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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1889
Page
2
The Bainbridge New Era notes a $50,009 goal for the Confederate Home and reports rapid telegraph line progress from Ozark to Bainbridge and toward Brunhage, with completion dates in late May and early June. It also covers Alabama Midland grading, northern prejudice against colored office holders, Chicago anarchist activity, and a reflection on Rutherford B. Hayes’s centennial role and moral punishment for cheating.
A young wife is shot in the parlor by her husband William Gilmore after a failed attempt to reconcile, then Gilmore shoots himself. Both die within a few hours as grief-stricken relatives and neighbors witness the scene at the Wells residence. Gilmore, an engineer, had a troubled history and run-ins with alcohol, leaving a shocked Albany community.
The Farmers Alliance of this State has ordered 2,000,000 yards of cotton bagging for this year, a quantity near a quarter of the state's cotton crop. If similar orders arise in other states, alliances could gain bargaining power to raise prices and improve farmers' condition, benefitting the entire South.
The Savannah Americus Montgomery railroad now under construction forms a straight line between terminal points. The Alabama Midland aims to reach Montgomery by next October, creating a second direct route to Savannah. Extensions through coal fields open a trunk line to St Louis Chicago Kansas City and other Northwest cities, signaling Montgomery's rising destiny.
A New Orleans Picayune quote argues tropical America must be developed by capable populations. It claims tropical regions require civilized negroes in the United States to unlock wealth, while whites and native Indians cannot develop the land.
The Albany News details a foul murder in Worth County near Gin Town. Thomas Carroll, a blind Irish peddler, was found dead near a public road, after last being seen with Robert Atkinson and pursued by Jim Hornsby. A watch sold earlier and a burned valise are noted, with Carroll identified by shirt and scarf pin despite decomposition.
A report alleges Mr. Carroll was murdered not by his own hand. A warrant was issued for Jim Hornsby awaiting the Coroner’s jury verdict. Late yesterday the jury implicated Hornsby, who was jailed in Worth County awaiting further action. Carroll hailed from Limerick Ireland and served in the Confederate army.
A committee meeting at the Southern Cotton Manufacturers Association in Augusta outlines plans to supply cotton bagging meeting 37 inches width and 12 ounces to the yard, with a 10 cent weight-based adjustment and two million yards contracted pending alliance ratification, urging sub alliances to place orders now to avoid delays. Albany reports a deadly double tragedy—William Gilmore killed his seventeen-year-old wife Fannie and then shot himself in their residence.
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The piece parodies Hamlet with a feverish medical pitch touting cures. It advertises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Shiloh's remedies and Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, claiming constitutional action and blood cleansing with testimonials and circulars offered at low prices.
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