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BAINBRIDGE, MAY 11, 1601.
tllfc M’LAt'IIIN HOVaMBN-r.
JAC KbOASILLIS l!» A6HKS.
hit. Bryan deals with the Charlotte
speech of Senator McLfturln in a
more neriduE vein than it has been
dealt with generally by Democratic
papers in various parts of the coun
try. He says it “mark* the begin
ning of a movement In the South,
which will ha-e an influence upon
the politics of the nation.”
Mr. Bryan has no futher use for
Sena'.' r M Ltnrin. He declares that
the Senator has deserted the Democ
racy and joined the administration
and is therefore entitled to a front
seat among the reoiganizers—mean
ing of course those who insist upon
reorganizing the Democratic party
Mr. Bryan, however, finds some
satisfaction in the thought that if
Success attends the effort to establish
ft white Republican party in the
South, the party will not be strong
otmtigh at any point to evorcome the
I) nioenitic party, but tbo effort of
such a party may be to devide the
colored vote of the North and biiug
into the ranks of the Democracy ol
that section those Republicans who
have been able to give no better
reason for remaining with their party
than the South was solidly Demo
erntiu.
The hopeful view taken of the sit
uation by Mr. Bryan may have the
effect of comforting those Democrats
who think that if Senator MoLaurin
should seriously undertake to set u]
ii white Republican party in the
South he would be so successful that
the South would soon cease to be
soli Uy D u,nin ‘ ral * ,J > InR fi° rc
South t icre is no apprehension that
the McLa'iriu movement will have a
disturbing effect of serious propor
lions. Even thoses who have very
great regard for Mr. McKinley per
sonallv, and approve some of the
features of his administration, hav<
no intention whatever of join.ng his
party. The Democratic party is sat
istactory to the South.—Savannah
News.
*Tlio frequency will) which women
arc using hatpins as weapons inay
lead to legislation prescribing the le
gal length of that article of dress,
iust is it does the length of a knife a
n an may carry without being amen
able to the law regarding concealed
wcai ons.
A.tOTHttR “BI.A-'K FRIDAY .
Breaking it Gently—Clergyman
(after being rescued from the ship-
wreck)—“Mr. Smith, did I really ap
pear soared when wo thought all
would be lost?”
Mr. Smith—“I can’t say that you
were scared, but for a man who has
been trying to get to heaven all these
years you appeared most reluctant to
accept the opportunity.”—Harper’s
B.icar.
A Sunday school superintendent,
who happened to be a dry goods mer
chant, and who was teaching a class
of very little tots, asked wl eu he had
finished explaining the lesson: “Now
has any one a question to ask?” A
very small girl raised her lirfnd.
“What is it, Murtlijj?” asked the sup
erinlendent. “Why, Mr. Brooks, how
much are those little red parasols in
your window?” said Martha.—C
rent Literature.
“Did anybody ever try to start a
newspaper here ?” asked the intel
lectual looking man with glasses, ac
cording to the Washington Star.
“Yes,” answered Broncho Bob;
“but it failed. The editor wouldn't
lend to business.”
“Was he a dissipated man?”
“No, but he insisted on sitting at
Ins desk with ins back to the door,
when ho ought to have been stand-
with a six-shooter ill hisjiatul aud his
eye at a knot hole.
Shortly afternoon of the 3 r, l ,n8t -*
the most disastrous tire since the
burning Chicago, swept the city of
Jacksonville, Fin., from centef.to
circumference. The city has been
practically swept from the face of
of the earth. The flames cut a swath
two miles long and eighteen blocks
across, leaving not a building stand
ing in 190 blocks.
The loss of property at the lowest
estiinate'amoiiiits to from ten mill
ions to fifteen millions ot dollars and
15,000 people left without a shelter
to coyer their heads. Public build
ings, including the county court
house with all the record, costly
churches, palacial hotels and mag
nificent residences all alike wereoon-
s nied by the destroying flames
The city indeed presents a scene
of desolation seldom witnessed in
the history of the whole country
The fire was not checked until it
had practically burned itself out,
leaving only a small portion of the
city outside ot the surrounding sub-
„rb«. After the destroying flames
had done their work, thousands ol
people were wandering about home
less with all their worldly posses
sions upon their backs. No divid
ing line seeded to stand between the
rich and the poor, for they were all
for the time, at least, suffering the
same fate.
The railroad depots that escaped
were converted into temporary shel
ters and hospitals for the injured.
Fortunately the weather was fine
and there lias not been much suffer
ing so far for lack of covering, but
hundreds were left without clothing
except those they wore. The mill
tary was called out and the city
placed under martial law to protect
the city from thieves and plunderers.
Many people are missing and it is
supposed that a large number of
lives have-been lost. Gov. Jennings
sent a relief committee to the stricken
city and placed $20,000 at their dis
posal.
On every vacant lot in the terri
tory . in-rounding the burned district
the people ave encamped and thou
sands of others who could get away
have fled to other cities for refuge.
Help is coming in from every quar
ter, but it will necessarily be some
lime before permanent shelter can
be provided for the homeless thou
sands. The War Department lias
dispatched 1,000 hospital tents and
permitted the use of the barracks by
the city.
Many articles ot value were saved
by some of the more prudent and
cool-headed by digging holes and
burying them wrapped in blankets.
Women and children who have al
most been rich have been obliged to
accept the charity of public aid, even
tor bread and meat. But already a
spirit of hope seems to pervade Un
people and plans are in progress to
rebuild the city on the ashes that
cover it.
At this time thousands of laborers
with pick, shovel and banows are at
work removing the debris, and Jack
sonville will in time again rise from
tb.- nsiieS, the pride of the stale.
Large amounts of fire insurance
money will soon be pouring itno tl
hands of the property owners, and
this m >ney will be put into circula
tion in the form of labor and mate
rials. Large amounts will come too
from the charitable, and within
few years little evidence of Jackson
ville’s present desolation will ap
pear.
Professional Cards-
From the Savannah Sews:
Russell Sage, the noted financier,
is persistent in his prediction that
the present craie for speculation wt
end in another “Black Friday” and
that it will be more disastrous than
the original “Black Friday.” because
there are so many more people who
will be utterly ruined when the
crash comes.
In his opinion, and there ale many
who agree with him, the present high
prices for railway stocks cannot be
maintained, and. the industrial stocks
which have been put on the market
by the hundreds of millions of dollars
are not worth the prices which are be
ing paid for them. The lack of con
fidence in these stocks may become
apparent any day, and then there
will be a rush to sell. The people
who have been buying with tbe ex
pectation of getting rich will tumble
oyer each other in their haste to get
rid of their holdings before their
margins are exhausted. People who
now think they are rich will find
themselves whithout a dollar.
Just now all the talk in New York,
and, m fact, in all of the country, is
of the stock market. Even women
are affected by the craze, and in New
York hundreds of them are risking
their money in the great gambling
game that is going on in the Stock
Exchange. Some of them have made
a large amount of money. In fact,
about all of them have been fortu
nate, because there has been almost
a steady rise In stocks during the
last tew weeks. But it is probable
that most of them have reinvested
all of their winnings on margins, and
will be caught when prices take a
tumble.
Men like Russell Sage, who haye
been through more than one panic in
Wall Street, recognize the signs of a
coming storm, and no doubt they
will be prepared for it. Those who
are less able to suffer losses are the
ones who will lie caught and stripped
of their all when the present madness
for speculation has run its course.
Indeed, the most conservative of the
banking houses of Wall Street have
been saying tor weeks that stocks
were bringing prices above their in-
trinisic yalue, and that there would
be a downward movement in the
very near future. Tins downward
movement has been delayed longer
than was expected, but it is believed
that it will come before long.
DR. S. I CHESNUT.
Physician and Entpcco
G. R AUS' m
AtTORNEY-AT-L^
Treats diseases of the £j T e, Ear,
Nose and Throat.
Office With Townsend
.ad. “
BAINBRIDGE -
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OFFICE OH
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to. B. Bowes.
BOWER&BOW
ATTORNEYS AT lj\
J. E. MATHIS,
Contractor and Builder,
BAINBRIB GK, GA.
Bids Submitted on All Kinds of
BRICK: or : WOOD : WORK.
12 A tf
Estimates cheerfully, furnished on ail
. . classes ol building. .
R. J. ROONEY,
Contractor and nilder.
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J. W. BURNEY,
MBUILDER
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA.
Bttet,
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BAINBRIEGE,
Practice in the State courts J
and Justice courts. Also denVl
estate, improved aud -Hid ]„iv?
tots for sale. • ( »
W. I. GEEB]
Mtorney and Counselor At j
COLQUITT,
oeoeJ
Office: In Court House.
ALBERT H-RUSSj
Attonsy at Law”
BAIN BRIDGE, - - gKoJ
Office Over Bainbridge State]
J- STERLING ROBREtJ
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BAINBRIDGE, . . G j
Will practice in all the court
figyAgent for Hardwood Mantels
Doors, Sash and Blmds, and contracts
for first-class Cement Sidewalks.
Fresh Meals
O F
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AT MY NEW
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JETEH. POWELL
JOE. H. GILPIH]
Attorney at Law f
BAINBRIDGE, - -
jjigy Will practice law tcgetherL
courts, except the criminal braticl*
city court of Decatur comity. U
Public in office. " *
TOMB STONES,
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Do you contemplate erecting a monument
or tomb atone, or in any way im
proving your cemetery lot.? If
so, write me at
JOHN C- CHASON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BAINBRIDGE. Gj
Will practice law in all the Com
M kites Si El li
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Bainbridge, - Ga.
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Courts Offices: Up-stain-1
Building.
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Attorney-at-Law
BAINBRIDGE, - GuOfl
Will pi.mtice in all the courts,
lal attention given to real estate,
mercial aud corporation practice.
Office in old Bank Building.
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The Washington Post (Ind.) says:
“To those who know Gov. Candler,
his denial ot the report that he had
used the. term “damned Yankees”
was unnecessary. The Governor
may not haye a very high opinion of
some of the busybodies who have
been visiting the South, but he un
derstands the sentiments of the
Northern people too well to permit
himself to fall into such an error as
was attributed to lmn.”
“Our little girl was unconscious
from strangulation during a sudden
and terrible attack of croup. I
quickly secured a bottle of One Min-
uce Cough Core, giving her three
doses The croup was mastered and
our little darling speedily recovered.’’
So writes A. L. Spafford, Chester,
Michigan. R. L. Hicks.
Texas seems to have it in for the
Standard Oil Company. First her
legislators, and now her oil gusliers,
are trying to put tbe Rockefellers
out of business.
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pepsia for the past twenty years and
have been unable after trying all
preparations and physicians to get
any relief. After taking one bottle
of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure I found re
lief and am now in better health than
I have been for twenty years. Lean
not praise Kodol Dyspepsia Cure too
highly,” thus writes Mrs. C. W. Rob
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Tonsoral Artiij
COLQUITT, - GEORGl]
Best Work. Satisfaction Guaij
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BAINBRIDGE,
1 nave a very large spring and sum
mer pasture uear town where I will take
cows at morning and graze them during
the day. returning same atnight, for the
urn of $1.25 per mouth.
GEO. D GRIFFIN.
60 YEARS’
EXPERIENCE
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Dentist.
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i,old, as there arc few people w ho do
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by indigestion or dyspepsia. A prepa
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w (rich, with no aid from the stomach,
will digest your food, certainly can’t
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