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S. RUSSELL BRINSON.
■ DITtMt MOMor.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
deoatur oounty
and bainbridqe.
Baiabridge, 0*., November 27,1903. *
KEEPING PROMISES.
Congressman Hardwick, the
representative of the Tenth Dis-
trict, is one of the few men who
believes in keeping ante-election
promises, He says that the
pledges he made in the campaign
whereby he was elected, will be
kept to the letter and he has al-
ready set about proving his states
ments. dn Monday he introduced
two bills in the house of represent
atives; one advocating the repeal
of the fifteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States,
and the other proposing a modifi
cation of t’nt fourteenth amend
ment. Both bills bear on the
negro question. The first designs
to repeal the act giving the ballot
to the negro while the second pro
vides that in case the negro loses
his vote there shall be no change
in the number of representatives
from the South. Mr. Hardwick’s
action coming just at this juncture
demands particular notice. Crum-
packer of Indiana who has before
sought to introduce a bill affecting
the representation from the South
has again brought his measure
before the house; in addition to
this Mr. Dick of Ohio has intro
duced a bill to the same purpose.
All the measures relating to the
southern election question will
probably be considered at the same
time and the South will await the
outcome with much interest,
Mr. Hardwick is also designing
a bill to prevent sale of repub'ican
official endorsements for federal
positions in Georgia. As a pre
ventive he suggests making the
sale of such endorsements a crime
punishable by a federal statute,
Mr. Hardwick believeg he will
have the president’s support in
this latter measure.
And now Atlanta brings out her
money lenders. There is said to
be a washerwoman in that city
who has paid within the last four
years over one thousand dollars in
terest on a hundred dollar debt,
and she still owes the principal.
Great packages of receipts corrob
orate her statement. The au:hor-
ities have the matter in hand, and
no doubt will uncover the graft.
The decrease in the number of
enlisted men in our standing army
as compared with last year, and
the alarming number of desertions
is causing much concern. An in
crease in the pav of the regulars
has been recommended by several
ot the department commanders,
among whom General Frederick
Funston’s name is noted, and it is
hoped the matter will be handled
by congress this winter with re
sultant success.
Probably one of the most unique
departures from the method of col
lecting judgments from corpora
tions by the law,was the snatching
of a satchel containing $42,000 by
an Indiana sheriff from a paymas
ter of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, a few days ago as the
paymaster came out of the bank
with the goods. The money was
emptied on a table and $20,»
000 seized by the officers to pay
awards in favor of two men who
were injured on the Pennsylvania
incs.
SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY.
It is readily conceded that the
approaching national election will
mark a crisis in ;the fortunes of
the democratic party. Little
thought however is given to the
fact that it should also be a turn
ing point in the history of South
ern democracy.
At the close of the war crippled
and reduced in numbers and re
sources we from necessity submit
ted to the rule of a superior force.
It is the prerogative of strength
to rule and our proud people
were compelled to yield to the de
mands and peculiar opinions of our
our enemies.
The time of our weakness is
past however and the day has ar
rived when we should claim our
just privileges. Through cont in-
ued practice, submission will be
come habitual and it is our duty to
prevent the growth of such a ten
dency.
If the “restored union” is a bo
na-fide institution it is unjust that
one portion should be in a state of
subserviency. As a whole the
South is democratic and by reason
of the two thirds vote which she
casts-giving her the majority-has
the right to dictate party policies
and presidential candidates. We
have allowed the minority in the
North and West the controlling
vote so long that it would seem
hat we admit that only a north
ern man can fill the presidential
chair.
The Southern people have been
loyal to the democratic party lay
ing aside all sectional differences
they have served zealously its in
terests. That party is due some>
thing to its strongest and most
faithful adherents but never yet
has a southern man received the
nomination for president. The
men of the South haye fully dem
onstrated their powers as states
men; their executive ability is un
questionable yet for some cause
inexDlainable they are deemed un
worthy or incapable to act as rul
ers of our land
This should not be. The Soutn
must assert her rights. We must
lead where we mi ow. Success
cannot be attained in an hour or
year but if we sow the seed today
we may reap a "bountiful harvest
ere many years have passed.
And now that Thanksgiving has
passed, uneventfully, we turn a
wistful face to Christmas holidays.
Christmas isn’t what it used to be,
we hear some say with a long
drawn sigh. And we are bound
to agree that it is not. The dis
torted idea of progressiveness has
done away with our peaceful Yule-
tide, and the world a hunger for
advancement does not have the
time to relax for festivities. What
person does not look back in years
gone by to the happiness of
Christmas tide and feel it but a
shadow of the past, some stray
gleam of what has been, that light
ing us to a new age, remains a
smoldering ember that dies out with
the next generation. Still we are
hoping to see one of the old-fash
ioned ones this year, where the
table groans beneath the vaunted
expression of the kitchen tribe,
and the erstwhile foes allow their
faces to become lightened in an
ticipation of being invited thereto.
Teddy next introduces to the
southern opposition Joshua Wil
son, colored, for postmaster at
Florence, S. C. It is a renomina
tion and the usual outcome of Mr.
Roosevelt’s determination to leave
a great deal for his successor to
undo.
;8ALE OF:
Profit Sharing Construction Boni
Bainbridge Turpcotiae & Pine Prtdott
Bain bridge, Georgia.
Capital $60,000; Paid up $25,000; Bonds $35,000,
CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF GEORQIa,
Bonds $100 each, bearing eight percent annual interest, payable May and NoveraV
issue. Bonds bear date November ist, 1903. Including the eight percent interest, bond U
earnings of the company, and bear the same dividends as the stock. Interest and dividend!
May and November ist at First National Bank, Bainbridge, Ga. Life of bonds 20 years ?•
interest of bonds secured by first mortgage upon the plant. Money arising from sale of^
only be used for constructing plant.
M. D. POWELL,
Pres, and Gen. Manager,
Bainbridge, Ga.
B. F. HAVENS,
Vice President,
Bainbridge, Ga.
DR. C. W. BILFINQER,
New York, Chemist and Supt.
F. 8. JONES.
Cashier ist Nat. Bank,!
Bainbridge, Ga.1
T. 8. HAWES,
Sec’y & Att’y. Bainbrii
The Cypress Lumber
Shingles, Tanks, 6 House Finis
properly manufactured
APALACHICOLA, FLORIDl
PROFESSIONAL.
PHYSICIANS.
H. H. CHEATHAM, M. D.
GENERAL PRACTICE.
Permanently located over Hicks’ Drugstore
Speelal Attention given to diseases
Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat.
Bainbridge,
Georgia.
DR. I. H. HUNTER,
Physician and Surgeon,
Chattahoochee, : Florida.
Office at Itekid^nce.
tentlon g
dreivand to Genii
Soxukl diseases.
DR. R. W. JACKSON,
DENTIST.
cys ce on Broad street, over Allen &
Company. Telephone 94.
DR. H. D. WILSON,
DENTIST.
Offioe over Mart Olothing 'Com
pany’s store.
LAWYERS.
JOHN R. WILSON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Bainbridge, : Georgia.
Collections a Speoialty.
H. B. SPOONER,
Attorney at Law,
Office Opposite Democrat Building,
Bainbridge, : Georgia.
RUSSELL A FLEMING,
f Attorneys at Law.
Office over Bainbridge State Bank,
Bainbridge, Georgia.
HARRELL A 1IART8FIELD.
Attorney* at Law,
Offioe oyer Bainbridge Stale Bank
Bainbridge, Georgia.
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