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for Best Results Both in end out of the City, Use the Columns of The SENTINEL —' - ill CM ir-D ii n Lj r a Cl 1 tower to be built Cordele “Kind’o’’ Needs It-it Will Be An Ornament. Hr. D. Ed Kennedy, Popu lar Jeweler, Behind Scheme-“A Fine Advertisem’nt Since the article in this paper a few days ago, we have been informed that Cordele will soon have what was suggested—a city time-piece. Mr. Kennedy, the popular and reliable jeweler and optician in the Suwanee block, so we under stand, will, so soon as he can complete arrangements, erect a tower, either of brick or iron, at intersection of Seventh street and Tenth avenue. A large clock will be placed in the top of the tower which can readily be seen from almost any part of the city. The clock will be what is known as a one-bell clock, which will strike only the hours, not giving the halves and quar ters. It is also thought that the city will have a large electric light, or, several lights, on the tower, so that the time can be seen at night, as well as in the daylight. The cost of the clock and the building of the tower will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,000. Mr. Kennedy will have two purposes in view in building this tower and supplying the public with a correct and well-regulated time-piece. He will find through this clock a medium by means which his business will be con stantly kept before the public. And, secondly, he will render a service to the public generally that will be highly appreciated. As soon as Mr. Kennedy can make arrangements that are now pending, work will commence, and a long felt need be will be supplied. SEELS OUT HIS INTEREST. Mr. J. D. Parsons has sold out 1118 interest in the mercantile busi ness of Parson – Hill, and will hereafter pursue his old occupa tion, that of contractor and builder. Mr. Parsons is well known to the people of this city, and to those who do not know him, elsewhere, we cheerfully recommend him as a hrst-class workman, and a good man to deal with. The grocery business will be con ifinued by Mr. Hill, who deserves a liberal patronage from the pub lic. ♦ 1 iW-i k I* * * .1 ■i 1 1 w i w r I £ 1 ai ft I •A y- 3?; i - ' 7* a I I 1.1 i X a. i - A V * > m / ^ariM }} 11 3 ff=3 iaa II 6 LARGEST OPEN1N rri 'or la The History of The School— Enrollment #f 155, Being 20 Per Cent. Above That of One Year Ago sac 3= Outlook Encour aging, Etc., The opening of the Cordele Pub lic school on last Monday was the largest in the history of the school, the initial enrollment of 155 be ing more than 20 per cent above that of one year ago. It had been thought that the dread of scarlet fever might interfere with a prompt attendance, as it prob ably did in some degree. While this disease seems to be under control—about all the cases hav ing been pronounced cured it is likely that the school attendance on Monday would have approached 200 but for prudence with refer ence to scarlet fever. Seventeen new pupils were en rolled Tuesday morning in addi tion to the above number, and if the percentage of increase con tinues in keeping with the pace set by the opening, the total en rollment for the year will ap proximate the entire school popu lation of the city. The opening exercises were at tended by many of the patrons and friends of the school. Speeches expressing loyalty to the school interests of the com munity and hopeful of their con tinued advancement were made by Dr. H. B. Roberts, President Board of Trustees, Superintend ent Fleming, Revs. J. O. A. Cook, and E. H. McGeheo. The chapel services were conducted by Rev. J. D. Winchester, who also gave the school and patrons a talk that was thoroughly appreciated, appealing, as it did, for individ ual and united co operation in bringing the school to the highest possible standard of excellence. The public school is in a satis factory and prosperous condition from all essential standpoints. The third story room of the building has recently been fitted up for occupancy by Miss L. Mae Laing, teacher of elocution and physical culture. Four rooms are in process of preparation for the Music and Art departments, presided over by Miss Essie Harris and Mrs. J. M. Nelson, respectively. The recently elected teachers of the High school and Grammar school departments, Professors Fraauer and Smith, have entered A 7 "I *-iir 5 r r ' w, )* H b ■1 Til r“7 P i fin OMLHU-HAKKIB ’O. Behind the Matter-Additioa to Be Made This Fall. Buildings to Adjoin Those of the Foundry = =3 All Kinds of Boiler flaking, Etc. The Tomlin-Harris Machin Company, of this city, will, some time during the latter part of the Fall, equip themselves for the purpose of manufacturing all kinds of boilers. Extra buildings will be erected and all necessary machinery and implements will be purchased for the 8UCceS sful carrying out of this branch of foundry work, These people have a great de nian q j n this line, and have had under consideration the boiler department for some time. This addition to their already well equipped plant will put them in the front ranks of any of the large foundries and illa chine shops of the State. It will necessitate a good outlay of capi tal, but the Tomlin-Harris Corn pany have the money and are always willing to spend it when their business interests require. This boiler department will give employment to several more skilled workmen, increase the city’s population, and put into circulation a consideraole sum of money. We are not advised just when this addition will be made, but the company think it will be the latter part of this Fall. upon their work with zest,' as have the entire corps of teachers, and a spirit of unprecented in terest and earnestness seems to pervade the pupil-body, as does a spirit of interest the com munity. The fact that many of the pa rents remained at the school on Monday—-having voluntarily put aside other business in order to accompany their children to grades to which they were as signed and express to the teach ers purpose of co-operation increased exhibition of loyalty, was appreciated by the tendent and teachers as takable evidence of sincere est and confidence in the conduct of the school this The faculty of the Cordele lic school is composed, exception, of teachers of ful experience, and is, not surpassed by any corps teachers, similarly occupied, the State. ■■ • m rauti r'r*v-7- c ./ w L Sept,mi Ltr Term or Superior Court Con verted Honday. Dooly Superior curt convened in Vimma Monday limming. CDtm >* a - organized i r in. tl \, Judge IMtlej dm presiding, with Suliciior 1loupi r on hand to lender his usual valuable services. [tl r. J. O. 1 iam ilton was elected foreman >f the grand jury. Mr. .1 j 'N i 11 is ejei k, and Mr. Henry Hall bailiff. Messrs t. n. Smith, Joseph W. Qrahirn and VV. L. Sheppard weie sworn in as special court bailiffs. Aside from the usual charge of the judge l e especially commended those papers in the county in what they had said relative to the condi tion of the oublic roads of the ty. He also called special atten tion to the vagrancy law of this state, urged its enforcement and ildded‘-that ai majority of the crimes that have been committed in Geor gia could he traced to the one thing— vagrancy.” .grand is The present jury com posed of some of the best men in the who are not afraid to perform their duty as they s e it. A great many cases have been continued and the court has kept up with the court calendar daily, stdl quite a number of cases have been disposed Court of. Wednesday was adjourned Monday night to reconvene on morn ing of next week. CENTRAL HOTEL CHANGES HANDS. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Pierce, who have for a long while been pro prietors of the Central Hotel in this city, left this week for Adel. ^where they have leased the hotel and will continue in the same line of business. This is an excellent family, and they have made quite a reputation for the Central Hotel. They understood their business and always gave entire satisfaction to the travel ing public. We regretted to see them go. But the change will not affect matters at the Central, for it has fallen into experienced hands, and will be kept up to the high stand ard that it has always enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Geiger, of Me Rae, moved in and took charge on September 1st. They are a most excellent family, and thoroughly understand how to please and sat isfy the boarding public. We are glad to welcome this family her6, and wish for them a good patron age. A DELIGHTFUL EVENING. The entertainment given by Misses Florence and Bertha Pate, in honor of their visiting guest, Miss Pate, of Hawkinsville, at the home of their father, on Twelfth avenue, last Friday evening, was a pleasant affair, and highly en joyed by those fortunate enough to be the recipients of the Misses Pate’ hospitality. Social intercourse, together with two recitations, one each rendered by Miss Laing, of Atlanta, and Miss Mayme Elder, of this city, were the principal features of the evening. Elegant and delightful refresh ments were served at the proper hour, which were thoroughly en joyed. Mesdames J. W. Bivins and S. D. Ravenel assisted in receiving during the evening, At a late hour the guests de parted, each voting the clever hos tess and guest of honor many thanks for the pleasant time spent while there. Miss Pate, the guest of honor, is one of Hawkinsville’s social vorites, and during her short here has made many friends, delight in her c ompany. 5.1 £ mmamm y RB3 fl ■» <♦ i \ ■ Several Hundred Peo pie—Speech , Well ... Iin Re ceived. Ibai. Dupont Guerry, candidate for governor, spoke at Vienna Wed nesday, for one and a half hours at the noon recess of court. The held the close attention of -e\( nal hundred people that filled t he court room. lie was frequently cheered throughout, his speech and made an exceedingly favorable im pression. Gucrry’s The main planks of Mr. i Tat form a 5 * discussed by him. is sta’e prohibition, to purify state politics and state legislation, to rle sfroy lobbying and to compel the railroads to pay their share of the taxes. He contended that lie was not making an unheard of early cam paign as some people would make believe, other candidates, said he, have been running for years while 1 have only eight, or ten months. The Sentinei. regrets its inabili ty to give a full report of the speech or even a complete synopsis, but it can be said truthfully that Mr. Guerry’s candidacy has been greatly strengthened in Dooly by reason of this speech, and his friends are- al ready claiming Dooly for Guerry. STOCK LAW. BY C. .T. SHIPP. Cordele is probably the largest city in Georgia in which stock are allowed to roam at laige. Every day we can see droves of cattle wandering at leisure up and down her streets. The same is true of the surrounding country, and as a result, thousands of acres of land contigious to Cordele that should be in cultivation, supporting worthy families, are allowed to re main in wiregrass, on account of the great expense of building law ful fences. In conversation with a gentle man a few days ago, he remarked that fully three-fourths of the country people of this militia dis trict were in favor of such a law, but that the people of Cordele, who had milch cows, were, as a rule, opposed to it, and, although the country people owned and operated the farms, that they would not ask for an election on account of the large majority of city people who would be allowed to vote on this issue. This is to be deplored. This is a farming country rather than a stock country. There is very little land in this community but what can be brought to a high state of cultiva tion. Nearly all of it is too valuable for grazing purposes; even in the city there are a large quantity of va cant lots that could be put into cul tivation but for the fact that the ex pense of fencing would take away the profits of the crops for at least two years. It has been urged that this elec tion now would be premature on ac count of the large quantity of rail timber that there is in the com munity, and that on this account the farmers can easily get all of the rails for fencing purposes. This argu- Cut Prices ON FRUIT JARS AND TIN CANS. Globe Glass Jar 1 qt. 90c doz. 66 •6 “ 2 qt. $1.15 doz. Weir Stone Jar 1 qt. $1.25 doz. 66 66 •• 2 qt. $1.75 doz. Wax Tin Cans 50 cents dozen. CORDELE HARDWARE CO. BEST EQUIPPED JOB OFFICE IN SOUTH GEORGIA. /{PPL Y FOB PRICES merit would bo effective in a 11 old set tied community, where the fences were already built and where the fanners only had to repair each year instead of building new fences. But in ibis community fully 5-6*'h of the !a '" 1 »* unfenmi, ami the umior taking of fencing it would bo a Her culeau task—in fact one that will not be accomplished for many years to come, and it, is a great hardship on the farmers that they are not allowed to have the benefits of this law. Besides this, 1 corn an economical standpoint, I lebeve that Cordele would be gnatly benefitted, as there would be many more people re quired to cultivate these bauds, who would, of course, have to purchase their supplies lie.c, and the addi tional amount of cotton and other produce they would bring to town, would more than compensate for the slight sacrifices that we would have to make in keeping up our cows. Besides this, I have been informed by dairjiuen that grazing promiscu ously is not beneficial to milch cows, and that it is quite as cheap as to keep them up. I have noticed that in communi ties where the stock N'w is in vogue that land brings 5d per cent more per acre than in communities where stock is allowed to run at large. If the country people want this law, I, for one, am willing that they get it. UNADILLA NOTES Miss Louisa Herndon, of Ameri cus, Georgia, returned Monday to take charge of the music depart ment of the Unadilla public school, to the delight of her many friends. She was accompanied by her niece, Miss Winnie llragg, who will spend a short while with her in this city. Professor and Mrs. Power, for merly of Culloden, Georgia, with their children, arrived in the city last week, and will make this their future home. The Professor will have-charge of our public school. He comes to us highly recom mended, and we are pleased to welcome him and his excellent family in our midst. The Unadilla Public schools opened Monday, September 2d, with a good attendance, and every indication points Professor to a most sucess- Power ful term. With at the head and the excellent staff of teachers which we have been so fortunate to secure, success is as sured . Everything is booming in Una dilla now. Cotton has commenced to move quite rapidly, and every, thing seems to have taken on new life. In fact, Unadilla is improv ing every day, and it won’t be long before we will have a real boom on. Our cotton market is always within l-16th of a cent of the Macon market. Mr. Theo. Lamb and R A Dixon, o’f Cordele, spent Sunday in our city, the guest of J. H. Lamb, Miss Mamie Read ot Augusta, is visiting her sister Mrs. H. W. Baird. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Baird and family returned home last week after an extended visit to Augus ta and the North. Mrs. Bessie Rentz and Mrs. R. L. Baird, of Grovania, Ga.. spent Monday in in our city, the guest of Mrs. H. W. Baird. Mr. George Willis is with us again, having returned Monday to engage in the cotton business.