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I Here Shall^the Press the People’s Rights Maintain B y JOHN M BROWN. BWBRIB6E. S|Qg6l». THURSDAY MORNINC FEBRUARY 2S. ($09. Wol. 39—»o.2l~$l.oo * Ytar Edit iaiettes ~nouId a trusses marry?” asks It isn’t obligatory, it is generally < t i«bau£ s r Ba't'’ ' :;i American makes . j.ropn*cy: “Taft’s inaugura- . ui llbt the beginning of an era , re cented national prosperity. \fter baviner been trotting the Hr for several years Mr. Taft ivfind it a little tiresome to set- C0 K and be quiet for four tiimine your bills carefully. j{ any of them are due to trust, jo you need not pay them. The jttd States supreme court has Id that a bust has no legal sta- «nd cannot collect its bills. be inas who sends his mo^ey oil n benic la^ks the first principle of *>] citizen, and though he may lie under the accusation it does ieud toward making it any the true. an interview last week Gov- or-elect Brown is quoted as iterating his pledge thst if the 'latnre changes one syllable of prohibition law during his ad- inistration he will veto the ange When wo see it. Tensioner? are glad to get all of eir money in a lump sum this nr. .Nearly all of them expresa- their appreciation of the re* to to the old eyatem of paying f, and they hope it will remain the future. The Railroads in the state accord* to their own figures did an ex tent business last year, despite general business depression, at embargo Mr. Harriman has *n talking about seems to be incipally imaginary on bis part •A democrats should co-opera th Mr. Taft as for as they can h ut violating their ideas of V spirit of fault finding and treasonable objection hurts men who display i\ It is the of good judgement as well as ^ t democrat ! Rht the republicans only when is something to fight about. ^ ueed not fear a lack of oc* ion. politicians are Ur iog on the line-up already in the 'ernor’s race in 1910. Some say ‘“dier, some say Brantley, others ^ one of the old prophets. All 11 newspaper seem to take it for muted that governor-elect, Brown ’dJnot be m the race. IA hy not- 'Pbtretta Free Press. lf Utuie Joe does stand 911,00© of big Hoka will »**t ® 11 Uattere. A girl has been arrested in Chi- ’fo for giving a Salome dance. 15 *** b««n ordered to perform * ore a jury in court. There’ll he Mfieaity whatever In securing • jury, xh* twelve men called u ( l a alify on the spot, for the r,s *on that a number of ^ ! »x*s slipped into the Salome Which the recent ‘‘Clan Carni* afforded in this city. ll ■ ^ u * n »ge of advertising, aad nniaeig man who tails to ree- l ^‘ e f*cf. it matters not tr bi*. hasiaees be great or l ^ an anneceasary han* I( P Upon enterprise* The peo-* ® this generation look to ad- r h ^ m edia for guidance as to lafl^ere and what to buy, i iS|c ’ C ‘- v P ure stubbornness cam ,n business to fail to tkat fast Long-headed farmers are in creasing their food-crop acreage and cutting down that to be de voted to cotton. It is announced that the extra session of the Sixty-first congress will convene on March 15th, eleven days alter the inauguration of President Taft. Alter being locked up, for being drunk, m Thomasville, Tom Bur rows, formerly of Bainbribge dug out through the cement and dirt floor of the lock up and “hit the grit.” It is not probable that Mr. Bryan will run again. He is said to have taken his last defeat very mueh to heart. The Gov.-elect evidently favors a spade with the crowd who put him in. The railroads, emulating the man who lifted him self by his boot-straps were casing hard times by raising freight rates. Now they are in some quarters cutting rates in competition. Fact is a better logician tnan a railwa y man. Municipal goverment by com mission seems to be carrying the day in Texas. Possibly the peoDle out there are tired of being govern ed by politicians, which is to their credit. We move the adoption of the Commission system for Bain- bndge, any thing is better than this. The coat of navy and army is steadily increasing. The cost of the latest battleship, the Dreadnuoght type, is more than the cost of an entire navel fleet was half a cen tury ago. And if one nation designs anew type of warship and orders half a dozen ships of that type the other nations of the first class immediately decide that they must have just as many of that type, no matter what the cost may be- Un der the circumstaaces it isn’t at all strange that congress is seek ing new sources of taxation in oi - der to raise additional revenue. Taft s Cabinet. The cabinet makers now present the following list and appear to ne sure that it will be sent to the senate on or about March the 4 k : Secretary of state* Philander Know, of Pennsylvania. Secretary of War-Luke E. Wright, of Tennessee. /Secretary of the Navy-George von L, Meyer of Massachusetts Attorney Genral-George W. Wiokersham, of New York. Postmaster General- Frank H. Hitchcock. Secretary of interier-B. A. Bal- inger, of Washington Secretary of Agriculture*James Wilson, of Iowa, Secretary of Commerce and la- bor-Cbarles Nagel, of Missouri. It is said that Governor 8mlth beat President Taft all to pises* making a speech in Atlanta, Well, as ter that matter, Governor Smith can heat moat anybody. would be a very difficult mat;, r to secure an increase as is would ha\e to be passed by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature and then by a majority vote of the people. There has come up naturally, therefore, a revival, ot the discus sion about a state board, of tax equalizer} tog Q ther with the couns ty boards, with a view to rounding up all the property in the statiuclud- ing that which is escaping taxation and that which is paying only on asmall percentage of its value. The general oppinion appears to be that 6ome such law ss this must be enacted sooner or later as it seems the most feasable method for the releaf of the stale treasury. Leoks Likt Confiscation. Just now Georgia is confronted by a sort of financial crisis which will soon necessitate some sort of revision of her tax system. The state’s expenses are grew* ing every year mere rapidly than her income. There is no apparent way ot curbing these expenses, and in order to meet them one of two things is necessary, either the tax rate must be increased or more props erty must be brought into the tax digests* Since, the state tax rate is limited to live mills by the eonstitution, it Burning Tne Woods. “Burning oft the woods” is an evil practice which is assuming av larming proportions in the pin woods and wiregraas region of Geors gia. This winter, which has been unusually dry. There have been fors est fires all over South Georgia, and some of them have not only de*» stroyed miles ot fences, and other valuable property, but material damage to timber, including the pine trees that have been boxed tor turpentine, amounting to millions ot dollars has been done. Young trees have been killed and damage done to pine forest in some localities that it will requiie twenty year’s time to overcome* “Burning off the woods” and set ting tire to sedge fields appears to have become a sort ot mania with seme people in the rural districts, while others are criminally careless when they want to burn off ground and let the fire spread beyond the limits oi tbe field or woods to which they apply the torch Burning the woods or burning off the eld fields preparatory to olowing is a custom which should be relegate ed to the past anyhow. It is a waste o good material to b urn off grass intead of turning it under It not on* !y impoverishes land to burn off the glass, but the fanners who take this method of getting rid of such material looses a valuable fertilizer by not turning it under to mellow the soil and at the same time restore if the humus that such vegetation has taken from it. The serious damage wrought by wild forest fires in this section of the state this winter emphasizes the need of more rigid laws bearing ups on the firing of the woods and even one’s cwn feilds than we new have. The annual impoverish men of wood lands by burning oif the grasses, leaves an undergrowth, thus de* stroymg nature’s plan ot compenaaa tioa to tbe earth, is an evil that should be cheoked in some way. Bossing The Party. New York Sub there wae an article iu which au alleged personal friend of Mr. Iryan defined the latter’s position iu respeet to the campaign of 191* aad the part ha intends te play t ia tbe field of polities pending the begiaaiug ef that campaign. Aqoocdiag to friend it ien’t Mr. »ryan% to be a eaniddbte for Ahe$re«den$*pl nomiaatioa ot hit party, bat it is his purpose to do all he caa to prevent any one from fett*^g that Domination who isn’t in*f harmOBy with the principles aac^p*liciee for which he stands. Ia e Sfe ^ words, while he will not himself , the nomination he will endeavo. VD ®° n trol it. If he cannot be Precedent he at least wants to be boss of the l nTt? - ■ ^ . The Mobile Register costumed a sj rone editorial, the purport of which was that while the De»o r atio party respected Mr. Bryan an I regarded bun as a bnllmut man n bad seen enough of wn aad his policies and leadership, and that it owed it to itself to frankly tell him so, at least the South should ■uake him understand that he couldn’t longer depeud upon the South te lutther his political ambit* iou. We are sure that there is pretty general agreement in ib'~\ part of South with the positif ^ a ^. on by the Register. ^ a> Mr. Bryan has had three . ^ely the Presidency and nas failei^gfA each. While it is his privileg , i> seek the presidency as often at ^2$ pleases, he really owes something to his party. In vie« r of the fact that it has honored him so often he should stand aside and let it try for victory under a new boss and another candi date. He ought to be satisfied »y this time that, however much °he people admire him, they don’t w *nt him for President. They respect his ability and admit his honesty, bat they dont think he has the quality cations that are necessary to enccesc fully pilot the ship ot state* And there is no indication that they will ever change their opinion in that respect Therefore, it he were,to be the candidate of his party in 1912 or should make the platform ’ and dies tate the ticket the probability is hat there would be auother Dem os cratic defeat. If the Democra tic party is to win in the next pfesi* dential election it will have tot-ut from Mr Bryan and Mr. Bryan’s policies . ^ No doubt a number of persons who were afraid to say it face to face have relieved their feelings by sending a comic valetine. Soldier Balks Death Piet. It seemed tejJ. A. Stone, a ciyll war veter'E. of Kemp, Tex., that a plot ex isted between a desperate lung trouble and the grave to cause.his death. ‘*1 contracted a stubborn cold,” he writes, “that developed ajeough that stuck to me, in spite of all remedies, for years. My weight ran down to 130 pounds. Then I began to use, .Dr, King’s New Discovery, whieh 'restored my health completely.^ [i now weigh 178 pounds.” For severe Scolds, obstinate Coughs, Hemorrhages, Asthma, and to prevent Pneumauia it’s unrivaled. 50c and $1.00 Trial bottle free.. Guarranteed by all druggists. Cutting The Pam. In a forceful sermon on a recent Sunday in his church in Dawson Rev. O. B. Chester said: Oar state prohibition law was a dam thrown accross this devil’s stre/~a to keep liquor out of Geoi^ia. ’The legisla* ture built that dam, not because they wanted to build it, bnt be*» cause they bad to build it. But they kept their spades ready to dig a hole through it as early aB an op*> portunity should present The li-* censing of what is called neer beer is tke bole they punched through ti. When tke state made some op* ening in the dam, and started same of the stuff under a new name through Georgia again, Dawson was found ready. She wae found too, of* ficially, with spade in baud, and made haste to remove any obstruct ion so that it could have free course to run and ha glorified. Oi coarse we did this oat of regard to the state law. It is ahsolutly refreshing to find a people so eeaseteatiously law abidiag. It ia to bo hoped that all our people will have as high re* gard far alls 1 ate laws. What he saye of Dawson and .^awson’s officials is also tree ot B dabndge, d not, why not? Bereft* At Cold Steel. •‘Tour only hope,” Bald three doctors to Mrs M B Fisher, Detroit, Mich. Buf fering from aeve rectal troubles, lies in in operation,” ‘.then I used Dr. King’s NewLife PillB,” she writes, •‘till whol ly cored.” Taev prevent Appendicit-s, cure Constipation, Headach, 25c at all druggists. Legal Advorfisements. DEC AT UK ailE ; F JiALB GEORGIA—Decatur County. ^ Will be sold, before the Court House door, iu the city of Banbridge in si-td county/ during .he legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday ia March 1909,. the following described property, to-wit: All that tract of parcel of land in the toifcn of Donalsenville, Decatur county, bounded as follows—beginning rCUlheast corner of lot ofjland No ’? H, running south to south- >Ji|i»rner of lot No. [2] two in said Block H thence west to southwest ”corner of lot No. [2] two in said Block H, then west to to southeast corner comer of lot No. [2] two in Block D, thence to the right of way of the a. C. L. Ry., thence northwest along said right of way to the point of be-, gininng, containing five acres more o.* less all the terms referred to in the plat «f the town of Donalsonville which is on the Re cords of the Clerks office Decatur County Georgia, said premises being described in a mortgage Deed from R, D. Carr to the Citizens Bank of Iron City, Ga., and re corded in Deed Book 33, page 564 and levied on as thejproperty of Defendaut to satisfy a fifa in favor of the Citizens Bank of Iron City, Ga., vs, R. D. Carr Principal and W. J. Harris security and S. E_ Five ash endorser. This Feb., 2, 1909* ' J. H. EMANUEL, Sheriff. Automobile, Reo make, and one levied on as the property of Defendant, to satisfy a City Court Tifa in fsvor of T D Wil liams vs 1 T Clark. This February 1909 J H EMANUEL, Sheriff Also at the some time and I place, one grav horse and Buggy, as the property of W H Scott to satisfy a City Court Tifa from the City Court of Bainbridge in favor of L Loeb Whiskey Co vs Scott <fc Sirmons. W H Scott and Gor don Sxrmens. This Febtuary 2,1908 J. H. EMANUEL, Sheriff. Also at tbe some time and nlaee the South half of lot land the 36 in the 21 District of slad County and levied on as the property of R F Cloud to satify a fifa issued from the City Court of Bain- bridge in favor of J S Thomas Admmis trator of the Estate of L H Peaeock vs R F Cloud This Fenmary 2,19G3 J. H. EMANUEL, Sneiiff, Also at the some lime and place One bay mare abont 0years old; one mule about 12 years old, brown colored; one yellow cow 5 years old marked crop and half crop and overbit in each ear; one red and white pided heifer 3 years old; on i yellow colored heifer, 2 years old; one red heifer one year old; all levi ed as the property of Defendant to sat isfy a fifa in favor of J R Pickran vs Mandia Ingi am and R u Ingram This February 2,1909. J. H. EMANUEL, Sheriff. Also at the same time and place that va cant city lot in the city of Bainbridge, De- catu r Cunty, Georgia,described as follows: Bouuded on ’he soutn by Shotwell street on the east by property of Mrs. H. C. Al len, on the northjby property of Mrs. L. Nussbaum, on the west by residenee of Mrs Chloe O’Neal, said lot fronting on Shot- well street about ninety feet and running back about the same width of front one hundred and fiity-three feet more or less, said described property levied on as the property of Defendant to satisfy a City Court fifa in favor of Mrs. E, J. Hamil vs. Mrs. Chloe O’Neal. This Feb. 2, 1909. J, H. EMANUEL, Sheriff. Citation. To All Whom It May Concern: C. C. Ciiett having in proper form ap plied to me for permanent letters of Administration on the estate of Frances George, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of said Frances George to be and appear at mv office on the first Mon day in March 1909, and show cause, if sny they can, why permanent Admin istration should not be granted to said C. C. Ciiett on said Frances George’s es tate Witness my hand and official signa ture, Feb. 1st, 1909. T. B. MAXWELL. Ordinary Guardian Sale. GEORGIA—Decatur Ceunty. By virtue of an order of the Ceurt of Ordinary of eaid county will be seid at Tab* lie outcry on the first Tuesday in March ir 99 ot tke coart hours in said county be tween the legal hours of sale the following real estate situated in the city of Bain- bride Decatur County, Ga*, to-wit.* a small tract ef land in the city of Bainbridge bounded as follows on the north by pro perty formerly owned by Delphia Jennings an the east by Clay street t out by prop erty formerly owned by Adam Nelson west by property formerly owned by Mack Me* Griff, said parcel of laud being ten feee east and west by twenty feet north and south. Terms cash. This Februa:/ 2, 1909. A. W. FORDHAM, Guardian. of Ed Alonzo McGriff. nerretha '*$“*■*• «r. .Tin Kind In H vf Tfci Sfriit ir th* Fltwtrl Ah me! I saw n huge and loathsome sty, Wherein a dreve of wallowing swine were barred, Whoee banquet shacked the nostril and the eye; Then spoke a vstet, “Behold the sotune oflard!” I fled, mid sew a field that seemed st first One glistening mass of roses pare and white, With dewy bods ’mid dark green foliage Rad. os I lingered o'er the lovely sight. The snnomvhrame, that cooled that Sites Tbe Kite. ,.;a Weakened tty Onr-Woik. Unhealthy Kidneys Blake Impure Blood. Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re sponsible for much sickness and suffering, therefore, if kidney trouble is permitted to continue, serious Wb suits are most likely to follow. Your other organs may need at tention, but your kid neys most, because they do most and should have attention first. Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your en tire body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. If you are sick or “ feel badly,” begin taking the great kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root. A trial will con vince you of its great merit. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest because its remarkable health restoring properties have been proven in thousands of the most distress ing cases. If yon need a medicine yon should have the best. Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and one-dol- lar sizes. Yon may have a sample bottle] by mail free, also a: pamphlet telling you Home 1 , how to find out if you have kidney ot bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don’t make any mis take, but remember the name, Swamp- Root, and don’t let a dealer sell you something in place of Swamp-Root—if you do you will be disappointed. POISON One Fails, Can cer, Scaly SUn, We Will SendSampleShowing Hoi B. B. B. Cures Above Troubles/ sir Eczema and Rheumatism. 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