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VOL. 14. NO. 6.
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Waycross Air Line said to
lie Behind Movement.
Seven Springs is the Place
Selected.
A Street Car Line Will Be Built to
Accommodate People To and From
the City — An Excellent and
Practical Plan.
Seven Springs, where the old
waterworks station stood, and
where so many notable gatherings
of the people, political, social and
otherwise, have been held, is not
to be abandoned and deserted to
the further devastating power of
the woodsman’s ax. On the con
trary, a movement is on foot to
protect and also beautify this al
ready attractive place. The rumor
is afloat, and the reasonableness
of the movement, leads to the con
clusion that there is something
more in the proposition than an
idle rumor.
The Waycross Air Line, the
railroad which will be
into Cordele by January next, like
other enterprising roads, is not
slow to realize the importance
some beautiful place along its
line at which picnic crowds and
other public gatherings will de
light to meet for a pleasant day’s
outing. A more beautiful spot
could not be selected than the one
at Seven Springs. Then again,from
Waycross to Fitzgerald is seventy
miles, and when the road is com
pleted to Cordele it will add thirty
five miles more, making the line
105 miles long,, and picnic parties
from Waycross and intermediate
points would give the road the bene
fit of the long haul over its entire
line, thus, from a financial stand
point,would prove more remunera
tive to the road than any other
location.
The plan is said to be, to build
a large pavilion, beautify the
grounds, and build a double track
from the city out to the grounds,
one of which will be the main
line of road towards Fort Valley
and Atlanta, and the other will be
only a half mile track, running
from the city to the springs, oyer
which street cars, or special cars
attached to a locomotive engine,
can be operated on occa-
sions, in order to accommodate
the people to and from the city.
Just what agreement or arrange
ment has been reached between
the road and the city looking to
this proposed plan has not been
given out for publication yet, but
it is said that the city authorities
are willing to make almost any
reasonable concessions to the road,
either by leasing the grounds, or
1 y co-operation in any way that
"iff secure this proposed pleasure
resort.
if this plan is carried out,
Gi.ch is possible and practical,
f^ven Springs will be one of the
niost attractive pleasure resorts in
Southwest Georgia.
He Pooled the Surgeons
All the doctors told Renick
amilton of West Jefferson. O.,
ter suffering 18 months from
rectal t,
ess Fistula, he would die un
a costly operation was per
DA he cured himself
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U. S. Mail On
Petitions From
at Different Points Sent.
Some Opposition to Establishment
This Mail—A Strong Pull Will
Be Made For the Service.
In an interview with
Hall, of this city, it is
that a petition has been drawn and
forwarded to Mr. Terrell, superin
tendent of the fourth division,
the establishment ot a mail ser
vice on the S. A, L. shoofly tram
running between Americas and
Ocilla.
This train is now carrying the
mail between Abbeville and Ocilla,
but handles no mail between Ab
beville and Americus.
As it is now, there is only one
mail a day each way on the S. A.
L., and it proves quite an incon
venience to the business people,
for it takes a day or more to com
municate by mail with parties liv
ing in towns only a few miles
apart.
This shoofly mail, if established,
will be of untold benefit to the
public generally, especially in the
Fall, the busy season of the year.
Cordele, Abbeville, Fitzgerald,
and Ocilla have signed the peti
tion, while Rochelle, Penia, and
Pitts, so we understand, dissent.
It seems very probable that the
department will establish this
route, as it already carries mail on
part of the route.
Postmaster Hall has endeavored
twice before to get the -service, but
at that time did not have the co
operation of these other towns.
It is hoped now that the effort
will be succesful, and we believe
Mr. Terrell ivill not be indifferent
to the matter.
SCHOOLS SOON TO OPEN.
Children Are Counting the Number
Days Until September 2 .
The public schools of Cordele
are soon to open. Already the
children are counting the number
of days to the date of opening,
September 2, which is only three
weeks from Monday next.
Not only are the children count
ing the days, but the superintend
ent is actively at w r ork distributing
catalogues (a copy can be had from
him, or at The Sentinel office),
and making other necessary prep
arations for the largest opening
in the history of the school. The
vacant room in the third story of
the building is being finished up
for an elocution room.
The fact is that teachers, pat
rons and pupils all seem anxious
for the date to open school to
arrive, more interest being felt
than evei before this far in ad
vance of the opening day, all of
which means a large and prosper
ous school in Cordele next year.
They Will Move Back.
Mr. A. T, Johnson and family
will move' back this Fall to his
home, near Leslie, in Sumter
county. Mr. Johnson finds that
his farm and other interests in
Sumter compels him to return, in
order that he can give the same
his personal attention,
Mr. Johnson moved to Cordele
last December, He owns valuable
real estate in the city, and he and
his excellent family have made
numerous friends in Cordele, who
trust that'he will be able to make
satisfactory arrangements over in
Sumter that will enable him and
his family to remain residents of
Cordele.
Old papers at this office 25 cents
hundred.
CORDELE, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1901.
'Mi
I Much Building To Be
in Cord el e This,Fall.
Several Thousand E=3
New improvements.
Many Wooden Shacks, Eyesores, to
Give Way and Make Room For
riore Hoilern and Substantial
Structures.
When the whistle from the lo
comotive engine of the
Air Line in Cordele next January,
sends forth its melodious shriek,
the sound thereof will fall upon
the solid wails of at least ten new
brick buildings, and the echo will
resound, and its effects will be felt
more than the pen of The Sen
tinel scribe can describe.
It has ever been the history of
“The Magic City of the Pines”
that when she takes on a new
growth—which is the case about
every six months — that jealous
neighbors cry out “boom,” and
when a temporary slack-up in
growth occurs, then comes
lapse,” “decay,” etc. The latter
expressions linger on the tongue
as a sweet morsel until the soui «
of the whistle and the music ^
the hafnmer and* saw
“Thirteen years have we prospered
her and placed within her bor
ders (according to Uncle Sam’s
count) 8,478 living souls and
seventy and seven times thirteen
years more will she prosper and
grow.” Then, it is, that the prej
udiced rats take to their holes and
again stick out their heads and
exclaim once more, “boom!”
Nevertheless, the city keeps on
growing, and* as above stated, ten
new brick buildings are to be built
in Cordele this Fail. Already
plans are being drawn and speci
cations being made to that end.
The cost will be several thousand
dollars, and the result will be an
almost complete brick block, in
stead of a half brick and other
half wooden buildings, as at pres
ent.
The Sentinel is not at liberty
to give the names of the parties
w'ho will do the building, although
we are familiar with their names,
and know they are amply able to
carry out their plans as above in
dicated.
LOYD DOTS.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, who has been
quite sick, is improving.
Mrs. Sudie Powell has returned
from a visit to her mother, in Irwin
county.
Mr. J. M. Conner is jubilant over
the arrival of a fine boy at his home.
Miss Alice Johnson, of Penia, is
on a visit here.
Mrs. Minnie Johnson has returned
from a week’s visit to relatives near
Rochelle.
Mr. W. A. Conner, Misses Mar
garet, Ida and Fannie Conner, Miss
Sara J. Wright, attended church at
Emmans Sunday.
Miss Elbe Wells visited her aunt,
Mrs. Carrie Megahee, last Saturday
and Sunday.
Sure enough, Luther Stephens
came again last week .
Bill Conner went the same route
last Saturday as usual. Hurry up,
Bill, and bring her home.
Mr. T. P. Powell, ot near Pitts, is
visiting relatives here.
Willie Johnson took a trip to the i
“Land of Flowers” last week.
Ona:;er 1 Milliin
Dooly Shows Great Progress
in Propeity Values.
Increase in Values All Over the
County.
Tax Collector J. C. Dunaway Completes
His Digest of the Taxable Property
—Furnishes Some Very In
teresting Statistics.
Tax Receiver ,T . C. Dunaway has
finished his digest of the taxables of
Dooly county, and the complete work
furnishes some very interesting sta
tistics. The total property returned
in the county for taxation is $3,701,-
590, against $8,390,018 last year, an
increase of $811,572. The total for
year before last was $3,248,648.
It will be seen that the increase in
two years is practically a cool half
million dollars, but that, the increase
this year over last year is more than
double last year over year before
last.
* The number of poles, 3,728 (2,-
124 whites; 1,604 colored), against
last year. Number acres land
Vffonnty, 435,087; value, $1,343,
Value city property, $612,191;
-waks,- -$134,500; money returned,
$505,802; merchandise, $267,058;
manufactories, $211,954; naval stores
$195,905; watches, $11,441; stock,
381,718; tools, $86,808; produce,
$20,718; guano, $140,791.
The tax receiver says that the in
crease is all over the county.
Death of Mr. Wm. Clements.
Mr. William Clements, one of the
most prominent and influential citizens
of Dooly county, died Tuesday morn
ing, at his home, near Warwick. He
had been sick for several days with
jaundice, which led to other compli
cations. He was only 35 years old,
leaves a devoted wife, who is a sis
ter to Mr. W. R. Harris, of Cordele,
a bright 7-year-old daughter, and a
broken-hearted mother, Mrs. Eliza
Clements. He is a brother to Mrs.
J. S. Pate, of Cordele, to J. J. and
Nelson Clements, of near Wenona,
Mrs. R. A. Bedgood, of Arabi, Mr.
Tom Clements and Mrs. J. C. Ben
nefield, of Moultrie.
The remains were interred Tues
day atternoon at 4 o’clock, at Ash
bury chapel burying ground, with
Masonic. honors.
A Neat Calculation.
In order to determine the num
ber of children in any family, ask
some member of the family to put
down on a piece of paper the num
ber of living girls in the family, and
then ask him to go through with the
following calculation; Multiply the
number representing the living girls
by 2, add 3, multiply by 5, add num
ber of living boys in the family, mul
tiply by 10, add the number of dead,
(boys and girls,) in the family, sub
tract 150, and then ask for the re
sult. It will be found, if the calcu
lation is correctly made, that there
are always three figures in the re
sult. The left hand figure represents
number of girls, middle figure the
number of boys, and right figure the
number of dead children. You can
begin with boys, • then girls, then
dead, and the answer will be first
boys, then girls, then dead.
What a noiseless world this would
be if women were as quiet all the
time as they are when it comes to
telling their age.
Candidate
I For Governor of the State
Georgia.
Wires The Sentinel That He Is In
tiie Race For Governor of Geor
gia—Asks Libera! Support.
The Sentinel is in receipt of
a telegram from Hon. J. H. Estill,
of Savannah, dated August 5, an
nouncing his candidacy for Gov
ernor of Georgia. Colonel Estill
is editor of the Savannah Morn
ing News, is a strong man, and
will,undoubtedly, make the guber
natorial race quite lively for the
other candidates:
Savannah, Ga.. August 5, 1901.
—To the people of Georgia: In
compliance with tbeexpressed wish
of a number of my fellow citi
zens, I hereby announce that I am
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor, and I
take this opportunity to ask a lib
eral support at the primaries and
massmeetings for the selection of
delegates to the nominating con
vention. There appears to be a
very general willingness that the
nominee shall be from lower Geor
gia, and Mr. duBignon, whose can
didacy was so generally acceptable,
having withdrawn, and several
gentlemen in other parts of the
State having either announced
themselves as candidates, or per
mitted it to be understood that
they are, I feel that it is but just
to my friends to make this an
nouncement of my candidacy.
•T. H. Estill.
ZION HILL ITEMS.
We are having some rain all along
which .... acceptable . ,, just . .
now, is very
now ground , corn and , peas.
on new
Cotton is beginning to open in •
places, ,
Road working is the go now for a
few days. The boys are called out
on our road for five days this time,
I hope the roads will be fixed right
this time, for they are in bad shape.
Mrs. Pad Woodard is quite sick
with fever. Hope she will soon be
restored to health.
Mrs. Chosh Ward was thrown
from her wagon last Sunday and
received some injuries.
You can say what you please
about people, but must call no
names. By thy words thou art jus
tified; by thy words thou art con
demned. So. if we cannot say any
thing good, let us be silent.
The bridge over Gum creek is
about completed.
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Mean time is the kind the average
bargain counter clock keeps.
There’s honor among thieves—
especially when they hang together.
Better a chin without beard than
a head without brains.
10 Per Cent Dis
count on
HAMMOCKS AND
REFRIGERATORS
111 at 111
CORDELE HARDWARE CO.
BEST EQUIPPED
JOB OFFICE IN
SOUTH GEORGIA.
/{PPL Y FOR
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Prominently Mentioned
Attorney General.
Received Many Assurances
Support.
He Says That He Has Not Even
Thought of Making the Race, and
That He Will Not Offer For
the Office.
Colonel J. T. Hill, of Cordele,
is not a candidate for attorney
General of the State of Georgia.
For several weeks his name lma
been prominently mentioned for
this high office, but Colonel HilL
announces positively to The Sen
tinel that he is not a candidate
and that he ivill not be.
Since his name has appeared in
the papers in connection with this
office Colonel Hill has received
numerous letters from different
friends over the State, and espe
cially from South Georgia, assur
ing him of hearty support, urging;
him to make the race, and calling
attention to the fact that he is the
logical candidate, he being a South
Georgia man, and being fully
qualified for the office, should en
ter the race.
“While I feel very much flat
tered,” said Colonel Hill, “at the.
use of my name in connection
with the office of attorney-general.
tlle complimentary articles that
have appeared 1J in the papers 11 and
the kind . offers of support from
11 a
number of friends over the State, ’
I have really J given ° the matter no
8enou8 . consideration, and you
may say 111 1 HK Sentinel > lf ?° 11
wish, that I am not, and will not
be ’, a candidate for attorney-gen
la ^ ( ,eor ia -
* HN Sentinel managed to get
the above from Colonel Hill after
calling his attention to the fact.
that his name had been mentioned
in connection with this office so
frequently that the public was en
titled to know through the columns
of his home paper whether pr not
he would enter the race,
Colonel Hill is still a young
man, only 27 years old, yet he has
one of the best reputations as a
lawyer, in this section. He un
doubtedly has a bright future be
f ore him.
“Must” and “Ought” have fifty
times more stuff in. them than
“Might” aud “Could.”
Experience is the pay a man gets
for making a fool of himself.