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The Fort Gaines Sentinel
rrilLISltKI) F.VKKY FRIDAY.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLAY COUNTY,
JOSIU A JOXKN, Editor.
Fort Dainkm, Da., Jan'y )m, lHjir»,
TO OUR EXCHANGES.
The papers that exchanged with the
Hluffton News will please note the
fact that the outfit of the News has
been moved to Fori Dailies, Da., and
a new paper is published, Tiif Fort
Daixk.s Nkntinkl. All papers that
formerly with the NVwh,
will please mail copies to Tiik Sknti
NHL, at Fort Dailies.
A prize of #1,000,000 will fall. In
IH'.C) to the fortunate man who writes
the best biography of Alexander I., of
Of Hiissia. The prize is the outgrowth
of a fund of.'>0,000 roubles given for
the purpose by one of the Czar’s Min¬
isters in !*•>.■>.
The fact that one half the prisoners
in the Missouri penitentiary are under
twenty-five years of age does not nega¬
tive the fact that this is the age when
youth free, happy and innocent
youth comes to thr front to give us
assurance of a glorious future.
The ('billtauooga Tradesman says
that in that region all industries] pre¬
sent a hopeful outlook, new cotton
mills arc being built and old ones en¬
larged; the lumber trade is active;
coal operators report an increasing
output and better prices, and the iron
furnaces are running on full time,
with a good and increasing demand
for their products.
“Remittance men” i- the term ap¬
plied in British Columbia to sons of
Englishmen sent there to learn farm¬
ing. They g<> about, explains the
New York Sun, in knickerbockers,
big shoes,'cloth caps, and eyeglasses,
painting tilings red as long as their
remittances last. For two weeks be¬
fore the next cheek arrives they keep
quiet, because they have no money
for making a noise.
The highest type of beauty in wo¬
man is never merely physical. It is
the outgleaming of internal virtues,* of
sweet graces of character. When a
.woman possesses these she lias that
which will make her beautiful when
her golden tresses shall he white,
when the bright ness of her eye shall
he dimmed by tearful sorrows and
when the symmetry of her form shall
he forever gone.
The Valdosta Telescope, in the fol¬
lowing, stales a few truths plainly and
tersely, and without umluh* magnify¬
ing them: “Brass and "gold are never
found in the same mine, Bitter and
sweet water never come from the same
fountain. Thistles never bear tigs, it
is-also trite of individuals, institutions
and newspapers, that egotism and
worth, cheek and character, seldom
blossom in the same lives,”
.Train robberies have become so fre¬
quent that congress has waked up to
thi> danger, and Senator Butler, of
South Carolina, has Introduced a bill
regulating Jhe punishnl|nt of such rob
bers,'ranging from tive\vears to im
prisonnpNt for life, according to dam¬
age outright. domq provided The bill no one is killed
does not say how
the robbers aiv to be enuglit, and the
trouble is they usually escape.
Worship in Japan is a very simple
affaL*. says the New York World. In
many of the temples the chief feature
is-a looking-class emblematic of purity
of soul. Near it is a font of water in
which the worshiper washes on enter¬
ing. He then prays before the glass,
drops a few coppers into a box and
rings a bell three times as he goes
out. Since the Mikado declared him¬
self no longer divine and infallible,
Japanese skepticism has grown rap-1
idly. j
•Among the New Year resolutions
of which we hear, says the Moultrie
Observer, none is more commendable j
than that which has economy for its
object. AYe learn of one young man
who has started out with the intention
of putting by every day. If he
keeps this up he will have quite a snug
sum by next New Year. If we cans
not do as well as that we can
save something, if only a dime'
penny, and the habit of-saving will
worth as much to us as the a mo
saved.
Dr. Lonibrosn, the wi ll-known phy
I sieian, agrees with the contention of
other European medical men, i made
public a few months agh| that all an
archist* and communist* are dement
ed. He finds that a propensity to rev
olution is merely a demonstration of
I insanity and should be treated in the
same wav as other forms of lunacy,
He thinks tiie advocates of destruction
if governments and the distribution
of property, if placed under
somewhere and properly treated,
would in the course of time become as
lucid and sensible as other people.
After certain investigation*. Dr. Loin
broHs (Uncover* uiho that revolution*
occur chiefly in warm eount-ics, and
during summer. The heat stirs up the
blood and excites the brain. The
t | ier , nomo f« r i» really the tliitifr to he
looked to for explanation of many so
clft , p j iC nometias, and lie thinks it true,
JU| aIu . iont ., aRt!H thoughf, that the
dog star sets men mild us well as dogs.
To illustrate his theory, the doctor
shows that of nearly J0(i popular out
breaks in Europe, covering France,
Italy and Drceee, there were thirty
two in June and twelve in November,
and the summer averaged three times
as many as the colder seasons.
“Without attracting a large degree
of public attention, the Life-Saving
Service does its work faithfully and
well from year to year. The annual
report of its operations for the last
twelve mouths shows nearly 4000
shipwrecked persons rescued and near¬
ly ,000,000 worth of property saved,
all at a eostjof #1,2oO,(XtO. More dis¬
asters occurred during the year than
in any previous year in the service.
So successful is this branch of the gov
nient's work that it excites the admi¬
ration and imitation of other lands.
“Happily,” comments the New York
Tribune, “polities are kept separate
from the Life-Saving Service.
A farmer correspondent of the
Hartwell Sun gives his brethren
throughout Georgia some sound ad¬
vice ii* the following: “Let's quit
grumbling about hard times so much.
NVe are to blame for it all. There is
no use talking. The way out of it is
the oft-repealed talc. Make our homes
self-sustaining. There, is a starting
point somewhere, and right now is the
time. If we don't start right now
when will we start? Wait until Jan¬
uary, lHIM!? Not a hit of it. We
must pitch our crops with a view to
independence in the way of supplies,
and then the cry of .hard times will
cease. 11
The new academy at Athens, Greece,
is built of marble from the same quar¬
ries that furnished thehnarble for the
Parthenon, and its sculptures are
brilliantly decorated in red. blue and
gold. This might be considered liar
baric if it were no'j classical, but situe
the discoveries made in excavating at
Athens within the last, twenty years ,
it is no longer possible to doubt that
*
the ancient Greeks often painted thej/,
choicest marbles in the most gainfjy
colors. 4
Deorgia should , ... have state , . ,
a him big
at the Cotton States and Internattonaj
Exposition. The [reputation of the
proud Empire State of the South de¬
mauds it; the best interests of a pro¬
gressive commonwealth in fut mT 1
years calls loudly that nothing adva.it/
be lacking in a complete and
sreous display , of ... her resources. „ NNoulld f
not be , well for Governor .
,t
to appoint a committee, one from
and county, successful to push consummation the matter to a •* j/appy
NYhero the spoils are tliei *e,s
are. For every successful! j
for otlice there are "JBSEaLj fou^M^ p
point ■ .1 expectant ul
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enemy.
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pursuitj
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J’21
An Appreciated Kxprmian.
While it is understood and .vim it ted
by the friends and patrons of Mr.
Joshua Jones that while his progres
sion as a newspaper man has grown
to where he lias been called to a larger
j Held of editorial labor, we the under
j signed business men of Bluffton, join
in wishing him much success in his
new home. Now that he sees tit to
I leave us, we hereby extend to him
and family as citizens, and to him as
j an editor, a hearty welcome whenever
he sees lit to return to our town,
AN. I. Diikkn'k,
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j ^ M( Kkx/ie
E. .s. Joxks,
NY. 1*. Killinoswokth,
H. Joynkr,
I'. II. Thompson, M. I).,
(’. T. 11 I'M I’ll UK vs,
AY. A. Haistkn.
Hluffton, Da.. Jan. 17, lHJi.j.
The above kindly expression from
our friends at Hluffton was handed us
this week with tlie request that it be
published. Knowing the people of
Hluffton as we do, and apreciating the
generosity of heart that prompts this
expression of friendship,we feel deeply
grateful for the same. Whatever may
be our fortune and wherever we may
go, we will always cherish in our
hearts the warmest and most grateful
sentiment for the good people of Bluft
ton and vicinity.
ADDITIONAL L0CA! J •
The number of pupils at the Academy
is almost daily increasing, and under
the management of Prof. McKenzie the
school is growing in popularity. NVe
have now as good a school as can he
found anywhere, with as competent
teachers as could he desired, and tLe
beueiit that it is to our town cannot be
overestimated. In connection with the
regular studies of the school thre ’s an
art department under Miss Estelle Ten
nille, Miss Clyde Holland, music, Miss
Laura Killen, elocution, and Miss Vic¬
toria Hoole, first assistant. These are
all excellent teachers, and with them,
the school is placed on a high plane of
excellence. It is bound to succeed and
wish it all prosperity.
Farmers, if you want Shoes that will
last you and your tenants till next sum¬
mer. cheap, go to F. E. Sanders. No
trouble to get any size.
Now that the planting season is ap¬
proaching, many of our farmers appear
to be halting between two opinions,
whether to devote most of their land
and attention to raising the necessaries
of life or to again risk cotton. If the
experience of this fall and winter, with
the low price of the staple, does not in¬
duce them to make a radical change in
their methods, we do not believe any¬
thing short ot what they wiil had to undergo
during the civil war do it,. Bgt we
can o uly wait antVsee, "as time alone will
tell the story. '
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It scefog that the capacity for pork
raising f.lmt this section has is better un
now than formerly. Since
has not troubled the hogs we
hear of farmers all o^er the country
killing four and five hundred pound
hogs, and many do even better than
that and hog raising appears to be gen
eral. It ready looks like the days of
p roS p er jty and plenty had once more
come among us and it is high time they
should,
i It you need any Furniture, it will pay
yon to call ou Tom Sanders. The low
P rice 11(3 3S selling at will soon move his
1 stock.
from the scarcit y of work ’
a fl d the number of idle men about , our
town there , ought , „ not to be any trouble
^ ^ wben it isneeded . The -
tronWe ^ however> that a certain class
1 would rather loaf about town, go half
> naked and live ou less than half rations,
than go to the country where they
would have pleuty, because there would
be too much work in it.
The board of county school commis
siouers met last Tuesday to consider
matters pertaining to teachers, their sal
aries, e.c, and other business relative to
public schools. And by the way, we
have a boaril of commissioners who are
true to their duties and obligations, and
the business they have control of is in
good hands.
McKissaok & Co., say they will
the cash this year and expect to un
the town.
Any one who will notice how our mar
,s are being supplied, will realize that
Lsbody *d in the county is devoting a
deal of attention to raising beef
lie and lu gs. Poultry and eggs are
kas plentiful as they should be but
within their sjiecial sl*»e of
j THE- REW YEAR
! Fines
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At the same old Stand with their usual full line of
Gr IRQ CHEQUE] R
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W Wholesale: and: Retail. vc
Look out for detailed announcement next week.
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< When the advertising atmosphere is heavily charged with exag-g»e
I geration, it is well to remember who the honest adver tisers are. ^
Windy assertions about the GREAT reductions —advertising;*^
^ goods at impossible p rices, find no lodging place in t he minds of
^ i nte Higent p eople. Dull trade throughout the legitimate busin ess Sfr
*§ season may make necessary wild st atements from our Liquor F
^ Dealers to attract trade, but the schemers will have to sheme t
A ■KHMymwRivrgnMnmfa wt wu A tm i—i r w.-. < >B»«aMi«rr mumrmOB rmrm Qf
I harder and find new disguised for their lame excuses before they W
^ can stop the peop le frojn coming t o this store for honest values. &
^ The tr iumph of thi s store is the t riumph of intellige nce, and you
** have made it so. Trade has been uu to the mark here, yet there &
^ _is — * — i ■ i rm m touch ■■■■■ waa gw of w attractiveness /M M K M B P rimf.TOgK rermuvam in the mm brands wa rn and Trfuii—— I f
2 a assortments am r
J still leading with the best line of Fine Liqu ors, Wines, Beers, Ci
j i gars and* Tobacco, to be found in Fort Gaines. Besides other 3
4? well-know and reliable brands of Whiskies, I have added to my A
4 stock the celebrated and world-renowned HA RYE 1 - T HOME,
$3 Rye. Prices on everything below the reach ol coinpetion.
4 J. L.HURST, The Leader*
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When there is an unusual demand
from farmers for
Buggies,
Wagons and
Harness,
-A-InTID 1
m ,#
■ N. H. ? LEN B- j ■
Is the place buy them lowest prices. f
) to at
Will sell on time for approve^ # note, pay
abie next fall. 1
Neatness and Elfgance i
Ape Attractions, and
LSCOHENT
Has Both at His Tony Bap.
YEllY BEST \ -
TUB - -
kiquors, Cigars, Tobaccos, etc.,
and Quiet, Polite
Long Experience in the Busine
Warrants it, and he asks for a Continuance of tf
Liberal Patronage from his many friends.