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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1909
Page
3
A large crowd attended a Thursday W C T U meeting at the home of Mrs C C Brown. The program included Bible reading, prayers, songs, papers by Mrs Morris Miss Loyce and Mrs Russell, and music by Mrs Gordon Chason. A salad course and chocolate were served by local volunteers.
Bainbridge Methodist Church will hold its first quarterly conference next Monday night at the parsonage. A full attendance of the official Board is earnestly desired by the Presiding Elder as Dr Williams leads business of vital concern toward completing the new church via the Building Committee. The Kevinbridge Grocery Co moves to New Orleans March 15 and will operate as Sharpe Garrett Grocery Co with John G Garrett as manager, a loss to Bainbridge.
Mrs Haire, grandmother of Messrs Oliver and Gus Haire of this city, was found dead in her bed on Monday afternoon. She died quietly between 2 and 4 o'clock, aged 82, living with her daughter below Whigham. She was buried privately near her home Tuesday. Relatives receive community sympathy.
The motion for a new trial of W. H. Mitchell before Judge Roan in Fulton County is postponed to May 1 due to the court stenographer Davis not finishing the record. Roan warned that if ready to proceed isn’t met, he will entertain the solicitor general’s motion to dismiss the new trial request, forcing Mitchell to begin sentence service anew. A Bainbridge native, John Dickerman of Fowltown 221, now visiting Arkansas relatives, is in the city briefly.
The piece discusses Lent as a penitential season promoting self denial and physical moral uplift, noting its observance by Catholics and Protestants and its potential health benefits. It also comments on liquor shipment restrictions and a proposed federal effort to destroy captured liquor. It closes with a note on Mrs. Coco Robb G. Hartsfield visiting Atlanta connections.
Tickets from Washington to Wilmington and return via Atlantic Coast Line go on sale February 28 to March 3 with a final return deadline by March 10. Great Military Parade features special law rates for groups of 25 or more traveling together on a single ticket. For details contact local ticket agents. Correspondence invited.
A treatise condemns whiskey as a violent irritant and cerebral poison. It argues alcohol destroys the interior of the mouth and the brain, weakens family and social bonds, and hinders the Spirit of God in souls, warning government and society of its widespread harm. It asserts intoxicating drink as a universal threat to people of all ages.
A dentistry office announces relocation to Commodous Offices in the Berry Building at the corner of Brookton and Clark Streets on the 2nd floor to better serve patients in Decatur and nearby counties. The notice addresses the colored people in the area.
In a continuance of your patronage is respectfully solicited by DE J W F Johnson dentist.
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