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See our Clubbing Otter on Editorial Cage at top of First Column. 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, I ou will waste time if you try to cure starving indigestion or dyspepsia by yourself. That only makes it worse when you do eat heartily. You alwaps need plenty of good food properly Cure is digested Kodol Dyspepsia the result of years of scien tific research for something that would digest not only some elements of food but every kind. And it is the one remedy that will do it. Mc Millians Pharmacy; J. B. Ryals <fc Co. m k t dele Sentinel It Saved His 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 in ten days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Burns, Boils, Pain or Piles it’s the best salve in the world. Care guaranteed. Only 25c- Sold b y all druggist s. 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. X w -K a _____S A L. R.JR, CORDELE r A «• * VIY. – /r Y – F % % r C. 8. * * 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. 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