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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1889
Page
2
The item lists publication details for the Remorrat dated April 18, 1889 from Bainbridge Georgia with editors Brown and Proprietors Teaswell and Jno. The brief notice notes subscription pricing and mail matter status as a second class publication.
Whalley and Grants lumber mill near Boston Georgia burned with a million feet of lumber lost. Mrs CO W Bass of Hardup Baker county died by morphine after accusations of infidelity as her husband separated. The piece attacks the insurance trust, suggests a county bond issue for a new Terrell County courthouse, and urges farmer field trials. It notes a climbing Quitman hotel bid, a cat trained to hunt squirrels in Worth county, a May 22 meeting in Atlanta on good roads, and calls for nine month schooling funded state wide.
The Alabama Midland will have five Pike County stations Indian Branch Troy Bethel Woolfolk and Daviss Mall. Capt A A Wiley of Montgomery visited Troy to pursue condemnation of Mobile and Girard right of way for a double track and ten trains. Jury to decide damages after demurrers were overruled. Grading from Troy to Brundidge to begin by May with contractors limited to five miles each. About forty miles of track expected by May and track laying to start from Troy Ozark toward the Chattahoochee region.
President Harrison tells African Americans in Washington from the South that they have no recognition awaiting them. The piece notes rough treatment of colored troops who fought in Indiana and Connecticut and were previously favored, now excluded from the inauguration ball and barred from crowds at the March 4 parade.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange weighs aiding planters against the jute bagging trust by adjusting tare weight between cotton and bagging. The Times-Democrat notes Act No 21 bars deducting tare from bale weight, but suggests adding tare to cotton to align net weights. A tare agreement could assist farmers without violating state law. Subscribe for Taz Democrat only $1.00 per annum.
A stranger held up the First National Bank president in Denver last Friday afternoon. He forced a $21,000 signed check, threatened to blow up the bank with dynamite, and demanded gold then hundreds in new bills before fleeing.
The Gainesville Industrial News notes a migratory current toward southern states from the north and east driven by crowded cities unsettled labor and long winters. Pittsburg colonization society forms with 100000 dollar stock aiming to attract Southern immigration and foster homes and factories along streams.
A Washington Advocate editorial argues the Negro vote counts as much as others and urges the Republican party to grant greater political influence. It notes dissatisfaction among colored Republicans with current administration treatment and cites the party's wartime stakes and leadership dynamics.
The Columbus Enquirer notes gains for the political rights of African Americans under the current administration but warns the party has made a political slave of the freed race. Georgia farmers applaud the Farmers Alliance and condemn monopolies, urging jute bagging rivals and the use of cotton cloth to wrap cotton, restoring value to rural mills and farmers.
The passage blends a Shakespearean soliloquy with deteriorating health imagery and urges readers to use Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It touts purifying blood, restoring vitality, and claims widespread cures with prices noted for the remedies.
Petitioners from New York Rhode Island and Georgia seek a twenty year charter for The South Georgia Live Stock and Planting Company to raise and market livestock and crops, own real estate, build hotels churches schools and telegraph lines, and operate stores and stage lines in Decatur County. Capital stock planned at 750 shares of 100 each, $75 000 total with $55 000 paid in. Principal office to be Bainbridge Georgia. Petition filed April 8 1889 in Superior Court.
In Decatur County Georgia the returns of commissioners for years' support to Mrs Fannie J Talbot widow of Arthur Talbot and her three minor children were filed. Interested parties are summoned to appear on the first Monday in April to show cause why the return should be admitted to record. Dated February 15 1889. C J Manx Emiily Ordinary CITATION. In Decatur County Georgia the return for Mrs Louisa J Peddie widow of John A Peddie and her minor child was filed. All interested must appear on the first Monday next to show cause why the return should be admitted to record. Amount $28 1m.
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