tbe death of his
father. Professor Smith had reach’
ed the ripe age ot 88 years and his
career was once filled with honor
and usefulness.
The special session of the legis
lature, with its cost of more than
$35,000, has convinced the state
authorities that the state must
make a borrow of $200,000 to tide
over until the tax money begins
coming in
Governor Hughes was renomi
nated for a second term, la* t weeK
despite the opposition of the party
bosses in New York. Hushes is
the one republican that we
would like to see reelected and we
hope to see New York go for
Hughes in the state election.
One of the most determined in- j
dependent fights for the political
control of Georgia which the state
has ever witnessed is now being
conducted in behalf of Yancey I
Garter, who is Mr. William R.
Hearst’s candidaee for governor
against the democratic nominee, j
In Alabama they are putting
bllnt tigers in jail. Who ever
beard of them being tieated in
each incivil manner before? First
thing Alabama knows they will
quit the state, and come to Maeon
Georgia, where they oniy fine
them.
When it comes to talking, the
vice-presidential nominee of the
Independence pari/ is a tariff-
protected, f«lly armored trust with
an unehalenged monopoly.—Al
bany Herald.
What’s the matter with the
Democratic nominee? He’s been
at itl JDg°st and oftenest.
Tbe only chance Yancey Carter
has te be elected geverhor is to re
receive the united farmers’ vote.
This i* impossible, for a majority
of the farmers er the etate voted in
ihe primary for Joseph M. Brawn,
: and these eame farmers are not
j dishonett enough to go back on
I their action in their primary elec-
i tien.
There are lots of ways of escap-
I ing jnry duty. A New \otk man
j the other day. riding,on a car, ask-
! ed a lawyer to tell him one of these
i ways that would be unquestionably
; effective. The lawyer, however,
didn’t have to answer The ques
tioner fell dead almost as soon a*
I the query was out of his mouth.
| A-id so he will not be call upon to
serve. ' J-
A current newspaper item is as
follows ! “The wife of an editor in
northern Texas has been married
three times. Her maiden name
was Patridge; her first husband
was named Robin; her second
Sparrow, and the present one's
name is Quayle, There are now
two young Robins, one Sparrow
and three little Quaylea in the
family. One grand-fatber was a
Swann, and another was a Jay ;
but he’s dead, and now a bird of .
Paradise. They live on Hawke
avenue,EagleviUe. Canary Islands,
and ths fellow who wrote this arti j
cle is a lyre bird and an interest
ing relative of the t&oaily.”
They Take the Kinks Out.
“I have u*ed Dr. King’s New
Life Pills for many year*, with in
creasing satisfaction. „Tbey take
tbe Kinks out of stomach, liver
and bowels, without fuss or fric
tion,” say9 N. H. Brown, of Pitts
field, Vt. Guaranteed satisfactory
at all drug stores. 25c.
The Farmer And His Cot
ton.
If the farmers bring their pro
ducts to market to sell to tbe high
est bidder whenever there is a
reasonable plenty, prices will al
ways be remunerative. Should
any one of our merchants ship
goods here for which he paid a
given price ahd offer his entire
stock from day to day until closed
out to the highest bidder he would
beyond doubt take a lose. It is
therefore, essential to the well
being of the farmer that he handle
his crops as a prudent man would
handle any other line of business,
It requires some concert of action
on tbe part of farmers to accom
plish this, just as it requires con
cert of action ‘among laborers to
maintain the wage scale If farm
ers sell their cotton in the face of a
decline what is there to stop the
decline? Certainly the specula
tors prefer to buy cheap and he d
for a rise. The mills prefer to buy
cheap, as the raw material ents
some figure ia the profit ot manu
factured goodf. As bo one farmer
can say when a fair price may pre
vail it follows that organization is
necessary. If the south «an get
ten cents for middling cotton this
year and supply ths w«rld with
wkat it needs it will mean pros
perity for tke south and no hard*
ship to any other sections. Per
haps fifteen cents is beyond the
value of raweotton in times like
these which have prevailed for
sometime, but should the .market
be allowed to remain below ten
cents Georgia and all the rest of
the Rotton belt will face a hard
year —News,
Selling in a Lump.
The Farmer’s Union ef Colquitt
county has instituted special sale
days for disposing of their cotton .
Ob that day all wno have to sell
cotton will bring it in together and
sell it in a lamp, inviting bnvers
fsom abroad and open bidding.
The woo! crop of that eounty has
been markotsd in this manner for
a number of years, and it is be
lieved that a batter pri se will be
obtained for the cotton if sol d in
bulk to exporters.
Keep the Kidneys Weil
Health is Worth Saving, and
Some, Bainbridge People
Know How to Save It
Many Bainbridge people take
their lives iu their hand* by neg
lecting they kidneys when tiny
know tnese organs need help. Sick
kidney* are respon-ible for a va*t
amount ot suffering and ill health,
but there is no need to suffer nor
to remain in danger when all dis
eases and ach s and pains due to
weak k-dneyscan be quick y and
permanently cured by the use of
Doan’s Kidney Pills. Here is a
Bainbridge cifizm’* recommenda
tion.
Mrs. Geo. H. Harrison, living on
Water street, Baiub.idge, Ga.,
says: “I have used Doan’s Kid ^
nev Pills and while I have not
taken them carefully in accord
ance with the direction*, 1 can sav
that I have derived 'a great deal
of relief- 1 can recom mend Doan’s
Kidney Pills as being an excelien.
r. medy for the purposes for which
t; ey are intended. 1 procured
t: m at the Willis Drug Company
a: 1 intend to continue their use.” i
' >r sale by all dealers. Frice 50
ei ,. Foster-Mil burn Co, 3uf-
a . New York, sole agents for tbe
U lied States
Remember the name—Doan’s—
ana take ce other.
QjalifieatioD of Electors and
Registration of Voters.
A PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency, Hoke Smith. Oot-
OTBOr.
ffiaecntive Department.
Atlanta, Oa., August if 1808.
Whereas, ths General Assembly, at
|U sesaiea in 1808 proposed an
Amendment to ths Constitution ot
this State as set forth in an Act ap
proved August 1st, 1908,' to wit:
Aa Act to amend the Constitution
of the State of Georgia by repealing
section 1 of article 2 of the Constitih
tion of this State and Inserting in
lieu thereof a new section, consisting
of nine* paragraphs, prescribing the
Qualifications tor electors; providing
for the Registration of voters, and for
other purposes.
Section l. Be It enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it U hereby enacted by
tbe authority of the same,
that section one of article two
of the Constitution t of this State be,
and the same is, hereby repealed, and
the following section, consisting ot
nine paragraphs, be inserted in said
article in lieu thereof;
Paragraph 1. After the year 1908
elections by tbe people shall be by
ballot, and only those persons shall
be allowed to vote who have been
first registered in aceord&nee with
the requirements of law.
Par. 2. Every male citizen of this
State who is a citizen of the United
8tates, 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, shaQi 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 servioee of the
United States shall acquire t&e rights
•t aa elector by reasom ef belag eta
ttened on duty ia this" state.
Par. A To entitle a persoa to reg
titer and vote at any emotion by tbe
people, be shall have resided in the
State ene year next preceding the
election, and in the county in which
fee offers to vote six months next pre
ceding tbe election, and shall have
PAld all taxes which may have been
required ef him since the adoption
of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877
that he may have had an opportunity
ef paying agreeably to law. Such
payment must have been made at
least six months prior to the election
at which h« 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 elections
in said Sta-ve who is not disqaalified
under t£e provisions of sectie-n 2 ol
article 2 o< this CenetituFtion, 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 Vis registration,
and who in addition thereto comes
within ekber of the classes provided
for in the live following sub-divisions
of this paragraph.
1. All persons who have honorably
served in the Tend or naval forces ol
the United States in the Revolution
ary war, or in the war of 1812, or in
the war with Mexico, or in any war
with the Indians or in the war be
tween the States, or in the war with
Spain, or who honorably served in
the land or naval ferces of the Con
federate States, or of the State oi
Georgia in the war between the
States, or
2. All persons lawfully descended
from those embraced in the classes
enumerated in the subdivision 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. AR persons who can correctly
read in the English language any par
agraph ot 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
ical disability are unable to comply
with the. above requirements, but wii.,-
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 sltuatsd in
this State, upon which he resides, or
is the owner in good faith in his own
right of property, situated ia this
State and assessed for tar a Mon at the
value of five hundred dollars.
fit fit Si* *» rKdg ■Oder
sub-divisions one' and two of para-
prapb four shall continue only until
January 1st, 1915. But the registrars
shall prepare a roster oi all persons
who register under sub-divisions one
and two of paragraph four, and Bhall
return the same to the clerk’s office
of the Superior Court of their coun
ties and the clerks of the Superior
Court shall send copies of the same
to the Secretary of State, and it shall
be the duty of these officers to record
pnd permanently preserve these ros
ters. Any person who has been once
registered under either of the sub
divisions one or two of paragraph
four shall tbereafter-fbe -permitted te
vote; provided, he meets the require
ments of paragraphs two and three of
this section.
Par. 6. Any person to whom the
right of registration is denied by the
registrars upon the ground that be
lacks the qualifications set forth in
the five sub di visions ol paragraph
four, shall have the right to take an
appeal, and any cit.zen may enter an
appeal trorn me de.i.iou of the regis
trars allowing any person to register
under said subdivisions. All appeals
must be fi.vd in vvin.ng with tbe reg
istrars within 10 da.i s from the date
of the decision comi '.zuned vt and
shall he returned by the registrars
to the ojfice of the uei k ci the Superi
or Court to le tried as other appeals.
Par. 7. Pending an appeal and un
til tbe final decision of the case, the
judgment of the registrars shall re
main in full force.
Par. 8. No 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 provided by
law for the registration of fotce Oc
tober 1st, 1908, shall be used to carry
out thd provisions of this section, ex-
jeept where inconsistent with same;
the Legislature may change or amend
the registration laws from time to
time, but no such change or amend
ment shall, operate to defeat any ui
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 ay es 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 tftne of holding the next gen
eral election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, Tha*
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, %s 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 for members of the
General Assembly. All persons vot
ing at said election in favor of adopt
ing the proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall have written or
printed on their oallots the words
“For amendment of Constitution, pro
viding qualifications of voters,’’ and
all persons opposed to the adoption
of said amendment shall have writ- j
ten or printed on their ballots the j
words, “Against amendment of Con- j
stitution providing qualifications ol
voters.”
Seu. 4. Be it furtheg enacted. That |
the Governor be, and he is, hereoy j
authorized and directed to provide j
for the submission of the amendment j
proposed in this Act to a vote of the i
people, as required by the Constitu
tion of this State ia paragraph one o:,
section one’of article thirteen, and if j
rat.ned the Governor staff, when he (
ascertains sum ratification from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re
turn* shall he referred in the man
ner as in cases of elections for meta-
beis of the General Assembly, to
esuac and ascertain the result, issue
his proclamation for one insertion
|M ene of the daily papers of this
itate, announcing such result and
declaring the 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 be held oa
Wednesday, October 7th, 1908.
HOKE SMITH, Governor.
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK.
Secretary of State.
PENNYROYAL PILLS
Thousands Hay. ;
Trouble and...... Sa&pect it
Pit-valent y i Kidovr
Most people do not realize the alarm
ing increase and remarkable prevalenq
of kidney disease
While kidneydis
orders are thi
most commoi
diseases that pre
vail, they are
almost tlte last
recognized by
patient and phy
sicians, who con
tent thtmttel ect
with doctoring the effects, while the orig
inal di»t.<ue undermines the system.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge sc
oftea expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish iu curing rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, w iue or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant lie
cessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
is soon realized. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. If you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle and a
book that tells all
about it, both sent free
by mail. Address Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, N. Y. When Home or s-unp-Root,
writing mention this paper and don’t
make any mistake, but remember the
name. Dr. Kilnier’s Swamp-Root, and
the address, Binghamton, N. Y.
POISON
Can
cer, Scaly SBil
Flunk
We Will SendSanpIeShowing Hot
B. B. B. Cures Above Troubles,' air
Eczema and RheHmatism.
For twe»ty-fi\ j yearsJBotanic Blooe
Balm (B BB) has been curing yearly
thoands of suff erers f.om Primary,
Se endarv or Tertiary Blood Poison
and all forms of Blood Disease. We
solicit the most obstinate cases, for
B B B cures where all else fails. If
you have exhausted the old methods of
treatment and still have aches and
paiDS 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, me run down or nervous, Hair
or eyebrows falling out, take B B B It
kills tbe poison, makes the blood pure
and rich, healing every sore and com
pletely changing the entire body into a
clean, healthv condition.
CURES ECZEMA
Itching, watery blisters or open, itch
ing humors, Risings or Pimples of
Eczema all letve after killing the noi
son and puryfying the blood with B B
B. In this way a flood of pure, rich
blood is sent direct to the skin suaface,
the itching stops forever and every
humor or sore is healed 1 and cured.
BOTANIC BLOOD BALM (li B B)
is pleasant and safe to take; composed
of pure Botanic ingredients. Jt purifies
and en-iches the blood.
DRUGGISTS*! PER LARGE BOT
TLE witn directions for home cure.
FREE BLOOD CURE COUPON
This coupon (cut from Bainbridge
Democrat;, is good for one large sam
ple of Botanic Blood Balm mailed free
in plain packages. Simply fi;l in your
nme and addr e.-., on dotted lir.es be
low and mail to BLOOD BALM CO..
Atlanta, Ga.
State nrir.e of tioebie. ifA<
li.<
ARE YOU SURE
That the ice cream you buy is strictiv
PCKE f
Iio you Voow that the makers' hands
were clean, flie* excluded from the factory,
atd freeze rs and other a tonsil* kept fa
Sanitary Condition?
Why take any ehaace where your health
Is concerned! Why not
Make and freeze your own ice cream
la 10 MINUTES
FOR 1c. A PLATE with
Jell-0 ICE CHEW Powder
It is so easy. Simply Stir content* of
one 13e. package into a Quart of ini.* and
freeze, without cooking, heating or the ad
dition of auytniug else. Tni* makes two
quarts of ice cream, cl-ao, pure and whole
some. A good ice cream freezer can be
bon cht for a dollar or two which will last
for years, and will soon sa*e it* cost.
2 packages JELL-0 ICS CREAM Pow
der for 25c.
Flavors: Choc:late. Vanilla, Straw
berry, Lemon and t'nfiawred.
Sold by all good grocers.
The 6eae*M Pur; Food Co., U Rcy, N. V.
Seife and reliable, they
overcome weakness, in.
crease vigor, banish paine-
No remedy equals DR.
MOTTS PENNYROYAL PILLS
by Crankts aa4 Dr. Motts
l.tMLrtew Ue» fiisvsldaj, Sfek.
INSTANTLY. Simply a Jdb•»
-. cool and serve. Me. per pac.i..
.* 7 flavors. Refuse ail subaCitt!M.i
