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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1884
Page
2
Partial OCR fragment shows JNO M Brown and EB Russell as editors and proprietors of The Weekly Democrat. No further readable details on date location or stories are available from the fragment.
A 1884 election exhortation urges Decatur County voters to back Cleveland and Hendricks in the November 4 vote. It warns against complacency, stresses vigilance, and calls for active efforts to swell the Democratic majority to deter foes and please supporters statewide.
A verbose Georgia editorial column discusses the Georgia State Fair in Macon on the 27th, predicts Cleveland’s presidential win, criticizes campaign ethics in Decatur County, and defends railroad taxation while defending Senator Russell and local school funding. It argues for separate offices in education and rails against fiscal extravagance, urging railroad contributions to public schools. It also notes Jefferson Davis's nephew and a local tragedy involving Wiggins in Swainsboro.
The Democratic Executive Committee meets at the courthouse next Saturday to discuss nominating a county-ticket and party cohesion. Readers are reminded of recent Republican strength in Decatur County and urged to back Democrats only if the nomination proceeds, with several medical ads and tonic promotions interspersed in the text.
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