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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
2
A scatter of society notes and political quips on prohibition moves across states from Ohio to South Carolina. The piece jests at Governor-elect Joe Brown and a sealed letter and comments on Tillman clearing the White House, plus a Nashville jurors’ toddy plan and a train car whiskey anecdote.
The Moultrie Observer laments the legislature may set aside other issues to tackle the near-beer nuisance this simmer. The piece contrasts past legislatures and hints at political maneuvering surrounding the issue. Roosevelt supports a memorial for Robert E. Lee, noting the South and North recognize his merits and that his fame endures irrespective of a national monument.
The Savannah Press notes speculation of State Militia presence and police deployment amid Prohibition enforcement rumors. It cites the State Anti-Saloon League’s Atlanta meeting and renewed push to sustain prohibition sentiment statewide.
President-elect Taft, en route to Panama after leaving Charleston, vows to reform how Southern federal appointments are made. He aims to appoint locally acceptable, often white Republican candidates, shifting away from a regional syndicate to foster broader community acceptance and better relations with the South.
Bishop Greer warns that life value declines nationwide as people grow less responsible to God. He blames a relaxed modern life for rising self destruction and says many seek happiness instead of striving to be worthy of life.
The passage argues agnostics face severe burdens and may choose suicide, with auto-suggestion shaping this wave. It condemns newspapers for sensational crime coverage that glamorizes death and incites imitation, while reflecting on vice as a recurring, repulsive force in society.
Recorder urges that prohibition aids progress and prosperity in Georgia with statements that officials resume work, expand plants, and improve safety. It argues reduced crime and stronger municipal growth alongside prohibition and rejects doom over liquor restrictions.
Dr Forbes Winslow argues liquor poisoning fuels insanity while statistics from London asylums and lunacy commissioners show rising lunacy. He notes a quarter of admissions in a large asylum stem from temperance issues and warns of hereditary harm from drunken parents.
A historic remark notes that drunken behavior passes to offspring, citing a physician's statistics that among 300 cases studied, 145 were children of bankers, suggesting heredity and environment influence brain development.
The Democrat will publish official notices of the sheriff and county officers and those of administrators executors and guardians as they appear in our columns.
Bainbridge resident W. A. Mooney testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved back pain and improved kidney function after using the remedy purchased from Willis Drug Company. The advertisement promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a lasting cure, with Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo listed as sole U.S. agents and a 50 cent price.
A western judge grants a divorce citing ill temper and bad breath as the grounds. The ad claims Dr Kings New Life Pills prevent the issues by curing constipation and liver trouble, banishing headaches and chills. Available for 25c at druggists.
A Houston woman extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles after a three year illness. The letter cites improved health, urges other women to try the remedy, and notes the publisher's policy of consent and truthfulness. Mrs. Bessie L. Hicks, 819 Cleveland St., Houston, endorses the product.
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