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SEARCH UGHT. 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. ®iTRAL»fGEORGIAll etvtfeei? •poirpis ii? iEORGIA r^l n> Alabama ^ N AND FLORIB Drawing-Room Vestibule Sleeping - BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM. COLUMBUS. ATLANTA. MACON. AND SAVANNAH. GA.. AND BETWEEN ATLANTA AND All Pullman* Sleeping Cars Between SY LOUIS. NASHVILLE. CHATTANOOOA. ATLANTA. MACON. GA.. AND JACKSONVILLE. FLA. Parlor Cars on Day Trains I BETWEEN ATLANTA. MACON AND 8AVANNAH, OA. W. A. WINBUNN, J. c. HAILE. »IC1—KID.-T AMP TAAfriC MANAOtA. _ 0,—f AAL HHIHU HI.. AWIin.r Stuckey & Cox Livery, Feed and Sale Sta&to — wkst STREET, — — FIRST-CLASS RIGS, GOOD 8URRIES, POLITE DfU VI * FOR OCCASIONS. 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