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The Fort Gaines Sentinel
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLAY COUNTY.
JOSHUA JONES, Editor and Publisher.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1«>5.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
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for official notices, anil In a number of Instances
tiave liec.n iinah'.c to collect at all This rule w ill be
strictly nilhercd to. and to avoid delay and trouble
all Interested should. In the future, send the. cash
with the copy for such advertisements.
Men who cannot tolerate the opin¬
ion of others rarely have opinions of
tlieir own of any great value.
The proposed state dog bill of lion.
Hope. Pnlhill. of Bibb, is creating con¬
siderable amusement over the state.
Well, that is one way to obtain noto¬
riety.
South Carolina's constitutional con¬
vention has decided that tu* di¬
vorces can ever again be granted in
that state, iio matter what the provo¬
cation may be.
A great many hunters think Oeto
ber the 1st too early to shoot partrid
ges. A bill nill be introduced to
change the law so as to protect the
birds until the 1st of November.
Ropresentntive Rniiiiian, of Fulton
county, will introduce a bill at the
next session of the legislature to abol¬
ish tlie fee system of county officers
and to place all such officers in future
on li xed salaries.
A writer in the Augusta Herald in¬
timates that Congressman Black was
casting pearls before the swine when
lie resigned his seat in congress and
submitted tr a new election for vindi¬
cation against the populistic cry of
fraud.
The Attnnu\-(i< i,il. Mi. ,
new m j
Hainan, has given the black eye to the
proposed encounter between |
and Fitzsimmons. He declares that
the fight will not conic off anywhere
within the jurisdiction of the ITiited
States.
The Central railroad was sold in
Savannah last Monday to the reorgan¬
ization committee, represented by a
syndicate of New York stockholders,
for $2,000,000. Receiver Comer is
mentioned for president of the new
organization.
The support given Major Black in
the Tenth district by the friends of
sound money is a subjoet of comment
with some of the papers. The party
loyalty of sound money men and the
magnanimity of their nature is such
that a honest difference of opinion on
a single issue cannot swerve them from
duty.
We hope none of our exchanges
will do such injustice to truth as to
blame President Cleveland for the rise
in the price of cotton. It was under
liis administration that cotton went
down, you know, and it is hardly
probable that Grover would be
tickle as to put the price of the staple
up again.—Elberton Star.
King Cotton is riding one of his old
time waves in Georgia. Last Friday
Alacon witnessed one of the old fash¬
ioned cotton processions, a line of one
hundred wagous loaded with cotton,
headed by a brass hand. The proces¬
sion was made up mainly 111 Crawford
county.
The cute solons of Connecticut have
solved a knotty problem in short or
tier. While her stupid sister
Lav* been trying for a century or
to Stop the Sunday saloon business by
punishing the saloon keeper. Con¬
necticut has stopped it by punishing
any person who goes into a saloon on
Sunday. This is a bright idea, and it
might be extended.
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Tetter to Major Llack. beggmg that gen
is also announced that Tom will be time! a
Nothing candidate like for having governor hooks next j
two to your
string, you know.
f&V t&lallepstein is Still Receiving
POPE BARROWS BILL.
• Die failure of the constitutional
amendment providing for the increase
of the. number of justices of the
prcine court from three to five, to he
( nitified by the people, has stimulated
many members of the bar to devise
I some other method to relieve the heavy
strain on the supreme court without
additional cost to the state, lion,
Pope Harrow, of Savannah, an able
and learned lawyer, has embodied his
views in a bill which he intends to
have introduced in the approaching
session of the legislature. It is under¬
stood the plan received very favorable
comment faom the lawyers in atten¬
dance on the Bar Association in At¬
lanta last week.
Briefly, the bill provides for three
districts courts of appeal, in which are
embraced the different judicial circuits
as now organized.
The First district shall be composed
of the counties comprising the Eastern,
the Brunswick, the Southern, the Al¬
bany, the Middle, the Pataula and the
Southwestern circuits.
The Second district shall be com¬
posed of the counties comprising the
Augusta, the Northern, the Ocmulgee,
the Oconee, the Macon, the Chatta¬
hoochee and the Flint circuits.
The Thiru district shall be composed
of the counties comprising tlie Wost
cm, the Northwestern, the Blue ltidge,
the Stone Mountain, the Atlanta, the
Cherokee, the. Rome, the Tallapoosa
and the Coweta circuits.
The bill provides for the creation of
a district courts of appeal in each of
these districts, to consist of three
judges, taken from the superior and
city courts, and makes the district
court a court of record.* One term of
the new court will he held each year
in certain cities located in the district.
The governor shall call a convention
of judges of the superior and city courts
after the passage of the act to formu¬
late rules of practice. These courts
will exercise appellate jurisdiction, to
review by appeal all final decisions in
the city courts within tlieir respective
djgtj.jcts, granting or refusiug a new
trl;(1; {Jl , llUin ' or refusing iU1 ul , Jllicu _ I
tio|1 f<|r an inj UJ1< . tion <)r a receiver;
aissolving or refusing to dissolve an
injunction, or discharging or refusing
to discharge a receiver; in all cases of
certiorari.
The judges who compose these courts
shall select their own clerk, and the
sheriff of the county in which the
court is in session is made the sheriff
ex-officio of the court. The judges
shall be allowed their expenses and #5
per day while they are in attendance
on the district courts. The costs are
arranged so that it will put no extra
expense on the state. It is estimated
that the creation of these courts will
relieve the supreme court of one-half
of its labors, and greatly facilitate its
work. The hill also provides in what
cases appeals may be taken from the
district courts to the supreme court.
It is rumored that the voters of Clay
will be called upon to elect a new clerk
of the superior court in the near fu
i lure, it being reported that our present
j worthy clerk contemplates resigning to
j give his entire attention to his grow
ing insurance business. There are
already a number of candidates in the
field to fill the vacancy that may thus
be occasioned—one Populist and three
or four Democrats. It is safe to say
that the Populist candidate would re¬
ceive the solid vote of his party, and the'
Democrats would be forced to order a
nomination and center their strength
upon one candidate or suffer defeat. In
view of thi« probable contingency it is
highly important that every Democrat
pay his taxes and register as early as
possible. Let us not be caught napping.
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It is predicted that the ending of
the war in Cuba will precipitate a fam
ine on the people. 1 lie sugar
tions have been largely abandoned by
proprietors and deserted by the labor
era. The chief source of subsistance
Stops that monev will no longer be
totrilmted A prominent Cnbon writes
to a New lork paper that six months
fn)m J|ow |hfl p >K , 0 f the United
l ° stamng and medicine for
lhe P“ stileRce stricken. He believe. |
Pestilence and famine will go hand in
baud in Cuba.
THE PROPOSED ELECTION LAW.
One of the most important measures
1 that will for consideration
come up
and definite action at the coining »e»
sion of the legislature will he one bill,
already pending, providing for a revis
ion of tlie election laws of Georgia
i It is a much needed reform that is uni
versally demanded throughout
state, and in many counties the frauds
at the voting places make a revision
imperatively necessary in the interest
of an honest ballot. This is not a
pleasant admission to make, says an
exchange, hut it is established by
abundant evidence, and the dominant
party of the state cannot too soon rec¬
ognize its importance, and proceed to
a wise and careful revision of all the
election laws so as to insure free and
honest elections. It will gratify the
people and give them a new confidence
in the honesty of the ballot box.
The measure that is pending and,
possibly, with a few judicious amend¬
ments, will be enacted into law, is a
substitute for house bill number 96.
It was introduced by the late Hon.
Morgan McMichael, one of its repre¬
sentatives from Muscogee county,
serving his first term in the legisla¬
ture.
The title of the bill describes it as an
act to revise the election laws of this
state; to prescribe the manner in
which electors shall vote m all elec¬
tions, whether national or state, coun¬
ty or municipal, and upon all questions
submitted to electors; to provide for
the appointment of a superintendent
of elections; to prescribe the duties of
these officers; to tix their compensa¬
tion; to prescribe where electors shall
vote, and how ballots shall be pre¬
pared and east, and to punish crime
and fraud committed in reference to
elections, and to provide for a count
and consolidation of the vote.
The bill is elaborately drawn and
goes into the minutest details, nil more
or less important in the establishment
of a new system.
If cm*, from Kliitllnn.
Several insurance agents have been
in Bluff ion this week.
Mr. W. P. Killingsworth went to
Hlakely last AV ednesday.
Miss Anna Collins, who has been
visiting Mr. \V. L. Collins in Arling
returned home last Saturday af
ternoon.
Miss Letnmie Ilish, who lives be¬
tween Bluffton and Fort Gaines, was
here last Sunday, the guest of Miss
Lina Jones.
Messrs. Charlie Lee, Leslie Pritch¬
ett and J. D. Peacock and Miss Espa
Chappell attended preaching at Mt.
Ilebron last Sunday.
Mr. Chalmers Collins went to Ar¬
lington last Sunday afternoon, return¬
ing Monday morning. While there lie
was the guest of Air. W. L. Collins.
Mr. W. P. Ktllingsworth made his
regular monthly visit to Fort Gaines
last Monday to attend commissioners
court. Miss Lavonia Lay accompa¬
nied him on a visit to Miss Genie
Jones.
Miss Lina Jones, who has been
teaching music about two or three
miles from here, has returned home,
where she will remain a week or two
before going back to take charge of
her music class.
Green and Lon Collins, of Aiding
ton, were here last Sunday, the guests
of AIi-s. G. L. Collins. On their re¬
turn they were accompanied by their
little sister Claude, who has been vis¬
iting relatives here for some time.
Fire broke out last Thursday in Mr.
K. J. Todd’s ginnery, which, together
with three bales of cotton, 175 bushels
of oats, 5.000 teet of dressed lumber,
and a quantity of cotton seed, some
seed rye and a lot of farm tools, was
destroyed. There were twelve bales
of cotton in the ginnery at the time,
but nine of them were saved, more or
less damaged. The engine and some
other machinery can be overhauled
and used again. Air. J. E. Mansfield
had a mule badly burned by being
caught under a burning bale of cotton,
We have not learned the extent of Mr.
Todd's loss. Xo insurance.
Miss Xora, Ola and Sallie Collins, of
Coloinokee, were here Wednesday,
They were the guests of Mrs. G. L.
Collins. * I
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All notes, mortgages, and accounts
llne the estate of D. C. Adams roust be
turn. Uyj»pew are at T. C. FeteiWs
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D. C. Adams.
Sept, 10, 1894. j
News from Quail Icbunni’M .Hill.
1 Blue skies shining above,
j Dear earth are beneath up feet;
our
How could we grumble at our lot
When Nature is so sweet ?
Why should we grumble at our lot
When ssies are bright above ?
Just let the sunshine in our hearts,
And light up Haines of love.
M. M's. brother Charlie, will be at
j Shady Dell next week, so a letter told
her.
Mr. Quattlebaum is running the
planing machine this week. It makes
lively music.
We have named our place Shady
Dell on account of the beautiful trees
that surround it.
A nice and welcome rain visited us
last Monday night, and roads are in
better traveling order.
We hear that the Hon. Gene Owens,
of the thriving little town of Dayville,
is staying at Mr. L. J. Day’s at pres
ent.
X. Y. Z‘s. fellow must be at Day¬
ville again, or has decided to keep the
rest of his corn to eat with the terra¬
pins.
We entertained a good many visitors
this week, but we will not mention
them, as plenty will be mentioned at
Dayville.
At Shady Dell the leaves are green.
The dreary winter through;
When other frees look bare and cold,
Our trees are fair to view.
We presume Georgia’s poet, Frank
L Stanton, is wearing his overcoat that
he pawned so many things to obtain
so late last spring.
Squire O., you were too near the
top of the hill to see those large
bunches of groundpeas. You should
have went lower down.
If common sense taught us to in¬
quire for news, it would also teach us
to inquire from some one capable of
telling us. Not from little people.
We have a line turnip patch on our
place, extra line. If you will ask
Squire (). he will tell you the same,
for we let him have a sack full this
week.
We have few potatoes on our hill,
but wlmt we have are very nice. We
found one this week so large we could
not cut it with a ease knife, but had
to take a hand saw and saw it into
pieces to cook. M. M.
from Dayville, Jr.’
Wc are glad to say Miss Lizzie Day
is much better at this writing.
We had a beautiful rain Monday
night, which was greatly needed.
Mrs. Mose Lindsay and her son,
Willie, visited Dayville one day this
week.
We beg to he excused this week for
sorry items, as it has been too cold to
do any writing.
Dr. Harris and Mr. Lon Stanley, of
Midway, took dinner at Mr. Peter
Day’s a day or two since.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs, of Gilbert,
spent Sunday evening in Dayville, the
guests of Mr. Day’s family.
Mrs. Owens’ school will close Fri¬
day, and I guess things will be lone¬
some in Dayville for a short while.
We are anxious to see this week’s !
paper so «e can find out the beautiful
name from Quattlebaum’s. It is
obliged to be something beautiful.
I think if M. M. has a fan and linen
duster they will have to creep back in¬
to theii shells if this weather contin¬
ues, as she thinks Echo’s came out too
so All.
X. Y. Z. thinks a terrapin with its
shell burnt off is a sorry thing to give
a fellow for a load of corn, and as he
does not visit Dayville, I guess his
throat will stay sore.
Misses Mollie and Hattie Woolsey
spent the day with their aunt, near
the city, Wednesday. X. Y. Z.
Two Paper!! for the Price of o'*
We have made arrangements with tlie
Atlanta Journal by which we are en¬
abled to furnish our readers with The
Sentixei, and the Weekly Journal both
for $1.10 per annum, or in other words a) I
new subscribers who pay $1 in advance
and 10 cents additionar for postage, and
other expenses will be given a year s
subscription to the Weekly Journal free
of charge. Old subscribers who pay cp
all arrears and $1.10 in advance may
also take advantage of this offer.
The Weekly Journal is quite a large
edition, brim full of choice reading, con
sisting of a complete resume of all the
news of the week, splendid stories, by
the best authors, discussions of tlie vari
ous topics of the day by well known
Next y«» r witness one of the roost
.
citizen and intelligent voter will want to
keep posted. The Journal’s news faciii
extended and otherwise improved, and
it *I*nTfe5 l^e aTvaJt^e ,B I
to of this
opportunity. I
Citation.
GEORGIA— Clay County:
P. A. Griinsley the gimn^uiship having in due of the form ap
pied and to me for of Eoline West and John person BunJ
property best, minor children E. A.
yan of west,
late of said county, decoded, notice is here¬
by given that said application will be heard
at my office on the first Monday in Novem¬
ber 1895. Given under tuy hand an official
signature, this 7th dav of October, 189.3.
U. T. FOOTE. Ordinary.
Registration ^Notice.
It having been officially brought to my
atten lion that an election prohibition on t>he question
of liquor or no liquor, or or auti
prolnbitiou will be held m this county, I
do hereby give notice that the hooks of reg¬
istration of Clay county are now open for
the registration of yoters at such election
and that they will be, by mvselt or my dep¬
uty. kept continually opened in the city of
Fort Gaines at the office of J. P. H. Brown,
until twenty days before the day which the
ordinary of the county sha'l appoint when
said election shall be held.
IF. U. Harrison, Tax Collector.
Road iSTotice.
GEORGIA— Clay Coanty;
Whereas certain petitioners have made
tlieir application to this court praying an
order granting the establishment, of second
class new road commencing W. at,Henry John¬
son’s and running by J West’s place to
the public road between the Jenkins and
Evans places; and, whereas, the commis¬
sioners appointed for that purpose have re¬
viewed and marked out said contemplated
load and leported to this court that said
road will be of much public cite utility and con¬
venience. now, this is to and admon¬
ish all persons that on and after the first
Monday in November, 1893, said new road
will be"granted Given if no good under cause is hand shown to
the contrary. my and
seal this October 7th, 1895.
J. W. SVTLIVB.
Clerk Clav County Com. Court.
Sheriff's Sale.
GEORGIA, sold Clay County: Tuesday in Novem¬
Will be on the 1st
ber next, house between the legal hours of sale, at
the court in said county.to the highest
bidder for cash, the following property to
wit. Three hundred acres of land, more or
less, which is fully described in the appli¬
cation of L. O. Khiveis for a homestead on
minutes book, page 148. in Ordinary's office
of Clay county, Ga., and which is plotted
and also described on minutes book, page
153, in said Ordinary’s office. L. O. Shiv¬
ers is in possession and notified according to
law of this levy.
Also, at the same time and place and on
the same terms 1 will sell at public outcry
to the highest bidder one bay horse mnle>
about fifteen years old, one liny mare about
four years old and one open buggy and har¬
ness, all of which property is levied on by
me and to be sold by me ns the property of
L. O. Shivers to satisfy an execution issued
from Clay superior court in favor of (Fells &
Curtis, and against L. O. Shivers. Said ex
cut ion being based on a judgment on notes*
containing waiver of the homestead. This*
October 7th, 1S! 15 .
J. T. McAllister, Sheriff.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Fort Gaines Extension
—OF THE—
CENTRAL OF GEORGI A.
H. M. COMER and R. S,HAYES
Receivers.
Leave Fort Gaines at............ 9:30 a in
Arrive at Coleman....... ......10:30 a m
Arrive at Cuthbert...... ......) 1:15 a m
Arrive at Macon.......... ...... 4:10 p ra
Leave Macon........... ......1) :I5 a m
Arrive at Cuthbert...... ......3:45 p m
Arrive at Coleman...... ...... 4:30 p 111 ,
Arrive at Fort Gaines .. ....... 5:30 p m
W. A. GRAHAM, Local Agt.
The
Round
Some Medicines belong to one
season and some to another.
DR. KING’S ROYAL GERMETUER
IS IN SEASON ALL TRE YEftR ROUND.
IN THE SPRING
It purifies the blood, removes languor
and depression, invigorates and exhila¬
rates the whole system.
IN THE SUMMER
It overcomes the relaxation and debility
caused bowel troubles by hot weather and corrects
that are so prevalent
then. Besides, it makes the most de¬
lightful and refreshing drink.
IN THE FALL
When malaria “rides on everj- passing
breeze,’’ it is the great preventive and
the nnfailing cure of troubles result¬
ing from that cause.
IN THE WINTER
It does these things, not in a feeble
and uncertain way, but with assured
and triumphant power.
bomT. ios Doses, Dollar.
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™ ATLA ™ CHEMICAL CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Writ* for 4S-P W Bosk, um Free.