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Vienna Drug Co 9 Wholesale and Retail Druggists VIENNA, GA. We have opened up the best and most complete stock of Drugs, Chemicals. Pharmaceuticals offered in V ionnn. Our stock was bought with otc ^ ever consideration, though ^ai 1 •- - m . b Specially solicit . the patronage line at Macon prices, \V o handle then of the physicians. Wo are well Merck’s prepared to chemicals, Mer trade, having a full line of fine roll’s, Sharpe – Dome’s fluid extracts, pills, elixers, etc. which offer at wholesale prices. Careful attention wiL we he given to orders sent. JOB PRINTING Of All Kinds Neatly Done at This Office. 'O'O'O'Q'©'®'O'©'® ® ® '6'©'©'® COTTON-tOTTON-COTTOI To My Former Patrons and Friends. I thank you most cordialy for your liberal pat ronage .Intel have been in the Warehouse Business in Cordele. I will still be in shape to handle ycur :otton the coming season, but at another stand. I have fixed up a warehouse in rear of Julien Perry’s old I ^ stand a. th avenue, p„:.- bung lfr me me your «/nnr rnftnn COLLGil -and miH on 12 , I Will ... see that *14 you get 4 highest 1 - 0 4 . market t . puce fnr for It. If Thanking , . • Wagon yards and stables , , £ free. T . you again I am the farmers’ friend, TOMMEY, Cordele, . - G.H. fjeorgia ■. i!3£ nnp; OF THE PRICES OP The Cordele Grocery. i infjrmed • n * that ,v , this ,i • j. firm lias i And \ 1*1 the public 1 r ‘ politelv i •, is old Hats! Hats! Hats! St aw hats, going at almost any price. 1 f you can t buy at our prices come in At Once and buyntvours. \V e’ve got them on hand and they must be gotten rid of at some J rice. ffemember also that our store is Headquarters for Groceries, Provisions, Flour. Feed stuff, etc., and for Dry Goods. Gents’ Furnishings, in fact everything that a man wears. AA e have nice summer suits, Mens shirt waists, suspenders, shirts, slices, summer pants, summer coats, Etc. Etc Our Mr. VV. M. Kennedy will take pleasure in quoting prices. See us Tinware, Crockery, etc. THE CORDELE GROCERY. Next door to express office. Cordele, Ga. ’ SEE J. P. HUGHES If it’s a residence you rent or buy. FARMS AND FARM LANDS for sale, and FIRE INSUR ANCE also, J. P. HUGHES. r --<5s ^>'MONUMENTS.^^i^ N i Monuments, Tombstones, Headstone, Vaees, Urns, Etc, ^ Italian, Vermont- and Georgia Marble. Galvenized #steel fences for Parks and Cemeteries. In fact all man J ner of cemetery supplies. Terms reasonable. Satis w faction guaranteed. * , *> M. Duncan, Agent. Cordele, Ga ; BILL ARP’S LETTER Bartcw Man Dircmees the Pros and Cons of Marriage. MATING OF COUSINS A GBAVE MISTAKE Deaf and Dumb Institute Figures Pre sented as Proof—Love >3 a God-Given “In stitution.” Wt - “* ! “ 3 resolves to get married I reckon it is he is reckless of the 1 a good tlling that constquences I was I know, for 1 . , never lhought of anythIng except the | pretty g ; r i an( i how happy I would be I t0 get ber I had no thought of trou- I . ble or poverty or grief or war or death. ! The time was far, far away when the | | silver cord would oe loosed and the j golden bowl be broken. As for the girl, she is more reckless than her lover, even though her peril is far greater, for hers is to be the pain and suffering, the care and anxiety—the night watching and sometimes the bro ken heart. It is a mystery to me how the mother endures it all and holds up her head and keeps her strength. But love for her offspring, maternal love, sustains nor. It is the gi.t of God. There was a marr.agc in our to.vn the other day, church, and as the neighbor, crowds Mrs. gathered Fel at the our ton, stopped in the veranda to i.-st and see the battle from afar. She was, as usual, merry and sad by turns— and showed her pearly teeth. When the bridal carriage arrived she ga . a ZZTVtmutVw things, they little know ‘Sli what is .'h«a a-h( al of them.” Suddenly she branched off into a story about her little pet mule colt that is now her daily comfort, “ft watches me at the window, sie said, .. and when 1 g0 out it runs to me and laya itS head ° n my arm and cl,mo -'‘ nestles in my bosom. Mary’s lamb was not more loving. It bites ant ui ,• > • and at everybody else, but runs to me fawns upon me with Perfect adoia tlon -" She laughed again, out all at once the corners of her mouth drooped to an angle of 45 degrees ana her voice <»»«- - — « -»* m., and 1 h “ V< misery ’ 1,1 in COm my “ old ?r" age t No cook, P ‘ n 150 holp of any 8 ? r ^' and J eS ’ ter day was my six y- our 1 ■ I had to pull the uggy Oh,my cjK. ° ”f, branch and wash it. She cried a little and then good deal move. Pearly tears pearly teeth are a rac i.e ca arcs .n a woman. Nevertheless between pet ttng mule co ts an. was ung 'i. a gus she still finds time o p < a or . t education of the 1 poor country girls of nort Geoig a. shouL ., But what kind of a Slid ... a „ young man marry. couise, s e must be oin o respec a e paren s, she should be virtuous; she should have as good, loving dispositionlanda and h no taint of her lover’s ances tral blood in her veins. All of these qualifications have been discussed and treated over and over again, except tho last i am inspired to say some ^ ^"L^Ln^ovJrieoked-MiT ther poets nor philosophers nor scien tints have written upon it nor given any warning- A letter r ^ cep t j yecei - , SSTl m.n arenas y ?s very wrong. The answer is louud in J asylums tor the records . of ... the ^ „ the chief , . . and blind The . r deaf and dumb patronage comes from the intcrmar riage of cousins. These institutions ° nnn cost our state , . about . . $75,000 a year, _ and half of tbe expense could be avoid ed if the intermarriage of cousins was prohibited. I have not the reports of the blind asylum before me, but I know of three blind children of one family who w r ere sent there, and they were the offsprings of parents who were cousins. I know of five children of one family who were sent to our deaf and dumb institute at Cave Spring. Their parents were double cousins. They had but one child who could hear and speak. She vvas a good-looK ing country girl. She married a clev er young man who hauled wood for me. Soon after his marriage he moved to Texas and hired to a cattle man, and vvas so faithful in his service that in a few years he bought an interest in the ranch and prospered. I met him at Waco sixteen years after he left Georgia, and he was said to be worth $100,000, and his two elder daughters were at a boarding school at Waco, 12 miles from his home. He had six children, and, alas; one cl them was a mute. The taint had cropped out in the second generation. Professor Connor, the faithful and long tried principal of our deaf and dumb institution, has tabulated tbe parentage of his pupils for many years, and reports that in 26 families producing 4S mutes the parents were first cousins. In 12 families produc ing 19 mutes the parents were second cousins. In 11 families producing 15 routes the parents were third cousins. Altogether there were 97 mute chil dren of parents closely related. Of the 400-deaf mutes'193 had. deaf parents, an., many, the,offspring’ot of theje.dcaf pa rents are no doubt the cousins:‘ ’ H : . intermarriage of Among these ♦VO pupils 59 mar t - riages have occurred and there have been horn to them 110 children, 89 of whom can hear and 21 are mutes. In 19 of the marriages there were no chil dren born. Now, after one, two or turee mutes have been born in suc cession to parents, It wouM seem a sir., if not a crime, for them to hare more. The law should prohibit it. But if this cannot bo done after marriage, the remedy fer the future is to pro yes, and second cousins, To be bom deaf or blind is a sin against the child, and to have it supported by the state is a drain upon the treasury that might ba avoided. the evil that St !— marriages. It the children are not deaf or blind they are generally under some physical disability. They are con ^TtZnZh ! V ut e Pt wd" “fio glgn Fortunately most of such mar riages result in no progeny. “Oh, well,” some say, “the Levitl ca law did not prohibit it.” No, ft did not, and I reckon that Cain mar ried his sister. We know that Abra ham married his half sister, and no doubt that is why no children were born to them except one by grace in their old But it is said that the Roman laws and the laws of England permit such marriages. Yes, the Roman law did until p opo Alexander II stopped it and pron j b jt ed first, second and third cous ing j rom intermarrying. The laws of Eng i and perm ittocl such marriages cauae the Icings and the nobility want e( j t0 keep the crown and the titles a]ld their estates in their families. ^nd so our American people, who have patterned after English law and pre cedent for more tnan a hundred years, ZSZSSL “ But the question is n . ow coming to front, and the time is coming for *>* *° *.« tabi jshed and universal rule that the3e marriages entail upon the gpring 2 evil consequences, bodily or ment llyj or both The evil effeet of wbat j s ca n ed ‘ breeding in” among animal g leads t0 the conclusion that ^ j s an universal Uw. Good stock, b]ooaed stocki ls not perpetuated in that way. Heard a conceited man de that he was (leS cend e d from the Earro j] s> Carrollton, in old Mary ]and Suppose he did xhat was six _ i ations back and would glvo hini j ancestral tathers and moth ^ he M only ono alIty . fourth part of old Charted Carrollh blood in his veins . r know . a lady who j boasts that her father could trace his lineage back to Cromwell. That was eighteen generations back, and would glve him 512) 000 ancestors—not much of Cromwe il’s blood in her. It is as tonishjng how rapidIy tbe ances tral ^ ree w j dens _ Two generations back giveg a man only four gteat-grand fa j berg and grandmothers, but twenty g enerat j 0ns g i ves b j m over a million. Just think of . it, .. young man, and , quit bragging about your ancestors, for there are cyGr a minion different s , bra ? ns b ] ood j n your veins, and no dcubt some 0 f ;* ; s bad —very bad. My „ raTldf „ thpr waq „ Knlt hia df th r was a Ilaildolph , and llis f riiad ? t f er a Pey op and h 15 y as Lon Iiolfc f who mamed locahonta.,. giveg my wife 1>024 ance stors, and (■ bere4ore sbe bas i i ’ i i 024th part of Poky , g blood in ber veins. Mighty 8lim strain, itseems to me-not much J njl!n ad,out cr : ,5 )ne c ’ ay } v e ntur ! d a . n 0 „ that djd not come from Poky and she never gaid anytbing but l00ked at mQ ". » ^ to “ «* - “.TJl ZS. I used . to , think ... , that .. . maybe . T I descend- . . i ed from Captain _ . . John T > Smith, c a* but w . on invegti tjon round that he was nev . ^ ffiarr5ed afld had UQ children to of—Bill Atlan'-n Consti- _ speak , Arp, m tation SHELL DECAPITATES OCNNEB. Fatal Accident Occurs While Artillery Company Was at Practice. While at target practice about 9 o’clock Monday morning at Fort Riley reservation, half a mile north of Junc tion City, Kans., a seven-inch 107 pound shell exploded as it was being placed in the breech of a section of gun of siege battery O, Seventh artil lery, commanded by Captain Van Du ren. Henry C. Watson, gunner, was decapitated, three men fatally and five more or less seriously injured. Watson was ramming a 107-pound shell home when there was a terrific explosion and the headless body of Watson was seen standing perfectly erect for almost fifteen seconds. Then it moved as if to step and fell. Wat son has a father in Texas and a broth er and sister in South Carolina. He enlisted at Savannah, Ga. WANTED TO 11E IMMUNE. Yellow Fever Infected Mosquito Did Its Test Work Well. Chief Surgeon Havard, at Havana, announced Sunday that the experi ments in the investigation of the prop agation of yellow fever, so far as these involved the mosquito test will be dis continued. This decision was taken because one of the non-immunes who was recently bitten by an infected mosquito died of yellow fever. The man was a Spaniard who desired to be Pqme an immune. Another man who was bitten is also suffering from a vary bad case. Photograph Gallery , Over Old National Bank, Cordele. Q* | s f_| ie place t© get the very finest pj at j no finish photographs in Georgia. Call while in the S6C his samples and be Gotl vinCed. J. I. COFIELD, Photographer. J. O. HAMILTON, President. W. C. IIAMILTGIf, Vlce-Preslrteiit. L. C. EDWARDS, c Mhl* tin buy, Capital Paid in $25,000. We solicit the business of firms, corporations and nidi, viduals. offering them courtesy, promptness and liabiltyJ ATTENTION 1 ! We Offer to Make, Absolutely Jb’ree of Charge, . —... 0 PSSICi, , , . WStST .. , Oi'cttS, , Color ’ ScDIS India Ink OP OravtOH. --~ in order to .ntrortuce our excellent work our finishes the most artistio. Small picture l ' tte > Pastel, Water Color, India Ink or Cray- 5Slr° f CHARGE, send in your photo to THE C0N1NENAL ART CO. 15 -15V H. Washington st. Chieago. Money to Loan. We are fan! headquarters for loans on improved lands in Dooly county, in payable in 5 years time, 7 per cent, terest. No 10 per cent commission, only small fee for abstract and closing “ n - 1 t°T 4 So? * - Buggies, Wagons, Harness ING AND f Mowers, Coffins, LANIER – DEKLE, Cordele, Ga. A Clean Face Is necessary to f.xiod looks. For a good, smooth shave, anup-to date halt cut and shampuor, gjo to the Tonsorial Parlors of Nevvcom-sr, in Peoples Bank building. White barbers and best of service given to all patrons. If you are troubled with dandruff I can give you a complete cure at small cost. Bring your razors to me to hone. Claude Newcomer, In Peoples’ Bank Bid. Dr. O. H. Feet©, EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT, 668 Cherry Street, Macon, Georgia. A TEXAS WONDER. HALL’S GREAT DISCOVERY. One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis covery cures ail kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures dia betes, seminal emissions, weak and lame backs, rheumatism and all irreg ularities of the* kidneys and bladder in both men and women, regulates blad der troubles iu children. If not sold by your druggist, will be sent by mail on receipt of $1. One small bottle is two months’ treatment, and will cure any case above mentioned. Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O. Box 629, St. Louis, Mo. Send for Sold by all druggists, and H. J. Lamar – Sons, Macon, Ga. READ THI3. Ripley, Tenn., June 1, 1901.—Dr. E. W. Hall, SL Louis, Mo.: Having tried various remedies without satisfactory results, f was persuaded to give your ' Wonder” a trial. I have used one bottle, and although my case is one of long standing that baffled the skill of the best physicians, yet it yielded at once to the “Texas Wonder,” which I heartily recommend to ail suffering from kidney troubles. Yours truly, W. H. Burton, pastor Baptist Church, Ripley, Tenn. Slow Increase In Canada. The first official bulletin of the Ca nadian census was issued at Ottowa Friday. The population cf the Do minion is given at 5,338,993, an in crease of 505,644 oyer the census of 1S91. Dyspepsia tyre Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food andaid Nature g^nsflUsUielatestd^vereddigesl in strengthening and recoil ant and tonic. No Other preparatioi –$2!2–%S5£5Si£il Dyspep ia, Indigestion, Heartburn s ^ auaa p r i ce50c .Bool a nd$l. Large ab?ut size dyspepsi^S eontahis'Y. t'm> small size all Prepared by E. C. DeWITT a CO., Ctsiccsj TO THE PUBLIC. Having recently equipped my self with modern appliances fortiu purpose of treating chronic disea-es I respectfully solicit the patronage of the publio. I also do genera practice, and all cases intrusted tl my care will have prompt and card ful attention. Offices, rooms 1 ami Pate building, Cordele, Ga. Du. Edge A Superb Grip Cure Johnson’s Tonic is a superb Grincura Poisol Drives out every trace of Grip WitU from the system. Does it blood quick. and ba in an hour it enters the gins to neutralize the effects of ta poison. Within a day it places a Orl victim beyond ruddy the point cheeks of attest* dangej Within a week, Price, oOcenl turn of perfect health. Johnson’s Ciil if it cures. Ask for else! and Fever Tonic. Tal*e nothing Km! Double Daily Service Mill ' SEABOARD AIR LINE TIME TABLE. Effect. May 20,1001. 05jj Lv. Cordele S A L Ry. 2 10 p m6 Ar Abbeville “ “ 3 15 pm uoB “ Helena ii “ 4 05 pm. “ Savannah “ “ 8 25 p m. Lv U it “11 59 p m. Ar Columbia “ “ 4 36 a m. “ Camden ti “ 6 43 a m. “ South Pines" “ 10 05 a m. “ Raleigh 4 t “ 11 50 am. “ Petersburg “ “ 4 38 pm. “ Richmond “ “ 5 40 pm. “ Wash’ton Penn Ry 9 30 p m. “ Baltimore “ “ 11 25 pm. “ Phil’delphia" “ 2 56 a m. “ New York “ “ 0 13 am. Ar. Cordele S A L Ry 2 10 pm Lv Portsmouth" “ 5 50 pm. Lv ^™ Cordele “ “ 2 10pm 900 ^ ricus « “ .< 4 g 04 io p pm. m 1002 , “Richland “ Columbia “ “ 5 20pni. Hurtsboro “ “ 5 46 pm. Montgomery “ “ 7 40 ])im Lv Montgome’yL – N 9 3o p^ r 1 ° n 7 40 m. “ New Orleans “ a Chair cars between Savannah __ l Montgomery. Magnificent bulk "] ing car service from Savannah. an° ? ‘ car g avanna h to Hamlet, K niond to New York. Steam<’ „ Norfolk daily except Sunday i f | r y Philadelphia and New 1 more, Di\. Tutur, Jn. Havana__ ah. 0 J M. Barr. 1st V. P. – G. M. th, Va. Portsmou LODGE SANITOEI AND PHYSICAL COM® , INSTITUTE. AT MT. AIRY, In a- delightful M° lI l tain climate: is in °1 j ation for the third ) ^ under the manage^ 11 ’ k m i 'M