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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1896
Page
3
Local ad copy offers low prices on assorted goods including ladies and childrens hats. The fragment suggests a sales event or storefront promotion with emphasis on cold prices and discounted items.
J R Graves of Bainbridge Georgia advertises general insurance on Main Avenue offering old time tested fire insurance companies and reliable service for property protection.
Mr Walter Perry nears new home. Miss Hortense Pohlman visits Donalsonville. Miss Irene Bradwell visits Blakely. Rev Glenn delivers Sunday School talk. Mrs J Q Peacock of Savannah visits family in Blakely. several leaders and visitors shown from Bainbridge Camilla Thomasville and Quincy with political notes on primaries, harvests and theater lines. Two killed and seven injured near Griffin by lightning.
The Populist party of Decatur County held a midday convention in the city to nominate candidates for legislature and county offices in October. R. D. Carr and R. W. Whigham would be Representatives, L. O. Jackson Ordinary, A. F. Campbell Tax Collector, H. H. Hodges Tax Receiver, J. L. Fain County Treasurer, and L. W. Griffin County Surveyor. Some offices left unfilled, and a state senate convention was set for August 29 in Bainbridge.
Mrs. J J Williams of Whigham delivered the season's first cotton bale weighing 480 pounds and classed strict middling to Steinernger Mercantile Co at 6 cents. The Bainbridge market opens firm with Good Middlings at 7? and related quotes in morning listings.
The Democrat prints speaking appointments for Hon. John A. Sibley the populist nominee for Congress with dates in Albany Thomasville Bainbridge Shellman Georgetown Ft. Gaines Blakley Morgan Colquitt and Newton from August 12th to August 22nd.
The colored Republicans met at the Courthouse and nominated a ticket for the next legislature John O'Donnell of Bainbridge and Eli Taylor, a full blooded negro, as Representatives and Coroner Frank Sutton, colored. O'Donnell has voted Democratic locally. Taylor may decline, planning to seek a Democratic Primary in Pine Hill District. If he refuses, the Republicans must redo their work.
Notice to members of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Decatur County Georgia announces the second annual meeting set for Saturday, August 29 at the Bainbridge courthouse, with Sunday August 30 as the originally scheduled date. Board of Directors will be elected. secretary M. Detwiler signs. For sale: 500 bushels corn offered by B. B. Bowes.
A Thomasville Times Enterprise report criticizes the home team for disputes and biased calls in a six inning baseball set with a Quincy Bainbridge picked nine. Quincy New Era and Quincy Herald accounts support claims of disputed umpiring and cross city sentiment, while Bainbridge hosts a cordial crowd and the Thomasville victory 4 to 2.
J.8 BRADWELL Cs. School Com. announces readiness to make the second quarterly payment to teachers for 1896. The notice references accounts, and indicates no interest in further items from the books.
The Democrat endorses L. F. Patterson for Sheriff of Decatur County, praising his record of reducing crime and guarding rural homes. It argues experience matters, urges voters to elect Patterson next Saturday by an overwhelming majority, and emphasizes trust in a loyal public servant.
City Marshal Smart supervised a two week census of Bainbridge, reporting a total population of 2108. The tallies separate whites and colored residents, with adults, school age children, and underage groups enumerated for both genders, noting some transients from nearby mills.
A fragmented hotel arrivals list shows guests and locations across several days from August 6 through August 19. Names include J. M. Singleton Philadelphia C. E. Watson Louisville T. A. Jennings Savannah C. W. Winton Jr Thomasville R. F. Pittman Quincy A. E. Smith Jr Savannah A. J. McDonald Liverpool Buck Lellington Liverpool J. B. Mayes New York Ed Mayes New York and others across Savannah Macon Dekle Barbee Smith McDougald Bouchelle Wellington Gerry Smith Thomasville Mobile Savannah Decatur County At Kapullus Quitman Chavers Valdosta Baltimore Wooding Berensiens Belan Poeoey etc. The page lists daily arrivals with scattered towns and surnames.
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