Local notes from Decatur county report crops, court and town updates
The column covers community life in Decatur county with mentions of visitors to Albany, a jail incident involving Owen Davis, the Apalachicola Tee Factory nearing completion, and local weather. It notes court days, a new New York Store opening by W C Jones, sermons by Rev J H Herbener, and plans to rebuild the Halbridge Lumber Company mill.
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Russell
Isdy
Albany
Eit L. Padrick
Trinity Circuit
J-B.oliver
Brunswick
W. O. Fleming
Pr. Botts
Wright
Virginia
Lynch
Owen Davis
Rist
Decatur
James Lawrence
Canada
Eddie Williams
So. Ex. Co
Georgia Fleming
H. G. Townsend
Martin
Lizzie Elliott
Thomanville
Col
B. G. Lockett
Georgia
Atlanta
Capt
H. G Powell
Hugh
Baptist Church
Howart Martin
Episcopal Church
Decatur Courtly
Miller
Spring Creek
St. John’s River
Florida
Mobile Register
Brantly
Collins’ Mill
L. G
Tunner
Patterson
Gaines- Pila
W. C. Jones
New York
Dwight Gurley
Jim Scott
Mr. Jones
N. Dickenson i
Bainbridge News Highlights Local Commerce and Growth
Advertisements note rising oats demand and a 7 percent profit hint amid a busy market. Local notices cover Orphan children placement, Sharon House sale, police praise after a fire, cotton and mercantile optimism, and plans for a new two story public hall by R E Skipper. Weather breezes praised, health and fire departments urged to fix dilapidated roofs, and calls to boost rail and river trade for Decatur County.
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Lilla Harrell
Ed. Swindell
Apalachicola
Herald
Sharon House
John Sharon
B. G. Lee & Co
Tar Democrat
Flint River
Brantly
Bainbridge
Bainbridge Mutual Loan Association
Bing
C. H. Thomas
Fowlstown Ga
R. E. Slipper
Water Street
Democrat
Skipper
Decatur
South-west
Georgia
The Fifth Georgia Reunion in Griffin Georgia
The Re union of the 5th Georgia Regiment will be held in Griffin on the 20th and 21st of this month. Survivors and families will receive reduced railroad rates as noted elsewhere in this paper. The Hardee Rifles of Bainbridge and Judge B B Bower of this city are among the veterans expected to attend.
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5Th Georgia
Griffin
Hardee Rifles
Bainbridge
B. B. Bower
Cuthbert
Fifth Regiment
Georgia Volunteers
Georgia
Fifth
Southwestern
Second Georgia Battalion
Sharp Shooters
Washington Artillery
Geo. W. Burk
Macon
We Shall Object to County Boundary Change
The Thomasville Enterprise notes Decatur County residents on the eastern side of Tired Creek seek to join Thomas County. The piece mocks the idea, warns of a two thirds Decatur vote required, and proposes a joke about moving surplus girls if Thomas County men prove themselves.
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Thomasville
Thomas County
Decatur County
Tired Creek
Thomas
Alice
Devatur
Jail location in town urged amid mob risk
A local editorial condemns the county jail’s edge-of-town site as unsafe to prisoners and easily open to lynching. It cites past escapes, mob entries, and urges authorities to relocate under city oversight while reporting on Bainbridge Loan Association’s first meeting and a Fifth Regiment Georgia Volunteers reunion plans.
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Brantly
John Williams
Brockett
Local editor J D Ponder leads Bulletin Publishing Co
The Bainbridge letters note J D Ponder, former Tak Democrat editor now managing editor of the Daily Bulletin after its sale to a stock company. Six partners run the firm through October, with W G Cooper as business manager and A W Walton as treasurer. The paper remains Democratic and aims to become a first class daily.
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Taz DeMocrat
Bainbridge
Tak Dewocrat
Rome
Georgia
Daily Courier
Daily Bulletin
Bulletin
Ponder
J.D. Ponder
W. G. Cooper
A. W. Walton
Bulletin Publishing Co
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Ie Weekly Democrat
Crsday
Jeininger & Co's
Bainbridge Loan Assocition
Council Chamber
J. M. Brown
Chir
Obstricher
Cols. A. L. Hawes
A. L. Townsend
R. A. Lytle
J. R. Graves
Dr. Butts
Cols
J. D. Talbert
W. M. Harrell
W., M. Blount
H.C. Curry
Parker
J.A. Butts & Co
Bainbridge, Ga
Whalsale
Mr. J. D. Ponder
Whigham
Harris
Davis
Reagan’ 'S Court
Whigham Library Association
Alden
Miss Watley
Leon Co. Fla
Trudie Smith
Annie Arriott
Fowlstown
G. B
Dorcas
United States
Broadway
New York City
All Newsdealers
J. Steininger & Co
J. Steeininger & CO
Bainbridge, Georgia
M. J.reynolds
C. L. Beach & Co. Proprietors
C. L. Beach & CO
Emery Johnson
Fred Smith
Universal A. of
Watson
Rail Road
C. H
C. “ Thomas
J. A. Butts
Geo. H. Thayer
Ind
Goth
Shiloh
OC L Beach
C L Beach & Ga
Bainridge
CL Beach &Co
C L Beach & Co
Shloh
Our & Co
Bainbridge,Ga
C-E-W
Deen
CL Beach & Co
L & Co
Beach & Co
Bainbridge Ga
4Idge
L Beach & Co
Shilloh’s
CL Bea Co
Bainibridge
Whittemor’e Sacramento Ague
F. W. Whiite Mourr
Hudson
N. Y
Kwilecki Clark
J E Dickenson
G H Cliett
G H Chiett
John M Brown
C. J. Moyxtures
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