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save you money. For next thirty days we will sell any Refrigerator, Water
Cooler and Ice Cream Freezer we have in our store, adjoining O’Neal build
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WRITES OP HIS TRIP.
Mrs. R.C.Harrjs Receivea a Letter From
Her Husbaid.
Mrs. R. C. Harris received three
letters on last Monday, written on
different dates, from her husband
who is nowin London, England, Harris
en route to Paris. Mr.
writes interestingly of his voyage
across the ocean, and of the many
things He of interest in London. 8th
left New York August
and arrived at Souhtampton Au
gust 15th, going by rail from
there, a distance of 89 miles,
reaching London probably on the
same date. Through the kind
ness of the family we print the
following letter written by him
under date of August 17th:
London, Aug. 17, 1900.
“We have been here two days
and if I was to write you what we
have seen, the letter would have
to be sent by express, instead of by
mail. Well, we started out yes
■could terday during morning limited to see stay, what and we
our
I will mention a few things, but
to begin to describe them in full
would keep me writing until day
light.
We visited Westminster Abbey,
and with a party was taken
throughout the building, and the
majority and of the explained principal statures It
tombs to us.
seems that nearly all the nobility
have been laid to rest in this
place. The guide, however, stated
that only one vault was in the
building that was being to receive in this any old
more, there now
vault, the remains of twenty-nine of the
family persons, is and living, only and one more his death
at
will be placed therein. I can’t re
call the name of this person now,
but have a note of it, but not with
me. It is, I think, the Duke of
Northumberland.
We passed the houses of Parlia
ment near Westminster Abbey,
but could not go inside. We
went to the Aquarium, and on the
inside were a lot of catch penny
games, being carried on very
similar to Coney Island, though on
a smaller scale. A performance entered,and
was feat going on when performance we
one of the was a
dive made by a girl, I think fully
fiO feet to a pool below.
Today we went up in the Lon
don monument which stands near
the London bridge, across the
Thames river. We also went
through the the London tower and saw
various armors worn by the
various knights of olden times,
besides the various kinds of arms,
such as cannons, rifles, swords,
spears, etc., some dating bade in
the centuries. We also went
through the regalia room and saw
the crowns that are used at corona
tions, and quite a lot of other fine
regalia worn on state occasions.
We also visit d St. Paul’s Ca
thedral, which is the largest in the
world, except at St. Petersburg,in
Rome. It is astonishing to look at
the various statures, etc., erected
to the memory of those interred at
this place.
Well, as I said at the beginning,
I could not begin to give you a
partial description in a letter. We
took a bus out to Piccadilly, to
what is known as Putney, about
eight miles from our hotel,
we got seats on top, next to the
driver, and he pointed of out quite includ- a
number of places of residences note, of high
ing a number
officials. We took bus across
town from Putney to Hammer
smith. This was not of much
note, but on our return trip from
Hammersmith we saw quite a lot,
same being pointed out to us by
the driver. Among a number ot
the most interesting was Kensing
ton Palace, where Queen Victoria
was born; Kensington Park, in
front of the palace, Hyde park
adjoining, besides quite a number
of mansions owned by the nobility
and important personages, Rothchilds, among Baron
the number, Wellington, etc.
Hirsch, Duke of
London has quite a lot to see,
but there are no buildings
here like the New York and Chi
cago sky scrapers, but everything
you see here, even the country
houses, are built of brick, and 1
don’t think I have seen a wooden
building in England. Doctor and
myself are having a grand C.H. tame,
R.
In another letter lie relates an
experience at the custom house
at Southampton. He says: “I
had to pay ten shillings and three
pence, about $1.51 cents, duties
on the little batch of chewing to
bacco I bought from Bulloch in
Cordele for 60 cents. Now, if the
custom officials vant the same
amount when 1 reach the French
line, I think I’ll quit chewing to-
CORDELE, UA., FRIDAY. A(Ti;l r ST31, 1900.
bacco until I get back to Cordele.”
He states that he and Dr. Wal
lace are enjoying their trip to the
fullest extent. Their many friends
here are glad to know they are well
and having such a delightful trip.
LETTER FROM MANILLA.
The following resident letter was handed
thinking, us by a of this county,
teresting reading perhaps, it all would who be in
to are
not acquainted with the condi
tions and affairs in the Philip
pines. It is a private letter, and
was not written for publication.
—Eds.]
Manilla, P. I.,
May 23, 1900.
Dear Sister and Mother,
y 0 ur letter via of Hong April Kong, 9th came
y Gaining eB fc er dgy, the certificates, which con- I
*nd return to you, so you
can caB j 1 ^hem for your own use.
There is interest due on them also,
y QU wro ^ e a n ice and long let
ter, and I am glad that you are
reconc ii e d to my indefinite stay
here, for indefinite it will be.
There is no desire on my part to
re t urn) more than for a visit of a
f ew months, to again take up the
burden of just making enough for
ex i s tance, and not all of the
time at that . It is not that I am
gating doing r j c h better at present, although be
j am than ever
f or6) but it is the opportunities The
j^re ^at I am staying for.
^i me j 9 no t y e t ripe for much
gpeculation, as the conditions are
b a d and a military prosperity. government Little is
no j. i n( Jucive to
c h a nges will be effected before
ano ther year, after the arrival of
commissioners, because Otis
no thing and there is lots of
wor ^ before the commissioners,
The islands are still run under
gp an j 8 b laws and customs, the
^ axes are the same, and all resi
dents say very much worse. I do
no t know as to that, but Ido
know that the American govern
ment here in some respects would
make, a Spanish official blush with
shame. They were better in some
things than we.
Otis was a hard worker, because
he minded other people’s business
too much; little insignificant
things that other people wouldn’t
notice.
Before much can be done to
make money laws must be chang
ed, equal rights given to all, and
this discrimination against Amer
icans stopped. At present every
thing is very much in favor of the
natives, and the American officials
are always bucking those Ameri
cans who try to do anything.
Why, a second lieutenant in charge
of a small town, has more author
United ity than the president* of the
States.
One of the evils here is that
there is no regulation of prices.
Go to any public market in Ma
nilla and the native venders al
ways charge an American more
than they do their own people, or
Spaniards or Filipinos. For in
stance, a native (Indio) would
vbuy a fish, say for which he would’
pay maybe 20 cents. Next, an
American, although a witness to
the transaction, would have to
pay for exactly the same fish 60
cents, or do without. Remonstrate
with the fish merchant and he
will say, Americans mucho money,
Filipinos poor. If walk you throw with the
money down and away
the fish he will call an American
guard and you are told to pay the
price asked or go without, and the
officers will tell you the same.
American civilians are compelled
thing, to pay outrageous other prices for every
when people are buy
ing much cheaper, and pnable to
help themselves. The American
government has made fools of
these people, and are still doing
so, and that is pne thing that
makes it so difficult to get along
with them. It is not only the
small merchant that does thiskind
of busness, but all, even the
banks. Their business method is
not to receive deposits of less than
$1,000. When a man draws his
money out in gold they discount
it, even lower than 2 for 1. It
takes about an hour to make a de
posit and about the same time to
get any money out. They give
lead money with the good, even
when they know it. Throw a bad
dollar back to them and they put
it on another pile and the next
man gets it. If he don’t sound
all of his money he is liable to
lose. Gold is worth $2.15 net for
$1.00, yet these Manilla banks pay
only $2.02 for $1.00 gold and dis
count their own Hong Kong notes.
Such things as these we must
endure in Manilla, and that is
why I say it will be a long time
before it can be changed. Another
and very serious drawback which
will take time to fix up, is the
poor titles to everything, from a
farm to a haystack. Therefore a
person slow and investing be must go very
careful. There is
very little real estate here that has
a clear title. Of course the Cath
olic church owns the best lands,
which they have robbed the peo
ple of and confiscated for their
own use. A young fellow was
going into the boat (cascol) busi
ness and the first cascol we got a
hold of there were several would
be owners. We investigated them
all and found that none of them
owned it and we had all of them
scared, and they gave up the
claim, but the captain of the port
will not give us a clearance for it,
and so it lies rotting to pieces.
crooked On our work investigating we found
tain of going on at the cap
ports, and we may stir up
something there. The only people
doing business here are friends of
officers and men with pull, and all
have unlimited privileges. It is
quite work is safe being to say that very little
done here on the
square.
Oh, I have spells when I would
like to pack up and go back to the
United States among honorable
people, generally, where we can trust every
one where people give
favors as well as receive and ap
preciate kindness. times I get disheart
ened at to think that no
one can be relied upon. Oh, you
have cause to be happy, but you
don’t know how much you have to
be thankful for. Ido. It is for
money I stay here and I can
make more of it with less labor,
and perhaps get wealthy in time,
when I can live there. But the
tribulations are many, many.
Leave out the detestable native
race, and look at the Spaniards
and Filipinos, all they know is to
get, get, get, ask favors, impose
upon other’s generosity; but
have never learned to give, to re
turn kindness for kindness, or
to reciprocate for anything
bo I will close this letter and
wait for the mail to go to the
states. Yours with love,
S. N. H.
One Minute Cough Cure, the only
harmless remedy that produces im
mediate results. Try it. City
Drug Store.
NO. 9.
LIST OP JURORS
September Term, IfOO, Dooly Supe
rlor Court.
GRAND JURORS.
A. P. Gaines W. H. Cribb
Jno.M.Holland J. G. Forehand
W. L. Williams B. P. O’Neal
W. H. Stephens Wm. Short
G. L. Dekle J. T. Jackson
Jno. A. Holland G.W.McClendon
P. H. Willis John C. Fenn
G.W.Fullington A. J. Morris A. F. Forehand
S. J. Hill R. S. Middleton
J. O. B. A. Wood
O. M. McKinney Heard K. R. Patterson
John Crumpler W. G. Joiner
John R. Jas. Pope
Smith H. R. Fenn
J. C. Fulling ton H. II. Liggin.
FRTIT JURY—1ST WEIR
J. M. Cox,Sr., C. B. Easom
E. F. M.Fullington V. Tison JnoHForehand
T. I. Ingram Malachi Bowen
E. G. Wal W. F. Peterson
ton R. J. Bunkley
Holmes A. Joiner John A. Perry
C. I. Powell EC Youngblood
A. D. Bridges W. B. Brock
B. M. Bowen A. B. Hill
Ed Howell Jas. E. Joiner
E. A. Gilbert JW McClendon
T. H. Gregory Joe B. Turner
Jas. C. Folds A. Wells
Geo. W. Hayden J. C. Elder
H. D. Royal W.N.McKenzie
J. A. Broxton T. T. McAfee
C. C. Williams Willis Johnson
W. H. Holt B. F. Barry
2nd wbbk.
W. K. Dowdy J. E. Brown
J- Whitehead W. J. Lock
elements B. W. Wood
T. L. Powell
p. g. Lindsay W.J.Etheredee
Jno. M. Pipkin J. T. Howell
C. M. Killian
L.M. Mashburn
c, r’ E. Case C. C. Greer
h. Davis J. D. Lester Jr
J. M. Cox T. A. Adkins Sr
u‘?'^ M.Shivere* d p ins E.T. S. E. Parham Lamb Jr
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w T. K. Bembry
c. A. Horne J. T. Britt
J. L. Clewis T.F. Etheredge
Fred Harder
J; f Thompson 8. C.G. T. Ward Bridges
j p Waters J.A.Lockerman
D. J. Dunn J. T. Carlisle
A- W. B. Johnson
B. B. Pound
j ; F Joiner W. I. Butler
D B . Thompson W. H. Gamble
C. M. Josey Samuel Carnes
J- R ' Kelly S. C. Weisiger
J; Musselwhite HFMusselwhte WBYoungblod
q r Johnson W. J. Pate
Judge J. R. Freeman of Raines,
called on us Tuesday and advanc
ed his subscription two years. The
judge says he always looks for
ward with pleasure for the time
each week when the Sentinel will
arrive at his office.