03 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1891
Page
1
Incomplete OCR text shows scattered phrases about a vote banner and references to a date and public notice. Readable content is insufficient to identify people, places, or official actions. No clear outcome or entity data beyond general voting context.
A strong denunciation of slanderer as moral plague and social toxin. The piece condemns backbiting as unseen parasitic harm, noting it destroys reputations, feeds poverty, and corrupts family life, while asserting slanderers hurt all who interact with them and serve the devil.
The Farmers Alliance convention in Peako, Kansas, discussed proposed cotton acreage reductions to boost prices. Figures cite large world demand and potential price shifts, with warnings for southern cotton growers that alliance actions may raise costs for breadstuffs and impact markets.
Bainbridge sits on Flint river with artesian waters analyzed by State Chemist H. C. Warrr. The piece extols climate, forests, soil, fishing, and year round steamboat access. It lists utilities, schools, water works, a free water system, a bank, factories, and planned academy. It highlights a thriving local economy and invites immigrants and capital. Tax sale notices for unreturned wild lands follow.
Opinion notes railroads are a necessity despite criticism and urges the Georgia Railroad Commission to address public grievances. It calls for communities along lines to harmonize differences and for a reasonable age of policy, condemning forceful tactics in both rail operations and legislative action.
The article argues mules outlast horses because they rest by lying down, while many horses sleep standing. It cites stable habits, risk of injury from standing sleep, and notes a mule’s propensity to lie down after work. It then shifts to a Sandersville Herald report praising a hardworking farmer with two plows, high yields, syrup production, and thrift, and ends urging vigilance by Southern democratic organizations.
Legal advertisement lists numerous parcels in the 21st district sold for unpaid taxes for 1890 including lots numbered 40 125 192 444 413 457 448 431 198 190 236 247 265 266 268 279 280 283 285 518 329 348 362 216 across the 21st district and other parcels in the 22nd 25th 27th districts Sheriff L. F. Patterson notes the sale date and seeks payment to settle tax debts.
Decatur Georgia probate records reveal Admiral Nelson as administrator of Joseph Nelsons estate. The court orders all interested persons to show cause on or before the first Monday in September 1991 why he should not be discharged and receive letters of dismission. C J Mauneyrn Ordinary.
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