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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
1
A broad column collects Georgia politics, crop economics, and national riffs. It notes cotton futures, subtreasury ideas for Savannah, and local figures like Hoke Smith and Yancey Carter, with references to Roosevelt Taft Bryan and Georgia’s electoral moves. The piece blends satire, editorials, and public notices on state progress and party fortune.
The article argues that farmers must organize to market cotton for fair prices, noting merchants and speculators push for cheap buys and mills rely on cheap raw material. It suggests ten to fifteen cents per middling cotton could bring prosperity to the South, while prolonged low prices would hurt Georgia and surrounding cotton belt regions.
N H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont says the pills ease the kinks in stomach liver and bowels with no fuss. Guaranteed satisfactory at all drug stores. 25c.
The Farmers Union of Olquitt County plans special sale days where all cotton is brought in and sold in a lump. Buyers from abroad will bid openly, a method used for years with the wool crop and believed to fetch higher prices from exporters.
A Bainbridge citizen Mrs Geo H Harrison of Water Street reports relief from kidney issues using Doan's Kidney Pills. She purchased them at Willis Drug Company and plans to continue use. Foster Milburn Co New York sells the remedy nationwide under the name Doan's. Price 50 cents.
Government proclamation dated August 14 1908 outlines proposed Georgia constitutional amendments. It defines elector eligibility including residency and tax requirements and lists five classes who may register to vote or qualify for registration. The measure repeals prior section and inserts nine new paragraphs governing registration and voting.
The proclamation announces a proposed constitutional amendment on voter qualifications to be voted on at the general election scheduled for October 7, 1908. It details registration provisions, appeals, and the process for ratification or rejection by electors, with observers to publish results. Officials named include Hoke Smith and Philip Cook.
Alarming rise in kidney disease goes largely unrecognized by patients and doctors. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as the cure for kidney, bladder, liver and rheumatic pains with claims of reducing nocturia and urinary discomfort. Available from druggists in fifty cent and one dollar sizes. sample bottle and free book offered by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
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