14 May 1891
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary editorial and quotes discuss education, land reform, agriculture, and tariffs, paired with violent race references and lynching warnings. It notes farm prosperity, market declines, and calls for unity under a Democratic platform while recounting a local court case about a mule and drummer.
A reprinted piece argues the next presidential campaign will pit Blaine or Harrison against Democrats, with the South’s tariff and force bill as flashpoints. It notes southern wealth growth from cotton and industrial production, urging reform and warning against renewed sectional strife. It also critiques popular literature’s moral harm and promotes temperance and wholesome reading for families.
Tobacco expert Husny J. Festos offers detailed guidance to growers on seed selection from Vuelta de Absjo District, January to March planting, seed-bed preparation, transplanting, soil types, manures, row spacing, and topping. Includes harvesting, curing sheds, packing, insect control, and an invitation to visit plantations for on-site assistance.
Baxter Georgia April 7 192Y Rev G W Surru thanks Brethren and citizens of Whigham and Decatur County for courtesies during Congregational Methodist District Meeting at Whiddon church April 24. He praises hospitality productive county and fine Whigham springs and expresses hope for everlasting friendship and reunion in heaven.
In Recovery Georgia on May 3, 91 the local Democrat notes very dry weather with fair prospsects overall. Farmers fear the oat crop is greatly affected while a district meeting led by Rev L B Wilson at Whiddon Methodist church concluded May 27 providing uplift to residents. The town maintains a full line of dry goods and groceries by Donalson and Fain along with other goods.
The Rev George R Stewart of Chattanooga preaches on a neglected line urging both sexes to avoid social vice. He cites a young man’s night life and contrasts with a wife’s expected purity, calling for husbands to be as pure as their wives and warning of divorce if standards falter.
A cautionary note argues intemperance grows from impure literature. It states parents who read trashy books and papers set a poor example for children, who imitate actions more than commands, urging guardians to avoid harmful content.
A devotional meditation extols womans love as constant and supreme, rising above clouds and darkness. It praises its forgiving power and universal reach, claiming it fuels art music and miracles, surpassing power, life, and even death.
Grand jury names and venire for May term of Decatur Superior Court list numerous jurors and two panels including jurors such as Lang, Smith, Whiddon, Gholson, Walden, Trulock, Wilson, Miller, Maxwell, Broom, Dorsey, Bell, Cook, Barineau, Lasseter, Murray, Moss, Donalson, Hatcher, D Littlefield, Maxwell, Braswell, Strickland, Heard, Perkins, Floyd, Harrell, Walden, McColloughs, Nebb, Harrell, Cato, Merritt, Hawthorne, Belcher, Cox, Dekie, Rogers, Rigsby, Lyne, Fain, Burnett, Robinson, Swicord, Reynolds, Clark, and others listed for juror selection and second week panel.
Tax Receiver W. A. McRnow lists precincts and dates for 1891 tax collection across multiple districts. Dates show April and May pick up at Belcher's Lime Bank Pearce's Whigham Reagan's Higdon's Climax Bell's Attapulgus Fowlstown Faceville Recovery Kendricks Spring Creek Steem Mill Kingston Corinth Rock Pond Pine Hill Bainbridge from May 1 to May 23 during spring term of court.
A letter touts Botanic Blood Balm as a remedy for lung abscesses rheumatism and general blood purification. Testimonials claim recovery from long standing ailments after trying the product marketed by B Le Brace in Salem. The writer urges readers to consider constitutional treatment via the tonic as a solution.
A lengthy note describes artesian water from Weil No 1 near Bainbridge with analyses by State Chemist H C Wartz, detailing solid and dissolved minerals and a slight alkalinity. The piece extols Bainbridge as a thriving center with a saw mill, carriage and cigar factories, ice works, and numerous businesses, highlighting cheap land, ample agricultural potential, abundant water and timber, rich fisheries, and welcoming climate for immigrants and investors in Georgia’s pine belt.
Letters from readers praising Botanic Blood Balm as effective for skin sores hair loss and chronic eczema. W F Miles Milesville NC D C Blanter Thomasville VA F C Hoffman Mount Healthy OH P H Hick 1204 Main St burg VA Dalla E Johnson Stafford P O Aug A Klages Baltimore MD describe dramatic skin clears and toxin purge after using the remedy and recommend it to others.
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