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VOL. 13. NO. 42.
ENTHUSIASTIC MASS MEETING.
CITIZENS HOLD A ROUSING TIEETING AT THE
OPERA HOUSE IN THE INTEREST OF THE
WAYCROSS AIR LINE RAILROAD.
Mayor and City Council Have Signed up a Contract
Guaranteeing Free Right of Way and Terminals.
The New Line Will Reach Cordele by Fall.
The citizens mass meeting held at the opera house last Friday after
noon was one of the most enthusiastic ever held in the city. The
meeting was held for the purpose of discussing ways, means and plans
whereby Cordele would grant the request of the Waycross Air Line
people. The meeting was held in pursuance of Cordele’s* a call by Mayor C. C.
Cutts and was attended by a large number of best business
men.
Col. S. R. Fields, president of the Young Mens’ Business League,
acted as chairman of the meeting and Col. W. H, Dorris, secretary of
the league, acted secretary of the meeting. Judge U. V. Whipple was
called upon to state the object of the meeting.
Judge Whipple said that the object of the meeting was to discuss
the proposition of the Waycross Air Line people with reference to a
free right of way through the county and terminal facilities in the city
If the people of Cordele would agree to this the road would give a def
inite answer at once as to when work would begin on extending the
road to Cordele and that the road would guarantee to have the line
completed in eighteon months, although it was intended to have it
completed to Cordele by early fall.
At this point Mr. E. W. Bullock of Seville was heard from. Mr.
Bulloch said that he had considerable land that the road would prob
ably come through and that he would freely give a right of way
through same, that he was satisfied his neighbors would do likewise,
and if they did, it would land the road over free right of way to op
posite Penia. Judge J. B. Scott said that he controlled twenty-three
lots and that he felt safe in saying that a free right of way could be
secured through same. Mr. D. H. Ledbetter said that Mr, C. C. Greer
would grant a free right of way through his place. On motion, Mr. E.
W. Bullock, Judge J. B, Scott, Mr. C. C. Greer and Col. J. G. Jones
were appointed a committee, with power to add such other names to
same as they saw proper, to secure the right of way from the county
line to the incorporate limits of Cordele.
It is estimated that about five thousand dollars would be sufficient
to accomplish the desired end, and upon motion it was carried by a
unanmious rising vote that the mayor and council be requested to sign
an agreement or contract granting and the request validate of the railroad people,
and by the same vote that mayor council and use so many
of the seven thousand dollars of bonds voted a few years ago for the
use of the Augusta Southern road should it have built to Cordele.
After arousing, unanimous standing vote that everyone present would
go out of the meeting determined to talk and work for the new road
the mass meeting adjourned
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council met Saturday morning pursuant to a call meeting, with the
Mayor and all aldermen present except J. B. Fain.
Meeting was called for the purpose of taking some action on the
proposed entry of the Waycross Air Line Railroad into the city of Cor
dele, and also as tothp issuance of certain city bonds to the amount
of $7,000, voted upon by the legal voters of Cordele, Ga., on Decem
ber 11th. 1897, said election resulting in a legal majority for the issu
ing of said bonds
Col. Strozier appeared before the council under instructions from
the citizens mass meeting held at. opera house Friday last, and re
ported that the citizens requested the council to make such contract
as they saw fit to secure said road and to issue the bonds above de
scribed to meet terms of said contract as may be made between city
council and said Waycross railroad.
Following ressolution as to contract was read:
Whereas, the Waycross Air Line railroad company by its proper
officers has made to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Cordele
a proposition whereby they will build their railroad from Fitzgerald
through the county of Dooly and the City of Cordele, which said
proposition is fully set forth in a contract this day presented this body
and to which reference is had by this resolution, and,
Whereas, the citizens of Cordele in public mass meeting held in
said city April 12th. last, unanimously requested the Mayor and coun
cil to accept said proposition of the above-name railroad Co., guaran
teeing to them right of way through Dooly county and city of Cor
dele, together with terminal facilities in said city.
Proposition of the railroad as embodied in contract above referred
to and to which said contract reference is hereby had same having
been read in open court, be and the same is hereby accepted; and,
It is futher resolved that Mayor Cutts be and he is hereby author
ized and directed, upon the part of the mayor and city council to sign,
seal and deliver said contract for the said mayor and city council of
Cordele. Above resolution and ordinance was adopted by mayor and
council April 18, 1901.
Following resolution referring to issuing bonds was read: representing
Whereas, on December 11, 1897, by a vote of 197 to 1,
more than two-thirds of qualified votes of Cordele, an election was
held authorizing the issuance of $7,000 worth of bonds, and,
Whereas, proceedings to validate said bonds was instituted by
the said mayor and council ol Cordele, but the said proceedings have
been pending and have never been disposed of or acted upon, and, of
Whereas, it is desired upon the part of the mayor and council
Cordele, to issue and sell said bonds for the purpose for which said
bonds were originally voted.
Therefore be it resolved by the mayor and city council of Cordele,
that the city attorney of Cordele be and he is hereby requested and
directsd to take immediate steps to have said issue of bonds validated
in accordance with the laws of Georgia, in such case made and pro
vided. After the said bonds have been validated as herein provided
the mayor and city council of the city of Cordele are authorized and di
rected to issue said bonds and sell the entire issue of seven thousand
make ($7,000) dollars or so much thereof as contemplated may be deemed by the necessary and to
the internal improvements now mayor
city council of Cordele, unanimously adopted by the
On motion the above resolution was
mayor and city council of Cordele in meeting assembled on April 13,
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The rolling stone reaches the foot
of the hill in due time.
COR (tA., FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1901.
Must Have a Railroad to
Cordele, Says Record.
We clip the following from the Montezuma Re
cord of April 12th. all of which we most heartily en
dorse. The Record says:
“It is very probable that the B. Sc B. will touch Montezuma,
but should it fail to do so, a road from Montezuma to Cordele in
the not distant future may be cm-ddered a certainty.
“There is no better investment than this proposed road imagin
able. It would make a near and direct route te Brunswick and
Savannah. It would mean about 50,000 more bales of cotton for
the compress at Cordele. It would traverse a territory thickly
covered with thousands of acres of pine and hard woods freight as a con
stant feeder for years to come- It would mean lower rates
from East, North and South . It would mean a great increase in
Cordele’s wholesale business, and would, in wavs help to make
Cordele a large city with Montezuma close behind, enhancing in
value the lands in one of the most fertile sections of the state.
“By all means we must have a railroad to Cordele and we be
lieve that the Magic city will awake to the idea and co-operate with
ius in this interprise which will mean a great deal to both towns.”
1 1 We are glad to know that the people of that thriving
• [town are so thoroughly in line with our people on the
i > railroad question.
J | We believe that a road leading from Cordele to Monte- Magic
i izuma would greatly benefit both places and the
11city is heart and soul i# anything that will build up||
i J her interests and establish a lasting prosperity within <[ \
Mier borders.
Montezuma is a thorough going business like town; a|
town of considerable wealth, and we would like to seec
Cordele and Montzuma connected by rail, and that as]}
soon as possible. B.j [
We feel quite sure. $oo, that if the proposed B. –
Railroad should fail to connect us that hand in hand*
the two towns will buil4 their own road.
£ S Editor Harrison can rest assured that Cordele will J j
co-operate in any way she can in this enterprise and,»
J when the sound is given the work will begin. #
Shame on Vienna.
Mr. Editor: Where are the rela
tives of the dead hurried in the old
cemetery? What kind of a town
council have we got? We have laws
and they should be enforced, and the
guilty made to suffer. Both our
town and state laws are being viola
ted openly and above board. The
sacred grounds of the dead are being
encroached upon; the dead disturbed,
shade trees that marked the graves
of loved ones are cut down and the
grounds mutilated generally. See
code section 415-719.
We have an open wine shop and
people getting drunk, and oar town
laws plainly forbid it and imposed city a
license of $500.00 on same. See
code section 1.
A previous council very reluctantly
discarded a portion of the grounds
leaving out eight or ten graves and
established a line. A Mr, Neely,
we understand, whose dying far request
was to be brought from the west
(Texas) and burned by the side of a
loved one was taken up and the iron
casket broken open (by someone)
and earned and burned in the pau
pers’ grave yard. Now someone
has gone and taken up two
graves over inside old cemetery and
moved farther up on hill. The latest
move is to open up an alley through
a part of old cemetery. Shall it be
done? If it is done and no one feels
enough interest to file a bill, or prose
cute the case, should not our next
grand jury investigate?
More anon, Citizens.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
All persons interested are hereby
notified that the cause of F. A. Hoop
er, Solicitor general of the South
western Circuit against the Mayor
and City Council of Cordele will be
heard before His Honor Judge Z. A.
Littlejohn Saturday, April 27th,
1901, in the City of Cordele, Ga.
The said cause is a proceeding be
fore Ilis Honor Judge Z. A. Little
john, Judge of the Superior Courts
of the South-western Circuit
brought for the purpose of validating
certain municipal bonds voted on by
the qualified voters of the City of
Cordele on December 11th. 1897, in
accoidance with the act of the Legisr
lature approved December 6th. 1897.
This April 16th. 1901.
J, Frank Powell
Clerk of Dooly Superior Court.
Don’t think that a man is ready to
take the advice of every fool he
meets just because he take yonrs.
A SEVERE LOSS.
CLEGG – SONS WHOLESALE
HOUSE BURNED.
Last Friday morning about 8
o’clock, the wholesale grocery
house of Clegg Sons together
with a large stock of groceries,
was consumed by fire, it being an
entire loss.
The alarm was given soon after
the fi re started and the fire com
panies responded immediately,
but the house being a wooden
structure, the flames spread rapid
ly.
The house was situated along
side the S. A. L. tracks and about
eleven box cars, loaded with dif
ferent kinds of goods, were de
stroyed also.
The S. A. L. freight depot was
situated near the burning building,
and but for the good work of the
fire laddies that building would
have been consumed. The fire
originated inside the Clegg build,
ing, and is supposed to have been
caused by rats with matches .
The damage to the railroad by
burning of their cars, together
with their contents, cannot be
safely estimated, but will amount
to several thousand dollars, but we
understand is covered fully by in
surance.
Clegg – Sons’ loss will amount
to something like $14,750 with
$10,250 insurance. They had just
recently dropped $2,000 insurance.
The companies in which Clegg
and Sons were insured and the
amonuts, are as follows:
British America Assurance Co.
$1,000. The Agricultural Rochester Insur- Ger
ance Co„ $1,500. $1,500. Lon
man Insurance Co., $2,000
don Assurance Corporation, Co.,
Fire Association Insurance
$1,000. North British Insurance
Co., $1,000. Hartford Insurance
Co., $1,000. Continental Insur
ance Co., $1,250. Total $10,250.
The wrecking train arrived early
Friday morning and soon cleaned
away the wreckage and no
trains were delayed. Senior
Mr. P. C. Clegg, the mem
ber of the firm has begun to erect
another building on the same site
where the old one was burned, and
will soon be in position to serve
his patrons again.
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CORDELE’S PRESENT RAILROAD SITUATION.
The above diagram shows that Cordele, “The Magic City of the
Pines,” may also soon he known as-‘The Hub City of the''Pines.”
It shows tne G. S. <fc F., the S. A. L., the A. – N. roads, which have
been in operation through Cordele for a number of years. The W. A.
L., work upon which will begin in a few weeks, first building south
east from Cordele to Fitzgerald, and shortly thereafter northwest from
Cordele towards Montezuma. The next line of road will be that of
an extension of the A. – N-, northeast from Cordele to Hawkinsville,
Tennille to Augusta. The railroads will then lead out from this city
in eight different directions, and from the railroad standpoint will
truly be a “Hub City,'’ and that is not far distant.
The W. A. L. R. R. Contract.
The Sentinel presents to its readers the contract as signed by the
railroad authorities and the city, also a personal letter from Mr.
Wadley this week They are as follows, from original codv:
GEORGIA— Dooly County.
This contract entered into between the mayor and city eouneil of Cordele a
body corporate havingauthority to contract and to be contracted with in said
name as party of the first part, and the Waycross Air Line Railroad Company
a corporation duly incorporated be under the laws of the state also having author
ity to contract and to contracted with in said name as party of the second
part. Witnesseth, That for and in consideration of the mutual benefits arising
to each party under this contract they have covenanted and agreed among
themselves as follows:
I. The party of the first part binds itself to secure free of cost to the party or
the second part a right of way for the said party of the second part from the
point that it may enter into Dooly eounty.Ga., on its line from Fitzgerald to
the point it may leave the said Dooly county line on its passage through said
county, including the right of way through the said city of Cordele. The party
of the first part further agrees to secure for and deed to the said second party
of the second part for its use as station grounds and yard track the north
halves of bloeks numbers eight (8) and nine (9) in the city of Cordele; and the
said mayor and city council of the city of Cordele further agrees to permit the
use of Tenth (10th) avenue for its main line track through the city of Cordele
and the use of that part of Tenth (10th) a-remie which lies in front of blocks No.
eight (8) and nine (9) for laying its side and yard tracks.
II. The party of the second part agrees upon its part to build its railroad
from Fitzgerald in Irwin county and through the city of Cordele.
III. The second party further agrees to begin its survey within thirty (30)
days after road giving notice the of its intention Fitzgerald to build hereinafter mentioned, and to
build its from city of in Irwin county into the city of Cor
dele in Dooly county the within second eighteen (18) months from this date.
IV. The party of part agrees to bearall expenses of litigation that
may be involved or arise in any way in crossing the tracks of the Georgia
Southern – Florida railway company and the Seaboard Air Line railroad com
pany in said city and county; however, the party of the first part agrees to aid
the second party in its moral support and in other ways practicable to accomp
lish such ends.
V. The party of the secohd part further agrees that it will notify the party
of the first part within sixty (00) days from this date whether or not -it will
build its road from Fitzgerald into the city of Cordele and through said county,
and after such notice given to the said first party in writing signed by the pres
ident or vice president of the said second party, this contract and agreement
will become binding said second upon the second party to build said road as above set out.
and should the party thereafter fail to fuffill its obligations under
this contract and agreement and to extend its railroad from Fitzgerald into the
city of Cordele within said eighteen months, then it shall refund and pay to the
party of the first part all the money it may have paid or become obligated for
in acquiring said blocks number eight and nine and right of way and other
damages they may have suffered unless said first party elects to hold said half
blocks and right of way for itself, but this contract is binding upon the party
of the first part from this date unless the second party shall at or before the
sixty days above set out notify said first party that they will not extend its
roa das above set forth, and in this event this agreement shall be null and
void as to both porties from that date.
In witness whereof the mayor and city eouneil of the city of Cordele has by
virtue of resolutions duly passed, signed, sealed and delivered this contract by
causing the mayor of the city of Cordele to affix its signature hereto, and the
Waycross Air Line railroad company has signed, sealed and delivered ffie same
upon its part by causing its vice president and general manager to affix its sig
nature thereto. This this contract April is signed, scaled and delivered by both said
parties in duplicate 13, 1901.
The mayor arid city council of Cordele by C. C. Cutts, Mayor, [L. S.l
Geo. D. Wadley, Vice President W. A. L. R. R. [L. 8.J
Mbssrs Thomson -a Whipple, Cordele, Ga. Dear Sirs : I beg to acknowl
edge receipt of you s. favor inclosing copies of contract be jen the city " of Cor
dele and the W. A. L, R. R, and also resolutions adopted by citizens for per
formance of same. 1 return you the copy signed by myself and trust soon to
be able tosay definitely will about beginning work. You can rest assured that no
unneccessary delay intervene. I am. yours truly, G. D. WADLEY.
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