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The Port Gaines Sentinel
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I'l’lt l.isll KI> KVKKY FRIDAY.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLAY COUNTY.
JOSHUA JONES, Editor and Publisher.
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FRIDAY, MAY 17, 18US.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
All lojral sdyrrtl« , m« , l:t* pnhllrh«l In tlir Hkn
tinm. must be paid for herrnfler In advance, The
offlrrri*. ii well a* tllc;publlahpr, having ex, rrl
cme<l eonrlderable trouble In making rolle. lion*
for oflli lal notices, anil In a number of lustaneea
hare been unable to collect at all This rule will be
strlciljr adhered to. and to avoid delay and trouble
nil Interested should. In the ’future, send tin- cash
with the ropy for such advertisements.
The cold wave which swept over the
(South the tirsl of this week was but
a slight change of weather compared
with the severe cold experienced in
the Eastern and Northwestern States,
in some portions of which a snow fall
of twelve inches occurred and early
crops were totally destroyed.
(fold deposits of a supposed value of
#14,000,000 have been discovered on
a half dozen farms eohiprising 000
acres in Marshal county, Ala. Let
the free silver fanatics migrate to
Alabama and join in the search for
goid, thus increasing the supply of the
detested metal and diminishing its val¬
ue somewhat to a parity with silver.
The Macon Herald remarks that the
meeting of two bodies of prohibition¬
ists in Macon this summer may not be
significant, but it is whispered about
that it means that Macon is to be the
center of the fiercest anti-liquor tight
at the time of the next state election
<b'orgia has ever seen, and that there
may be a touch of it in the city elec¬
tion tLi-. ! ;r
Many Southern cities are pro; tring
to send delegates to the Memphis
sound money convention. It is now
anticipated that large numbers of the
most prominent business men of the
country will attend that meeting to
exchange views on the issue of the
hour, men who believe in the necessi¬
ty of sound money and a stable cur¬
rency. The leading (leorgia cities will
he represented.
In its May number, Southern Trade,
an industrial journal published at St.
Louis, gives a list of 381 industrial
enterprises set oil foot in the South last
month. It includes 31 cotton mills, ‘27
electric plants, 14 Hour mills, 7 can¬
ning factories, 6 furniture factories, 23
saw and pinning mills, 17 foundries
and machine shops, 8 brick yards and
22 telephone plants. At that rate the
cry of hard times will soon he throt¬
tled
Here is a paragraph full of good
c minion sense from the Marietta Jour
ual: “If a doctor makes a mistake he
hides it; if a merchant makes a mistake
lie never tells it; if a lawyer makes a
mistake he crawls out of it, hut if an
editor makes a mistake he puts it on a
large sheet of paper for the world to
look at, and in every community there
are cranks who think they are models
of wisdom because they occasionally
discover them.”
The hest friends of silver, says a
leading exchange, are genuine himet¬
alists, not the frantic silver monomet¬
alists. Undoubtedly there is a grow¬
ing sentiment in Europe and in this
country in favor of an international
agreement, but the free silver idea
©nee enacted into law in the United
States, international bimetahsin would
remaiu hut an iridescent dream and the
United States become once more the
paekhorse of the world as regard* sil
ver. The free silver notions now be
ing so widely disseminated are the
greatest obstacles to international bi
meUlism.
The Huntsville Mercury does not
believe that the people of the South
trill commit themselves to the unlim¬
ited coinage of silver. It says: “Our
people want every dollar paid to them
to be worth 100 cents. They have no
•ilver to coin and cannot possibly feel
an interest in the western silver mines.
If the government is to go into the
wholesale business of guaranteeing
prices, the farmers of the South had
far better work for cotton than silver.
This government has the same right
to say that a pound of cotton shall he
worth 10 cents that h has to say that
371 1-4 grains of silver shall be worth j
II.”
JUST SLIDE IT ALONG.
Tin: Fort Gained Skntinki.
dently thinks t hat nobody can run for
men who it thinks will be candidates
•‘in the event Mr. Russell is out of the
TZ'" liZEx.ST 5 ' b
Josh. Dawson News.
That’s all right. If it is the same
surprise parly of which the Xpws
so con tide ntly boasted during the last
campaign, just slide it along Howev¬
er, we disclaim any intention to ques¬
tion the right of any candidate to
enter the race against Mr. Russell;
we merely doubt their falling over
c»eh other to do so. 1 here are quite
a number of gentlemen in the district
who would as ablv represent us as Mr.
Russell, but we believe they will have
the good sense to “bide a wee” and
await the motion of the people foi Mr.
Russell s retirement. In the event
that gentlemen does not run, however,
we believe Non. W. M. Hammond, of
i homas, will he the most popular man
with the people. He is one of the
very ablest and soundest among those
who have been mentioned, and these
qualities are generally recognized and
appreciated. His views on the tinan
nancial question are not as those pre¬
tended by the average politician and
assumed merely for the time being in
order to eater to supposed popular
opinion, hut they are evidently form¬
ed from a careful study of the ques¬
tion ami the conclusions of a mind
capable of grasping the situation, to¬
gether with a sincere and patriotic
purpose of being right. If we under¬
stand Col. Hammond properly he is a
true himetalists, the only position sup¬
ported by the time honored and unas¬
sailable principles of true democracy.
While desiring the restoration of silver
to its proper use as a money metal,
he . iLvcs that such restoration
should be so accomplished as to leave
mir finances sound and stable and un¬
doubted by the world. Col. Ham¬
mond has a number of friends in Clay
county, besides many admirers among
the friends of Mr. Russell, and if it is
true that that gentleman will not he
in the race, we believe Col. Hammond
would be the strongest candidate in
the field. However, he has twice de¬
clined to enter previous races, and
may again do so in this instance.
Is Speaker Crisp developing princi¬
ples of dcinagogney ? When he was
at home a short time since, heeding
the sophistry of the Atlanta Constitu¬
tion, probably, in its representation of
the sentiment of this state on the
financial question, and seeing lit his
imagination a huge cloud with a silver
lining overspreading the political hori¬
zon in Georgia, he declared himself in
favor of the unlimited free coinage of
silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. But upon
returning to Washington and taxing a
more circumspect view of the outlook,
he has been doing some lively hedging,
and now denies that he is a convert to
the principles enuuciated iu the above
mentioned declaration, What has
come over him anyhow, that his erst¬
while sound principles are shaken and
his admirable mind befuddled by the
fallacious pretensions of -the Atlanta
Constitution ?
Our government has made every
reasonable effort to maintain silver as
money. It has never demonetized a
single silver dollar that was a legal
tender when it wns coined. When
the act of 1873 was passed not a silver
dollar was in circulation in this coun¬
try, and we had only $14,000,000 of
subsidiary silver coin. Since the foun¬
dation of the government up to that
time we had coined only a little more
than $8,000,000. Since 1873 when
the “crime against silver” was perpe¬
trated. we have increased our stock of
silver to $622,000,000, and we have
only $629,000,000 of gold. Does this
look like striking silver down ?—Ex¬
change.
The news from Cuba is generally of
unreliable and unsatisfactory charac¬
ter, hut recent advises are most favor¬
able to the Cuban cause. Passengers
arriving at Tampa hv steamship are of
the opinion that the Cuban cause is
making wonderful strides, and that
the chances for the freedom of the] I
island were never better. They say,
that even in the city of Havana the ;
situation is very much strained, and |
that it would take very little to cause
an outbreak there
We will do your priting cheap.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.
The EnrlVj County Ntv.s of last
week columns the following apt alius
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‘* cros » road » "talesmen” who are just
,
n »w devoting their talents to learned
<?) ll "' fi "" ncl “ 1 V~
tion. jf ^j, e \ ( . ws i la <i devoted a par
•graph to the lightweight
and chronic office seekers whose con
tcmptible efforts to drift with what
the\ conceive to 1 h* the popular tide.
regardless of principle ami honest con
viction. the following article
have been complete:
For the matured’opinions of iutelli
j j, ent men w j, ( , have the ability to un
| rl«-rHtan<l,>vlio are in positions to know
am j |, ave taken it upon themselves to
;iseer | H | n some special information
concerning the great financial problem
w ]|| c } 1 j 5 agitating the public mind ,we
j |ave tf ie profoundest respect; but to
jj ie t . rU( j e< off-hand views of the pro
fessional “deestrict” politician, his
ra q u . r numerous constituency of “of
lice boys,” who twaddle out nonsense
f or | >OH |^j on or revenue only, and even
the well-meaning average citizen who
measures the financial needs of the
COUI1 ( rv by the individual necessities
i of himself and his immediate neigh¬
borhood, we give hut little weight.
The American Republic is rather
larger than many people suppose, and
the management of its finances is a
question far beyond tiie comprehen¬
sion of a large majority of those who
discuss it with apparent freedom and
familiarity, even if they were in a po¬
sition to know something of its mag¬
nitude—its present and ultimate ef¬
fects cn the business of the country.
If the people who talk so much and
know so little about this national
money question could only he made to
realize how much they don’t know
and how little they do know, it would
be far better for them and the country.
Mr. Cleveland is the man whom we
have authorized to act for us in the
matter for the present and some
months to come, and whether we en¬
dorse his action or not will not be of
any gieat concern to him. We have,
nevertheless, great confidence in his
ability, honesty and patriotism.
» nv* from Cro«» Roads.
The picnic is over; a thing of the
past. But the memory of the occas¬
ion will be present with M. M., for
some time to conic. All present seem¬
ed to enjoy 'themselves very much.
There was not a very large crowd
present hut all there seemed to enjoy
the day.
There came one little shower of ruin,
Aiul then the sky was clear,
But we would have liked it better
If the editor had been ther \
M. M. met some of Clay county’s
nicest people at the picnic, among
them Mesdames Graham, Guun and
Sutlive, the Misses Whatley, Judge
Graham, I)r. Frank Gunn, Dr. Hams,
Messrs. Charley Lanier, E. J. Hobbs
and Emmet Shaw.
I liked the J udge very much,
And why ? you wish to know.
Because Mississippi so many thought he was
My beau
Col. Wilson was not present at the
picnic to regale us with his matchless
oratory, but M. M. has since had the
pleasure of meeting him, and he ren¬
dered a reasonable excuse, which for
this time is accepted as satisfactory.
It seems that Echo cannot keep up
with the Doctor. Some times he is
south and some times north. Guess
he will be east aud west next week
with his cases of heart disease.
Mr. Lint Day says he has been liv¬
ing on pepper grass for several weeks.
Guess he will be glad when may-pops
come in, for the pepper grass is get¬
ting rather tough.
Echo wishes to know what we will
do for something to write about when
her time of writing expires. Why, we
will collar her successor, whoever they
may he.
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TO
I sit alone wrapped in my dreams,
Sweet dreams of used to be,
Aud I wonder if the shadows fall—
While the firelight flickers on the wall—
Alike on you and me.
The 8tars that through , my window peep
And smile and wink at me.
I wonder if their sparkling light
Shines on your tace this summer night
Alike as it shines on me.
I clasp nty hands to say my prayers,
As in the used to be. I
I wonder if in future years
My prayers will still be said in tears
And still be prayed for thee. !
—Mutie Means.
RESOURCES.
Notes and bills discounted .$ 61,632 70
Demand loans secured,.... 2.133 69
Over drafts, unsecured.... 78 56
Furniture and fixtures.... 1,784 79
Due from bank and bankers (in
this state),................ 7,877 87
Due from banks and bankers(in
other states),...... 4,294 83
Cash on hand:
Currency.......... $ 1 , 000.00
Gold.............. 150.00
Silver ( including
nickels and pen¬
nies ............ 550.34 1,700.34
Current expenses.... 715 37
Profits and loss...... 80 00
$ 80.348 15
CLASSIFICATION OF NOTES AND BILLS DISCOUNTED AND OTHER DEBTS
In judgment $ 1,453 14
In suit...... 1,400 71
\; 0 t i u su i t ., 58,828 85
$ 61,682 70
Live and collectible notes and bills discounted irlcluding demand loan value theieof.
STATE OF GEORGIA, CLAY COUNTY—Before me came J. E. Paullin, Ciphier of
the Bank of Fort Gaines, who being duly sworn says the above statement is a true eondi
lion of said Bank as shown by the books of tile in said bank, and he further swears that
since last returns made to the State Bank Examiner of the condition of said bank, to the
best of .iSlants’ knowledge and belief, that the said bank, through its officers, ha* not vio
lated or evade< 1 auv obligation imposed bv law. Sw.nu to and subscribed before me, this
24th dar of April. 1895. J E. P4ULLIN. Cashier.
y. E. PETERSON. Notary Public Clay Countv Ga.
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;"“ K CTa\iii^Tis welfto^nber who The honrat advertisers are._
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j Wind y asse rtions about th e GREAT reductions'—advertising
4 goods at impossible prices, find no lodging p lace in the minds of y
4 intelligent people. Dull trade throughout the legitimate business__J
" a----- season Dea,ers may to - — attract make - trade necessary but - -■------------ the wild schemers statements will from have our to —, Liquor sheme ........‘ l
^ < harder and find new disguised - for their lame excuses before tbey^ !
^ can stop the people from coming to this store for honest values,
The triumph of this store is the triumph of intelligence, and you
f have is a touch made of it attractiveness so. Trade has in been the brands up to the and mark assortments here, yet there I am t
< still leading with the hest line of Fine Liquors, Wines, Beers, Ci¬ irP
5 gars and Tobacco, to be found in Fort Gaines. Besides other ►
well-know and reliable brands of Whiskies, I have added to my ^
4|_stock the celebrated and world-renowned HARVEST HOME, f
^ $3 Rye. Prices on everything below the reach ol coinpetion.
{J. L. HURST, The Leaded
LUMBER, LATHSandSHINGLES
Patronize the Old Reliable and Save Money!
Ami get well sawed Lumber, Laths and Shingle?. Competition defied We
are now prepared to fill all orders for Lumber, Laths and Shingles at the
following Low Prices at the Mill:
Good Square-edge Lumber at $5 per thousannd feet.
Rough-edge at $2 per thousand feet.
Laths at $1 per thousand.
Shingles, No. 1, at $2 per thousand,
Shingles, No. 2, at 90c per thousand.
-4WE i GUARANTEE I OUR I LUMBER4
To he well sawed. Our Mu. QrATKLKitArM has twkvty YEARS EXTER I
knck in the business and gives ii his personal attention.
GIVE US YOUR ORDERS AND BE CONVINCED.
DAY & QUATTLEBAUM.
NEW MARKET!
We have opened up a First Class Market in the Masonic
Building, where we will keep constantly on hand a snpply oi
Choice Beef, Pork and Sausage.
We will be pleased to serve our friends and the public
generally, when in need of anything in our line Cive us a
BURNETT & MOORE.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
BANK of FORT GAINES,
located at Fort Gaines, Ga., on the 24th day of April, 1395.
LIABILITIES.
Surplus Capital stock paid up........ $ 50,000 00
fund............... 5.000 0»
U’divided profits, not carried to
surplus Exchange 665 51
$ 450.20
Interest . 5,305 60 5.755 80
Due hanks and bankers in 412 63
this state.................. 1,882 95
Due depositors, viz:
Subject to check... .$17,664.21
Time certificates.... 850.00 18,514 21
$ 80,348 15
Good $ 61,682 70
$ 61,682 70