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THE DEMOCRAT.
By John M. Brown;
Georgia’s Increc se£l Reve
nue.
The official fluures of the state
treasurer for 1908, whie 1 have now
been completed and are iu the
hands of the printer, stow that the
ipvenuf's of the state increased bv
more thQ.o half a million dollars as
compared with th« year before.
Batnl.ri.l-c, Ga., Feb. 18, lOOJK^vTo oe accurate, the amount of ti e
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ft Bum bridge, Ga., postoffice.
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According to an exchange, ”a
town that pays the preacher and
incaroaso was five hundred and sev-
ler.ty—four thousand five hundred
! ar> J ei cht do hvrs.
n revenue for last year
! vv»k five mtHb"'-*’ three hundred and
j ;.i hiy e;,r g ' *nd two hundred
land -ih^ra dollar?,* while
for II’- ~ r n vas four mil-
ion eife;- .ared
thirteen
support* the editor, is mighty close j thousand seven hundred and sixty
to heaven.”
Then this town is mighty
from the pearly gates.
for
Oh, do not pray for easy fives
Pi ay to be stronger men ! Do not
pray for tasks equal to your pow
ers; pray for powers equal to your
task! Then the doing of your work
will be no miraele. Every day you
shall wander at yourself, at th-
richness of life which hascome in
you by the grace of God.—Phillips
Brooks.
four dollars
In view of the fact that last year
was the first year of the new state
wide prohibition law. under which
a large revenue directly directly
derived from lie- uses was w iped
out. and’ that property devoted to
the liquor business on which the
usual taxes were levied was also
withdrewn from the reach of the
tax-gatherer, the i^rease is highly
creditable.
Hut in spite of these setbacks
the natural growth and develop
ment of the state was such as to
enable- the treasury to make a
showing of more than a half mil
There is nothing which tends so
much .to retard the progress, qf a
city as a disposition on the part of,’lion dollars' in tax revenues a?
tts citizens to form themselves inlo- against the previous year,
cliques to tight other citizens and* The disbnrsemeo i: .ve also in-
their interests. The people who, creased, during the past year, and
are thus disposed are willing to'in fact, exceeded the revenues, but
help a public move only when they tn.’s- is tvplarned oy the fact that,
can take the leadership or reap the j during la-t yt,ar a largo amount of
greeter porficu of the profits and ft f ^qe v VA 5 ! tnade to the school
matters not how gteat the benefit i teachers while the current obliga-
may be to the city and wifi knock | tions were at the same time met
any proposition that is not subserv- more promptly, m other words,
ient ta them. The history of any I the state dery nearly, caug.ht up on
city’ that has made 'rapid progress J its arrears to school teachers arid
will show that its people steed to- jSuriug the present year wiilnpi
gether where the i iterest was con
cerned though they fougtqt oiferiy
in a business way.
The farmer who wifi be sure of
his ground every day iu the year
is the one who will plant food crops
with a generous hand; who will
raise corn, oats, hay, potatoes,peas,
cane, peanuts; have hogs in his
pen and cattle In his pasture. He
will plant no more cotton than he
can conveniently care for without
entailing neglect of food crops, and
the price of cotton next October
and November will be to him a
mutter of minor concern.
The first negro insurance com
pany on record was chartered on
Wednesday in Atlanta by Secre
tary of State Cook. It is to be
known as the Standard Life Insur**
ance Company and has a capital
stack of #300,900. The incorpora
tors are all negroes and are all cit-
faene of Atlanta, except one who
Is from Tusbegee Institute, Ala,
A sure sign of returning pros
perity is shownad by the increased
earnings ot the railroads of tho
United States for the third week
of this in on Ih show a big increase
over the same period for ia-»t year .
The seme l? true of the next earn
ings for the etitire three weeks of
the month.—Macon News.
It is the prosperity of the people
that makes prosperity for th;
Railroads.
The Certainty Of Pun -
ishment.
It is bcecming more and mor
certain that the ministration of the
law needs revision, The multitude
of evasions of the law have ak
most destroyed their eff«cy as a
defender of liberty in the cornmuu-
eity. It isfor this reaaon that the
method of mob law has been re
ported to in some places, hut that
is a desperate remedy and must
not he tole-ated. That evil, how-
over, must be met bv removing
the cause, namely : The lax ad
ministration of the laws. Make
the punishmentof crime certain
and mob law will ceese. Then
make felonies against the family
punishable with death. This is
what the law of God made them
at firet, and the world has not been
benefited by the change to a less
severe punishment. Gambling in
all its fora a should be made a fel
ony. Liquor selling ought to be
punished by imprisonment every
time any body is convicted of the
cf/ense. In order to induce men
■ot to commit crime, we must mak
crime uuattractive. That is what
penalties are for.
have so mudh to pay on arrears.
) Already we h?.ve adjusted our-
j selves to the new condition of
I ihinirs brought^ about by the pro
hibition law 7 . New business en
terprises have been set on foot
where the saloons formerly were
and elsewhere, and the taxes from
these will increase as the years go
by. The indications are that this
will be a good year for for the rail
roads and other great corporat.ons,
and that the asessment? may be
increasod in proportion, sc we may
confidently rely upon a still larger
increase next year over fhi«.
It is glcry enough for the time
being that a year like that which
has just closed, marked as it was
by business depression, should
have failed to retard the growth
and development of the state, but,
on tne contrary, should witness a
substantial increase. — At anta
Journal.
The Eye of theVteedla.
Christ says in his sermon
“tfc* it Is easier for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle than it is
for a rich man to enter the kingdom
tf heaven” he does uot mean a sewing
needle, but a bole through which a
camel had to pass through In getting
Into a fortress. It waAhe custom In
eld times, and in partsof Arabia still
Is, for the people of a village to build
a fortress against the robbers of the
desert, into which they carried an un
derground passage in a zigzag form
barely large enough for a camei lying
down on its side to work itself through
Into the courtyard of the fort, and the
Saviour beautifully compares the strug
gles of the animal to what the rich man
must suffer in order to gain paradise.
The hole was called “the eye of the
needle.”
In the oid stone cahirs, or walled
cities, in Ireland specimens of these
eyeholes may be seen. Most of them
have been partially destroyed, but
there Is cne almost perfect at Grianan
Elleach, In Donegal, and so like the
eastern eyeholes that one would think
they were made by the same workmen.
The Irish annals relate that Elleach
was erected by a Tuach de Daanan
chief 1,300 years before Christ—Ex
change.
The Magic Flat
“This is our library," said the New
York woman, leading her visitor into
the front room. “And that cozy little
room back of it is the music room.
The ‘den’ is the big, bright room on
your left. Come over and see it Yes,
we have just five rooms in all. The
small back hallroom we use as a pack
ing and storage closet. Isn’t It cozy?”
"Y-e-s,” agreed her visitor doubtful
ly, “but where do you sleep and eat,
and all that?”
“Oh,” said the New Yorker indiffer
ently, “my husband and I sleep in the
‘den’ on the oriental couch, and mother
sleeps in the music room on another
couch that pulls out at night We eat
ou that funny little table In the libra
ry. You’ve no idea'how big it can be
made when the leaves are in. And
we dress in the bathroom and keep our
clothes in the packing room. So, you
«'ie, it’s all very convenient."
“What do you do in the kitchen 1" in
quired the other laconically.
“Oh, we keep the dogs In there at
night and in the daytime we some
times use It—to cook l#.”—New York
Press.
DYNAMITE
STUMPS
Cheapest
Way
To Clear
Land
On FFR 25th*” ex P ert representor
THE DU PONT POWDER COMPANY
will give a DEMONSTRATION of
Stump Blasting
at BaINBRIDGE, O -A, ,
on the farm of GrEO.S AIR
who has kindly placed his property at the
disposal of the Company.
Every Farmer
and all others interested are invited to attend.
GmSmtu
r i 1' ■
THE LAW OF ENTAIL
Same of the Evi!.~ c; P
One .of the. -chief.
satisLletioii j vvi' -,.
among our
Wets li*g inw oi o.i.u..
cfS the (liitriirr.
atc-J a weahl:
arid; deprived' w.< r-.
hope aifd niiii.i';v'= .
con . said • that *f:.\ . ; • ..V-
compost heap, which grq.vaU*.
more offensive up’if-il th ! .
ed, but theft-; produced evefy .vhoo
fertility and beauty.
Entails are not prohibited in tin.
constitution oi' Unc i'niied State--,
but they are abolished in ihii.o- •
and in almost every other stale v
ther by constitutional provision? >
by statute, it is the sense of id
American people that they are con
trary to public policy aril inimie:,:
to freedom.
It is important that there shorn i
be laws against entails, for other
wise we should certainly have them
in this country. The instinct which
originated them in England cent..
ries ago is firmly fixed in human
nature and is as powerful amor*'
men of large estates today as it cvet
was. Whenever one of them dies an I
his will is published we discover that
the strongest desire iie had in death
was to preserve bis fortune intact
and pass it on unimpaired to his de
scendants. He bequeaths the bulk
of it to as-few people as possible and
even then puts it in the hands of
trustees, so that it may continue un
der one management and retain its
unity as long as possible. If the
law permitted it, he would bequeath
it all, just as his ancestors did in
England or some other European
country. !
The evil of keeping a large for- j
- Mica ^sk-
p 'Grease
Helps the Wagon up " :
the Mill ... ^
j The loach svelris lighter—'Wagar
and teQ.ni wear longer—You make • i
H - more; money, arid hive more tim ; •
to make money, when wheels are j
greased wiill’ '■ . .
iMiea Axle Grease
—The longest wearing and most |
: satisfactory lubricant in the world. I
STANDARD fill CO. f
ARE YOU SURE
That the ice cream yea bar is strictly
PURE f
Do yoa know that the makers’ hands
were dean, flies excluded from the taetory.
and freezers and other utensils kept in
Sanitary Condition!
Why take any chance where your health
i* concerned ! Why not
MAKE AND FREEZE YOUR OWN ICE CREAM
In 10 MINUTES
FOR 1c. A PIATE with
JtII-0 I6E mm PtWtfei
It is so easy. Simply stir content* of
one 13e. package into a quart of milk and
freeze, without cooking, heating or the ad
dition of anything else. This make* two
quarts of ice eream, clean, pure and whole
some. A good ice eream freezer eon be
bought for a dollar or two which will last
for years, and will soon save its cost.
2 packages JELL-0 ICB CREAM Pow
der for 25c.
Flavors: Chocolate, Vanilla, Straw
berry, Lemon and Unflavored.
Sold by all good grocers.
When shown positive and reliable proof that a cer
remedy had cured numerous cases of female ills, wouldn't!
any sensible woman conclude that the same remedy won
also benefit her if suffering with the same trouble ?*
Here are two letters which prove the efficiency of LydJ
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. " 1
Red Banks, Miss. — “ Words are inadequate to exprew whj
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound bas done for me.
suffered from a, female disease and weakness which the
tors said was caused by a fibroid tumor, and I commenced J
think there w as no help for me. Lydia E.-Pinkham’s VegetaM
Compound made me a well woman after all other means haj
failed. My friends art all asking wliat has helped me so mnA]
and I gladly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Co»|
pound.”—Mrs. Willie Edwards.
Hampstead, Maryland.—* 1 Before taking Lydia E. Pli
Vegetable Compound I was weak and nervous, and could u
be on my feet half a day without suffering. The doctors to]
me I never would be well - without an operation, but Lydia]
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound lias done more lor hie than a.
the doctors, and 1 hope this valuable medicine may come ink
the hands of many more suffering women.” — Mrs. Joseph f
Dandy. *
We will p?y a handsome reward to any person who wi
prove to us that these letters are not genuine and truthfu
— or that either of these Women were paid in any way for
their testimonials,,or that the letters are published withou
their permission, or that the original letter from each dii
not come to us entirely unsolicited.
What more proof can any one ask ?
For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No riick woman does justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made exclusively from • roots a/ud herbs, and
has thousands of cures to its credit.
Mrs. Finkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has
guided thousands to health free of charge.
Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Coup
LOCAL TIME TABLE
Arrivals and departures of Passenger Trains at Bainbridge, Ga.:
ARRIVES
DEPARTS
Train no 1 For South
11.05 a. m.
11.10 8.1
“ “ i “ North
4 28 p. m.
4.40 p.
“ 3 “ South
7.10 p. m.
715 p.
“ “ 4 “ North
8,35 a. m.
8.38 a.
AH points easily accessible via the
Georgia Florida
Jc Alaba
K lilway. Ask T eket Agent for rstes and schedules.
B, C PRINCE, Traffic Manager
tune intact is just as great when it Se/yoo
is involuntary, and the evil all grows I
grows
out of the-fact that the man who in
herits a fortune is an entirely Hit
ferent character from the man who
makes it and that the fortune itself
in the hands of its founder plays an
entirely different part in civilization
from what it does in the hands of
his progeny.—Chicago Chronicle.
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mendous demand for them has made us the larsest
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85 Whitehall St. ATLANTA. GA-
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Sarcastio.
A Frenchwoman was complaining
to her husband that he was too
much of a hookworm; that he re
tired too often to his study, leaving
her to speird many evenings alone.
“I wish/'* she ended plaintively,
“that I v^re a book. Then I might
always have your company.”
“In that eas£. my dear,” the
Fren- hnAn answfted, “I’d wish you
wave an almanac. Then i could Attorney a ji (l Counsellor
change you ono# a year. • j
at Law,
II Boy A.kod- VALDOSTA, GA.
ns are sometime* j
g than their ! Special attention to U S Court and
ANDERSON HARDWARE COMPANY,
267 Decatur Street ATLANTA, GA.
WILFRED €, LANE,
ft
What One
Children’* q-
en more emb
<^Sb. Henry Burn in j Patent matters.
•n>wers, says
^Children's y^fewers."
The fnllC^ing were asked by a
■mall bfe during a two minutes’
conversation: •
1. Do kittens take oft their fur
when they go to bed at night? 2.
Who cooked dinner when all the big
people were little boys? 3. Why
don’t ovsters have tails? 4. What
kind of medicine is it the chemisi
has in the big green bottles in the
front window ? 4. Wliat does Santa
Clans give littf t beys skates for
when there ain't*any lee? 6. When
I drink water, why don*t it ran down
into pay legs f
M. E. O’NEAL,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW,
And REAL ESTATE AGENT.
Will practice in aU the State court*.
Special attention given to the Inve*-
gation of Land Titles and the Law
Administration.
DR. E. J. MORGAN,
PHY8ICIAN AND SURGEON.
Bainbridge Ga.
.Office at reer. of the. Willi* Dru* Store
Sick Arc Made
And th« Waak Are Restored to Full Vigor and Strength at
the Hands of the Greatest Specialists of Modern TiT.es<
. JJSPjA perfectly strong, aQtlr«, wlworoaa, healthy, happy man or woman! ?
d ® Ie J day before consult a ipoctaliBt, one to whom the be man bodyw
open book, ana who understands every phase of weakness and disease and to whom
proper treatment tor a cure 1b as simple as the adding of a column of fiacres.
The Leading Specialists
Tot over 20 r»»r* Dr. Hathaway * Co. bar® b«en tb» lea*uur specialist"* of tW»
MWitry- Their practice baa been for year, larger than that of other specSli uta. Tr hs r "
cures of all sorts of diseased conditions bare
been the marvel of the medical Pjof. you
add tho people generally. Tlieir f«cs g
cpread Into every town and every
Those afflicted with all manner of di
have sought the! r services I n order tb....w
might be made whole by the ad mini
of tbeir wonderful system of trea-in®*' 1 -
Wrecks of humanity bave come t<» t
consultation and medicines wbo. aj®
months later, hare returned to them - ^ ® -
vigorous health to give them their
All Chronic Diseases
Cured
Dr. Hathaway A Co. treat all chronic <Uw
eases—those peculiar to men and t* ^
_ aliar to women—vital Weakness I*V
Every Case Specially
Treated
*very ease taken by Dr. Hathaway * 0J-
la Specially treated eccordlng to Its na'? 1 "
all underthelrgeneral personalanpetr* [~7
? nd aU remedies used by them are preP*-
rom the purest and best drugs In tbeir c
laboratories under tbeir pe rsonal °' v
and all from special prweriptioaaoJ «•
OT ^r. Hathaway k Co. make no <to*rg»J?J
consultation or odTlee, either at their o®
DR. HATHAWAY A CO. SWSiSfflTSC