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VOL. 13. NO. 36.
Grand Jury Presentments.
We, the grand jury, chosen and
sworn for Feb. term 1901, beg leavo
to submit the following general pre
sentments.
We have, through proper com
mittees, examined the books of onr
county officers and report as follows:
Ordinary —We find this import
ant office well conducted by our or
dinary J. D. Hargrove. • Bonds
county officers, guardian and admin
istrators are ample –nd well secured.
FINANCIAL.
To amt. rec’d of all sources.... $133.20
By amount Wright,Comp. paid out......
W. A. Gen. $56.87
D. A. Taylor, Treasurer... .76.33
$133.20
clerk’s office.
We find this officer’s books neatly
and correctly kept; all records up to
, date. We find comparatively few
mortgages that are recorded, can
celled, and would urge all parties
who give mortgages to have them
cancelled when paid.
TAX COLLECTOR.
We find the amount of taxes due the
county on digest of 1900.. . $13,560.07
To amount due from railroad 2.670.02
$16,230.09
By amount paid treasurer... .$14,180.49
Leaving balance uncollected $2,040.60
sheriff’s office.
We find the books and bonds sat
isfactory. treasurer’s
OFFICE.
We find this officer very careful
and correct.
FINANCIAL.
By amt. on hand Sept. 1900 $ 2,690.30
Received since... ........ 15,304.04
Total receipts................ $17,994.34
Paid out on proper voucher $7,736.93
Leaving on hand $10,257.41
COUNTY COURT.
We find that within the past six
m'onths this office has paid into $814.45 the
county treasury.. this .. 583.00
Expense of court
Net gkin to county $231.45
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
We find'the books of this officer
neatlyjand correctly kept.
STATISTICS.
Number of schools taught 1900—
White 50. Colored 34. Total 80
Number of teachers employed 1900
White 73. Colored-42. Total 115.
Pupils enrolled 1900—
White 2,742. Col. 2,400. Total 5,142.
Average attendance 1900—
White 1,866, Col. 1,536. Total 3,402.
FINANCIAL.
Bal. on hand last report...... $ 39.36
Amt. rec’d. from state school
commissioner................ 10,036.95
Total receipts................ $10,076.31
By amt, paid teachers
and expense of Board,
and proper vouchers $10,282.26,
Amt. overdrawn.............. $205,95 J,
We recommend that Ordinary
D. Hargrove be paid for services
rendered on general superintendent
roads, revenue, bridges, elections, 1900
paupers etc., from March 1st.
to March 1st. 1901, $500.00,
We recommend D. A. R. Crum be
paid for making out assignment of
cases for Feb. term 1901 and dis
tributing 500 copies, postage, print
ing, etc., $25.00. for 1901
We recommend a tax rate
for county purposes of 3J mills. We
find the books of the justices of the
peace and notary publics recommend are that cor
rectly kept. We appointed
the following persons be
Notary Public and Ex-officio Justice
of the Peace: For district 1040
Willis Johnson, term expired; for
district 1552 J. H. Calhoun, term
expired; for district 516 L. J. Hog
sett, term expired; for district 640 J.
E. Patrick, S. L. Webb resigned. built
We recommend a bridge be Black
over Gum Creek where the
shear public road crosses said creek
on road leading from Cordele to
Hawkinsville. We recommend that
a bridge be built over Sandy Mount
Creek at Sandy Mount school house.
We beg to call the special attention
of the road commission of the Una
dilla district to that part of the road
where the Turnpike is on the Pate
place on road leading from Unadilla
to Snow and that part of road known
as the mud hole on road leading from
Unadilla to Scott’s between the
Kemp place and the Clifton place,
and recommend that they be cause
wayed twenty feet wide, also the
road commissioners of the Seventh
district to that part on road leading
from Vienna to Mims old mill cross
ing Penney Hatcher Creek between
the three bridges, and recommend
that they be cause-wayed twenty
feet wide, also the road commission
ers of the Fourteenth district to the
road leading from the Albany road
to Cork’s ferry on the line between
the 14th And 10th districts, and
recommend be put in proper condi-
•q jr- rdde is sentinel
i tion. Also the road
I of the Cordele district to the part
road between the Whitsett place and
Cordele the bridges on road from Vienna to
and recommend the same be
fixed at once. We also find from
reports from every district in the
county that there is scarcely a road
in the county worked as the law di
rects, and beg leave to urge every
road commissioners and road over
seers in the county and use then
best efforts to have all public roads
in the county worked better aud kept
up which as near as they can the way in
the law directs. We i ecom
mend the following on the pauper
list: Miss Melisse Grantham per
month $3. Robt. Penney per ef month
$3.88. Miss Sarah Ivinis per
month $3. Green Woodward per
month $3. Mrs. Cotterine Bryant
per month $4. G. D. Bearden*per
month $4. Mrs. Missouri Moreland
per month $4. Miss Wade per
month $4. B. S Coppee per month $4
Mrs. Sophia Napper per month $3.
John Graham and wife, colored, per
month $4. Early Smith per monjh
$3. Miss Sallie lladdox per month
$3. We have examined the pension
list and find same correct. We beg
leave to recommend the Ordinary lo
furnish vaccine points to every citi
zen calling for them for vaccinating
purposes free of charge, and to use
every effort to influence all persons
to be vaccinated that have not been
within the past two years. That be
ing the only remedy within our
knowledge to stamp We out the disease
of small pox. recommend that
these presentments be published in
the Vienna Sentinel, Progress and they and be paid the Cor
dele ten
dollars each. We recommend that
D. W. Harvard and F. M. Barfield
be appointed to examine the books
of onr county officers and report to
the next grand jury and they be paid
$2.00 per day while engaged ia said
work.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS,
We find that some of the slate on
the roof the court house has fall
en off, thereby causing leaks which
show plainly in court room. We re
commend that these repairs be made
at once We find the interior of courV
house not as neatly kept as it should
be when a janitor is employed and
paid by the county for his services.
In the court room we find a number
of dauber nests on the ceiling, and in
the lower story in all of the offices
with the exception of that of the
clerks office, we find large bunches
of spider webs on ceilng and walls.
We recommend that if the present
janitor does not attend to these mat
ters as he should do that the Ordina
ry discharge him and employ another.
We find that there is a leak in all of
the stove flues where pipe enters ex
cept in the clerk’s room, causing a
black streak on the walls. We re
commend this be remedied.
We find the jail is kept as neat as
most jails of this size and build. We
recommend the roof of jail be paint
ed and the kitchen be repaired. We
find the heating of the same insuffic
ient and recommend this be reme
died before another winter.
We recommend that the framing
supporting water tanks in both court
house and jail be looked after and
repaired at once if needed. We find
at the poor farm a good building for
the white inmates and that the same
is neatly kept by the matron Mrs.
Quick. This building is unpainted
and we recommend it be painted as
soon as practicable. We find the
building for the colored inmates very
poorly kept and in a very dirty con
dition and needing disinfectants of
some kind. We recommend this
building be whitewashed inside and
out during this spring. We find
three white and four colored in
mates at the farm. In the lot of the
county farm we find two mules, one
belonging to the superintendent county and one of
belonging to the
the farm. We recommend that no
stock be kept on the farm which is'
not the property of the county or
for the benefit of the inmates, We
recommend that a cow be furnished
for the benefit of the inmates and
that all crops and animals raised on
the farm be for the use of said farm,
and when anything is sold from said
farm that the proceeds be placed
with the ordinary find for the use of the
farm-. We also some corn and
fodder, hogs and potatoes on said
farm. We beg leave to extend our
thanks to Judge Candler for the able
charge to this jury and take pleasure
in endorsing the administration of
both our able judge and solicitor and
thank them for the courtesies ex
tended this body.
I. S. Lassetek, Foreman.
Chas. A. Horne, Clerk.
J H Raines, W C Cato, Jesse
Clemente, D W Harvard, A B
Has the Largest Circulation of any Pi.oor in Dooly County.
COKDELE, GA., FRIDAY, MiRCH 8, 1901.
Brown, Jos Brown, F M
LU^joKC 1 A'Mims,J°M Royal, J F Field,
T Tippett, S A J. Perry, < J
pion, J T Carlisle, J.
James, 1) G Quattlebaum.
SUPERIOR CCUltT NEWS.
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Dooly Superior court re-con
vened Monday morning with Judge
Littiejohn presiding and Solicitor
•Hoopor on hand. This week be
gan with criminal business, last
week having disposed of most of
the civil business except a few dis
qualified cases carried over until
next week, the third week, when
Judge W. H. Felton of Bibb will
preside. \
The first criminal case sounded
Monday morning was that o'f.the
State vs. O. L. Downing for mur
der, The indictment in this case
charged the defendant with the de
liberate and wilful murder of Djr.
W. W. Joiner. On account of tjie
prominence of the parties the court
house was crowded with people.
Some fifty to one hundred wit
nesses had been summoned in the
case. Several panels of jurors
were exhausted. and the
noon hour was reached before the
required jury was obtained. Ths
following jurors were selected:
E. E. Lewis, J. R. Bridges, A.
E. Walton, W. H. Tripp, J. T.
Coleman, W. E. Ayoock, ■w .C.
Byrd, W. J. Bowen, D. B. Thoiqjp
son, P. C. Patrick, J. A. Walden,
W. H. Lowry.
Solicitor Hooper and Col. D. A.
R. Crum appeared as prosecuting
attorneys, while the defense was
represented byCapt. J. H. Margin,
Busbee and Busbee, W. O. How
ard, J M DuPree.
Evidence waft still being in
troduced in this case Tuesday jit.1
o’clock, when one of the* jurors,
Mr. J. R. Bridges, became quite
eick and the case wag po8tponed .
^ 10 wen ^ ou ^ on ^ ednes- ,
day night at J2 o’clock and return
ed Thursday noon with a verdict
of guilty in the case of Downing
on trial for murder , with a recom .
mendation for mercy.
The following is a list of jurors
drawn for next week, the third
and last week of this court:
H W Powell; O W Heard; J P
Powell; E Fisher; P H Harden;
D G Bembry; J P Hughes; J F
Cobb ; R L Brown ; Q B Davis;
J J Williams; T M Gun, Sr., W.
J Oliver; W B Nichols ; J D Low
dy ; J B Adkins ; H R Peavy; H.
B. Forehand; G W McLendon ; G.
A Balleuger; L Q Nobles ; J W
Hobby; J E Peavy; W A Hudson;
Jno M Edwards; F H Bland; R A
Gordon; J C Ross ; J F Calhoun ;
A H Songter; W A Ingram ; R T
Cross; W A Wilson; T E Gleaton;
A J Williams; J B Ryals.
To Meet Here March 30tli*
The Dooly County Teacher’s In
stitute will meet in Cordele March
80th, to hold their regular month
ly session.
Every provision will be made
for the comfort of the teacher’s
during their stay in the city. The
local teachers are busy securing
accommodations for the visiting
teacher’s during their stay in the
city.
Prof. Fleming, who is on the
entertainment committee, states
to The Sentinel that all visiting
teacher’s will be provided with all
accommodations and conven
iences necessary for their comfort
and without price.
Cordele delights to have this
body meet within her border^, and
her hospitality will know no
bounds. Her gates will swing
wide open to the reception of the
members of the Dooly county
Teacher's Institute on March 80th.
A full attendance is desired.
Mr. R. B. Solomon is off for
Valdosta where he expects to re
main a week. .
Teacher's Association.
’ The Dooly County Teachers’ As
relation held its regular monthly
session in Vienna, on Saturday,
March 2nd, 1901, with President
Jas. T. Sanders, Superintendent
of the Cordele Public schools, in
the chair. The meeting was n
large and enthusiastic one, sixty
four teachers being present.
It was decided to hold the arn
torical contest, to determine who
shall be the accredited representa
tive from this county to compete
for the Walters medal at the Al
bany Chautauga. at the next regu
lar tqeeting of the association to
be held in Cordele on Saturday
March 80- The following gentle
men were selected to act as judges
in this preliminary contest. G.
R. Glenn. State School Commis
sioner; U. V. Whipple, Cordele;
M. A. Fleming, Vienna; J. A.
Wilson, Unadilla; V. O. Howard,
Arabia There will be about fif
teen competitors in this contest.
The committee that was. ap
pointed at the last meeting of the
association, composed of E. G.
Greene, W. P. Fleming. J. M.
Kelley, Miss Cora Anthony and
Mis Alba Herrington, to prepare a
course of study for the uniform
gradation of tlur,schools of
countv, thro^H *he *£t$*raAe, '
reported the T
Co»bi.». STiiD'm. GttDi.
R f a<1 i, ng_ ® 1 “ k r 1 e " dollirt
work; First Reader; Supplement- I
»ry Reader. •
ritJng- Copying word" and
short sentences from ieader. Blackboard,
Chart-*nd First '
■'Numbers Countirfc, Reading, ^
and Writing numbers to 100.
Number work to 20, Daily drills
ill e^uutipna 1 ; forms Easy exer
ciaes in and
Roman numerals as in Readers.
No text. v -
Geography-OraUCardinal points,
home geography, seasons, etc.
Language work incidental.
Drawing-Lines, triangles, squares
Second Grade.
Reading—Second Reader; Sup
plementary Reader.
Writing—Form of letters. Short
sentences from dictation.
Spelling—From readers. Oral
and written. First half of Prim
er . Long and short sounds.
Arithmetic—Numeration and
Notation. Multiplication table.
To Division. Text. Daily exercises
in Mental Arithmetic.
Geography—First Grade work
continued. Directions, Distances,
Boundaries, Easy lessons on cli
mate, etc. Oral.
Language work incidental to
other work.
Drawing—As in First Grade.
Outlining objects.
Singine.
Third Grade.
Reading—Third Reader ; Sup
plementary Reader.
Writing—Copy Book, No. 1. Pen
and ink. Dictation continued.
Spelling—Oral and written. Di
acritical marks. Primer comple
ted .
Arithmetic—Necessary review of
Second Grade work. Division.
Easy exercises in Fractions. Prac
tical problems. Daily drill in Men
tal Arithmetic.
Geography—Primary. Easy
mapdrawing.
Language—Introductory Lan
guage lessons. Text.
Drawing—objects and inci
dental.
Singing.
Fourth Grade.
Reading—Fourth Reader. Sup
plementary Reader.
Writing—Copy Book, Nos. 2
and 8, Dictation continued.
Spelling—Word Book. “First
Gear.” Oral and written. Dia
oritical marks, accents, etc.
Arithmetic—Intermediate com-
pleted. Practical Problems. Fre
quent drill in Mental Arithmetic.
Geography—Elementary begun.
Map drawing.
Grammar—Primary grammar.
Text
Drawing—From objects and as
a means to end in other work.
Singing
Fifth Grade.
Reading—Fifth Reader. Sup
plementary reading.
Writing—Daily exercises in con
nection with other class work.
Spelling—Word Book. Oral and
written. Definitions. Diacriti
cal marks, accents.
Arithmetic—Common schoo
begun. Practical Problems. Fre
quent drills in Mental Arithmetic.
Geography—Elementary com
pleted. Map-drawing,
Grammar—Text of Fourth grade
completed.
History—First book in Arneri
ca.
Drawing—Fourth Grade work
continued. Singing.
Sixth Grade.
Reading—Sixth Reader, or, Lit
erature, and Historical readings.
Writing—As in Fifth Grade,
Letter-writing, in social and busi
ness forms.
a ... W rd book comple- ,
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**> t,01 f ° Diacfiticaj ral and written. majks, accents. Deflni
Arithinetlc--Qomiron . –<*hool
complete Geography—AdvMwed.
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Grenfetnar - Advanced. ■
. Histdry—Advanced.
i toc d»,dt«,t..
D r . vw ing. /
N Singing f ' *
After discussion, it was determ
med iyf the * teacher, time to
to ti
examine 0 q ur9 ^ e 0 f g tudy, as ,
M by th mm ft tee ; *4
ft th# ^special order of
busine8s for t h 0 regular meeting
of the association on April 27th
iiext
Immediately after the contest
for the representative to compete
f or Walters medal, a contest
dec j de up on two girls to com
pete for the Laura-Clementine Da
vis medals in music and elocution
will be held. There are several
entries for each of these contests.
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held at Cordele, Sat
urday, March 30th.
Resolutions on Death of M r . Pitts.
March 5th, 1901.
We, the committee anpointed to
draft resolutions on the death of
our deceased brother, B. C. Pitts,
beg to submit the following:
Bro. Pitts was born in always Dooly
county in 1859 and has
lived a valued citizen of this coun
ty ever since until his untimely
death on February 1st., last, which
sad event occurred only after a
few days sickness. Bro. Pitts was
a young man being only fortv-two
years of age at the time of his
death and it seems hard that he
shofald have to be called so early
in his life of usefulness.
Our will should be the wish of
our Father above who has a pur
pose in all things, and we bow in
submission.
Brother Pitts was made a Master
Mason on April 21st, 1891 in our
Lodge and has ever since been a
loyal member, a valued brother,
and his loss we deeply mourn.
We ask that these resolutions be
spread upon (fhe Minutes of this
lodge and a copy of same under
seal of the Lodge be furnished his
family. Fraternally submitted.
B H Palmer.
W H Dorris,
C M Killian.
Think of This.
If a doctor writes a prescription
for you it costs two (2.00) dollars
If your druggist fills it he wants
fifty (50) cents or one prescription (1.00) dol
lar. We offer you a
filled and ready for use at twenty
five (25) cents a box, that is guar
anteed to cure Eczema, Tetter,
Itch, Salt Rheum, Barber Itch, all
Itching Piles, Scald Head and
Skin Diseases. Fatts’ Eczema
Ointment, druggists. Twenty-five cents a
box. All
Taylor – Peek Drug Co., ’
Macon j Ga.
Equipped office
in South Georgia for
Neet, Quick .lob
Work. '■
$1.00 A YEAR.
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AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
Prof. Boone Marv*lou«in Mind-Read
ing and Hypnotism.
Oue of the most wonderful ex
hibitions of mind-reading and
hypnotism ever seen in this city
was given at Nevin’s last evening
by Prof. Boone before a fairly
large audience.
Every moment was filled with
intense interest and laughable
features in sufficiency permeates
the hypnotic last*night. tests. The group
mesmerized was made
to do most absurd things.
Frof. Boone’s mind-reading tests
are little short of marvelous. One
feat accomplished last night will
give a slight idea of his great pow
er. Two gentlemen selected one
word from a newspaper, folded
and threw the paper away. Prof.
Boone blindfolded, caught each
by the wrist and wrote the word
on a blackboard correctly.
Other facts were equally as in
teresting. The young man hypno
tized Tuesday night and who had
slept in the Harvey-Hill Com
pany show window up to the time
removed to the opera house, was
awakened on the stage. He seem
ed none the worse for his 50 hour
hypnotic slumber.
Another performance will be
given tonight, the program vary
ing from last night. No one should
fail to see him. They will be
amused, instructed, mystefied.—
Rome T.ibune.
This attraction will be at the
Cordele Opera Houge Thursday
and Friday March 14 and 15th.
Prices 25c, 85c. and 50c. V
A Vllage Blacksmith Saves His Lit
tle pon*E Life.
Mr. {I. H^Black, the well-known
villas* ft*'■’blacksmith at Grahamville,
Sulllvan coiftty, N. Y., says: “Our
little son, fife years old, has always
been subject to croup, and so bad
the attacks been that we have 1 feared
njauy times that he would die. We
have had the doctor and used many
medicines, but Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy is our Sole reliance. It seems
to dissolve the tough mucus and by
givingfrequent doses when found thqcroupy that
symptons appear, w£ have
the dreaded croup is cured before it
getssettled.” There is bo danger in
giving this remedy for it contains no
opium or other injurious drug babe and
may be given as confidently sale to J.B.Ryals a
as to an adult. For oy
– Co.
The people are the final arbiters in
all questions in this country,
The female suffragists refuse, tore
member that Eve was a side-issue.
Like Oliver Twist, children, a-kfor
more when given One Minute Cough
Cure. Mothers endorse it highly for
croup. It quickly cures all coughs
and colds and every throat and lung
trouble. It is a specific for grippe
and asthma and has long been a welt
tnown remedy for whooping cough.
McMillan’s Pharmacy; J. B. Ryal*
– Co.
It is far better to offend some people
than it is to oblige them.
Unless the whole mind is given to a
task it cannot be accomplished well.
It Saved Hie Leg.
P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange,
Ga., suffered intensely for six
months with a frightfnl running
sore on his leg, but writes that
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly
cured it iu ten days. For Ulcers,
Wounds, Burns, Boils, Pain or
Piles it’s the best salve in the
world. Cure guaranteed. Only
25c • Sold by all druggists.
If ants give us an example of indus
try it’s more than a good maqy uncles
do. "
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The American Federation of -Labo;
did some good work.
The Chinese war did not diminis'
the number of fire crackers apparently
Prevented a Tragedy.
Timely information given Mr;
George Long, of New Straitsyilh
Ohio, prevented a dreadful tra;
edy and saved two lives. A frigh
ful cough had long kept her awal
every night. She had tried mat
remedies and doctors, butsteadi
grow worse until urged to try E
King’s New Discovery. One be
tie wholly cured her, and s
writes this marvelous medici
also cured Mr. Long of a eev<
attack of pneumonia. Su
cures are positive proof of t
matchless merit of this gra
remedy for curing all tnro
chest and lan g troubles. Oi
50c and $1.00, Every bottle gu
anteed. Trial ‘bottles free
any drug store.