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$ 10,000 STOCK $ 10 , 000 .
»r Fresh = and = New!
■ Our Mr. A. Roobin has just arrived from New York where he has purchased for the Spot C as 1 $10,000 worth Merchandise.
The goods are the newest, latest patterns, and lowest prices of any ever before brought to Wiregrass Georgia. Our stock consists of the finest to the cheapest.
Men’s, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing. 2,000 pairs odd Pants—from 50c to $5. The nicest line of Ladies’ Dress Goods.
Venetian Dress FKnnels, French Flannels, Serges, French Casimers, Broadcloths and thousands of other Novelty Dress Goods.
Fine line o! Men’s Shoes, Hats ; Gents’ Furnishing Goods—as nice as can be found in any city. Beautiful line of Ladies’ Trimmed Hat 3 ~
latest styles. Ladies’ Sailors. Carpets, Matting, Rugs, Lenoiums, and everything to make a rjom pretty. Ladies’ and Gents’ Woolen
underwear.
Men’s and Boys’Overcoats. Musical Instruments. Lace, Portieres, and Yours for Business, Q, Our stock is complete in every line and our store is filled to
Uheneil Curtains—all grades and prices. Nice sheets and pillow cases oveifiowing. We are anxious to sell—we mean to do the business.
from to Silk match, and $2 to Satin from $20. Skirts the Calicoes Defender and Waists and Manufacturing all to domestic match. Co. goods Plush Big are Capes line being and Broadcloth, Jackets, sold at A. Roobin £ Bro I GEORGIA. CORDELE. And we will money. we we sell have can to what get you. you we to advertise, Come, examine and onr be mammoth convinced stock, that it we means can save that
half price. you
The Cordele Sentinel.
J. W. BIVINS,
Editor and Publisher.
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Friday, October 25, 1901.
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something you don’t want
advertise it in the Sentinel
and it goes.
You want something you
haven’t got, advertise for
it through the Sentinel,
and it comes.
LET THE COUNCIL ACT.
In the matter of shade trees the
city council might take a little step for
ward and revolutionize things. A few
years ago tin' council did take the step
and accomplished a great deal by it.
By a little effort they can make a con
tract with some reliable person or per
sons to plant trees and guarantee them
to live for the sum of fifty cents per
tree, the city agreeing to pay twenty
five cents and the property 6wner the
other twenty-five cents.
By making this arrangement and by
instructing the city marshal to use his
spare time in a house to house canvass,
urging the property owners to take ad
vantage of the offer and make a note
of those who consent to take advan
tage of it—or, better than to make a
note of the agreement, have the prop
erty owner to sign the agreement in
writing. The marshal can then order
the trees planted and as soon as dis
covered that the trees will live, notify
the property owner to pay up and the
property would stand as a guarantee
against lost to the city compelling the
property owner to pay up. This is a
little trouble, it is true, but we do not
get anything these days that it desir
able without a little trouble.
This offer of twenty-five cents per
tree was made by tlie city a few years
ago, as above stated, but the matter
was not pressed as above indicated, nor
in any other way, still quite a number
took ad\ ant age ol the offer at the time ;
and now have elegant shade trees.
If properly pressed we could proba -1
bly count on at least 400 trees being ,
planted this fall, and while this would
cost the city 5-0 0 and the property j
owners $100, at the same time, it would
be money well spent on both sides and !
never to be regretted by either. I
The trouble with allowing the matter
of tree planting to remain as it now is,
is that property owners will neglect
planting them. The property owner
intends to plant and today he makes a
little effort in that direction, but to
morrow he finds that he has failed to
find a man who will contract to plant
the trees except at an exhorbitant
price, and lie begins to neglect the
matter for a day or two, for a week or
stwo and for a month or two until the
season has passed by once more.
But as above mapped out, the city
could arrange with a good man to plant
t’ne tree planter busy, acquaint the
to plant trees, (the Sentinel will run a
card gratis to that end) and wc feel
quite sure there will be much tree
planting in Cordele this season. Other
cities do this, why not Cordele? Think
about it gentlemen of the council and
see if you can not do this. It would be
a move in the rightdirection, we think.
If the matter is properly canvassed
first, and it is found that a large num
ber of trees will be planted by property
owners, it is possible that a cheaper
contract than fifty cents per tree could
be made, but, at the same time, let
the property owners pay twenty-five
and let the city get the benefit
the reduction in the contract price.
AN ENGLISHMAN’S DOMESTIC
LIFE TO-DAY.
In the domestic life we have got
this: The average man rises in the
morning from his New England sheets,
he shaves with Williams’s soap and a
Yankee safety razor, pulls on his Boston
boots over his socks from North Caro
lina, fastens his Connecticut braces,
slips his Waltham or Waterbury watch
in his pocket and sits down to break
fast. There he congratulates his wife
on the way her Illinois straight-front
corset sets off her Massachusetts blouse,
and he tackles his breakfast, where he
eats bread made from prairie flour
(possibly doctored at tiie special estab
lishments on the lakes), tinned oysters
from Baltimore, and a little Kansas
City bacon, while his wife plays with
a slice of Chicago ox tongue. The
children are given Quaker oats. At
the same time he reads his morning
paper printed by American machines,
on American paper with American ink,
and, possibly, edited by a smart jour
nalist from New York City.
He rushes out, catches the electric
train (New York) to Shepherd’s Bush,
where he gets in a Yankee elevator to
take him on to the American-fitted
electric railway to the city.
At his office, of course, everything is
American. He sits on a Nebraskan
swivel chair, before a Michigan roll-top
desk, writes his letters on a Syracuse
typewriter, signing them with a New
York fountain pen and drying them
with a blotting sheet from New Eng
land. The letter copies are put away
in files manufactured in Grand Rapids
At lunch time he hastily swallows
some cold roast beef that comes from
the mid-West cow, and flavors it with
Pittsburg pickle, followed by a few
Deleware tinned peaches, and then
soothes his mind with a couple of Vir
ginia cigarettes.
l’o follow his course all day would be
wearisome But when evening comes
he seeks relaxation at the latest Amer- j
j can musical comedy, drinks a cocktail I
or some Californian wine, and finishes
up with a couple of “little liver pills,”
“made in America.”
{ THE EVIL OF SUICIDE.
j Murder, attempted murder and self
; destruction, have at some time played
an important part in the history of
nearly every country. It does today,
It will perhaps make itself felt for
centuries to come. * * * » *
Statistics show that in Paris one out
of every 2,700 people end their lives by
their own hands, but China overtops
this, one in every 2,000 taking suicide
as the means to the end. In Sweden
it is one to every 92,000, showing the
United States one in every 15,000, and
—
Petersburg and London the death rate
from suicide averages about one in
every 21,000.
China is the home of death bysui
cide. *
According to Dr. Matignan the prin
cipal motives of suicide among the
Chinese are, first of all, vengeance and
spite; then jealousy, financial ruin,
conjugal infidelity, filial piety, pover
ty, insanity, religious mania; and, last
but most common, what may be called
mortification, or shamefacedness, for
want of a better term,
In China when a man has been ruined
financially by another, he often hangs
himself on his oppressor’s doorway.
The proprietor of a shop, on coming
down to business in the morning, is not
at all surprised to find swinging from
his doorsill, the body of a neighboring
merchant, who was worsted the day
before in a plain business deal, A law
yer who loses a case which he deemed
worthy, may kill himself before the
' IOUSO opposing counsel.
The majority of the suicides are ar
ranged with detail second in elabo
rateness only to a wedding. The party
wishing to avenge himself takes every
precaution to have his death bear the
desired fruits. After deciding upon
the manner in which he will take his
departure from this sphere, he con
ceals in his clothing a list of specifica
tions in which he explains the reasons
which forced him to his decision. He
denounces the person who has been the
cause of his death, This document
falls into the hands of the officials who
alone have the right of examining dead
bodies—in other words the coroner. In
this connection the suicide often ex
hibits the refinement of subtlety in his
plans of vengeance. Fearing lest the
requisition be stolen and his posthu
mous satisfaction fail him, he writes
it on his skin ; a Chinese superstition
claiming that it is impossible to cause
the disappearance of characters traced
on the epidermise of a corpse. * * *
The most common cause of self-de
struction among women in jealousy.
For this the defective organization of
the Chinese family is mainly responsi-
Kennedy.
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SUWANEE BLOCK,
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ble. * * * Many of the unfortunate
women jump into wells or take large
doses of opium, but the preference
among women is to seek death by the
water route. * *
Mortification, or shamefacedness, is
also a source of many suicides in
China. This embraces, one may say,
nearly every degree of humiliation. A
rebuke, sometimes very gentle, often
causes what we would term em
barrassment, yet to the Chinee, it is a
source of chagrin. A candidate for a
position, failing in his examination,
a servant caught in the act of pilfer
ing, a person made the butt of jokes—
all are affected the same way and run
away and end their existence. There
are “points of honor” also in the
mm ffl€ accompanied by in
mucous the patches
mouth, erup
Hair fails tions on the skin,
sore throat, copper
colored splotches,
Out swollen glands, aching muscles
and bones, the disease is making
rapid will headway, and far worse is
symptoms follow unless the blood
promptly and effectually cleansed of this
violent destructive poison.
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cure for this disease, the only antidote
for this specific poison. It cures the
worst cases thoroughly and permanently.
c®«*a am
nm Been No m?tt, their treatment
did me no good; I was getting worse oil th
time ; my hail came out, nicer- urpeared in my
throat and month, my body v : almost covered
with copper colored splotches and offensive
sores. I suffered severely from rheumatic pains
in my shouldeis and arm's. My condition could
have been no worse ; only those afflicted as I was
can lost understand hope of my sufferings. being well I again had about when
all ever
1 decided to try S. S. S., m
but must confess I had m
little faith left in any
medicine. After taking
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that time on improve- wl eiv‘i
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seemed to have the dis
ease completely under
control; the sores wastf and
ulcers healed and I * J
soon of free disorder fron. all signs v , 1 1
the ; 1 have ‘
been strong and healthy ever since.
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
causes of the mortification and this of
ten brings to suicide members of the
better classes. * *
The vanity of the Chinese is so great,
that often the mere thought of the en
thusiasm and notoriety caused by the
event is sufficient to decide the widow
to take her life. A writer on Chinese
customs thus describes the ceremony
of self-destruction:
„ n On the .. morning . of , the day fixed J
upon, the widow went to burn incense
in the temple dedicated to virtuous
women. Then, dressed in her best rai
ment, carrying a bouquet, she was pa
raded about the principal streets in
a palanquin. In the afternoon, at a
stated hour, she mounted a platform
erected for the purpose in front of her
house. Here, seated on an easy chair,
she received the farewells of her fam
ily ; then, stepping up on a tabouret,
she adjusted a suspended noose around
her neck, and kicking the stool away,
swung into eternity.”
J. Herbert Smytiie, in the Alkahest
Magazine.
Constipation is the rock that
wrecks many lives; it poisons the
very life blood, Regularity can be
established through the use of Piiek
ly Ash Bitters. It is mildly cathartic
and strengthens the stomach, livei
and kidneys. Cash Drug Store,
Now Displaying
■One of the most beautiful and complete lines of
Dress, Skirt and Waist goods, consisting of Whip
Cords, Granite-Cloth, Satin-Vinician, Silk-Warps,
Henriettas, Melton-Cloths, Serges, Corduroys, Jersey
Flannels. Persian, Striped Flannels, Silks, etc • J ever
placed before the public at this pLce. Also a full
line of Ladies*Capes. Cloaks and Jackets. For Shoes.
Caps and Underwear, it will pay you to see my line
before buying.
Don’t fail to attend the
Cordele Grand JVlillinery Opening
October 10th, 11th and 12th,
and be convinced that our goods are up-to-date in
every particular.
Yours, to serve,
J. A. WILSON.
TO THE PUBLIC :
Having purchased the entire business, formerly run by Parsons –
Hill—the Cordele Grocery—I will continue with the same fine of
goods at the same stand. The stock is composed of
Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, –c
Good line of Fancy and Family Groceries.
The line of Dry Goods, Notions, etc., I am selling at sacrifice prices
in order to get them off the shelves to make room for Fall and
Winter goods which are now arriving.
Mr. W. M. Kennedy is with me, and we guarantee that the old
customers and the new customers will receive courteous and fair
treatment.
Public Patronage is Solicited.
Yours very truly, A. B. HILL ’
CORDELE, GA.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE
CURRENCY.
Washington, D. C., )
September 24, 1901.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it
has been made to appear that,
“The Cordele National Bank.” in
the city of Cordele, in the county
of Dooly, and state of Georgia, has
complied with all the provisions
of the Statutes of the United,
States, required to be complied,
with before an association shall be
authorized to commence the busi
ness of banking;
Now, therefore, I, Thomas P.
Kane, Deputy and Acting Comp
troller ot the Currency, do hereby
certify that “The Cordele National
Bank,” in the city of Cordele, in
the county of Dooly, and state of
Georgia, is authorized to com
mence the business of banking as
provided in Section fifty one hun
dred and sixty nine of the Revised
Statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal of office this twenty
fourth day of Septem
( seal } ber, 1901."
T. P. Kane,
Deputy and Acting Comp
troller of the Currency.
No. 5975.
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