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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1885
Page
2
The Weekly Democrat notes show M Brown as business manager with no further details about staff, operations, or dates. The item reads as an internal staff reference fragment labeled dno and lacks additional context.
A Georgia press roundup notes editors dispute Governor McDaniel’s eligibility for reelection and who should lead in 1887. It cites state constitutional terms, party lines, and regional candidates from South Georgia, with commentary on Col. Robell and Joe Brown allies shaping Decatur and Perry counties.
A Augusta editorial laments two prominent city figures, a bank president and a manufacturing chief, who fell to embezzlement and attempted suicide. It condemns greed, urges strict honesty in handling others' funds, and warns that trust mismanagement leads to ruin and disgrace.
The author argues that price reductions drive traffic and profit across railways and postal services and predicts telegraphy will follow with far lower rates. They urge telegraph companies to cut costs, noting even small towns would benefit and predicting a future wave of rate reductions.
The Postmaster General Vilas issues a confidential circular to Democratic members of Congress outlining removals of fourth class postmasters and likely others in top classes for offensive partisanship. He urges affidavits or credible evidence, and demands detailed biographical and community suitability information for each candidate. He notes early removals will face close scrutiny and must be justifiable.
The New Orleans World’s Exposition ends on the 31st with crowds, trade and travel spurring Southern exposure. Railroads like Savannah Florida and Western and Louisville and Nashville aided turnout with low fares, while Southern Democrats push for political change to favor the region. A new postal card will switch to a pink color from cream.
A survey lauds Charley Pendleton Albert Winter and Underwood as strong voices in their papers. John Triplett of Thomasville is praised as handsome editor. Jim Hanlon enlarges Albany Daily Medium. Miss E R Sutton is city editor. Col Rainey leads the Dawson Journal with renewed life and vigor.
A collage of items from Terrell and nearby counties notes taxes on dogs in spring, a Calhoun County marriage, artesian wells in Smithville and Cuthbert, a Newton June meeting, lottery spending in Baker County, a Camilla postmaster appointment, tobacco sales in Petersburg, martial law in Panama, and Marines returning home. It also mentions a Savannah News columnist, a fountain proposal at Montezuma, a humorous egg verse from the Cuthbert Appeal, and a joke about marriages.
W A Bunch remains in serious condition with chills a week after being shot in Dougherty County. The other man shot accidentally is reported improving. The Dawson Journal notes Judge Clarke's grand jury remarks in Randolph County about gambling and age limits for jurors. A farmer reports Venetian red paint as a hog cholera cure, mixed with meat and fed to hogs several times weekly.
A letter from I. M. Countts argues for Southern cattle ranching and timber value, citing Georgia pasture potential from Savannah to the Chattahoochee, a stock farm near Camilla, and timber demand in Britain. It references New York Herald and New York Sun excerpts and urges wider publication.
The New Orleans Times Democrat urges Southern readers to stop selling cattle for raw materials and to fatten stock domestically, arguing the South can feed and profit as well as the Far West. In Cuthbert Georgia, a father killed his two young sons and himself, leaving a note saying life had failed financially and he chose death over abandoning his children.
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