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- ^ t'er- Snail cne Pr#ss the People’s Rights Maintain BY JOHN M BROWN. BAIN.RI06E. GEORGIA. THURSDAV NORNINC OCTOBER I. 1908. Vol. 39—So. 16-91.oc s Year Editor ialettes Hi- Hot 7 .rgia democrat who does v for 'iryan and Kern is ebuckiw-head, declares the Atlanta (institution. «l j,e -heath gown doth oft pro C l,j,n the wo .nan,” says the Louis- viile Courier-Journal. And quite M often makes rubber-necks of mo-t ni' ii. Rockefeller’* advice to young meii to work and save money will appeal just now with especial forte to those who have neitheT wars not money. Li'.ttc Joe Brown is making his ctmpaign promises good He is making hi- long-promised journey through Georgia, and his reception has been cordial. Li t every white man, whatever his politics, record his vote for negro Disfra .chisment, next Wed De-day vVi h the negro eliminate ly, a- a voter, good government will !-(■ assured for all time. Little Joe is out stumpiug for Bryan, and Hoke comes out with n decimation that he will vote for Little Joe. Bryan and Brown will carry Georgia by rousing majori- It is stated that Evelyn Thaw i8 going abroad, Emma Goldman to Australia ; Thaw is locked up and tl-e legislature has adjourned. Let it' be getting ready for Thanksgiv ing. Some of those who are now knocking Hoke Smith have had in do past to prove an alibi when kcusod of having been in the PaJ- and Buckner or McKinley tsrrp. At any rate, the legislature has f'vided plenty of work for the x me. There,will be the prohi- o 'ti question and the convict *"tinu to settle all over again Jj-t a year ago Republican poli- snooKed the bottom out of the 'U-’ne.-s of thecountry; the coun ty, believing in reciprocity, is now *bout to knock the bottom out of die Kepublican policies. legislature has adjourned, f 'sum and taters are getting ripe, * cti the day that will see Bryan’s *-eeuon is drawing nigh. What ^* u -* " e shall have for a , great dtanksgiving day! , Ttl e fact that the President finds ,l necessary to rush into print *'* r . v other day in defense of Mr. 1 indicates now sorely pressed '■'die candidacy of the candidate ^ has designated as is heir to the hirone. 4 lhe Jacksonville Times-Uoion ' •’Bsthat: “Idle money is no t s,t hly good to an y 0ne » And . 1 here we desire tc remark j 1 &n exerciser of coin, we have Equals and no superior*. * s « it outright away. The Ananias ciub will be a pro- - igiou-ly numerous organization A Healthy Family. “Our whole family has enjoyed good IlMaaMHNNWNNWa ,1-1 no doubt that airships .he Atlaiit’C in five years h vn nim—in an Ocean ng in the world was some purpose. The r keeps spinsters hope- I i.op.o who navo been ob- tho sheath gowns will other Iron Wes. The the trees will soon he bare. before the presidential campaign ! health since we began using Dr. King's ends, if this thing is kept up, big | New Life Pilis > three years ago,’’ says ger even than either party—for there are millions belonging to it from either party. Commenting on the fact that Senator Allison left a fortune of $75,000. the Savannah Press says. h*. A, Bartiet, of Rural Route 1, Guil ford Maine. They cleanse and tone the system in a gentle way that does vou good. 25c. at all drug stores. Qjalificathm of Electors anO Registration of Voters. A PROCLAMATION It is generally believed that the question of doing away with the “Yes indeed,he should have been 1 preswDl " mit of four at any allowed to carry it with him.- ■ 0Ue church * or Me ’ hodist . ^ u,s - ters, will be seriously considered By His Excellency, Hoke Smith, Gov ernor. Executive Department. Atlanta, Ga., August 1, 19&S. Whereas, the General Assembly, at its session in 1998 proposed an amendment to the Constitution of . . this State as set forth in an Act ap- | ierence at Gains vilte, and pus-, toy j proved AujUJ 3 t 1st, 1908, to wit; Mr. Bryan has been arrested for ihaiui tiiaiol theHouth GeOigia, ' An Act to amend the Constitution fast auto speeding. Wouldn’t the ^ Ulll “au. Although u iak« 3 a | of the State of Georgia by repealing republicans be glad if they could ' P OWfcrIut good man aud preacher to “Wear” and d Gods serv»e», in Augusta Herald. No Never! It might burn. at the coming North Georgia eon stop him somehow' from continu ing the fast speed he is making on the presidential race track, but ♦ hoy can’t. The Pittsburg Dispatch assorts that sixty per cemt of American .he same lo.vu auu time, for as lonj a years, ter i The internal revenue bureau ■ Lalemeut just giveu out for ine lu- women are knock-kneed. This | loi lBdllou o1 lUo UaUe India**** may be classed as '‘important if! mat tne available supply oi whisky true,” but he wili first oe required ! al tne close oi tne fiscal year was 10, to show us ; for we are ali from Missouri and expect to remain so. When the national campaign committee wanted real speakers, men who can curry conAiotion w’ith their words, It will be noticed that it did not call for any of those Georgians, who are yapping at the heels of Hoke Smith. There will be no “vest-pocket” voting at the state election next week, as the able voter will need a wheelbarrow in which to trans- 000,000 ^ai.ons Jess tuau at tut same per.utt tue year oelere. i_.ia, its a great degree, was Uue to decreased piouuctiou. mere also was a ma terial reduction in the withdrawals of spirits lor consumption, reach ing probably some ifi,u00,000 gal' OUs. Prohibition “prouiniis” then— 10,000.000 gallons a yoar. n.*y it on ALcDutf. Election Next Wednesday. The State election, :or Governor port his ballot to the polls. A copy i house officers, members or of the official ticket is two feet and [ue legislature ana (Jouuty officers, six inchos in length by actual 1 Cuul „soff ou next Wesuesday,Octo- measurement There is no danger of the Demo cratic party absorbing the colored vote. It would go to pieces in the process. Therefore the sane and safe thing to do is to vote for the Negro Disfranchisement Constitu tional amendment, in the State election, next week. Prohibition in Kansas is a mar velous success. The spirit that backs it is growing and the laws are being more and more enforced, When Georgians have developed an equal degree of moral senti ment in favor of civic rightousness then do we expect to see similar conditions here, Mr. Taft is scared,and Mr. Roose. velt, whose candidate Mr. Taft is, is scared, and the whole Republi can party, which Mr. Roosevelt dragocnod into nominating his man Friday instead of some man of its own, is scared. And the worst scared man in the crowd, seems Mr. Roosevelt himself The Jacksonville Times»Union notes that “the Georgia colony in Jacksonville is steadily growing in numbers—and they make mighty fine citizens.” If ^tis liquor and liquor selling that carried the “Georgia Colony” to Jagsonville, t-hen they are wel come to any number of it, for Ge orgia is better for their going. In forsaking the demociatic par ty and swinging on to the coat tails of Wm. R, Hearst, John Temple Graves has distinguished himself as about the biggest ass the state of Georgia was ever afflicted with Walton Tribune. Shame on you! You ought to apologize to the first mule yon meet tor slander to his paternal aneetors. The Augusta Herald, says “An Augufta man saw Oville Wright make bis great record-breaaing fight in his aeroplane. Few im portant things happen in which Augusta is not represented in some way,'’ Don’t believe a word of it; for the claim discounts the Atlanta man—and that*!! never do. her 7th. and every patriot is expect 1 ed to _o to ttie pulls ana register his baliot iii behalf of good govern* meat, Be sure you do tills aud you will have d.me your civic ducy aud me results will take care of them selves. The Constitutional Amend. There are three amendments to be voted on next Wednesday. 1. Pensions for old soldiers and their widows. This gives pensions to ali soldiers who own less than *1 ,500 in prupertjr. 2. Disfranchisement amendment, which will be voted for by nearly every white man in Georgia. It will be passed by an immense ma jority. 3. Rural policeman and sanitary improvements, is for the benefit of counties that want them. Can’t Be Separated Some Bainbridge People Have Learned How to Get Rid of Both. Backache and kidney ache are twin brothers. Yon can’t separate them And you can’tget rid of the back ache until you care the kidney ache. If the kidneys are well and strong, the rest of the system is pretty sure to be in vigorous health. Doan’s Kidney Pills make strong, healthy kidneys. John A McKinnon, farmer, 412 Clay St, Thomasvilie, Ga„ says : “I nsed one box of Doan’s Kidney Pills when being annoyed by the irregular action of the kidneys. They helped me greatly and I have no hesitency in allowing my i;ame to be used as one whe en- u >rses them highly.” For sale by ail dealers^ Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Bnf. f..io, New York, sole agents for the United States. . Remember the name—Doan’e— a d take bo other. , seetion l oi article 2 of the Coustitu | ticn of this State and inserting in I lien thereof a new section. eousii'ii.y tue same e f ipu e paragraphs, pi escribing u;t- i as four j qualifications tor electors; providing ] for the registration of voters, and foi other purposes. Section’ I. Be it enacted bj the General Assembly of the State ef Georgia, and it is Thereby enacted b; the authority of the same, that section on* of article, two of th* Constitution of this State be, and the same is, hereby repealed, and the following section, consisting of nine paragraphs, he inserted in said article in lieu thereof; Paragraph l. After the year 1903 •lections by the people shall be b> 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 eitlzen 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 eu titled to register and vote at any •lectlon by the people; provided that no soldier, sailor, or marine in the military or naval services of the United States shall acquire the rights an elector by reason of being sta tioned on duty in this state. Par. 3. To entitle a person to reg liter and vote at any election by the people, he shall have resided In the State one year next, preceding the election, and in the county in which he offers to vote six months next pre ceding the election, and shall have paid all taxes which may have been required of him since the adoption of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877 that he may have bad an opportunity •f 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 oi 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 State who is not disqualified under the provisions of s^tion 2 ol 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 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 forces of the Con federate States, or of the State oI Georgia in the war between the States, or 2. All persons lawfully descended from these embraced in the classes enumerated in the sub-division next above, or 3. All person who are of good character, and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under • Republican form of government, ox 4. All persons who can correctly read In the English language any par agraph ef the Constitution of the United States or of this State and correctly write the same la th* 1T«git«h language when read to them by aay am of th* registrars, and all sub-divisions one and two of para- praph four shall continue only until , )ften The Kid. January 1st, 1915. But the registrars shall prepare a roster of all persons WfiSKBIlcu u) JY8r-W0rK, who register under sub-divisions one ! . „ , . mi . and two of paragraph four, and shall Dnhealtn - V KiJnt; - vs Make !aJ P urt Blooa return the same to the clerk s office 11 use< * - lo ‘’- e . considered that only 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 and permanently preserve these ros ters. Any person who has been once registered under either of the sub divisions one or two of paragraph j four shall thereafter-be -permitted tc vote; provid-.d, he meets the require- 4 ments of paragraphs two and three of this section. Par. 1 . cn to whom the right of registration is denied by the j registrars upon the ground that he] lacks the im- four, ’ appeal, a trai-s allowing : UUcki* s>ctavi' . mui’t L.* .:’t\ . . istrars within 10 gh.-s Horn the date of the i-.. u... -h;..ed ci and she 1 ! re? - ;,.i the registrars to the oifice of-the clerk oi urn superi or Court to ho uttu as other appeals. Par. 7. Pending an appeal and un til the 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 o< 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 se non, ex cept 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 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 tne 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 aud 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 eubmitted 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 im the several election districts of this State, at which election every £er- 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 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- ! stltution providing qualifications of j voters.” Sec. 4. Be R 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 aiticle 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 1 IB one of the dally papers of this; flats, announcing such result and' Aaelaring the amendment ratified. Now, therefore, I, Hoke Smith, Gov- ] eraer ef said State, do issue this my proclamation, hereby declaring that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution is submitted for - persons who solely, because of phys- j ratification or rejection to the voters leal disability are unable to comply ef the State qualified to vote for! with the above requirements, but who members of the General Assembly at can understand and give a reason- the general election to be held on able interpretation of any paragraph ( Wednesday. October 7th, 1908. ~ ~ * ' HOKE SMITH, Goti urinary and bladder troubles were to bt m*. traced to the kidneys ' A but now modert science proves that nearly a.I diseases have their beginning in the disorder of these most important organs. The kidneys filtei and purify the blood— that is their work. Therefore, when your kidneys are weak - out of order, you can understand how quickly your entire body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. If you arc sick or “feel badly-,’’ begin Ifiking the great kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because a> soon as your kidneys are well they will lu-lt all the other organs to health. A trial will convince anyone. If you are sick you can make no mis take by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect ot ... Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great .. .... icg- kidney remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cas s, and is sold on its merits by all druggistsin fifty-cent, and one-dollar size bo tf *-es. You may —*"<• have a sample bottle set forth in ji paragraph i to take an .:a_ enter an of the iegis- a to register . as. Alt appeals Home ot Swamp-Koot. ny iiu.,'. iret, ; r ; ■’ ***l , *n« f vot how to find out if you have kidney oi Sr-c-c’ "r-r 1 "'; Mention this naper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamton, N Y. Don’t make any mistake, but remember tne name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the ad- iress, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. We Will] SendSampleShbwing Hoi B. B. B. Cures Above Troubles,] als Eczema and Rheumatism. For twentv-fh i yearsjBotanic;BlocK. Balm (B B B) has been curing yearly thoands of stiff erers f oni 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 pains in -bones, back or jvints, Ehcu- ma ism, Mucus Patches in month, Sore Throat, Pimples, Copper-Colored Spots, Ulcers on any part of the body, Eating Sores, ate run down or nervous, Hair or eyebrows falling out, take B B B It kills the poison, makes the blood j tire and rich, healing every sore and com pletely changing the entire body ii to a clean, healthv condition. CURES ECZEMA Itching, watery blisters or open, itch ing humors, Risings or Pimples of Eczema all leave after killing thepoi eon and puryfying the blood with B B B. Jn this way a flood of pure, rich blood is sent direct to the skin suaface, the itching stops forever aud every humor or 6ore is hcal.c and cured. BOTANIC BLOOD J'-ALM (B B It) is pleasant and safe to take; composed of pure Botanic ingredients. It purifies and en-iches the blood. DRUOGISTSJI PER LARGE BOT TLE with 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 till in your nme and addr ess on dot'ed lines be low and mnil to BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. Sla:e name of trouble, i f \ < u 111 of the Constitution of the United States or of this State, that may bo read to them by any one of the regis trars; or 5. Any person who Is the owner to good faith in hie m right ot at least forty acres at land situated In this State, upon which he resides, or Is the owner in good faith ta Us own right of property, attested ta this State sad assessed far twsttse at the By the Governor; PHILIP COOK. Secretary of State. ■“OTT’S PENNYROYAL PULS Sale and tellable, they ARE YOU SURE That the iee cream you bur it strictly PUBS I Ho you know that the makers' ^.Twlf were clean, flies excluded from the factory, and freezers and other atenaila kept in Sanitary Oonditient Why take any chance where your health it concerned 1 Why not MAKE AND FREEZE YOUR OWN ICE CREAM la 10 MINUTES FOR 1c. A PUTE with JfM ICE ClEHl Powder It It ao easy. Simply stir contents of one 13c. package Into a quart of milk and freeze, without cooking, heatins or the ad dition of anythin* eu£ Thia make, two quart, of ice cream, dean, pore and whoie- ■oaae. A good iee cream freezer eaa he bought for a dollar or two which will Last year., and will soon .are It. eort. ft?2^* ICM CREAM Pow- Flavors: Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawo- oorry, Lemon and Vnflavored, Sold by all good groom. 6*»*««e Pws Facd Ce, U Bey, M. ¥. A 17 7 he D^int v Dtss P1ETAMED INSTANTLY. Simply add h-J