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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1889
Page
2
A fragment from the St. Albans press edited by Slassell and Jno M. Brown lists an annual subscription price of two dollars, with possible misprints and stray characters around the notice. The legible parts indicate the editors and proprietors at the publication.
President Ponalson and Secretary Jackson toured from Cuthbert to Colquitt Arlington and Damascus urging railroad subscriptions. Colquitt pledged 20000 Damascus 10000 Arlington 15000 Cuthbert 40000 plus stock men promised immediate draw. Total pledged near 105000 with expectation of 100000 more in sight. Albany News warns farmers against cotton substitute bagging policy and the Alliance.
Grading between Troy and the junction with N W and Florida is half finished with four weeks more needed. Right of way complete. seven condemnations in Henry Dale and Dixie counties. Telegraph line Troy to Bainbridge nearly done. four mile gap near Pea River to be filled next week. Track laying begins west of the Chattahoochee with ~1.5 miles daily. gauge widening on Northwest Florida division to be finished next week. Bridges at Chattahoochee and Flint progressing. Ada supports a 25 mile July 1 section from Montgomery. By July 1, seven miles toward Troy from Ada and 65 to 75 miles between Bainbridge Ozark by July 15. Paymaster Post reappears after presumed death. Midland wins suit over Central over bridge design. wooden bridge approved. Other notes: Tallahassee work for Augusta and Carrabelle road to start. Howland company to build to St Andrews Bay with state land grant.
A letter condemns low insulting remarks about women made by male loafers in stores and street corners. It laments coarse jests toward stout or plain women and elderly ladies, notes children hear such slang at dinner, and urges men to remember their mothers and sisters and stop the habit.
Maj. T. B. Edgington spoke at the national cemetery in Memphis on Decoration Day. He argued against negro suffrage, warned of white decline, and called compulsory education a dangerous overreach. The Avanache prints the four column oration and notes Edgington's national reputation.
Editorial notes urge Georgia road congress to improve public roads within five years and Emory College alumni to form city clubs to endow the college. It questions postal reforms and warns against trusting lost mail. Public timber custodian offices and profits are described. A long advertisement promotes Shiloh remedies and Hall's Catarrh Cure with claims of cures.
An advertisement touts BeGgs Blood Purifier and BeGgs Diarrhoea Balsam with testimonials and a satisfaction guarantee from C L Beach & Co. A separate local legislation notice in Georgia Decatur County details upcoming legislative action to authorize incorporation of the Georgia Railway Lumber and Company and related powers.
Decatur County notices the sale will be held at the courthouse door in Bainbridge on the first Tuesday in July. The parcel is Lot 141 in the 15th District, levied on as the estate of Andrew Jackson, to satisfy a Justice Court execution in favor of P. Chappell and Son and John M. Brown as administrator, among other fifas.
Notices list multiple 19th century property sales by Sheriff L F Patterson and related figures. Parcels include lots 3 142 8 43 44 88 48 384 342 in 1st and 27th districts. Lands levied to satisfy mortgages in favor of J Steininger Co. Also G D Powell and F M Rodgers properties cited. Included is an administration citation for Mahaly Yawn estate with John M Brown named administrator.
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