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Iron City Locals.
Mr. VV. D. Archer Is at home this
week suffering from lagrippe.
I)r. George Blaoksbear is sick with
From Climax.
1 Tr «lock, has returned
r trip t" Bi'inbndge.
Mr ,nd Mrs. 1). B. Curry re-
r .' W1 .,-k from :t few
turned, thw ' . dH and rela . | pneumonia,
day* vl8 ' t . . Ki n
tjves in ynm* 1 ). 1 ld -
v n Townsend, of Amster
dam. spent Saturday m our lit
tle town on business.
Mrs C. P. Mills left Wednes
day for Dothan, Ala., to recu
perate.
1, is a source of great pleas-
uiv to tli*-* lminv friends ot Mrs
A. ,1. Trulock to know of her
gradual improvement.
Miss Emma Dixon who has
QOHiiding a few days here
will! friends, left Thursday for; at. attack of lagnppo.
BRINSON, A LEGISLATOR.
His brother, Dr. Ran'
dall Hlacksbear. of Dotban, is treat
ing bim.
Our school continues to improve
since measles are passed. The Liter'
ary Society gave their first entertain,
ment at the school house Fiidax
night, aud was a decided success.
Dr. J. A. B. Sikes has been sick
the past week with lagrippe, but if
much better now.
Mr. J. T. Lane is recovering fr< m
the
with
afternoon
Whigliam
Mr. Grayson Rawls came up
from Fowltowii Monday.
'/ L Trulock and his son Thorn-
wcU of Whighain, after spend
ing a few hours Monday
relatives, left on
train for Quincy
Quite a crowd of young peo
ple complimented Miss Alice
Trulock with a surprise party
Friday evening.
W. H. Fierce, who has been
spending the winter here hunt
ing left (his week for liiw home
in Peekskill, K. V.
' Mrs. ,/olin Sharon passed
through here Thursday enroute
to Union Springs, Ala., where
she will live in future with her
daughter, Mrs. Ada Blount.
Hho was accompanied us fur us
T-oy by Mrs. Fannie Sharon,
where Master Sharon Blount
met her.
The sermon preached by
Evangelist Briggs, at the Bap
tist church Sunday afternoon
was just simply grand.
The farmers around here are
getting right in line this year.
Quite a good lot of guano has
been sold and we notice that
they are using the latest agri
cultural implements.
Our merchants are carrying
a line of gi ods to meet the
wants of their many customers.
This accounts for our streets be
ing so crowded during the
week, especially on Saturdays.
While Fowltown, is trying to
imitate Baltimore. Climax
comes forward with something
entirely new to us, but at the
Bame time a good idea especial
ly to the hoBt or hostess. It iB
called a peanut shelling; each
one shells a quart or iftore of
peanuts before they are allow-
to piny. After the games candy
that is mode to suit the occa
sion is served—then comes
“good night, we have had a de
lightful (?) tune." A smile from
the other side indicates “the
pleasure is all mine"—see ?
Miss Lou El leu Powell was
the guest of Miss Flora Boyce
Thursday.
Fifteen cent cotton puts the box*
to planting in March, but we think
it well not to lose sight ot hog ami
hominy.
Mr. F. W. Cordell ; s planting cot
ton this week. lie is one of our
most successful and up'to-dato tar'
raers, and the county, needs more
like him.
Candidates are not visiting Iron
City so much now. They seem t«>
feel sure that the gaps are all up,
and that they will all be elected. We
think Mr. E. S. Perry is the man for
sheriff, as he is strictly sober, and on
all round good fellow. And we
think it advisable to consider Judge
Bower for judge of the city court,
and so let well enough alone. Also
we think it well to consider Albert
Russe'l for Solicitor General, as lie
is a good man for the nlnce.
Mr. John Chason, of Fowltown,
was shaking hauds with his many
friends here Saturday. His charming
daughter, Miss Minnie, accompanied
him.
During his one term as a member of the legislature, Rus
sell Brinson assisteu in the passage of the following important
laws which are now of force in this state.
1 A bill to tax railway, electric light, street railway, and
similar public franchises or special privileges. As a result
many millions of dollars have been added to the taxable prop-
erty of the state; and the poor man’s taxes have been reduced
in proportion.
2 The Uniform Text Book Law which (enables patrons to
secure their books at an average reduction of 20 per cent on all
school books. T® h|*ks asa-the sgine in evdggpgB^pPHlHlB!
not be changed in five years.
3 The Calvin Vagrant Law—the best on record.
4. The Contract Labor Law to prevent negroes and thrift
less white laborers from jumping their contracts as soon as they
have secured provisions in advance. This law is of especial in
terest to farmers.
5. A bill to prevent jurors serving at more than one term of
the court. This law was aimed especially at the professional'
jurors which infest large cities. It also gives relief to those
who are continuously drawn on the jury and who desire to be
relieved. Thus distributing the burden.
6. The New Convict Law whereby the state receives from
$22/5 to $256 annually for able-bodied convicts. Under the old
law she received only $06 annually.
7. A bill to prevent the adulteration of naval store@&-nd Uw
spirits of turpentine. (If the syrup bill reduced prices of syrup
then, WHY HASN’T THIS BILL RUN DOWN THE PRICE
OF TURPENTINE?)
8. A bill providing for local taxation for school purposes,
whereby communities may vote as to whether they will levy
special taxes for school purposes. It is a constitutional amend
ment. and will have to be ratified by the voters.
0. A bill to limit taxation by the state to Five Mills. Here
tofore the state had unlimited power to levy taxes. This is also
n constitutional amendment and it is needless to say will be rat
ified by a practically unanimous vote.
10. A bill regulating the maintainenceof county-line bridges.
11. A bill Whereby claims against Insurance Companies
are made more easily collectible.
PERSONAL RECORD.
BROAD STREET.
The moat np-to-date place in the city
The only place where you can get a mixed a r j nk
1 Meals at all hours. OYSTERS Se "«l
TigfEe tffifjug ^an^Cogre^d^w^e this hid
I DRINK CONGRESS HALL m\m
X The Best Whiskey on Earth.
| E. Blumenstein. Proprietor,
| ■ Bainbrid?
| Wilson’s Whiskey $1 Q. JE
motel
No Extra Trouble.
It was in the (had of night, and
a cold night at that, says the
Youth's Companion. Mr. Smith
was away, and Peterson Smith,
aged 6, was getting, the measles.
"Mother, may I have a drink of
real col,! water?" he asked, waking
Mrs. Smith from a refreshing
slumber
"Turn right over and go to
sleep!" commanded Mrs. South.
“A' ou are a naughty boy to wake
mother up when she put a pitcher
of water on your table the verv
last thing beiore you went to bed."
len minutes later the small
voice popped up again: “Mother,
1 want a dunk of water.
sternly, "if you say th t again 1
shall get up and spank you!"
I here was hve minutes silence,
and again Peterson spoke:
"Mother," lie said, cheerfully,
"when you gel up to spank me,
ni.ty i have i drink of water.”
It in expected that the saoranjeut
of baptism will he administered next
Sunday afternoon at the Freabyte*
nan church. The services are as lol-
lows; Preaching at 11:15 a, ui. and
f'dO p. in., special music at botl.'eer-
viv.cn. Sunday school at 10:15 a. m
Lol. Donabon now lectures tu his
Bdd» cla« m the main churuh si. i*
toriuin after tlio opening exere -ea
in toe Sunday school room.
1. He now has before the house (unfinished), a resolution
paving the way for a general pure food law. The people should
be. protected against fraudulent adulterations of foodstuffs.
2. He secured an amendment to the convict law, requiring
that released convicts shall be given a ticket home and not be
allowed the money value thereof. This amendment prevents a
Mr. George T. Lane, of pneumonia, few counties from being the dumping ground of the whole con-
Tuesday A'ar 15 was one of the sad- vict system of the state. ond saves communities from .the depre-
dest our city has’ever known. He Nations of this very dangerous element of population,
leaves a wife and five small children . 3 He.has before-the house now (unfinished) a bill regula-
The funeral service, at Pilgrim’s ting the tune allowed for filing Writs of Certioru
4. He has before the house (unfinished) a bill providing for
bi-ennial sessions of the legislature. This bill is one of the
most important introduced, as it will bring a direct saving ev
ery other year of $100,000 to the state as expenses of the ses
sions. It has the highest endorsement of the Savannah Morn
ing News and other leading papers of the state. If he is not re
elected he will be unable to do nimself the credit, and the coun
ty and state the benefit of seevring if possible the passage of
tliis important bill.
6. He introduced and secured the passage of the Pure Syrup
Law, which is exactly similar to the law passed against the
adulteration of spirits of turpentine, and is but one step in the
direction of the much needed pure food law. This is the bill
which his enemies have used in their attempt to “muddy the
waters’’ and secure his defeat. The bill is a righteous one and
will continue to live after its opponents lie silent in the grave.
If you oppose pure syrup, remember that you should likewise
stand up in opposition to pure flour, and other foodstuffs.
6. He has also before the legislature (unfinished) a bill
which is designed to remedy an evil so long oppressive to the
people. We illustrate it as follows: A negro purchases a mule
l or $125.00; the negro works two hours in the morning, driving
16 miles to town, the male stands without dinner or supper, is
driven back home during the night and turned out to graze till
m'orning. At the end of the year the negro has not worked
enough to pay for the mule, and he is turned back to his former
owner, worth perhaps $25. A mere skeleton. The owner is out
$100 and the interest on the money, while the beast has been
shamefully treated.
7. Mr. Brinson is on record as having voted twice for a di
vision of the public school fund between the whites and blacks,
so that each will receive back exactly what it has paid in as tax
es. He also voted for a bill to prohibit the employment of small
children in cotton factories and similar institutions that sap the
vitality and rob life of all high ideals and ambitions. He op
posed a law to compel people to shut up their hogs, while other
stock was allowed to run at large.
Mr. Brinson has had but one session in the legislature; he
has much unfinished business and he should be returned, accor
ding to democratic custom and upon the theory that the laborer
is worthy of his hire. You are to have one new member. What|
is to be gained by turning out the old wli<)n he is just nowin po
sition to better serve the people, and to assist by reason of his
experience and acquaintance, whoever the people may choose as
his fellow member. He has endeavored to make a sober, active
and conservative officer, and we trust that his record and his
claims will be carefully considered by the voters when they
come to cast their ballots on April the 1st.
If re-elected he will continue to labor zealously for the in
terests of his immediate constituency and for the commonwealth
of Georgia. In local matters he will endeavor to conform as
nearly as possible to the wishes of his people, Why turn out a
man who has earnestly labured for the interests of the people?
We trust that you will not do so.
The death of our esteemed oitizen,
Rest oburch, Wednesday afternoon,
Mar. 16, were largely attended, aud
many Borrowing relatives and friends
mourn the death of this good man.
Roanr.—
Petition for Charter.
tioorgla—Decatur county:
To Uio Hupmler Court of Haiti Ounty : Tbn
piiitl m ot J. W llryiin* K, {j. Jordan. J. &,
_ rtarrtoit and W. 4\ fcvan 1, of agad oouutrfe-
tpcctfuUy stow*:
rim. Thai tuey -doulm for thoniselveB,
tbolr associates, successors and assigns, to
become incorporated under the name and
style of "Hofkee Naval Store* Company.”
Second. That your petitioner* desire to
become Incorporated under the name uforo-
Htild for the period of twenty yearn, with
the privilege of renewal at the expiration
of that time.
Third. That the principal place of bust -
ncHM of eald corporation will be at or near
Whigliam in said county aud state, but your
lietltloners desire that wild corporation be
authorized to do business ami have oftlce*
and agent* In any county In this state or in
the United States.
Fourth. The object of the proponed cor*
porattou is pecuniary profit and gain 10 Its
stockholders.
J. S’ McREE,
Proprietors.
THOS. O’B
Roofing a specialty.
All calls given prompt attention.
i
F. A. Preston,
Tinning, Plumbing and i
fief Qunsm ith i ng and Sheet Mel
999 of all kinds.
Old roofs repaired and repainted.
Orders solicited.
F. A. Preston,
farms and manufacturing, buying and sell*
ing naval stores products, machinery, tools,
barrels, heading, appliance** and ail other
things psetl in or about said business ; to
carry on a naval stores brokerage and com
mission business; to buy, sell, and lease
lands, Umber and turpentine rights; to car
ry on a general mercantile and grocery bus.
livens; to buy, raise, and sell stock and cat
tle; to build irum-roods and to condemn pri
vate property according to law for said pur
poses; to buy and sell lumber, wood and
building materials; bo bdy. sell, lease ami
operate.rut ms, Sawmills, planing mills, cot
ton gins, grist mills and flour mills, and to
deal in the products of the same. Generally
to do and perform all nets and things Inci
dent to those above mentioned.
sixth. Petitioners desire to tend And hot-
row money, to take and give security upon
real or personal property, or both ; to issue
homls and secure the same, to make and on
dorse promissory notes, acceptances or no
gotlable papers.
Seventh. The capital stock of Saul cor
pomlton will be Twenty Five Thousand Do.
Iars, if25,000) divided Intoshaics of One llun
dred Dollars iflOO.OO) ouch, with the priv
lego of increasing the same to not more than
Fifty Thousand Dollars, (WO,000' and of do
creasing the same to not less than Ten Thou
sand Dollars (tlO.OOe).
Eighth. More than 10 percent of said eupi
tnl stock ot Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
Peterson." said Mrs. Smith, * (fW.tOO) Imabeen actually paid in.
1 11 * ’ “twth. That in addlttnu to tue powc
here tofu
ers d
Troupe Street.
Bainb
Rural Route Mail Boxes Approv
Postoffice Department
X-i. 3D. BEEE"
Bainbridge, Ga.,
BOOKS, STATIONERY, PERI0DICAI
TYPEWRITERS & OFFICE SUPPL>|
A CIRCULATING LIBRARY, theCRE
OF MODERN FICTION. : :
(entrain
sire that said corporation shall have all the
rights, powers, and privileges common to all
like corporations under the laws of oeorglu.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be made a
body corporate under Uie name and style
aforesaid, entitled to all the rights, privi
leges an l immunities, and subject to the
liabilities 11 xed by law with all tluMlghts,
privileges and powers aforesaid.
Travis a. Kdwahds, Petitioners Att y.
Savannah, li.i,
Original petition filed In office, this March
15th. l!*»4.
Filed m office, this the 15th day ot March,
C. W WlMHKKl.Kl,
t'lerk Superior Court Decatur Co. Ua.
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R. E. Rose, Fia. State Chemist, Tallahassee, Fla.
“I have read the pure syrup bill and your accompanying state
ment, and fully endorse your position. The “Mixer" has existed" for
many years. He has been the bane of Louisiana syrup makers and
has .done more to depreciate the price paid the producer, than any
other factor except the "American Sugar Refinery Co." (the trust)
Both the “mixer and the trust work together to reduce the price of
the farmers produce and to enhance the price of the mixer’s product ’’
Syrup is but a raw product; its value is based so’ely on its sugar con
tent. Frequently, in fact in the majority ot cases what sugar was in
the cane has been destroyed or reverted by the brutal treatment it has
received cf the mixers."
ANoJpJjORl
Drawing-Room Vestibule Sleep'J
BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM. COLUMBUS. aTlANTA , . n o »t‘
ANO SAVANNAH. GA.. AND BETWEEN ATLAN
Pullman Sleeping Cars
eCTWHN 8T LOUIS. NASHVILLE. CHATTANOOGA. ATLA |
MACON. OA- ANO JACKSONVILLE. FLA.
Parlor Cars on Day Trains|
eCTWKIN ATLANTA MACON ANO SAVANNAH. CA.