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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1884
Page
3
Weekend letters describe social scenes in Bainbridge including skating at the rink, Christmas gift plans, and personal notices. Local figures such as M r B L and Mr Joba BL are mentioned with community events, while reports cover fires, theft, poetry, and forthcoming candidacy for county offices. The piece also notes artesian water, sea island cotton talk, and unpaid accounts urging settlement.
The column reports new lieutenant colonel appointments for Governor McDaniel’s staff and congratulates Colonel Hawe. It advertises Emery Johnson How’s housewares and holiday wares including china and silverware, plus a missionary event at the Methodist church celebrating the Children’s Missionary Society. It praises Capt. E R Peabody as County Treasurer candidate and notes a new stern wheel light draft steamer bought in Mobile to run tri weekly between Bainbridge and Apalachicola via the FR and N T Co.
Pneumonia remains prevalent in the city with several deaths reported. Mr Branke and Mrs Griffin died within days of each other, both from pneumonia. Mrs Griffin, about 50, respected and long settled here. Mr Charles W. Franke, two years a resident, native of Prussia, botanist and gardener, died while cared for by a friend. burial to follow at City Cemetery.
The seventeenth annual meeting elected J. R. Wardell foreman and officers including A. McTyre as assistant foreman, E. Morgan second assistant, Sumpter Bradwell secretary, and B. F. Colbert treasurer. A lunch followed, with praise for the fire company and calls for municipal reform and better salaries. The piece also covers water analysis from artesian wells and optimism about mineral water potential and town benefits.
The Fall Term at Our Academy School ends Friday with public exercises. Exams begin Monday in all grades to fairly place students in higher levels. The Bethea family and Miss McCoy lead the Academic staff, with Prof Pierrpont in Music, forming a strong faculty. The article argues education is vital for the city and urges continued community support to make the school a premier local institution.
This week Sheriff Burkett and deputies tracked the Mitchell County murderers to Georgia after a deadly crime in Mitchell County. The duo, Moses Keaton and wife, were arrested in Albany and separated. They confessed, and the killers’ getaway gear including the buggy, horse, shoes, knife, and gun were recovered. The third suspect remains at large, with a full account promised next week. A local statement from Bainbridge notes fever mixture sales and bills.
A. L. Townsend urges farmers to switch from short staple cotton to Sea Island variety citing higher per-pound value, better drought tolerance, and potential ginning aid. He offers to provide gin facilities, seed, and support to a group of fifty farmers to test the crop as a better paying alternative in the region.
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