10 May 1888
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1888
Page
1
An ordinance restricts retail liquor sales within Beavinridge city limits. It requires licenses from the Mayor, sets penalties for violations, and prohibits serving minors without written parental consent or guardian approval. Approved by the council and signed by Mayor Monoas.
A damaged city ordinance notes penalties for noise and disorder within city limits. It sets fines up to fifty dollars and potential thirty day imprisonment, with provisions about business activity and enforcement by the mayor and city clerk.
A fragmented municipal record describes orders and hearings related to artesian wells and property assessments. It names local officials and dates for appearances and potential judgments, detailing levies and settlement actions tied to a town’s public works and valuation matters.
Bainbridge Georgia is depicted as a thriving county seat at the Flint River with artesian waters lauded for health benefits. The piece extols climate, soil, natural beauty, and growth, noting a city plan with water works, a court house, hotels, churches, schools, a fire department, a weekly paper, and local industries. It highlights proximity to Savannah and neighboring states, and promotes Bainbridge as an ideal residence and business center in the pine belt. It also mentions a local water analysis by State Chemist H. C. Warren and notes prospects for investment and migration.
Bluffton and surrounding area discuss a Blairton to Bainbridge rail line via Colquitt with survey underway. Farmers pledge funds, towns urge a route through Blakely to boost timber, farming, and freight access, while Central Railroad may resist changes. Immigration, tariffs, and local elections also feature in ongoing regional discourse.
Monticello Florida will gain a railroad after citizens approved the Savannah Florida and era railway plan. The town provides right of way from the Georgia line to the city, the depot site, and about 1.8 per mile in cash or its equivalent. The line is graded from Thomasville toward the state line and iron is laid on that portion.
A Georgia case before Judge I. Pitts and involving J. G. Truitt & Co foreclosing a mortgage on Richard Morgan led to his wife claiming the cows. The court awarded the cows to the wife, holding a wife cannot subject her separate estate to her husband's debts. Morgan faced a misdemeanor charge for mortgaging non-owned property. The narrative also touches on invention wealth, citing Yeaton and a perforated-substance chair bottoming idea and a later patent dispute, noting Yeaton's eventual company and plant value.
The text discusses deep earth filtration and oxidation of water, then shifts to a Newark-like note about a new crime detection society formed by colored men in America as a measure against criminals. It ends with a political tally mentioning Mr. Sherman and a contested Louisiana vote in 1876.
A collection of maxims and aphorisms on virtue, economy, and human behavior contrasts mercy with fault, warns against speaking ill of competitors, and laments tax burdens. The Atlanta note quotes ex Gov Bullock and discusses tariffs as official robbery, urging prudent, moral living and productive use of wealth.
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