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for Best Results Eoth in and out of the City, Use the Columns of The SENTINEL? VOL. 14. NO. 3. air line the shortest route. Material for Extension Going Up Daily Now—Future Possibilities of the Road. * The following is taken from the issue of July 16, of the Waycross Journal: ■•Two carloads of mules, a num ber of men and a grading outfit went up the Air Line railroad on Sunday morning to Fitzgerald, to work on the extension ot the road. The work of clearing out a right of way from the Colony City to Cordele is being pushed and part of the roadbed has been graded. There are 15 cars of construc tion material en route for the Waycross Air Line which will be coming in for the next few days, and the work of extension is to commence at once dead earnest, and will building be pushed be just done. as rapidly as the can There is little doubt now that trains will be running to Cordele by Jan. 1. When completed, the Waycross Air Line route will be the shortest line to the West by many miles. It will be the nearest route from Waycross to Atlanta bv five miles; it will be over an hour’s run the shortest route from the West to Florida, and from Waycross to Montgomery will be 38 miles nearer than any other route. Thus it will be seen that the Waycross Air Line has the advant age that it is thought will bring it into quick prominence with the traveling public going to Florida, an d from this end going to Atlanta. Montgomery and the West.” Dooly Campmeeting. The regular Dooly campmeeting will begin at the camp grounds near Vienna on Saturday night before the fourth Sunday in July. The Tabernacle has been newly covered and a platform built to take place of the old pulpit. There will also be added a number of comfortable seats soon, which will be quite a convenience. Don’t forget the date and pre pare to attend these services. KILLING AT AMERICUS. Several hundred negro excur sionists from Macon were 111 Americus Monday and precipita ted a riot resulting in the shoot ing of two brave police officers and the instant killing of Bill English, a desperado and the ring leader of the disturbance. Po liceman Howell Albrittan received a fatal wound in the abdomen, and Policeman Glawson was shot through the thigh. All the ringleaders in the riot citizens were placed under arrest. The of Americus are terribly enraged at the conduct of the ne groes. It was the most desperate battle fought in Americus in years. FOR SALE—One brand new Franklin type-writer, latest model. In use one month. Will sell cheap for cash. Write me. W. H. Crawford, Unadilla, Ga. 7-19 2t C ' 2 * f - ought Every woman in the country to know about Mother's Friend Those who do know about it wonder how they ever got along without it. It has robbed child birth of its terrors for many a SWisn young wife. It has preserved her suffering. figure and saved her much It is an external lini nient and carries with it therefore, the absolutely no danger of upsetting ally system as drugs taken intern rubbed are into apt to do. It is to be and the abdomen to soften are to strengthen bear the muscles which the strain. This means much less pain. It also prevents morning other discomforts sickness and all of the A druggist of pregnancy. , of Macon, Ga., says: J have sold a large quantity of Mother’s Friend and have never known an instance where it has failed to produce the good results claimed for it.” A prominent lady of Lam berton, Ark., writes: “ With my urst six children 1 was ia labor from 34 to 30 hours. After using Mother’s Friend, my seventh was born i n 4 hours. ’ ’ Mather’s Friend at the drag •tarn, • 1 .00 y«r bottle. flit BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. Frtl» ATIANTA, 6 A. for Mr fore 111 Minus book, "BXTO ___ia Boai.” ’ [Is i! k'i rdele Sentinel Weekly Press Association. The fifteenth annual session of the Georgia Weekly Press Associ ation which convened in Athens on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week was one of the most interest iug and successful ever held. About three-fourths of the edi tors and their ladies met in Atlan ta Tuesday morning and went to getherover the Seaboard Air Line road to Athens. About one linn dred and seventy-five were in at ~ tendance. Mayor I. E. Smith, of Athens, delivered an address of welcome which was responded to for the as sociation by editor H. H. Revill of the Meriwether Vindicator. At 6 o’clock p. m. an informal tion was tendered to the editorial party and other visitors in the in parlors of the Athenaeum Club House. At night the city presented a beautiful scene, thous ands of lighted Japanese lanterns covered the streets and buildings. while quite as many flags were used. At 9 o’clock p. m. a public entertainment was tendered by the city all the visitors. " to The following was a program at Wednesday “The morning’s session : Newspaper as a Business Venture”—Mr. A. L. Ryals, edi tor of the Telfair Enterprise. “Industrial Development vs, politics”—Mr. editor J. W. Bivins, of the Cordele Sentinel. “Advantages of an Amicable Division of the Official Printing between Rival Papers”—Mr. P. T. McCutchon, editor of the Newnan News. “What is Weekly Journalism Doing for Popular Education in Georgia?”—-Mr. Ralph Bardwell, editor of the Talbotton New Era. “The Weekly Newspaper in the Industrial Development of Our State”—Mr. H. M. Stanley, editor of the Dublin Courier-Dispatch. Invitations were extended by Dalton, Cordele and Quitman for the next meeting. The selection was between Cordele and Quit man. Quitman had invited the association last year and was realy intitled to the honor be fore Cordele and besides, Miss Edna Cain, editor of the Quit- ed the Quitman invitation was so attractive that she would have had no trouble in carrying the associa- Cordele tion to Quitman, even if had not withdrawn from the race in favor Quitman, which city gets ‘ ' the convention next year. The following officers for the ensuing year were then elected: President—W. S. Coleman, Ce dartown Standard. First Vice President—Miss Edna Cain, Quitman Free Press. Second vice President—J. W. Bivins, Cordele Sentinel. Secretary—W. A. Shackelford, Oglethorpe Echo. Treasurer—J. W. Anderson, Covington Star. After the election of officers the editors adiorned until next year, and were taken m charge and car ned to the State Normal School where speeches were made, after which a barbacue was tendered. At 2 o’clock Wednesday the editors boarded the Seaboard Air T Line . road , for . Atlanta Ail , and , at . 5 _ , clock , , Wednesday, .... , at , Atlan- ... o p. m, ta, 187 editors and ladies boarded pullman cars with instructions to “put me off at Buffalo,” which injunction ,______ was carried out to a „ letter and the boys have been hav ing a good time there for the past several days. IO Per Cent I) i s - H count on 0 - HAMMOCKS AND REFRIGERATORS matiii CORDELE HARDWARE CO. CORDELE, GA;; FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1901. BENEATH FERNS AND FLOWERS. Fair Maid and Gallant Swain at Alter Plight Their Troth. The spacious parlors and broad verandas of the handsome Tifton home of Mr - uncl Mrs - Wm. Whit held Timmons was filled Tuesday evening with the elite of Tifton society—friends gathered to wit ness Hie nuptial vows of Mr. Joseph the Peyton Carson and Miss Isadoe, third daughter of J this most estimable couple. The verandas were brilliantly illuminated with Chinese iateiqs, a,:d Hie parlors and halls b auti tull y decorated with palms and ilovvers - These decorations were the work of Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Kell, Mrs. Myers and Miss Wood, At 9:15, to the strains of Wed ding March from Mendelsohn, ex quisitely rendered by Miss McLeod, Hie bridal party, proceeded by Ma nde and Nellie, sisters of the bri de, spotless white, strewing dowers in their path, entered the southern parlor. The bride, petite and fairy-like ’neath a flowing vieh leaned upon the arm of her father, while the groom was es corted by his brother, Mr. Keith Carson. The attendants were Mr. C. L.Y McWhite and Miss Kathrine Tift; Mr. Keith Carson and Miss Jeddie Timmons. The bride wore liber ty silk and point lace over taffeta, and carried white carnations; the bridesmaids wore white organdie °ver taffeta and carried pink car nations. Beneath a bower of palms and dowers, under a drooping horse shoe, R ev. Chas. G. Dilwortb faced the young lovers, and in sweet and solemn words, before God and man, they pronounced tbe vows that made them man and wife. And, truly, the candles of Hymen’s alter never shone on a more handsome and manly groom or sweet and winsome bride. For ai1 hour an informal 4 rep Hon . was held, and the kuppy couple received the congratulations of their host of assembled friends, The bridal gifts were profuse, but beautiful and appropriate, far too numerous to be named in detail, J be most valuable was a house and lot, as soon as they are ready J° r in Tifton, the gift of the bride’s father; a $125-00 suit of furniture, from the groom’s broth ers; a handsome fish set from his sister, and many pieces of cut-glass silver, china, and handsome and useful articles of furniture, not to mention several neat checks and sums in cash. A splendid wedding supper was served in the spacious dining room. Here the decorative genius of Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Kell surpassed itself, and the result, when the wedding party assembled around the board, was strikingly beautiful After the supper, the couple boarded the north-bound Georgia Southern train for Buffalo and the Pan-American Exposition They Niagara an( j New York on their trip. They were accompanied by the former’s brother, Mr. Briggs Parson and his sister-in-law, Miss Bertha Pate, also their sister, Mrs. J. W. Bivins, of Cordele. The Gazette 101 . ns the ,, , host , ot f f nenc j 9 0 f these popular young people in wishes for a bright and properous future; undimmed by greif, the rugged paths of life made smooth, ^ its trials lightened ‘ and it8 burde 8 le8soned b mutn . j ovej ma y they, in its noontide, realize all the bright dreams of happy youth.—Tifton Gazette, VAGRANTS BY C. J. HHIP1U A few years ago when the late ex-governor James M. Smith was judtre of the superior court of the Chattahoochee circuit, he gave the grand jury of Muscogee county a charge against vagrancy. In this charge he stated that nearly all of tile crimes that, came before the county were committed by va grants; that these people having no jobs themselves and desiring none naturally drifted int o crime; hr spoke of the number of worth less negro men who were fed from the kitchens of our citizens our he charged the grand jury to ferret out all cases of people living in idleness, who are able to work and who do not work and find a true bill against them, he futher charged to find bills of in dictment for vagrancy against all professional gamblers who had no other employment, as there is a statute in our code making this class vagrants; he spoke of the great difficulty of procuring evi dence to convict, and suggested that they offer a reward of ten dollars to any informer who fur nished evidence to convict one of these criminals; the jury acted on this suggestion and in a few days the judge had sentenced about forty of these worthless idlers to the chaingang and a much larger number had decampted for parts unknown, thus the town was rid of a very useless appendage. Just previous to thi 9 charge a number of chicken roosts had been raided arouud the city; chicken raising had become so unprofitable on account of these depredations that a number of people had quit trying to raise them at all; the good effects to the chicken fancier was immediate, there was not an other hen roost raided in that community for twelve months. The most of the whiskey selling in Cordele has been done by this class of worthless negroes and whites, people who could raise a few-dollars and expend it for bust head liquor, which they would sell in small quantities for a hundred per cent, profit, and thus eke out a miserable existence. While I was solicitor of the county court out of a large number of prosecu tions for violating the local option law, there were only one or two of the accused who had regular em ployment; they were usually a class of deadbeats and vagrants who made a precarious living by swindling and criminal practices. When a man without means lives in continued idleness, hejis con the substance of those who work, either by begging, steal ing or some other doubtful prac tice ; the charity of our people is frequently imposed have upon by travel ing beggars, who some pre meditated tale of woe to enlist the sympathies ; these cases should be turned down, for, if they were genuine objects of charity, the in stitutions ot their home counties would take care of them. Dr. Samuel Johnson once refused a tramp’s appeal for alms, when the tramp said to him, “you know I am obliged to live.” “I see no good reason for that,” answered the gruff old Englishman. This was perhaps taking a too extreme view of the matter, as there are numbers of worthy objects of charity, but they are rarely of the professional beggar class, and good judgment should be used in finding them out, or else we lend ourselves to the encouragement of vagrancy. Judge Scott, A few years ago when he was mayor of Cordele, had his policemen to arrest all va- grants ; the was an of this class from the city, and the criminal courts had very little to do during the following year; just previous to this a lot of petty thieves had been operating in the town, and this was the plan hit upon by the judge to break them up; his success was remarkable. It has been urged that it takes all classes to make a town, and that these people pay rent and grocery bills. My own experience and observation of this class are that, they move out of a house after dark without paying their rent, and get their food from some white man’s table through the good graces of the cook. There are many of them in Cor dele, they should either be made to leave or go to work for an hon est living; if everybody would would work, living would be easier, as the honest people are contribu ting to the support of the worth ier*. The tax is not only unjust but burdensome. Unadilla Notes. Miss Nellie Thorpe has returned home after a visit of several weeks to friends at Arabi. Mr. L. R. McArthur, accom panied by his little neice, Mary McArthur, left for a visit to his sister, at Dover, Georgia, Monday. Mr. J. A. McLendon visited Vienna Monday. Mr. W. L. Hooks attended court at Vienna Tuesday. Mrs. H. V. Baird and children will leave Thursday for an ex tended visit to relatives at Au gusta and Grovetown, Ga. There will be quite a large crowd, consisting ot' members of church and Sunday school to accompany excursionists to t,he Orphans’ Home VVednes day at Macon, Ga. A delightful trip is in store for all who attend, Mr. J. R. Lockermau visited Cordele Saturday on business. Mrs. Dr. Wooten and little daughter are on an extended visit in the northern part of the state. Miss Lena Bridges is visiting at Indian Springs this week. Mr. John Peacock has returned from Indian Springs looking much improved. Whenever you want the correct time, call on Col. J. Y. Netherton. He has it. J. T. Wood left for Okolona, Mississippi, last week, where he goes to accept a position with the M. and O railroad. We think he was a little disappointed, however, before leaving, and is now probably singing, Me.’’ “The Girl I Left Behind The prospects for a good cotton crop in this vicinity are very bright, and farmers seem to be happy. We are needing some raiD now, however, especially for the corn crop. Taken as a whole, however, all crops are very prom ising, This, with a fair prospect for at least 8 cents for cotton, is encouraging. Shops to Move. The Seaboard Air Line railroad authorities have practically closed their shops in the city of Ameri cus, and it is thought will move their shops from that city alto gether. In fact, it is said that quite a good deal of the machinery has already been moved. If the shops are moved it will be quite a blow to Americus, as thousands of dollars are turned loose there monthly, and the bulk of the money is spent in Ameri cus. Artificial Digestion? Is that all that you want? It is not all that you can get. T. – P. Stomach Tablets contains the best digestive agents. These di gests the food, but if this was all they would not and could not cure you. They have combined with these digestive ferments tonics that act directly on the organs of digestion and laxative that regu late the liver and bowels, perform putting the systen in condition to its own work. This means that if you will half way take care of your stomach a cure is certain. T. – P. Stomach Tablets are for sale by all druggists; 50 mail cents if a box. Free sample by you will write for it. Taylor – Peek Drug Co., Macon, Ga. COTTON--COTTON--COTTON To My Former Patrons and Friends. I thank you most cordialy for your liberal patui ronage since I have been in the Warehouse Business in Cordele. I will still be in shape to handle you*; cotton the coming season, but at another stand. I have fixed up a warehouse in rear of Julien Perry’s; old stand on 12th avenue; Bring me your cotton and I will see that you get highest market price for it! Wagon yards and stables free. Thanking you again I am the farmers’ friend. G .H. T0MMEY Cordele, $ Georgia BEST EQUIPPED JOB OFFICE IN SOUTH GEORGIA. /{PPL Y fOR PRICES $1.00 A YEAR Pinehurst Notes. Hot weather yet. The crops are getting to the place where a shower will do good. 'The cotton crop will bo short. Corn prospects are good. Wheat yield Postmaster good. Oats were poor J. A. Williams and wife huve returned from the springs. Mrs. Williams was taken ill the day after her return with fever, and is now quite sick. Mesdames Adams, Edenfield, Speight and Bearden were on the sick list the past week* but all are better now. L. M. Mashburn is sick, Miss Ella Speight is visiting her V. T. Sheffield is sick with fever, Master Julian Pate, from Haw kinsville, is visiting friends and relatives here. Mrs. Pate, his mother, will visit here the first of August. Mr. Mercer Edenfield has left us, to make his future home near Sylvania. Mr. Britt, of Cordele. spent the day Sunday with one of our charm ing ladies. We are expecting to hear the clinking of bells soon— about the fourth Sunday, Now, we are somewhat prophesying,but look out, and see how far from it we are. Well, what’s our loss will be Cordele’s gain. So, here’s in ad vance of the procession— a long and life to We expected to have a show here last Saturday, But the cap’n came, he saw, he went. The did proprietor went up to Macon, and not return until Monday, and when he did return he gathered up that which he left, and the “one horse” show departed, without telling us farewell. H. L. Palmer has returned, and in good spirits. We suppose he went on business. Several of our people took in the orphan excursion to Macon this week. As yet we have not heard from any editor in regard to our new academy. wise” We thought a “word to the was sufficient. We are fully determined, however, to have a good house for the business, and if any one wishes to get his name in the paper, now is the time. To Appeal to Railroad Commission. The new union depot for Cordele that was and is to be, looks like it will not be. Cordele has been played with and kicked about in this matter until she is kiud’o bruised and used up, and now it is said that the railroad commission of Georgia will again be called into the game in’order to stop the railroads from knocking profes sional fouls, but whether this can be done remains to be seen. Mr. A, Kirland, of Valdosta, came up on the shoofly train business Tues day morning, Hutchinson transacted Sup with Lumber and ply Co., and returned home on th® noon train. GENTLEMEN. Get the new novel Discovery PIGEON MILK INJECTION. Cures Gonorroea and Gleet ini to 4 days. Its action 18 macalPrevents striket. Prevent* stricture. All complete. To be carried in vest pocket. Sure preventative. Sent by mail in plain package prepaid on receipt price. $1,00 per box ; 3 lor $2.50. For sale Stead’s Cash Drug store, Cordele, Ga.