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LOCAL IIAITKMNtjS. ITEMS CONCERNING HOME AND OF HOME INTEREST. wrfcm ihr 1'iMipir i>o unit I.title Bits of News and tGos¬ sip f.ntliercd on the Wing. In another column McKissuck & Co., quote some bargain prices iu laic stnu tuer sales. Have your fall stationery printed now. We have just received a new stock of J material, and are turning out some nice work. . J^TFresh Light bread constantly on band at, T. Al. Brown’s. The election f or ordinary in liaudolpk “ county . last , . Tuesday, . to . succeed , Judge T 1 Gormley, deceased, resulted in a vote of 445 for C. Taylor, the democratic nomi liee, aud 150 for li. B. Saxon, the popu list candidate. With new rollers and a new stock of tine stationery wo are turning out stacks of pretty job printing at the Sbmtinel office. Our facilities are . equal to the best iu this section, and we guarantee satisfaction, and duplicate Atlanta prices. The attention of our farmers and mcr chants is called to the advertisement, of Wm. C. Bradley, cotton factor and com¬ mission merchant, of Columbus, which A}pears elsewhere in this paper. Colum lnw is a fine cotton market, and Mr. Bradley has the reputation of being a lmstler in the interest of his patrons. Give-him a trial. I^F'French Chocolate on top at C. W. Lewis’ Soda fountain. We are requested to announce that a basket picnic will be given* at Rluffton on Thursday, the 22nd inst. Everybody is cordially iuvited to go out and carry a a full basket. A match game of.baseball between Cuthbert and, Rluffton will be played. The arrangements are in the hands of a competent, committee, and a big time is promised. Tire track hands ’ engaged iu laying the frew .steel rails on the Fort Gaines brailch, have about completed their work', and as soon as a number of new ties are put in on tho entire, line, a faster schedule will be made between here and Cuthbert The umv rails give nk a first* class road .ut last, and the improvement in the comfort and safety of travel will lie appreciated by the public. WsT’C. W. Lewis has a pair of first class wagon scales which he will sell at a bargain. Parties contemplating buying will find it to their interest to see him. Rev. H. L. Crumley, the, pastor, is .Conducting a series of meetings at the Baptist church this week, in which con¬ siderable interest is already manifested, ltev. Air. Corley has assisted him as far as physically able, and other help will be had if necessary. The services are largely attended and Air. Crumley, en¬ couraged by the Christians of all denom¬ inations, is laboring earnestly for a re¬ vival of religion. Maya powerful suc¬ cess crown Ins efforts. A Valuable Town JLot for Sale. One corner lot on Hancock street. Improvements. Corn Crib, Large Barn a nd Horae Lot, good Well, three Hy¬ drants, two Tenant Houses, good Gar¬ den divided iuto four parts. Mrs. T. M. Pokteh. Fort Gaines “kinder lost her grip” as a cotton market last season on account of fancy prices papl by sister markets as an advertisement in a purpose to estab lish a reputation. Our merchants aud I,u,«, Imve -.pil .... tl,eirl.a U ,| s takeu a new hold for ttil.-, season, how ( ev.er, and say they expect to regain all ! they lost and more besides. They are j preparing to offer such inducements as ' will control the crop of this entire sec¬ tion. Just watch the Fort as cottou market this fall. IVXacliinery. AVhen you want any repairs done on your engines, gins or other machinery call on me. I will fix it cheap and : guarantee satisfaction. | I. B. West. Sheriff McAllister returned yesterday from Eofaula, where he went to arrest ! Gue Jones, a negro with sevevral aliases, charged with stealing a gold watch from Liza Alartiu, an old negro woman of this city. Gus wats here Borne months j ago canvassing the town with a scissors I sharpener. In some way he gained the confidence of Liza and obtained the pos session of the watch under the pretense of having it repaired. Soon afterward | lie left for parts nukuowu, taking the watch with him. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was but recently : .located in Eufauia. He had had pawned the iff McAllister watch, but after a day’s search Slier- j recovered it. A Narrow Facupc. Little Emma, Annie NVillic anil Colemau, the three younger (besides the baby) of Mr. and Nil’s. S. i Coleman, had a narrow escape from suf¬ focation a few days since. They were playing about the when they got into an unused fttor Hud nuthoughtedly pulled the to after them, which fastened with spring latoh on the outside. When children realised that they were thus imprisoned, they were of course alarmed, and although they called for help and beat on the walls of their prison until they were exhausted, their effort to thus attract attention were in vain, owing to the thickness of the sides of the refriger tor. Being so closely c infilled and deprived ! of air the heat can be better imagined .1 than described, , -II and , .1 they must t have . . evitably soon died but for their timely rescue. Emma, the eldest of the three, says they were fully aware of their pre carious position, and realized that they must soon die unless help came to them. Their thoughts, and the alarm that filled their tender minds, and the sad ret lee tions that came one after the other form a touching subject of contemplation. The children describe their feeling as that of an irresistible inclination to sleep, and little Dan and Annie Willie having given up all hope of rescue, had suc¬ cumbed to this influence. Before going to sleep, however, little Dan hafl re¬ peated his accustomed evening prayer, supplementing , - it .. with ... an appeal to God , to send his mama to their relief. Having missed the children about this time, and desiring them to play with the baby, Airs.Colemu went to look for them, but would never have thought to look in the .. relrigerator ... . had , , she , not, . . in passing through that room, heard in anwer to her call a faint response from Emma. It was with some difficulty that she lo¬ cated it, and upon opening the refriger ated was horrified thorn completely ex hausted, and two ot them already sleep mg ‘ what a few minutes inter minutes , later would ,,, have proved i .1 their - last i , sleep. i Who knows but that Airs. Coleman’s timelj arrival was iu direct answer to little Dan s prayer. County Comuiissioncjs’ Court. County Commissioners' Court, Alonday, August 5, 1895 Present, full board. Miimtes of last meeting read and ap proved. W. B. Hattaway, W. R. Harrison and T. K Davis were appointed reviewers to mark out new road, as petitioned for at j last meeting, from Harrison Cross Roads to Edison and report same. J. \V. Pipkin, 1). F. Gunn and J. W. West were appointed reviewers to mark out road from Pipkins to Fort Gaines limits and report same at. next meeting. Order was passed ordering W. \Y. Ward and Mrs. Ward to open road and remove obstructions, as per petition, be¬ fore September 1, 1895. Contract to rebuild Weaver bridge and small bridge near same was let to Tom Smith for #100. J'. E. Paulliu, S. D. Coleman and A. L. Foster were appointed to examine and receive same when completed. Jennio Hines was dropped from the pauper list, Thomas Smith was placed on pauper list at #5 per quarter. The following accounts were ordered paid; k! °. $10 00 T. Foote: 48 Anderson Peterson, ) 7 80 *L L McAllister, jail acct,........... —» -f 20 p rown &’ Coleman,.. .................. mi J. W, Sutlive,................. .. .... 00 4^ 25 jury and bailiff costs, refused. P. C. Hodge’s account tabled for f lU ther information, - Fort Maine* Academy. The full term of the Fort Gaines Academy will begin on Alonday, Sep¬ tember 2. with the mo->t encouraging prospects. Prof. AlcKenzie has been fortunate in retaining the same excellent corps of assistants who contributed considerable to the building up of the school during the past term, Few schools in this section are so well equipped in every particular. Its course Q f study is broad aud complete, it is thoroughly graded, and the discipline is perfect. Our people certainly have cause to feel proud that they have once more j u their midst an institution of learning that they can patronize and commend with confidence and pride. p ro f. McKenzie is in earnest in his purpose to place it in the very front ranks of schools iu this part of the state, arid he deserves and should receive the hearty co-operation and liberal patron U ge of the people generally. bee an-. juouuct'Uifciit altM where iu thib j/uper. , I’KIiSONAL MENTION. WHO COMt S AND WHO GOES AND WHEN AND WHERE. The n«uh of Fort Gninr* Noricti Uriel I y Stated-tint hero! at the Home Fireside, In judgment now I daily err, As cyclists call oast mo whirl, I gavly “Good morning, sir!" Then find it was n girl. —Mrs. 11. A. Walker, from near Wesley Clmppel, is the guest of Mrs. j A. T. Crawford. —Misses Carrie and Alma Mandeville Thursnday will to visit frioudu at Abbe¬ ville. They be gone a week or more. I —Mr. and ... Mrs. Eugene ,, Sanford, y[ ;ll . on _ are visitin^ relatives in Fort I ■ (laities They are the guests of Mrs. J. E. Graham. j __ Mre Mollie Miss Sutlive, accompanied 1 by her cousin. Brown, of Macon, spout several days with relatives at Benevolence this week. j Air. and Airs. W. E. Light foot, left on Wednesday's boat to visit relatives Opelika, Ala. Mr. L. will extend his visit to Warm Springs. —Judge P. visitors Tinsley, of Bluff ton, was among our this week. He was ns hale anil hearty as ever, and looks as if he ’n taking the hard times philosoph¬ ically. Alesdames Hull, Wynn and Brown, "J 10 have been the guests of Airs. \V . A. Graham during £ the past two weeks, re timiwl to tlu! homes in Macon this morning. —Mr. made W. this P. Killingsworth, of Bluff ton. office a pleasant call last Alonday. He came to attend the regie* Lr monthly session of county commis Burners court, AJiss Nellie Hightower, of Damns yfi. (}. RS^ght, St'efa vishof' mw eral weeks to her sister in Gordon. She is always a welcome addition to the Fort s sooittj circle. —Miss Amelia Strauss, of Columbus, "as the guest ot Miss 1 racy Cohen tor several weeks, returned home Tues (1((y H(Jr .. mu _ y clmrmK rem ] ei ,, (1 hor quite popular with onr young folk, who will look forward to a repetition of her w * t ' 1 pleasure. —Airs. Caroline Simpson returned home Alonday from Preston, where she had been to visit her sisters, whom site had not seen in seven years. Airs. Simp¬ son is eighty-one years of age, and quite feeble, but she made the trip from Fivs J()11 p 0me unattended 1 —“Aon say,” remarked tlie bicycle a low-spirited stranger whom it had ! by accident in a back street., “you say that my popularity will not last. Who are you and how do you know ?” “I know by experience,” remarked the strange., skate.” lugubriously. “J am the roller —Air. E. J. Hardin and family have returned from Lithia Springs, where they Hardin went for a.few weeks recuperation. Mr. visited Atlanta while goue, where, , we learn, , he , purchased pair ol a fine horses, which he will drive in visit¬ ing the various cottou markets in tins section this fall. JLutc Summer Sale. Wc quote you the lowest prices on the following goods, to close out for our mammoth Fall stock: Linen Lawns at 0 cents, worth 12 cents. bcoteh Lawns at 4 cents, worth 8 cents, Crystal Lawns at 2 cents, worth 5 cents. Britanica Brilliants ut 13 cents, worth 20 and 25 cents, Your choice of our summer calicos 4 cents per yard. Ladies Oxfords at 50 cents, worth 75 cents. Ladies Oxfords at $1, worth #1 50. Wtov'e piping at 15 ceuts, worth 25 cents. Hotel Goblets at 35 cento, worth 50c per set. Glass Lamps at 25 cents, worth 40 aud 75 cents each. We have a lot of buggy and wagon Bolts at 1 cent eucb. Be sure to name this paper when you want the above prices. AIcKUsEACK A CO. From all Parts of tiic Htaie the Verdict Is (In Same. Bowling Green, Fla., I have been a sufferer from a compli¬ cation of liver and kidney troubles, ac¬ companied svitk a severe pain across the buck. I am happy to testify that after using Dr. Simmons’ Hepatine or Liver Cure I am completely relieved of ruy trouble. W. K. Lewi. Applicant* lor Scholarship In the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milicdgeville are requested to meet me at the court house in Fort Gaines on Saturday, August 17, for tlie purpose of being examined. W. M. Howell, C. S. C. Clay Co. fmw Mine j have opened a first-class shoe shop one door south of the Post office, Give me you work. Satisfaction guar anteed. George Palmer. For item, Cheap. Metal-roof Brick .Storehouse, 24x70. Opposite post office on Hancock street. Culpepper between A. W. Holley's U. C. MeAuUiiihll. and Vinson & J J Efl3m. G. BRADLEY, tMucccwnor to Carter fk Bradley.) Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant. l'oinitiiln COLUMBUS, GA. Warehouse. The eottim mills of Columbus than one-halt 9 use inoro of nit the cottou shipped t this market, luuisepuimtly our nrices are high us couqtaivtl to other points, especially o® the lower grmlee 1 shall be pleased to luvvo at. least a trial shipmeut from all tjra mer* ('■limits ana farmers in the Fort Gaines territory, and believe I can make it to their inter¬ est to give me a liberal share of their patronage. I am always Upon parties consignments of cotton, and the to extend Riich other accommodations to good and sol¬ vent as mu necessary for success of a well astahliahed cotton factorage and commission business, I am your am Your obediant servant, Wm. C. BRADLEY ■ lie Fruit Crop, •s The total shipments of perti Gia rgia this year will not be (linn from 1,200 to 1,500 cars, but a little more than half of these are from tlie Fort Valley seetion. tween 450 and 500 cars have shipped from Fort Valley says Mr A. M. Comially, a prominent railroad man who has spent the season in fruit belt, and from 250 to -‘100 from Murshallville, making a total of be¬ tween 700 ami S00 cars shipped di¬ rectly from the fruit growing section on the Southwestern railroad. The or ehards ern parts in the of easten the si e nd contributed southwest largely to the result, and altogether, it is thought, the total shipments will aggregate about the liguiais mentioned above. SB The fruit growers got a good price for their product this year, ill spite of the fact the crop was a large one. Some of the early ears brought ns high as #1,500 to#2,000, while the average throughout was about 75 cents per crate, nr •about #400 per ear net to (lie shipper. The eastern people took most of the fruit itself, and fully three-fourths of the cars shipped went to New York and the eastern markets, The two canning factories just established at Fort Valley this year promise to do a good business this season, and it, is more, limy likely that another year will see at least a half dozen of them in the field. Tile two first cars of canned fruit shipped from that seetion to the north and cast, left Fort Valley last week. The canned fruit consisted mostly of peaches, but there was a good many blackberries among them. These two factories will ship between forty and fifty cars this season. Fruit canning is tin industry that belongs properly to just such section as that around Fort Valley, and the people propose to bring the factories there for that pur pose. It is a growing industry and there is an increasing demand for the canned fruit. From Uityvlllc, .lr. Mrs. Pearce is on a visit to her son, Air. Offie Pearce, this week. Messrs. Lon Stanley and Hayward Flowers were in the ville Tuesday. Aliases (Stella Pearce and Eva Owens visited Mr. J. C. Hartley’s family, near Day Branch, Sunday. Mr. Robert Adams, from Decatur county, was visiting relatives in and around here Sunday. . Fodder pulling is about over at this place, and the mysteries of pre¬ serving and canning fruit is the latest I fad. Master Cecil Day and Mrs. Hart¬ ley and daughter have been visiting the family of Mr. Lafayette Peterson this week. Mr. My rick Day from Dr. Millers’ Summer School, at Cuthbert, was home on a lew days' visit last week, to the delight of his many friends. Mr. j. E. Hartley and wife, Mr. My rick Day and sister, Mr. Eugene Owens and sister and Miss Stella Pearce attended preaching at Salem Sunday. We beg to be excused this week, as we have a very bad Burnt hand and can scarcely write. A. A. Eight suicides took place in Chi¬ cago during the progres of the Horr Harvey debate. fur Kale Clioup. Lot 103, seventh district originally Karlv, now Clay. Plot and grant and perfect chain of titles. Address b. S# W ilhon^I ^ \ ) i Fort Caines Academy Will begin its Fall Term SEPTEMBER 2. 1895. With bright hopes and good prospects for another most successful year's work. It is our intention that tbin school shall grow better more effectual mid more sub¬ stantial each year. morals, The object build sought character for shall be to preserve and lead forth the mind. The cotirne of study has been thoroughly renovated, and we believe, as it is now pre¬ sented that it covers the grounds mostly desired for good practical education, and a' the same time enable a pupils to enter firs, grade TUITION colleges well prepared. REASONABLE. BOARD CHEAP. Boarders especially desired, W. C. McKENZIE, Principal. RAILROAD SCHEDULE Fort Gaines Extension * —OK THE— CENTRAL OF GEORGIA. H. M. COER and R. 8. HAYES Receivers. Leave Fort Gaines at...... 9:30 a in Arrive at Coleman......... 10:30 a m Arrive at Cuthbert........ 11:15 a m Arrive at Macon............ 4:10 p ih Leave Macon............. 7:05 a m Arrive at Cuthbert........ 3:45 p in Arrive at Coleman........ 4:30 p m Arrive at Fort Gaines .... 5:30 p m W. A. GRAHAM, Local Agt. W. P. DAWSON, Passenger Agt Macon, Ga. W. F. SHELL MAN. Traffic Manager. J. C. HAILE, General Passenger Agent. Sheriff Sale* GEORGIA—Clay County: Will he sold before the court house door in Fort Gaines, between the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in September the follow next; to the highest bidder for cash, ing property, to-wit: One grist mill and gin nery, togeth-r with all machinery apper¬ taining thereto, and four acres of land, all situated about the center of lot of land No, 178 in the 7th district of (’lay county,on Cha¬ in ocheechobee creek, and known as the mill. Levied on as the property of T, Jones to satisfy a ft fa issued from the county court of said county in favor of H. Miller vs, Jno. T. Jones. Property pointed out by defendant I This August 8, J895 J. T- Mo Allistek, Sheriff. W'AAA,‘'AAA.*>. /v\A. y\r- A/'rrTVWA^AAAMAA/V Al.l. TltK PEOPLE KKAb IT. Business Men: THIS PAPER CIRCULATES IN TIIE HOMES OF PEO¬ PLE BUYING THE KIND OF GOODS YOU MAY A A V E TO SELL. MOBAL: ® INVITE THEM TO YOUR STOKE. Till-. ONLY PAPER PRINTED IN CLAY COUNTY. AS