03 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
1
The piece attacks sectionalism and Republican tariff policy as causes of national strife. It contrasts McKinley with Bryan, argues Populist and anti monopolist lines, and denounces Republican corruption while urging voters to reject sectarian divisions. It includes references to prohibition, negro voters, and political alignments.
Fort Gaines readers report strong interest from Peterson in running for congress as a Republican in the second district. Prominent Republicans urge him at the Daw son convention and at the St Louis national meeting to seek the standard bearer role. Peterson, Fort Gaines businessman and co operative manager, has long influenced politics though voting with Democrats locally.
The article argues the Republican Party serves trusts and combines to oppress workers while praising Bryan and Sewall as the democratic alternative. It cites campaign money, high tariffs, and bank power as motives driving voting choices and warns that capital versus labor could endanger the government. It quotes Bryan on monetary policy and calls voters to study interests beyond personal profit.
An old railroad worker offers a vivid prayer as a metaphorical train journey toward salvation. He requests prudence as a safety lamp, sturdy couplings in Thy love, and the Bible as a hand lamp, praying switches stay closed to avoid sidings and semaphores to shine with hope. He seeks the Ten Commandments as a schedule and a final welcome to eternal happiness after a faithful life run.
A Farm and Fireside excerpt extols peach cultivation in Georgia with figures: 200 acres yielding about 125000 in four years, net profits around 250 per acre, and multiple small growers earning substantial sums. It notes crop failures yet emphasizes high per acre returns and distant sales including W Tift selling peaches in New York for 12 dollars a bushel.
If the Indianapolis convention nominates a presidential ticket it would be the eighth such ticket. The list so far includes Democratic with Bryan and Sewall, Republican with McKinley and Hobart, Populist with Bryan and Watson, Prohibition with Levering and Jones, National with Beatty and Southgate, Socialist Labor, and National Silver with Bryan and Sewall.
William McKinley has written his acceptance and signals readiness for the race. He stresses tariff as the supreme issue and briefly mentions the money question, urging opponents of Chinese exclusion to vote accordingly.
A Memphis letter to the New York Evening Post argues southern farmers show strong prosperity despite national hard times. It notes low production costs for cotton, homegrown food crops, reduced debt, and plans to plant more food and cotton, leading to cheaper, more profitable yields this season.
The poem describes a drunken man returning home at 4 a.m. and failing to gain entry, with imagery of wheels in his head and a moon seen as a dollar. It transitions to a reflection on popularity and the limits of worldly success and fame. The piece ends with a meditation on personal worth beyond public adulation.
The Crescent City returned to Carrabelle with a reported sea serpent of 49 feet 2 inches and 72 inches around its body. The creature, eel shaped with a spoon head and angled teeth, attracted crowds as it lay on the dock, claimed to be the gulf’s first captured serpent though others report sightings here.
Georgia Governor Atkinson and Comptroller General Wright announced the year’s tax rate of 456, the same maximum as last year. A $100,000 sinking land is provided in the levy, with total state taxed property at about $512 million, up from last year. Fealty and personal property decline by $1 million while railroads rise by about $3 million, Central Railroad adding $2 million on its Macon to Savannah line. Total tax-levy for government expenses is $2,866,980.
Turpentine producers from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama met in Savannah with about 250 attendees and agreed to reduce output by 66 percent for the coming season. Cutting will run December 15 to February 15 with a minimum price per box. A committee will enforce the plan, part of a broader southern move to safeguard the industry.
County residents are urged to register in person while books are open and to pay back taxes before registering. The notice warns that failure to comply will make registration illegal, drop names from lists, and prevent voting. It cites a Herald quotation about a upcoming congress and critiques political figures.
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