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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
2
The document lists official notices from the sheriff ordinary clerk of the superior court and county commissioners. It records duties, appointments, and procedural matters for county governance and court administration.
A call urges a People’s Reform ticket to win the White Democratic Primary, stressing prohibition enforcement and harmony with reform measures. Leaders insist the old regime cannot deliver city reform and advocate en masse selection of a mayor and council aligned with reform principles.
The note discusses planned locker clubs to dodge impending prohibition starting January 1, highlighting a state $500 locker tax plus possible municipal taxes. It asks how the Administration and Anti-Administration tickets view the social club license issue, seeking clear positions for Bainbridge voters amid civil and economic questions.
A group of men decline to commit themselves on the main questions, choosing not to speak out or retire from the firing line. The stance leaves the issue unresolved and keeps the debate in a tense stalemate as pressures mount.
The correction clarifies that a previous report misstated a meeting involving Andy Roddens berg and Sunny Jim. It explains the mix up arose from a discussion about a state campaign and Japan, not Prohibition versus Dispensary. The Democrat pledges accuracy and light on truth in the campaign.
A Georgia dispatch notes saloon keepers in Savannah organize locker clubs and seek charters while Savannah insists it upholds the law. The Atlanta Macon News reports railroads will end excursion rates next Monday September 2 as passenger rates rise and travel becomes costlier for Georgians.
The Young Men's Prohibition League of Atlanta announces a push into city politics. It will field three police commissioners focused on enforcing state prohibition laws. The slate’s candidates have not yet been chosen and other groups are urged to follow this example.
In Thames county on Sunday morning Bred Stephens, a young white man, shot and killed a negro named Jim Bond in self defense after Bond rushed him and cut him with a knife. The coroner's jury acquitted Stephens of all blame.
A fragment notes a profitable opportunity for starting and running a venture in the area with earnings from hens at 30 to 35 cents and broilers at 35 to 50 cents each year round, inviting action to seize the chance.
The passage notes that most inmates belong to a newer cultured class while those with property are typically older remnants from wartime periods, indicating class and generational divides within the penitentiary.
The Albany Herald reports Joe Brown resigned his post while Gayter McLendon secured the seat, marking a swift political shift. The Savannah Press confirms the switch with playful editorial tone.
The Georgia Railroad Commission is organized with Hon. S. G. McLendon of Thomasville as chairman. Others named are Hon. Fuller E. Calloway of LaGrange and Hon. Sec. Hillyer of Atlanta. A 24 cents rate on major lines is proposed, contingent on railroads offering 1000 mile interchangeable lineage tickets for family use at 2 cents per mile.
Otsego county endorses Dr King's New Discovery as a cure for coughs and colds. Wm M Dietz of the Otses Journal Gilbertsville NY calls it the best remedy for lung and throat diseases. Guaranteed to never disappoint. price 50 cents and 1 dollar. trial bottle free.
In an old column David Harum jokes that a reasonable number of fleas helps a dog. The piece notes a difference in ownership and suggests even powerful creatures harbor fleas. Congressman Griggs visited the city on Sunday to tend to political fences.
The passage explains the biblical eye of the needle as a camel pass through a fortress hole. It notes old Arabian village fortifications with zigzag underground passages barely fitting a camel. It cites a near perfect eyehole at Grianan E Hileach in Donegal and Irish annals claiming Hileach was built by Tuach de Daanan chiefs 1300 years before Christ.
A New York couple describes a five room apartment with a den library and music room. They detail sleeping on couches in the den and music room and dining at a portable table, saying the bath and packing room serve as dressing and storage spaces. The kitchen houses dogs at night and occasional cooking in the day.
After the Italian season ends at the Academy of Music New York Mor Maretzek meets a tenor who boasts of leasing the academy for classics. Maretzek urges caution preferring more careful planning but the tenor ignores the counsel and the academy soon falls into rent distress as reported by the New York Tribune.
In DeKalb County Court of Ordinary order, W L McGill as administrator will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in September at the courthouse door in Decatur County Georgia the lands of Dan McGill deceased. Descriptions cover multiple lots in Lot 230 4 and surrounding parcels totaling numerous acreages with detailed bearings and bounds. CASH terms. Authorized by order dated May 197.
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