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THE FOIIT GAINES SENTINEL.
JOSHUA JONES, Editor an« Publisher.
VOLUME II.
PKNCIJL JtRB SOfSMIKS.
The Populists of the Tenth district
have nomiuated John T. West for con¬
gress to oppose "William II. Fleming.
Ex-Gtyreraor Francis of Missouri,
has been appointed to succeed Hor.
Iloke Smith as secretary- of the inte¬
rior.
The Atlanta Journal says the ship
of state to be constructed at Indianap¬
olis next week will be put together
with gold “bolts” entirely.
The Atlanta Constitution has never
gotten over its hankering for Hoke
♦Smith's place m the cabinet. It is now
kicking about the appointment of ex
Governer Francis to succeed Smith.
The Pops delight to harp on the
“bosses” of the old party, forgetting
that their own Watson can give the
old bosses “two in the deal” and beat
them all hollow when it conics to dic¬
tating to his party.
The Democrats of the Fourth con¬
gressional district have nominated
Hon. Charles Adamson, of Carrol
county to succeed Mr. Moses, and the
Pops have nominated Col. Carey'
Thornton of Columbus.
Gen. Clement A. Evans will fire his
first gun in behalf of Governor Atkin¬
son at Decatur on September 5 . That
is what we call Simon pure, unadulter¬
ated loyalty to party, that no admirer
of the General need be ashamed to
emulate.
In is said by those in a position to
know that-the •price of lauds in Geor¬
gia have reacted and recently taken an
upward tendency. In view of this
fact it would be advisable for those
wi fc o contemplate buying to do so be¬
fore tiie boom fairly sets in.
Some of the ablest speakers in the
state are enlisted in the .cause of Dem¬
ocracy, and their good work is having
a telling effect wherever they go. The
woods are 011 fire and it is rapidly
spreading this way. It will take more
than the present force of the Third
Party to stop it, too.
The Thomasville Times-Enterprise
thinks Bourke Cochran made a bad
break in his New York speech when
lie said “Unreconciled slaveholders
would like to pay no wages at all ”
That is not a vote cat jhing phrase in
the South. Negroes are better paid
and better treated in the South than
they are at the North.
Rev. Mr. Love joy, pastor of the
First Methodist church of Athens, has
written a play for the Banner. It is
a drama in t wo acts and is chiefly con¬
demnatory of the dispensary system.
He charges that three young men have
been crazed by drink in the Classic
City during the past three months and
driven to suicide’s graves.
The negroes all over the state are
rallying to the support of Governor
Atkinson. They recognize in him a
governor of all the people, having the
same regard for the rights of the hum¬
blest negro, under the law, that he has
for those of the most prominent citizen.
Home of the leading colored men of
the state will make speeches in his be¬
half.
The friends of Governor Oates, of
Alabama, claim that lie has already,
with the exception of three or four
votes, a majority of the members of
the newly elected legislature, and that
he.will be elected United States Sena¬
tor to succeed lion. James L. Pugh.
The latter gentleman wants to be his
own successor, and Gen. W. E. Pettus
is also an aspirant.
Gjp“Xunnally’8 other Fine Box Candies
and Fancy Candies of choicest
qualities at T. AL Brown’s.
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS THE SlJPHEME LAW.
FORT GAINES, GA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, I8!K>.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
.TEMS CONCERNING HOME AND
OF HOME INTEREST.
Wliat Ihc People l*o ami Kay—
I,Mile KUn of News and lio«.
sip tiiatlicred on flic WiiiR.
There was a partial eclipse of the
moon about midnight Saturday night,
which was witnessed by only a few of
the denizens of the Fort.
A fine rain fell here one night this
week, which was wonderfully refresh¬
ing. We learn that other sections of
the county have enjoyed the same
blessing.
Dr. C. E. Coleman, our popular
young dentist, plants a card in this
issue of the Sentinel. He is doing
considerable work, and is giving gen¬
eral satisfaction.
(ggrlt is seldom yon have the op¬
portunity to buy in this market such
splendid horses as those now being
offered by Ward & Simpson.
Some of the boys arc figuring on the
cost of the instruments and talking of
organizing a cornet band. Everybody
will be glad to have the band, but the
practice—great horns, deliver us!
The merchants and other business
men of the city seem to appreciate the
improvement in the Sentinel and
are showing it in a very substantial
way, all of which is highly gratifying
and encouraging.
you want your watches, clocks
and .jewelry repaired, first-class work¬
manship is guaranteed by George Gra¬
ham, Steinberg’s store. Give him a
trial and you will be pleased.
Air. John S. Burnett announces in
another column that he may still be
found at his same old stand amply
equipped to repair your watches,
clocks, jewelry, etc. He will appre¬
ciate your orders.
Fort Gaines’ cotton receipts this
week have been unusually heavy, and
we have noticed quite a number in
town who have been in the habit of
going to other towns. Reliabilityas a
market is sure to be appreciated^^
(Fgf’McKissack & Co.’s many friends
and customers will find them in their
new building after this week with the
most attractive display of dry goods
ever seen in Fort Gaines.
If you are indebted to this paper for
subscription, please call and settle
when you come to town. We have wait¬
ed patiently,working hard all the year,
and feel like we have earned the
money. Don’t put us off till the last.
Among the visitors to the Fort tins
week we notice quite a number of the
county’s best citizens from Bluffton
and vicinity. They came to get the
highest market price for their cotton
and to secure some of the many bar¬
gains offered by our merenants.
(Tg^Don’t fail to get you a nice Ten
nesseee combination saddle and har¬
ness horse out of the last car of Ward
& Simpson, foe they arc something not
often to be purchased in the South.
Mr. Joe Griinsley, one of Clay’s
most progressive farmers, has pur¬
chased the pretty home and valuable
mill property of Air. R. AL Brown,
about a mile and a half north of town.
We are not informed whether Air.
Brown will reinvest in Clay or move
away, the former, we trust.
Air. T. AL Brown has something to
say, to the trade, in our focal cotuinns
this week. They are “sweeping with
a new broom” around there, and John
has an extra move on him since the
fall season opened and he and his girl
“made it up.” It will pay you to go
and see him when in need of anything
in his line.
Coroner’ll litqiirwl.
Coroner E. E. Royal went down to
VY’onimack’s lost Saturday to invoati
gatc the death of the infant babe of
Lcilnh Lawreuec, col., the tiinding of
whose body in an old goods box was
mentioned in these columns last, week.
There was no positive evidence by
which the mother could be held for iu
Fmticide, and the coroner's jury made
a return which was intended to convey
a verdict to that effect, but which was
worded in a manner calculated to con¬
fuse most any mind except those so ac¬
customed as Mr. ltoyul to fathoming
complex documents of that nature.
The jury seems to have labored under
the impression that they were expect¬
ed to either convict or acquit some¬
body of some crime, rather than to as¬
certain in what manner the dead baby
came to its death, and the verdict read
as follows: “We, the jury sworn and
empannelled in the case of the state
vs. Leilah Lawrence, not guilty.”
The mother of the child, who is
about seventeen years old, stated that
the child was born out in the woods,
and that there was no one with her at
the time. The child, she said, was
dead when born, and in order to hide
her shame, she concealed its bodv in
an old box before returning to the
house.
But some of the negroes of the
neighborhood are still suspicious, and,
even after the coroner’s investigation,
the woman was brought before Judge
Lark, of the county court last Monday
for a more rigid trial. But the evi¬
dence proving nothing beyond the fact
that the woman had concealed the
birth of her child, Judge Lark did
not see, tit to run the county to expense
by committing her to jail.,
The grand jury may see lit to make
some further inquiry concerning the
matter.
Mr. J.R.Gates,who kdled young Now¬
ell, is still under guard out at his home,
four miles east of town, Ins injuries re¬
ceived in the difficulty with Nowell
being yet in such condition that his
confinement in jail might bring on se¬
rious results. Judge Sheffield was to
have passed upon the application for
bail to-day at bis home in Arlington,
and we presume his decision will be
forwarded by to-morrowsK mail.
Later.— Since the above was put in
type we learn that Mr. Gales is able
to be about his business, accompanied
by bis guard.
We hear much complaint of a short
cotton crop, and there is nodouat that
it is considerablyshort in some sections,
but in the immediate vicinity of Fort
Gaines ten and twelve and in some
places fifteen bales to the plow will be
made. Out on the farm of Paullin
and West about two miles from town
thirty-five bales have already been
ginned from a field of fifty-six acres
and it is good for ten or fifteen more.
How is that for August and for Cluy
county lands ?
W. M. Speight & Son have caught
the spirit of renewed enterprise that
seems to have come over our mer¬
chants, with respect to advertising,
an<l have an attractive card in another
column. They carry a full line of
groceries of the best qualities, and
their low prices, fair dealing and cour¬
teous treatment of all attiacts a"fine
trade. Call and see them when you
come to town.
Don’t fail to read the attractive ad¬
vertisement of Mr. S. P. C. Hatchett
elsewhere in this paper. He has dis¬
continued the prescription department
of his business and is turning his at¬
tention principally to staple drugs, pa
tent medicines, toilet articles, etc.,
which he buys in large 1 Us and sells ut
reduced prices. Be sure to see him be¬
fore buying goods m his line.
HE WILL GO TO PERRY.
THE FORT GAINES ACADEMY IS
WITHOUT A PRINCIPAL.
Prof. ITleKenxie Tenders Ills Resig¬
nation. Kleeled Principal of
Pablle s>c Imo l at Perry.
The announcement Wednesday that
Prof. McKenzie, bad requested of the
board of trustees of Fort Gaines Acad¬
emy a release from his coutract as
principal of the school was received
with surprise and genuine regret by
the many friends #f that gentleman.
Prof. McKenzie returned to the city
Wednesday afternoon from Perry,
where he had spent several days with
his family, who are visiting Mrs.
McK.’s parents there. While in Perry
he was tendered the principalship of
the school at that place, which he ac
cepted on the condition of his resigna
tion being accepted here.
The professor is promised a tine
school, ami that place being the home
of Mrs. McKenzie’s parents, we pre¬
sume her wishes had much to do with
bringing about the change in her hus¬
band’s plans. The Sentinel trusts
that their brightest expectations may
he realized.
The board of trustees, through its
chairman, J. E. Paulliu, is already in
communieatiou with several teachers
of high standing, and it is probable
that the fall term will not be delayed
longer than a week.
SOCIAL, SOU A I* Si.
—Mr. Lal’ayeUe Crawford and wife
left on to-day's boat to visit relatives
in Phcnix City.
—Capt. and Mrs. W. M. Speight vis¬
ited their daughter, Mrs. Galloway, in
Abbeville this week.
—Mrs. E. J. Hardin and her little
son spent several days this week with
relatives in Cutdbert.
—Sheriff L. E. Black, of Blakely, one
of the best officers in the state, visited
the Fort a few days since.
—Mr. G. A. Bigbie, one of Bluff
ton’s enterprising business men, was
among the callers at Ibis office yester¬
day, and left an appreciated order for
some job printing.
—Messrs. George C. Brown and W.
K. Tennille spent a short while at
Glenn Springs since our. last issue.
The former says the water down there
has a very fetchin’ effect.
—Little Miss Leilah Dobbins, who
went to Atlanta a short time since to
have her ears treated py Dr. Calhoun
returned home yesterday. We is are
pleased to say that her hearing great¬
ly improved.
—The social entertainment at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J). Coleman’s
last night, complimentary to the visit¬
ing young ladies, is said to have been
quite a pleasant affair. We haven’t
the space this late in the week to givtj
the names of those in attendance, but
there was quite a number present,
and all seemed to enjoy themselves to
the fullest extent, which is usually the
case with those so fortunate as to he
the guests of Mrs. Coleman.
—The young people of the -city en¬
joyed a most delightful social enter¬
tainment out at the pleasant suburban
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. West last
Monday night. There were quite a
number of couples present, and they
say that the occasion was a continual
round of pleasure from the time of
their arrival until a late hour. They
are profuse in their praise of the kind
ness of their hospitable host and charn
ing hostess, and have voted their home
one of the most delightful places in
town. Those in attendance were as
follows: Misses Lizzie Norwood,Hen
nie Gillespie, Annie Barnett, Maud
Doughtie, Ilortense Shivers, Florence
Strauss. Annie Lou Tennille, Tracy
Cohen, Pearta Sutton, Adele Kelley,
Mabel Kelley, and Sallie Belle lurmp
seed. Messrs. ( . h. Coleman, J.
Coleman, \\. J. Greene, jr., Maik
Sternberg, Mike Cohen, Ben Turnip
seed , J. L. Hurst, L. P. Brown, L. 8.
Cohen. R. C. McAllister, Harry Cook,
Clarence Sutton. Mesdames W. A.
AIcAllister and J. K. .Simpson.
SUBSCRIPT A PER ANNUM.
NUMBER 34
A Rovt l Orrmoiijr,
A Georgia judge recently performed
a marriage ceremony, and the follow¬
ing is what he said: “Dearly beloved,
we are gathered together here in the
sight of God and these witnesses to
join together this man and woman in
holy matrimony nt the ratio of 10 to 1,
which is an honorable estate instituted
of God in the time of man’s iunocen
ey, signifying unto ns that the stand¬
ard silver dollar shall be a full legal
tender for all debts, public and private,
into which holy estate these two per¬
sons present come now to be joined.
Therefore, if any one can show any
just cause why William Jennings Bry¬
an should not be elected president of
these United States, let him now speak
or forever hereafter hold his pence.
1 require and charge you both to stick
to the Democratic platform lately
adopted at Chicago, and if any of you
know any impediment why ye .should
not, speak now or forever hold your
tongue.” It is said th«*y have applied
for a divorce.
Exert your influence for the good of
your town under any and all circum¬
stances. If you have but a small
amount of influence, remember that
every little helps. Chip in and do your
share for the prosperity of the commu¬
nity and the happiness of your Xc low
citizens. It will all come hack to you
a hundred fold in (he course of time.
Tuesday morning while walking
through his new residence building in
Arlington, Judge II. C. 'Sheffield slip¬
ped through some part of the frame
work and was severely injured, having
several ribs broken. Wo wgrel to learn
of the judge’s mishap and trust he may
soon recover from his injuries__Early
County News.
We hope our correspondents at Bluff
ton, Wommaeks and Wesley Ehapcl
will all let us hear from them next
week. Send us the news from your re¬
spective localities and let’s make the
Sentinel a first-class county paper in
every respect.
Sweet potatoes of this year’s growth
are on the market, and it takes fancy
prices to get them off.
(QjrTcterson & Jones have added
to their list this week 100 acres of val¬
uable land that they will sell somebody
at a bargain. It is well improved, and
adjoins the 17 d acre place on the Hart¬
ford road advertised elsewhere in this
paper. Will sell both places together
or separately, as may he desired.
I.i*t of Juror*,
Drawn to serve at the September
term, 1896. ol Clay superior court:
GRAND JURORS.
J H Hamilton, P C Hodges,
T J Lindsey, W L Jenkins,
W C Bel isle, C P Redding,
.1 C Simpson. 8 R Radford.
W P Davis, M L Burney,
W M Speight, EJ W Hardin, Beauchamp,
R M Brown, J N
J L Burnett, T Brooks,
P L J Day, J B Wiles,
R E Peterson, G W Coram,
W D R Crawford, W W McKinnon,
J H Hancock, Joshua E Puckett, Jones,
W J Green, W
W T Cridelle W L Beard,
E W Chambers, Jno T Jackson.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
J T Mandeviile, E T Pearoe,
W * I . Kish, . G C Brown,
or Gunn, C S Sealy,
I R Mashburn, D G Ram bo,
T L Crozier, S L Boyett
N Ingram, T E Bell,
p M Brooks, H M Shaw,
J I Ingram, W J Ray,
j\j A Rimes, W A Bigbie, Coleman,
A Koquemore, H T
George Peterson, D W Jackson,
p ^ pj ttman> K S Herrington,
£ p eterson D L Killingsw’th.
w E Lightioot, J C F A Robinson,^ Culpepper,
” O Beard, McAllister,
J A Gassett \V A
T. J. Whatley, BJ Jenkins,
8 R Weaver, J T Brooks.