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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1890
Page
2
A compilation notes diverse topics from January 23 1499, including DeKalb Alliancemen forming plans to manufacture cotton bagging seed meal and farming tools, mentions New York city debt, Alabama Supreme Court ruling, and various political and regional notes. It mixes factual items with speculative opinions, highlighting public holidays and local projects.
The National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union meets in St Louis to adopt a constitution and statutory laws governing the alliance nationwide. It preserves its principles and sets salaries for leaders, outlines representation, and notes a separate colored alliance. It discusses an Alabama alliance bank and comments on potential federal election law stance.
The Vast Legislature enacted measures effective January 1. Act 600 requires employers of women in shops, factories, or mercantile establishments to provide suitable seating and allow use during downtime, with fines from ten to twenty five dollars per violation. Act 298 governs oyster harvesting seasons and methods, tightening prohibitions on scoops and dredges and asserting private status for beds under 130 feet wide. Act 610 mandates multiple safe egress routes in buildings over two stories used as factories or workshops, with six months to comply and escalating fines for repeat violations.
Washington correspondent reports an English syndicate eyeing Georgia for large investments. They allegedly offer one million dollars for the SSS company plant and patents, propose owners take a one third stake, and may control SSS if prices rise. The syndicate also seeks to buy every cotton compress in Georgia and the South, with agents in New Orleans and Georgia, aiming to secure options. They intend no trust formation, but to place big funds in solid profits, possibly gaining control within six months if prices stay reasonable.
A sharp norther set in from the north overnight, sweeping sand and oyster shell from the streets. Windows slammed and hats flew as residents felt the first taste of an early winter as gale winds warned of colder weather to come.
The Augusta Evening News invites readers to send news tips and personal notes about friends and local movements. It notes even small items become news to many readers and promises to print items with thanks. It urges active participation to supplement reporting.
The Savannah News urges Massachusetts editors to form or join regional press associations and visit southern manufacturing centers and coast cities. It argues editors should tour Savannah and Florida to gain larger perspectives and contrast Southern commerce with Massachusetts. It remarks on stereotypes about the South and urges an open, educational trip.
T Sewell Ball, a clerk in the Indian bureau, owns a rare Civil War map from 1864 showing railroads, fortifications, depths, farms and owners around Richmond. The sheeted leather backed artifact was made under Capt. A. H. Campbell and may be the sole surviving copy. Ball holds letters from Jefferson Davis corroborating its authenticity.
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