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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
1
The piece critiques social ambition in Augusta and public life, notes Taft's visit, and discusses crop diversification in Southwest Georgia. It argues for biennial legislative sessions, analyzes Northern politics postwar, and defends the Democratic Party against Republican portrayals while urging adherence to established tariff and civil rights stances.
Senator Bacon responds to Steinest at The Savannah Press with an admirable article urging Democrats to widen their duty and appeal beyond the South. He argues the Republican party should not be a sectional force and notes the North once supported the Union in 1860 when slavery drove politics.
W C Kiestie of Halliday Ark praises Electric Bitters claiming relief from malaria and stomach troubles. The tonic supposedly purifies the blood steadies nerves and restores vigor, offered by druggists at 50 cents.
Justice of the Peace L. Jones of Quitman Georgia testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills improved his weak kidneys regularized secretions and relieved backache and night-time urination. He paid 50 cents per box and notes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York as sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
In the District Court of the Southern District of Georgia Bainbridge Mfg Co of Bainbridge Decatur County is adjudged bankrupt on December 9 1908 The first meeting of creditors will be at the United States court Room Valdosta Georgia on December 19 1908 at 9 oclock in the forenoon Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt The bankrupt must be present At Valdosta Georgia this ninth day of December 1908
In Decatur County Georgia the court will sell at the Bainbridge courthouse on the first Tuesday in January 1909 the 40 horsepower Schofield Boiler 25 horsepower Engine DeLoach saw mill with attachments a DeLoach edger a D S Abbott Company lathe and bolter with belts and shafting as the property of defendant J D Bratcher to satisfy a mortgage issued by the city court of Bainbridge in favor of Decatur County Bank this 2nd day of December 1908 L F Patterson Sheriff
Under an order by Judge W Spence dated November 9 1908 for partition of lands Margar et Rushworth guardian of Jas A Brewer vs Mark W Monroe and Nicholas Shackleton the undersigned commissioners will sell at the Court House door on the first Tuesday in January 1909 for cash the described lands Lots 22 23 42 43 and 86 in the 22nd District totaling 1131 acres more or less with 131 acres in fractional land totaling about 1131 acres The sale is subject to the court canons and deeds will be made at sale December 7 1908.
Court ordered guardian sale of estate lands of minors Reuben M Reynolds and siblings in Dec 1908. Property includes two tracts totaling about 442 and 442 fractions acres in the 21st District along Flint River, with undivided halves and complex lot lines. Sale to be held at Court house door Bainbridge on the first Tuesday in January 1909 for guardianship support and education.
The Court of Ordinary of Decatur County appoints Mrs Isa Jones Sherman as administratrix of David B Sherman estate. On January first Tuesday 1909 the sale at the Bainbridge courthouse will offer a shingle mill with equipment in Miller County, 550 acres of pine timber leases in Miller County, thirteen mules nineteen oxen three log carts five wagons and assorted commissary stock plus all other property related to the mill. Sale is for cash to highest bidder between legal hours.
Degraft fraud obscured legal notice outlines sale by court at the county courthouse in January. Describes property including a white horse named Buckshet and a gray mare mule named Beck, levied as the defendant's property to satisfy a mortgage lien from Bainbridge City Court in favor of J.E. against J.A. Hayes.
Decatur mortgage sale scheduled in Bainbridge County before the court house door. Levyed property includes a gray mare named Pet a red wheeled black buggy and three cattle to satisfy a mortgage. Sheriff L F Patterson notes the sale date as December 2 1908 in the Bank of Donalsonville case against J B Johnson.
Public sale at the Plantation o the lake G Pearce Wood near Stepan on December 17 1908 includes 600 bushels corn five tons baled hay sweet potatoes cotton seed five tons acid kainit 9000 stalks seed cane a sixteen horse power boiler cotton gin feeder condenser grist mill new hay press disc plows harrows mowing machine rake surkey stalk cutter cultivator and more farming tools plus wagons buggies harness coal tar lime syrup evaporator cotton press and livestock including horses mules and a herd of Jersey cows not belonging to the estate. 1909 tenancy also offered.
The City of Bainbridge will conduct tax sales on the first Tuesday in January during official hours. Properties include a vacant lot owned by Mrs E C Helton bounded by Lichenstadter Potter street and Academy avenue, two houses tied to Mrs Chloe O Neal, and a law library in the Baggs Building owned by Albert E Thornton. Police Chief M Burks signs the notice.
Georgia Decatur County during legal hours on the first Tuesday in January 1909 the following property to wit one seven year old black mare male named Pet one seven year old black mare mule named Bell both purchased from Hamp Flowers and levied upon as the property of Defendant to satisfy one mortgage lien issued from the city court of Bainbridge in favor of J A B Sikes versus E T Mosely this December 2 1908.
Mortgage sale to be held in front of the courthouse on the first Tuesday in January. One hundred acres of land lot 342 in the Donalsonville district, bounded by Jesse James A Fort Clifford and Donald Gray, levied to satisfy a mortgage in Colquitt County. Dec 2 1903. L F Patterson Sheriff.
Notice to debtors and creditors of the Estate of Samuel Brunson of Decatur County. Creditors must render demands per law and debtors must make immediate payments. Dated December 4.
Decatur County Bank sues J. D. Bratcher in Bainbridge city court and gains a mortgage sale of one ox cart six oxen on first Tuesday in January 1908 at the courthouse door. Sheriff L. Patterson records the levy and property details.
An advertisement claims Botanic Blow Balm cures Primary to Tertiary Blood Poison and all blood diseases. It targets chronic sufferers, pledges nerve and skin relief, and asserts it purifies blood to heal eczema and sores. Doses priced at $1 per large bottle with home directions.
Tax collector will tour listed towns for state county and school taxes for 1918 1st round and 2nd round with dates in October November and December 1918. Locations include Rock Pond Iron City Donalsonville Boyettville Steam Mill Spring Creek Attapulgus Faceville Fowltown Amsterdam McRaeville Parkers at Bells store Belcher Brinson Pine Hill Bainbridge and others. Books will close December 24 per law.
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