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The Fort Gaines Sentinel
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OFFICIAL ORGAN Of CLAV COUNTY.
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JOSHUA JONES, Editor and Publisher. .....
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LEGAL ADVERTISING.
All b'lfnl published In th«
rtsn. rriitof hr (ml I for Jicrrnffrr In adrunre. Tn*>
nfflrrrr. n« well ns ths tmhllnhrr. having .-s rri
aiirrcl rt.nxirtrrnhlc trotlhlr In milking n.llr. thnti*
for ofBrlal Rntirrs. and In a nnmhrr of In.l.mr*
havr Iw'i ti unahln to rnllrrl at all. TUI* ml** will hr
strictly «'I hr r .'ii in and to avoid delay and trouble
|t!l intrrrstrd sh.onlii. In the future, send thr ush
with thr copy for such advertisements.
'I ho Darien Gazette, which is always
solid in its democracy, noting that
Judge Jim Griggs will oppose Congress¬
men Hussell, says: ‘‘We hojie lien will
wm.”
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“Silver liiok” Bland has met with a
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Sontb on the lecture platform with free
Olveras his theme. He met with a
“freeze out” in several cities in this
state. Hitch is the ending of a passing
craze.
The Valdosta Times anys: It is author¬
itatively announced in Atlanta that
Judge Jim Griggs will resign the
ship of the Pat an la circuit to run for
(’oi.gress on the free siiver platform.
The Second district has always been
represented in Congress (since the dava
of Whitely) by a sound money Demo¬
crat, nnb wo believe she will stand by
her record.
The South Carolina constitutional
volition has completed its work. Till
man aud Ins Populist allies BOOoeeded in
having incorporated in its provisions
their i»t scheme requiring property and
educational qualifications of votera, and
now there are tlioiisands of negroe** and
.
fl poor w n , ras i m iu s a e i^■'^ rsmg
the day that they allowed the wool to be
Therc is m,»re talk about
sional polittes in the Second district.
It is understood that Judge James
Griggs, of the I’ataula circuit, has ten¬
dered his resignation of the judgeship
to take ellfcet January 1,1S!M>, when he
w ill enter upon an active campaign for
congress. The report comes fron\ Al
hiihv, that Hon. Jesse W. Walters will
also be a candidate. He is a free «il
vfc- advocate, as is Judge. (Higgs, aud
Ihey will make the tight against Mr.
Ibissell. They will have to hustle to
bent. Hen Ibissell, whose fine record in
the public ' services he has rendered have
mad** lnm . popular , with , the people. . ,, He
sfnnds for a sound, stable currency, aud
bis free silver opponents "ill have their
bauds full to beat him.—Columbus En¬
quirer.
The many friends, thougliout this
Miction, of Senator J. K. Mercer, of
the ninth district, note with pride his
splendid record in the Georgia
He .... quite prominent .
lure. occupies a
position among his colleagues, and is
so popular as to render him quite a
useful member, He is the author of
a number of important and
measures that have attracted wide at
trillion and much favorable comment
on the part of the press.
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ed eivu whvi got left in various up
poiiitin«Mif*. together with the brilliant
stiftesmen who think the fate of the
nation dejn'iids on their being given a
sc it in ( on gross are still vainly dig
King away at the foundation of Con
gressnuitt Hassell's congressional rcc
on). In the meantime that gentleman
is undisturbed bv their harmless
j., i.i» cnni,i«ign. Th„.e
heard luui iu this conuty cannot be
swerved by the unwarranted
sions of those who differ with him in
Ins allegiance to democracy as declared
inthelast plattorm and those who
want him step down and out and
nuke 100 m for , them. Ihe people , are
not fools, and they readily eoinpre
hend the true significance of such pre
tensions. Mr. Hussell has made a
faithful , representative, . . has done , H»n* ,
rommittee work, and his general ser
vh-i-.< iiiv ,u,)ci-i»l-1» Ihow ot the arpr
ag*' con. , s.Mtiau of the same yeara
inortiee. His opponents wtll not have
* a \\aitvO\ti by any means.
THE EXPOSITION. I
To THE Kihtok: I am just recover
in-,' from a cold contracted while doing
Atlanta's great attraction—the Cotton
State** and International Exposition,
’j , j 1 () f tli«' souvenirs that you
mav expect to carry home with you
v„„ f ,,o
>othwi(hstand.ng .. : , the , columns , of , i
gushing prose which you may have
read about this big show, the eloquent
deelaimitions an impromptu speeches
of America’s brightest luminaries and
tile many rvhthinicnl , verses of Stallion
a j|d other poets, I tell you in all sill
c<>r jt y t||e hll lf lja * Uol told you.
J hose people who have the means
M .jj| ( | ( , |hemsclves a great injustice if
they fail to sec this, the greatest ag
gregation of commercial and industrial
exhibits end •mple'est curio tlmi
America ho- v» i
course, the N -t»• 1 * * o nmbian Expo
sit ion. People v. ho wet.. to the On
tennial at Philadelphia snv it was but
a tallow candle compared to this great
It you contemplate going, let me say
that the quickest and most comfortable
wav of -caching the exposition grounds
is via the . Southern , . Umlway, .. at .
southern extremity of tne Dnion depot,
Trains arrive' and depart from this
P oint every seven minutes.
^ * 1<MI . V<MI exposition gate
at the somhern intrance you will find
just to your left the Georgia Manufac
Hirers h.ii'ding. The different exliih
its arc too numerous for special men¬
tion. of course, out the variety and el¬
egance of the goods manufactured in
Georgia will cause your optics to grow
owl like wit h surprise for von will see
things that you never dreamed of
j,,,, manufactured in Georgia, and
.spontaneously your heart throbs will
.grow stronger,' vmir pulse will will expand bent
faster and your breast
with a pardonable pride over the fact
1 .\ ou a Georgian’ Hall, close by,
Don’t skip Jlachinerv
VT j,], j (s ponderous engines and palace
nr8 . an ,i Hicn you will come to the
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rustic tinibns, jiusintmg quite an odd
uppearance, but by no means uneome
ly. This building will interest you
very much. Nearly every known Wrod
is to lie seen here, from the common
I,la.:kja.-k»lul lo,pine of ««„
*» ,» l*'" 1 ’™ 1 ,r >*» Of loscmile
Valley, the mahogany of tropical
America and the rubber tree of fin off
India. Several manufacturing indus
tries arc represented here also, such as
the lnniiufasture of suspenders, cork ,
screws, pins, toilet soaps, spectacles,
silk fabrics, a type-setting machine in
operation, etc. In the center of this
building is a rustic stairway leading to
the “ Aragon Hoof Garden.” where re
freslmienls or a square meal can be
of choeolate, ‘""1 rendered 'T‘ I’-'iT still more deli- ^
cions by the soft music of a Mexican
band, you can feast your eyes on your
magnificent; surrounding and look upon
the street scenes of naughty Midway,
Tho Agricultural building is artisti
cal ly arranged and a very interesting
study. building is revela
The Fine Arts a
tion that beggars description. It is
pure white, frescoed, with massive
columns, and is with all grand and im
posing. In the corridor of this great
priding is a score or more plaster
casts that challenge your admiration
ai, d cause you to linger and wonder at
plastu- hand of man; but when
you have gone a little further and be¬
hold a perfect sea of pictures, some of
which seem to almost speak lo you,
your wonder is increased ten-fold anil
a charm seems to hang over you. and
ynu find yourself trying io stamp
the scenes ami faces before you on
r; 'ijie M oinan’s building is of the i
one
p ro tticst on the grounds Its contents,
hnwe\ * • ar< t<- • vari--*i u* aitenqrt the
slightest *U crijit mu. i.ike woman, .
11 "I**! 1 * 1 '*. :l int 'd!o>. ft little of
^ "rile
man’s Annex” 1 wish' vou to see—
“L'liristine.” She was rather thinly
cl«d when I saw her last, but as the
< ' oul h e r has grown colder, I hope, a
aI u 1 iun.)ii.ima uuinaug.
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STbioL^mriik.ss' vour ‘wj
didn't go there to bow the knee to
Baal, nor to worship brass
aml t V ten ,' l >ole A amll lf ' ve fa lled u ‘
th d r ol J , .^U „ that , ^
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sill so # fondly cherish—that so many
sentimental lads aud lassos have slob
hereil over—I ho)*e you will please ex
euse me.
The Georgia Agricultural building
is a graceful arrangement of all the
pi(H i ucts o{ *i l u . Empire State of the ’ .
South ami » a close seeonu to Galifor
»>»>., «>r *»v ..f fnm vuln.re.
Alal«ma made no appropriation for
and
both the building and exhibits sue mou-
uments of credit to the philanthropic
citizens who have made it one of the
*'*hibit* on the grounds. One of
the urbane representatives in charge
conducted me through this labyrinth displays, j
of mineral and agricultural solid column
and when we came to a
of iron ore standing about twelve feet i
high and measuring at least three feet:
or more at its base and weighing mam
, hoUsamI „ 0 f pounds, he told me that
when the iron magnates of I’ennsvlva
nia came to this herculean shaft their
eyes their at nether once jaws sought dropped it* summit, to its while base. j 1
and they would seem stunned by ib<
possibilities of the Iron Queen o r the
world, which has begun to draw trad •
from their very doors.
I will bring you now to one of the
grandest of the entire circle of build¬
ings, the ••foreign exhibits” (some of
the exhibits are domestic however.)
hiom the moment you enter the por
,alfl of ,hi * enchanting place, you are
oi-wild* r l with the brilliancy of many
'•lin: - ai I you find each exhibit a joy
, ja d a uew - i.s rise. California's fruit
pictures, birds, animals and pyramids '
ls 11 never to be forgotten. In ;
111 * 1 ,>ul| ding v,,u »«*« ^ b « aut ‘ ful
. ,
ts& of Switzerland, the quaint
instruments
little trinkets front Japan, the
^‘.upings immaculate statuary from
the luiest studies, ’ and a perfect
hlgeof liohemi n gla » s ware thlU
winks and sparkles in the glare of a
thousand elect lie lights like so many
‘•rich jewels in an Ellnope’s ear.” A
pyramid of oil, (in glass bottles) twen¬
ty feet high, will arrest your attention
am ) ilI)lu .se you, too, if you think of it,
as 1 did, that is, as being a sufficient
quantity to move the bowels of the
! earth. This is decidedly the most ex
' miisiic quisilc and -ind be«tuiilul I.....mil,,I interior ,,f of all ..11 thn the
buildings. other strik
There are a great many
ing exhibits and a whole day would
! seeni I’Ht few moments spent, in ad
miring and studying its varied cou
ten's.
I The Government building is im
; mouse. When you cross its thresh
hold you feel like throwing your hat
up and hollering: “Hurrah for i'nde
Sam! ’ Hut when you remember that
the people are paying for it and that
you are of the people, your enthusiasm
is a little dampened, as a great deal „f
it will appear to you as beiin* extrava
*»•«,'.«,.on,»««»« when ‘seeing the ele—;
oils you are
pliant” else you will not enjoy it. The j
tish exhibit in l lie Government
ing and tile fish incubators will prove
especially la-amifoi interesting. The fish are
in ,Mr *h» ca K e s a.,,1
lro»l> sea water lias lo lie «U|>|>lieil the
salt Water specimens daily. This
building is purely educative, and vou
can learn here in a few hours what
you would perhaps never know if you
did not see Unde Sam's show. The;
dummy soldiers are novel sights, and '
the machine that stamps the American ini |
eagle on the “almighty dollar’* is
operation with here. its The stuffed Smithsonian birds In-j
stitute, and
beasts, its mummies aud Indian relics, i
and thousands of other curiously curi¬
ous things is a great show within itself.
There are too many other interest
ing features to eiiumeiate further,
l nclc Ham, ami you know, has a way of
his own, he closes his building ev
cry afternoon promptly at four o'clock,
When the gong sounds the hour for
closing you must -move on and out at
or you will la* moved bv one of!
his vigilant representatives,
There are other buildings of inter-1
est, hut I fear my letter has already
grown too prolix’, f I ‘ know you have '
been waiting to hear about the Mid-!
way, hut will write you about that next
week. John Lewis Adams.
Eufaula, Ala., Nov. 2°. 18!*o.
It now seems that Coi. H. C. ►'jbelfij:**
will have no opposition in his Candida
cy for the judgeship of the Putaula cir
C nit. aud it is highly probable that he
w fll receive the appointment, which will
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* ,e woods. Ihe race lor the solicitor-l
ship is narrowed down to Cols. E. J.
Mart and M. (J. Edwards, of Dawson,
„!idJ. V, I rain, of this citv, with the
ebauces in favor of the latter, which is
h ^ r Kra,if viu *? to his mnu v flie,,ds in
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Mita section. Cols. Clarence Wilson, of
onr (own, and C. C. Bush, of Colquitt,
have been mentioned for the
rnent, but both being members of the
ov,x ^ habit.
Q j reliable satisfactorv nn.t
ir’m 1 *° bi ^
b U’ nl - V ^ I T m,,te m f ^ ,s WorId
addict^ e tc^the'liaWt , e oV n ^pinru/ J * ! ^ ,n
at
Lebanon. Ohio. The onlv place iu the;
world where a cure is accomplished in
ten to twentv davs. with ease and com-,
fort to the patient, is at Lebanon. Thou
sands of references furuisbed on appti
cation from persons cured. No pay re
q»»red from responaible persons until
eureci.
H yon know any one who is addicted
fo t ““ lu f uf °l»‘ l “ »»f Morphine, you
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Address ’
J. A,. Stephens, M. TX
L E B ANON. OBLIO. <
IN-THE - LEAD' G
The City RRapket
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Is in the lead, re gardless of anything that has been
or may be said. Summer is over and ice is no longer by
needed. I have recently made arrangements
which I am enabled to keep my maret constantly
supplied with
Choice Beef, Pork and Sausage.
I will handle nothing but the best, and guurantee my
customers satisfaction in every particular.
H.. .A.. DUKE.
STANLEYS BOSINES COLLEGE,
1 riiomasville, Gfeorgia.
Head What is Said by Competent J ad yen. A Sehool that Sift ads
Well at Home is Hound to be a Good Sehool.
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We take pleasure in recommending Stanley s Business College, and do not hesitate to
speak the highest of its success. Ho far as we know, its graduates have been
in terms employed in business houses of our city.
J£ ,y successful, several of them being the best all the demands of
C0U1¥<1 , of instruction is thorough, j,metical and complete, meeting
uny business of to-day. aepuainted with Pfofessov Stanley, its president* « a n jnost
' Wo personally i
are •
earnestly recommend lnm as being a man of high moral standing hou X st, sohei, upright
1 and sincetelv interested in the welfare of each student. Jle has built - r .u.v-ioimI
iri8tit)ltiol) J f he most substantial kind, and the rapid nrowth a... , * potation bo
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co j| e ^ e demonstrates his eminent qualifications as a manager and instructor.
?Ve cheerfully coinmenrt Stanley's Business College to all young men and women
who desire to acquire thorough practical business training. Relieving, ns we do, that it
a of instruction and
ranks second v.o none in the country, in the thoroughness of i*s couise
the ability of its leacners.
P S Ifeeth. Bookkeeper Citizens Banking
and Trust < onmmy Citizens Banking
J Culpepper, cashier
and Trust Company
vfFnavh^diuag'rof of Bank Piuoy of Woods Th„ .-ville hotel
.«,d Vice-President, mi, Co.
WP Grantham, Agent ThomasviJle Southern Express fee Co.
W S Keefer, Manager Law
A T McIntyre, Attorney at
^Hutchinson, M It
a Fleetwood. Bookkeeper Tinirs-Enter
orise. Court.
H HansslI, Judge Superior
Joe /.ove, Clerk Stewart Hotel.
^ ^ Hargrave, Manager Variety 'Works. ^
., F Piaktr. Tre.«im-r Thaw day county School
B W Stone. Sni
J. L. BURNETT. R. E. PETERSON.
BURNETT & PETERSON,
Fire Insurance Agents.
FOET GAINES, GA.
RoproSBIlt # # #
PHOENIX, of Hartford.
/ETNA, of Hartford.
A Share of Your Patronage
Solicited.
Office at BANK OF FORT GAINES. m
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A Car Load of Horses !4
We have just received at our stables a carload of fine
horses which we bought cheap and propose to sell at
BARGAIO PRICES !
These are first-class, sound, gervicable animals, and can
be used anywhere. You have never had such an oppor
tunity to gei a good combination horse so cheap.
WARD & SIMPSON.
WHO LEADS ?
Wfo & -f/*!-! IA II •fl 11155 '10 TY-m-S-H- OI Ti*o/1a A A<iC10
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And you need not ask.
We eoiitfiiue to delisht
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W H Campbell. Manager Alior Law
ltobert G Mitchell. >e v ut
W A Spitz. Manager Ton s-Enteriwise watt
.J Ii Spence, Secretary and 1 reusurer
A P Bmlk Keeia-r Th.nnasville Sim*
W L’umpany Book keeper Postoflice
O Smith. at
ft L Hicks, Druggist
T L Spence Manager Watt Supply t\»
L M Mallettedieal Estate ami Insmance
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Thomasville Siioe t.'<>, per Frank Smith
H hitak*r & Keeter, Livery Stable
A P Taylor. 31 i>
Hansel I & Merrill. Attorneys at Law
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J M Lee Postmaster