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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
2
Official Gazette entry listing the sheriff ordinary clerk superior court and county commissioners. Published as second class main matter at Bainbridge Georgia with notices from local government offices.
The item warns that Bryan’s possible nomination threatens national business and monetary confidence. It notes shifts in advertising schedules, calls out currency issues, and criticizes bank hoarding while predicting political turbulence and editorial gossip from Atlanta sources.
The piece notes labor questions fade as tobacco planters reduce wages by about half. Hundreds of common laborers return to stamping grounds or seek work at lower pay. It urges farmer unity and a wage scale among planters and timber, sawmill and turpentine workers to pay labor by value and efficiency. A final hint urges wise action.
Monday at 10 a.m. teachers from Decatur and Miller counties convened in the court house for a teachers institute. Prof J L Guilford of Miller county was elected secretary and Prof W A Little was to conduct the institute. The group includes about 75 teachers, two thirds of them women, with a Wincox county supervisor from the Georgia Normal and Business College at Abbieville. An immigrant party from Indian Territory bound for South Florida passed through town. The note mentions land posting formalities and a prompt laundry service from Matthews' Seed Store.
An article from the Scranton Times reports an expert claimed a new, inexpensive home treatment for rheumatism using common drugs from drugstores. The recipe includes Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Syrup Sarsaparilla taken after meals and at night. The piece notes kidney health as central to rheumatism and cautions readers about patent medicines.
O. S. Woolever, famed La Raysville merchant, testifies Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his piles for good 20 years. The remedy is guaranteed for sores wounds burns or abrasions and sells for 25 cents at all drug stores.
J H Boyett applies for permanent Letters of Administration on Samuel Brunson late of this county. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the ordinary’s office on the first Monday in January 1908 to show cause why administration should not be granted. Dec 2 1907. T B Maxwell Ordinary.
In Decatur County Georgia the 14 acres in northwest quarter of lot 272 in the 14th District are levied on as property of defendants to satisfy a mortgage from Decatur Superior Court in favor of the Bank of Donaldsonville against Haley Dennard and Elige Dennard. Sale to occur before the courthouse door in Bainbridge during legal hours. This December 3, 1907. L. F. Patterson Sheriff.
Decatur County sale set for first Tuesday in January at Bainbridge Court House. Properties include 180 acres in west side of lot 180, 160 acres south side of lot 124, and 225 acres in lot 105 in the Fourteenth District, all to satisfy a mortgage from Decatur Superior Court in favor of the Bank of Donaldsonville against E Trawick. December 4, 1907.
In January on the first Tuesday in Decatur County a city court order levies on a black horse Mack six years old a black horse Yank eleven years old a mare mule Sophia a two horse Milburn wagon and harness a top buggy with end springs and harness twenty five head of cattle marked underbit and overbit in one ear and unmarked in the other ear branded 7 all to satisfy a bank action against Lynn Williams and Grant Williams and First National Bank of A.
A black male horse, four years old, was levied on as property of the defendant to satisfy a mortgage in a Cit Court of Bainbridge case. The action is W. Bell & Co. versus Solomon Satford.
In Bainbridge Georgia a mortgage foreclosure is recorded on the east half of lot 320 in the Fifteenth District. The property is held by defendants Sam Donalson and Willie Donalson to satisfy a note in favor of the First National Bank of Bainbridge. December 4, 1907.
Subers' Catalogue showcases Cambridge’s leading Diamond Merchant and Jeweler J S Subers immense stock of holiday goods and jewelry. Send a stamp for a mailed copy to aid holiday selections. Go to Luton's Fair.
Receiver E A Faulhaber lists routing via River Junction and Apalachicola Northern as the shortest path from Bainbridge. General details on freight rates and handling available on request from J H Hopags, GFA. Also promotes Bruto's Fair and L M Paint claims with local retailer MacDonald Hardware.
In Mound City Mrs. E. D. Clapp cites her son’s near death from lung and throat issues. After using Dr. King’s New Discovery the boy fully recovered following exhausting coughing spells every five minutes. Aimed at coughs and throat and lung troubles, the medicine is guaranteed by druggists with 50 cents to 1 dollar and a free trial bottle.
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