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The Fort Gaines Sentinel _ pimusnicn kvkhv khiiiay. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLAY COUNTY. JOSHUA JONES, Editor and Publisher. ~ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1«>5. LEGAL ADVERTISING. All li'iptl (ulvcrtlsoincnts pnlilUhcd In I lie Sm tinhi. mrut !>'■ ps11 for hereafter In ndtiuicc. The ofltcif". at* well a* (he publisher, having ex crl enruil roriMplerahhi trouble III makimr collections 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. 1 •' - , . , H« .IVZMkSk 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. - -------.......— ■ — - 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 _ * *«<’ . ......... All notes, mortgages, and accounts llne the estate of D. C. Adams roust be turn. Uyj»pew are at T. C. FeteiWs ^S^vmymenT ^ ? 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. ^ ™ ATLA ™ CHEMICAL CO., ATLANTA, GA. Writ* for 4S-P W Bosk, um Free.