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THE FORT GAINES SENTINEL.
JOSHUA JONES, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME III.
EUITOniALETTES,
Mr. George P. ‘Swift, one of the
most prominent cotton mill men in
the South,died in Columbus last Tues¬
day.
'The Sunny Sourh is all right. It is
the intrusion of Northern weatner
that is playing the dickens with
things.
The Atlanta Journal doesn’t seem
to have been at all set back by the
“Baby” Constitution. It gets better
every day.
The profits from the Athens dispen¬
sary the past year reaches over $(>,000,
which goes into the school fnnd of the
city and county.
During 1896 the large number of
<53,762,000 persons were born into
this world of trouble and care, and 49,
865,000 passed out.
It is announced as a rare novelty
that President-elect McKinley will be
inaugurated on the 4th of March next,
clad in a homespun suit of American
woolens.
The. Tallapoosa Enquirer say that
live weeks more and Grover Cleveland
will turn over the keys of the white
house to McKinley, and that no man
ever served his country better and was
**cussed” more.
The opinion of the United States
supreme court that the South Carolina
dispensary la\v is unconstitutional, up¬
sets a dangerous species of alleged
moral reform ami knocks Ben Tillman
off his legs, says an exchange,
A special to the Evening Constitu¬
tion Wednesday says: “Ben Russell,
cotigessman from the second distinct,
may die. He continues to be very ill
at his hotel and the last report from
his bedside is very unfavorable. lie
is suffering from erysipelas, and his
friends who are nursing him, say that
the indications are not at all favorable.
An attempt was made to poison the
family of Mr. 11. G. Purcell, in Colum¬
bia, one day this week. The nurse
was persuaded by a negro woman to
put morphine in the bread tray. For¬
tunately there was either notenough or
too much cf the drug to produce fatal
results, but the family were violently
sick for a short while. The negro
woman and another whom she impli¬
cates are in jail.
An exchange says that there is al¬
ways a certain class of men in every
community that are ready to cast as¬
persions ou their fellowman if by pluck
and perseverance he makes a success
of this life. It matters not what a
man’s position or occupation is, if he
would succeed, he must devote time,
labor and a great deal of energy to his
calling before he earns the title of a
successful man and then for little “two-
bit” men to get their topknots to¬
gether and slander their superiors is
enough to disgust the saints. Every
community has its xnowalls.
Texas is a big state; so big a state
that a man can commit bigamy fifteen
different times within the border of
tbe commonwealth in the space of a
few years. Tom Love Dennison be¬
gan getting married when he was
eighteen years old, and kept up the
practice steadily for eight years,
at the rate of two marriages a year.
: When he had committed bigamy for
the fifteenth time, and was on the
honeymoon with his sixteenth wife,
his villiany was accidently discovered.
All of the sixteen wives are alive:
none of them are divorced, and Love
is proud to claim the parentage of
nineteen children. He is twenty-six
years old, and was at one time a fed¬
eral marshal in the Indian Territory.
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THE WILL OF TIIE PEOPLE IS THE SUPREME LAW.
FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
.TEMS CONCERNING HOME AND
OF CME INTEREST.
ivhut tbe People i>o amt Say—
Kittle Slits of News and (.os-
sip Gathered oil tlte Witttr.
See new legal Advertisement on the
last page of this issue of the Sentxjtel.
We are pleased to note that Mr. J.
P. Sharpe has about recovered from
an attack of !a grippe.
A few flakes of snow fell here Wed¬
nesday, but not enough to call forth
any remarks about the “beautiful,” etc.
The Southern Loan and Building
Association, with headquarers at Chat¬
tanooga, is in the hands of a receiv-
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FOBT GAOTES OIL _A.IT33 Q-TT A2TO MILLS.
er. Capt. E. A. Graham, of this city,
was eaugnt by the collapse for some¬
thing over $300, and others for small
er omounts.
The court of county commissioners
sits next Monday. That is also the
time for the regular monthly session
of Ordinary It. T. Foote’s court.
The present cold snap has done
some damage to the oat crop, but the
more thrifty farmers will repair it by
replanting, where it is necessary.
Judge Lark wants the street he lives
on named Peachtree when the new
dwellings now in course of erection
along that thoroughfare are completed.
Farm work goes steadily on, in spite
of the cold weather. Numbers of wag¬
ons loaded with guanos leave town
every day, and nearly all of it is man¬
ufactured right here at home.
Mr. IT. .T. McLeod has se.curcd the
contract for the erection of a hand¬
some $1100 residence on the lot be¬
tween the residences of Mr. Foster and
Mr. Kaufman, to take the place of the
residence burned there Christmas
week.
If your teeth a,re troubling you, it is
probably not out of place to remind
you that the time for Dr.Speck’s depart¬
ure for his home in Tennessee comes
on apace, and it may be some time
before you can so conveniently
the services of a first-class dentist.
Hi. reputation for experience and ex-
cellence in his profession is now so
well established that mention of it is
unnecessary.
Capt. J. F. Sealy, of Coleman, was
in the city last Monday in pursuit of
a uegro who had stolen a buggy and
a set of harness from him the previous
night. The negro came in a short
while ahead of Capt. Sealy and hfftl
tried to sell his bSoty for $10. Dep¬
uty Sheriff Williams took him in hand
upon charges being preferred by Capt.
Sealy, and be was carried to Cuthbert
and lodged in jail.
An Important Walter.
About the time of the fires which
occurred Christmas week there was
general comment on the lack of organ¬
ization and system in our protection
• against tire, and we were led to hope
that some improvement would grow
out of it. But the people have recov¬
ered from their scare, the talk has
ceased, and the same conditions still
exist. Under the present management
of the water works the supply of water
is ample. What we lack is systematic
organization, somebody with authority
to direct and control the work at fires,
and some one whose duty it should be
too keep the hose and hose reel in
order and to see that the wrenches
and nozzles arc at all times in their
proper places. This is a matter that
should be attended to at once.
SOCIAL S' KAPX.
children —Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Speight and
spent several days with rela¬
tives in Damascus this week.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Simpson at¬
tended the funeral of the latter’s sister,
Mrs. Saunders, at Abbeville, last Sun¬
day.
—Mr. Charlie Dixon, of Cuthbert.
came down on last Saturday afternoon’s
train ami spent Sunday with his sister,
Mrs. S. J. Rniley.
—Mr. J. I j. Ward returned
night from the stock markets,where he
went to purchase another car of fine
horses for his sale stables.
—The many friends of Mrs.Sallie
London will be pleased to learn of
convalescense, after several weeks’
severe illness from pneumonia.
—Mrs. P. II. Keaton returned to
her home in Damascus one day this
week, after a visit of several weeks to
her parents flap!, and Mrs. W. M
Speight • and other relatives in Fort
Gaines.
—Mr. F. M. Gay, of Eufaula, was
down looking after his extenrive fann¬
ing interest m this county this week,
anti made the Fort a visit to-day. He
•was driving a pair of horses that were
envied by all admirers . of _ fancy _ stock. ,
A notable change, brought
probably bv the advent of the dispen-
sarv, ’ is . tbe deserted appearance of the
streets. , rp I , lie revelers . who . , for-
were
, ... «•«**» , with ... •
ms • 110 ul ‘ l,cl 10 "'I" 1 ® 01
» ' nm * f,w closl ?«
of the dispensary, art.tucked , away m
lhe,r be,ls llcr » rc 11 ° c, " ck - bl,1 “
they arc shut out from the warm fires
and deprived of the association of the
convivial spirits that frequented the
bars, town has no attraction for them
after night. This is an improvement
generally appreciated, and one which
works an enforced reform that promis¬
es good to many.
our ten days will expire
week. Now is the time to secure
photos at $1.50 per do*cn.
Greene & Mathew-.
G ROW IN G ENTERPRISE.
THE FORT GAINES OIL AND GUANO
COMPANY.
A« IiidUNtry of Urcat Worth and
Coiivenicnacto Otis Kit-
tire Section.
Tlie Fort Gaines Oil and Guano
Company’s mills arc an enterprise of
which this entire section is proud, and
its success is a matter of general inter¬
est.
The products are such as produced bv
first-class concerns of its kind—crude
cotton seed oil, cotton seed meal, cot¬
ton seed liuters, and cotton seed hulls.
The capacity of the mills being greater
than that of any plant anywhere in
this section, a considcrblc amount of
these goods is turned out.
They manufacture four grades of
fertilizers—Bust Proof Guano, Home
Mixture Guano, “Good Luck” Guano,
and High Grade Acid Phosphate, any
of which is of a higher common ini
value than most fertilizers that have
heretofore been used in this section,
and yet the prices arc the same, or
lower. The stockholders in the com¬
I )an y lirc Ml men of exporLnce in
! farming, and their practical knowledge
0 ^ ^he character of farm lands in this sec
(lion has been worth much to them in
, the manufacture of fertilizers that are
. especially adapted to the needs of these
The farmers of this section
are so well pleased with the results
that there is now very little other fer¬
tilizers sold in this market.
The firnt mills, which were dostroy-
ed by fire some time during the winter
| of 1894 werti erected in the 8pring of
18 ,‘ »2, and were not so well equip¬ h
ped and well constructed as the present
plant. Owing to some defect in pro-
teeiion against lire, the insurance rate
was so high that only a small amount
j was carried, and its destruction by lire
Wag it(J a serious los8 t0 lhe 8tock .
holders.
iu 1805 a reorganization of the
I same company, ' with . , a few exceptions, ’
;• was effected, _ and , the , rebuilding , . of the
mills ou a , larger scale , becrun , and ,
” corn-
Th ^
live subslimtial buildin-s, llio en-iite,
boiler, and o.l room, and ginnery be-
Ure] „ n , rick
being of brick foundations, with metal
roofs. The machinery is of ponder-
ons size, and great capacity, and of
the most approved make.
The mills are provided with their
i own e * ectr ic lights, which supply the
most ample illumination with little
risk of Xir^;. Several large tanks are
also kept filled with water and there is
:ui arrangement by which the whole
premises may be almost flooded with
water in ease of fire. This makes the
i plant nearly absolutely safe from
a
SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM.
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de8tructi(m in ,his manner as possible,
and an insurance rate of only 1 per
cent, is thus secured,
j thing, The entire plant, including every¬
cost $35,000,and other improve¬
ments are contemplated which will
cost considerable more.
The stockholders are J. E. Paullin,
Joe Vinson, I. 1*. & E. W. Chambers
and J. L. Ward, Mr. l^uillm being
president of the companjnhid Mr. E.
A. Cireenc general manager.
It is such enterprises as these that
are gradually elevating the South to a
position of prosperity such as she has
never enjoyed, and everybody may
well rejoice that home capitalists, as
well as those abroad, have been awak¬
ened to the wisdom of such invest¬
ments. May we soon see others
springing up m ound us.
Tltt! Male Haiti versify,
A measure of reform which is pro¬
posed by Judge George D. Thomas,
member of the legislature from Clarke,
and chairman of the hou-io committee
on education, very deeply interests the
friends of the good old State Universi¬
ty. Judge Thomas’ measure contem¬
plates the reorganization consolidation
of the University of Georgia and all its
branches. This measure will be in¬
troduced at the next session of the
general assembly. In an interview
Judge Thomas recently said:
“I have not as yet fully formulated
all my plans upon this subject , but 1
do not object to giving you the main
ideas that will be contained in the bill.
The details will be arranged at the
proper time.
“In the Hirst place, the state o
Georgia loses money by dissipating its
educational fund. The institutions of
higher learning are scattered all over
the state. Separate faculties have to
be maintained, separate buildings erect¬
ed, separate laboratories equipped, and
each institution’s expenses are large.
If all these institutions could be con¬
solidated into one grand, central state
university, there could he at least $100,
000 per annum saved to the state on the
expense account of higher education¬
al institutions.
“Then too, such university would
take higher rank among the institu¬
tions of learning throughout the land.
The student would have better facul¬
ties afforded him in every way.
“With the money saved in expenses,
the institutions could do a great deal
of good in many useful channels now
closed to them on account of lark of
funds. Under such a plan Georgia
would have higher educational institu¬
tions to which her people would rally
m every way.”
t ort. Caine* .llurknt .
The following report of the market
of Fort Gaines comprises only a few
of the leading articles, together with
the price paid for middling cotton on
our day of publication. All other
goods are sold in accordance with
these prices’
Cotton—Middling, 6 5-8c
Bacon—Smoked sides, 5 l-2c.
Bulk sides, fie.
Flour —First Second patent, $5.50. $5.00/
patent,
Sugar-—White granulated, 10 lbs $1.
Bagging, 0 3-4c.
Ties, $1.50
Culhane’s Comedians and clever
Clementina St. Felix gave three ex¬
cellent performances at Coleman’s
Hall this week. It is a first-class coin-
puny in every respect, arid we regret
that owing to the unusually disagr if li¬
able weather the patronage was not, as
liberal as the show deserved. J/tr.
Culhane, the manager,impressed Wras
being a clever, courteous gentleman,
and we wish him much success.
GI^The McNeill Marble Works, of
Marietta, is a home concern deserving
home support. They sell the most el-
e S an ^ tomlietonee that can be had for
the same amount of money.
A. L. Martin', Agent,
Coleman, Ga.