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THE FOiiT GAINES SENTINEL
JOSHUA JONES, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME II.
EUIT0KIALKTTKS.
John Wannamnker, the great Phil¬
adelphia mere hunt, has bought the fa¬
mous Steyrart store in Ne\v York, pay¬
ing tiie handsome sum of §2,000,000
for it.
A young woman poked fun at the
editor of the Bluff ton (Ind.) Banner,
because of his shabby attire and patch¬
ed pants. The editor went home and
sued her husband for §20 owed for
subscriptions.
Sam Jones says his sermons are just
as clean as the crowds that go to hear
him. That is no doubt correct, as the
better class of Christian people could
hardly he expected to listen to more
than just enough of Sam to ascertain
the character of his “eloquence.”
A political party born of prejudice
and disapointnient is of hut a few days
and full of worms and other small in¬
sects. It spingeth up in the morning
like a hopper-grass and is cut down in
the evening like a pepper-grass, and
lo where is it ‘at 1 !—Seale (Ala.) Regis¬
ter.
Last Wednesday’s election, says the
Atlanta Journal, very clearly demon¬
strates two things, viz: That the peo¬
ple indorse the administration of Gov¬
ernor Atkinson, and thrt they are op¬
posed to a state prohibition law, and
want the present local option law main¬
tained.
Th ; advance in the price of wheat
since September 10 has been worth
£3(«‘,000,900 to the wheat growers, and
the advance in cotton during the past
thirty days has been worth §80,000,
000 to the cotton planters. This looks
like prosperity is coming—in spite of
the crime of ’73.
From various reliable sources the
Savannah News has information that
the storm, from its point of entrance
on the west coast of Florida to Savan¬
nah, cut a swath of thirty miles, in
which the agricultural section was to¬
tally wrecked, the turpentine farms de¬
stroyed and great suffering prevails.
Savannah will start a relief contribu¬
tion at once.
The Albany Herald spoke a parable,
says an exchange, in the remark that
Democrats who sulk and refuse to get
on the Democratic band-wagon this
yoar need not expect to be allowed to
lead the procession two years from
now. And the same may be added of
those who pretended loyalty until the
test at the polls came and then for
pretty personal prejudice cowdardly
“knifed” certain nominees of their
party.
The farmers and planters in Deca¬
tur county are now selling their tobao
co crops, some of which are as large as
10,000 pounds, at 40 cents per pound.
The indications are that for the next
few years at least tobacco will rise in
price. The Cuban war, which has
b en iu progress for several years, has
been the means of placing
county tobacco more exteusivelj' on
the market, and it is no%v filling the po
s tion formerly occupied by the iinport
e 1 Cuban tobacco.
An Alabama paper *tys the
or of that state has just received the
following letter from a woman asking
for a pardon for her husband: “Dear
Governor—Will you not please pardon
my dear husband so he can come home
and see his dear children? We have
two sweet cherubs. One is two and
the other is three years old. They have
never seen tbeir father, because he
had been shut up in that horrid prison
for the past six years. A sight of my
dear husband’s face, which I have not
seen for the past six years, would do
me more good than you can possibly
imagine.”
THE WILL OF T11E PEOPLE IS THE SUPREME LA IP.
FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER !>, I89<>.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
.TEMS CONCERNING HOME AND
OF HOME INTEREST.
What the People Do nnrt Say—
Little ltil* of New* and 4>ow
*ip (iullirrril on the Wing.
Fresh oysters made their appearance
in this market along with the cold
snap.
See new shernff sale and ordinary’s
citation advertised elsewhere in this
paper.
The matrimonial markt in this sec¬
tion is unusually dull for this season
of the year. What’s the matter with
the young folks?
Mrs. Ann Brown is having her res¬
idence repainted and is otherwise im¬
proving her premises. All of which adds
much to the appearance of the same.
([^gjPNew York Bouquet Creamery But¬
ter is an extra fine quality, and is sold
only by T. M. Brown. A fresh sup¬
ply just recieved.
Prof. Espey has a night class com¬
posed of several young men wno de¬
sire to prepare themselves for college,
and who are otherwise employed
during the day.
Calvin Bridges, a little negro living
in the Bethel neighborhood, in the
seventh district, was bitten by a pois¬
onous snake of some Kind Saturday
night while hunting. It is thought he
will recover.
The game law in Alabama permits the
shooting of partridges after October
lo, fifteen days earlier than in this
state. Some of our sportsmen are
expecting to make a raid on the do¬
main of our neighbors about next
Thursday.
The result of last Wednesday’s elec¬
tion in the counties adjoining Cla ,
was, with two or three minor except¬
ions a victory for Democracy. In Cal¬
houn the entire Democratic ticket was
elected. In Early, the same result,
except, that Judge J. B. Chancy, the
Democrrtic nominee, was defeated by
Mr. Lee Perryman, an independent
canidate. In Randolph the Democrats
made a clean sweep. Ju Quitman the
Democrats did not put out a canidate
for representative and a negro repub¬
lican was elected.
Dr. F. A. Speck, and family left
Monday for Fort Gaines, Ga., where
they will spend the winter and where
the doctor will resume his lucrative
practice of dentistry in that place. Dr.
Speck enjoys the reputation of being
one of the finest young dentists in
East Tennessee, standing in the fore¬
front of las profession here.'—Morris¬
town (Tenn.) Gazette.
In behalf of their many friends in
Fort Gaines, the Sentinel extends
t | ic doctor and his estimable wife a
cordial welcome and trusts that their
sojourn in our little city will be un¬
usually pleasant this winter. They
will keep house if a residence can be
obtained.
Little Charley Morris, the five-year
and-seven-months-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Raley, died last Wednesday
morning of , conjestion . . of , the , brain, ,
after an illness of only two or three
days. His death is quite a sad
ment to his parents, who were verv
much devoted to him, and the Sentinel,
with the community at large, respect
fully tender them sincere sympathy in
their sorrow. It is hard, we know to
realize the wisdom and goodness of an
ailwise Providence in plucking from
our homes a loved one whose presence
is so interesting and comforting, but
such resignation to Ilis will is our only
true source of consolation. The re
mains of little Charley Morris
interred , in . the cemetery in this city
Thursday morning, Rev. H. L. Crum
ley officiating.
t'ourt of County «'oiiiiin*ftioii<»rN,
The county commissioners met last
Monday at the usual hour, the full
board, except Commissioner Foster,
being present.
1 he minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The clerk was instructed to issue
rule nisi against 1. J. Sanders to show
cause before this court on the lirst
Monday in October why he obstructed
a road near J. N. Bigbic’s place.
J. C. Neeves was relieved of his du
ties as road commissioner and J. C.
Camp was appointed in liis stead to
serve: two years from September
1806.
Charles Ililtnan, colored, was placed
on the list of paupers at §6 per quar¬
ter.
A. L. Foster was appointed to have
the necessary repairs made on bridge
over Colomokee creek at Neaves’ mill •
The clerk was instructed to notify
the road commissioners to have re¬
paired the floor on the bridge over
Colomokee ereek on the lower Bluff
ton road.
The following accounts were order¬
ed paid:
W. U. Telegraph Co...................$ 30
J, E. Paulliu.............. 30
J. W. Boyett ................. 44
Vernon Kitchen........ 04
Ben Greene................ 00
•T. O. Nobles .............. 00
Mrs. A. G. Dobbins........ 00
Brown & Coleman............. 00
A. S. Brown................ 70
L. A. Duke...................... 1 4fi
Sexkinrl.................... .. 14 00
Clerk county eommissionerf .. 3 00
J. W, Sutlive, clerk . 33 90
J. T. McAllister .. 43 80
J T McAllister ... 30 00
J. T. McAllister. .. 22 00
j3r*A fresh supply of Fancy Crackers
just recieved at T. M. Brown’s. They
are something new in the way of
flavors and have never been equalled
in this market.
SIICIAI, SCKAI'S.
—Miss Emma Burney is visiting
relatives in George!won.
—Mrs. J. T. McAllister spent several
days with friends in Blakely this weed.
—Mrs. M. G. Castcllow, of Kufaula,
is visiting her daughter Miss Emmie,
at the home of Mrs. Hattie Suilive.
—Dr. F. Speck and family are board
ing at Mrs. M. E. Burnett's, where
they will remain until they go to house
keeping. *
, —Solicitor General Irwin, Cols.
J’ambo and Wilson and Judge Bcnlt,
of the Fort Gainet bar, are in attend¬
ance at Early superior court this week.
—Mr. Morris Dixon and his daught¬
ers, Miss Flora and Mrs.Proctor, came
down from Cuthbcrt Wednesday eve¬
ning to attend the funeral of little
Charley Morris Raley. Mr. Dixon re¬
turned home this morning.
—Mrs. S. A. Goodman, of Savannah,
is the guest of Mrs. W. C. Morris,
having been summoned here on ac¬
count of the serious illness of her
daughter, Miss Pearl, who is visiting
Mrs. Morris. We trust she will soon
he restored to good health.
Theodore Roberts planted five acres
in popcorn on his farm, near.St. Croids,
Ind., last spring. A few days ago he
noticed that the shucks were abuor
mally swollen and that the ear seemed
to be larger than when it began to
ripen, a thing contrary to corn, as
shrinkage is the rule. Mr. Roberts
found that seven-eights of the grains
had popped open and was capped with
„ the white , pulp, , though ,, , tt , . had , been ,
^ as
the Some of the corn tastes
sweet as when newly dry popped, tasteless. but the
greater part of it is and
^ phenomenon is attributed to the
hot weather *hat prevailed two or three
weeks ago. The crop is ruined.
j'Sp’MoKissack & Co. sell the Chat
tanooga Cane Mills and Kettles, the
best in the world, having been award
e dthe premium at the World’s Fair,
The crowning triumph of the X ray
discovery was achieved in Washington,
Ohio, a few days ago, when a bullet
was by aid of the Roentgen apparatus
located in a man’s brain, and removed.
The man had shot himself because a
woinan wouldn’t love him. The great
e st difficulty in the way of the X ray
operation was in locating the brain.
DEMOCRACY WINS
THE MAJORITY 38,000 IN THE STATE
A HEAVY INCREASE.
majority ,»v««r Killing*
ingKtvorth i* :i, mill l-'ven
Thill Ik quest toned.
The election in (.’lay county List
Wednesday for governor and state
bouse officers and county officers was
unusually quiet, not a single distur
bailee being reported.
With the exception of candidates for
the offices of sheriff and county treas
urer. tlie Populists had a full ticket
and worked hard for its election, hut
their boasted strength in Clav county
was not forthcoming, and I heir tieket
as a whole met with overwhelming de¬
feat .
There was considerable disaffection
toward Mr. Kilhngsworth, the Demo¬
cratic nominee for the legislature, and
there was a strong personal light waged
against him from within the lines of
his party, much of it being the out¬
come of private differences of no polit¬
ical significance. The “vest pocket”
ballot got in its work in his race and
his opponent, the Populist nominee,
was elected by majority of 3, a num¬
ber of Bush-hill-Detnoerats, besides
the above mentioned disaffection, vot¬
ing for him. However, in view of
the overwhelming defeat of the bal¬
ance of their ticKot. the more intelli¬
gent Populists do not regard Mr. Fos¬
ter’s election a Populist victory. They
fully appreciate the peculiar eiretim
stauces of a •non-partisan nature that
gave him the advantage over the re¬
mainder of his ticket. Wo are relia
Idv informed that Mr. Kilhngsworth
and many of his friends are not satis¬
fied Willi the count and will demand
that il he revised.
The race between Messrs. W. ]{.
Harrison and J. II. Ingram, the Dem
ocratie and Populist nominees, respect
ively for tax co ]| ecto , was ,j lf! next
closest, Mr. Harrison’s majority being
about 73. Mr. ingrain has a large
family connection in the county, many
of whom are Democrats that substitut¬
ed his name for that of their party
nominee, and exerted a strong influ
ence in his behalf.
All the other Democratic nominees
for county officers were elected by ma¬
jorities ranging from 230 to 330. Gov¬
ernor Atkinson’s majority in this coun¬
ty was 180, which was twenty odd
votes less than that of the balance of
the stale ticket.
The re sult from all over the state
shows heavy Democratic gains. Gov -
ernor Atkinson is elected by a major¬
ity of about 38,000, an increase of 12,
000 over liis majority in 1894. The
balance of the slate ticket is elected
by about 43,000 majority, an. increase
of nearly 20,000. Both the constitu¬
tional amendments weie ratified by
heavy majorities' The Populist rep¬
resentation in the legislature is cut off
about half. In fact the result all
round is a crushing defeat to popu
in Georgia.
tort LitliitK Market.
The following report of the market
of Fort Gaines comprises only a
of the leading articles, together with
the price paid for middling cotton on
our day of publication. All other
goods arc sold in accordance with
these nrices* ,
Cotton—Middling, 7.30c.
Bacon —Smoked sides, 3c.
Bulk sides, 4 l-2c.
Flour —First patent. §4.30.
Second patent, £3.90.
Sugar—White granulated, 18 lbs §1.
Bagging, 0 l-4e.
Ties, §1.33.
Thc resulT of huTt "Wednesday’ .
election , . has , brought , , to the , front , quite
a number of legal luminaries, who
want to be supreme court judges.
SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM.
NUMBER 40
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT MONEY.
A correspondent asks us some ques¬
tions which we print here, with a re¬
ply to each:
1. Was silver a legal tender for any
amount of debts, public or private,
from the beginning of the Government
unt ill 1873?
Yes.
2. Is silver only a legal tender to the
amount of §5 now?
No. The slver dollars are full legal
tender for any amount. The subsid¬
iary coins, being purposely made light
weight in order to keep change in tho
country, have been legal tender only
to the amount of §5 since 1833.
3. Is a silver certificate only a legal
tender to the amount "i §3?
A silver certificate is not legal tender
at all. It is merely a warehouse receipt.
It certifies that so many silver dollars
have been deposited in tho Treasury,
payable to bearer on demand. Tho
is not money and not legal
tender. But its holder can exchange
it for full legal-tender silver dollars
whenever he pleases.
4. To what amount is a national
bank note legal tender?
It is not legal tender at nil. It is
merely a bank's promise, gareuteed by
the Government to pay so many dollars
in greenbacks. It passes current in
the payment of debts, precisely as the
silver certificates do, because it is ex¬
changeable on demand for legal-tender
money.
3. To what extent is a greenback
legal tender?
It is legal tender for any amount.
In 1 he ordinary transactions of life
no distinctions are made bet ween the
nine or ten different kinds of currency'
that go to make up our dhizyqutlt of a
circulating medium. But this is mcre
ly because the Government has thus
far succeeded in ‘‘maintaining the
parity” of our several kinds of money
by givmg every coiner his choice of
the currency he would lie paid, even
where that choice lies by law willi the
Treasury.
But the banks in paying out money
naturally pay out by preference those
forms of currency wIL» 1; cannot be
counted as a part ol their reserves,
They hold on to gold and silver coin,
gold certificates and greenbacks, and
pay out the other forms wherever
they can.—New York World.
A t ool Or Minin* r.
I want to tell you all something. An
old fool drummer came along here the
other day and said he was represent¬
ing a firm that was headquarters for
Tea, Coffee, Spices, etc, I told him I
have a plenty of Coffee, Tea, Spice,
Ginger, Cloves, Nutmeg, etc., and
that I kept all kinds of extracts, such
as Lemon, Vanilla, Pine Apple, etc.
“Have you any mace?” I replied
that I had none. “Well,” said he,
“you ought to have some. Everybody
keeps it,” I told him to send me a
small quantity — about twenty-tive
pounds—and you think that old fool
didn’t send me a barrel! Now, I will
tell you all, good folks, if you want
any mace I will exchange it for chick
ens. egss, butter, turkeys or geese,
dry hides or coon skins. I will give a
“snap’ for a ’possum dog, or I
will swap it for silver ut 16 lo 1. I
also keep Coffee, Sugar, Flour, Tobac
Rice, Pearl Grits, Irish of all kinds
c!uiued° Ginidf is
fl ,jj U[) an<1 0 f al j kiu( i s . When you
pass by our door drop in and try our
sample Pickles. If you want anything
hi the line Jewelry line, and want
something good that we will warrant
to he gold, I have got it, 1 have got it.
Boys, come around and get a ring for
your girl. I won’t tell anybody about
it. Respectfully yours, Jim Coleman.
frigPIf you have farm lauds or city
property which you desire to sell or ex
(; bange for other property, you will
find it’o your interest to consult Pe
terson & j OIieK 0r i£ vou wish to buy
they may have just such a place as you
are looking for.