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for Best Results Both in and out of the City, Use the Columns of The SENTINEL VOL. 14. NO.. 1. Dr. McArthur DISCUSSES Public Road Question. Editors Cordele Sentinel— Gentlemen : In response to your request, I will endeavor to offer some thoughts on the public roads question. I note, with pleasure, that your recent editorials and the discussion in your paper, have aroused considerable interest, and that the people throughout the country are awakening to the needs of our public roads. This is as it should be. Dooly county is fast forging to the front in more ways than one. Its resources are being developed, and it is becom ing to be a populous and progres sive county. In order to keep pace with our progress, we will, in a short while, have to have an in dependent public school sj^stem, and public roads that will compare favorably with those of the other leading counties of the state. This is a natural result of the pro gress of civilization, for nothing is better established than the rela tion between the progress of ciyil ization and the improvement of public, roads. This ha 3 always been true. The Romans were great constructors of roads among the ancients. The four great Ro man roads, Watline street, Ikenild street, Fosse way and Ermin street, in Britain, are among the strongest evidences of the civili zation and strength of those peo ple, and so it is today. When we see a community with its public roads in a fine condition, we see a community of intelligent, cultured and thrifty people. There are, ac cording to the last census, only eleven counties in the state with a greater population than ours, and I venture the assertion that Dooly excels the majority of those in natural resources. When our immense forests of pine are exhausted, we will have to look mainly to the development of the farming interests, and noth ing will help more to develop the rural districts than good public roads, which brings the farmer nearer market,schools and churches The postoffice department will give a community free delivery daily, provided they have good roads. Next to having a sufficient number of people over the route, the main requirement is that the roads must be good, Make the roads good, so that the farmers can get to market, church and school more easily, and go that the mail can be delivered daily at his door, and you add to his comfort and pleasure, and he not only gets more out of life, but gives more to the lives of others. It will help to make him satisfied on the farm, instead of causing him to want to go to the already over crowded town. It will help to make him a better farmer, and will enhance the value of his lands. If this is not true, why is it that farming lands near town CORDELE HARDWARE CO. Extends a most cordial invitation, to the ladies of Cordele to visit their store from 3 to 7 p. m. Thursday July 11th, and witness a practical demonstratation of the Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove. Refreshments cooked on stove wil l be served. IH0/rr/*£ r * aTordelE ► usually command a better price, and produce more than lands further from town T They sell for more because they are more accessible to town, good schools and chinches, and have better mail facilities. They produce more because they are usually in the hands af educated farmers, who farm scientifically on the in tensive plan. This is demonstrated more forcibly in some of our older counties than here, for obvious reasons. Now as to the plan. We cer tainly need never expect much improvement in the condition of our roads as long as we work them under the present system. I know of no county that keeps their roads in first-class condition with our system. On the other hand, the county that uses one of the other systems, usually have good roads. Either the tax or convict system is good. Of course, it will cost something. But anything of value costs. We should not con sider the cost alone, but should consider what we get in return. The old system probably was all right wh en it was adopted, as there were but few roads then and not a great deal of travel. But now the conditions are quite different, and we must change the system to suit our surroundings. I trust, Messrs. Editors, that you will continue to agitate the ques tion until something is done to improve our system. Very truly yours, Thos. J. McArthur. Unadilla, Ga. V , 1 i sV t mm "V * 4*r K 'v r V 7 v r C. J. SHIPP, Who is contributing able articles on different subjects weekly, to the Sentinel. Mr. Campbell, one of McRae’s most substantial citizens, is visit ing his son, Mr. Walter Camp bell. Misses Lula and Eunice Bush, of Columbus, are visiting their relatives here L. J. Bush and sisters. Miss Lillian Herring left Thurs day for her home at Clinton, Is. C. She will return to Cordele Sept. 1st. She will be greatly missed wnile away. Subscribe for the Sentinel. CORDELE, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1901. Baptist Pastor Arrives. Rev. J. D. Winchester, the newly elected pastor of the Baptist church in this city, arrived in Cordele today, (Friday), and will preach his first sermon Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The church requests that all the members who cun, come out and meet Mr. Winchester and welcome him to our midst. ’m?M ||||t Il S raif • •â€“ / IV m fif. V A M m REV. J. D. WINCHESTER. He comes highly recommended as a devout Christian gentleman and a forceful and eloquent pulpit orator. He has served several prominent churches in the state’, and when the church here extended him the call he was serving the Second Baptist church of Rome, Georgia. He will not move his family here until about August 1st. We extend to this excellent family a cordial welcome to otir midst. A GREAT DAY* AT VtlLNNA. Thousands of People There Yester day at the Veterans’ Reunion. Yesterday ivas a great day in Vienna. Seven thousand people were there. They came in from all parts and sections of the county, by private conveyances and on trains. The G. S. – F. shoofly was unable to carry the people who went from Cordele and who carae*into Cordele to catch the train, and the swith en gine had to follow the shoofly to Vi enna and bring back a coach to get the balance of the people, The program was extraordinarily fine, and was carried out almost to a letter as it appeared in The Senti nel. The welcome address by Mayor W. T. McDonald, the welcome ad dress on the part of the veterans, by Prof, J. M. Kelley, the response, by Col. Pearson Ellis, were all to the point, and we regret that space this week forbids us to comment upon them as they deserve. Mrs. O. M. Heard was encored in her solo. “Just Before the Battle, Mother,” and was forced to reap pear. recitation by Irma The Miss iSWS! <# ■ J < A****.. -•**«*–: J % 8 'IMP A c. m. McKenzie. Editor Cordele Daily News. Swearingen was well rendered and much appreciated. and J. P. Heard, Sr., is historian, reported some deaths since the last meeting. chorus rendered The band and ex cellent music. Col. D. A. R. Crum introduced the orator of the day, Captain S. T. Kingsbury, of Valdosta, extracts of whose speech appears elsewhere. Dinner was bountiful beyond meas ure, in fact, enough was left over Vi- to feed the immense throng again. enna covered herself with glory and praise at the way she entertained and fed 7,000 people who were at the veterans’ reunion yesterday. See us when you want firstclass ob work, at city price*. To Abandon Union Depot. Unable to reach a satisfactory .agreement with the Seaboard Air Line railway authorities, it is ru mored that the Georgia Southern and Florida railway will tear down the present shack, used fora union | depot m Cordele. and will use their present freight depot as a passen ger depot also. Whether this will be done or not remains to be seen, but it. is said that the G. S. and F. has grown weary in the effort to reach an agreement whereby a new union depot will be erected, and that this road has now decided upon this move. Physicians Want (food Roads. The Dooly county Medical so ciety, the membership of which is composed of a larae number of Dooly county’s best physicians, met in regular session in Vienna Tues day. Quite a number of important mat ters are said to have come before the meeting and were disposed of. but by far the most important matter be fore the meeting, so far as the out side public knows, was a somewhat spirited discussion of the condition of our public roads. The physicians are naturally compelled in practicing their profession to travel a great deal by private conveyance along the public roads of the county, and they realize that bad roads are, not only hard on them and probably more expensive to the patients they visit, but, being citizens of Dooly, and feeling an interest and pride m their county's good, it is right and proper that they express themselves. After discussing the condition of the public roads, a committee was appointed from this body to draft a set of suitable resolutions, to be signed by anti the physicians of the cminty, jury. present These them $b the qext',grand resolu it is are to cal! attention @ M <fe.. << V m w m “•’M K-.v H. D. SMITH. Editor Vienna Progress. to the present condition of the roads and ask that some measure be adop ted whereby the present system of road work may be greatly improved upon. A Complete Program. Elsewhere in this issue will be found a complete program of the South Georgia Bible Conference to be held in Cordele, September 9-13. An excellent program has been arranged, and some of the most prominent divines of the Method ist church are on the program, in suring a treat to all who attend. You should look up the program and get yourself in readiness for the event. Pastor McGehee will soon begin a canvass among the people for homes for the visiting ministers. Henry Maddox is visiting relatives at Easonviiie, Alabama, this week. Mr. B. B. Pound, one of our most prosperous merchants, paid Moulltrie a business visit Tuesday. it ' . y- * yp " SpM ) i ;\ J ;?S« ■S. ' < i 4 " ^ <« - , -V ^|¥" 8 ... f mm' "- *1 if "«^ • - * ; \ i i \ /**: i <\ X§ t . T. A. Adkins, .TR. Editor Vienna News. El'S HELD A CONVENTION. The consensus of public opinon seems to'be favorable to holding a Public Roads Convention for the purpose of discusing bettor roads for Dooly county. The Sentinel, therefore, urges Judge U. V. Wliip pie’s suggestion, that the ordinary and road oommis who have our roads in charge seriously con sider the matter, and, if they dee S advisable, call a read e< nvenlion to he held at sot Z time during o t s - e nmmer month v. wli i it will best yj it a majority o people to Ct- wm ii ie . 5 1 Ml d r. . .) Is r, __. >:• v.; V r T * n m , IP; iiif ■ , •> 1 'Hd MR. and MRS. L. O. McKlNNEY. Marriage Was Solemlzed at the Presbyterian Church In This City Wednesday Night of This Week. THE SENTINEL FOUND THE HOLDER. Mr. J. D. Smith, of Cordele says: “I saw in the columns of The Sentinel last week where 409 was the lucky number in the contest for the beautiful clock at Ryals’ drug store. I held that number and lmme diately presented it to this enterprising firm and received the clock. The notice in The Sentinel was the direct and only source from which I received the information that I held the lucky number.” MORAL: The Sentinel is the medium through which to accom plish the best and quickest results. LE*, m v , ?///, wr * ' ' J •: ' , / mm • . fi ■ : ;/S ■ - 4 flip J i m M ;v t ini Si 3 m ii m ' •M M I figm - mM – I m in ■■■% ■ pllij m m.' k mmm ms Hi Mill f X: m mm Wm ■■■■■■;"■ W$v'*S- wh / ■ . ; X f. j k:,-> * !' l T § > W * mF *J : J. W. BIVINS. G. A. BALLENGER. I EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS CORDELE SENTIXEL. ; Mrs. J. W. Dorsett, of Albany, is the guest of Dr. J. A. Ward this week. Mrs. Dr. Dorminy, of Fitzgerald, is visiting her brother, Mr. II. W. Campbell here this week. Mr. John Fenn nas accepted a po sition with Peterson – Co., of Ailey, and left Tuesday for his home. Miss Evie Campbell, one of Mc Rae’s sweetest young ladies, is the guest of her brother, Mr.H.W.Camp bell here this week. BEST EQUIPPED JOB OFFICE /H SOUTH GEORGIA. /{PPL Y FOR PRICES $1.00 A YEAR The Abbeville Star Band fur nished good music for Veterans’ Re union at Vienna yesterday . Miss Pearl Mitohell, one of Abbe ville’s prettiest young ladies, passed through Cordele Wednesday, en route to Vienna. Notice the “ad” of the Hutchin son Lumber and Supply Co. in thi.H issue. Quite a number of Cordeleam visited Vienna to participate in tha Confederate Reunion Thursday,