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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
7
Local notices report arrears collection policy for The Dem pst utes paper with subscribers urged to settle or risk dropping. The Ordinary announces pension funds distributed and urges holdouts to visit the office. Jail counts, a counterfeiting confession in Camilla, and a kerosene price war between Standard Oil and Gulf Refining are noted.
The county voters register at Collector Butts office closes next Saturday night twenty days before the Primary. Registration can occur after the primary through twenty days before the general election.
The Democrat plans to publish weekly lists of pupils in each grade with what is taught and the teacher's name. The principal will allow access to grade records, as is common in other cities, to inform the public and encourage support for teachers. Mr Toole spent the past week in New York and the East seeking spring goods.
The article details historic Baptist Sunday school with officers led by Superintendent A J Callahan and a flourishing current state. It notes a Fire disrupted Methodist activities, listing officers C Brown and H J Maddox, plus Edna Gibson and Fannie Mayes among teachers. Presbyterian attendance listed at 41 with Dr Fogarty and Arthur Fogarty among workers, including Bainbridge mayor and county superintendent involvement.
The Knights of Pythias marked the 44th anniversary of the order in the city last Tuesday night at the lodge room. Founded by Justus Rathburn, a country school teacher, the lodge was organized April 30 1886 and now has about 125 members. Last Sunday the lodge marched to the courthouse led by Vice Chancellor Commander E S Prows in Brantley’s absence, joined the Methodist congregation, and heard the An nular Sermon by Rev J A Smith with remarks by Prof Chas Lane.
A Friday night entertainment at the opera house features local talent under the ladies of the Methodist Church to benefit the Furnishing Fund. The program promises first class entertainment and wholesome amusement, with proceeds aiding a meritorious cause. Bring your wife and children to support the fundraiser.
Mrs C C Norn, a leading pianist and organist, teaches at four dollars per month. She offers two one hour lessons weekly with extra time for beginners, at her home or pupils’ houses. Miss Mary Brady of Titton visits Mrs A W Fordham.
The forecast predicts a sequence of conditions from the 20th to the 29th with moderating temps the 22nd to 23rd and 26th to 27th described as pleasant. Cloudy spells with rain are expected on the 24th to 25th and 28th to 29th, with caution on storm certainty.
Jewish women in the city raise money to buy a lot for a forthcoming modest synagogue. The site is not yet chosen and men will subscribe for the building once funds for the lot are secured. A Euchre Party hosted by Mrs Nusbaum supported the fund. About 12 Jewish families are active in city business. A group of workers tied to Donaldsonville and Iron City, paid $15 monthly with $1 daily meals, arrived seeking work, aiming for Amsterdam but were rejected. Tampa immigration convention adjourned after sending resolutions back to states and favoring settlers from other states.
Judge Maxwell unexpectedly presided at 3 am to unite a young couple in marriage after a research mishap. A telegraph to the bride’s father followed, stating Arrived Daughter Safe Married This Morning with a blessing. The judge reportedly keeps a license blank book near his head as he sleeps.
Mrs E D Charles of Harbor Maine praises Electric Bitters calling it a neighborhood favorite with quick relief for dyspepsia liver trouble kidney derangement malnutrition nervousness weak nerves and general debility. The tonic purifies blood and is sold with a 50 cent guarantee at all drugstores.
Decatur County sheriff sale set for the first Tuesday in March at the Bainbridge courthouse describes Lots 140 141 385 319 337 338 343 344 377 378 384 41 305 383 224 257 364 297 and lot 13 in the Fifteenth District. Also includes a Porter's locomotive engine two flat-cars sixteen miles of tram road fourteen trucks two lever cars and five thousand cross ties on the tram road from Swindell to within four miles of Bainbridge, levied to satisfy four Fifa suits for Bainbridge State Bank against E Swindell Co E Swindell and J Swindell.
In De Satul County Bainbridge city Georgia a sheriff sale lists two oxen. One black ox with white markings on belly and flanks and a dun ox four to five years old marked crop and lifted ear. The oxen are levied on as property of defendants to satisfy a judgment in favor of J A B Sikes v James William and Lir Sheffield. Date February 4 1908. L F Patterson Sheriff.
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